The eldest princess obviously didn't expect Chen Shengzhi to ask such a thing, she was stunned for a moment and then said, "Isn't the marshal going to put me to death?" ”

This is a serious statement, Chen Shengzhi smiled.

"The princess is serious, but if the emperor can understand the thoughts of the people in the world, then what if this child is left, besides, now that there are thieves everywhere, I don't know how many people will be called emperors in the future, why bother with this one."

The eldest princess clenched her fists, obviously looking bad.

It's just not talking.

Back to Shu Yan, she worked all day, and went to sleep after eating, but this night was extraordinarily sweet.

She also had a dream in which she planted wheat that was half a man's height, and that each plant bore seven or eight ears.

In the middle of the night, she dreamed that when she got up in the morning, someone had cut her wheat, ground it into flour, and some people had wrapped it into buns.

Early the next morning, Cheng San saw that his godmother still hadn't gotten up, so he pushed open the door and saw that Shu Yan was still asleep, Cheng San said with a smile: "Godmother got up and worked." ”

But Shu Yan didn't care about people, Cheng San walked in with some worry, only to find that Shu Yan's face was very pale.

Cheng San hurriedly patted Shu Yan's face and said worriedly: "Godmother, wake up, don't scare me." ”

Shu Yan opened his eyes, only to feel that he seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, Cheng San hurriedly said: "Are you tired, you can rest at home today, and we will finish the work." ”

Shu Yan naturally disagreed, she struggled to get up, but found that she was weak.

Cheng San said with a smile: "Godmother, don't be reckless, after all, you are old, and you used to be pampered, and if you suddenly work hard, you will definitely be tired." ”

Shu Yan took a deep breath.

"I'm getting old."

Bai Guichen made breakfast and brought it in, the kid had a very worried expression on his face, but his mouth was locked, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Cheng San brought the food over and said to Shu Yan: "Godmother, you have to think about it, how to make the fertilizer that you said at the beginning." ”

Shu Yan sighed slightly when she heard this, and she said to Cheng San: "I remember some things in the past these days, and I haven't told you all these days, but I just told you today, lest you say that I lie to you." ”

Shu Yan said: "The production of chemical fertilizer is not difficult, but the difficulty is that there is no way to produce it at low cost, that is, the fertilizer produced is used on the land, and after calculating an account, it is a loss." ”

In fact, it's not just chemical fertilizers, everything except the military industry, Shu Yan and Old Man Chen have tried it in Jiangnan, and they all ended like this.

But most of them are extremely expensive, due to the lack of process tools, many things are made of a hundred, and only two or three can be used.

As a result, things that are much higher than today's technology can only be the playthings of the rich.

The crossing that Shu Yan saw before, and even the slightly simple process of glass, there is no way to mass produce it.

Cheng San was not discouraged after hearing this, he patted Shu Yan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Godmother, we are now croppers, people in this world, only when they solve their own personal problems, they are most concerned, I believe in you, let's take our time." ”

This sentence gave Shu Yan a lot of encouragement.

Shu Yan patted Cheng San on the shoulder, and she said with a smile: "Then I borrowed your auspicious words, boy." ”

If they were given seventy or eighty years to Shu Yan and Old Man Chen, they might really be able to do something, but the current situation did not give them a chance at all.

And after that incident, Chen Shengzhi lost confidence in what Shu Yan said.

Shu Yan really didn't go to work today, after she got up, she went around the village, there are not many strong men in the village, how many women, children and old people are working, so it is extremely hard.

However, the village is still relatively wealthy, and there are more cattle in the village.

And now is the time to harvest wheat, and anyone can do such a job.

Shu Yan sat under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, and an old lady with a cane sat tremblingly in front of Shu Yan.

"Old sister, are you from out of town?"

Shu Yan replied: "I came from Jiangnan and rented other people's land, hoping to beg for food here." ”

The old lady smiled.

"It's not difficult to beg for food, the wind and rain have been smooth in the past few years, and there are more children in the village, just to fight, my son is going to be a soldier again."

The old lady was afraid that no one spoke, and when she caught Shu Yan, she began to talk endlessly, although the speed of speech was very slow, but there was almost no pause.

It made Shu Yan quite helpless.

The old lady had eight children, three daughters, five sons, and only four of them died, and now she has one son and two daughters by her side.

Shu Yan had to say that he had two sons, both of whom were still alive, and one of his daughter-in-law died.

The old lady suddenly became interested and said that she wanted to introduce her granddaughter to Bai Guichen, but Shu Yan hurriedly refused.

The old lady was suddenly lonely when she heard this, and she muttered: "If you don't marry your granddaughter, the family will starve to death again this year." ”

When the old lady said this, Shu Yan was a little puzzled.

This big area, a big piece of heaven and earth, how can people starve to death.

The old lady let out a long sigh.

"The tax of the imperial court is 30%, the land rent is 20%, and the less than 50% left in our hands is less than 50%, I have thought about it, and when the weather is cold, I will go to the Qilian Mountain alone, and I will definitely not affect the children."

When Shu Yan heard this, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

The old lady continued: "The imperial court wants to fight, to regain the lost territory, let's be the boss of the people's ......"

As the old lady spoke, she heard a mockery from behind the tree.

"The imperial court still wants to build a palace for the emperor, and also give the emperor a widow?"

Shu Yan looked back, but saw a scholar in his twenties, this scholar was wearing a Confucian shirt, holding a wine jug in his hand, lying under the tree, although he looked very civil, but the whole person looked very cynical.

The old lady didn't want to deal with this person, so she said to Shu Yan: "This is a sour talent that our village has tried and tested repeatedly, don't pay attention to him." ”

The scholar drank his own wine, but he didn't answer or get angry.

After the old lady finished speaking, she took her crutches and walked towards the village, and Shu Yan stood up and was about to leave.

But the scholar said, "Auntie, do you have any books at home?" If so, I will give you bread in exchange. ”

Shu Yan said with a smile: "Where are there any books in my house, son, you are laughing." ”

The scholar sat up, put the flask aside, and said, "I'm not a son, but a man who has fine clothes and food, and doesn't have to worry about his livelihood." ”

This guy has exchanged food for books, how is he not a son.

Shu Yan didn't want to deal with this strange person, so he went home by himself.