C494 Ye's Green Rice
With regards to the word Fan'er, Yeh Ka, whose soul and Ye Tian were linked, naturally understood what it meant. On the surface, at least, she had to be a proper governor, and, in the future, an empress.
Because in Ye Tian's plan, the ultimate goal was not only for Yeh Ka to become the governor of East Berea. Sooner or later, they would have to drive Ivan out of Mojing City. At that time, there would have to be a new person suitable for the position of emperor in the clan. As the descendant of the second strongest noble Calcho Family, she was naturally the most suitable candidate.
The city of Ural was a thousand miles to the east of Fort Yeh Ka. At this time, on the square in the city of Ourar, Gao Hu, the commander of the fourth banner in charge of distributing the reformed rice seeds, was commanding the attendants of Royal Cars and Horses Shop and Huangfu Aristocratic Family to surround them and demonstrate how the transformed rice seeds could grow and grow quickly.
"Fellow villagers, everyone can take a good look at how amazing the Ye family's Green Rice is. As long as each person has a small pinch, when they return home, they can casually plant it in a patch of soil. In less than half a day, they will be able to get an entire month's worth of rations. " "The shop assistant in charge of advertising, called out loudly.
Being attracted by the word "food," many People of Oca immediately surrounded him.
Gao Hu could clearly see that these People of Oca were all ordinary poor people. Their consecutive months of food shortages had made them very weak. From this, it could be seen that if the food problem was not resolved in time, then the entire East Berea would become a field full of hunger and the starving people would rise up from all over the place, turning into an unmanageable situation.
At this time, the shop assistant with Huangfu Aristocratic Family turned around, and opened a hole in the bag of rice from the carriage beside him, and gently picked up a grain of rice from within.
The rice was slightly green.
The shop assistant took the rice between his fingers and raised his head. He shook it slowly in the air and said, "Everyone, look carefully, this is a green rice grain." I'm going to plant it here now. "
While talking, the waiter gently placed the green rice grain into the soil under an elm tree behind him.
The crowd just stared dumbly at the shop assistant's actions. Some of them had already shook their heads, cursing inwardly, "Why is it that no one cares about these swindlers in the Residence of Chief Supervisor?"
A few breaths later, a plant began to grow at a visible rate from the roots of the tall elm tree.
The people in the crowd had their eyes wide open, beginning to be attracted by the rapidly growing plant.
The plant grew taller and bigger. After an hour, it had grown to the height of a person. At this moment, sounds of surprise finally sounded out from the surrounding crowd.
"The appearance of this plant is indeed that of a rice plant."
"Yes, this is rice."
"But this rice is so much bigger than ordinary rice, and much taller as well."
The crowd discussed fervently. However, at this time, they still did not completely believe that this plant could produce one year's worth of rations.
At this moment, the tassels of rice began to sprout at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Look, the rice is out."
"Yes, rice ears."
The crowd was visibly more agitated than before. There was no doubt that as long as the rice stalks could grow, it would mean that the production of the real rice was almost certain.
After another quarter of an hour, everyone's eyes widened even more.
This was because they were surprised to discover that there were not only more rice spikes on the plant than there were on ordinary rice spikes, but they also appeared to be very large. At first glance, the grains produced by each bunch of rice were much more than those of ordinary rice.
To a part of the population that grew rice all year round, or to a business that dealt in it, it was clearly an absolutely high-yielding plant.
If such a rice plant could buy the seeds on it and grow on its own after it returned, it would also produce a high yield.
At this moment, the staff member in charge of the speech said, "Please open your eyes wide and take a good look."
With that said, the waiter first took out a basin and placed it next to the rice stalks. He then adjusted the basin's position so that it was aimed directly above the rice spikes. Then, the fellow took out a strange tool, and with a swish, he scraped up a rice spike.
The tool's name was the thresher. It was specially designed by Ye Tian for this speech. Its function is to instantly remove the rice grains from the rice spike, and in Ye Tian's design, this thresher also added another function, which is to remove the shell.
It is actually the sum of the rice thresher and the rice sheller. As long as he clamped the pinch onto the rice ear and pulled it down, the white rice would come out.
At this time, there was a series of "rinsing" sounds. A strand of rice instantly flowed out from under the rice and fell into the basin on the ground.
Everyone cried out in alarm once again as they stared at the bowl of rice.
There was a shortage of food for several months. What these People of Oca wanted to see the most right now was white flour and rice.
The experienced farmers looked at the rice and were able to determine that the weight of the rice that flowed from this spike was at least two catties.
Immediately after, the waiter began to shave the second rice spike. Another "rinse" sound was heard, and a strand of rice once again fell into the basin.
Then the third spike, the fourth, the fifth …
Clearly, this tall rice plant had at least twenty rice spikes growing on it. According to the yield of two catties of rice per rice spike, this rice plant could yield roughly fifty catties of rice.
