As the epidemic of the victims in the city was charged, the flood finally began to recede slowly, first the rain for more than a month finally stopped, the June sun hung in the sky, the humid land steamed up layers of water vapor, the water level in the rivers also began to fall, and the flooded places in Kaifeng City slowly exposed the silt below.

As the flood waters receded, the people who had gathered in the flood began to return to their homes and begin to clean up the mud in their homes, and some shops that had been closed due to the flood began to reopen their doors, and the whole city of Tokyo slowly regained its vitality.

The water in the palace of Guangyang County also receded, but Zhao Yan had no intention of going back, and only sent a few stewards to take people back to clean it up, as for him and Cao Ying and others, they still lived in the courtyard outside the city.

In a large courtyard at the back of the courtyard, Zhao Yan held a small shovel in his hand, and while digging a pit, he instructed the two old men who were working next to him: "Lao Fu, Suma, you two don't dig the pit so deep, otherwise it will be difficult for seedlings to emerge!" ”

"Don't worry, the old slaves can save it!" Old Suma replied as he carefully dug the pit. After the animal farm in the county king's mansion was sold, old Suma was transferred to this courtyard to raise livestock, and now the courtyard where they are located is where he raises livestock, and there are a dozen cows and seven or eight horses in the shed by the wall, all bowing their heads and eating forage.

Old Suma was the only one living in the yard where the livestock were raised, and because the place was too big, he carved out a vegetable patch, in which he planted some vegetables for himself to eat, and built a strong fence around it. Zhao Yan met Lao Suma by chance a few days ago, so he came to him to take a look, and it turned out that this vegetable field of Lao Suma is full of fertility, after all, he is not short of fertilizer here, and Lao Suma is also a person who can be trusted, so Zhao Yan decided to plant the sweet potato seedlings and corn in his hand here, and usually take care of it by Lao Suma, so there is this scene today.

Old Suma had already turned over the vegetable field before, Zhao Yan and they only needed to dig out the pit, and then put the truncated sweet potato seedlings in it to water, and then seal the soil, as for the corn, it was even simpler, the corn seeds were put in the shallow pit, and the soil layer on it could not be too thick, because the land was very wet, so even watering was exempt.

The number of corn seeds is not much, and it was planted quickly, and there was only one sweet potato seedling, but these days, the seedling is growing longer and longer, and Zhao Yan cut it into four parts, so there are four sweet potatoes, but these together are not even planted with a single piece of land.

"Huh~" Looking at the small piece of land he planted with his own hands, Zhao Yan let out a long breath, and when the corn and sweet potatoes are harvested in the autumn, you can get more seeds, and at least one acre of land can be planted in the next year, maybe by the third year, the entire Shangshui Village can be planted with corn and sweet potatoes.

"King Jun, can this sweet potato really yield more than 1,000 catties per mu?" Old Suma carefully sprinkled a handful of soil around a sweet potato seedling, and then looked up and asked, his cloudy eyes full of incredulity.

"That's natural, this is a crop that the imperial court has imported from overseas, and I finally got a little from the palace, and when it grows for two years, the tenants of our palace can plant these two crops, and then they don't have to worry about starvation!" He only told Sù Lao Suma and Lao Fu about the yield of sweet potatoes and corn, but he made up a lie about the origin of these two crops, after all, there were some things that they didn't need to know.

"Old Suma, will the words of the county king be false? These two kinds of crops are hard to find, in addition to the official family, there is only one point in our palace, and the county king is all handed over to you to plant, which shows the county king's trust in you, if there is any accident with this crop, even if the county king does not blame you, the old man will pick your skin! Lao Fu also straightened up at this time and threatened Lao Suma, he didn't know the importance of corn and sweet potatoes before, until he heard Zhao Yan's explanation just now, he was shocked, it turned out that there was such an important thing hidden in the palace, and he didn't approve of letting Lao Suma take care of such an important thing, but now it's a little late.

"Steward Lu, don't worry, Xiao Lao'er knows the severity, if there is a problem with these two crops, you don't need to do it, Xiao Lao'er will take off the skin and send it to you by himself!" Old Suma knew Steward Lu very well, and knew Steward Lu's mantra, but he was not joking in his words, after knowing the importance of these two kinds of food, Old Suma had decided to take care of them no matter what.

"By the way, your vegetable plot is good in other aspects, but those livestock are not complete, and it will be miserable if you run out and gnaw the crops, so do you want to change the livestock to another yard first!" When Zhao Yan suddenly saw the livestock shed next to the wall, especially the naughty calves, he couldn't help but be a little worried, and then he realized that he seemed to have ignored an extremely serious safety hazard.

