Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 420: I still need to become stronger

"Xiaoyuan, how could I, how could I... Don't worry, I absolutely won't, absolutely not, really... Please believe me." Rong Jin was so anxious that he became a little incoherent.

"Xiaoyuan, don't worry. If Jin'er dares to do anything wrong to Lei'er, I will break his legs myself. Don't worry." Old Marquis Pei, who was still looking for the calendar, spoke directly.

"Xiaoyuan, don't worry. Jin'er's mother is not in the Marquis' Mansion now. No one in the Mansion dares to embarrass Lei'er. Don't worry." Madam Pei Lai, who was sitting on the side, also spoke.

"Grandfather Pei, Grandmother Pei, all the money my sister has earned in the past few years, the shops she has bought, the farms, everything, I will bring them all as her dowry.

Although I may still not be able to compare with the young ladies of other noble families, please don’t despise my sister for having a small dowry. I, Hua Moyuan, will not drag my sister down. I will do my best to be my sister’s supporter.

"I will repay the help that the Marquis' Mansion has given me when I have the ability. Please wait for me for a few more years and don't ask my sister for it yet." Xiao Yuan looked at the old Marquis Pei and said.

"Hahahaha... you little brat, are you so worried? Stand up and talk. Haven't you heard the saying? A man's knees are made of gold."

Old Lord Pei didn't find the calendar, so he stood up, picked up Xiaoyuan who was kneeling on the ground, and put him on a chair beside him, and said.

"Xiaoyuan, if I tell you to rest assured, you still won't be able to let go, right? In your eyes, our Marquis Mansion, and I, Jin'er, are not worthy of your trust?

You've lived in the Marquis' Mansion for three years, but you still don't know what kind of people we are? Well, I'll promise you today that we won't let Lei'er down.

If Jin'er really does something wrong to Lei'er one day, I will let them divorce and will never torture or humiliate Lei'er, is that okay?"

Marquis Pei patted Xiao Yuan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Besides, as the future number one scholar, we in the Marquisate dare not easily provoke you.

You are only a teenager, but you are already more cunning than your grandfather who has eight hundred cunning eyes. Aren't you afraid that you will become full of holes and won't be able to find a wife in the future?" Old Marquis Pei laughed.

Xiao Yuan touched his head and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly. His sister had found a place to stay, and he was happier than anyone else. Now that he had received verbal assurances from Lord Pei and Rong Jin, he could only do this.

Do they have to write a letter of guarantee? If they really fail their sister one day, the letter of guarantee will be useless. I still have to work hard and become stronger, and strive to become my sister's strongest supporter as soon as possible.

Well, taking the imperial examination is indeed the fastest way, I must work hard. In two years, I will be able to start.

After having a particularly sumptuous lunch at the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, Xiaoyuan and Tian Dacheng returned to Hua's house to talk to Hua Lei.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Lord Pei sent the explanatory book written by Hua Lei to the Imperial Study. And Hua Lei also went to work at the Ministry of Agriculture.

In the imperial study, Emperor Shengwu was drinking tea while flipping through the book on land reclamation in front of him. The three characters "Huaguo Mountain" on the cover were also slightly larger than the other characters.

Looking at the words on the cover, Emperor Shengwu nodded slightly. This girl's hairpin-flowered small calligraphy had improved a lot compared to before.

At that time, I was at the entrance of the barren mountain and saw the three words "Huaguo Mountain". I felt that the name of this barren mountain was well chosen. There were flowers and fruits, so it must be Huaguo Mountain. It turned out that the girl wrote it herself.

Emperor Shengwu opened the book and began to read it slowly. The book was written in great detail.

What was each mountain like before reclamation? What was Hualei thinking at the time? What practical problems did you encounter during the reclamation process and how did you overcome them?

What is planted on each hillside? Why is it planted? The buds are clearly written. Combined with the topographic map, it is clear and understandable.

Emperor Shengwu flipped through the pages one by one, and was somewhat surprised to see the reason for raising fish in the pond, and the stepped ponds that were specially dug for raising fish, and the charcoal and sawdust were used to purify the water quality for better fish breeding. This girl is smart, knows a lot, and is very good at finding money for herself.

When he saw that the corn cobs in every corner of the barren mountain were used to cultivate various mushrooms, Emperor Shengwu opened his mouth wide. This girl's ideas are always so strange and so ingenious. She is really good at using the terrain.

When he saw the rapeseed planted in the basin written by Hualei, which Hualei wrote was a cold vegetable, and it was possible to produce oil, he suddenly stood up.

When I went to the barren mountain to look at it, I thought it was just ordinary vegetable seedlings, so I didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect that it could be used to extract oil.

If oil can really be extracted, then this cold vegetable is a treasure. The soybean oil consumed by the Great Sheng Dynasty has a strong bean smell and many impurities.

But even so, many people simply couldn't afford it. Moreover, the supply of oil in the military camps in Mobei and Xijiang was not enough.

No, we have to go to the north to collect these rapeseeds and plant more rapeseeds in Shangjing City. After expanding the scale of cultivation, we can press oil in large quantities.

Although I don’t know what the oil squeezed from rapeseed tastes like, as long as it is oil, it will be good. Then the people can eat oil, and the military camps can also supply more edible oil.

So, Lord Pei, who was drinking with old friends in the restaurant, was invited into the imperial study.

Old Marquis Pei had read the explanatory book, and Rong Jin had also explained to him that rapeseed could potentially be used to produce oil, so he could empathize with Emperor Shengwu's joy and doubts.

When Lord Pei heard Emperor Shengwu say that he would immediately send shadow guards to Mobei to collect winter melon seeds, he carefully reminded him.

"Your Majesty, Hua Nong Zheng is just guessing, and it is not certain that oil can be squeezed out. Why don't we wait until the cold vegetables in Hua Nong Zheng's basin are ripe?"

"This..." Emperor Shengwu hesitated, "If this vegetable can really be used to produce oil, what if the farmers in the north waste these vegetable seeds? If they don't plant it this year, it will be a waste of a year." The wise emperor Shengwu paced anxiously in the imperial study.

Lord Pei looked at Emperor Shengwu's expression, his mind turned slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, Hua Nongzheng actually has the same idea as Your Majesty, so she asked her crew members to buy these winter vegetable seeds when they went to the north.

She said that if the cold vegetables in the basin could really be used to produce oil, she would present all the cold vegetable seeds she had purchased to His Majesty, and let Him decide what to do.

If the vegetables in the basin cannot be used to produce oil, the farmers will bear the loss of the vegetables they bought. I just hope Your Majesty will not blame her for her fantasy. " said Lord Pei.