bookrandom Chapter 71 Delivery of Letters
Chapter 71 Delivery of Letters
A few days later, Xiao Qinian, who was in the study of the Qianyuan County government office, received a letter from Xiao Siyue.
"Great, great, that's wonderful." Xiao Qinian looked at the letter in his hand, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
He gripped the letter tightly.
The contents of the letter thrilled him beyond measure, for it meant that the Great Zhou Dynasty finally possessed high-yield grain seeds! This news struck him like a bolt of lightning, bringing endless hope and anticipation.
"Hahaha!" Xiao Qinian couldn't help but burst into laughter. This was the best news he had received in a long time.
Since taking over Qianyuan County, he has been receiving bad news from his subordinates every day. It's either someone has died somewhere or there's been a village riot somewhere, which has left him feeling overwhelmed.
Now there's finally some good news.
Xiao Qinian eagerly headed to the backyard with the letter in his hand.
"Xiaoqin, Xiaoqin, Yue'er has sent a letter." Lin Qin, who was discussing matters with her maid in her room, heard Xiao Qinian's slightly excited voice.
"Yue'er wrote a letter, let me see it quickly." Lin Qin stood up excitedly. She had never been separated from her daughter for so long and had been missing her terribly.
Xiao Qinian handed the letter to Lin Qin, then waved to the maid, "You may leave now."
"Yes, this servant will take her leave now." The maid bowed and left the room.
"Husband, Yue'er said she misses us." Lin Qin's eyes were red after reading the letter.
"Yes, I miss my daughter too." Xiao Qinian's excited mood suddenly cooled down.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Qinian said, "Yue'er said the potatoes have been harvested; more than 2,000 jin were harvested from half an acre."
Xiao Qinian couldn't help but want to share this good news with Lin Qin.
“Yes, if potatoes could be grown on a large scale, the number of people starving to death in the Great Zhou Dynasty would be greatly reduced.” Lin Qin had learned a lot about the Great Zhou Dynasty from Xiao Qinian these past few days.
In particular, Qianyuan County is in a state of disrepair compared to their hometown. Many people are starving, and there are even many cases of people selling their children.
"Husband, what do you think about planting some potatoes in Qianyuan County?" Lin Qin suddenly said.
"It's not possible now. Let's wait two years." Xiao Qinian had thought about it before, but there were too few seeds available now, not enough at all. In two years, when there are more seeds available, they can be planted in Qianyuan County.
"Sigh," Lin Qin sighed, "we'll have to wait a few more years."
"Yue'er said it was for you to send a message to Grand Tutor Shen." Lin Qin thought of Xiao Siyue's special instructions.
"Yes, I saw it. Yue'er's thinking is very thoughtful. She should talk to the teacher about it," Xiao Qinian said, stroking his chin.
"I'll write it right away." Xiao Qinian said, quickly sitting down at the table, picking up paper and pen, and starting to write a letter.
Xiao Qinian put the letter into an envelope, sealed it with wax, and then shouted outside.
"Li Bing".
"My lord." As soon as she finished speaking, Li Bing came in from outside.
"Li Bing, deliver this letter to the teacher as quickly as possible. Remember, you must give it to the teacher in person." Xiao Qinian handed the letter to Li Bing and solemnly instructed her.
"My lord, I understand. Rest assured, this letter will not pass through a fourth person's hands," Li Bing said, clasping his hands in a fist and promising Xiao Qinian.
"I believe you," Xiao Qinian said, looking at Li Bing.
After Li Bing left, Lin Qin came out of the back room.
He saw Xiao Qinian sitting at the table, deep in thought.
"Husband, don't worry, nothing will happen."
"Yes, I know. I was just wondering how the teacher would feel after receiving the letter," Xiao Qinian said with a smile.
"That would definitely be extremely exciting," Lin Qin said with a smile.
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The capital city, the Grand Tutor's Mansion
"My lord, Li Bing has arrived." Li Han led Li Bing into Shen Junru's study.
Shen Junru was working on documents at his desk.
"My lord, this is a letter from my master to you." Li Bing bowed to Shen Junru before taking out the letter and saying this.
Just as Li Han was about to step forward to take it, Li Bing dodged him.
“My master instructed that it must be handed over to him personally,” Li Bing said.
Li Han was speechless. This younger brother was no longer a good option; even he didn't trust him anymore.
Shen Junru realized that this letter must be extremely important, otherwise Xiao Qinian would not have said that.
"Give me the letter." Sun Junru reached out to Li Bing.
After opening the letter, Shen Junru became increasingly alarmed as he read it. Was it true? If it was, he dared not imagine what a wonderful thing it would be.
He dedicated his entire life to serving the people, but ultimately he was unable to solve the problem of insufficient food for them.
Even the best farmland can only yield less than 200 catties per mu.
But now, what did he see?
The yield is four to five thousand catties of grain per mu.
Shen Junru couldn't help but want to report this good news to the Emperor, but in the end he held back.
He needs to confirm it first, otherwise he won't feel at ease.
Shen Junru immediately picked up a pen and wrote a reply to Xiao Qinian, which he then handed to Li Bing to take back.
Then he instructed Li Han: "Li Han, go to Xiaojia Village yourself to see if the potato thing is true. Also, give this letter to Yue'er."
Shen Junru really wanted to go and see for himself, but he had many things to do and couldn't leave easily.
"Oh, right, Li Han, if you can, could you bring back some potatoes?" Shen Junru added.
He wanted to send the potatoes to the emperor, and he also wanted to see what this high-yield potato was all about.
"My lord, I understand." Li Han accepted the order and left.
At this time, Xiao Siyue in Xiaojia Village was unaware that because of her letter, Shen Junru had sent Li Han, whom she had met before, to Xiaojia Village without delay.
Several days later, Li Bing brought the letter back.
"Grand Tutor Shen has replied," Lin Qin asked as she saw Xiao Qinian reading the letter.
“Yes, the teacher said she has already sent Li Han to Xiao Family Village in person. If the situation is true, he will report directly to the Emperor and ask the Emperor to send people to protect these seeds,” Xiao Qinian said.
"Now you can rest assured. With the Emperor personally protecting you, nothing unexpected will happen." Lin Qin was also relieved.
"Oh, right, you haven't replied to Yue'er yet, have you?" Lin Qin added.
"No, why?" Xiao Qinian asked in return.
"Didn't Yue'er give us cotton seeds before? They were harvested a couple of days ago. Tell Yue'er about this," Lin Qin reminded her.
"Oh right, how could I forget?" Xiao Qinian slapped his forehead and said regretfully.
It seems he's been too busy lately and is finding it hard to keep up.
"My lord, should we tell Grand Tutor Shen about the cotton matter?"
"No need for now, let's plant another year and talk about it next year." There are too few cotton seeds, even if we harvest a crop now, there won't be many seeds left.
“That works too,” Lin Qin said without saying anything more.