Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

In just a few days, all the potatoes had been planted and the corn seedlings had also been grown.

The seeds were still provided by Liu Xu, and everyone germinated and grew seedlings according to the method taught by the servants of the Liu family.

At the same time, rice was also cultivated. Although many people did not agree with it, they all did it because of the authority of the village chief.

What these people are thinking is that they still have some money for seeds now, so if things fail, they can just replant and harvest later.

Others, however, thought that following Miss Xu would be the right thing to do. If you don't believe it, just look at the families of Liu Changshun and Liu Dazhu.

Not to mention Liu Changshun's family, even Liu Dazhu's family now has two large courtyards and has bought slaves and ox carts and donkey carts.

That's right, Liu Dazhu's family built a new house, a two-courtyard house. After the house was built, Zhuang Dani asked Uncle He to help buy a family of four servants, a middle-aged couple with their son and daughter-in-law, all of whom were strong laborers.

He was not from a wealthy family, but just a servant of a moderately wealthy family. When their master's family fell into poverty, they had no choice but to sell him.

The family used to help the master manage the farm. The son can read and do accounting. The old man can be a coachman and can also help with housework. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can also help with things at home and outside. It is a very suitable situation for Liu Dazhu's family.

In addition, Liu Dazhu finally chose to work with Liu Gensheng. Together with a few old men in the village who were good at bamboo craftsmanship, they can now run a small workshop.

Because the preserved meat workshop had not yet opened, Liu Xu asked them to make some small toys for children to sell in the store every day. Five or six people could make a hundred or so in a day and send them to the Liu family compound. Uncle He would settle the bill, ranging from two to thirty cents, and the income was not bad.

As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the weather has become hotter.

The lotus roots that the Chang family master had asked someone to buy had their buds damaged on purpose, so only a few of the 20 to 30 kilograms survived. The willow catkins were taken back and planted in a water tank, and now they are growing quite well.

This comforted Liu Xu a lot. After all, this was bought at a high price. Although her godfather didn't charge her, she felt heartbroken when she thought that such a small amount of money cost nearly a hundred taels of silver.

Now that she has the crops to support herself, she will be able to plant a lot next year.

When the time comes, I will plant some for my godfather and the others, so that I can realize the lotus root, oh no, it should be called jade festival, jade festival freedom.

But that's all next year. For now, she should prepare for the Dragon Boat Festival!

Although the diet should be simple during the national mourning period, rice dumplings still need to be made.

Liuxu asked people to prepare a lot of glutinous rice. It was a big festival, so he had to give some gifts to the workers.

If she can’t wrap meat in it, she’ll wrap it with dried tofu, salted egg yolks, red dates, and candied beans, which are just as delicious.

Speaking of salted egg yolks, when she made hundreds of salted egg yolks with flour and salt in just two days, Granny Fang and the others were stunned.

As for salted duck eggs, they know that a salted duck egg needs to be pickled for two weeks! However, the salted egg yolk made from willow catkins tastes just as good as the salted duck egg yolk when steamed.

As for salted eggs, she prepared that too.

She remembered that the salted duck eggs made by her aunt's family tasted very good, so Liu Xu specially ordered 2,000 of them. When the time came, she would give a few to each worker. There were about 200 people in the several workshops in total. She would also give some to familiar people, which would be enough.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, except for the tofu shop which worked the early shift, the other two workshops closed early.

After work, the workers carried the festival gifts given by their employers: two pounds of dried tofu, half a pound of bean curd sheets, six rice dumplings, six salted duck eggs, and three feet of cotton cloth. Everyone's face was filled with smiles.

Several better families also sent festival gifts to each other, with the Chang family giving the heaviest gifts. Naturally, Liu Xu's family also gave the most, with hundreds of rice dumplings and salted duck eggs alone.

Liujia Village was busy celebrating the festival, while the capital city, two thousand miles away, was busy with the coronation ceremony of the new emperor Xiao Yan.

Today, the capital city is decorated with lights and colors everywhere. Although it is not appropriate to be too extravagant during a period of national mourning, it still cannot conceal the atmosphere of solemnity and festivity.

In the palace, the red carpet was laid out and the ceremonial guards were majestic.

Xiao Yan wore a dragon robe and a crown on his head, and under the worship of his ministers, he ascended step by step to the throne, which symbolized supreme power.

The sunlight shines on the magnificent palace, shining brightly, as if witnessing this historic moment.

All the ministers shouted "Long live the emperor" three times, and their voices shook the sky.

The boy's slightly immature face already showed the majesty of an emperor. He glanced at the prince and his ministers with a firm gaze, and his heart was filled with countless emotions.

He knew very well that by sitting in this position, he would have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country and the expectations of the people, which also meant that his new journey had begun.

At the ceremony, ceremonial music sounded and the solemn ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner.

First, the late emperor's last will was read out, the achievements of the late emperor Xiao Yunjing were reviewed, and Emperor Jing Xiao Yunjing was posthumously named Emperor Jingren.

Then, the old eunuch chief held the new emperor's edict in his hand and read it out in a sharp voice: "The emperor proclaims: The late emperor Jingren, his virtues were known to the world and his achievements will last for thousands of years. I inherit the destiny of heaven and succeed the throne. Now the country is called Longxing. I should follow the example of the late emperor, govern the country diligently, love the people like benevolence, recruit talents, promote benefits and eliminate disadvantages. In order to ensure the peace and prosperity of our Dongsheng country. I decree this!"

"We congratulate Your Majesty on your ascension to the throne. Long live the Emperor." All the ministers shouted in unison.

Xiao Yan raised his hand slightly, signaling the ministers to stand up, "No need to be polite, everyone."

Afterwards, Xiao Yan personally conferred the title of Empress Dowager on her and gave her the honorific title of "Grand Empress Dowager Duanhe".

As the mother of the new emperor, Concubine Shu was gentle and virtuous, and had a good way of educating her children. She was named the Empress Dowager and honored with the title "Empress Dowager Huici".

Finally, the new emperor worshipped heaven and earth and the ancestral temple to show his piety and determination to heaven and his ancestors.

After the ceremony, the new emperor and his ministers returned to the Purple Palace where they had hosted a banquet for all officials. Xiao Yan sat on a high seat and accepted congratulations and gifts from his ministers.

"Minister of Revenue Zhao Qi, congratulations to your majesty on your accession to the throne and presents you with a South China Sea pearl. May your majesty be everlasting and glorious."

"Minister of Rites Yuan Zhongshu presents an ancient book to you. I hope Your Majesty will learn from history and create a prosperous era."

"Minister of the Ministry of Personnel..."

"Minister of Industry..."

"Xu Mingli, the Minister of War, congratulates Your Majesty on your accession to the throne and presents two rations of new grain seeds!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the officials below began to discuss.

"What? New grain?"

"What could it be? It's probably some good-looking grain seeds selected from the fields!"

"Hiss, isn't this Lord Xu being too perfunctory?"

Xiao Yan received the holiday gift prepared for him by Liu Xu yesterday, so he naturally knew what Xu Mingli was going to do today.

However, at this time he had to pretend that he didn't know.

"Someone, bring up the so-called new grain seeds sent by Lord Xu." Xiao Yan said expressionlessly.

As the two boxes were lifted up, everyone's eyes looked over at the same time.

The lid of the box was quickly opened, and the potatoes and corn inside were presented to everyone.

"What...what is this? I've never seen it before!"

"I haven't seen it either! Didn't Lord Xu say it was a new kind of grain?"

"It looks really nice, so golden!"

The ministers started discussing in low voices again, and the old steward swung the whip in his hand violently, and the crowd finally quieted down.