farming female castellan

Chapter 159
General Yan straightened his expression.

Zhong Shuling said: "The batch of rice you planted has a high yield. Sacred Heart is very happy. I have been ordered to come here to buy better varieties and promote them to various places so that the people can grow more high-yield rice."

Chen Fan stood up again and saluted: "These rice fields were planted after land reclamation. Fortunately, God has treated them kindly, and the emperor has blessed them. The growth of rice is particularly gratifying, and the yield is also surprising."

The general gave a wide smile.

Zhongshu Ling smiled: "Who led the construction of that terraced field? Who designed and dug the drainage canal here?"

Is this a knowing question?Chen Fan slandered.

"My lord, the construction of the terraced fields on the Yema Mountain side has received strong support from the Shengping County Government. 2000 people were mobilized, and the construction was led by Master Yao. The diversion canal at Qijiadu was designed by Mr. Zhang, and the terrain of the river section is quite different. Opening a section of extradition canal can not only allow the river to discharge smoothly, relieve the pressure on the dam, but also facilitate irrigation."

Zhang Ci got up: "Ms. Chen and I coincidentally."

"Isn't there a tacit understanding?" General Yan blurted out.Chen Fan lowered his head.

Zhongshuling smiled: "This kind of thinking is very good. It is more effective than simply adding dams. Buying a piece of wasteland, you are willing to invest such a large amount of money. It is courageous."

Chen Fan bowed deeply: "Your Excellency, I just don't want to be busy with this embankment all the time."

Zhong Shuling then asked about the rice: "What do you two plan to do with the rice?"

Zhang Ci said: "The price is based on three pennies and one bucket. It's just that it is difficult for us to fully dry the rice to the previous standard in the short term, so we can only dry it a little bit and raise it. If time is not urgent, we can dry it more. Two days."

General Yan asked with a smile: "Actually, you can donate to the imperial court. It doesn't need to be much, just [-] shi."

Zhang Ci didn't answer, but looked at the book order in his eyes.Zhong Shuling didn't look at him.

General Yan smiled: "If you dedicate it to the imperial court, you will have made meritorious service, and you will get good names and awards. If you sell it to the imperial court, you will only get some copper coins."

Zhang Ci saluted: "Your Excellency just said that you are here to buy, so we will obey the arrangement."

General Yan smiled again: "This kind of high-yield rice is still very cheap for three Wen. Take us to see the threshing. I heard that you have two new machines."

When did you hear about it?There are fights in the middle of the night and early in the morning.

Zhang Ci accompanied them to the edge of the field, and Chen Fan took the girls to change clothes and cook.Granny Zhou led several gang leaders to pull vegetables in the vegetable field, and several nurses slaughtered chickens and pigs.

The two offline machines have been lifted out and put in place.Zhang Ci and Qing Ji demonstrated the use of the threshing machine, and the soldiers dispatched three groups of people: one group transported the rice, the other group threshed the rice straw, and the other group took turns to shake the thresher.

The two adults watched quietly for a quarter of an hour, and then inspected the harvesting and threshing of the fields on both sides.

Soon it will be lunch time.Chen Fan asked Zhang Ci and Chen Zhongyan to accompany the two adults to dine, and the other boys entertained their entourage.

The VIP room is arranged in another room, separated from the front hall by a yard a few meters away.The two adults admired the trees and flowers again.

In this courtyard, there is a ginkgo tree with golden leaves, shaking countless small fans in the wind; there is a persimmon tree full of orange and red persimmons;

"General, pick a persimmon to eat?" Zhang Ci said, picked two on tiptoe, and handed them to the two adults.General Yan became interested, jumped up, picked off two high ones, and proudly sent one to Zhongshu Ling.

"Can jujubes be beaten?"

"of course can."

The general grabbed a branch and started to shake it. The dates on the tree fell to the ground, and he grinned again.

"This Zhuangzi is really interesting. Does it have a name?" the general asked.

Zhang Ci nodded: "It's called Youyidu, and the village over there is called Qijiadu. The one on the other side of the river is called Youyicun."

"This name is also very interesting." The general said, and he and Zhong Shuling followed Chen Zhongyan into the house.

Zhang Ci didn't enter the house, but took a bamboo basket and started picking dates.

The door was closed, Chen Zhongyan turned around and stood with his hands behind his back.Zhongshu Ling and General Yan raised their robes and knelt down to him: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince."

"Excuse me." Chen Zhongyan stretched out his hand to help.

The two got up and sat down with Chen Zhongyan one after another.

General Yan did not have the laughing and joking look just now, and his face was serious: "I never thought that I would meet His Highness here."

Chen Zhongyan smiled: "I would also like to thank the Yuanfeng County Government for putting me and Chen Zhonglin and Chen Zhongmei in the Chen family."

"Does His Majesty know?" General Yan asked softly.

Zhong Shuling shook his head.

"Do you want to report?"

"Of course. It cannot be concealed."

"After that..." General Yan paused and changed the subject, "Do those attendants know His Highness? If other officials come to visit later, will they recognize His Highness?"

"I don't usually go out of the palace, and I rarely attend banquets. Low-level officials hardly know me. It seems that no high-level officials have been sent to serve as governors or county magistrates in this area."

"Does the governor of Gyeongju know you? He has never been in the palace, but it is not ruled out that someone in the family has described it." Zhong Shuling asked.

"Not sure." Chen Zhongyan said, "I'll take it as if he doesn't know me, and he doesn't dare to easily advertise that I'm here."

Zhang Ci came in with a basket of dates, went into the small kitchen, washed the persimmons and dates, and put them on the table.Then, he fell to his knees: "The son has seen his father."

Zhong Shuling's eyes were slightly red, and he took a deep breath before helping Zhang Ci up.

General Yan looked at him and Chen Zhongyan: "You both have Danfeng eyes, it's really eye-catching to stand together."

"It doesn't matter, this family is all good-looking. They have phoenix eyes, almond eyes, phoenix eyes, and peach blossom eyes. They all stand together and don't attract attention." Zhong Shuling said.

General Yan smiled: "Does your girl only pick good-looking people for adoption?"

Zhang Ci also smiled: "The girl originally only wanted to adopt a pair of brothers and sisters, Chen Zhongzhu and Chen Ya. Later, she rescued a little boy on the street. She thought she could be a companion with Chen Zhongzhu, so she adopted her and changed her name to Chen Zhongliang. Chen Yue They asked for adoption by themselves. The three boys were brought in by the county government.”

"But they all happen to be beautiful. Such a family, each with its own beauty, is really interesting." General Yan said cheerfully.

The next moment, he restrained his smile: "Are you really married?"

Zhang Ci nodded.

General Yan was silent for a while, then said, "Can it be changed?"

"Why change it?" Zhang Ci's tone was very flat.

"Are you coming back?"

Zhang Ci didn't answer, and the main room fell into silence.

After a long time, Zhong Shuling said: "The world outside is so vast, my son can do something. The high-yield rice of these two thousand mu is an achievement."

"But he..." General Yan was speechless and sighed.

But he still wanted to say something, and asked, "How is Miss Chen?"

(End of this chapter)