"Shhhh There are few villagers in Dongshan Village who don't recognize the king of Yangjun, and they explained to the people around them in a low voice with some pride, "That noble person is the prince of the county, a genuine relative of the emperor." If you run into him, you will be killed! ”

When the outsider heard this, he shrank his head in fright and hid in the crowd, not daring to say a word more. A villager who had a fairly good relationship with the Yu family asked Yu Jiang in a low voice: "Jiangzi, I heard that your corn was harvested ahead of schedule, will it affect the yield?" Will the prince of the county blame the sea family for this? ”

Yu Jiang glanced at the guards guarding the gate of the courtyard worriedly, shook his head and said worriedly: "I don't know either!" The prince of the county still values my second brother's family, and the corn was planted well before the disaster, and it was not a human error, so it shouldn't be a big deal. Trouble, right? ”

Zhu Junyang walked into the courtyard and was stunned by the yellow and golden corn cobs. The Yu family's yard was already very large, and the place where vegetables were planted in the past had been cleaned up and filled with corn cobs to dry. The corn was plump, bigger and more colorful than the seeds he had brought from overseas.

The Yu family was sitting around with smiles on their faces, chatting and rubbing corn kernels. Yu Xiaocao was also among them, her smile as dazzling as the summer sun. Her little snow-white hands, holding the cob of corn kernels in one hand and the corn cob in the other, rubbed and rubbed each other, and the golden corn kernels fell into the basket in front of her with a bang.

When Zhu Junyang came, he seemed to have pressed a heavy stone in his heart, and the stone disappeared in an instant. He turned his gaze from the dazzling little girl to the corn drying in the courtyard. Several small animals were found flying back and forth between the corns, chasing the locusts that occasionally landed on them. There were a lot of locust carcasses in the cracks of the corn, could it be that these cats and dogs had bitten them to death? The Yu family is not only capable, but also raises small animals. Wait, isn't that a roe deer? Aren't roe deer grass-eaters, how can they learn from cats and dogs to chase locust bites?

"Huh? Little Junwang, have you come back from the capital? As soon as Yu Xiaocao looked up, he saw Zhu Junyang, who was pacing in the courtyard, and greeted him warmly. The rest of the Yu family hurriedly came up to greet the prince of the county.

Zhu Junyang said "no courtesy", let them do what they should do, left Yu Xiaocao, and asked casually: "When did you raise two more puppies?" Looks like a mixed breed of wolf and dog ......"

Yu Xiaocao naturally wouldn't tell him that Xiao Hei Xiaobai was a purebred wolf. She shrugged and said, "I picked it up in the forest a few days ago, when the two little ones just opened their eyes, they felt quite pitiful, and it was a life, so they picked it up and raised it." ”

Zhu Junyang glanced at her and said expressionlessly: "It seems that the master's worries are superfluous!" In the year of the disaster, people are eager to slaughter all the animals raised at home, for fear of wasting food. It's good that you still pick up animals at home, because you think your family has too much food and has nowhere to throw it away, right? ”

Yu Xiaocao had long been accustomed to his cold face, and said with a smile: "Two little milk dogs, how much can they eat?" The little guy now knows that he catches locusts and eats them, and he can also pick up locusts with seeds in his belly, so he is smart! Xiaojun Wang, what's the situation in the capital? ”

Zhu Junyang remembered the corn leaves that had been bitten all over the holes in the test field, sighed, and said, "The locust plague is not as serious as here, but it has also suffered a disaster!" Corn is an important period for grain filling, and drought and locust plague will definitely reduce yields...... Your corn has not been affected by the locust plague? ”

Yu Xiaocao processed what his father said to the village chief and told the king of Yangjun: "When my father was carrying water on the mountain to water the ground, he met a fortune teller who claimed to be a half-immortal. He predicted that there would be a disaster two days later, but he did not say what the disaster was. We saw that the corn was almost ready for harvest, and if there was a catastrophe, it would be in vain. With an attitude of preferring to believe it, he broke the corn day and night. Fortunately, I usually take care of it well, and after a few days of drying, the corn yield doesn't seem to be very serious! ”

Zhu Junyang didn't ask about the so-called half-immortal, looked at her with a glint of approval in his eyes, and slowly bowed his head and said, "You did it right!" It's better to reduce the yield a little than to have no harvest at all! As for the potatoes, have they been snatched back? ”

"Take, take! It's all in the East Wing! Yu Xiaocao took the lead and walked towards the east wing. The windows of the Yu family are all glass windows, and there are many windows in each room, and the inside is not dim when the door is opened.

Zhu Junyang saw the mountains of potatoes inside, the smallest of which was the size of an adult's fist, and his original face was paralyzed, and his original face fluctuated emotionally: "Master remember, let's only plant one acre of potatoes, right?" One acre of land, so much? ”

Yu Xiaocao snickered in her heart, and said in her heart: This is still a lot? There are still a lot of private stores in the cellar of our west courtyard! She nodded solemnly and said, "Yes! Potatoes are also quite productive. There are at least five or six thousand catties of land in one acre, right? ”

Manager Liu, who was following behind the master, was so shocked that his mouth couldn't close, and the output of one mu of land exceeded 5,000 catties? Higher yields than sweet potatoes? Or is it grown in sandy soil that is not very fertile, is it a higher yield if it is grown in fertile land? If the emperor knew, he would be very pleased, right? The emperor has been looking for high-yield crops all these years, so that the people can fill their stomachs and live and work in peace and contentment. With high-yield potatoes and corn drying in the yard, the emperor's wish should be fulfilled.

