After hearing what Xingnong said, the Crown Prince of Jin glanced at the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince and hinted with his eyes: You are better at speaking, so you go and speak!
You can't say that they were ordered by their father to monitor the Crown Prince of Chu!
The third prince said calmly: "I came here with my eldest brother."
The Fifth Prince: "My eldest brother asked me to come!"
Prince of Jin: “… .”
Xing Nong looked at his eldest brother.
The prince of Jin looked down and saw some lotus flowers and lotus leaves on the boat. He smiled and said, "I am tired of reviewing memorials, so I thought of going to the imperial garden to enjoy the lotus."
The third prince nodded and said, "Yes, we are here to accompany our eldest brother to appreciate the lotus! Are you planning to pick some lotus flowers to put in a vase? We will help you pick them."
Xing Nong shook her head: "There are enough lotus flowers, but we are still short of a lotus pod. Since you are here to enjoy the lotus, please help me pick one or two lotus pods when you see them!
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When putting lotus flowers in a vase, in addition to the lotus flowers, you also have to put one or two small lotus leaves and one or two lotus pods to make it look good.
The three brothers immediately promised: "Leave it to me, brother!"
The three of them immediately looked around, looking for lotus pods.
Xing Nong felt that the sun was too strong and it was too hot in this airtight lotus pond, so he said, "My royal brothers, please enjoy the lotus slowly. The sun is too strong! I will go back first!"
Then Xing Nong said to Chu Tiankuo: "Brother, I will take you out of the palace!"
Chu Tiankuo nodded, and said to the three princes: "Goodbye!"
Then he pushed the long bamboo pole and rowed the boat away.
The three brothers: "..."
Chu Tiankuo felt a little amused. He naturally knew why they suddenly appeared, it was just to stare at him.
Anyway, now that he has come to Jin State, he will definitely not have the chance to be alone with Xingnong except in the space.
Whenever she went out, her brother would always be with her.
The Crown Prince of Jin decisively said to his two brothers: "My two brothers, help my sister find the lotus pods. I will go and see the Crown Prince of Chu off!"
After saying that, he jumped onto the boat where Xing Nong was.
The small boat could only accommodate three people, and the third and fifth princes could only watch their brother abandon them.
After the boat had rowed away, the Third Prince said to the Fifth Prince, "Third Brother, you still have something to do. I'll leave the task of helping my younger sister find the lotus pods to you!"
After saying that, he patted the fifth prince on the shoulder, then used his Qinggong skills to leave!
As a result, the fifth prince stayed in the lake alone and searched for an entire afternoon but still couldn't find any lotus pods.
The only one has been picked by Xingnong!
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Chu Tiankuo had sent several princes out of the palace, so Xing Nong didn't care about it. She went back to her small kitchen to tinker with food, planning to put it in the space for Chu Tiankuo and Tang Lao to eat on the road tomorrow. She had promised Tang Lao on the boat before that she would make beggar's chicken for him. She was busy recently, and happened to be free today, so she made it today.
Chu Tiankuo left the palace and got on the carriage, but was stopped by Fang Zheng.
Seeing him, Chu Tiankuo was not surprised at all: "Master Fang hasn't left yet?"
"Are you shocked by the astonishing betrothal gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very generous! This betrothal gift is unprecedented and will never be repeated!" Fang Zheng waved his hand and climbed onto Chu Tiankuo's carriage in a familiar manner.
He had something very important to discuss with Chu Tiankuo.
He felt that the grain seeds that Chu would sell in the future would not be rice and wheat seeds, but seeds of corn, cotton, pest-free fruits and vegetables, etc.!
Chu Tiankuo stopped him and said calmly, "Master Fang, is there something going on? I have something else to do and I have to leave right away, so I won't invite Master Fang to go with me."
Chu Tiankuo knew why Fang Zheng came to him for something, it was just about seeds like corn and cotton, but the more he wanted to know, the more he wanted to whet his appetite.
