The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Everyone stayed in Jingxiang for almost ten days. Gu Yuzhi led everyone to move forward a little bit every day until they were almost to the city wall, but still found nothing. Only then did Gu Yuzhi have to give the order to lead everyone back.

Gu Yuzhi sat on the carriage, lying on the bed, with a bulging face and a very unhappy look: "Teacher Shu, Teacher Shu, if we haven't found it in Jingxiang, is it possible that Xiaomai is over there in Beidi?"

Shu Xiaohan was also a little disappointed, but she had not thought about this result: "It should be so."

There is no country like the Sang Dynasty in the main history. Shu Xiaohan also guessed that it might be the Song and Ming Dynasties based on the official system and the clothes they wore. However, during the Song and Ming Dynasties, domestic wheat planting technology was quite mature.

But Sang Chao has not discovered wheat yet.

This made Shu Xiaohan very uncertain, and for a moment she regretted mentioning the matter of wheat to Gu Yuzhi.

Shu Xiaohan was a little depressed and said: "Little Prince, I haven't found wheat in the past few days. I was thinking that maybe in your dynasty, there is no wheat. But don't be depressed. When you arrive in Xinliang, Little Prince, I will try my best to improve the rice production." , sweet potato and other crops.”

Gu Yuzhi said, but still felt a little unhappy. When he went back, he didn't even think about opening the window and looking at the scenery.

Xie Changshi didn't know what Gu Yuzhi was looking for in Jingxiang, let alone why he was feeling uncomfortable. He thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, should we go to Quanzhou or go directly back to Xinliang?"

Seeing that Gu Yuzhi was still not interested, Xie Changshi said, "Why don't you just go back to Xinliang? Didn't His Highness say that you want to talk to Chen Dianyi about planting a mulberry forest?"

Hearing the mulberry forest, Gu Yuzhi became more energetic, turned his head to look at Xie Changshi, and said in a loud voice: "Okay then, let's go back to Xinliang."

Seeing that the guards were not very close to the carriage, Xie Changshi moved closer to Gu Yuzhi and whispered: "Your Highness, can you tell me why you need to plant a large number of mulberry trees?"

If it were a textile shop, linen and cotton could already support the operation of the textile shop.

Gu Yuzhi rolled his eyes, leaned close to Xie Changshi and whispered: "Xie Changshi, Xie Changshi, let me tell you a little secret. You must not tell anyone else!"

When he went to Jingxiang, Gu Yuzhi asked Shu Xiaohan, if he found wheat, how should he tell Xie Changshi and others that wheat was edible?

Sweet potatoes and potatoes have been fooled before, but wheat is not easy to fool.

Xie Changshi is so smart, he will definitely be suspicious, so he might as well take the initiative to confess.

When Xie Changshi listened to Gu Yuzhi's little secret that he couldn't tell others, his eyes lit up and he stroked his beard with satisfaction.

As expected, he is the person that the young prince trusts the most!

Xie Changshi nodded solemnly: "Your Highness, it doesn't matter if you say so. I will definitely not tell anyone else."

Gu Yuzhi then chuckled and said mysteriously according to the secret that Shu Xiaohan taught him: "Xie Changshi, do you believe in gods?"

He pointed in the direction of the sky: "I dreamed about gods. The gods told me that there is a new food crop called wheat to the north of Quanzhou, and asked me to find it..."

Gu Yuzhi puffed out his face and said in frustration: "But I didn't find it."

Xie Changshi couldn't help but tremble all over and bit his lower lip to prevent himself from laughing.

He asked why His Highness came to Jingxiang on a whim and to a place with a lot of weeds. It turned out to be the "god" who told His Highness.

Xie Changshi wanted to say that talking about gods was nonsense, but when he thought of His Highness's depressed look before, his words took another turn: "Your Highness should have told me earlier, so that I could have more time." Arrange some people to find them." Hearing what Xie Changshi said, Gu Yuzhi's big eyes suddenly widened. He grabbed Xie Changshi's hand and said, "Xie Changshi, you also believe in gods, right?"

Although Shu Xiaohan taught him these words, Gu Yuzhi felt that Shopkeeper Wen and Teacher Shu were like gods after thinking about it.

He shook his little head and his tone became more mysterious: "Let me tell you, the gods not only told me about new crops, but also told me that mulberry bark can be used to make paper."

"He also told me that paper made from mulberry bark is very thick and flexible, and is much easier to use than the paper I use now."

Xie Changshi's eyes flashed: "Papermaking?"

Your Highness has never come across papermaking before!

At this moment, Xie Changshi truly began to believe in the "immortal" that His Highness was talking about.

He didn't believe in gods, but he was convinced that there was an expert guiding His Highness behind him. And how did this expert, so elusive, come into contact with His Highness?

Xie Changshi suppressed his surprise and asked, "Your Highness, did the god tell Your Highness how to make mulberry paper?"

Gu Yuzhi scratched his head, shook his head with a puffed face, and then said confidently: "The gods just gave me a direction, and they won't tell me how to do it specifically!"

Seeing Xie Changshi's suspicious look, Gu Yuzhi said hurriedly: "But the gods told me that mulberry paper is made from the bark of mulberry branches that are two to three years old."

The real reason is that Teacher Shu said that she couldn’t remember the steps clearly, so someone from the papermaking industry had to figure it out slowly.

Xie Changshi didn't know much about papermaking, but mulberry paper was indeed unheard of.

If mulberry paper really exists, it is very likely that papermaking will fail in the end.

He didn't want to see the young prince looking as droopy as he did today after the final failure, but if the young highness was not allowed to try...

Xie Changshi couldn't help but think about what His Highness had said to him before, something you should never say to others.

He sighed silently: "In this case, after going to Xinliang, when His Highness talks to Chen Dianyi about this matter, he only needs to say that it is a fragment he saw in an ancient book, and what this ancient book is, His Highness does not need to explain."

With him here, Chen Dianyi and others would definitely not have any doubts.

"But planting a large number of mulberry trees still requires a lot of manpower. I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle in Xinliang."

The people of Xinliang will first plant the wasteland reclaimed last year this year. After planting these, they will continue to move forward and continue to reclaim the wasteland.

Chen Dianyi had discussed with him before and had given new orders to the people of Xinliang. If there are no accidents this year, Xinliang's grain output this year will be one-third more than last year.

This is a very heavy task, and I'm afraid Chen Dianyi won't be willing to assign people to plant mulberry trees.

Gu Yuzhi also knew that Chen Dianyi would definitely be more willing to grow food than mulberry paper. After all, if the Beidi people invaded, mulberry paper would not be able to save the lives of the people.

He puffed up his face and said, "When I wrote to Brother Huang last time, I said that those who were implicated and exiled will be exiled to Xinliang. I don't know if Brother Huang will agree!"