Fight the Giants

  Seeing Huo Xi take out a large bag of seeds, everyone was stunned.

   Rao Li Shimian is well-informed, so he doesn't understand Huo Xi's intentions.

Huo Xi smiled, and poked these seeds with his hands: "These are extra seeds brought back by the fleet that went out to sea. Some of them are said to be very productive. Although the world is peaceful now, there is still insufficient food. Now Jiangnan, Huguang and other places A large amount of grain was transported north, and the fields in the south of the Yangtze River were changed to grow mulberry, and I am afraid that soon, even the food for the people in the south of the Yangtze River will be transported from Huguang and other places."

  The king is based on the people, and the people depend on food. Food is the most important thing for the country and the country, and it is related to the destiny of the country.

"From my grandfather's letter, I learned that you have to pay 70% of the food to the government every year. After a year of hard work, I am afraid that the rest will not be enough to fill your stomach. These seeds are collected from overseas. My grandfather You can try various things, if you have a high yield, firstly, you can give more subsidies to the family, and secondly..."

   glanced at Li Shimian.

  Li Shimian had a thought, looked at Huo Xi in surprise, and probed: "Sister Ning is planning to let my grandfather plant these extra-fantasy seeds, and add a few more edible varieties for me?"

  Huo Xi pursed his lips: "I heard that if a sinner wants to get amnesty, apart from any important day for the court, such as the establishment of a queen, the establishment of a prince, etc., it is a matter of merit to the community..."

  The crown prince of this dynasty has already been established, and the queen probably won't be established again. Huo Xi doesn't know if there is any event worthy of amnesty.

  Emperor Yongkang almost killed and demoted all the former ministers of his nephew's dynasty. I'm afraid he won't easily pardon the old man. If he wants to be pardoned, he can only find a way from other aspects.

  Li Shimian looked at Huo Xi in a daze, Ma Shi came back to his senses, held Huo Xi in his arms, with tears in his eyes: "My son, it's hard for you to think about your family..."

  The Miao family and the Cui family all understood, thinking of the inhuman days of exile, feeling sad from it, they all turned their backs and wiped away their tears.

  Both of them have children, and the two daughters are about the same age as Huo Xi, but now look at Huo Xi, and then look at Mingjin and Mingyue. Their daughters can only marry the same sinners in the future, or the nearby peasants. Even if they marry the nearby farmers, they will be rejected by others.

  Just thinking about it, a heart is like being twisted by a knife.

  If there is really a chance to be pardoned, it would be a good thing that you can't even think about.

  Li Shimian looked at Huo Xi with great satisfaction. This is Rou'er's child, his grandson, not blood relatives, so he can't think so hard about them.

   Bowed his head and blinked away his tears, "What kind of seeds are these? Tell your grandfather about them. Let your grandfather remember them well."

   Ma Shi also wiped away tears, pulled two daughters-in-law, grand-daughter-in-law, and granddaughter to listen carefully.

  Huo Xi pointed to the seeds packed in small packages, and explained them one by one, and very considerately listed the instructions on the small packages.

  Some of them combined with the memories of later generations, and she memorized the planting time, climate, and various key points, and some she didn't know just from the seeds. She let Huo Erhuai secretly try to grow some in the Zhuangzi.

Pointing to the dry white seeds the size of the cover of my little finger: "This is a pumpkin seed, which was spread by Westerners to Luzon Java and other places, and from these places to the Japanese country, and then from the Japanese country to our dynasty. It has a high yield and is durable. , put it in a dry place, it can be stored for more than half a year. So people who go to sea like to take it as food. It doesn’t sound good, so I call it pumpkin.”

  They all thought that the pumpkin was introduced from the Japanese country, so it was called Japanese melon, and the Japanese thought that it was introduced to their country from our dynasty, so they called the pumpkin Tang eggplant. In fact, the pumpkin was introduced from the West.

"This kind of pumpkin has a high yield per mu, and you don't need to take care of it, and you don't need to choose the land. The yield per mu can reach several thousand catties. It can be used as a staple food or a vegetable. Places like exile villages are far away from the county and state capitals. , it’s inconvenient to come and go, planting this kind of pumpkin as food is easy to store, and it can fill your stomach and satisfy your hunger.”

  Nowadays when the north needs a lot of supplies, if it is planted in the future and transported properly, it will be good for the emperor, and the grandfather's family will not have the chance of amnesty.

  They were only involved in the first place, and they didn't make any big mistakes.

   Li Shimian and Ma Shi understood. Looking at the bag of pumpkin seeds, his eyes were burning.

  A mu produces several thousand catties of seeds, which are more valuable than gold, silver, pearls and jade.

Li Shimian carefully held a few seeds in his hands, looked at them again and again, asked Huo Xi how to plant and take care of them, and after reading Huo Xi's instructions, he carefully wrapped the seeds and put them aside for preparation. Plant it yourself.

  "Sister Ning, don't worry, my grandfather will take your uncles, aunts, cousins ​​and cousins ​​to plant it well." If it really happens, with so many disciples under his sect, there will always be one or two who are willing to run for him, right?

   After a while, Li Shimian's heart felt hot.

   They were living in a muddle and couldn't see the way out. They thought they would be like this for the rest of their lives, but they didn't expect that Sister Ning brought them hope.

  If the real seed is achieved, even if you can’t get rid of the crime, it must be much better than today.

   Li Shimian and Ma Shi looked at each other, and they both saw fluctuations in each other's eyes. Cui Shi and the others also understood, and there was hope in their eyes.

   After harvesting the seeds, Li Shimian was anxious to go to the field. He wanted to see what other places could be planted in his family's land, or if there was no more land left, he had to open up some wasteland.

   Too anxious to sit still, she pulled Huo Xi and Huo Nian up: "Let's go, go to the field with grandpa, your grandma and the others haven't finished planting the soybeans yesterday."

   "Father, let's just plant. There is not much left. I'm afraid Ninger and Nianer have never planted the land." Cui said.

  Huo Xi smiled and said: "It's okay, let's go to the field together."

  Huo Nian also nodded: "My sister and I went to the field. My sister planted grain on Zhuangzi, and we all went to the field together."

   "Okay. Then let's go to the ground." Li Shimian was very happy. The two grandchildren were not squeamish at all, and he was very pleased.

  Huo Xi and Huo Nian changed into simple clothes and went down to the ground, chasing the wind and moon, Bao Kang, Vanilla and Xia He also followed. Mama stayed behind to look after the house.

  Huo Nian followed his grandfather. He used a wooden plane to dig a hole in front, and Li Shimian followed him to put beans and bury the hole. The two grandparents cooperated very harmoniously, and they left Huo Xi and Ma Shi a distance after a while.

  Bao Kang also followed the wind and the moon, cooperating with each other tacitly, chasing after each other, and doing a very lively job.

  There were not many ridges left, and there were so many people, it was finished in a short while. When Li Dianshou's brother came back with three nephews at noon, the soybeans in the field were all ordered.

  The family stood on the sloping field, looking at the neat soybean fields, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

   I heard from my grandfather that the sinner’s payment of grain cannot be offset by silver, but must be paid in full. It is estimated that they do not want the exiled people to live too comfortably. They need to personally participate in the labor and take away 70% of their food.

  Huo Xi looked at the land and had some thoughts.