Chapter 47: "Castration" of Rice Varieties

  Li Er got excited, this is just one season, if it's two seasons or three seasons, that would be 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms per mu. My goodness, how much grain will we have to harvest this year!

  The ministers went crazy, holding rice grains and sprinkling them on their faces, without worrying about the rice grains hurting people.

  After the excitement, Li Er frowned. With these rice seeds, the national strength of Datang will surely be greatly enhanced. Similarly, if neighboring countries obtain these seeds, it will only take a few years for their national strength to be greatly improved. There are pros and cons!

  Du Ruohui had caught a cold a few days ago and stayed indoors to recuperate until the Emperor presided over the autumn harvest, then hurried over to pay his respects. The medicine from the End of the World space had been finished, Du Ruohui couldn't move as freely as in legend, but he was agile and fully recovered.

  When Du Ruhui's thin figure appeared in front of everyone, except for Fang Xuanling and Cheng Yaojin who had come to visit Du Ruhui before and knew some inside information, all the others were shocked with their mouths wide open. The last time they returned together, to say something unpleasant, they were all waiting for news of Old Du's death, but unexpectedly Old Du didn't die and was still alive and well.

  "Lao Du, have you taken some kind of miraculous medicine?" Yu Zhi Gong looked up and down at Du Ruhui, who was as different from the dying man he had seen over a month ago as heaven and earth.

  Cheng Yaojin had found it strange when he last saw Du Ruhui, but he was too preoccupied with the trouble caused by Cheng Chuliang to ask questions. He hastily grabbed Du Ruhui's shoulder and said: "Old Du, is your farm a place of good feng shui? No way, you can't be stingy! Later I'll go pick up Big Brother Qin and have him move into your farmhouse. We'll definitely treat him to good food and drink!"

  Cheng Yaojin was talking about his good brother Qin Qiong, who had been injured too many times in his early years, resulting in insufficient blood and energy. He was sickly all day long, and his body had become as thin as a skeleton.

  Du Ruhui clasped his hands together, knowing he couldn't deceive the crowd any longer. He smiled and said, "Brothers, you're being too serious. My estate isn't some auspicious place with good feng shui; it's just that I took the secret medicine brought by His Majesty, which is why I managed to escape death."

  "What elixir?" Cheng Yaojin, Wei Wu was completely unexpected that Li Er had an elixir in his hand that could bring people back to life. Your Majesty has an elixir, why didn't you take it out earlier? Why are you being so partial, only giving it to Du Ruhui and not to Qin Ge?

  Du Ru Hui, being such a astute person, how could he not see the change in Cheng Yaojin's eyes? He shook his head and said: "Don't misunderstand Your Majesty, that medicine was also newly obtained by Your Majesty, it just so happens to be able to cure my insomnia, so I gave it to him. General Qin is a meritorious general of our Great Tang, Your Majesty will not forget General Qin."

  Qin Qiong is the person whom Cheng Yaojin respects the most. In his early years, Qin Qiong saved Cheng Yaojin several times, otherwise Cheng Yaojin would have become a pile of yellow earth long ago.

  Cheng Yaojin, this rascal, directly walked into the house and went to Li Er's side, saying: "Your Majesty, Qin Da Ge's body is not good, can you grant some medicine? I saw that Old Du is now lively and energetic, just like a young man, in two days, who knows, he might even have two more sons!"

  Cheng Yaojin opened his mouth, and Li Er immediately knew what he wanted to spit out. He stretched out his leg and kicked Cheng Yaojin, saying: "You rascal, if I had it, wouldn't I have taken it out long ago? Do you think those medicines are easy to get? Don't worry, once the medicine is ready, I'll send it to Qin Ai immediately."

  As for the medicine, Li Er naturally wouldn't be stingy, it's just that before Du Ruhui fully recovered, he wouldn't give it to others arbitrarily. Now that Du Ruhui has recovered, Imperial Physician Li had already taken his pulse and found him physically strong.

  The most perplexed person was Li Yu, who couldn't understand why a dying man could come back to life. For the first time, he doubted his own medical skills and felt ashamed to face Li Er, so he wanted to resign and return to his hometown to study medicine.

  Li Er knew what was going on and naturally wouldn't agree to Li Yu's resignation. He said he had obtained a secret medicine and promised to give some to Li Yu for research in the future, only then did Li Yu agree to stay.