Zhu Junyang bent down and picked up a palm-sized potato, looked at it repeatedly, and asked, "Do you know how to eat this potato?" Boiled like a sweet potato? ”

Yu Xiaocao thought for a while and said vaguely: "It should be possible, right?" However, potatoes have no taste, they taste very bland, and they need to be dipped in salt or sugar to taste good. However, if it is a disaster year, it can satisfy hunger. And it's not like sweet potatoes that eat too much heartburn. ”

"How do you know? Did you steal it? Zhu Junyang's charming phoenix eyes glanced at her slightly, but he didn't mean to blame at all.

Yu Xiaocao laughed dryly twice and said: "In the process of digging, there are many injured potatoes, and I am afraid that they will be broken, so I tried to make a few dishes with potatoes." The taste is not bad. Little Junwang, why don't I make you a potato feast at noon today? ”

"You still have a little conscience!" Zhu Junyang looked at the room full of potatoes, with a faint smile in his eyes, looked at Yu Xiaocao, and said, "Master is in charge, one-tenth of the potatoes in this house belong to your Yu family." Eat as much as you want! No need to sneak around! ”

"Long live the little county king-" As soon as Yu Xiaocao's shout came out, she was gagged in her mouth by Manager Liu, who appeared beside her at some point. The expression on King Yangjun's face also changed color suddenly.

Manager Liu lowered his voice angrily and shouted, "Do you want to kill our county king? Can you say something like 'hooray' casually? If someone with a heart hears it and frames our master for a crime of rebellion, can you bear it? ”

Only then did Yu Xiaocao remember that in ancient times, "long live" was the title of the emperor, and it was not synonymous with cheers like in the previous life. She also realized the importance of the matter, her eyes were red, and tears were rolling in her eyes: "Little Junwang, I didn't mean to. I was so happy, so happy I didn't even know what I was talking about! What to do? I'm a flat-headed little commoner, and if I die, I'll die, and I won't bring trouble to you, the little county king, right? ”

Zhu Junyang looked outside, Yu Xiaocao's voice was not loud just now, and the reaction of the Yu family who were rubbing corn in the yard seemed to be that they didn't seem to notice the movement here. The gate of the courtyard was far away, and the guards guarding the outside were all his cronies. He gave Manager Liu a look and asked him to explore the neighborhood to see if there were any idlers waiting for him.

Manager Liu glared at Yu Xiaocao like a cannibal, turned around and left.

Zhu Junyang looked at Yu Xiaocao, who was so frightened that he had changed color, the expression on his face unconsciously softened, and the words of reproach also turned into comfort: "Master believes that you are unintentional." You must pay attention when you speak in the future, not everyone is as good at talking as Ye! If you are so rebellious in Beijing, you will be killed by raiding your house! ”

Yu Xiaocao nodded with tears in her eyes, sniffed and said, "I know!" Those two words will never be mentioned again. ”

It is rare for Zhu Junyang to see her as obedient as a rabbit, and when he says a word on weekdays, she has several words waiting there to refute him. In the face of such a pitiful and obedient Yu Xiaocao, the cold-faced little county king still had the heart to joke with her: "It's not that you can't mention it, but in front of whom." If you meet the emperor, you can still say these two words. ”

Yu Xiaocao's tears hadn't dried yet, and she began to scold him again: "I'm a flat-headed little commoner, how can I have any chance to see the emperor?" You're the most honorable person I've ever met...... No, it seems that when the emperor paid a private visit to the emperor in the past, I cooked for him! ”

Zhu Junyang thought of the imperial grandfather who never left the food, and he didn't know what to say. The last time he returned to Beijing, the emperor's grandfather came to him to ask him for pig's head meat and pig ears made by the little girl of the Yu family. also said that the treasure building in the capital is not authentic, so Yu Xiaocao does it to his appetite.

As soon as he heard that he said that because of the hot weather, he didn't bring anything to eat, and his foodie grandfather clamored to come to Dongshan Village, saying that he hadn't eaten the farmer's meal from the Yu family's little girl for a long time, and he panicked. In the end, it was his emperor's cousin who said that he made a promise to "find an opportunity to summon the little girl of the Yu family into Beijing and cook him a big table of good dishes", which made him stop.

The emperor's grandfather is old, and the emperor is afraid that he will not be able to stand his body and bones when he wanders around the world, so he doesn't want him to work hard, so he will be raised in the royal garden.

But what did the emperor's grandfather say: "Life lies in sports!" "There is always no Ansheng, so that they, the princes and grandchildren, are worried all day long. It is said that if the emperor hadn't found out a few days ago, the emperor's grandfather would have gone to the frontier to engage in some military exercises with General Zhao.