The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 200

“This…” Xu Tian smiled bitterly, “I was just having too much fun farming and accidentally crossed the border.”

"For farming?" Upon hearing this, the princess sized him up for a while longer. Seeing his luxurious clothes, she realized he was clearly not the type to farm.

So she rolled her eyes and said bluntly, "You look pretty rich, but you want to farm? Who would believe you? Besides, who would dress like that to farm?"

Seeing that the princess did not believe him, Xu Tian quickly began to think of a solution.

He quickly came up with a plan and said directly to the princess, "Don't you believe I can work in the fields? If I can prove it, that will be enough, won't it?"

"There should be farmland here. If so, please take me there, and I'll show you."

"Confirm?" The princess thought about it seriously. Seeing that he looked like a scholar, she figured he probably didn't know martial arts. If he was released and someone was watching over him, then there was no need to worry about him running away.

But if they accidentally arrest the wrong person, it would be really difficult to explain to the Tang Dynasty.

So she nodded and said, "Since that's the case, and you say you want to verify it, then let's do it!"

After she finished speaking, she turned to the general beside her and said, "Release the people and open the gate."

The general looked troubled and said to the princess, "What if he has deceived us, Princess?"

"Does he look like someone who knows martial arts? Besides, the army has land, and with so many soldiers, how can you not keep an eye on him?" After saying that, the princess repeated, "Open the gate and let him in."

Upon hearing the princess's words, the general had no choice but to release Xu Tian.

Here, even though he was a general, he still had to listen to what the princess said.

"Take him to the fields," the general ordered.

Xu Tian then emerged from the dungeon and was dragged to the field by the two of them.

Although they were on the border, their border region was significantly better than that of the Tang Dynasty.

Because their land is fertile. Farmland can be cultivated everywhere, and you can see many farmers along the way, which is quite unique.

Xu Tianbian paid some attention and saw that they threw the seeds in without loosening the soil and even mistook rice seedlings for wheat seedlings, which was really a headache.

At this moment, the people holding him back finally stopped.

The princess then looked at him, crossed her arms, and said, "Come, let's confirm it."

Xu Tian then pointed out the errors he had just discovered: "Some farmers are planting incorrectly. Before burying the seeds, they should first fertilize the soil, and after burying the seeds, they should fertilize it again. This will help the seeds germinate better. They should also water the soil, but not too much."

The princess was somewhat surprised. "Continue."

“Secondly, those are rice seedlings, not wheat seedlings.” Xu Tian looked helpless. “The two are somewhat similar, but if you look closely, you can see that rice seedlings have thicker spikes that point downwards, while wheat seedlings have thinner spikes that grow upwards. Rice seedlings should be transplanted into paddy fields as soon as they become seedlings.”

"Are you really a farmer?" The princess still couldn't quite believe it.

How could someone dressed so luxuriously go to the fields to work in such expensive robes?!

Xu Tian took this opportunity to explain: "I really did go to the fields to farm. The soil in the border areas of our Great Tang that are closer to yours is not good, and there is not much land that can be cultivated. Therefore, we often do not have enough food, so I thought I would go out to find land. I accidentally wandered into your border. As a result, because of the language barrier, I was unable to explain myself properly to them."

"Is your Great Tang so poor that you don't even have enough land? Why don't you cultivate the wasteland?"

"This place is considered barren land in the Tang Dynasty. How can we cultivate wasteland? There are large tracts of land in the central part, but there are too many people and not enough food. So I searched for that land for a long time. I was so happy that I accidentally stumbled into this place."

The princess nodded and said, "I understand."

Xu Tian looked delighted.

"Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, everything will be fine!" Xu Tian thought to himself.