Dominate the ancient academy

Chapter 413 Shen Guanqing's Arrival

The mountain is big enough. In addition to the sugarcane discovered by Shu Xiaoxiao, Shu Xiaoxiao also collected a lot of precious medicinal herbs. As for treasure hunting, most of the things are in the warehouse, whether it is in the village or the iron mine. The secret room they found before was dug privately by Boss Du. Although the person has escaped, the things naturally need to be confiscated.

After all, it is in the mountains, and there are rocks underneath. Secret passages cannot be dug easily, so it is good to have one.

After looking around, the group prepared to go back. In order to avoid feeling sore all over as before, Shu Xiaoxiao directly summoned Dabai when she went back. She had just experienced the feeling of being sore all over and unable to walk, so she had to slow down her activity level now, otherwise it would be too sore!

"Huh!" Shu Xiaoxiao looked around and felt something was wrong!

"Dabai, let's take a look around here!" Dabai walked around according to Shu Xiaoxiao's suggestion.

The more Shu Xiaoxiao looked, the tighter her brows furrowed: "Brother, why are all the plants here sweet potatoes?"

Although sweet potatoes have a high yield and taste good, they cannot be eaten as a staple food. Eating too many sweet potatoes can easily lead to indigestion, high blood sugar, heartburn, etc. It’s okay to eat them occasionally or mix them with other foods, but they cannot be eaten every day. Didn’t she remember saying this when she was planting them?

Sweet potatoes do not have high requirements for land and are very easy to survive. They can survive even in wasteland. We must not be greedy for the yield of sweet potatoes and plant all the land with sweet potatoes. What's going on?

Yun Qinghan also frowned and looked around, then said directly: “Go check!”

The result came out quickly, and it turned out that the prefect was the one who did the evil. It turned out that the prefect knew the method of making sweet potato vermicelli from somewhere. Although sweet potatoes are cheap, sweet potato vermicelli is not cheap!

There was a shortage of sweet potatoes, so he asked most of the people under his rule to grow sweet potatoes, and the others to grow wheat. This way he could get along with the court.

People were not allowed to grow anything else. Although sweet potatoes had a high yield, there was not much left after paying taxes. People had no choice but to eat sweet potatoes. Although most of the sweet potatoes were handed over, because of the high yield, if they were frugal, the ones left were enough for them to fill their stomachs.

They didn’t realize it at first, after all, sweet potatoes tasted much better than what they usually ate. But after a long time, their bodies began to feel uncomfortable, and they even felt nauseous at the sight of sweet potatoes. They would rather eat wild vegetables from the mountains than touch sweet potatoes, as they were really hurt by eating them.

But they had to endure the eating difficulties. After all, the officials did not allow them to grow anything else. They could only go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables. But there were only so many wild vegetables. They still had to eat sweet potatoes. No matter what, they could not let themselves starve to death.

The feeling of heartburn from sweet potatoes is not pleasant. I heard that this is the second year. We have been eating sweet potatoes for basically a year.

"This, Brother, people can't eat sweet potatoes all the time, the body can't stand it."

Shu Xiaoxiao thought about it and decided that in addition to food, she also had to find a way to deal with the sweet potatoes in the fields. Previously, she had only wanted to fill the people's stomachs, so the method of making sweet potato vermicelli was not announced. Although she didn't know where the prefect got the method of making sweet potato vermicelli from, with so many sweet potatoes in the fields, she could only make sweet potato vermicelli.

When the time comes, I will find someone who can run a business, and I won’t have to worry about the sales of sweet potatoes.

Fortunately, everyone is eating sweet potato leaves now, and there are wild vegetables everywhere in the mountains and fields, so they can be eaten mixed with sweet potatoes. Now the sweet potatoes have not been unearthed yet, so Shu Xiaoxiao can only write down the method of making sweet potato vermicelli, hoping that the emperor can send a reliable official to lead the people to make sweet potato vermicelli. Once the sweet potato vermicelli is sold, the people can still afford to eat.

Shu Xiaoxiao, who was a little worried at first, was extremely surprised when she saw Shen Guanqing.

