Chapter 813 Discovered

Chapter 813: Discovered Chapter 813: Discovered Editor: Atlas Studios Hearing his father say this, Little Bear also felt that this method of earning money was too difficult.

He sighed and bent down to play with his brothers.

Tiger Head and Little Lion liked the smell of green grass very much, so they kept climbing out of the mat, insisting on coming into close contact with the green grass that had just sprouted.

Little An also liked the green grass very much.

Unlike his usual self, he played on the grass and even pulled out many small flowers to give to his two younger brothers who couldn’t come out of the mat to play with.

What was so fun about grass?

Last winter, he and his father had even gone hunting in the mountains.

Disinterested, Little Bear sat cross-legged on the mat with his chin propped up as he brainstormed ways to earn money.

His and Brother Little Treasure’s salary and monthly allowance added up to quite a lot, but the expenses this year were also not small.

The expenses of running a school were one factor, but most of the expenses were incurred due to the heavy snow last winter.

Not only was Lingnan covered in snow, but many people in the capital had also frozen to death.

He and Little Treasure were sponsoring many children, so they had spent a lot of money buying clothes and repairing houses.

Due to this, they had spent all the New Year money they had saved up.

Seeing Little Bear sigh, Fan Zijin turned to Qi Haoran and said, “Aren’t you afraid of leading the child astray this way?

We should be the ones handling the disaster relief.” “But they can also do good deeds within their capabilities.” Qi Haoran said, “Big Brother also said that ever since Little Treasure personally sponsored those children, he has become much more sensible.” “An inability to look at the big picture is taboo for a ruler.” Fan Zijin said in a low voice, “Never mind Little Bear, but it’s not suitable for Little Treasure to do something like this.” “Benevolence isn’t the same as having an ability to look at the big picture.” Qi Haoran said confidently, “Not only Little Treasure, but even I won’t let Little Bear grow up like that.

It’s impossible for our Qi family’s world to end in one generation, so the upbringing of our descendants is especially important.

When have Big Brother and I neglected the education of our two children because of political matters?

With us keeping an eye on them, we won’t let them grow crooked.

Now that they’re still young, there are some things that aren’t suitable for them to know, but we can’t always keep them away from those matters.” Only then did Fan Zijin nod slightly.

Seeing that Little Bear was already lying on the mat and piggybacking the two children around, he laughed and shook his head.

“This kid is really like you.

Just now, he was so worried that his face was all crumpled up, and I thought he wouldn’t be able to eat lunch today.

Who knew that he would be having so much fun now?” Qi Haoran said proudly, “How bad can my son be?” Seeing his smug look, Fan Zijin couldn’t help but kick him.

“Am I praising you?” At this moment, Mu Yangling was standing at the edge of the field.

She couldn’t help but kick the estate manager and ask, “Are you trying to fool me with these dirty things because you think I can’t differentiate the seeds?” The estate manager knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

“These are really the seeds from the grain store.

I don’t dare to fool you.” Anger surged in Mu Yangling’s chest.

She clenched the grain seeds that she had just dug up from the field and threw them in his face.

“The seeds of Dry Rice No.

1 look like this?

How dare you fool me when I developed those seeds myself?

You must be tired of living!” The estate manager removed the seed from his face and looked at it carefully.

His face turned even paler as he kowtowed and said, “Your Highness, this isn’t the seed of Dry Rice No.

1, but what I brought from the grain store is indeed the seed of Dry Rice No.

1.

I really don’t know how it became something different.” Mu Yangling narrowed her eyes.

If what the estate manager said was true, then… Mu Yangling looked at the tenant farmer kneeling at the back, walked up to him, and asked, “Are you the one farming this plot of land?” Trembling, the tenant farmer replied, “Yes, it’s me.” “So you farmed this land last year too?” The tenant farmer replied, “Yes, I’ve been a tenant farmer for three years.” In other words, ever since Mu Yangling came to Lingnan to rent out the land, he had been renting her land.

“Then what grain seeds did you plant two years ago?” “Instead of grains, I planted wheat and corn two years ago because of the drought in Lingnan from time to time.

Because the other villagers said that Your Highness’s Dry Rice No.

1 seeds were good, resistant to drought, and had a higher yield, I was tempted.

I plowed the land before winter, and as soon as spring came, I irrigated the fields, planning to plant rice.” “So you don’t recognize the seed of Dry Rice No.

1?” The tenant farmer wiped his tears and nodded.

“I really don’t recognize it.

I was given these seeds together with everyone else.

If one doesn’t look carefully, they won’t be able to tell that there’s anything wrong.

As soon as the weather turned warm, I scattered the seeds on the fields.

I was quite happy to see that the seedling emergence rate was quite high, too…” But who knew that the Princess Consort would casually come to his land, gently dig up the seed, and say that the seeds were fake?

Mu Yangling’s expression was ugly as she asked, “Who sent you the seeds?” The tenant farmer looked at the estate manager carefully.

The estate manager took the initiative to say, “Your Highness, I personally distributed the seeds to them.

I even personally supervised the packaging of the seeds.

It’s not possible for there to be a mistake.” “It’s neither your fault nor the tenant farmers’ fault.

Then tell me, what’s with these seeds?” The estate manager’s face turned pale.

Mu Yangling’s face was cold and stern as she said coldly, “Investigate!

Start with the grain store.” As Mu Yangling walked along the field, she dug up seeds from almost every field to sample.

The more she dug, the uglier her expression became.

Not every seed was fake, but the fields that had fake Dry Rice No.

1 seeds all belonged to tenant farmers that had never planted Dry Rice No.

1 before.

Clearly, the other party was also afraid that the tenant farmers would discover it.

Mu Yangling spent the entire morning checking 28 plots of land, and by the time she was done, her forehead was covered in sweat.

Spring wiped away her sweat and said, “Your Highness, go back and rest first.

You can get someone to dig them up while you just sit in the farmstead and check.” Mu Yangling threw away the seed in her hand and washed her hands with the water in the field.

Looking at the reflection in the water, she said, “Grains are the lifeblood of farmers.

Last year was the last year of the three-year tax reduction.

This year, taxes will start to be levied everywhere.

Do you know what this means?” Upon hearing Mu Yangling’s words, the estate manager and the tenant farmers behind him knelt on the ground one after another.

Some of the tenant farmers were crying bitterly.

Along the ridge that was only wide enough to accommodate one pair of feet, more than 40 men knelt behind Mu Yangling.

They were all tenant farmers of the Prince’s estate.

At this moment, no one looked up.

Just because of Mu Yangling’s words, they felt that their kneeling was worth it.

Farmers were the least willing to take risks.

Even if their landlord asked them to plant Dry Rice No.

1, they would not plant it unless they had to, simply because they’d never done it before.

Fortunately, they were given a choice, so many of them had chosen to plant corn instead of Dry Rice No.

1.

It was not until Dry Rice No.

1 performed very well for two consecutive years that they happily switched from planting wheat to planting grain seeds.

However, who knew that they would encounter fake seeds?

Every year, the seeds planted were carefully selected from the ones left behind from the previous year, or collected directly from the government office.

Now that they were planting such seeds of unknown origin, they did not know what the yield was and how drought resistant these seeds were.

If it was bad… At the thought that they would resume paying grain tax this year, everyone couldn’t help but shiver.

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