There is also spring for passers-by

The Queen Mother really enjoyed the feeling of teaching her disciples. Teaching smart people would make her feel less worried.

Wen Wan passed the test and was promoted to Class 1, but the Queen's eldest daughter only got an average score in writing and calligraphy. The teacher of the Imperial College announced that if she got an average score again next time, she would have to repeat the grade.

The queen was so angry that she scolded her eldest daughter in the palace, saying that she was only three years older than Zhao Huayang. If she failed a grade and Zhao Huayang was promoted, it would be a slap in her face. Wouldn't it mean that her daughter was worse than Funing's eldest daughter?

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she asked, "How can this be a royal affair? Huayang has taken after me. I have had a talent for studying since I was young. The Zhao family is also better at studying than the Zheng family. The Empress herself, at the age of eighteen, hasn't even passed the imperial examination, yet she expects an eleven-year-old to do better than her..."

When she said this, she was visibly proud and proud, and gave Emperor Lu a meaningful look. "I think Concubine Xian's son is also a good student. He's one year younger than the eldest princess, and he's already been successfully promoted to Class C1..."

The virtuous concubine and the queen competed fiercely in private, competing over their children, family, favors, and even makeup and dressing styles...

Both Qi and Lu valued culture over military affairs. Even if they had generals, they were Confucian generals, and all of them were disciples of military strategists who served as generals and military officers.

Wen Wan was successfully promoted amid the empress dowager's boasting. She finished a year's worth of knowledge in half a year. In the third year after arriving in Lu, she took part in the Tongshi exam and successfully obtained the title of Xiucai. She herself was also promoted to Class 4, preparing to take the provincial exam and obtain the title of Juren.

The Empress Dowager was very pleased. During every holiday, she taught more attentively. Concubine Xian even asked her to teach her own son together.

Wen Wan felt the encouragement from a true genius, and worked even harder, making progress in the competition with the eldest prince. She originally thought that she would have to take the Juren exam in a year, but she went down to experience the atmosphere of the Juren exam, and actually managed to pass by ranking sixth from the bottom.

The Queen Mother boasted about this for a full six months.

The Queen, the eldest princess and the fifth princess no longer dared to visit the Queen Mother's palace. Since Concubine Xian's son was well-educated, she would go there whenever she had time and discuss with the Queen Mother how to cultivate talented young people.

That day, Consort Xian pulled the eldest prince aside and said, "Empress, how about letting your cousin Huayang be your legitimate wife?"

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face almost turned pale with anger. She was giving face to the virtuous concubine by setting her sights on her most beloved granddaughter.

Just as she was about to scold him, she heard Wen Wan say, "Have you ever done anything to benefit the people? Have you ever proven that women are no less capable than men? Aunt Xianfei, please don't say such things next time. My ambition, Zhao Huayang, is to reach the stars and the sea, and ascend to become an immortal."

The Queen Mother laughed so hard that Concubine Xian felt embarrassed.

The eldest prince's eyes were blazing: "Cousin, your ambitions are so lofty?"

"Don't you see who raised me? With such a wise elder like my grandmother, how could I possibly fall into vulgarity? So, cousin, please don't stand in my way. My life, Zhao Huayang, has just begun. I will not spend my life in the backyard taking care of my husband and children. I have lofty ideals."

The eldest prince lowered his head and said, "I wish my cousin to achieve her wish soon."

Zhao Huayang, who was once laughed at by everyone as a "fool" and "stupid", traveled thousands of miles into the world of mortals. Two years later, he obtained the title of Jinshi and was gloriously promoted to Class B2.

After discussing with the Queen Mother, she decided to pursue a career in agriculture to benefit the people and increase their grain production.

The Queen Mother agreed with both hands.

At this time, Emperor Lu also knew that the child left by his sister was extraordinary. If she could really make achievements in agricultural skills and ascend to the world with her own abilities, it would be the most glorious record for his family.

Prince Jing and Prince An of Lu took turns to enter the palace and persuade the Queen Mother to register Wen Wan under their own name and change the royal surname to Yao.

Wen Wan applied for two acres of experimental land from Class B of the Imperial College. She directly developed the eunuchs and maids serving around her, such as Qiao Lanxiang, into her helpers and assistants to help her farm. She talked and they did the work.

Although Qiao Lanxiang couldn't keep up in the later period, she was still a woman who achieved the title of scholar.

The eunuchs were all carefully selected by the Empress Dowager. Some of them had the title of Juren, some had the title of Xiucai, and among them there were also children from agricultural families.

Wen Wan pretended to plant sweet potatoes and set aside a plot for experiments, but only planted a dozen or so rice plants. She wasn't trying to create hybrid rice, and she even found wild rice from other places to cultivate with domestic rice, occasionally using wood spirit energy to tidy up the soil. Yes, after Zhao Huayang swallowed the wood spirit root fruit, she had grown wood spirit roots. Although the purity was only 73 points, it was still sufficient.

In the first year, her sweet potato yield per mu reached 6,200 kilograms. The sweet potatoes she dug out were so large, fragrant and sweet that they attracted agricultural experts and officials from the Ministry of Industry to gather in her experimental field.

Because of her contribution to improving the sweet potato, she was made an exception and was appointed as the fifth-rank Sinong Doctor a month later. Even Qiao Lanxiang and a eunuch who knew how to farm were made exceptions and appointed as the editor and copyist of the Ministry of Agriculture. Although they were ninth-rank officials, they were still officials and could be considered to have entered the civil service.

Nanny Qiao held Qiao Lanxiang's official uniform as an editor in the Ministry of Agriculture, laughing and crying, feeling as if she were dreaming.

Wenwan became famous.

When people talk about her, they would say, "Princess Huayang lost her mother at a young age, her father was unkind, and she was raised by the Empress Dowager of the current dynasty, and she has quite the Empress Dowager's style."

The downside of being famous is that every time Wen Wan went out to buy things, such as seeds for trial planting or fertilizer for flowers, she would occasionally run into some handsome young men. She also met Prince Jing and Prince An several times, who asked her about her daily life with concern and even generously gave her a stack of banknotes.

Of course, she also met Cui Ling.

The people of the Cui family in Bozhou felt that Cui Ling was really unlucky. In order to have a son, he lost his eldest daughter. Look at the current talent of Princess Huayang. She can produce 6,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes per mu, which can fill the stomach and can also be used to make snacks and vermicelli. As a child, she is really very competitive. Not only is she very talented in farming, but she is also quite knowledgeable in cooking.

Cui Ling was forced by his father to make his presence felt in front of Wen Wan.

He looked at Wen Wan, who had grown into a young girl, with eager eyes. Just as he was about to speak, the eunuch accompanying him said, "Princess, the weather has changed. We must hurry and apply fertilizer before it rains! If we're late, we might miss it. Applying fertilizer this time will increase the yield!"

Several other maids followed suit, urging them to be promoted if the princess achieved further merit. They too would receive official titles. Everyone wanted to prove themselves, and they were desperately vying for a position with the princess.

Wen Wan said politely, "Master Cui, I have to seize the opportunity. After applying fertilizer, the yield per mu can increase by 100 kilograms. Xiao Luzi, hurry up and drive the carriage!"

Spring rain is as precious as oil, so we rush to apply gentle topdressing fertilizer before it rains.

That year, her rice harvest was abundant. Officials from the Ministry of Works and agricultural masters weighed the yield, and found that one mu of rice yielded over 700 catties. A catty in ancient times weighed 16 taels, which would be over 1,200 catties in modern times. Over 800 years ago, an agricultural master from Qi State had tried to increase the yield, but the maximum he could achieve was only 300 catties.