50 Jin of rice was almost a bag.
For a family, a bag of rice was barely enough to last them a month. This meant that there were only a dozen or so seeds of this green rice. There was no need to worry about the amount of rations he would get every year.
Thinking up to here, everyone stared at the shop assistant with Huangfu Aristocratic Family. In all honesty, the yield of fifty catties of rice in less than two hours was not something that could be simply described as high yield.
Some people guessed that this was most likely a magic trick to deceive the silver coins in the pockets of ordinary citizens. However, the people who came to this conclusion were also waiting to see how much money this child could sell for. After all, the elder and the child at home were still starving, so if the price was not too expensive, they could buy it and give it a try.
After a long while, someone finally opened his mouth and asked, "How much is someone like you selling for?"
Then, he slowly said, "Fellow villagers, I won't hide this from you all. The seed of this green rice is the seed of the descendant of the Calcho Family, Miss Ye Ka. "I am here on Miss Ye Ka's orders to give you all this green rice seed for free."
As he spoke till here, the Huangfu Aristocratic Family shop assistant extended a finger, waved it in front of his face, and then continued: "Not even one tael of silver."
After the shop assistant finished his sentence, the crowd fell silent for a moment.
Then, someone asked, "How is Miss Ye Ka?"
The shop assistant answered: "Miss Ye Ka has been living among the commoners since she was young. Although her identity has been restored, she is still controlled by Tiangong Empire, Head of the Royal Ministry of Internal Order and Ye Tian. In these few months, seeing the shortage of food in East Berea and the soaring price of food, Miss Ye Ka was burning with anxiety, constantly worrying about the citizens of Oca. "In the end, Miss Ye Ka spent several million gold and finally got the seed of the green rice through her unremitting efforts."
In the eyes of the commander of Divine Weapon Camp number four, Gao Hu, the worker sent by Huangfu Aristocratic Family was a natural born orator.
In just a few words, the surrounding people were all moved by what they had said. Gao Hu could clearly see that some of these people were moved by Yeh Ka's compassion and hard work; some were angry at Ye Tian's control; and some had an expression of only anticipation. It seemed like they couldn't wait any longer and wanted to get the seed of the green rice as soon as possible.
Then the clerk turned and walked to the side of another carriage.
People suddenly noticed that there were many bags of rice on top of another carriage. However, these bags of rice were clearly much smaller than the normal bags of rice. They were only about one-tenth of the size of the normal bags of rice.
At first glance, it looked like a miniature version of rice.
The shop assistant stretched out his hand and pointed at the mini bag of rice on the carriage. Then he said loudly, "Everyone, line up and follow the order. A small bag of green rice is enough for a family to grow rations for a year."
The moment the shop assistant finished speaking, the crowd immediately became restless. As they crowded around each other, they lined up in a crooked line.
Following the sequence of orders, the shop assistant began to distribute the small bags of rice one by one. In a short while, the cart full of green rice had already been filled.
However, there were still many people who had not received the green rice. The rest of the workers looked at the shop assistant with anxious expressions and a face full of anticipation.
The shop assistant chuckled and said, "Calm down, everyone. Wait a moment, more green rice will be delivered. Please be at ease and wait."
Even though there was a slight commotion, after hearing the shop assistant's words, everyone quieted down. He quietly waited for the other carriages to arrive.
In all honesty, the shop assistant's words alone were hard to convince. The reason why everyone chose to wait quietly was because of the descendant of the Calcho Family, Miss Ye Ka.
What the crowd believed in was not the shop assistant, but Miss Ye Ka.
An hour later, the carriage still did not arrive. Once again, a small commotion broke out in the crowd.2
In fact, as for the fourth commander of Divine Weapon Camp, Gao Hu, he was also a bit worried. He did not expect that this shop assistant from the Huangfu Aristocratic Family would persuade everyone to accept all the green rice in the carriage within such a short period of time.
At this moment, the following carriage had yet to arrive. The commotion in the crowd continued to grow in intensity. Who knew what kind of consequences it would bring about?
What Gao Hu was afraid of was that this first green rice promotion would go down in his hands. This was truly a disgrace to a commander of the fourth Divine Weapon Camp.
At this moment, a voice sounded from not too far away.
"Hahaha, no problem! It's growing out! It's growing out! There's something to eat now! There's so much rice!"
Everyone turned their heads and saw a man dressed like a farmer holding a handful of rice in his hands. His face was red as he ran towards them while shouting.
The farmer held the rice in his hand and walked to the side of the line. He placed the rice in his hand in front of the crowd and showed it to everyone.
Everyone stretched their necks to carefully observe the rice in the farmers' hands.
The rice grains were round and smooth. One could tell at a glance that they were of the highest quality.
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