Under the careful care of Yang Chuan, Zhiniang, Liu Man, and Naren Tuoya, the growth of 200 acres of cotton is gratifying, and now it has entered the 'budding period'.

From budding to development, it can be called the 'budding period', which generally lasts from 20 to 30 days.

This stage is also a crucial stage in the growth of cotton.

At present, these two hundred acres of cotton, if all the cotton seeds of the Han Empire, Yang Chuan has to cheer up and guard the fields day and night.

The same is true for Zhiniang, Liu Man, and Naren Tuoya, after a period of time, several little women have tanned, and they have lost a lot of weight.

Especially the weaver girl, she not only has to record the details of cotton growth, water and fertilizer release every day, but also has to worry about nearly 500 acres of mulberry seedlings outside.

Originally, if you want to plant 500 acres of mulberry forest in a short time, you need a lot of seedlings, and naturally you need a lot of people to plant, but using Yangchuan's 'seedling method', it is easy to plant a large area.

Although the mulberry trees planted by this 'seedling method' have to be treated with stubble in the second year, it will be one year later than the direct planting of the finished seedlings.

But Yang Chuan told her that as long as the water and fertilizer management is in place, the seedlings after stubble can grow to be very tall in three or four years, and they will definitely not delay things......

Zhiniang is a very independent person, she is used to verifying, even if some words Yang Chuan said are very sure, she has to personally pass it before she can finally accept it, a bit like some great agriculturists in later generations, meticulous, very serious.

At the same time, she is also responsible for cultivating the women in Yang's Zhuangzi, and she is also meticulous, not only teaching them to plant mulberry, raising silkworms, defending the line, and weaving, but also taking the time to teach those women to recognize a few words, just like a female gentleman.

This point makes Yang Chuan often sigh that the big Han Goying Zhi gave birth to a good daughter.

And he, Yang Chuan, really found a good woman......

……

'Fire flows in July, reeds in August. Silkworm moon strip mulberry, take the axe. To cut far away, the other girl mulberry. Singing in July, and results in August. Zai Xuan Zai Huang, I Zhu Kongyang, for the son. ’

Busy times are always so fast.

Yang Chuan's sixteen years old have passed more than half a year in the blink of an eye.

Under the careful care of Huo Quzhi, Cao Xiang, Dongfang Shuo, Zhang Anshi and others, not only the Yang fiefdom has a bumper harvest, but even the 300,000 acres of tuntian have also been harvested.

The military households were given a lot of summer grain early on, and also received some vegetables, mutton, chickens, ducks, geese, poultry eggs, and one by one they were looking forward to a bumper harvest of autumn grain and vegetables in the future.

I have to say that the officials of the Han Empire are not good, but the people of the Han Empire are the best in the world.

Yang Chuan understands this truth very well, as long as you keep your promise and give the people their due, they will think that you are reliable, and if you have something to do in the future, you will be willing to make a contribution.

Of course, for Yang Chuan, he is still not satisfied with just doing this.

The slave became a tenant, but it was just a change of bullying methods, which was not enough to solve the problem fundamentally, and what he wanted was a yeoman farmer.

Well, it's the kind of ...... that has its own land, its own household registration, and its own ideas Yeoman.

However, this is not easy to say.

Otherwise, even if Liu Che didn't say anything, he Yang Chuan would be quickly torn to pieces by those big dogs, crushed bones and ashes, and would never be able to live forever......

"Yang Chuan Xiaolangjun, what do you want?"

On this day, staring at a cotton flower that could be picked immediately, Yang Chuan was a little distracted for a while, Liu Man strode over and sat down beside him: "Here, eat a mouthful of melon." ”

"Eat melons?"

Yang Chuan looked up in amazement, and saw Liu Man holding a small pot of cantaloupe that had been cut into teeth, and couldn't help moaning: "Okay, the cantaloupe is ripe." ”

Liu Man put the clay pot on the ground, handed over a tooth of cantaloupe, straightened his chest, and said with a smug smile: "I know that Xiao Langjun has forgotten, so this concubine has already organized people to store all the ripe cantaloupe."

How is it, this concubine is powerful, right? ”

Yang Chuan took the cantaloupe with a smile, put it on Liu Man's mouth casually, and said warmly: "Sure enough, when you grow up, you will take care of the crops for us, come, reward you with a cantaloupe." ”

Liu Man was a little at a loss for a while, and his pretty face turned red.

Tsk, yes, yes, I know I'm shy.

