About one fen of greenhouse experimental field, as long as the nutrition inside the experimental field keeps up. He only needs a few days to let this experimental field’s rice reach maturity and harvest. Therefore, he decided to use his new ability on cultivating rice. The initial rice seeds, conversely, came from the Liu and Zhao Clans, from that drastically reduced production farm. The rice that could survive such a level of reduced production must be the part with relatively excellent insect resistance and disease resistance. Starting from this basis, it will be much simpler. Then, he cultivated a new variety of rice generation by generation, utilizing his previous life’s scarce and scattered knowledge of agronomy and breeding little by little. It took him half a year to create fifteen rice varieties, each having its own advantages. But in the end, he chose the "ordinary in yield" Wang Family No. 9, which was not particularly standout in insect and disease resistance, to be the variety for large-scale experimentation. The reason is quite simple, this variety’s genetic mutation has one major feature, which is that once the seeds are soaked in low concentration salt water, the offspring cannot be reproduced. Simply put, only the Wang Family can cultivate the first generation as the original seed; the seeds soaked in low concentration salt water, once planted for offspring seeds, that grain can only be eaten and not used as grain seeds. This can effectively prevent the leakage of good seeds. According to Wang Shouzhe, many long-established or powerful families have been cultivating their own good seeds for generations, whether with high yield or high quality. These good seeds are cherished, only used on their own farms, and when selling externally, they are hulled. Because once sold as seed grain, the entire variety would spread out. And Wang Shouzhe’s Wang Family No. 9 has no such concerns. In Wang Shouzhe’s contemplation. Wang Xiaozhi said, "Shouzhe, I know you are concerned about this mass production. But you should hurry back; in a few days, it will be your wedding, the whole family is busy with your wedding matters, you should not run to the farmland anymore." "I was just taking a look, I’m going back now, going back." Wang Shouzhe smiled, taking his leave. In fact, he also knew that the Wang Race had been preparing for his wedding for a long time. The wedding attire and so on were made half a year in advance. There’s also his second brother Wang Shouyi, who had already commissioned various merchants more than half a year ago to purchase some high-end ingredients from Longzuo County and even the surrounding areas. The rest of the family also had been busy for a good while. Moreover, at this time, many daughters who had married out brought their children back to the Wang Family’s Main Residence, both to celebrate and help. On the carriage back, Wang Shouzhe exhaled a turbid breath. He couldn’t help but be filled with emotions, unconsciously, he was getting married! What fascinated him the most was that up to now, he and the bride had never met each other. Both did not know what the other looked like. Moreover, until now, they only had two or three times of little exchanges from a distance. This was even more exaggerated than those online relationships Wang Shouzhe had on Earth. But in this world, such marriages between legitimate sons and daughters of noble families are very normal. Chen Fangjie and his sister Wang Luoyi came to the Wang Family’s Main Residence only once before they got married, not daring to visit the main residence afterward, fearing that they would break the rules and be killed by Wang Shouzhe. "Hehe~ But this kind of arranged marriage is quite good." Wang Shouzhe smiled, on Earth, marriage and dating could talk for many years, how troublesome! A few more days passed. The sky is high and the air is fresh. This is a season of harvest and also a suitable season for marriages. For Changning Guard’s Shanyin Town, it is also a very important season. Because in Shanyin Town, the Luoyi who holds an overpowering position, today, their legitimate daughter is marrying. To celebrate this joyous event, the Liua Family has announced that the family tax for all arable land within their jurisdiction will be exempted once this autumn harvest. What a grand gesture! One must know, the arable land within Liua Family’s jurisdiction requiring the noble family tax amounts to over seventy thousand acres, just the reduced noble tax amounts to over seven hundred Qian Gold. This is a great affair for most ordinary self-cultivating farmers, paying less than a dozen Ten Large Coppers in tax during the autumn harvest season allows them to have a bountiful year. And thus, the overall financial power of the Shanyin Liua Family can be seen; the loss of merely over seven hundred Qian Gold is insignificant, genuinely beyond what ordinary noble families can compare. At the entrance to Shanyin Town’s power range, stands a gate tower outpost, on top of the gate tower is a stone plaque inscribed with the words Shanyin. This is a defense line and checkpoint, where a Liua Family member and a team of household soldiers and servants are stationed round the clock, anyone entering Shanyin Town, especially those loose cultivators and traveling merchants, will be interrogated and registered. This is also what makes Shanyin different from the other towns, it can prevent most transient criminals and also make those intending to commit crimes fearful. Thus, the crime rate within Shanyin has always been the lowest among all Changning Guard’s towns, with a stable and orderly life. At the same time, on the wide open space beside the gate tower, there had long been Liua Family members waiting, with sunshades erected and a prepared drum and suona ensemble. A large number of Shanyin civilians had already gathered near the gate tower. Read full story at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝙣𝙚𝙩
