The grain was sent to Hongyuan City, and the ecstatic Marquis of Dingbei had received it, and the number was enough to cultivate the entire territory.
Jiang Xingchen also breathed a sigh of relief. Except for his territory, other places probably would have delayed spring plowing and there was no good crop. It is easy to imagine how difficult it would be to determine Beihou.
It would be fine if other territories did not obtain the grain from Xuanyuan Tianzong, but everyone was the same. Is the empire suffering from disaster? But in the end, everyone is fine. Just your problem is big, then there is an explanation.
Although the Empire asked for food from Xuanyuan Tianzong in the Battle of Pingjun City, it could not be subsidized to you all, as other territories also need it. If you can't survive, or even have problems due to food shortage, someone will definitely jump out to attack. Why are they okay, but you have something to do? Once that time comes, who will still remember the problem of grain planting, which is smuggled.
It is difficult for Dingbei Hou to live without a complete egg when it is destroyed, and Jiang Xingchen cannot think about it. He knows very well how much hatred caused by the New Year's singing and dancing performance. The reward for territory expansion is not so good, and the aristocratic management department will definitely target him. If Dingbei Hou can't take care of himself, people will never mind adding insult to injury and making trouble for themselves.
"Hu~" He let out a long breath, and Jiang Xingchen murmured: "It's finally solved!"
Everything seemed to have returned to normal, and the progress of the irrigation ditches was rapid. Shi Wazi and several villagers in the village who had worked as blacksmiths to study trolleys, and made breakthrough progress.
In early April, the belated spring breeze finally arrived. When the ice and snow gradually became clear, the irrigation ditches were completely excavated, and the water drawn from the opposite side of the ridge quickly filled the ditches. When the villagers saw this scene, they almost couldn't help but cheer. The problem of water use in arable land plagued Qingshan Village for countless years, and they finally didn't have to cross the ridge to carry water.
The soldiers who had been busy for more than three months were reluctant to leave while relaxing. Not only did they have a good meal here, they also paid more money than the army.
However, the igloo on the river has been in full swing. I can't do it anymore if I want to stay there, and I have nowhere to live.
When the soldiers left, Jiang Xingchen completely freed. In addition to thinking about the function of the formation, he was busy looking for honeycombs to extract honey.
Spring is in full bloom, and although the ice and snow have not yet melted, countless wild flowers have already rushed out. Bees as big as thumbs can be seen flying around everywhere.
In a few days, Jiang Xingchen had a great harvest and got more than fifty kilograms of honey. However, he never encountered royal jelly again.
After the honey is separated, Jiang Xingchen heats and melts the honeycomb and pours it into the prepared mold to form beeswax. This is a good thing for making candles, which is much better than any oil lamp.
The hatching of the wild pheasant eggs was ultimately unsuccessful and turned into fried rice. The old man and Zhao Danqing's stomachs made Ni'er angry for a long time when she pouted her mouth.
But soon, the little girl came back and took a steamed sausage from Jiang Xingchen and ate it while showing off in front of the old man and Zhao Danqing, making the two of them drool and their eyes widened.
Especially the old man, who has a profound cultivation level, can smell the refreshingness brought out by his vitality.
"It's been so many days, and I can really keep my energy alive!" After being surprised, the old man ran to Jiang Xingchen, and forced himself to grab the food from his mouth, snatching Jiang Xingchen's half sausage.
"Damn..." Jiang Xingchen was stunned for a long time before wailing: "Old man, are you not hygienic at all? The disease comes from the mouth... Bah, what are you saying, how can I get sick..."
Afterwards, Zhao Danqing and the kitten girl both came, and Jiang Xingchen had to give them another one.
As early April passed, in mid-April, the frozen earth finally became civilized, and Shi Wazi and his team finally studied the structure of the car.
Jiang Xingchen was overjoyed and was about to read it. Dingbei Hou sent another letter. This time, Jiang Xingchen, who had read the letter, also changed his color.
The letter said that the grains obtained by the Tianxia Trading Company were fake. When they were transported, the grains were plump and round, but now they were about to send seeds down, but some were already shriveled.
"I've been cheated!" Jiang Xingchen immediately had this idea, and a burst of anger rushed up in his heart, and at the same time he also felt deeply guilty.
He has been developing too smoothly for a long time, and any problems have been solved, greatly reducing his guardianship when he first came.
Take this cooperation with the World Trade Company for example. After seeing the old man familiar with Jun Bumi, he no longer became alert.
"I'm so weak, why is it so easy to trust people!" Jiang Xingchen patted his head vigorously, immediately called the old man, and sent him to Hongyuan City as soon as possible. From the letter from Dingbei Hou, he could see that he was now on the verge of an outbreak.
This was the first time that the old man saw Jiang Xingchen so serious, he knew something had happened. He didn't have time to ask and walked out immediately.
Jiang Xingchen greeted Mei'er and set off with the old man. This time the matter was urgent, so he could not bring Mei'er with him...
A day later, the two arrived, and the Dingbei Hou, who had a gloomy face, led them to a large warehouse.
"These are those already shriveled grains, which are worse than what we reserved for ourselves!" Dingbei Hou had a dark face, his voice was a little scary.
