C45 (1/2)
Cold Dew descended.
In these past few days, the trade at the Heavenly Food Plaza was in full swing.
The Xu family was isolated from the outside world all year round. In the past, they had always relied on travelling merchants to supply things that they did not have.
Today, the outside world was in a state of turmoil as all the major powers came to the Xu family to exchange for large amounts of food. In order to guarantee that they could exchange for as much food as possible, they also took out some relatively rare things.
Although the Xu family had certain restrictions on the exchange of food, the people from the Xu family that were targeted at the Heaven's Food Plaza were not their family treasury.
To the Great Zhou Empire, they were aware of the importance of the grain depot.
If there was a huge upheaval and the grain depot was empty, it would be fatal.
Even though the Xu family grew rice grains all year round, they still had to prepare a large amount in case of an emergency.
It was not to prepare for himself, but for the soldiers and horses who were willing to fight for the common people of the world, and for those who had to flee in the midst of war and could not eat.
Therefore, the entire village had an extremely large stock of grain in the Xu family. For countless years, there had been an accumulation of grain. Every year, there would be a certain amount stored.
After all, the ancestor of the Xu family of the farmhouse was fated. When the world was in chaos, the humans would enter the dark era, and the farmhouse would be born.
It flourished and declined, never changing.
Farmers are the foundation, naturally they had to do what was done to prevent the unforeseen. This was their mission.
In the Heavenly Food Plaza, everyone had their own savings and stores of food.
After all, everyone had their own plans. As long as they could make themselves stronger, it wasn't impossible.
For the major powers, they were fighting for the large transaction between the Xu family and the farmers, but they also placed their emphasis on the Heaven's Food Plaza.
One had to know that everyone in the Xu family grew rice grains and herbs.
A person is basically unable to use them all. If these things could be exchanged for something more valuable to them, they would naturally exchange them.
Accumulated small amount of sand into a tower, water into a river, to the end of winter can be exchanged for a lot.
It had to be known that Xu Zongyi was only in the Qi Drawing Realm, but he already had these Bone Ablutionary Grass and Essence Purification Grass, not to mention those who had a higher cultivation realm than him.
Xu Zongyi had harvested the fourth season's grass. He had always been very calm and wasn't in a hurry to exchange for it.
According to Princess Wen Su, when winter came, the various powers would also offer better things to use as incentives to the farmers' and Xu family's disciples to exchange for more food.
They knew that many farmers would have control of the Xu family and would not give large amounts to their forces. Therefore, they could only use this method to squeeze out the rice and herbs from everyone in the Xu family, allowing them to store them to the maximum extent possible.
One time, when he was nurturing a piece of jade, Xu Zongyi held the ring and asked the elder beside Wen Su for confirmation. He said that back then, he had taken the ring to the Duke of Wen, asking him to deduce the identity of the person who had sent Xu Chen here. Was it the ring in his hand?
However, the result was beyond his expectations. It was indeed his ring.
As for people, they weren't.
He had originally thought that he would be a guardian, a hall master, but the answer he had obtained was actually a young man.
Who was that person?
Why did it end up in the hands of the Scripture Hall? What was the purpose of that person's investigation of his father's whereabouts?
During this period of time, there were many things that he did not know. He had yet to meet with the hall master, so there were some things that he could not ask.
The old man wasn't too sure who the young man was.
Xu Zongyi did not continue to pursue this issue.
It was also unlikely for the Duke Wen Mansion to tell them who the other party was.
He also knew from Wen Su that the Duke Wen Palace would keep the identity of the diviner a secret.
No matter what.
Xu Zongyi did not pursue the matter any further. The Wen Family had their principles, so the only thing he could do now was to become stronger. He turned his attention to the female soldier.
These days, she did her best to let them basically master the essence of cooking rice grains.
However, this was not enough for them.
There was still quite a large gap between his control over how he cooked the rice grains as a whole and Xu Zongyi.
However, practice makes perfect. Xu Zongyi no longer felt that there was a need to learn more. He had to observe many minute details on his own, adjusting them time and time again to achieve the best results.
So they were going to teach them how to boil the herbs.
Similar to the Marrow Washing Grass or the Spirit Gathering Grass, there was an extreme amount of attention paid to the cooking process of each of the herbs. Not everyone could fully display the effects of the herbs.
Every year, there would be many people from the Xu family who would be sent away by the major powers to serve as their ministers.
It could be said that the great powers had put in a lot of effort just to invite these people over.
The Xu family of the village would make a rule for these disciples who were invited to leave. They could not go against this rule, or else they would be severely punished by the Winter Court.
Those who became reverends of the major powers would have to sacrifice their status in the future in the family of the peasants. They would never have an important position in power, and at the same time, they would also be under the supervision of the Winter Court. They would not reveal any secrets about the peasants' family, and would have to swear a blood oath.