Yang Chuan sent the melon in his hand to her lips: "Hurry up and eat, and then send some to the second aunt after eating, by the way, as well as Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang, they will all be sent over for you to try." ”

Liu Man nodded fiercely and said, "Well, I've already sent them all, by the way, Sister Zhiniang sent the most, there are seven or eight." ”

She opened her mouth to eat a small mouthful of melon, and two lines of clear tears suddenly flowed.

Yang Chuan was slightly stunned: "Why are you crying?" ”

"Xiao Langjun, thank you!"

Liu Man caught the tooth melon, took a small bite shallowly, and suddenly burst into laughter, and said: "Some time ago, I heard that you were going to marry Sister Zhiniang and not marry me, I was so sad, I wanted to find a place to die silently;

Yang Chuan Xiaolangjun, you don't know, how did I get over these days......"

As she spoke, the girl began to cry again, which made Yang Chuan at a loss for a while, so he could only reach out and rub her hair bun, and said with a wry smile: "This crying and laughing, let the emperor see it, and think I bullied you again." ”

Liu Man wiped a crooked nose, and scolded fiercely: "It's you who bullied this concubine!" ”

Yang Chuan hurriedly took out a silk scarf, wiped the tears and snot off her face, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, look at the flower-faced cat...... By the way, why hasn't Sister Leopard been seen recently? ”

Yang Chuan stood up violently, looked around, and looked depressed: "Sister Leopard is too disagreeable, I haven't seen you for three or four days, right?" ”

Liu Man sneered and said, "Besides, since you moved to the cotton field, Sister Leopard has gone to Uncle Tangyi's house." ”

Yang Chuan was stunned for a while: "Go to Uncle Tangyi's house?" ”

"That's right, Da Mao and Xiao Mao are back." Speaking of Sister Leopard, Liu Man quickly forgot the 'grief' just now, and said with a smile with his eyebrows: "Those two villains are as attentive as you, and they have married two or three wives and concubines, right?"

Tsk, you don't know how angry they must have been when they dragged their children back. ”

The big hair and the little hair are all back, and besides, they are still dragging their families...... Coming back?

Yang Chuan was stunned for several breaths, and said with a smile: "Actually, whether Da Mao and Xiao Mao are male or female, I haven't paid attention to ......"

Liu Man smiled: "Just like you, the two of them, both of them are male, old-fashioned...... Well, they're all badass anyway! ”

Looking at Liu Man's slightly sunburned face under the sun, Yang Chuan suddenly felt a wave in his heart, and couldn't help but slowly lean up.

Liu Man, who noticed the abnormality, suddenly blushed and whispered in Yang Chuan's ear in a breathy voice: "Xiao Langjun, Liu Che is behind you; By the way, my aunt and uncle are also here......"

Yang Chuan's heart suddenly changed, but there was no change on his face, and he muttered: "Liu Man, don't dare to say anything about our family's cotton planting, this thing is a treasure, write it down?" ”

Liu Manqiang couldn't help but laugh and nodded fiercely: "Hmm!" ”

Yang Chuan picked up a tooth of cantaloupe and ate it very sweetly; While eating, he exclaimed: "This melon is very sweet." ”

"Liu Man, when you turn around, I'll send a few to the emperor and let him try them."

"Oh, this melon needs to be carefully cared for, it needs to be manually pollinated when it blooms in spring, it needs to be fertilized and watered when it sits on the melon, and it is necessary to pinch off those crooked melons and cracked dates, but unfortunately, I have been in a prison cell for a month, and I have delayed a lot of things......

……

Liu Che's face was very exciting, green for a while, white for a while, red for a while, in short, I wanted to pounce and kick Yang Chuan's ass a few times.

This stinky boy is too hateful.

Just now, it was clear that he was going to despise his full moon, and after getting Liu Man's hint, he actually began to arrange him, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, without changing his face, to complain that he had been locked up in the dungeon of Tingweifu for a month?

It's just, well, it's so much to my heart's content.

"Who is that, Weaver Niang, this is the cotton you are talking about?" Liu Che took a deep breath, pretended not to know anything, turned his head and smiled and asked the weaver girl behind him.

Weaver Niang nodded and said, "Yes, this is cotton." ”

Yang Chuanmeng's spirit was agitated, and he shouted "Your Majesty!" ”

Then, in a hurry, he saw the emperor, Princess Pingyang, and Wei Qing, and picked up the pot of cantaloupe very doggy: "Your Majesty, please eat melon." ”

"Mother, father-in-law, please eat melons."

The movements are slightly stiff, and the performances are slightly exaggerated, but Liu Che is very happy.

If this kid pretends to be the same as the real thing, then it's boring......

