Chapter 64: Two Unknown Vegetable Seeds
Wang Qi sighed and walked out of the courtyard, and kept blaming himself for being too weak just now, after all, the matter of growing vegetables is related to the lives of nearly 200 tenants in the entire Shangshui Village, but because of a few words from the princess, he was so scared that he didn't even dare to speak, and in the end he could only agree to it, and now it is too late to regret it.
"Wang Zhuangtou! Wang Zhuangtou! At this moment, Wang Qi heard someone behind him calling him, but when he turned around, he just saw a subordinate from the palace running over, panting and saying, "Wang Zhuangtou, the king of the county said that there is something to look for you, please go back again!" ”
When Wang Qi heard this, he thought that things had taken a turn for the better, and he was also very excited at the moment, so he raised his leg and entered the courtyard again, but when he came to the front hall again, he saw Zhao Yan and the princess of the county sitting there, with some things on the table, and the two were whispering something.
Zhao Yan saw Wang Qi coming in at this time, and immediately smiled and said, "Wang Qi, you Shangshuizhuang grow vegetables all year round for a living, you should know a lot of vegetable seeds, right?" ”
Wang Qi was stunned when he heard Zhao Yan's words, but he still replied quickly: "King Qiyu, the villain is very familiar with the vegetables that can be grown around the capital, and he can also recognize the vegetable seeds at a glance. ”
"Haha, that's great, come and see, are there any of these seeds that you know?" Zhao Yan beckoned to Wang Qi very happily, there were some seeds on the table in front of him, these seeds were brought by him when he crossed, they were originally vegetable seeds that Uncle Liu, the school janitor, asked him to bring, but unfortunately he didn't know any of them, so he wanted Wang Qi to help recognize them, if it was the vegetables that the Great Song Dynasty already had, it would be okay, if not, maybe the tenants could also try to plant them, and there would be one more way to make money in the future.
Hearing that it was not the king of the county who changed his mind, but let himself recognize the seeds, Wang Qi also felt disappointed, but he didn't dare to refuse, and immediately stepped forward to take a look, thinking that with his own knowledge, he could recognize these seeds at a glance, but when he saw these seeds, Wang Qi immediately frowned, because although he recognized some of these seeds, he had never even seen the rest of the seeds.
"How is it, Wang Qi, how many do you know?" Zhao Yan asked very eagerly, he now wanted to know what vegetable seeds he had brought from the next generation, and he hoped that Wang Qi would not know them, so these seeds were likely to be some vegetables that had not yet appeared in the Great Song Dynasty.
"King Qiyu, these seed villains all know each other, they are all ordinary vegetable seeds such as beans, eggplants, cucumbers, etc., but the remaining two villains don't know each other!" Wang Qi said, picking out some of the seeds he knew and putting them aside, leaving two seeds that he didn't know.
Zhao Yan looked at the remaining two seeds, one of which was relatively small, it looked a bit similar to pepper seeds, both were round and flat, but there were some obvious differences, for example, this small seed was rounder than pepper seeds, and the color was different. As for the other one, it was a big white seed, about the size of a person's fingernails, Zhao Yan looked a little familiar, as if it was some kind of melon seed, but he was not sure.
"Wang Qi, don't talk about those you know, as far as I know, the remaining two should also be the seeds of some kind of vegetable, and it is likely that the entire Great Song Dynasty does not have vegetables, and now this king wants to cultivate them, this king sees that you also have a lot of experience in growing vegetables, so I want to give you these two vegetables to plant, and the palace will give you a salary every month, what do you think?" Zhao Yan said with a smile, he doesn't have the time or ability to grow vegetables, so it's better to leave this kind of thing to a professional like Wang Qi, and give Wang Qi a salary, which can also make Wang Qi loyal to help him do things.
Wang Qi heard that Zhao Yan handed over the cultivation of new vegetables to himself, and there was still salary to be paid, which made him also overjoyed, and immediately saluted again: "Thank you Lord for your attention, the villain must do his best!" ”
However, after Wang Qi expressed his loyalty, he suddenly showed a hesitant expression on his face, and after a while, he finally said again: "King Jun, it is already July, and some vegetables must be sown in spring and summer, so according to the villain, for these two vegetables that have not been seen, it is best not to sow seeds this year, in case they are not ripe, the weather will suddenly become cold, and there will be no way to feed them, and these seeds are so few, so it is best to wait until next year to sow seeds." ”
Zhao Yan was also shocked when he heard this, and immediately praised Wang Qi: "Thanks to Wang Qi's reminder, this is the negligence of this king, then according to your opinion, wait until next year to plant these seeds, but this king sees that you are loyal, and you will be regarded as a person from the palace in the future, and you can go to the palace at the beginning of each month in the future to receive a salary, and then Steward Lu will help you arrange it!" ”
Lao Fu heard Zhao Yan's order, and immediately stepped forward to agree, in addition, Zhao Yan also handed over all the seeds on the table to Lao Fu for safekeeping, after all, the warehouse in the palace is still relatively safe, if it is brought home by Wang Qi now, if it is lost or eaten by mice, it will be bad.
