Chapter 365 – Unlocking Perennial Rice Seeds

Xiao Bei said, “Miss Xiu Mei, not everyone is like you and Missy, some people only care about their own, whether or not these stragglers can live is not important, whether or not he can do his job is the most important thing.”

Xiu Mei huffed and puffed, and there were many curse words she wanted to say, but in the end she swallowed them all back.

That person was the Sixth Prince, to commoners like them, that was an existence as high as the sky.

So what if you’re mad at him? What can it change? Not to mention her, even her family’s young lady couldn’t do anything about these heavenly dignitaries.

Seeing Xiu Mei like this, Xiao Bei is a little heartbroken, wanting to open his mouth to comfort a few words, but his mouth is stupid and does not know what to say, in the end, can only watch.

Wei Jin also looked at Wei Ruo, because of the cover of the human skin mask, he couldn’t see her face, but there was clearly some coldness inside her eyes.

It took a while before the chill faded.

“Let’s go.” Wei Ruo said.

No longer looking at the stragglers who were being forced to rush off to clear the land, Wei Ruo clamped his legs on the horse’s stomach and sped up a bit.

Wei Jin also followed, his deep eyes keeping an eye on her.

Although Wei Jin Yi didn’t open his mouth to say anything, but Wei Ruo knew that her second brother was concerned about herself, so she turned her head to explain with him, “Second brother I’m fine, some annoyance is true, but I’m also very clear that some things are out of my reach, I won’t think too much about the ones that I shouldn’t think about, and I won’t do anything that adds to my own worries.”

“Uh-huh.” Wei Jin also answered.

She’s always been like that, compassionate and at the same time very calm, knowing what she can and cannot do.

After the small interlude, Wei Ruo’s four traveled for another incense stick of time and arrived at the location Wei Ruo had marked last night – Wind Pavilion Mountain.

The mountain was not high in elevation, but it was huge and lofty, stretching for miles from west to northeast.

“Miss, what you’re buying can’t be the mountain in front of you, right?” Xiu Mei was astonished.

“Including all the farmland at the foot of this mountain.” Wei Ruo said.

At those words Xiao Bei’s eyes widened, how much would that cost?

Granted, land is cheaper because of the way things are going today, but it must still cost a very large amount of silver for such a large tract of land.

Xiu Mei was not surprised that their young lady wanted to buy so many fields, because their young lady had recently exchanged a lot of silver for selling grain to the military camp, in addition, their young lady’s several businesses were very profitable, and this year there was no shortage of silver to save.

But Xiu Mei was surprised that their lady wanted to buy the mountain in front of her, “What does the lady intend to plant on this mountain?”

“Tea, rice and fruit trees. The mountains aren’t all rugged, they can reclaim quite a bit of relatively flat land, and that part will be planted with rice, and the rest of the place, those that can grow tea trees will grow tea trees, and then the rest of the place will choose some suitable fruit trees to plant.” Wei Ruo replied.

Tea and fruit trees take a long time to grow, especially fruit trees, which take a very long time from planting to fruiting.

So before Wei Ruo is not consider planting tea and fruit trees, but now Wei Ruo has already had a considerable accumulation, it is time to get some long term investment.

However, crops that could satiate the stomach remained Wei Ruo’s first choice, and only on land where it was inconvenient to grow rice would Wei Ruo consider other types of crops.

Xiao Bei couldn’t help but say, “Missy, it’s very laborious to plant this rice into the mountains.”

Wei Ruo said, “Well, it’s really laborious, so I’m planning to plant perennial rice, which can save a lot of labor.”

“Perennial rice?” Xiao Bei heard for the first time that rice could be perennial.

“Yes, perennial rice, after a single planting, can be cut for at least five consecutive years, and during these five years, the yield of rice basically will not have a significant decline. Such rice just needs to make sure that the climatic conditions matter during the first year of growth, and inside the following years, because the root system has already grown well, the ability to cope with natural disasters will be drastically increased, and there’s no need for an additional seedling insertion process.” Wei Ruo explained.

“There is even such a powerful rice variety in this world?” Xiao Bei asked with a surprised face.

Then he turned his head to look at his young master, who was erudite and knowledgeable, and wondered if he had ever heard of this kind of rice.

Wei Jin also spoke up, “This is also the first time I’ve heard that rice can be perennial.”

Wei Ruo explained, “This was also discovered recently, so I’m going to plant it to try it out, if it succeeds, naturally it’s the best, if it fails, I’ll admit it.”

Said it was a recent discovery, but it was actually unlocked after her space had just been upgraded.

Recently the sweet potatoes had started to be harvested, and as a result, her space experience value had saved up eight thousand, rising to level six.

And the new seed unlocked by the upgrade is perennial rice.

After learning the attributes of the new seeds, Wei Ruo was overjoyed, this space of hers was really very generous, the seeds unlocked in the early stages were all seeds that could be put to great use.

That’s why she was so impatient to rush to the provincial capital to buy a new field.

“Where did Ruo’er find such novelty rice seeds?” Wei Jin also asked.

Wei Ruo has long had the words of explanation: “There are a variety of different kinds of rice species in nature, even if it is planted in their own fields of rice will be in the process of growth of some changes, this change is random, there are good and bad. This is just like people, it will give birth to tall, short, fat, thin, smart and not smart.”

Wei Ruo continued, “We can artificially make the flowers of rice with different excellent characteristics pollinate each other, so that the rice seeds they bear carry their respective advantages, and after a few generations of reproduction and screening and optimization, it will be possible to get a kind of rice seed that has multiple advantages at the same time.”

That’s true in principle, but in practice the time and effort to be expended is enormous.

And Wei Ruo has space this plug-in, do not need this process, directly can obtain the seeds with super fine characteristics, save this which countless human and material resources and time costs.

“Ruo’er is really smart.” Wei Jin also said.

“There is also a certain amount of luck involved.” Wei Ruo said, “But this is something that second brother can’t talk to outsiders about, and if the planting is successful, just say that I got the seeds from somewhere else, and don’t say that I discovered it.”

“Good.” Wei Jin also agreed.

Then Wei Ruo and the four of them walked along Wind Pavilion Mountain for a while, observing the situation in the neighborhood.

After finding a suitable path up the hill, a few people started walking up the hill.

It’s not a steep hill, and the initial part of the ascent is still rideable, before you need to dismount in the middle and latter parts.

The four were leading their horses along when a rustling sound came from the lush, barren grass on either side of the road.

This time there was no need for Wei Jin Yi to remind him, the commotion was so obvious that Wei Ruo heard it.

Immediately afterward a group of ragged, unkempt people rushed out with sticks and stones, surrounding Wei Ruo’s four people ……