"Guan Qing? Why is it you? Why did you choose to be sent out?"

This guy was the top scorer in the imperial examination, and he was also the son of the Minister of Revenue. How did he come to this small place to be an official? He has talent and resources. Even in Kyoto, his future is bright and he has great potential!

She still remembers the proud smile on the face of the old fox Shen Hongshao when Shen Guanqing won the top spot in the imperial examination.

Shen Guanqing smiled slightly, and the fatigue from traveling was driven away from his face: "Why can't I go out? No matter where I am, I have to stretch my talents. And it's not what you said, people need to go out for a walk. If you stay in one place for too long, you will get moldy."

He was a little hesitant at first, wondering whether he should be sent away. After all, with his status, he would not be faring badly even in Kyoto. But ever since he met this guy, he kept telling them every day about trying all the delicacies in the world and seeing all the beautiful scenery in the world. He had not originally intended to do so, but after hearing it so many times, he became tempted.

He had not decided where to take up the post yet, but then he heard that Shu Xiaoxiao was here. Although many people wanted to come here because of the iron mine, he came because his father was the Minister of Revenue.

Shu Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement and patted his shoulder without any hesitation: "Not bad, listen to the advice, eat a full meal, the scenery along the way is pretty good!"

Shen Guanqing didn't want to talk immediately. He had been rushing all the way. He didn't dare to stop for a moment to enjoy the scenery or drink a sip of water. He was worried that something might happen to this guy. Now it seems that he hasn't done anything yet? No way, he has come here, and he still has to wait on the way back.

Shen Guanqing looked solemn. If this were the case, it would probably be even more dangerous!

Shu Xiaoxiao looked at the person who was suddenly distracted, stretched out her hand and waved it in front of him: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Looking at his friend who was not aware of the danger at all, Shen Guanqing sighed with envy. His friend was really enviable!

Others who want to become officials or be granted titles have to study hard and go through hardships, but they may not necessarily succeed. Only she seems to be able to easily get ahead of everyone else.

He has a simple personality, and the key point is that someone is protecting him. Not to mention others, it's himself. If anything happens to this guy, wouldn't he be anxious?

It's not that he can't make friends, but there are not many people with a pure heart like her. When other people make friends, they look at status, interests, and identity. They have to consider too many things and thus lose the purity. Only this guy makes friends based on the person himself and doesn't care about anything else. So he still cares about this friendship.

But I also envy that there is someone who takes care of everything for me. Life without having to worry about anything is really wonderful.

This time he followed Prince Yun probably for the purpose of gilding himself. With so many things happening, it must be that Prince Yun protected him too well, so this guy hasn't realized the danger yet?

"I heard that you discovered an iron mine that was being mined?" Shen Guanqing asked carefully.

"Yeah!" Shu Xiaoxiao nodded proudly.

"I heard that you also discovered a private army of tens of thousands?" Shen Guanqing coaxed!

"Hmm!" Shu Xiaoxiao raised her chest higher.

"I heard that you found evidence?" Looking at his friend's naive look, Shen Guanqing wanted to cover his face.

"Yes! Is there anything wrong? We have solved all of them!" Shu Xiaoxiao realized that something was wrong with Shen Guanqing. Didn't they do a good deed? They have solved all of them!

"Then have you ever thought about the mastermind behind such a big move? He must be a prince at least, right?"

If Shen Guanqing didn't know her character, he would never have pointed it out so clearly. It was totally out of character for him. But when he met such a classmate, what else could he do? He had to say what he had to say! He couldn't expect her to figure it out on her own. It was annoying!

"Yes!" Shu Xiaoxiao was still a little unresponsive.

What's wrong with the prince? Not only did he open an iron mine privately, but he also colluded with the previous dynasty to train troops privately. This should at least be a lifelong confinement. It is said that being a prince is risky, especially for an ambitious prince, it is even more dangerous.

"So, what do you think the prince will do to prevent you from going back?" Shen Guanqing asked weakly.

Shu Xiaoxiao said slowly: "Assassination!"