  Cheng Yaojin got a satisfactory reply and, ignoring the two kicks on his buttocks, smiled and said: "I thank Your Majesty on behalf of Qin Da Ge!"

  Du Ruhui came in and saw Li Er and Cheng Yaojin laughing and scolding each other. He went forward to pay his respects and said, "Your Majesty, now that the rice is abundant, what we need to do is how not to let the rice flow into neighboring countries!"

  Li Er was delighted and said from the bottom of his heart: "Du Ai is right, I'm worried about this matter!"

  "This is easy, just harvest the rice, remove all the husks and pound it into big rice, then it can't sprout." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile on his face, thinking he had come up with a good idea.

  Cheng Yaojin's method is not useless, but it can't prevent someone from stealing ripe rice in the field!

  "It makes sense, but it's difficult to operate. As the saying goes, I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, but I'm afraid of thieves remembering. This method can't be foolproof!" Fang Xuanling considered the problem very carefully and immediately thought of a big loophole.

  Many people have come up with many ideas, but they are very impractical when put into practice.

  Chang Sun Chong and others were driven to the wall by a group of old men, listening to their discussion on government affairs. This difficult problem was not something he could solve, squatting in the corner, back to back with Cheng Chu Mo dozing off. Who knew that Cheng Chu Mo's snoring was like a tractor, startling Li Er and others who were in high spirits.

  Li Er Mao Tou Hei Xian, walked quickly over, one person one foot.

  Chang Sun was in a light sleep, felt someone coming over, quickly got up and dodged, buffered Li Er's kicking force; but Cheng Chu Mo was miserable, slept with drool flowing to the front of his clothes, one kick went down, and was kicked solidly.

  Dazed and confused, Cheng Chumu shouted in a loud voice: "Who kicked me?"

  Li Er's face sank, this rabbit dared to call himself "old master" in front of him. Before he could kick again, Cheng Yaojin rushed up and kicked Cheng Chumo's buttocks hard, scolding: "You bastard, who are you calling 'old master' in front of? Want to be the old master? First get your wife pregnant and then talk!"

  After Cheng Chu woke up and cleared his mind, he realized that the big shots in this house were not to be trifled with. He quickly pulled from behind and pushed Zhangsun forward.

  Li Er saw Zhangsun Long and his eyes lit up, saying: "Long, what good plan do you have?"

  "What's so good about it?"

  Li Er looked at Zhangsun Chong with a profound gaze and said, "Really no?"

  Chang Sun Chong's face turned sour, just as he was about to refuse, when a mechanical electronic voice devoid of emotion echoed in his mind: "We have a type of medicinal powder here that can be dissolved in water and used to soak rice seeds. The rice grown from these seeds can only be eaten and not planted again, because the powder has removed their ability to reproduce."

  "Is it the same reason as castrating animals?" Chang Sun asked himself.

  "Ah, about right!"

  Chang Sun Chong listened and thought it was a good idea, after all, controlling the source of seeds would reduce the scope and make management easier. Even if people from neighboring countries obtained rice seeds from ordinary people or speculators, they were "castrated" seeds that could not germinate, wasting their efforts.

  "Then look, with our Great Tang's land area, how much medicine powder would be enough?"

  "Not much, just one hundred kilograms will do!"

  "How many antiques do I need to pay?"

  "Just need 100,000 Chrono Energy Points!"

  "Ten thousand? Does this ten thousand count towards the total Time Energy Points in our transaction?"

  "It's calculated, as long as you trade with us, it will be recorded in the Ten Billion Time Energy Points!"

  "Alright, thank you!"

  Chang Sun regained his composure and said, "Actually, there is a way to do it. Although it can't guarantee absolute safety, it can at least minimize the risk. We can develop a special powder that allows the seeds to only be planted for one season. The rice seeds harvested from the fields will not be able to be used as seeds again. This way, we just need to focus our efforts on protecting the seed fields, which is a much smaller area and easier to manage."

  Everyone listened and compared their methods, this is the simplest and most effective one. But where can we find such a heaven-defying medicine powder?

  "It's good, but how can we get this medicine?" said Fang Xuanling with a sigh.

  Now Du Ruhui