They chatted the whole night until the faint crowing of roosters reached their ears. Mo Yun Jing patted An Xue Tang’s back, “Tangtang, it’s time to rest.”
An Xuetang now knew pretty much everything she needed to know. She lay in Mo Yunjing’s embrace and gradually drifted off to sleep.
Mo Yunjing stared at her sleeping face, the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards. He felt an unprecedented sense of ease and joy.
Two people slept until noon before getting up. During this time, Ding Hua came twice, but Mo Yunjing sent him away both times, not wanting to disturb An Xue Tang’s sleep.
When An Xuetang woke up again, her hands were still tightly clutching Mo Yunjing. At first, she didn’t realize what was happening. After seeing herself waking up in Mo Yunjing’s arms again, she awkwardly twitched the corner of her mouth and tried to sneak away.
Before she could even pull her hand away, Mo Yunjing’s voice, laced with a hint of amusement, came from above her head, “Tangtang, are you still trying to avoid me?”
“…”
An Xuetang was taken aback, then a series of scenes from last night flashed through her mind.
After she reminded herself that she had already talked to Mo Yunjing about it, she instantly felt comfortable and snuggled closer to him in his embrace.
“Ah Jing, good morning.”
“Sugar, good morning, but it’s actually noon now.”
An Xuetang smiled, “I didn’t expect we overslept.”
After finishing her words, she gently pushed him away, a mischievous glint in her eyes. She then feigned sweetness and said, “Your Highness, would you like your concubine to help you get up?”
“…”
Mo Yunjing was amused by her playful teasing, but still replied cooperatively, “Then I’ll have to trouble the Princess.”
After that, the two of them looked at each other and burst into laughter. An Xuetang even reached out and pinched Mo Yunjing’s face, “You think this princess consort will serve you? You’re dreaming!!”
Mo Yunjing looked into her eyes, which were full of light. An Xue Tang felt like she was about to be devoured by his gaze.
His gaze held a mesmerizing charm, one she couldn’t bear to meet for too long, lest she find herself lost in it all day and unable to escape.
She quickly turned and went to put on her coat, “I’ll go get you some water to wash up, then we can eat.”
“Good.”
Though their conversation was much like it had always been, both of them clearly sensed a subtle shift. It was a kind of unspoken understanding only they could share.
After dinner, An Xue Tang gave Mo Yun Jing acupuncture and then accompanied him step by step in his rehabilitation training.
In the late afternoon, Ding Hua returned from the city with news that the young master of the clinic where Xiao Liu worked was willing to sell it for four hundred taels.
And today’s business of earth kiln rabbits and earth kiln ducks is as hot as yesterday, selling out immediately after being put on display.
Everything was within An Xuetang’s expectations. She just nodded after hearing it.
“Ding Hua, please gather Ding Yi and the others to the meeting room later. I have something to tell you all.”
“Good.”
After Ding Hua left, Mo Yunjing played with An Xue Tang’s small hand, “Tangtang, do you have any new ideas again?”
An Xue Tang raised an eyebrow, a mysterious smile playing on her lips. “Ah Jing wants to know? I’d rather not tell you.”
“….”
He reached out to pinch her chin, intending to force a confession his way, but An Xuetang seemed to know what he was about to do. She stood up abruptly and ran to the door, smiling sweetly. “Ah Jing, you play by yourself for a while. I’m going to talk to Ding Hua and the others.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she ran out.
Mo Yunjing stared at the direction she disappeared, a slight upward curve to his lips.
When An Xuetang arrived at the living room, Ding Hua and his brother Ding Yi were already waiting.
After An Xuetang invited them to sit down, she got straight to the point. “Ding Hua, about how much grain can our farm produce in a year?”
Ding Hua was taken aback for a moment, then replied, “Miss, our estate only produces refined rice and has one harvest per year. So, approximately 500,000 jin of refined rice can be produced from 1,000 mu of good farmland.”
Five hundred thousand pounds? <<<
“This number wasn’t very satisfactory to An Xue Tang. She frowned slightly, pondered for a moment before looking at Ding Hua, “What if we don’t plant rice but focus on growing food that can fill our bellies?”
After hearing Mo Yunjing’s words last night, An Xuetang suddenly realized that she must help Ajing solve the grain and grass problem.
No matter what path he chooses in the future, she will not allow him to experience food shortages again.
She still understands the truth that food and supplies come first when marching into battle!
So, she had to find a way to get rid of any and all unfavorable factors.
Since she now had a thousand acres of land, she would plant grain with all her might and secretly transport it to the northern frontier.
A-Jing’s army of hundreds of thousands, she wouldn’t allow them to appear again in a situation where they would starve.
Ding Hua thought for a moment and replied, “At present, the highest yielding grain is sweet potato. One mu of good farmland can produce about one thousand kilograms of red potatoes.”
An Xuetang thought about it for a moment, and suddenly she remembered that she knew how to make modern fertilizer. She understood some of the principles behind it. If they had fertilizer, wouldn’t their yield increase significantly?
“Ding Hua, do you think I could arrange it this way? Our rice is usually harvested in October. Could we plant corn and sweet potatoes after the harvest?”
Ding Hua and the others looked at each other. An Xue Tang’s idea was actually a good one, but the winter in the north was too cold. Even if they planted corn and sweet potatoes non-stop after harvest, there was no guarantee they would survive.
Obviously, An Xuetang thought of this problem after she finished speaking. But winter is not a concern because she knows there’s something called a greenhouse!
Although building a greenhouse requires a lot of money and manpower, she is the princess, her family should not be short of silver, right?
And if she were truly successful in her research on fertilizer, she would inevitably shorten the maturation period of crops. In fact, thinking about it this way, it’s still feasible.
An Xuetang suddenly patted her thigh, “Ding Hua, I think I have a way. I’ll list some things later, and if you have time, go into the city to buy them and stock up first. Also, after the harvest, be sure to save those straw, I have big use for it.”
After burning straw, it is a good thing to use as fertilizer. It is an indispensable thing for her to make fertilizer.
and a few others hadn’t figured out what was going on yet when An Xue Tang left.
Ding Yi touched his head, “Boss, what…what does this lady mean?”
Ding Hua shook his head. “No matter what she wants to do, we just follow through.”
“Yes.”
An Xuetang returned to the room excitedly. Mo Yunjing had just secretly stood up and taken a few steps. Hearing footsteps, he quickly sat back in his wheelchair.
Sure enough, after a few seconds, An Xue Tang rushed in. She immediately pounced at his feet, grabbing his big hand with both hands, “Ah Jing, can we ask you something?”
Mo Yunjing raised an eyebrow, “Hm?”
“Ah Jing, you’re a prince at least. No matter what, your family should be very wealthy, right?”
This little money fanatic’s eyes were gleaming, causing Mo Yunjing to smile, “Is Tangtang hinting that I haven’t given you a ten-mile red carpet yet?”
Ten miles of red bridal attire?
An Xuetang blinked. “What does that mean?”