After Wang Qi, Zhao Yan thought of his corn and sweet potatoes again, and he didn't see them for a few days, he was worried that Lao Suma would not take good care of them, so even if he came to the yard next to the other courtyard to raise livestock, the livestock here were all from the county king's mansion, but when the farm was busy, it had to be rented to the tenants of Sheung Shui Zhuang, after all, with the financial resources of those tenants, they couldn't afford to raise big livestock at all, and the palace couldn't delay the farming time, so they could only buy some livestock by themselves, which were usually used to pull carts and plough the fields during farming, which was also a double win.
Zhao Yan came out of the corner gate of the other courtyard, and then came to the yard where the livestock were raised, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw a half-sized man walking over with a basket of bean stalks, it seemed that he was going to add grass to the livestock, but when he saw Zhao Yan coming in, he immediately knelt down and saluted: "Meet the county king Chitose!" ”
Zhao Yan looked at this half-grown boy and was a little familiar, and only then did he think about it seriously, and said with a smile: "You are the second egg in Shangshui Village, you don't have to make this big gift, how about it, are you still used to doing it here in Old Suma?" ”
When Zhao Yan went to inspect Shangshui Village before, he heard that a family died in Zhuangzi during the last flood, and there was only one and a half sons and an old woman left, and as a result, he happened to meet this half-sized son when he was by the river, that is, this second egg, at that time Zhao Yan also had compassion, not only bought his fish, but also let him work here in the old Suma, usually at least eat and drink without worry, I didn't expect to meet it so coincidentally today.
"Multi-...... Thank you for the life-saving grace of the county king, the villain is very accustomed to Su Bo, Su Bo is also very good to me, I can eat enough every day, and my mother-in-law's illness is much better, these are all gifts from the county king to the villain, the villain is very grateful! "This second egg was a little nervous at first, but slowly he got better and spoke much more smoothly.
After hearing this, Zhao Yan nodded and smiled: "It's good to get used to it, where are the others in Suma, I have something to do with him?" ”
"Oh, Su Bo hurt his foot the day before yesterday, and it is inconvenient for these two to go to the ground, so he has been lying on the bed to rest!" Erdan replied immediately.
"Hurt your foot? What's going on? Is the injury serious? Zhao Yan asked with some surprise, he had only been away for a few days, and something happened to Old Suma.
"Don't worry, Su Bo is not seriously injured, but he was accidentally injured in the foot, and he didn't hurt his bones, and he will be fine after a few days of rest!" Seeing that Zhao Yan was a little anxious, Erdan hurriedly explained.
Hearing Erdan's words, Zhao Yan was a little relieved, and immediately stepped into the old Suma's house, but the old Suma, who had already heard Zhao Yan's voice, had already sat up strongly, and when he saw Zhao Yan coming in, he hurriedly said: "The old slave was accidentally injured, but it made the county king worry, and he really deserved to die!" ”
"Alright, don't talk to me about these polite words in the future! How are your injuries, and how are you hurting? "They are all old acquaintances, Zhao Yan doesn't like what Old Suma said like this, and the other party is so old, he is also worried that Old Suma will not recover well after being injured.
Hearing Zhao Yan's words not to treat himself as an outsider, this moved Lao Suma to tears, wiped his tears and said: "The king of the county doesn't have to worry, it's just that he accidentally slipped in the mountains the day before yesterday, and as a result, he injured his foot. ”
Hearing that Old Suma said that it was okay, Zhao Yan was relieved, but he quickly said with some doubts: "Suma, you are so old, what are you doing in the mountains?" ”
When the old Suma heard Zhao Yan's question, he seemed a little hesitant for a while, as if he was a little embarrassed to answer, but the second egg next to him rushed to speak at this time: "King Qiyu, I know about this matter, during this time, there are two big wild boars running in the mountains, often stealing the crops in the Zhuangzi, the seventh uncle organized the people in the Zhuangzi to catch the wild boar, but he didn't expect the wild boar to be caught, but he also injured two people, after Su Bo heard about this, he went to the mountain to set a trap, intending to catch the two and two harmful beasts, but the trap has not been set yet, And he wounded his foot. ”
"Mouthy!" As soon as Erdan finished speaking, he was slapped and scolded by Lao Suma, but it was not a real beating, and Erdan didn't care, and then Lao Suma turned his head and said to Zhao Yan, "King of the county, the old slave used to raise fierce beasts, and he also knew the temperament of wild boars very well, I thought it was not a problem to set a trap to catch them, but I didn't expect that people were old, and they accidentally injured their feet, and now let those two beasts live for a few more days, and I don't know how much food to waste." ”
"Suma, can you be sure where those two wild boars are?" Zhao Yan's heart moved when he heard this, and he immediately asked again, he suddenly had an idea just now, maybe these two wild boars have other uses.
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