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Chapter 233: Destroying the Heaven (5)

Chen Jizhi was embarrassed for a moment, but then he felt relieved.

What he has been doing these days seems a bit impulsive and irrational, but for most people, after the age of 60, everything is settled, and it is already an excellent ending to be able to live smoothly and not go downhill. Having the opportunity to start a new chapter in life is simply a lifelong blessing.

He thought that he should put aside all troubles and move forward courageously like he did when he was young.

"If I make a rash decision, will you believe it, sir?" After Chen Jizhi had some ideas, he became more curious about Shi Xuanying.

The color of her robe was rich and cold, just like her, full of contradictions and mysteries.

"As long as you are useful, I will use it. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not." Shi Xuanying said, "If you have the ability to plot against me, I will admit defeat."

Chen Jizhi understood that the other party did not trust him but was extremely confident.

In order to further convince the other party, Shi Xuanying vowed: "I will accept the loss. Don't worry, my gambling character is well-known."

Chen Jizhi sensed a hint of danger in these words: "Gambling is not a good habit."

"Everything has its pros and cons. The more dangerous the weapon, the sharper it is. Prime Minister has been steady all his life, but burying his talent in the midst of swords and sabers is not necessarily a good habit. I hate to see treasures covered in dust the most in my life. If the Prime Minister cannot use them to his full potential, wouldn't I be unable to close my eyes even after I die?" Shi Xuanying raised the corners of her lips, "Prime Minister, dare you change the sun and the moon to a new sky?"

Thump, thump!
Chen Jizhi only felt his heart beating rapidly, and for an instant he felt as if he were in his youth, with endless energy all over his body. It turned out that his fatigue and tiredness over the years were not due to his age.

I have been drinking ice for half my life, but my blood is still hot.

Chen Jizhi suddenly remembered the promise he made with Qu Di and Xiao Mengyu in Fanshan when he was young...

He paused for a moment and sighed inwardly.

"Why not!" Impulse can give rise to the courage to risk everything.

After he finished speaking, his heart seemed to be falling rapidly from a high altitude, giving him a thrilling feeling similar to weightlessness.

Chen Jizhi narrowed his eyes and looked at Shi Xuanying, who was smiling particularly brightly in the sun. He felt that she was like a devil staring at all living beings from the abyss, possessing a magical power that tempted people to madly test the brink of death.

The wind blows through the golden rice fields, creating waves.

Chen Boan looked at the old man and the young boy standing by the ridge of the field from afar, and his eyes suddenly became wet for some reason.

With Chen Jizhi's full participation, the construction speed of Xinxian County increased several times.

In order to resolve his worries, Shi Xuanying found out the whereabouts of his other two sons, and ordered a caravan of more than seventy martial artists to take the token and pick them up.

As for why we didn't use the flying boat this time...

Yan Cui took out the account book and calmly told her that magical instruments like flying boats, which consume huge amounts of energy, must be banned from use in the future.

It only takes more than seventy spirit fruits or spirit balls to go back and forth by practicing martial arts. Although the speed is slower, the cost is only a fraction of that of a flying boat.

"Okay, I'll do as you say." Shi Xuanying was instantly convinced, but then she changed the subject, "However, from now on, you can slowly hand over the work in your hands to Chen Xiang, and just take care of the spirit stones and money."

"Okay." Although he knew that this was to slow down the pace of assimilation, Yan Cui still suspected that she had revenge in mind.

"And Guan Xiang..." Shi Xuanying reminded him, "You must have less contact with him when you are free."

Yan Cui's hand holding the pen paused for a moment, and after a long moment he said "hmm".

……

"My Lord, the gentlemen are here."

Now that the banner has been raised, officials from top to bottom unanimously proposed a change of words, and everyone changed the way they addressed Shi Xuanying from "Sir", "Master", and "Grand Master" to "Lord".

Except for Jiang Chuixing, everyone else adapted well to this change.

Shi Xuanying said: "Please ask them to come in."

A moment later, two rows of officials filed in. "Greetings, my lord." Everyone saluted.

"No need to be polite, just sit down." said Shi Xuanying.

After expressing their gratitude, everyone took their seats one by one and began to discuss the matter.

"The autumn harvest has just ended. The minimum yield of the new grain varieties per mu is 632 kilograms, the maximum is 991 kilograms, and the average is about 660 kilograms." Bai Xuexing was not very satisfied with the result. When he induced the growth, the yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu was partly due to spiritual energy, but the grain varieties were modified and selected seeds, and an average of around 800 kilograms was considered qualified.

