The emperor had listened to nonsense all morning, and now he was in need of good news to wash his ears: "Prime Minister Shen, please tell me."

Prime Minister Shen cleared his throat: "Your Majesty, does he know that the girl from the Xiao family is also in the border town?"

I heard about it some time ago, and the emperor nodded: "I also heard that she was hanging around there doing nothing."

Children are ignorant and think that farming means digging a hole and filling it with soil.

Mr. Xie also decisively began to taunt: "Ha, this girl from the Xiao family is too ignorant. If something can be grown at the border, will it cause such a headache?"

"The child is not sensible, so the adults there are also ignorant and just let her do whatever she wants?"

"How long has this been going on? It's still a waste of money and money for the people..."

As much as you talk nonsense, Prime Minister Shen looked calm and spoke clearly: "She has been planted."

"I knew it. Of course she...what? Did she grow something? What did she grow?"

Mr. Xie was obviously very frightened, and his last words were broken.

Prime Minister Shen liked to see them look like they had never seen the world. At this moment, he had selectively forgotten his reaction when he first saw the watermelon, and told the emperor calmly.

"Yes, that girl is really capable. She actually grew crops in the border town, and the fruits were also well-hydrated. She asked someone from Li's store to bring some back a few days ago. The taste was very sweet. "

The emperor's eyes fell directly on him, and Mr. Xie reacted faster: "Impossible!"

Prime Minister Shen rolled his eyes: "I know that you ignorant people cannot understand things beyond your own knowledge, so when I came to court today, I specially brought one with me, Your Majesty, minister..."

The emperor waved his hand: "Send it up."

This was the first time that the green-striped watermelon appeared in front of the emperor. It was not nervous, but the emperor was very excited. In order not to lose his majesty in front of the ministers, he suppressed his curiosity and let Eunuch De cut the melon.

As soon as the knife fell, the bright red soil black spots immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Prime Minister Shen took the first step and cut a large piece for himself, opened his mouth to bite it, and after moving his mouth a few times, spit out the melon seeds.

"Girl Xiaoxiao said, these are seeds, it's best not to swallow them."

As he spoke and opened his mouth, the fragrance of melon overflowed.

A small melon was divided up in an instant. For the sake of face, the emperor only took a small bite. Fortunately, after going to court, Duke De told him that Prime Minister Shen had not left yet and said that he had something to give to His Majesty.

The emperor put up a good posture and let people come in. When he saw the melon in his arms that was obviously bigger than the one just now, his mood immediately improved. A veteran is a veteran, and he is sensible!

"Your Majesty, that girl Xiaoxiao not only grew this melon and fruit, she also planted potatoes, peanuts and other crops on the land she improved. There are also some fruits and trees that will take a little longer."

The emperor held the melon and was very curious: "I have never seen this thing before. Where did she come from?"

"This girl Xiao Mu, Xiao Ran has always liked to collect all kinds of strange things. She is even more so than Xiao Ran. She likes to collect and plant unfamiliar seeds when she sees them. It is said that when she was still in Fuyuan Village, She would take the opportunity to run to Dayan Mountain from time to time, but she scared her adoptive parents so much..."

"As for those fairly common things like peanuts and potatoes, that girl seems to have renovated and fattened a field to grow them. Seeing that they are effective, she plans to continue trying."

The emperor nodded: "It's a pity that after months of hard work, we can only plant a small area."

Prime Minister Shen didn't think so: "Your Majesty, a single spark can start a prairie fire. Furthermore, even if it's slower, it's better than doing nothing. At least this success has given many people hope."

Seeing that the fire was almost done, Prime Minister Shen said again: "Your Majesty, you see, melons can grow at the border. Maybe we can grow food in the future. The problem of food and grass in the city over there will no longer be a problem."

"With the new rice seeds, if there is another foreign invasion in the future, we can fight back hard!"

The emperor glanced at him and said nothing, and Prime Minister Shen followed suit: "Now that the food problem has been solved, what's left is weapons. Speaking of weapons, we don't really have much iron ore in Daxia, but... there are many fierce beasts. ah."

The emperor's eyes became more and more wrong, and Prime Minister Shen continued calmly: "If Ji Hu was just driven out of the border city, he might have been willing to admit defeat and accept punishment, but now they have been defeated by the Third Highness. Now, They are eager to seek peace, but they..."

"If the Third Highness did not force Jihu to do this this time, even if there is any output from the border in the future, Jihu will still get it. Moreover, Jihu is very ambitious and will not remain content. The more time they are given, the more likely they will be. I'm afraid it will become more difficult to deal with, so why not take this opportunity to attack their mines..."

The emperor was surprised: "Are they willing?"

Shen Xiang smiled like an old fox: "Then don't you look at the ability of the person negotiating."

The emperor asked: "It seems that Prime Minister Shen has someone in mind to recommend?"

Prime Minister Shen nodded and called out a name: "Lu Chen."

It didn't take the emperor too long to think of this name. He also praised this man's knowledge and smooth talk. He thought that he was also lectured by Lu Chen until he was speechless. He should be exposed to the fierce barbarian. .

However, after Prime Minister Shen left, he said meaningfully to Eunuch De: "Guess, Prime Minister Shen is simply giving me advice, or is he speaking for me in some way?"

After asking for a long time, I didn't hear a response. I turned around and saw that this old guy was pretending to be deaf and dumb again.

The emperor was so angry and funny that he picked up a book on the impeachment of Rong Yan and smashed it.

"Let you pretend!"

Of course, the previous news reached the Queen's ears quickly. Unlike most people, the first thing she noticed was Xiaoxiao's name.

"This girl knows how to work hard. Although she is digging in the fields for food, now she has recorded another great achievement with His Majesty."

The queen was thinking: "Xiao Ran, that warrior woman, is also very lucky. Such a serious old injury can be cured. From now on, I am afraid she will continue to be used in your majesty's favor. Although she has no other skills except fighting, this Names are very useful in the military. Why don't you see someone like Lao San who goes to the border with no name and is highly respected? Isn't it just because of Xiao Ran's glory?"

"The army is full of brainless bastards. My son is the crown prince. They don't know how to respect me and are in trouble. Instead, they try to please an unpopular prince who was raised by Xiao Ran."

"Let's read the letter that the emperor sent back. If the clairvoyance is really so magical, the Xiao family girl grew up in the countryside, and her wealth and honor are unstoppable. If the emperor can marry her..."

Yan Xiang felt that this daughter was also magical. Every time she spoke, he felt as if she was talking nonsense, but there seemed to be some truth in these nonsense. For example, marrying Xiao Ning would be beneficial to the prince, especially in the fight for military power. It's not wrong to have more of this.

He didn't bother to correct all the inappropriate things in his words, and just asked: "But isn't the prince unwilling to marry?"

The queen shook the letter in her hand: "Your Majesty has changed his mind."

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