The sun in August is not the hottest in the year. Standing under the bright shade of the trees at noon, the wind blowing in my face was sultry and annoying.
Qiao Lan looked at the system panel and counted every minute.
First, a soldier in armor trotted in and announced his Majesty's arrival.
After a while, another eunuch, Gong E, dressed in brocade, ran in! She lined up neatly!
"Your Majesty has arrived!" the eunuch's loud voice sounded.
Qiao Lan and others bowed their heads and knelt down to greet His Majesty.
Qiao Lan looked down at the little man representing the emperor's position on the system page, then got out of the car, and then slowly approached the village. It might take him two minutes to walk to the hillside.
Then he diverted his attention to other villains.
There were many people following the emperor, but Qiao Lan knew few of them.
When "Farming Notes" was sold, she was not taken seriously by the palace, but now people come to the farm to see her in person!
Qiao Lan didn't believe it if he said there was no ghost.
"Young lady, please excuse me and show me your Zhuangzi!" the young emperor's voice sounded.
Qiao Lan stood up with the help of the maids around her.
He took a look at the young emperor who was wearing a wide-sleeved uniform with a high vertical hair crown, as well as the ministers wearing court uniforms around him.
Maybe it was because he was older and in poor health. Qiao Lan knelt for a few minutes and felt severe numbness in his legs. Dots of slight stings spread in his knees and calves, causing Qiao Lan to stagger a few steps when he stood up.
When he took a little step, he was so trembling that he couldn't straighten his legs. He had a dark face that had been in the field all year round and had not been cared for much.
From the perspective of such a group of people, the lady is probably too old to walk around anymore.
Although the young emperor was a little willful, he was not too foolish. Looking at Qiao Lan's appearance, he felt pity for Qiao Lan's old age and frailty, but was also worried that her legs and feet would be weak and she would miss work, so he said: "The queen can still walk.
Really? I'll ask them to prepare a sedan for you."
My legs are just numb and will be fine after a while!
But in front of the little emperor, Qiao Lan didn't want to say that her legs were numb, nor did she want to recover too quickly, so she could only say in a weak voice: "I am old, and I have some inconvenience in my legs and feet after working in the fields for a while. It will be better after a night's rest.
If your Majesty doesn't mind the old woman being rude, just let a woman support me."
The emperor nodded in agreement.
Qiao Lan slowly walked forward with Mrs. Song's support.
Mrs. Song had seen Qiao Lan carrying a hoe as fast as he could, digging and digging for two hours straight. That was the day before yesterday. Knowing that the old lady might just have numb legs, she cooperated.
The land area of 10,000 acres is not small. Qiao Lan took the emperor for a while, introducing him all the way and talking about what he grew in his land.
The emperor also nodded.
After wandering around the fields full of crops for a while, the emperor seemed to find that there was nothing interesting to see, so he directly said, "I heard yesterday that the farmland of the queen has a yield of five thousand kilograms of wheat per acre? Is this possible?"
Sure enough, I came here for the rye!
Qiao Lan responded calmly: "I do grow a very high-yielding wheat on my farm, but it was accidentally planted during breeding the year before. Last year, I only planted more than one point of land, not one acre.
All the wheat harvested last year has become this year’s wheat seeds in the fields. The wheat in the fields has not yet matured for harvest. I don’t know how much food can be harvested from one acre!”
"Oh, is that so?" The young emperor's face looked a little cautious, and then he looked at the field next to him.
A minister in the crowd, wearing official uniform and with a mean look on his face, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, you only planted one point of land last year, one acre of land is ten cents. You can tell the harvest of one acre of land with a little calculation. Beijing's harvest in recent years
No, what is the intention of not repaying the good seed that the queen has in hand?"
When Qiao Lan saw this, he immediately knelt down and said with a cry: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged!" Before Qiao Lan knelt down, he glanced at the old man with a white beard and painted him a black villain. He was really not a thing!
"I started breeding a few years ago. Before the crops were planted in the ground, I didn't know how the improved seeds were doing! As for the improved seeds I cultivated, if I plant them myself once and think they are good, I will sell them to the surrounding people at low prices.
, Your Majesty can send someone to check."
"The rye that yields thousands of pounds per acre is rye, which is a variant of wheat in the field. When I harvested it last year, I thought that the yield per acre of this improved variety was extremely high, and I planned to present the seeds to His Majesty. But who knew that after the food was ready, I would eat it.
It's hard to swallow. I plan to keep this seed for two years and then cultivate some rye with a slightly better taste to present to Your Majesty..."
Rye is indeed unpalatable, and Qiao Lan did not deceive anyone.
As for why she didn't donate them last year, she only had so many seeds in her hand, so why did she donate them?
Should it be given to the Royal Inner Court for breeding or should it be distributed to aristocratic families?
Even if they took it and took good care of it, they still wouldn't be able to grow as much as Qiao Lan.
As for the rye grown in the fields, even if the nobles from high families do not like to eat it, they will not be used to benefit the people.
I am afraid that everyone is looking forward to more disaster years, and then sell the rye at a very high price to enrich their own pockets.
After hearing this, the emperor was thoughtful and asked the people around him to pick an ear of wheat. He saw that the wheat seeds on the ear of wheat were full and neat. He rubbed out the wheat kernels inside, which were black and looked like
Not very tasty.
This was the first time the emperor went to the fields. He had never seen other wheat before.
I just saw that the minister of the court wrote a note saying that the queen's land was growing high-yield grain, but she kept it secret, so she brought a group of people over to take a look.
"Before I came here, I only heard people say that the queen held high-yield grain but did not give it to me. I thought she had hidden intentions. Unexpectedly, there were many misunderstandings!" the emperor sighed.
Indeed it is!
"The territory and subjects of Beijing belong to your Majesty. This village I have been given was given by your Majesty. Everything grown in this land also belongs to your Majesty. How could I not dedicate this to Your Majesty?" Qiao Lan
He seemed to be full of grievances.
"Your Majesty, even though these fine seeds are unpalatable, the yield of five thousand kilograms per mu can save the people of Beijing from hunger and cold. Since Lady Huitian possesses such fine seeds, she would not immediately think of dedicating them to Your Majesty.
, but we have to wait for several years, and how many people will still be hungry!" The unknown minister continued.
Qiao Lan almost laughed out of anger!
Such a big blame was placed directly on her?
"Sir, is it possible that the people of Beijing are starving and freezing because I am farming in this village? Your Excellency is so powerful that you put the blame on me right away!" Qiao Lan said one line.
tears.
Who doesn’t know how to flatter and push blame?
"I have had ups and downs in my life. I thought I would cultivate land in my hometown for the rest of my life. Your Majesty gave me the title of Queen, a personal gift! I was also rewarded with a house and fields in the capital! I have nothing to repay, I only hope for myself.