Jiang Xingchen grabbed a handful and twisted it hard, and a pile of powder fell from his fingers.
"Marty! This matter..."
Just as Jiang Xingchen was about to speak, Dingbei Hou raised his hand and stopped him: "No matter what you do, I want you to find Tianxia Commercial Bank... Moreover, this matter is probably not done by Tianxia Commercial Bank!"
"What?" Jiang Xingchen was stunned when he heard this. After receiving the letter from Dingbei Hou, he always thought it was the trick of the world's business.
"The world's business is the signature of the Great Qin Kingdom, and its reputation has always been good, so we can move between countries and spread business everywhere. Such things are tantamount to them, and there is no benefit to them!" said Dingbei Hou.
"Are they pretending to be a world-class business?" Jiang Xingchen frowned.
"No, I know that Jun Bumi is a man. He is a great offering from the Qin royal family and will never be fake!" The old man said decisively.
Dingbei Hou said: "I guess we and Tianxia Trading Company have both made fun of us... Or, starting from Hengtong Trading Company getting the third-class grain of Xuanyuan Tianzong, this is a matter!"
The old man raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said, "You mean, they came specifically for you, Dingbei Hou!"
"For me!" Dingbei Hou smiled coldly and said, "Things may be more complicated! Once my part is out of reach, and there will be some civil war, many people will definitely jump out. I am almost certain that I will be suppressed... If this matter spreads throughout the empire, what will be the biggest impact?"
"You, and Jiang Xingchen, you are looking for fake grains from the world's trading company... Jiang Xingchen's reputation was disgraced, and the benchmark set by the emperor fell down... You mean, those old stubborn people want to disrupt the emperor's development strategy!" The old man widened his eyes.
"Yeah!" Dingbei Hou nodded and said in a deep voice: "The counterattack came so fast! We just won a New Year's singing and dancing performance, and they came up with such an idea! They even did not hesitate to make my territory lose all its grains. If I didn't find out, I would probably be..."
The old man frowned and said in confusion: "When I was in the imperial capital, the Tianxia Trading Company came to find Jiang Xingchen and did not bear anyone. They knew it was not new! What I wondered is that their energy was so great that they could actually sell the grain merchants of Xuanyuan Tianzong to the Tianxia Trading Company to fake grain plantings!"
Jiang Xingchen listened on the side, sweating profusely behind his back, sighing that he was still too young. He didn't know that there were so many things involved in it, which actually involved the development direction of the entire empire.
In theory, there was really no room for him to interrupt here, but he remembered the previous negotiations with Tianxia Commercial Bank, and interrupted the two: "That! Tianxia Commercial Bank is competing with the Wanxiang Commercial Bank of Xuanyuan Tianzong for the desert line. Could it be that Xuanyuan Tianzong did this for the sake of Yintianxia Commercial Bank? We were just affected. I heard from Qin Manwu that Xuanyuan Tianzong has strict management of grain outflow this year. It is not easy to get it!"
After hearing what Jiang Xingchen said, Dingbei Hou and the old man also hesitated, and this possibility is also very high.
After a long time, Dingbei Hou shook his head and sighed, "Don't think about this for now. Now this batch of grains cannot be used, and it is too late to get them. We can only plant the grains we keep ourselves... No matter how small the harvest is, it is better than the grains without harvest!"
At this moment, Jiang Xingchen suddenly thought of a question: how did the other party deceive the world's business by making fake fakes and real?
"Marty, isn't only part of it changed? What about the others?" Thinking of this, Jiang Xingchen asked.
"It's still the same here. I really don't know how they did it, but it probably won't last a few days!" Dingbei Hou said, walking to another grain pile, grab a handful and sending it to Jiang Xingchen.
Jiang Xingchen pinched a few pieces and looked carefully. He saw that the particles were indeed full and round, a hundred times stronger than the crumbs just now.
"It's really strange!" Jiang Xingchen was surprised and gently twisted it.
Suddenly, he felt an abnormality, and a faint fluctuation actually came from the inside of the seed.
"Environment!" Jiang Xingchen raised his eyebrows and immediately started breathing. The soul in his mind trembled gently...
He could clearly feel that there was a very faint vital energy inside the seeds, slowly passing through the wheat skin and floating outward.
"How can there be vital energy in the seeds? Are plants containing vital energy very rare? I have never seen anything except clouds and mists, but wheat seeds..."
Jiang Xingchen couldn't figure it out, so he picked up the shriveled grains, but found that there was no fluctuation of energy inside.
Then, he found the seeds left by Dingbei Hou to come to his territory, and found that there was no fluctuation of vitality.
Dingbei Hou and the old man were both a little surprised. They didn't know how many seeds Jiang Xingchen was holding and lowered his head to think about what he wanted.
After a long time, Jiang Xingchen kept changing the grain seeds and finally his eyes lit up, and he realized in his mind: "I understand that the faint vitality only promotes the growth of seeds, and it is not like clouds and mists, which can be preserved forever... It turns out that the increase in grain production in this world is not through hybridization, but relying on vitality... This is right, the existence of vitality is the biggest difference between this world and the earth!"
After understanding the reason, Jiang Xingchen also smiled at the corner of his mouth. Knowing the perfect use of the formation, he had already touched the door!