As the city victims were controlled, the flood finally began to slowly recede. First of all, the rain that had been falling for more than a month finally stopped. The June sun was scorching in the sky, layers of water vapor evaporated from the wet earth, and the water levels in various rivers began to drop, and the flooded areas in Kaifeng City slowly exposed the mud below.

As the flood receded, the victims gathered together returned home one after another and began to clean up the silt in their homes. Some shops that closed due to floods also began to reopen their doors to do business, and the entire Tokyo city gradually regained its vitality.

The water in the Guangyang County Prince's Mansion also retreated, but Zhao Yan had no plans to go back. He just sent a few managers to take people back to clean up. As for him, Cao Ying and others, they still lived in the villa outside the city. First, the palace in the prince's mansion was still very humid and it was not comfortable to live. Second, Zhao Yan also liked the quietness of the villa.

In a large yard behind the villa, Zhao Yan held a small shovel in his hand and ordered the two old men working next to him while digging a hole: "Old Fu, Suma, don't dig the pit so deep, otherwise it will be difficult to produce seedlings!"

"Don't worry, the prince, I'll save me!" Lao Suma replied while digging a hole carefully. After the beast garden of the prince's mansion was sold, Lao Suma was transferred to this villa to raise livestock. Now the courtyard where they are located is where he raises livestock. There are more than a dozen cows and seven or eight horses in the shed beside the wall, all of whom are lowering their heads to eat fodder.

The only person in the yard where the livestock is raised is Lao Suma. Because the place is too big, he opened a vegetable field, planted some vegetables and ate them by himself, and there were strong fences around him. Zhao Yan accidentally met Lao Suma by chance, so he came to him to take a look. He found that Lao Suma's vegetable field was very fertile. After all, he had no shortage of fertilizer here, and Lao Suma was also a trustworthy person, so Zhao Yan decided to plant all the sweet potato seedlings and corn in his hand here, and was usually taken care of by Lao Suma, so today's scene came into being.

Lao Suma had already turned over the vegetable field before. Zhao Yan and the others just needed to dig out the pit, put the cut-off sweet potato seedlings into water, and then seal the soil. As for corn, it was even simpler. Put the corn seeds in the shallow pit, and the soil layer on it should not be too thick, because the land is very wet, so even watering is avoided.

The number of corn seeds was not large, so they were planted soon. There was only one sweet potato seedling, but these days the seedlings grew longer and longer, so Zhao Yan cut them into four pieces, so there were four sweet potatoes, but these were not planted in a single part of the land together.

"Hu~" Looking at the small piece of land planted by himself, Zhao Yan breathed a long sigh. By the autumn, he could get more seeds, and at least one acre of land can be planted in the next year. Perhaps by the third year, the entire Shangshuizhuang could plant corn and sweet potatoes.

"Prince, can this sweet potato really produce more than a thousand kilograms per mu?" Old Suma carefully scattered a handful of soil around a sweet potato seedling, and then raised her head and asked, her two turbid eyes full of incredible colors.

"That's natural. This is a crop introduced by the imperial court from overseas. I finally got a little from the palace. When it grows for two years, all the tenants in our royal palace can plant these two crops, so there is no need to worry about being hungry anymore!" He only told Lao Suma and Lao Fu the yield of sweet potatoes and corn, but he made up a lie about the origin of these two crops. After all, there is no need to let them know about some things.

"Old Suma, will the words of the prince still be fake? These two kinds of crops are hard to find. In addition to the official family, only our palace has this little, and the prince is left to you to plant. This shows the prince's trust in you. If something happens to such crops, even if the prince doesn't blame you, the old man will peel you off!" Lao Fu also stood up and intimidated Lao Suma. He didn't know the importance of corn and sweet potatoes before. It was not until he heard Zhao Yan's explanation that he was shocked. It turned out that there was such an important thing hidden in the palace, and he did not agree to let Lao Suma take care of such an important thing, but it was a little late now.

"Don't worry, butler Lu, the little old man knows the importance. If there is a problem with these two crops, you don't have to do it. The little old man will peel off the skin and send it to you!" Old Suma is very familiar with Butler Lu, and also knows the catchphrase of Butler Lu, but he is not joking. After knowing the importance of these two kinds of grains, Old Suma has decided to take good care of them no matter what.

"By the way, your vegetable field is good in other aspects, but those livestock are not all. If you run out and eat the crops, it will be miserable. So should you change the livestock to another yard first?" Zhao Yan suddenly saw the cattle by the wall, especially the naughty calves, and couldn't help but say with some concern. At this time, he realized that he seemed to have overlooked an extremely serious safety hazard.