He was still depressed, but the others were very happy.

“There are so many!”

Xiao Chenguo's original grain seeds could produce 500 kilograms per mu. He thought that this was the best seed possible, but he didn't expect that it could produce more than 100 kilograms per mu!
Chen Jizhi thought more: "In addition to external factors, is it possible that the new grain varieties themselves are different?"

Bai Xuexing groaned: "It's possible."

The spiritual energy used to transform and grow grain seeds is limited, and he cannot be sure that every seed that comes out of his hands is exactly the same.

“It would be better to collect grain seeds with different yields first, compare them, and then put them in official fields for breeding and planting, to see if we can screen out better seeds.” Although Chen Jizhi felt that a yield of 660 kilograms per mu was already a lot, he was still unwilling to give up when faced with more possibilities.

Shi Xuanying said: "Then let's leave this matter to the Prime Minister."

"This..." Chen Jizhi hesitated, "Master Bai seems to be more adept at this?"

It's not like Master Xuanying hadn't thought about asking Bai Xuexing to improve it again. She certainly had other considerations for doing so: "The new grain variety that Mr. Bai used mystical arts to breed can produce thousands of gold per mu, but when ordinary people plant it, the effect is greatly reduced. It can be seen that using mystical arts to transform grain varieties may not be completely suitable for ordinary people to grow."

More importantly, each improvement consumed a huge amount of spiritual energy, which she could not supply.

"Speaking of which, the small Chen Kingdom's grain yield of 500 kilograms per mu is related to the prime minister. We all know the prime minister's abilities, so please don't refuse anymore." Mr. Wang said with a smile.

Shi Xuanying saw that Chen Jizhi's face was not looking good, and she became more interested: "What's going on?"

Mr. Wang then told an old story: "The yield per mu of the small Chen Kingdom was about 350 kilograms. Although it was not very good, it was much better than that of the Qu Kingdom..."

Therefore, the Prime Minister, who was eager to increase the country's grain production, ordered people to "collect" seeds from various countries. Although the small Chen State realized that its seeds were stolen, facing the powerful military country that was good at fighting, it could only suffer in silence because it dared not speak out.

After Chen Jizhi obtained grain seeds from various countries, he began to cultivate them using various methods. At the same time, he tried to improve the soil quality, cultivate the land carefully, and so on. It took him a lot of effort to increase the yield of Qu State from 150 mu to 300 mu.

Although there has been great progress, the per-acre yield is still much lower than that of Xiao Chen State, and it seems that the success is not completely successful.

There are many reasons for this result: first, the land in Qu State is not fertile enough; second, there is a serious shortage of labor in Qu State, and there are few oxen for plowing. All iron tools are used to make weapons. It is difficult to find a hoe in the countryside, and it is difficult to complete intensive farming with only a few manpower.

If you want to improve farming efficiency, you must first increase the number of oxen and create agricultural tools.

Chen Jizhi spent countless efforts just to increase the number of oxen and farm tools.

All in all, it was because the foundation of the Qu Kingdom was too poor, and the same method would be very different when applied to the Xiao Chen Kingdom!
Xiao Chenguo learned Chen Jizhi's method from somewhere and brought new grain seeds back to Xiao Chenguo for cultivation. From then on, Xiao Chenguo entered an era of producing 500 kilograms per mu.

The abundant food brought rapid development to the small Chen Kingdom, and the population also began to surge.

Mr. Wang concluded: "So Prime Minister Chen has a very good reputation in the small Chen Kingdom. Everyone is envious of the Qu Kingdom for having a good prime minister."

Chen Jizhi: “…”

I didn't feel very happy.

This incident was also a very important reason for the rift between him and Emperor Qu. After all, no emperor would be happy when his own prime minister benefited the people of the enemy country.

At that time, Emperor Qu was furious and denounced him as the "Great Qu Sinner".

Strictly speaking, from the perspective of the State of Qu, the consequences of this incident were indeed very tricky - the originally not-so-powerful State of Xiaochen made rapid progress, which prolonged the time for the State of Qu to destroy Xiaochen by decades, and the sacrifices also increased several times.

This matter is in the past and now seems to be a joke, but Chen Boan knows that this is a thorn in his father's heart. He couldn't help but say: "My father was very cautious back then, and the result of the leak is very strange. I wonder where the little Chen Kingdom got the grain seeds and farming methods?"