Chapter 1173 - Chapter 1173: The Old Emperor
Chapter 1173: The Old Emperor
Translator: Lonelytree
Wu Ming was taken aback. Then, he quickly braced himself and asked, “Then,
Miss Lin, what do you want me to do?” When he asked this question, he was on the verge of tears.
He was just doing his duty, but in the end, everything was his fault.
However, he couldn’t refute it.
Lin Yuelan smiled and said, “Actually, I don’t need you to do anything.” ‘I don’t believe it!’ Wu Ming thought to himself.
“It’s just that it’s recently harvest season?” Lin Yuelan said,” Then, you can harvest all the grain. You can do it all by yourself!”
“Ah!” Wu Ming was stunned.
He needed to do everything by himself?!
But Miss Lin, do you know how many rice fields you have?
636 mu?
If one mu of land could produce six stones, then how many stones would that be?
No matter how strong his body was, he couldn’t withstand such a job, right?
Lin Yuelan had no sympathy for him. She asked with a faint smile,” Why? Do you find the work too much and too heavy?
Wu Ming immediately shook his head and said,” No, no!”
If he answered yes, then there would be more work waiting for him.
He wouldn’t be so stupid.
Lin Yuelan saw that Wu Ming had already agreed. Then, she looked up at the glistening, golden paddy fields and said softly,” It’s time to harvest!”
Wu Ming was stunned.” Ah!”
Lin Family Garden
“Girl, can we start harvesting the rice?” Lin Deshan asked excitedly.
“Yes, Grandpa.” Lin Yuelan looked at the blue sky.” I think the weather is fine. Besides, the grains have basically ripened. I’d better collect them as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the sky changed, we would be in trouble!”
Although Lin Deshan had never planted a seed in the fields before, he still knew basic common sense.
He nodded. “That’s true. Speaking of which, in June, the weather can change at any time! These farmers relied on the heavens to live. Without good weather, they could not do anything. Now, before the weather changes, let’s take back all these rice grains and dry them in the warehouse!”
Yuwen Longyan was extremely excited when he heard that the harvest was about to begin.
In the past two days, he had gone to the rice fields with these two old men from time to time. Looking at the golden rice fields, he was really excited.
He had heard that Lin Yuelan had harvested eight stones of rice per mu last year.
He thought that this year’s harvest would not be less than eight stones per mu.
Moreover, when he came to Lin Family Village, he had already visited other villages in An Ding County.
He found that most of the farmers in Anding County had better paddy fields than those in other counties.
He guessed that this was definitely the result of the experiment.
Even if the harvest of these commoners could not reach seven or eight stones per mu, four or five stones should not be okay. Five or six stones would be a high yield.
This was one or two stones higher than the previous harvest in other places.
Don’t underestimate this one or two stone. It was a guarantee that the lives of ordinary people would improve.
If one mu were one or two stones higher, then five to six mu would be five to ten stones higher. What about ten mu or twenty mu? When the entire Longyan Country was added up, it would be a very huge number.
This number was enough to feed the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Longyan Kingdom.
A strong army meant that the country was strong. A strong country meant that the country was rich…
The entire cycle went on, and the country became a powerful country!
Then, he would become a wise ruler who would be famous for thousands of years!
The more Yuwen Longyan thought about it, the more excited he became. However, he was still the ruler of the country. No matter how excited he was, he could not show his emotions on his face.
He smiled at Lin Dashan and said,” Brother Lin, are you going to harvest the grains? What can I do to help?”
Lin Deshan looked at the old man who had good skin. He frowned slightly and then said with a smile,” Brother Wen, you are a guest.” There was no reason for a guest to help! Take a good look around. You will find that every place here is very beautiful! If you find it boring, I can get someone to take you somewhere else. How about that?”
Yuwen Longyan immediately said unhappily,” Hey, Brother Lin, what are you saying? Could it be that everyone is busy, and I have to watch from the side?” Lin Deshan said with some hesitation, “But… What can you do to help?
Yuwen Longyan waved his hand and said,” Brother Lin, you don’t have to say anymore. I definitely have to help. Otherwise. I won’t be happy.”
Lin Yuelan listened from the side and felt a little amused. The old Emperor clearly wanted to go and play, but he used a righteous reason like ” help ‘
Lin Yuelan rolled her eyes and said to Lin Dashan with a smile,” Grandpa, since
Grandpa Wen wants to help, we can’t reject his kindness, right?”
Lin Deshan was still a little hesitant. “But little girl, he…” He clearly didn’t work a day in his life.
Lin Yuelan shook her head and said with a smile, “Grandfather, don’t worry. There were so many people harvesting, so Grandpa Wen wouldn’t be tired.”
That’s not what he meant.
In the end, Lin Deshan could only nod his head.
Yuwen Longyan and Eunuch Zhang followed Lin Yuelan, Jiang Zhennan, and the others to the harvest field. They looked at the group of people and asked in confusion, “Girl, doesn’t harvesting go field by field?”
Lin Yuelan explained, “That’s because ordinary families don’t have enough manpower. That’s why they’ll farm one piece at a time. My family doesn’t lack people, so we can harvest dozens of Mus of land at the same time.”
Yuwen Longyan nodded.
Then, he saw the women holding something that looked like a knife in their hands. They bent down and began to cut the rice.
He pointed at Little Knife and asked,” What knife is this? It looked like a sickle, but it wasn’t as big as a sickle, yet it had teeth?”
Lin Yuelan explained,” This is a small sickle specially used to cut rice. Grandpa Wen, don’t look down on its small size. It’s more time-saving and energy-saving than using other knives. Here, give it a try!”
Lin Yuelan took out a large sickle and a small sickle from the basket and handed them to Yuwen Longyan and Eunuch Zhang.
Eunuch Zhang looked at the two scythes, and his eyebrows twitched.
He wanted to scold Lin Yuelan and order His Majesty to work.
However, when he saw the serious look on the Emperor’s face, he opened his mouth but didn’t say anything. He took the scythe from Lin Yuelan and began to cut the rice like those women.
However, because he didn’t know how to use it and used too much strength, Eunuch Zhang fell to the ground with the rice in his left hand and the sickle in his right hand.
This posture immediately caused everyone to laugh.
Yuwen Longyan’s face darkened, and he immediately scolded,” Butler Zhang, don’t you know how to use it? In that case, don’t you know how to ask? This is so embarrassing.”
Eunuch Zhang immediately got up from the ground with a red face. He instinctively wanted to kneel down and beg Yuwen Longyan for mercy.
However, he was stopped by Lin Yuelan.” Grandpa Wen, don’t be angry. Butler Zhang was just curious. It was no big deal. People who didn’t know how to harvest rice at the beginning would have this kind of situation! Butler Zhang, why don’t you go back and change your clothes first?”
Lin Yuelan had Eunuch Zhang’s back because she didn’t want him to expose Yuwen Longyan’s true identity in a moment of excitement. That would bring her a lot of trouble. Secondly, Eunuch Zhang was already so old. It was already very pitiful for him to be thrown into such a state. Lin Yuelan had always respected the elderly.
Yuwen Longyan didn’t say anything else, but Eunuch Zhang was extremely grateful to Lin Yuelan.
The dissatisfaction he had towards Lin Yuelan in the past vanished into thin air at this moment..