"Don't worry, the prince has fences around the cattle shed, and the animals inside can't run out at all. There are also solid fences around the vegetable field. Even if the animals run out, they can't enter the vegetable field. In addition, I have made some tricks around the vegetable field. Even if the animals are beaten to death, they dare not get close to here!" Old Suma showed a very proud smile when she said this.

Zhao Yan and Lao Fu both showed curious expressions when they heard Suma's last words. However, Suma did not explain directly. Instead, they stood up and ran to the cattle shed, and pulled an extremely strong scalper for experiments. As a result, the scalper was very steady at the beginning, but when they approached the vegetable field for more than ten steps, they were reluctant to take a step forward no matter how Lao Suma pulled it. In the end, they even shit and pee flowed, "moo mooing~" and retreated repeatedly, as if they were very scared.

"This is amazing. Lao Suma, what have you done to the vegetable field? He was so scared that such a strong cow didn't dare to come?" Zhao Yan and Lao Fu asked in surprise. Especially Zhao Yan, it was the first time that he found that his knowledge did not seem to be enough to look down on the entire era. At least he couldn't think of why the scene in front of him was.

"Hehe, Prince, you may feel magical when you look at it, but in fact, it's not worth it. When the villain raised beasts in the beast garden, he collected the feces of those beasts and then added some things to dry them. Ordinary wild animals are afraid of beasts and dare not scatter when they smell the feces of beasts. Even when they reach wolves in the wild, this thing can help their lives. The villain sprinkled some feces of beasts around the vegetable field, so the animals naturally dare not get close!" Lao Suma explained with a smile.

"So that's it!" Zhao Yan and Lao Fu suddenly realized. This truth was indeed not worth much. Zhao Yan also thought of the animal world he had seen in his previous life. It seemed that some animals did use feces to mark their territory.

"Old Fu, do you have this thing? I'll give it to me some?" Zhao Yan said at this time. Xiao Douya insisted on raising diced little meat by himself, but this girl has always been miserable. She often forgot to close Zhao Yan's bedroom door at night. As a result, every morning, Xiao Rou Ding would run to Zhao Yan's bed to wake him up. Zhao Yan was so angry that she wanted to kill Xiao Rou Ding and eat dog meat hotpot. However, if she could get some feces from beasts from Suma and then scatter them at the door, Xiao Rou Ding would probably never dare to break in again.

"Ah? Prince, why do you want that thing? It's so dirty?" Lao Fu immediately stopped him with a embarrassed look on his face. Anyway, it was also feces. It was really unconventional for Zhao Yan, a prince who wanted that thing.

"Haha, it's for fun. Isn't the dog fighting and cock fighting in Tokyo popular? What would it look like if I sprinkle some of this stuff in during the dog fighting?" Zhao Yan said randomly with a smile. If Lao Fu knew that Xiao Rou Ding disturbed his sleep, it would probably be within a few days that Xiao Rou Ding would disappear silently in the royal palace, and even become a dog meat hotpot.

When Lao Fu heard Zhao Yan's words, a helpless expression appeared on his face. He thought that the prince's temperament changed drastically after getting married and was no longer as chaotic as before. However, now it seems that the prince's prince has not changed his nature, but he has become more restrained and more scheming.

Old Sumako didn't care what Zhao Yan was going to do. He only knew that his things could make His Highness the Prince's Highness take a fancy to him, which was his honor. So he ran into the house without saying a word and took out a sheepskin pocket in a short while. It was so thick that someone's calves were more than half a foot long, enough to put the diced meat in it.

"Prince, there are only so many villains left here. If it is not enough, I will collect some for you. It is not a valuable thing anyway!" Old Suma said very attentively.

"Enough is enough!" Zhao Yan was a little amused. He just wanted to scare the little meat diced one bit, but such a big bag could ward off evil spirits even if it was scattered at the door. However, he couldn't refuse Lao Suma's kindness, so he could only reach out and take it. Fortunately, this thing didn't seem to have a very strange smell, and I don't know how Lao Suma handled it?

Next, Zhao Yan explained some precautions to Lao Suma during the growth of sweet potatoes and corn. In fact, these were also what he heard about when he was teaching and had no practical experience, so everything depends on Lao Suma to explore. However, one thing Zhao Yan is very sure is that sweet potatoes and corn are relatively drought-resistant. Except for some specific growth periods, it does not require too much water. There is a lot of rain this year, so Lao Suma must be prepared for drainage.
Chapter completed!