northernbook Chapter 731 Breaking the Corn
Chapter 731 Breaking the Corn
Chapter 731 Breaking the Corn
Although Lin Xuan didn't know what Lu Yuan said when he saw Li Shimin, but Li Shimin didn't continue talking about it, it's not difficult to guess what agreement Li Shimin and Lu Yuan reached.
He doesn't need to worry about the follow-up of this matter.
After leaving Chang'an City, riding a galloping horse for about half a stick of incense, Zhouzhuang in the distance came into view.
The cotton has been planted for more than a month, and it has already produced pale yellow flowers.
At the beginning, many common people came to watch it specially. After all, only the palace and some dignitaries' homes would plant some of this stuff before.
Now that they have such a good opportunity, they naturally want to appreciate it.
As the saying goes, what is rare is more expensive.
Although cotton can't be said to be all over the mountains and plains, there are a lot of wastelands and hillsides near Zhouzhuang.
Except for the fact that it was strange at first, there are no common people coming now.
To be honest, the flowers of cotton have no fragrance, and the flowers are not beautiful.
The reason why the palace will plant it is also because of the rarity of this thing.
But Lin Xuan smiled when he saw the cotton swaying in the wind.
After the cotton is harvested, the people will definitely rush to plant it when they see the benefits of cotton.
This thing does not need to be planted too much, the common people only need to plant some in the wasteland, which is enough for the whole family to make a few cotton-padded clothes and quilts.
What made Lin Xuan most happy was the corn. At this time, the corn cobs produced by the corn had already exposed the ears of corn.
Lin Xuan drools at the thought of the taste of boiled corn.
It is best to choose corn that has not been fully cooked. This kind of corn is sticky and waxy when cooked, and it also has the unique sweetness of corn.
Otherwise, when the corn is old, it can only be ground to make cakes.
Thinking of this, Lin Xuan simply stopped, handed the horse over to the soldiers, and walked into the ground.
The cornfields are well taken care of, and no weeds can be seen, which shows the hard work of the people in Zhouzhuang.
In fact, when the corn is young, weeds need to be removed frequently to prevent the weeds from competing with the corn for nutrients.
And one month after the corn is planted, there is no need to clean it up so frequently, only some larger weeds need to be cleaned up.
These Lin Xuan had also told the people of Zhouzhuang before, but the people of Zhouzhuang would still clean it up in a few days.
Lin Xuan couldn't help sighing that the people in this era are really hardworking and simple.
After choosing the largest corn on the cob, Lin Xuan broke it off and peeled off the outer coat, revealing the light yellow corn kernels inside.
Lin Xuan pinched the corn with his hands and found that it hadn't hardened, so he couldn't help showing a smile.
When the corn hardens, it is considered to be truly ripe. After harvesting, it can be stored for a long time with a little drying.
But the corn at this time is very tender, and it is very suitable to boil the corn.
Lin Xuan put the corn in his hand aside, and began to pick the bigger ones and break them off.
He chose the largest one at the beginning, which is the most suitable one now, and he is afraid that the smaller ones will not fully grow the corn kernels.
At first Liu Da thought that Lin Xuan was just going to see how the corn was growing, so he was waiting by the side. Seeing that Lin Xuan broke off the corn, handed the horse to the soldiers nearby, untied his saber, and went to help.
Lin Xuan hurriedly stopped Liu Da. Liu Dachang is a big and thick guy who has also planted land, but he has never planted corn, and he does not do it lightly or hard. The people of the land should be heartbroken to death.
Lin Xuan only picked the big ones, and after a while, he broke dozens of them, and then stopped.
These are enough for his family to eat, there is no need to break too much.
Just as Lin Xuan wanted to tell Liu to call out some soldiers to take the corn back, he heard the soldiers on the road shout: "What do you want to do?"
Lin Xuan was a little surprised. Didn't the assassin come?
He didn't care about the corn on the ground anymore, and he didn't dare to stay in the corn.
Although there is corn to cover here, the gap between the corn planting is not small, and he is tall, the corn can't completely hide his figure.
On the contrary, if there is an assassin hiding in the cornfield, it is dangerous to shoot him coldly.
The road outside is much higher than the cornfields, and with the protection of the soldiers, it is safer.
When he came to the road, Lin Xuan realized that he was thinking too much. There were no assassins, but more than a dozen dealers with hoes, confronting his soldiers.
Those peasants looked familiar to Lin Xuan, they seemed to be the people of Zhouzhuang.
Lin Xuan worried about what might happen, and said loudly, "What's going on?"
"Master Hou?"
Those farmers heard the sound, and when they saw Lin Xuan, they were a little surprised.
Although the folk customs in ancient times were relatively simple, life was relatively difficult. In addition, there were some idlers in any era, and they often stole the dealer when the dealer was about to mature.
This usually occurs at night, rarely during the day.
Although it is rare, it does not mean that there are none.
Therefore, when the dealer is about to mature, each village will arrange people to patrol around.
The person in charge of looking at this side saw dozens of people riding horses from a distance, stayed here for a long time, and quickly called some people to come over to have a look.
If it was normal, they would naturally know Lin Xuan's personal soldiers.
After all, those soldiers are all wearing armor.
However, due to the special circumstances these few days, Lin Xuan asked his soldiers to wear casual clothes.
Lin Xuan has more than 500 soldiers, and the people he brings are different every time, which also caused the people in Zhouzhuang to fail to recognize him, and this scene happened.
After figuring out the situation, Lin Xuan knew it was a false alarm. Fortunately, these people were holding hoes. If they were holding knives or guns, his soldiers might shoot arrows.
Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Everyone, it's my fault. I wanted to break some corn to taste, but I forgot to notify you. It surprised everyone."
"No, no, Master Hou is serious, we are the ones who disturbed Master Hou." Those people said quickly.
"Who planted this land?" Lin Xuan asked.
A dark complexioned and thin man who looked about 50 years old said with some trepidation: "Go back to Lord Hou, this land was planted by the little old man."
He didn't know if it was something he didn't do well.
Although no matter how good the corn is, he is not as good as him, but Lin Fu said that not only can the corn be exempted from rent, but also can be rewarded.
He cared more about this corn than any other land where grain was grown.
I came to see it in two days, and the weeds in the field had just emerged, and he cleared them up.
Lin Xuan saw that the old man was a little nervous, and said with a smile: "You planted very well. I broke some from your field, and I will ask someone to send you some money. I bought it. What's your name?"
When the old man heard Lin Xuan praise him for his good corn planting, a smile appeared on his dark face, and when he heard that Lin Xuan wanted to give him money, he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, this was originally planted for the Hou family, how can we ask for it?" Lord Marquis' money."
The Lin family asked the people in Zhouzhuang to plant some corn so that they would not have to pay rent.
Although planting corn takes up some land, compared to the rent they paid, they still made money.
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "You grow corn well, and this is my reward."
Hearing what Lin Xuan said, the old man said with some embarrassment: "The little old man is Zhou Laosan, thank you Lord Hou for the reward."
(End of this chapter)