The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 213

Xu Tian was in the school at this moment, but the many people in front of him were not students, but farmers.

They all stared at Xu Tian, ​​waiting for him to speak.

Xu Tian then looked at the content he would be teaching today and said to everyone, "This school does not teach poetry and songs, nor does it teach history and philosophy. It only teaches you how to farm. In terms of agriculture, Ningcheng is not inferior to other cities."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted: "Grand Tutor Xu, I've heard you have exceptional agricultural knowledge. Why do you serve as Grand Tutor but not work in the fields?"

The man's tone was somewhat sarcastic, and Xu Tianqing, having died, didn't want to deal with him anymore.

But just as he was about to speak, the man asked directly, "Grand Tutor, why don't you answer me?"

Xu Tian could now tell that this person had come here to cause trouble.

He looked helplessly at the man, who had a scarred face and wore very fine clothes, clearly not from an ordinary family.

This reminded him of the grain merchants from a while ago.

Could it be that those grain merchants couldn't make any money and deliberately came here to cause trouble?

As he was thinking, he heard the man say bluntly, "Grand Tutor, I actually think your agricultural knowledge is not up to par. If it were, there would still be a large number of wheat crops that cannot be grown."

Xu Tian chuckled upon hearing this and said to the man, "You only see how much wheat can't be grown, but you don't see that the outskirts of Ningcheng have now been transformed from barren land into a field of green shoots, and the barren land has become much better, at least it is no longer dry and lacking in water."

The man remained unconvinced, saying, "I think your initial strength was simply having a batch of wheat that could grow very quickly and thrive in harsh environments. Without these wheat seeds, your knowledge would probably be inferior to that of an old man. Besides, we don't even know if this wheat is poisonous."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tian's expression became even more helpless. "Since you insist on saying it this way, then there's nothing I can do."

The man then sneered, "Grand Tutor, I am not very talented, but I would like to have a match with you."

"Oh, what do you want to compete with me in?" Xu Tian asked.

"I'll have a contest with you to see who has more agricultural knowledge." The man crossed his arms, slightly raised his chin, clearly not taking Xu Tian seriously.

Upon hearing that this person didn't want a martial arts match but simply wanted to tease him about agricultural knowledge, Xu Tian nodded and agreed, "Alright. What if you lose?"

"If I lose, I will apologize to you on the spot. But if you lose, please don't open this school and mislead students."

"Okay, not bad." Xu Tian nodded slightly, which was considered as agreement.

He then said, "Since we're having a competition, we need a judge. Since you're here today, why don't we have the judge be the judge and all of you elders and fellow villagers be the referees? What do you say?"

The man had no objection and simply nodded, "Of course that's fine."

Then, Xu Tian looked at the general standing to the side and asked him for his opinion.

The border general naturally had no objections; he could easily handle such a trivial matter.

Then, Xu Tian asked first, "When it comes to growing grain, do you know what the most important thing is?"

The man replied confidently, "Of course it's the soil. If this soil can't grow crops, then crops certainly can't be grown!"

"Are you sure?" Xu Tian asked.

"I'm absolutely certain!"

Seeing his certainty about his answer, Xu Tian gave the correct answer: "The most important factors for growing grain are water, soil, temperature, and fertilizer."