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

Sun Shan paid no attention to the "heartache" of the onlookers.

Pointing to the field, he said, "This field has no fertilizer at all, it's just simply cultivated, so the crops are growing like this."

The elder among the onlookers didn't care about Sun Shan's status and shouted, "My Lord, this is not how you farm. How can you not use any fertilizer?"

Even if there is no human feces, animal feces, weeds, wood ash, etc.

You should also use some rapeseed cake, sesame cake, cottonseed cake, bean cake, etc.

If all else fails, go to the mountains to find some fertile plants, such as Azolla and Water Hyacinth.

In the end, there was no other choice but to plant soybeans to fertilize the fields.

Who plowed this field? It was really over-plowed.

Sun Shan felt that the crowd of onlookers was too noisy and wanted to scold them.

But firstly, I have no experience, and secondly, doing it myself would damage my status.

He looked at the Sun family guards again. They were all just staring with eager eyes, and did not have the temperament of a "lackey" at all.

Alas, Sun Shan knew that Sunjia Village was short of talent, but he didn't expect it to be so scarce.

They have always been honest and have never done anything bad, so how could they know how to do evil?

County Magistrate Wang seemed to know Sun Shan’s predicament, or perhaps he also felt that the crowd of onlookers was too noisy.

The lackeys immediately jumped out and shouted, "What are you arguing about? How dare a mere commoner speak so loudly and insolently in front of the magistrate? Are you courting death? Do you want to be beaten?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers who wanted to take a step forward and make a noise took several steps back.

There were a few not-so-conspicuous little Yazimu there, and they were also quickly pulled behind.

Everyone looked at the lackey in fear, especially the big stick he wielded, and dared not speak out.

Sun Shan glanced at him and praised him secretly.

Thinking about getting out in the future, I must bring a few local yamen runners with me, and these "evil deeds" must be done by outsiders.

Sun Shan motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then said, "Fellow villagers, please be patient and listen to me slowly and carefully."

After a pause, he pointed at the paddy field and said, "Look carefully! This is rice grown without any fertilizer. It's not a complete harvest, but a pitifully small one. Don't farm like this in the future."

The onlookers secretly rolled their eyes, thinking that what Lord Sun said was nonsense. Who would plow the fields like this?

Of course, even if it was nonsense, no one dared to refute it.

Sun Shan led the crowd forward and arrived at the second experimental field.

He continued, "Look, folks. This piece of land is cultivated normally. That is to say, the same way you cultivate your fields is how this land is cultivated. Look carefully, is there any difference between this field and yours?"

The scar healed and the pain was forgotten. Sun Shan asked them to go and see, and they all rushed forward to take a closer look.

Crowd member A opened his eyes wide, looked again and again, but could not see any difference from what he was farming.

Puzzled, he asked, "Why can't I see any difference? This field is exactly the same as the one I cultivate."

Crowd Eater B disagreed and said, "How can there be no difference? Look at Mr. Sun's fields. The rice he grows is much better than yours. Rows and rows of rice are arranged very neatly."

This made spectator A unhappy, and the two began to argue.

Crowd eater A said angrily: "My house is not tidy? Bah, that's your house."

Crowd member B said unconvincedly, "Yours, yours, yours is the one that is not neat."

Everyone looked at them in silence, including Sun Shan.

What is the difference between planting neatly and planting slightly irregularly?

County Magistrate Wang's lackeys stood up again, waving sticks to maintain "order."

He shouted loudly: "Still making noise? Are you looking for death?"

After saying this, he waved the stick domineeringly and actually hit the onlookers A and B.

The two onlookers cried out "Ouch" and stepped back, and the noise stopped.

Sun Shan urgently needs such a "villain" role.

I thought about recruiting one or two local people to do odd jobs in the backyard when I go back. I can’t stay in the “Sun family circle”. I must have some fresh blood to join.

Sun Shan explained, "Fellow villagers, do you see clearly? This field was cultivated according to normal practices using ordinary fertilizers, without using guano. That's why it's grown to be about the same size as yours. And look at the grains I threshed. Isn't it much less than when I used guano?"

The people carefully checked and once again found that there was a big difference between ordinary rice and rice treated with bird droppings.

Everyone couldn't help but be secretly shocked and wanted to use bird droppings even more eagerly.

Sun Shan led everyone to stay for a while and then returned to the third experimental field.

In fact, this "Rice Experimental Field Base" is very large, and it is quite tiring to walk around it.

Fortunately, except for the pampered County Magistrate Wang, everyone else thought that this amount of leg strength was nothing.

County Magistrate Wang followed Sun Shan breathlessly, feeling extremely exhausted.

Mr. Sun led everyone on a long tour and visited three different paddy fields.

At this moment, County Magistrate Wang had to say "I admire you" to Sun Shan.

There is no harm without comparison, and you don’t know which one is better without comparison.

This comparison strongly suggests that rice grown with guano is better.

Emma, ​​Lord Sun, this is a great move.

At such a young age, he is so strategic in doing things, worthy of being a double-professional scholar.

Father is right. Sun Shan is ranked last, but he is already so outstanding. The scholars ranked before him must be extremely outstanding, right?

I also thought of my eldest nephew in the capital. He used to think that Wenquxing had come down to earth to visit their Wang family. But after comparing himself with him, he was not Wenquxing at all. He was just smarter than ordinary people.

Oh, if my nephew fails the exam in three years, I will ask my aunt to use her connections to find him a good official position.

Don't take the exam, don't take the exam. It's not only a waste of money, but there's no hope. There are so many talented people, let's not rush forward.

While County Magistrate Wang was sighing for his nephew, he was secretly on guard against Sun Shan, fearing that he would plot to murder him.

Holding three rice stalks in his hands, Sun Shan said to the crowd, "Look again, everyone! Look at these three rice stalks in my hands. They were each pulled from a different paddy field. Look at the threshed rice above and compare them."

Lord Sun asked them to look forward, and the people honestly and eagerly looked forward.

Especially the old man in front, who saw the rice plants after comparison.

He said excitedly: "Emma, ​​this rice grown with guano is really strong. Look at the dense grains. Oh my god, this is a bumper harvest."

Such powerful words stirred the hearts of the people and they could not calm down for a long time.

The old man asked excitedly and eagerly, "Sir, please tell us where we can find guano. We want to use it too."

Facing such a pair of cloudy yet bright old eyes, Sun Shan no longer kept the secret.

He said in a resounding voice: "Fellow villagers, this kind of bird droppings is sold in the government office. You are welcome to come to the government office to buy it."