The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Sun Dingnan smiled and continued, "Master, the villagers have finally come to ask. Hahahaha. I've been waiting and waiting, until my neck has grown long, and finally they are asking. Oh, Master, their eyes are almost red when they see our ears of grain. Hahahaha, I'm so happy."

From the moment the rice seedlings were planted, the rice in the experimental field was different from the surrounding rice, but the difference was not that big.

Gradually, the rice grew better than the surrounding rice, especially when the rice ears began to form and grew into grains, it looked even more unique.

Not only were the common people excited, but the experimenters who were busy in the experimental fields were also very excited.

Sun Dingnan was afraid that this was just a mirage, that the millet looked strong on the outside but was actually hollow, like a diaphanous bamboo.

Sun Dingnan and others couldn't help but pull out one and bite it open to take a look.

Oh my god, it’s full of pulp, which proves that it’s made of material.

When the millet gradually begins to ripen, take a bite and you will still find berries inside.

In other words, their millet is not hollow, but has real flesh.

Sun Dingnan told Sun Shan the good news, but Sun Shan reacted calmly and said lightly, "I understand," and that was all.

It was as if the outcome of all this had been anticipated and was already well-planned.

Sun Dingnan was stunned. He used to think that Sun Shan was smart, but that was actually proven by his academic performance. He also became an official smoothly, which made Sunjia Village very powerful in the surrounding area, and his clansmen also benefited from it.

At this moment, the success of the rice experimental field made Sun Shan not only smart in Sun Dingnan's eyes, but also a god descending from the mountain.

This is food, precious food, indispensable food. The higher the rice yield, the less they will suffer from hunger. For thousands of years, no one in Sunjia Village has not wanted to harvest more rice from their fields.

And their Wenquxing simply increased grain production.

And from the moment he discovered the bird droppings, Wenquxing knew that grain production would definitely increase, and everything was under his control.

Is this the legendary "strategy"?

Sun Dingnan recalled that the villagers said that Sun Shan was born in Yezhu Hill, and that Doctor Sun took pity on Sun Bomin and Su and captured them.

By doing this, they had captured a Wenquxing for Sunjia Village.

No, the villagers were actually wrong. Doctor Sun didn't catch Wenquxing, but the Emperor Shennong. Otherwise, how could he be so good at farming?

During the farming process, Sun Shan personally took part in the work and provided guidance. Even if they thought something was unreasonable, he insisted that they continue to do it.

For example, when applying fertilizer, Sun Shan paid special attention to fertilizing the land before farming, and the amount of fertilizer he provided was so much that they were stunned.

Sun Dingnan was really confused and wanted to tell Sun Shan: He was good at studying, but he might not be good at farming.

But officials are officials, and their official majesty forces them to do as they are asked.

As a result, Sun Shan was not only good at studying, but also good at farming.

Sun Dingnan really wanted Doctor Sun to come into his dream tonight and ask him if they had captured a god for Sunjia Village at Wild Boar Hill, otherwise how could he be so powerful.

Sun Shan heard Sun Dingnan describe how the people pestered them with questions, mainly to try to understand why the rice was growing so well.

At first, the people did not dare to ask directly, so they beat around the bush and tried to get questions about the millet.

Later, I became really anxious and asked directly.

Sun Shan couldn't help laughing when he thought of this scene.

Sun Shan smiled and asked, "How did you respond? Did you tell them everything?"

Sun Dingnan nodded and said, "Master, that's right. We say that the millet grows so well because we used bird droppings."

Sun Shan ordered that if anyone asked, he should speak frankly and there was no need to hide anything.

Their guano is unique, and even if we knew why, we don't have the raw material. If we want to harvest more rice, we have to buy guano from them.

Sun Shan thought for a moment and said, "Isn't someone keeping an eye on Big Bird Village?"

There have been miners and coal thieves since ancient times. Maybe when they hear about guano, someone will go and steal it.

In fact, if they steal, they will steal. There is so much bird droppings that we cannot steal much with limited manpower. But we are afraid that they will act on their own and use the bird droppings on farmland without processing, which will result in no harvest and will ultimately harm others and themselves.

Sun Shan was short of manpower, so he temporarily hired the village chief of Da Niao Village at a low price to help keep an eye out for anyone stealing bird droppings.

If it can be stopped, then stop it. If it cannot be stopped, then it shows the harm of using bird droppings directly.

Finally, the situation became serious, so I came to Yuanlu to report to them.

The village chief of Da Niao Village repeatedly asked why someone came to steal bird droppings, and Sun Dingnan directly ordered him not to ask so many questions.

In short, whether the village of Da Niao will eat porridge or bran in the future depends on whether the village chief is responsible and whether he can keep the bird droppings under control.

At this moment, the village chief of Da Niao Village already knew that Sun Shan was the magistrate of Yuanlu, their father and mother official, and also the legendary newly appointed magistrate who was tall and mighty, with a strong back and strong arms, and could wipe out hundreds of bandits at a time.

Moreover, the village chief was very reluctant to acknowledge the fact that Sun Shan was the county magistrate, which completely overturned his understanding of the county magistrate.

But in the end, he bowed his head and said that he would definitely protect the bird droppings on the back mountain well, so that the county magistrate could rest assured.

Sun Dingnan said, "Master, the village chief has promised us that he will take good care of it."

He paused and added, "Besides, Big Bird Village is so remote. Even if a thief is bold enough to steal the bird droppings, he has to consider whether he can find them. In the past, if you tried to steal bird droppings, you couldn't steal much at a time, so the gain wouldn't be worth the loss."

Firstly, there is no road leading to the back mountain and vehicles cannot pass through. If you want to steal bird droppings, you can only carry them out one sack at a time, which is very difficult.

Secondly, even if they carried out the guano one sack at a time, it would immediately attract the attention of the people of Big Bird Village. Once the whole village rushed over, the guano thief would probably have a hard time escaping.

Then, thinking of a very troublesome problem, Sun Dingnan asked: "Master, if we want to sell guano, transportation is also a big problem. It is really difficult to travel there. What should we do?"

Sun Shan spread his hands and said helplessly, "What else can we do? We'll have to build a road. After the autumn harvest, we'll conscript people to Da Niao Village to build the road. This bird droppings must be used for next year's farming."

There is still a lot of time until the next farming season, but whether the yield can keep up is a question.

The main reason is that the transportation is so terrible, so this year's corvée labor took everyone to Da Niao Village to repair the road.

When Sun Dingnan heard this, he said happily, "Master is very thoughtful. He thinks a hundred steps ahead, no, a thousand steps ahead."

Gui Ge'er also said as a matter of course: "Of course, my brother Shan has always been smart. If he wasn't smart, he wouldn't have passed the imperial examination."

It's a pity that Shan Ge was born in the countryside. If he was born in a wealthy family, he would have been the top scorer, the second place, or the third place in the imperial examination for sure.

It’s all because of Uncle Min and Aunt Su’s incompetence that they dragged down Brother Shan.