"King Yangjun, I can look forward to you!!" Liu Jiajin, the head of the household, greeted him with a happy face, and after greeting each other, he couldn't wait to ask, "Is there anyone from Tang Guyu's family?" ”

Since receiving the official letter sent by King Yangjun from Tanggu, knowing that the corn seeds planted in Tanggu were bred with insect-proof and disease-resistant potions, Liu Shangshu's heart was like being scratched by a cat, and he couldn't calm down.

Last year, the whole Huangzhuang experimental base was carefully served, and almost every corn seedling was carefully cared for, but the growth was not as good as the corn seedlings grown in the barren sandy soil of Dongshan Village. When the locust plague came, the capital was not the hardest hit area, only a side, but the yield of corn harvested was low, and the size of the corn kernels was also like malnutrition. In Dongshan Village, they matured early and harvested in time, and the yield of one mu of land reached 1,800 catties. That's a strong contrast, isn't it!!

Last year, I could say that I had no experience in planting for the first time, but this year I can't plant Tang Gu's side, so where will his old face go! Therefore, as soon as Liu Shangshu got the news, he immediately sent a distress message for 800 miles, hoping that the Yu family could come to see if there was any possibility of saving the corn in Huangzhuang!

Zhu Junyang admired this gray-haired old Shangshu and thought about people's livelihood. Originally, the household department was not only in charge of agricultural affairs, but since last year, Liu Shangshu has put almost all of his energy on training high-yield crops, thinking that the people will not go hungry as soon as possible! Liu Shangshu was born in poverty, and perhaps the scenes he experienced when he was young made him empathize with the lives of the people, so that he could become an official who really cares about the people.

"It's coming! In the car!! As soon as Zhu Junyang finished speaking, Liu Shangshu came to the carriage and waited.

The first to come down was the cherry holding the crockpot, Liu Shangshu looked at her age, thinking about when the Yu family had such a big girl? But I listened to the cherry carefully advised: "Miss, you slow down, the ground is not very flat, let Sister Linglong support you." ”

Before the words fell, Yu Xiaocao had already jumped out of the carriage and said with a smile: "This land is not bad, when I used to go to the mountains and forests to set hares, there were places where it was difficult to walk...... Hello Mr. Liu, meet again! ”

For some reason, after Liu Shangshu saw Yu Xiaocao, his uneasy heart instantly calmed down. He smiled and said, "Miss Yu is here too?" Great, our corn is saved!! ”

Yu Xiaocao glanced at the corn that had sprouted on the side of the road, and gave him a reassurance: "Lord Liu, don't be too nervous. The potion is just a preventive effect, and the good corn seeds are, the chance of pests and diseases will be reduced! ”

Liu Shangshu stared at the crockpot in Cherry's hand, and said with some concern: "This is the potion made by Miss Yu?" We have planted thousands of acres of corn and more than 50 acres of potatoes on our Zhuangzi, are these potions enough? ”

Yu Xiaocao didn't think about it and said: "I have a high-concentration potion, as long as you add a drop to a bucket of water, it will work, if there is too much, it will not be good for corn seedlings!" Lord Liu, can you show me the water source on our Zhuangzi first? ”

Liu Shangshu nodded and said, "Miss Yu, please ......"

Zhu Junyang interrupted the two of them on the side and said, "Why don't you go to Zhuangzi to rest for a while and have a cup of tea?" ”

Liu Shangshu suddenly said: "Look at my brain, just thinking about the corn field." Let's go, Miss Yu, Yu ...... Virtuous nephew, I should be about the same age as your father, so let's call you virtuous nephew!! ”

Yu Hai hurriedly responded: "Thanks to Lord Liu, you can ...... at will."

Yu Xiaocao glanced at Zhu Junyang and said, "Business is important, we came by carriage, we are not tired!" Lord Liu, let's go and see the water source first. ”

Liu Shangshu happily took her there, and asked on the side: "Is there a relationship between the water source and the growth of corn?" ”

Yu Xiaocao thought for a while and said, "It doesn't matter much!" You also know that corn is drought tolerant and not waterlogging, and if it is not like last year's severe drought, rain will be enough! Check the water source, just be prepared. ”

Liu Shangshu nodded ignorantly, and said continuously: "Oh, oh......"

Huangzhuang is backed by a hill on the outskirts of the capital, and the spring water on the mountain gathers behind Zhuangzi, forming a natural lake. However, Huangzhuang is relatively large, and every other place, a well will be dug to fight drought and prevent drought.

There are fish, shrimp and other animals in the lake, and Yu Xiaocao didn't want to make something like the Nice Water Monster, so he didn't do anything in the lake. She inspected all the wells, and after transforming the quality of the well water inside, she said to Liu Shangshu: "Although the water source is worse than that in our Dongshan Village, it is still up to standard. Do you have enough manpower? It's time to go!! ”

This time, Liu Shangshu brought two waiters and a warehouse secretary. He is the boss of the household department, how can he take care of everything? Liu Shangshu turned his inquiring gaze to the secretary of the warehouse.

