I Raised A Sick And Weak Prince
Chapter 27
Zaizai's farm was about five mu of land, which wasn't very big.
It was located in a village outside the capital. It was still a bit far from the capital, so it would take some time to get there on horseback.
Because it was close to the capital, there was almost no uncultivated land around it. It was all land that was being cultivated or farms. Most of these lands were owned by wealthy merchants, who rented them out to the common people to cultivate.
However, it was currently winter, and the Yan Dynasty was experiencing a frost disaster. Therefore, looking out from Zaizai's farm, the land was covered in snow and scattered with the messy footprints of weasels. No one cared about the scarecrows that were pushed down. It wasn't a wasteland, but it was worse than a wasteland.
It was indeed not a good time to rent a farm.
That was why Zhong Ganping was so surprised when he heard Zaizai's request.
However, Zaizai wanted to cultivate and increase the production of crops as much as possible. It wasn't just about earning money anymore.
Chang Gongwu's hometown was in the lumber business, and he could be considered a carpenter with some skills. After being saved by the godly doctor, he was very nervous. He was worried that he was stupid and couldn't be of use, and that he would be disliked by the godly doctor.
Therefore, he didn't sleep or rest for the past few days. He cut wood and tied rope according to the map of the winter shelter that Lu Huan gave him. He copied the drawing and made a new shelter!
His level of diligence was simply shocking!
Su Xi looked at the interface. Chang Gongwu's eyes had two black circles that looked like pandas. He was originally thin and weak, but now he was even thinner.
This little person wasn't afraid of hardship at all. Wherever Zaizai went, he would quickly follow. He couldn't wait to hang behind Zaizai like a slug. Whatever Zaizai said, he looked like he couldn't wait to bathe and burn incense to listen devoutly …
Although it was a bit exaggerated, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that he was a fanboy!
Su Xi suddenly had a good impression of Chang Gongwu, and in his heart, he treated him as his number one follower.
In contrast, although Bodyguard C and Master D were also very grateful to Zaizai, they weren't like Chang Gongwu, who treated Zaizai as a life-saving god.
Su Xi followed Zaizai to inspect the winter shelter that Chang Gongwu made.
He saw that this shed was only an experiment. In order to save as much wood as possible, it was not big, only one or two square meters.
Although it wasn't a complete replica of Su Xi's winter shelter, it was still a usable replica.
Su Xi had a good impression of Chang Gongwu and was very satisfied.
However, it was clear that Zaizai's requirements were stricter. After he walked around, he pointed out a few places and asked Chang Gongwu to go back and revise them.
Just as Su Xi was about to think that Zaizai was too harsh, he saw Chang Gongwu quickly agree to it with tears of joy on his face.
Su Xi, "…"
Try not to worship others in the game!
In this way, the problem of the cold shelter was basically solved. The next step was for Chang Gongwu to perfect the cold shelter and start hiring people to invest in the production of more cold shelters.
Now, the farm had a total of 300 chickens, agricultural products, and seeds.
On Su Xi's side, Zaizai's instructions to his three underlings quickly popped up on the screen.
Zaizai planned to standardize the specifications and build five chicken sheds first. Each chicken shed was six square meters. According to the capacity of ten chickens per square meter, each chicken shed could accommodate 60 chickens. A total of 300 chickens could be perfectly accommodated.
In this way, the living space of these chickens would be ample and there wouldn't be a miserable situation like just now where chicken feathers fluttered all over the sky.
Other than that, there was the problem of crop production.
Now that the frost disaster was serious, relying on eggs alone definitely wouldn't be enough to deal with the disaster. There must be other crops with high yields.
Lu Huan saw that the person sent potatoes over. Although potatoes could fill the stomach, after they were planted, it would take at least five months to harvest with the current frost weather.
Now that it was a disaster, five months was too long. Other than that, the production of other winter crops was also very low due to the cold weather.
If there were facilities similar to winter shelters, it would be good to grow vegetables in these facilities.
When Zaizai thought of this, Su Xi immediately thought of it too. She had a flash of inspiration. Wasn't this simple?
Greenhouse greenhouse!
Ready-made modern technology that could be used!
However, the principle of greenhouse greenhouse was different from winter chicken sheds. Su Xi didn't know if she could make one by borrowing the materials and blueprints in the mall.
However, she planned to give it a try later!
If she could make it and use it in Zaizai's farm, wouldn't Zaizai's farm be far ahead of all the farms in ancient times?
The more Su Xi thought about it, the more excited she became.
On the screen, Zaizai took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Master Ding, asking him to start looking for some people to hire. He didn't need to find talented people. He tried his best to find people who were hardworking and honest.
After all, Master Ding was old and had lived for a long time. He was good at judging people, so it wasn't a problem to leave this matter to him. The next day, he went to the market to look for people. In less than a day, he found them. More than ten able-bodied men came to the farm one after another.
