Master of Exotic Planting Chapter 228: Shaking conspiracy
Zhang Xiaofan couldn't get rid of it, so he had to agree.
Slightly preparing, he mounted the Yuanwolf mount and set off. All the way out of the county town, went straight to Hongpao Township. Don't know why, he has always felt a little restless in recent days. It seems that something bad is about to happen.
"Is it dangerous to go to Hongpao Township this time to deal with the tea tree not growing buds?" Zhang Xiaofan was wary in his heart, and he acted with extreme caution.
He has a family and a mouth. In case the tea trees are really put to death, the emperor will blame him and kill his head.
The family will lose his pillar.
Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan didn't care about enjoying the scenery, but thinking carefully about possible troubles.
About an hour later, Zhang Xiaofan finally entered the boundary of Hongpao Township.
I saw tea trees planted on both sides of the road.
"No problem!"
Zhang Xiaofan also deliberately jumped off the source wolf mount, and walked to the tea forest to take a closer look. These tea trees are obviously growing new buds, and many of them have already been picked.
Regardless of vitality, branches and leaves, they are all normal.
He continued on, and villages appeared in front of him, and the houses were very beautifully built. Blue brick houses can be seen everywhere.
It seems that the people of Hongpao Township are very wealthy.
An old man led several local villagers on the side of the road, waiting for a long time.
Seeing Zhang Xiaofan's arrival, the old man immediately led the crowd to greet him and said, "Is this an adult from the Agricultural Academy, please?"
"Exactly!"
Zhang Xiaofan dropped Yuan Wolf and responded with a smile.
The old man looked at Zhang Xiaofan, and then at the path behind Zhang Xiaofan, a disappointed expression flashed in the old man's eyes.
"Excuse me, your surname? Did the Sinongyuan only send you here?"
Obviously, the other party saw that Zhang Xiaofan was very young, so he doubted his ability.
"My name is Zhang, and the other people in the Agricultural Academy are very busy, so I was sent to help you solve the problem of the tea trees not sprouting." Zhang Xiaofan explained.
"Master Zhang may not know that we have had problems with the tea trees in Hongpao Township for a long time. During this period, we have not only contacted the people from your farm, but also the famous Yuannong in Wuyi County. Come here. At the time, they all claimed to be more powerful and more powerful than Shennong. But none of them cured the tea tree problem in Hongpao Township."
The old man said these words to tell Zhang Xiaofan that the problem in Hongpao Township is very difficult.
However, Zhang Xiaofan didn't take it seriously, as if he could not understand the deep meaning of the old man's words, he still smiled and said, "Old man, I am here to solve your problems for you, and lead the way."
All come, Zhang Xiaofan naturally can only bite the bullet and rush forward.
If you don't settle the matter here, you will definitely be punished when you go back.
In the officialdom, some rules must be accepted. Peng Tang is the deputy head of the Sinong Academy, and is half an rank higher than Zhang Xiaofan. Naturally have the power to order him to do something.
Suppressing people at the senior level is not just for fun.
The old man stood still, but his eyes flickered, and his face was as secret as he said, "Master Zhang, you can solve the problem of the tea tree not sprouting for our Hongpao Township. The little old man is grateful. But you may not I know that before you, there were two people in the Sinongyuan. For the first time, I sent a disciple from the Sinongyuan, but failed to find the problem. Later, a big man came here, a deputy chief named Peng. ."
"Unfortunately, he still failed to solve the problem."
"The tea tree in Hongpao Township is the imperial tea that needs tribute. Now that it has been delayed for so long, the internal affairs office of the imperial palace is very angry and directly gave us an ultimatum. If this month, Can’t solve the problem, not only the source farmers in Hongpao Township, but also Mr. Zhang, I’m afraid you will have to lose your head!"
The old man is a real person, but Zhang Xiaofan is so young, like a stunned young man, he doesn't understand the stakes at all.
He immediately confessed the inner details.
"Damn, it turns out that Peng Tang's old thing has already been here. He couldn't solve it, but he sent me. He made it clear that he wanted to use me as a scapegoat!" Zhang Xiaofan's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but curse. Peng Tang is an old traitor.
"Master Zhang, it has a lot to do with the lives of many people. Look... or invite the first seat of your Agricultural Academy, which is good for everyone." The old man cautiously suggested.
Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help smiling wryly.
"We left Wuyi County Town just two days before the first seat of the week, and we don’t know when we can come back. That’s good, you first take me to see the tea tree that has the problem. If I can’t solve it, please ask Zhou. It’s not too late for the first seat."
At this juncture, the first seat of the week happened to be absent. I don't know if it was a coincidence or was it a deliberate escape?
No one in a high position is a simple character.
It is human instinct to seek good luck and avoid evil, and it is also the way to survive.
There is a problem with these tea plants, and it has been a long time. It is impossible for Zhou Shouzuo to not know.
Maybe, Zhou Shouzu has already learned about it, but there is no way to solve it. This time, he is worried about the crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. That's why he left Wuyi County City deliberately, letting Deputy Peng Tang stand on it.
Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimps.
The old thief Peng Tang is not stupid, and he certainly won't bear this big crime of hanging his head. So he forcibly pushed it to Zhang Xiaofan.
This is a trick that kills two birds with one stone.
You can find a scapegoat and take away the risk of losing his head for him. You can take this opportunity to avenge Zhang Xiaofan's blood and hatred for his son.
A soft knife kills without seeing blood.
In this conspiracy battle, Zhang Xiaofan became the ultimate victim.
Of course, he will definitely not admit his fate. He wants to counterattack.
The old man shook his head, sighed, and led Zhang Xiaofan to the place where the imperial tea was grown.
Followed the old man through a village road, and then came to a spiritual field guarded by a magic circle. Looking at it, there is probably nearly one hundred acres of spiritual land here. They all planted tea trees, not a single herb.
I saw that the branches of these tea trees were all old leaves, and none of them had grown new buds.
Zhang Xiaofan can't help but sigh that the emperor of the great agricultural country is really extravagant. Even the tea you drink must be planted in the spiritual field.
To be sure, Hongpao Township is definitely only one of the places where imperial tea is supplied.
There must be other places where the imperial tea was supplied by the emperor of Da Nong Country.
Dahongpao is abundant here, and other places may be rich in green tea, nourishing heart tea, Yuqian Maojian and so on.
Anyway, the emperor Laoer is the most noble person in the world, and ordinary people can't even imagine the enjoyment in all aspects. Just drinking tea, I am afraid there are twenty or thirty kinds.
"Master Zhang, these are the tea trees that are in trouble. There are more than 100 acres, all of which are imperial tea that needs tribute. Since the winter last year, they have not picked new buds. They didn't care about it at the time, and waited until In spring, there is still no movement. Now the whole summer is almost over. They are still no movement, we are almost dying."
The old man pointed to the tea tree in the ground with a sad face.
The tea farmers following him are also frowning.
In the past, they planted tea for the emperor, which not only had a generous reward, but also a kind of supreme honor.
Now that something has happened, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will investigate and restrict them to hand in tea on time. If you can't hand over the tea, you must be punished, and all of them are panicked.
"Old man, don't worry, let me take a look first. By the way, are there any teas I picked last year? Show me some too." Zhang Xiaofan has super powers and can see that others can't see it. Detailed properties.
He believes that he can find the clues.
"Yes, yes! I'll get it for you right away!" The old man immediately ordered the people behind him to go and fetch some of the tea leaves he picked last year.
Even if it is a tribute imperial tea, not all tea needs tribute.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Imperial Palace was very picky when it came down to collect tea. Only choose top-grade and top-grade products. For those of general quality, you won't want them at all.
So, they still have a lot of stock in their hands.
Only in terms of quality, it must be no better than those Ocha that has been tribute.
Zhang Xiaofan didn't wait, but started to look at the tea trees that had problems. If there are only one or two tea plants that have a problem, it may be a good solution.
Now there are more than one hundred acres of tea trees at the same time, and all of them have problems. This is really weird.
Definitely not a climate influence.
Because when I came, the ordinary tea plants were all normal.
Zhang Xiaofan used his superpowers to look at a tea tree in front of him.
[Name: Dahongpao, tenth-order common grass. 】
[Age: 99 years old. 】
[Vitality: 89. 】
[Attributes: refreshing and refreshing, cooling blood and detoxification. 】
Only 89 is left, the problem should be here.
Zhang Xiaofan turned to look at another tea tree, almost identical in attributes.
"Weird! The same age is enough, how come the vitality is also 89?"
Zhang Xiaofan didn't believe in evil, and he saw many tea trees in a row, all of them. This time it was really hell.
"Old man, how many years have these tea trees been planted?" Zhang Xiaofan asked casually.
"Some are more than 100 years old, and some are more than 30 years old. But because they are planted in spiritual fields, they use special fertilizers. So even if the tea trees are only planted for about 30 years, the actual tree age is 100 years. Above."
"Oh, yes, these tea trees belong to the rank of ordinary grass. No matter how they are planted, their upper limit is the tenth order ordinary grass. And the age of the tea trees that can be tribute must be over 100 years old."
The old man added another sentence.
No wonder these tea plants are all 99 years old.
This is already their limit.
All their vitality has dropped to 89, which is amazing.
Zhang Xiaofan knows that if you want to solve the problem that tea trees do not grow new shoots, you must start with its vitality.
Since the beginning of last winter, tea trees have not grown new shoots. It has been more than half a year since now. These tea trees did not die, their vitality stayed at 89. It is enough to show that they have not been particularly seriously injured.
What caused it?
Zhang Xiaofan began to examine the reasons carefully.
The trunk is off-white, the new branches are verdant, and the leaves are bright green, indicating that there is nothing wrong with its stem.
A medicated **** is needed to dig out the soil from its roots.
Zhang Xiaofan found that the soil at their roots was soft and fertile, indicating that the source farmers who planted them were very diligent in taking care of them. Their roots are fresh and tender and the root system is well developed. There is also no problem.