Only after the autumn harvest can the seeds be sold at a high price!
Of course Fang Zheng has something to do! He stopped talking nonsense and immediately said, "Your Highness, what is the yield per mu of corn and cotton, and what are their uses? And are those pest-free fruits and vegetables, and various high-yield fruits real?"
Chu Tiankuo nodded, "Of course it's true! Both the Yingbin Building and the Yingke Building have dishes made of corn. As for cotton, the Four Seasons Cloth Shop has cotton-padded clothes, quilts and cotton cloth. With cotton in the future, the people will no longer have to worry about the cold winter! A thick cotton coat and a thick quilt can withstand the ice and snow. Moreover, the yield of cotton is high, which is much easier than raising silkworms and harvesting silk. I believe that with cotton, there will definitely not be so many people freezing to death in the bitter winter in the future."
Fang Zheng was so excited when he heard this that his body trembled slightly. With the emergence of high-yield crops, the people no longer had to worry about starving to death! However, in the bitter winter every year, many poor people still worried about freezing to death. If it was as the Crown Prince of Chu said, hunger and cold would be solved!
This simply solves the biggest survival problem for most people in the world!
"Your Highness, what is the yield of cotton per acre?" he asked excitedly.
Chu Tiankuo: "The per-acre yield of cotton is still unknown, but the cotton developed by our Chu State is also a high-yield crop. Lord Fang, I have something else to do. Goodbye! See you later!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage started moving.
Fang Zheng took a deep breath. Another high-yield crop? He wanted to ask whether cotton was also a high-yield crop that could produce 1,000 kilograms per mu. But the carriage had already left.
How could the prince of Chu run so fast
He still has many questions to figure out!
For example, the problem of corn, the problem of pest-free fruits and vegetables, etc.
Then, he remembered that Chu Tiankuo had just said that there was cotton in the Four Seasons Cloth Shop, and he hurried back to his carriage, "Quick! Go to the Four Seasons Cloth Shop and the Guest Reception Building!"
Many people heard the conversation between the two, and everyone ran towards the Four Seasons Cloth Shop and the Welcoming House.
Then, in less than half a day, rumors about corn and cotton were flying everywhere!
Chu Tiankuo asked Songbai to find someone to spread the word that the corn and cotton were discovered by Xingnong.
This is all thanks to her, he wants everyone in the world to know and remember her.
The next day, when Chu Tiankuo left the city, most of the topics discussed by people on the street were about corn and cotton.
"That corn is delicious! It can be used to cook, make pasta, squeeze juice, and make popcorn! I just don't know where to get corn seeds! I really want to plant a few acres! It tastes much better than rice!"
"I heard that corn is more productive than rice! The corn grown in Chu State has a yield of 1,800 kilograms per mu!"
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"It turns out that cotton is as white and soft as the clouds in the sky, and it feels so comfortable to touch! The cotton-padded clothes made of it are really warm! I tried it on and I started sweating all over! And it's thick, and I feel at ease wearing it!"
"I heard that cotton can produce 1,000 kilograms per mu! If that's the case, my family can plant a small plot of land and harvest dozens of kilograms of cotton, and my family won't have to worry about getting through the winter!"
"Princess Xingnong is so amazing! How did she discover corn and cotton?"
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After seeing corn and cotton in the past two days, Zhao Luran has been feeling extremely irritable~!
She asked Tan Pan, "Did the envoy from Yan come to see you today?"
Tan Pan shook his head: "No."
These past two days, he had been either busy learning about corn, cotton, and pest-free vegetable seeds, or going to the palace to ask the King of Jin for seeds. How could he possibly come to me
At this time, Zhao Luran's maid ran in hurriedly holding a pigeon: "Princess, there is a letter from the Chu State!"
Zhao Luran suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. She quickly took it off and her face turned pale after taking a look.
When Tan Pan saw this, his heart skipped a beat: "Princess, what did the letter say?"