Little Fubao from the farmhouse takes space to flee famine

Chapter 35

In the bright sun in spring, the seeds sown are always given high hopes by people.

Cao Defa was the first to notice something was wrong. The seeds in his house had been buried for more than half a month, but there was no sign of germination when I went to see it today.

Throwing away the soil, there are rotten seeds inside, all of which are bad!

There are not a few people who asked him to report this matter today, and some people thought it was because they didn't grow well.

For a farmer with many years of experience, this is unusual.

Father Wang looked at his breeding ground, and there were pleasing buds growing on it. They were fat and strong, and they were easy to feed.

Wang Yongan took out the bamboo sieve he made himself, and carefully raised the young shoots with a piece of wood. These young shoots had to be transplanted into the plowed ground.

Every seedling is carefully and neatly placed in the bamboo sieve.

In this way, these buds can slowly grow well and strong.

"Uncle Wang, what are you planning to plant?"

The people who were digging in the field next door came to take a look, and they were very pleased to see the green buds.

"Uncle, your seedlings are growing so well, I don't know why my family didn't grow. Uncle Wang, do you have many seedlings in your family, if you can't finish planting, just leave two for me."

There is one hole for each seedling. When raising seedlings, more seeds are always sprinkled, and the shortage is filled.

Father Wang is a cheerful person. When his family finishes planting today, let people take the rest by themselves.

It wasn't until Father Wang came home that he heard that none of the seeds had germinated.

People in the village put moldy seeds into bowls, and every household is the same.

Cao De was so worried that his hair turned gray. He was more anxious than the villagers.

"Who plays the drums?"

Seeing someone beating a drum, the yamen guard came forward to inquire with a knife in his waist.

"I want to see you, sir. I have something important to say."

Cao Defa led the villagers to stand at the gate of the official mansion, and he knew that it was a call for grievances.

The yamen servant saw so many people, so he had to report it, which seemed to be a big deal.

"My lord, there are many villagers outside, and they say they have something important to say."

The officials dispatched from Mengtang Town have not yet arrived, and now the county magistrate of Tongluo Town is concurrently in charge. The county magistrate's surname is Guo.

Guo Pei'an asked the villagers to come in, sat on the chair handling the case, and looked at the official documents submitted from various places.

"What do you want to say?"

"Sir, look, these are the seeds we planted this year, and they are all bad."

Cao Defa handed over the seeds collected from each household.

Guo Pei'an looked at the moldy seeds in the bowl, they were all moldy and rotten, none of them showed signs of germination.

"My lord, these are the seeds given to us by the county. We are all farmers who have been farming for many years. We have never seen such a situation. There is something wrong with these seeds."

Guo Peian was worried and asked the master next to him when the seeds were produced and where they came from.

Master Fan has never dared to be a demon since his previous master was killed, so he answered honestly.

"These seeds were all collected by the superiors, and sent by Da Si Nong to the warehouse officials in the counties and counties. We all received them according to the household registration and distributed them to the common people below. The warehouse officials still have collar books to check."

Guo Peian nodded, feeling that there was nothing wrong with the procedure.

"But it's just the seeds of your village?"

"My lord, we don't know about other places, but there is something wrong with the seeds brought back from our village."

Father Wang stood behind the crowd. His family did not plant seeds distributed by the county this year. They planted seeds given by Fubao.

Now their family is out of tune with everyone, and some people have seen good seedlings from his family today.

"It should be that the batch of seeds sent to you is broken, go to the warehouse officer to register and get a new one."

The villagers are dissatisfied. This has not only delayed the golden period of seedling cultivation. Now it is too late to plant the seedlings, and the harvest will be greatly reduced.

"My lord! Another group of villagers have come outside!"

What's up today?Guo Pei'an called in the representatives of the villagers.

"My lord, look, this is the seed planted by our village, it's bad!"

It was no coincidence that the exact same bowl appeared on the desk. Could it be that their county leaders were all bad seeds.

This is a major matter related to people's livelihood. If it is a small village, the loss will be small, but if it is a big accident in a county, if it is not handled well, it may even be dismissed.

Guo Pei'an called the warehouse officials in charge. They should have left everything to record.

The warehouse official who received the news poked a hole in the sample grain bag and used a sampler to take out a bowl of seeds from the middle of the bag.

Although the seeds are a little shriveled, they are like this every year, and I haven't said which year they didn't germinate.

"My lord, this is the sample grain I brought."

Guo Peian took the seeds in the bowl and looked at them, but didn't see any difference.

He had never grown crops before, so he couldn't tell the good from the bad, so he had to give these villagers the seed bowl, and their seeds were the same as the one in this bowl.

Cao Defa took the sample seeds. These seeds did not look bad, exactly the same as the ones they brought home.

The villagers all took a small handful and looked at it in their hands, and saw no big problems.

Old man Wang looked at the seeds in his hands. These seeds seemed to be much lighter, especially the vegetable seeds, which were a bit duller in color.

When I bite my teeth, I always feel that the seeds are strange and dry powder.

"Master Guo, what business is this doing!"

Guo Pei'an saluted the man when he saw the man.

"Master Qi, the officials are dealing with the matter of seeds. The villagers all said that there is something wrong with the seeds distributed this year. This is a sample grain, which is a batch of seeds."

Qi Peijue observed the rotten seeds in the bowl, and then the samples.

"Si Yun, give me your dark knife."

Whether it is a bad seed can not be seen on the surface, but it needs to be cut open to see the buds.

If the core is bad, no good seedlings can be planted.

As the sharp blade passed by, the seed was cut open. The cross section was very clear, and the embryo could be seen clearly.

Qi Peijue gave the seeds to the villagers, and asked experienced people to see if there was anything wrong with the seeds.

"Ah! This seed is ripe! How can it germinate!"

There was an exclamation from the crowd!A stone stirs up a thousand waves.

What seeds are ripe!How can it be?

This kind of ripe seeds does not mean mature seeds, but has been fried by someone with a heart, and the buds inside the seeds have been fried to death. Although they cannot be seen from the outside, they will not germinate.

Even Qi Peiyu was a little surprised, his pretty eyebrows were slightly frowned.

Guo Pei'an couldn't believe it, how could it be a ripe seed.

"Look carefully! This is a very important matter."

Several experienced villagers studied the seeds back and forth, and cut a lot of seeds.

They were sure and affirmed that the seeds distributed to them were ripe, or half-ripe, unable to germinate at all, and only rotted when planted in the ground.

Si Yun went to Guo Pei'an and whispered something in Guo Pei'an's ear, his master wanted to talk alone.

The villagers did not let Mr. Guo leave, and they had to give them an explanation today, wouldn't giving them ripe seeds mean they would starve to death?

"I will thoroughly investigate this matter, and I will definitely give everyone an explanation tomorrow."

The villagers panicked and explained that they didn't know what it was, that they couldn't grow any food, and that there were still a few months to go when the crops were green and yellow, so they didn't grow vegetables, and they didn't grow the most hungry food.

Isn’t this going to starve everyone to death?
"Everyone is keeping their mouths shut about today's events, so as not to cause unnecessary panic, the felony of disturbing people's hearts is the crime of beheading."

Guo Peian had a bad feeling in his heart. He was too afraid that the whole county would be in the same situation. Not to mention him, even the officials in the state government would have to be cut off.

(End of this chapter)