Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 721: Chapter 93: Shou Zhe’s Cunning Plan to Secure Qing’an (Monthly Pass Requested) _2

The visitor was the legitimate son of the Hedong Liu Clan who had marital ties with the He Dong Sun Family, Liu Qinghao, also the younger brother of his wife, Lady Liu.

The Hedong Liu Clan, just like the He Dongwei, was an Eighth Grade Prominent Family who had married into the Sun Clan for generations, and their relationship had always been very close.

“Wow~ This is really a great harvest~” Liu Qinghao exclaimed in wonder, his heart filled with disbelief, “Even though the weather this year has been favorable, the yield shouldn’t have increased by twenty percent, right? Brother-in-law, tell me the truth, did you secretly buy a new farm?”

“Hey~ How could you not know how many farms we own in the Hedong Guard? All the cultivable lands have been cultivated, where could I get a new farm?” Sun Chuan Xue smirked, and seeing that no one was around, he pulled Liu Qinghao onto his own bullock cart and whispered to him, “I only told you this secret because our two families have been married for generations and have a close relationship. You better not let it leak. Actually, half of the crops planted in our land this year were not ZuoQiu family’s ‘Five-flavor Rice’ but high-yield grains I bought from other channels.”

However, upon hearing this, Liu Qinghao was stunned, then scoffed, “Brother-in-law, if you want to trick me, at least come up with a more plausible reason. In our Da Qian, is there any better grain than the ‘Five-flavor Rice’?”

The Zuoqiu family had made their fortune through farming. The reason the Zuoqiu family was able to rise above many prominent families and eventually become the Grade Four Prominent Family in Qing An Prefecture was due to the high-yield grains they had meticulously cultivated.

On the same land, using the same farming methods, their family’s grain yield was higher than any other. Moreover, the Zuoqiu family had found a way to ensure that the ripe rice and wheat grains stolen from their land would not sprout under any circumstances, leaving other families unable to steal their crops to grow.

The then family head of the Zuoqiu was a capable man who had resisted threats and pressures from other families time and again, gradually enhancing the Zuoqiu family’s advantages over time until they eventually ruled over Qing An Prefecture.

Now, a considerable portion of the prominent families in Qing An Prefecture were cultivating the Zuoqiu family’s high-yield grains. The few left were cultivating their own research grains, which were far inferior to the Zuoqiu family’s “Five-flavor Rice” and “Jade Finger Wheat” in terms of production.

The Zuoqiu family made a fortune every year just by selling these two types of grain.

Sun Chuan Xue naturally knew this.

At first, he too did not believe in this kind of grain, but he could not resist the allure of high yield and bought some seeds to try out with the mentality of giving it a shot. Otherwise, this year’s harvest wouldn’t just be twenty percent higher, but a full thirty percent increase.

However, he also knew that there was no evidence to back up his words and that Liu Qinghao would definitely not believe him if he just said it. So, he simply got off the bullock cart, casually pulled a handful of rice from the field next to him, and handed it over to Liu Qinghao, “Just look for yourself, is this rice different from your ‘Five-flavor Rice’?”

Liu Qinghao carefully examined the rice husk in his hand, rubbing open the husk and carefully looking at the rice inside, his eyes immediately changed, “This… is indeed different. It seems that the grains are more plump than the Five-flavor Rice, and hmm~ the fragrance of the rice is also stronger.”

Although the difference was minuscule, as the legitimate heir of a family that had been farming for generations as their main source of income, he was all too familiar with the appearance of their own rice. Even with the slightest subtle difference, he could discern it upon close examination.

“How about it, I didn’t lie, did I?” Sun Chuan Xue was beaming with pride.

“This, this, this… this is unbelievable. I can’t believe there is a family that can cultivate a better grain than the Zuoqiu family.” Liu Qinghao couldn’t help murmuring to himself.

It was no wonder he was so surprised. Since the Zuoqiu family had dominated Qing’an Prefecture for so long, the notion that the Zuoqiu family’s grain was the highest yielding had long been ingrained in people’s hearts. He had never thought that one day, the yield of the Zuoqiu family’s grain would be surpassed by other grains.

It took him a good while to regain his senses, and he turned around abruptly, grabbing his brother-in-law by the arm, “Brother-in-law, where did you buy this rice seed? Is there a winter wheat seed?”

You should know, the grains were the lifeblood of the Liu Clan. If this grain truly had such high yields, the gains from their grains would definitely increase greatly.

Fortunately, his younger son had been tested as a Little Sky Pride, and he was worrying about whether his family could afford to cultivate a Tianren Realm powerhouse and whether he should send him to the Academic Palace. If he could grow this high-yield grain, he wouldn’t have to worry about that anymore.

“Ssh~ calm down,” Sun Chuan Xue was nearly in pain from his grasp, and quickly pulled his hand away, “Of course, there are wheat seeds. But they haven’t been delivered yet. I only paid a deposit, I haven’t received the goods yet. If you want to buy, I’ll take you with me when I go to get the wheat seeds.”

Qing’an Prefecture had always practiced crop rotation with wheat and rice. Now that the rice had been harvested, it was naturally time to sow the winter wheat.

Liu Qinghao slapped Sun Chuan Xue’s arm hard, his face flushed with excitement, “Good Brother-in-law! You are really my brother-in-law!”

“Nonsense, of course, I’m your brother-in-law!” Sun Chuan Xue rubbed his sore arm with pain and couldn’t help but roll his eyes at him.

This lad, truly worthy of being of the War Body Bloodline, was rather overbearing, and his strength was too strong.

Liu Qinghao’s mind was filled with his younger son and the Heavenly Human Realm, completely ignoring Sun Chuan Xue’s disdain for him. He grabbed Sun Chuan Xue’s arm and asked excitedly, “When are you going to buy the wheat seeds, Brother-in-law?”