Zhao Yan took a leisurely step to the yard where corn and sweet potatoes were planted, which was originally the place where old Suma raised livestock, but since the accident of corn and sweet potatoes in the palace, Yang Huaiyu took the guards to settle in this courtyard, and as a result, old Suma had to live in another yard with his livestock.

"County King, the old slave has been waiting for a while!" As soon as Zhao Yan entered the courtyard, he saw an old acquaintance greeted him very warmly and said, it was Huang Wude, the spy leader beside Zhao Shu.

Seeing Huang Wude here, Zhao Yan was also a little surprised at first, but then he reacted, and said with a smile at the moment: "I just asked my father to send someone who has believed in it to learn how to store sweet potato seedlings, but I didn't expect my father to send you Lao Huang." ”

Corn and sweet potatoes have reached the harvest season, among which corn is very simple, directly break off the corn cob and dry it, but the storage of sweet potatoes is a little troublesome, in addition to the sweet potato reproduction methods There are also two ways, the first is to store sweet potatoes until next year, directly buried in the ground to plant, the second is to store sweet potato vines in a specific way, and use these vines to propagate next year, and this has two advantages, one is not to waste sweet potatoes, a vine can also propagate multiple sweet potatoes, The second is that vine planting will make sweet potatoes grow faster.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Huang Wude also smiled and said: "The king of the county doesn't know, now the corn and sweet potatoes are fully responsible for our Imperial City Division, if there is a little more accident, His Majesty will have to cut off the head of the old slave, so there are only three people who can usually get close to the two crops of corn and sweet potato, and it just so happens that the old slave is one of them." And there are not many things to do during this time, so I personally asked for orders to learn from the county king, so as not to worry about others coming. ”

Zhao Shu asked people to dig up some corn and sweet potatoes from Zhao Yan before, and now they are all in the hands of Huang Wude's Imperial City Division, so for the handling of sweet potatoes, someone needs to learn from Zhao Yan, but I didn't expect Huang Wude to come in person.

At that moment, Zhao Yan took Huang Wude into the vegetable field closed by the high wall, and then collected the dozen or so corns, the buds on the outside of these corns had turned yellow, and the corn inside was also half-dry. Huang Wude deliberately weighed each corn cob. Then he roughly calculated the yield per mu of corn, and what surprised him was that the yield of corn was indeed as Zhao Yan said, and the yield per mu was at least more than 500 catties.

The next step is to deal with the most troublesome sweet potatoes. I saw Zhao Yan hoeing off the land around a sweet potato with a hoe. Expose the tubular rhizome underneath. As a result, when Huang Wude saw the dark red sweet potatoes below, his mouth opened even bigger, although he hadn't weighed it yet. But the yield of this sweet potato in front of me is at least about seven or eight catties, so calculated, at least four or five hundred sweet potatoes can be planted in one acre, so the final yield can definitely reach three or four thousand catties.

Zhao Yan didn't pay attention to Huang Wude's shock, and kept picking up the remaining sweet potatoes with his hands and feet, but Zhao Yan didn't care about these sweet potatoes, but piled them into a pile casually, and then began to line up the vines that had been cut off one by one, and took out the scissors prepared before, and then said to Huang Wude: "Old Huang, the next treatment is very important, you follow me to learn!" ”

Huang Wude didn't dare to slack off, and walked over to carefully observe Zhao Yan's movements, only to see Zhao Yan carefully cut the sweet potato vines into small sections with scissors, and there were just two leaf veins on each section, and there were no other requirements, which made Huang Wude quickly start to help Zhao Yan with scissors.

After cutting all the vines, Zhao Yan asked people to bring the big wooden box prepared in advance, and there were also a few bags of wet sand, only to see that Zhao Yan first laid a layer of wet sand in the box, and then spread the vines that had just been cut on the wet sand, and then there was a layer of wet sand and a layer of vines, and there were some precautions when laying sand, Zhao Yan also told Huang Wude to remember.

Although there are not a few sweet potatoes here in Zhao Yan, they are extremely luxuriant, and the vines are naturally very impressive, and finally two boxes were loaded, and then Zhao Yan instructed Huang Wude: "Lao Huang, after you go back, you will bury these two boxes in the ground, pay attention not to seal the top of the box, but to cover it with a layer of straw mat, and wait until the weather warms up next year, just take out the vines inside and plant them." ”

Huang Wude also remembered Zhao Yan's words one by one, but at this time, he saw the piles of sweet potatoes next to him, and then asked: "King Jun, these vine old slaves know what to do, but how to store these sweet potatoes?" ”

"It's easier to do this, you go back and let someone dig a cellar, and then put the sweet potatoes in it, and it should not be a problem to store them until tomorrow spring, and then you plant the sweet potatoes, and they will sprout and grow seedlings." Zhao Yan originally wanted to leave some of these sweet potatoes for himself to eat, but when he thought of the Cui Nei servant who died to save the sweet potatoes, he was no longer in the mood, so he would better store these sweet potatoes until next year, and there would be more sweet potato seedlings by then.