This is really weird.
There is nothing wrong with the whole plant, no wonder there are so many experts who have not been able to find the problem.
If Zhang Xiaofan hadn't had superpowers, he would certainly not have noticed that there was a problem with the vitality of these tea trees.
"Is there a problem with the fertilizer?"
There is such a possibility.
"Old man, what fertilizer have you applied to these tea plants recently? Have you changed the fertilizer in the past year?" Zhang Xiaofan asked.
"The fertilizers applied to the tea trees are all specially formulated by Shennong of the Imperial Palace." The old man opened a large tank next to him and saw black fertilizer piled in it.
Zhang Xiaofan can't see the specific formula.
Just by feeling, these fertilizers should be very good.
"Go and dig me ten tea seedlings of this species. Be careful not to damage the roots."
Zhang Xiaofan told the old man.
Whether there is a problem with these fertilizers, you must test it before you can know.
Soon, ten seedlings of tea trees were dug up. Zhang Xiaofan saw fresh young leaves and buds growing on their branches.
The vitality of these tea plants is currently 99.
It dropped a bit.
It should be a little bit of life lost in the process of digging them.
Before this, it must be one hundred.
Zhang Xiaofan personally planted them in this spiritual field, and then filled them with vitality. After doing all this, Zhang Xiaofan took some fertilizer from the big tank, and then fertilized two of the small tea trees that had just been planted.
After all this is done, all that remains is to wait patiently.
"Master Zhang, this is the leftover tea leaves after picking last year. Please have a look."
The old man sent someone to fetch a bag of Ocha after the tribute, and finally he brought it.
After Zhang Xiaofan took it, he stared at the tea in his hand.
[Name: Dahongpao, tenth-order common grass. 】
[Age: 99 years old. 】
[Vitality: 0. 】
[Attributes: refreshing and refreshing, cooling blood and detoxification. Chronic toxic +1. 】
Zhang Xiaofan thought he was wrong, wiped his eyes, and used his super power to check the tea leaves in his hand again.
There is still a chronic poison +1, this terrible attribute.
He took another pack, and looked at it again, it was still the same.
This time, Zhang Xiaofan has realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Are these tea leaves left after the tribute last year?"
asked Zhang Xiaofan.
"Yes, after the tribute, the Ministry of Internal Affairs picked the rest. Don't look at the taste as good as the tribute, but the effect is the same. By the end of the year, these teas can be sold. Every year It is very popular."
The old man didn't even know that these teas are highly toxic.
He was still telling Zhang Xiaofan how popular these tribute teas are in a bragging tone.
Don't worry about selling at all.
But since it was a tribute, it definitely couldn't be sold back then. Even if the emperor picks the rest, according to the rules, he still has to wait until the next year to sell it.
"When did the last batch of tea be collected?" Cold sweat was already secreted on Zhang Xiaofan's forehead.
He is not dangerous, but these tea farmers who grow imperial tea, maybe they will ransack their families.
The tribute tea given to the emperor is actually very poisonous, which is a great crime of killing the emperor.
When the emperor knew about it, he would be furious, and all the tea farmers would not escape death. Even their family members are hardly immune.
"It was accepted more than seven months ago. Is there any problem?" The old man didn't understand why this Master Zhang had to make a frightening appearance.
"These tea leaves are highly toxic. You'd better find a way to inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As long as you have not given the emperor to drink, immediately seal them up, maybe it will save all of your tea farmers."
Zhang Xiaofan faintly realized that he had accidentally discovered a conspiracy.
Maybe someone wants to kill the king.
Plop!
The old man knelt on the ground, and the other tea farmers were also frightened.
What can I do?
The tribute tea offered was very poisonous, and God made a big joke for them.
"Master Zhang, this, isn’t it true? After these teas were offered, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had multiple testing procedures. If they were really toxic, they would surely be able to find out on the spot. At that time, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs checked. There is no problem."
The old man reluctantly settled down, and hurriedly asked.
Zhang Xiaofan is so young, in the eyes of the old man, he is certainly not very capable. Besides, this Master Zhang just took the tea leaves and looked at them and concluded that they are highly toxic~IndoMTL.com~Who believe it?
"May I be joking about this kind of thing? Forget it, save a life and win the seventh-level pontoon. I will try my best to help you once."
It is estimated that letting these tea farmers contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs on their own will be hard to beat.
Zhang Xiaofan thinks this is an opportunity to do meritorious service.
He immediately rode the source wolf and quickly returned to Wuyi County, and then sent a letter to Ding Shi Lang of the Ministry of Industry as quickly as possible by means of flying birds. Write down your findings.
Ding Shi Lang, please try to stop it immediately and do everything possible to save the lives of those tea farmers.
This is the county town. There should be up to two days to send the letter to Shi Lang Ding.
After finishing all this, Zhang Xiaofan was planning to go to the county guard house and report the matter to Wu county guard. After thinking about it, he dismissed the idea.
Speak out, no one will believe him.