The Ancient Growth Diary of a Little Zombie

When the prince saw that the door of the imperial study was closed again, he asked the doubts in his heart.

Their royal family has always been constrained by the aristocratic families in many ways. Now that they have finally obtained this divine seed, if they send their own people to cultivate it or distribute it to farmers, and wait for another year or two, wouldn't they no longer be constrained by the aristocratic families in terms of food?

In areas of Daxia that are closer to the capital, most of the fertile land is controlled by aristocratic families.

These places are not like Qingcang Prefecture. Because of their remoteness, there are only a few small landlords. Therefore, farmers like those in Sangjia Village mostly own the land they cultivate, and the remaining money after the annual harvest and tax is theirs.

Most of the farmers in these places are either tenant farmers or hired farmers. They work hard every day but still live a life where they can neither eat enough nor starve to death.

The emperor was not surprised by the prince's doubts, but he did not want to explain them to him. He just continued to instruct Huo Yunting:

"Go back to Sangjia Village and bring back the remaining divine seeds.

I will also draw a group of troops from your command to garrison Sangjia Village. I will take all the harvest from it!"

Regarding the emperor's generosity, Huo Yunting only uttered three words lightly.

"Give me money."

"what?"

The emperor didn't react for a moment and didn't understand what his sudden and direct request for money meant.

Huo Yunting explained helplessly:

"Except for the 20,000 kilograms of divine seeds that the little girl brought, any more will cost you money."

The emperor frowned for a moment when he heard this, then relaxed again.

It is indeed worth spending money to buy it.

It’s definitely not because he is afraid of that little girl!

Then the emperor waved his hand and said cheerfully:

"it is good!

How much silver do you need? You can advance it for me first."

Huo Yunting:......

His father should come.

Huo Yunting, who didn't want to be taken advantage of, didn't refuse directly. Instead, after thinking about it carefully, he said:

"I'm afraid they won't hand over the rest of the divine seeds until the little girl returns safely."

The emperor was silent for a moment, then asked:

"Even if you spend a lot of money, it won't work?"

Huo Yunting thought about how much the villagers of Sangjia Village cared about the little girl and the magical artifacts in their hands, and shook his head.

"I'm afraid it would be useless even if we led a large army forward."

The emperor was relieved when he heard this. He couldn't buy it, let alone others.

He waved his hand at Huo Yunting and said:

"Then let's do this for now, and then you can return with her.

Okay, you go back first and tell that girl.

Three days later, I will hold a celebration banquet for her in the palace, and announce the news of the divine seed to the world, so that everyone can celebrate together."

"Yun Ting is leaving."

Huo Yunting nodded to the emperor, bowed, and then bowed to the prince, then turned around and strode away.

As soon as Huo Yunting left, only the emperor and his son were left in the huge imperial study. The prince was anxious and took two steps forward to continue asking about the matter of the divine seed, but was interrupted by the emperor raising his hand.

"You will know about this in a few days."

No one knows a son better than his father. Before the prince even opened his mouth, the emperor knew what he was going to say.

The emperor lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at the prince and said:

"Call your unmarried brothers and the emperor's grandchildren."

The emperor had two years left to reach the age of fifty. As an emperor, he was naturally different from Huo Lingxing. When he had just reached the age of twenty, the empress, who was then the crown princess, gave birth to his eldest son. Later, as the number of concubines in the harem increased, a total of seven princes and three princesses survived over the years.

The oldest is the Crown Prince, who is twenty-eight years old this year, and the youngest is the Tenth Princess, who is still a three-year-old baby who is just learning to speak.

It must be said that Huo Lingxing, the younger brother, is not very ambitious. The expansion of the royal bloodline depends entirely on his brother, the emperor, who works hard to handle state affairs during the day and toil at night.

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When Huo Yunting returned to the palace with the news, Xu had already rejected one visiting card after another and was planning to take Shishi's family to the Pear Garden to watch an opera.

Liyuan is the largest and most famous theater in the capital. Many dignitaries go there, and occasionally ladies and young ladies go there to spend time. She heard that the little girl's family had never seen a play, so she thought of taking them to join in the fun.

But after hearing the news her son brought back, Xu looked back and forth at the mother and daughter, and then looked at the little kid next to them who looked exactly like them.

Their attire was considered respectable by ordinary people, but it was really shabby for attending a palace banquet.

Especially the jewelry on little Wang's head that sparkled with gold and jingled when she shook her head.

She wanted to say something when she saw it for the first time, but she felt it was not right, and now she couldn't help it anymore.

Xu dragged the jingling and clanging little Wang back to her room, took off the pearls, jade and gold on her head one by one, and combed her hair into a gentle bun that suited her. From the pile of jewelry she took off, she picked out two emerald green jade hairpins that were not so... rich man's, and decorated the bun with them.

When the two of them returned to the front hall gracefully, Shi Shi, without the suppression of her elders, could no longer sit still. She saw a group of servants standing in the front yard, looking at the roof above their heads with nervous expressions.

Huo Yunting sat calmly in the living room sipping tea, while Shishi had already climbed onto the roof carrying her brother.

It is called: looking far and wide from a high place.

She said she hadn't had a good look at the entire capital city yet, and she could see it more clearly from the rooftop.

Shishi's father was invited by the Minister of Agriculture long before Huo Yunting came back. Huo Lingxing was worried and went with him.

Xu looked at the two little figures swaying on the roof, her smile rather helpless and doting. She waved at the people above and called softly:

"Shishi, come down quickly. Let's go buy some clothes."

Yes, Xu changed her mind and decided to go shopping for clothes today.

In fact, the palace has special embroiderers who make clothes for them. Even if they buy clothes outside, most of the time the store will come to the palace to measure the size and customize the clothes in advance, and then send them to the palace after they are made.

But no matter which one it is, there is no time now, so I can only go to the shop outside to see if there are any suitable ready-made clothes.

Shishi was still willing to act well-behaved in front of her beautiful aunt and mother, so when she heard her aunt Xu calling her, she immediately grabbed her brother's collar and jumped straight down from the roof in the frightened and panicked eyes of the servants.

"Oh, Miss Sang, please don't do such a dangerous thing again next time!"

After Shishi and her brother landed safely, Li Momo, who was sent by Xu to live with Shishi's family, hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the siblings up and down to look them up and down, as if to see if they were hurt or not.

It was obvious that Li Momo knew nothing about the harmless little girl in front of her.

Originally in the morning, she just thought that the little girl was a little naughty and had to dress her mother up like that, but her parents were willing to indulge her, and she was an outsider and a servant, so what else could she say?

But just now, when she saw her carrying her brother and suddenly jumping onto the roof, she was so scared that she didn't even dare to make a sound, for fear that she would scare them. What if one of them lost his balance and fell down?

Although Li Momo's words sounded like a sermon, Shi could tell from her expression and emotions that this mother-in-law was worried and concerned about him.

Shishi smiled sweetly at Li Momo, and said with a hint of pride in her soft voice:

"Mother-in-law is fine, I'm awesome!"