In addition, Zhao Yan will not leave the corn and sweet potatoes harvested here, after all, the last time the Liao Kingdom had burned the palace in order to destroy these two crops, so Zhao Yan did not dare to take this risk again, after today's harvest, these two crops will be taken away by Huang Wude, and it is a big deal to find Huang Wude when you want to eat them in the future.

"King Jun, I have written down everything you have confessed, and the rest of the corn and sweet potatoes have not been disposed of, so the old slave has also left!" Huang Wude said, letting people carry away the corn and sweet potatoes, and he was about to leave.

But at this moment, Zhao Yan suddenly thought of what he had just talked to Princess Shoukang about his biological mother, others may not know, but Huang Wude, the big spy leader, must know, thinking of this, Zhao Yan hurriedly stopped Huang Wude and said: "Old Huang, wait a minute, I have a private matter I want to ask you about." ”

Huang Wude was also stunned when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and then said with a smile: "The king of the county said that he was joking, the old slave is just a subordinate, where can he afford to ask for advice, if there is any problem, the king of the county can just say it, and the old slave who can say it must know everything." ”

Zhao Yan looked at the surrounding environment, there were not only people brought by Huang Wude, but also guards like Yang Huaiyu, it was really not an ideal place to talk, so he said: "Lao Huang, it's still early today, why don't I let someone prepare a few side dishes, how about you and I talk while eating?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Yan refused to say it directly, Huang Wude also felt that this matter must be extraordinary, so he hesitated for a moment and nodded and said, "That's it, the old slave will bother!" ”

At that moment, Zhao Yan and Huang Wude returned to the other courtyard together, Zhao Yan asked people to prepare wine and food, and after everyone retreated, he said to Huang Wude: "Old Huang, how many years have you been in the palace, is there anyone else in the family?" ”

Huang Wude was stunned again when he heard this, and he didn't understand why Zhao Yan asked this question? However, he still replied: "King Qiyu, the old slave entered the palace at the age of six, and it has been forty years since this year, as for the family there is a nephew, who only recognized the old slave a few years ago, and the old slave took out some of his savings over the years, and bought land for his daughter-in-law in his hometown, but he also did not worry about eating and drinking. ”

Zhao Yan nodded when he heard this, and then asked Huang Wude about his life in the palace, and there was nothing to keep secret, so Huang Wude also answered one by one.

But soon, Zhao Yan changed his words, was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Lao Huang, although we haven't known each other for a long time, I have never regarded you as an outsider, and now I have an important matter I want to ask you about!" ”

Seeing the solemn expression on Zhao Yan's face, Huang Wude also said with some embarrassment: "King of the county, you also know what the old slave does, there are some things that no one can tell except His Majesty, so please understand the king of the county, of course, if it is not a taboo thing, the old slave will definitely know everything." ”

Seeing Huang Wude talking about his difficulties in front, Zhao Yan smiled and said: "Don't worry, you must be the only one who knows what I asked you, but some people dare not say it, and some people I can't find it, it just so happens that I know Lao Huang, you must know, so I brought you here." ”

Hearing that Zhao Yan was not the only one who knew about it, Huang Wude was also immediately relieved, and then asked, "I don't know what you want to inquire about, King Jun?" ”

"This ......" I saw Zhao Yan hesitate for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Lao Huang, you should know that I, the second sister, and the third sister are not the biological children of the queen's mother, so I want to ask, do you know which concubine in the palace is the biological mother of me, the second sister and the third sister?" ”

Hearing that Zhao Yan asked about this matter, Huang Wude was immediately startled, turned his head to look around, and after making sure that no one was eavesdropping, he showed a helpless wry smile, and after a long while, he spoke: "King Jun, there are indeed many people who know about your question, but there are almost no people who dare to say it, because there are too many things involved in this matter, if there is no will of His Majesty and the queen, I am afraid that even if your biological mother sees you, she will not dare to come forward to recognize you." ”

Although Huang Wude's words did not say it explicitly, he was actually suing Zhao Yan, although he knew who Zhao Yan's mother was, but he didn't dare to sue him, which made Zhao Yan a little disappointed for a while.

Maybe Huang Wude was a little unbearable when he saw Zhao Yan's disappointed expression, after all, the two of them got along well during this time, so he hesitated for a moment and then said: "King Jun, although the old slave doesn't dare to tell who your mother is, the old slave can tell you that your mother lives very well in the palace, so you don't have to worry too much." ”

Zhao Yan also knew that it was not easy for Huang Wude to tell him the above words, so he stood up and thanked him solemnly, which made Huang Wude quite embarrassed, but at this time he seemed to think of one more thing, and said with a smile: "King of the county, in fact, you shouldn't ask the old slave about this matter, there is a person around you who understands, as long as you think about it, you can definitely guess who this person is!" (To be continued......)

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