Due to Zaizai's special identity, he didn't appear in front of the servants and didn't go there often. If something happened at the farm, he would ask Bodyguard Third to send a letter.
Therefore, these able-bodied men were very curious about the mysterious boss who had never appeared before. However, Master Ding and Chang Gongwu didn't reveal anything …
This way, the people, the land, and the materials were all present.
In the information on the upper right corner of Su Xi's screen, there was a row of small people "Workers x13" in the [Talented Subordinates] column.
Under the leadership of Chang Gongwu and Master Ding, these small people were busy raising chickens and reclaiming wasteland.
From Su Xi's interface, it was very fun. More than ten small people the size of a pinky jumped around on the screen, farming non-stop. It was as if she was raising a group of employees.
She was overjoyed, and her heart was filled with satisfaction.
This way, the layout of the farm came to an end for the time being. The next step was to wait for the greenhouse and eggs to be harvested. This was a long process, so it couldn't be rushed.
There was no such thing as an airtight wall in the world. No matter how strictly she controlled the servants' mouths, it was impossible not to have any news of Consort Prince Ning kowtowing and begging for medicine!
After Lu Wenxiu's condition improved slightly, Lady Ning was in the mood to go out and participate in the plum blossom appreciation party. However, all the madams were quietly discussing it. The way they looked at her was three parts ridicule, three parts pity, and four parts want to laugh.
Lady Ning immediately realized something. Her face turned green and white. She didn't finish appreciating the plum blossoms and hurried back to the residence.
She was so angry that she almost couldn't get out of bed. She even urged the guards in the residence to quickly find out the identity of the godly doctor who humiliated and teased her!
On Lu Yuan's side, he had heard some clues.
He heard that the Fifth Prince and the Minister of Revenue had spent a lot of effort to invite the young godly doctor to meet them!
This showed that the Fifth Prince and the Minister of Revenue valued this godly doctor very much.
This was also true. Not only did this godly doctor save the youngest daughter of the Minister of Revenue, but he also saved the lives of thousands of people in the Yong An Temple when the capital was filled with cold. Although this matter did not attract the attention of the Emperor, it had already spread throughout the capital!
This godly doctor had entered the sights of the high-ranking officials and nobles, so it was only a matter of time before he became someone that they would fight to get acquainted with.
When the Second Prince was at the Imperial College today, he had also mentioned this person and his words were full of praise.
Lu Yu-an immediately thought, 'Why don't I find this person and recommend him to the Second Prince?
Wouldn't that be a great merit?! '
Prince Ning Fu had declined in recent years. Although he stood on the Second Prince's side, the Second Prince didn't care about Prince Ning Fu. Old Madam had always hoped that he could become the Second Prince's study companion. However, after he entered the Imperial College, he didn't even have the chance to talk to the Second Prince!
Because of this, Old Madam looked down on him.
If he could grasp this opportunity and pull this famous godly doctor to the Second Prince's side, then he wouldn't have to worry that the Second Prince wouldn't see him in a new light!
With this thought in mind, Lu Yu-an tried to find out the whereabouts of this young godly doctor.
At the same time, another major event happened at Prince Ning Fu's residence.
Old Madam had suffered from rheumatism many years ago. Every time it rained or snowed, her knees would hurt. Originally, it was just a slight pain and wasn't life-threatening. As she got older, she would get better.
But who knew that after being dragged into the icy stream by that idiot Lu Wenxiu, her rheumatism would worsen!
These days, she couldn't even get out of bed!
This was also why she didn't even take a look at Lu Wenxiu when she was seriously ill.
After the imperial physician came to take a look, he only prescribed some moxibustion for Old Madam to recuperate. After all, this kind of chronic pain couldn't be alleviated in a short period of time.
But the problem was that after Old Madam heard about the godly doctor who had appeared in the capital, she wanted to invite him to take a look. In any case, she was a relative of the Zhenyuan General. Why couldn't she invite this godly doctor?
Old Madam thought so, but the problem was that the people she sent out couldn't be invited at all!
As a result, just Prince Ning Fu alone had three groups of people looking for that godly doctor.
Su Xi watched as this group of people searched everywhere like headless flies. She also watched as Zaizai returned to the Firewood Courtyard as usual and took off his robes to wash up. She felt a sense of satisfaction, as if she had hidden a big treasure at home, but no one knew about it.
However, she quickly remembered the first main mission, which was to gain Old Madam's favor. Previously, she had only completed half of it.
Now that there was a plot related to Old Madam, did this mean that the opportunity to complete the remaining half of the mission had arrived?
So that night, she left Zaizai a few packets of medicine. As usual, it was medicine for rheumatism that she had exchanged from the store.