"The king of the county doesn't have to worry, there are fences around the livestock shed, and the livestock inside can't run out at all, and there are strong fences around the vegetable field, even if the livestock run out, they can't enter the vegetable field, and I have made some hands and feet around this vegetable field, even if those animals are killed, they don't dare to approach here!" Old Suma smiled very smugly when she said this.

Zhao Yan and Lao Fu both showed curious expressions when they heard Suma's last words, but Suma did not explain directly, but stood up and ran to the side of the livestock shed, and pulled an extremely strong scalper over for testing, but at the beginning, the cow was still very stable, but when it approached the vegetable field for more than ten steps, it was reluctant to take a step forward no matter how old Suma pulled, and even ended up with feces and urine, "Moo~" and retreated again and again, as if it was very frightened.

"It's strange, old Suma, what did you do to the vegetable field, so that you scared such a strong cow and didn't dare to come?" Zhao Yan and Lao Fu both asked in surprise, especially Zhao Yan, it seemed that his knowledge was not enough to be proud of the entire era for the first time, at least he couldn't think of why for the scene in front of him.

"Hehe, the king of the county, you may feel amazing when you look at it, but in fact, it is worthless, when the villain used to raise fierce beasts in the beast garden, he collected the feces of those fierce beasts, and then added something to dry, the general beasts and domestic animals are afraid of fierce beasts, and they dare not spread wild when they smell the feces of fierce beasts, and even when they are wild ** to the wolves, this thing can still save lives, and the villain sprinkled some feces around the vegetable field, so the cattle naturally dare not approach!" Old Suma explained with a smile.

"I see!" Zhao Yan and Lao Fu both suddenly realized, this truth makes sense and is really not worth much, Zhao Yan also thought of the animal world he had seen in his previous life, as if some animals did use feces to mark their territory.

"Lao Fu, do you still have this thing, and give me a little?" Zhao Yan said at this time, the little bean sprouts have to raise the little meat by themselves, but this girl has always been lost, and often forgets to close Zhao Yan's bedroom door at night, as a result, every morning the little meat will run to Zhao Yan's bed to lick him awake, and the angry Zhao Yan wants to kill the little meat and eat dog meat hot pot, but now if you can get some beast feces from Suma and then sprinkle it at the door, it is estimated that the little meat will never dare to break in again.

"Huh? What do you want that thing for, it's dirty? Lao Fu immediately stopped with an embarrassed face, no matter how you say it's dung, it's really a bit unorthodox for Zhao Yan to ask for that thing.

"Haha, it's for fun, isn't dog fighting and cockfighting popular in Tokyo City, what do you think it will look like if I throw some of this thing into it during dog fighting?" Zhao Yan said with a smile, if Lao Fu knows that the little meat will disturb his sleep, it is estimated that in a few days, the little meat will disappear silently in the palace, and even become a dog meat hot pot.

When Lao Fu heard Zhao Yan's words, he couldn't help but have a helpless expression on his face, he thought that the temperament of the county king had changed greatly after he got married, and he was no longer as foolish as before, but now it seems that His Royal Highness the county king has not changed his nature, but he is more restrained and calculated.

Old Suma didn't care what Zhao Yan was going to do, he only knew that his things could be taken by His Royal Highness the King of the County, and that was his honor, so he ran into the house without saying a word, and after a while, he took out a sheepskin bag, which was as thick as a person's calf, more than half a foot long, enough to put a small diced meat into it.

"King Jun, there are only so many villains left here, if it's not enough, I'll go collect some for you, it's not a valuable thing anyway!" Old Suma said very attentively.

"Enough is enough!" Zhao Yan couldn't cry or laugh a little, he just wanted to scare the little meat cube a little, but such a big bag could be sprinkled at the door to ward off evil spirits, but he couldn't refuse the kindness of old Suma, so he could only reach out and take it, fortunately, this thing didn't seem to have a big weird smell, and I don't know how old Suma dealt with it?

Next, Zhao Yan explained to Lao Suma some precautions in the process of sweet potato and corn growth, in fact, these are also what he heard when he was teaching, and he has no practical experience, so he has to rely on Lao Suma to grope around, but there is one thing Zhao Yan is very sure of, that is, sweet potatoes and corn are more drought-tolerant, except for some specific growth periods, they do not need too much water, and there is a lot of rain this year, so Lao Suma must be prepared for drainage.

As soon as Zhao Yan finished speaking, he saw that Lao Fu next to him suddenly hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and stepped forward and said, "King Jun, shouldn't we go back to the palace, after all, it's not a way for you to hide from the princess like this?" ”

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