"Okay, okay, I'm busy, I want to come over to see your second aunt on a whim today," Liu Che walked and watched in the cotton field, and smiled at Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing beside him: "I heard that this kind of thing called cotton can be spun and weaved, which is better than wool." ”

Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing didn't say anything, but looked at Yang Chuan quite suspiciously.

Yang Chuan handed the clay pot in his hand to Liu Man, and then said with a smile: "Actually, it is not necessarily better than wool, but after all, wool grows on sheep, and our Han Dynasty does not have so many sheep;

The reason why cotton is better than wool is because this thing is grown in the field, and as long as it is watered and fertilized, it will grow continuously, just like grain. ”

Liu Che and the others nodded, watched for a while, and then went straight to the attic where Princess Nangong lived.

Princess Nangong seemed to be in a good mood, sitting quietly on the couch by the window, letting Zhiniang, Liu Man, and Naren Tuoya make tea, and let them cut two cantaloupe.

"Let's try it, this is a melon grown by Yang Chuan's family, it's really sweet." Princess Nangong greeted with a smile.

Wei Qing just tasted a small tooth and stopped eating.

Liu Che and Princess Pingyang shook off their cheeks and ate violently, and while eating, they were amazed in their mouths, which made Yang Chuan complain for a while.

Look at the eating appearance of Lao Liu's family!

"By the way, Liu Yu, why did you suddenly come over today?" Princess Nangong asked suddenly.

"Second sister, can't I come over to see you if I'm fine?" Liu Che ate the melon and said with a vague smile: "If I hadn't come here occasionally, I wouldn't have known that this kid Yang Chuan had secretly planted such a sweet melon." ”

Princess Nangong scolded with a smile: "I don't know others, what kind of virtue are you, Liu Yu, think the second sister doesn't know?" Hurry up and say, is there something wrong? ”

Liu Che smiled at this time: "Actually, it's not a big deal, just come and take a look at the cotton planted by Yang Chuan, and by the way, go to Tai Academy to have a look." ”

"Something is going on in Tai Academy?" Princess Nangong frowned slightly.

Liu Che wiped the melon juice on his mouth, beard and cheeks with a silk scarf, sat down, and sighed: "Tai Academy was turned upside down by Yang Chuan, a stinky boy, hasn't he been guarding the cotton field recently, and Dong Zhongshu will take care of it for the time being;

At first, there was nothing to do, anyway, there were no students, everyone was busy repairing the attic, pavilion, planting flowers, planting trees, raising birds, and everything was safe.

However, two days ago, Dong Zhongshu didn't know what was going crazy, and he actually gathered his disciples and began to insult and beat those scholars from other schools, and I heard that dozens of people were injured......"

Princess Nangong and the others laughed bitterly when they heard it, and they all sighed, Dong Zhongshu was really a little overbearing.

Only Yang Chuan heard a trace of unusual taste, even if there was a shocking case in the Tai Academy, and there was a court commander's mansion and embroidered clothes messenger to investigate and deal with it, could he still be so alarmed that the emperor would run away in person?

Therefore, he couldn't help but ask, "Dong Zhongshu did it first?" ”

Liu Che said with a smile: "That's not it, it was the scholars of some other schools who first provoked Dong Zhongshu, and then the conflict broke out, and the two sides started messing around like this." ”

Yang Chuan nodded slightly, and looked sideways at Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing.

Princess Pingyang smiled: "What do you see me doing, you yourself are Taixue sacrificial wine, and there has been a shocking bloody case in Tai Academy, you don't even know it?" ”

Yang Chuan could hear that Princess Pingyang's words were more ridiculous, and his heart was greatly settled, and he said: "Your Majesty, our Han scholars are superb in martial arts, and they are brave and ruthless, this is actually a good thing, Your Majesty does not need to be angry about this." ”

Liu Che scolded angrily: "Tai Academy is a place to study, what kind of system is it that you use your hands and feet, fight and kill?" ”

Yang Chuan shook his head again and again, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, in fact, ...... If a scholar does not have the courage to be enthusiastic, it is terrible, and in Weichen's opinion, this matter is still a good thing. ”

Liu Che looked at Yang Chuan meaningfully and asked with a smile: "Good thing? ”

"Yes, this is a good thing," Yang Chuan said with great certainty: "However, everything must have a boundary and a degree; Although Weichen doesn't know what the specific situation is, it must be nothing serious.

Of course, if there is really anything important, it will be a good opportunity to rectify the Tai Academy and establish a new fashion, and Your Majesty does not need to worry about it. ”

Liu Che laughed, turned his head to look at Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing: "Otherwise, let's hear how this Taixue sacrificial wine rectified the Tai Academy?" ”

(End of chapter)