Rheumatism was an illness that couldn't be treated easily. It could only be alleviated. However, the medicine that was 100% effective in the store was definitely much better than that of the imperial physicians in the ancient palace.
Lu Huan saw the medicine the next day. After opening the packet and looking at the medicinal ingredients, he determined that it was rheumatism medicine.
Lu Huan naturally knew that Old Madam had been bedridden recently because of rheumatism. He immediately guessed — — that person wanted him to treat Old Madam?
Why?
Lu Huan had been in Prince Ning Fu for so many years and had always struggled alone in the mud. From a young age to the youth he was today, he had relied on himself.
When he was young, Lady Ning had thought of a way to force poison into his mouth, causing him to have a high fever in the middle of the night. When he was on the verge of death and almost lost his life, Prince Ning Fu was serene and quiet. No one cared.
Old Madam also didn't care.
At most, only Fourth Concubine came to ask about it.
It wasn't that Old Madam didn't know about these things. She was just too lazy to ask.
Therefore, it was no wonder that Lu Huan was cold-hearted. Even though he was well-read in medical books, his knowledge was not less than that of the average imperial physician, and he knew that moxibustion could alleviate the old madame's illness, he had only been to Mei Peaceful Yuan a few times, and had never taken the old madame's illness to heart.
He was extremely cold and didn't care about Old Madam's life or death.
But now that person wanted him to save Old Madam … … Since that person wanted to do it, he would do it for that person.
During this period of time, that person had done many things for him. In addition to care and gentleness, Lu Huan had gradually determined that person's goal.
That person helped him use medicine to save people and establish a reputation in the capital.
Helping him make friends with wealthy merchants and officials to pave the way.
Helping him develop the farm was probably to resolve the crisis of the frost disaster and further help him gain prestige in the capital.
And now, asking him to save Old Madam, there must be a purpose. It should be to rope in Old Madam and the branch of the Zhenyuan General behind her.
Could it be that everything that that person did was — —
Intentionally involving him in the struggle for power in the capital?!
Other than this reason, there was no other explanation.
Lu Huan's eyebrows twitched. For a moment, his expression was somewhat complicated and gloomy.
Naturally, he wasn't willing to be anyone's pawn.
If it was before, he would have still been wary of this person. He would certainly have ignored this person's request and thought of a way to find out the hand that had been pushing him all this time and find out what this person's goal was.
But he didn't know when, but that person's goal was no longer the most important thing to him.
To him, the most important thing was whether or not that person could stay by his side like this forever.
He had already walked alone in the wind and snow for too long.
Of course, he had always had doubts in his heart. He was worried that all the good things he had received were just his own greed. After the kindness and companionship faded away, he would welcome an even more bloody blow.
But now, these doubts were no match for his desire and greed.
No matter what that person's ultimate goal was, no matter why that person came to his side, he no longer cared.
What he cared about was that this kind of companionship could last a little longer and never disappear.
What he cared about was only that person.
Lu Huan thought of this. As usual, he calmly spread out the paper on the table and dipped the brush in ink. However, he didn't ask any of the doubts in his heart.
After all, if he really was a pawn, when a pawn asked the person playing the game "why", it meant that the game was about to end.
He wouldn't tolerate this possibility.
There was a ninety percent chance that that person was simply being nice to him.
If that was the case, he would be happy.
But if there was a ten percent chance that that person was using him as a pawn and was only being nice to him, then … he would turn this ten percent into the ninety percent above.
In any case, the future was long.
Of course, Su Xi, who was outside the screen, didn't know what he was thinking. All she could see was Zaizai standing in front of the table on the screen, his head slightly lowered as he pondered.
Was he like a kindergarten child facing the 1 + 1 = in front of him?
There was no difference in being in a daze.
Su Xi was looking forward to seeing what he would write to his mother today. She saw that Zaizai didn't write a question on the paper today, but a request:
"I promise you to treat the old madam, but can you promise me one thing?"
Oh, Su Xi was amused. He even started to talk about conditions. Zaizai's guts had become fat. If he didn't beat him for three days, he would become a troublemaker.
Zaizai picked up the brush, pondered for a moment, and continued to write on the paper.
"During the Autumn Swallow Mountain Hunt, there was a pear tree that bloomed early on the mountain. I'll wait for you under the pear tree."
Zaizai picked up the brush again. This time, he paused for a longer time and pursed his lips slightly. However, after hesitating for a while, he still wrote four words in one go.
The usual coldness and indifference on his face rarely faded. Instead, it was tinged with the anxiety and hope of a young man who wanted to see the most important person. His ears were even slightly red.
However, after calming himself down, he quickly suppressed the emotions that he was about to reveal.
"I want to see you."
Suddenly seeing these four words appear on the paper, Su Xi, who was outside the screen, was suddenly frightened.
Wait, see, see?