Li Siyu hurriedly said: "There are more than 100 households in Huangzhuang, and there are more than 400 adult male laborers. If it is not enough, the subordinates can also go to the nearby Zhuangzi to borrow some manpower. ”

The terrain here in Huangzhuang is good, and the soil is fertile. In addition to the Huangzhuang, there are many powerful people who have purchased Zhuangzi here, and the neighboring Zhuangzi is purchased by an idle prince in Beijing. This idle prince is considered to be the cousin of the Emperor Taishang, and he is also born with mud legs, he has no specialty, and after the founding of the country, he was named a prince, and he has no authority, only a salary. If you count it seriously, Zhu Junyang still has to call him grandpa!

Yu Xiaocao thought for a while and said, "No! It's not a heavy job, and women and children of seven or eight years old can do it. ”

In fact, there is no difficulty, that is, the spirit stone liquid is dripped into the bucket, and then poured on the roots of the corn seedlings. However, to water them one by one, you need to be patient.

Liu Siyu gathered the people, fetched water, watered, watered, and the whole Huangzhuang became busy for a while. Yu Xiaocao was not idle, she estimated that the "potion" she brought might not be enough, so she pretended to use the herbs she brought to boil out a pot of potion, and finally added a bottle of spirit stone liquid while people were not paying attention, and it was done.

Six or seven hundred people, more than 2,000 acres of land, about three acres per person, can be completed in one day. Zhu Junyang was afraid that Yu Xiaocao would be bored, so he proposed: "Although there are no large prey in the back hills, hares and pheasants are infested from time to time. Do you want to check it out? ”

In the west mountain of Dongshan Village, the vegetation has been destroyed by locusts, and the small animals are almost extinct. Since last summer, Yu Xiaocao has not tasted pheasant again. She thought for a moment and said, "Okay! Anyway, if you can catch a pheasant or a hare or something, you can add a dish at noon! ”

As soon as Cherry heard about going up the mountain to catch game, she volunteered to follow. Yu Hai didn't worry about her daughter being alone with the prince of the county, so she followed her left and right step by step, for fear that her daughter would be deceived by the cunning wolf.

The hill behind the Huangzhuang is green and grassy, and it is verdant. Yu Xiaocao learned from Zhao Han the ability to see the path of the prey, and set up a few rope sleeves in the places where hares and pheasants were infested, leaving traces of spiritual stone liquid on the nearby grass.

Zhu Junyang didn't bring hunting gear, but this didn't bother him, he cut a few bamboo poles, sharpened one end, and prepared to use it as a spear. Perhaps because the locust plague in the capital was not as serious as in Dongshan Village, there were occasional hares flashing through the grass on the hill.

"There's little prey here, let's go inside!" Since there are no beasts on the mountain, what are you worried about? Yu Xiaocao followed behind Mr. Liu and Zhu Junyang, slapping the bushes with a bamboo pole.

Suddenly, there was movement in the grass not far away. Yu Xiaocao picked up a small stone and threw it over there, and a colorful pheasant came out of the bushes, flapping its wings in a panic, and ran in the direction of Zhu Junyang.

Zhu Junyang unhurriedly put a bamboo pole on the pheasant's head, and the pheasant fluttered twice and then did not move. Cherry, who had never had any experience in hunting, rushed towards her prey happily and came back with the pheasant's wings: "Miss, this pheasant seems to have been knocked unconscious, and the slave maid tied up its wings, so that it could not escape when it woke up!" ”

Cherry tied the pheasant into a rice dumpling and put it in the basket she had carried over.

[Where pheasants have just appeared, there are wild eggs!] The little mending stone lazily reminded. Yu Xiaocao's steps were retracted, and he walked towards the relatively dense bushes.

Cherry followed curiously, and when Yu Xiaocao picked up the grass, she suddenly exclaimed: "Miss, Miss!" There are wild eggs!! Seven or eight wild eggs!! ”

Yu Xiaocao was infected by her good mood, and said with a smile: "Don't go and put away the eggs!" At noon, let's scramble wild onions and wild eggs, the taste is absolutely great!! ”

Cherry happily picked up the wild eggs and put them in the basket, carefully covered them with straw, and then had time to ask: "Miss, there are wild eggs, but what are wild onions?" ”

Yu Xiaocao walked a few steps, bent down and pointed to the slender and long plants in the grass, and said, "Ah! This is the wild onion. Be careful to pull out the round rhizomes in the ground. ”

Cherry was very interested, and after listening to it, she pouted her ass and plucked the wild onion there. When the soil is relatively hard, she also uses small bamboo chips to dig up the soil, trying to dig up the wild onions completely.

Yu Xiaocao saw that Zhu Junyang's master and servant had gone away, so he stayed where he was and waited for the cherry. This Nizi has never been up the mountain, don't get lost in the mountain. Although this hill is not comparable to the west mountain of Dongshan Village. If you get lost, it's troublesome enough to find it back.

Zhu Junyang walked a distance inside, shot two hares and a pheasant, and took out a white-fronted pig from the hole. The white-fronted pig is actually the weasel badger, a small burrowing animal, the meat is delicious and delicious, and it is a good game meat.

At this time, the cherries also dug up a lot of wild onions. Looking at the sky, Yu Xiaocao went down the mountain along the road he came from. Passing by the place where he had laid the trap, he harvested two more live hares.