After class, no one went back to rest. They sat in the open space in front of the house, chatting. The bright moonlight shone down, making everything seem tranquil and peaceful.
Bai Sheng took out more fruits and vegetables from her spatial dimension, washed them, and placed them on the wooden table in the courtyard.
Since Bai Sheng and Lu Ye got their own room, she had been taking out many novel items from her spatial dimension, and no one found it strange anymore. Perhaps the Madame had bought things and kept them in her room, so they hadn't seen them.
Besides fruits and vegetables, Bai Sheng also brought out a large plate of freshly popped popcorn. Centered around Prince Yu, Ji Chenghe, Lu Ye, and Bai Sheng, everyone gathered around a large table, eating snacks and chatting.
Bai Sheng was quite satisfied with Prince Yu's performance today. This pampered prince knew how to behave on occasion. When visiting someone else's home, one should be polite. He wasn't overly sharp-tongued or excessively picky.
However, Lu Yu hadn't finished speaking. Chewing on a piece of popcorn, he walked up to Prince Yu and asked, tilting his small face, "I have a little white rabbit at home named Snowflake. Do you have one?" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Everyone was stunned.
Granny Zhong blinked. The young master had run up to someone again to ask if they had something. Really, what didn't Prince Yu's family have?
Prince Yu chuckled, then raised his hand and pinched Lu Yu's cheek, "My family doesn't have a little white rabbit either."
Hmph, what kind of Prince Yu is this? His home doesn't have a big silver snake, a big white wolf, or even a camel, let alone a little white rabbit.
Lu Yun instantly felt that Prince Yu was no longer appealing and ran away, deciding not to play with him anymore.
The crowd burst into laughter.
After the laughter subsided, Prince Yu looked at Bai Sheng, his eyes sparkling, "Little Black Face, I heard you want to turn the desert into an oasis?"
Seeing how Prince Yu looked at his precious Bai Bao, Lu Ye felt the urge to stuff him into a sack and beat him. He moved his stool forward, just enough to block Prince Yu's line of sight towards Bai Sheng.
"Actually, I don't have such grand aspirations. I just want to improve the living environment around the house and make it easier to travel," Bai Sheng chuckled nervously. Which big mouth had spread her boast so quickly?
Ji Chenghe said, "I believe Sister Xiao Sheng can definitely achieve it. Think about it, two months ago, this place was still desolate, with nothing. But what about two months later?
Everyone, look, houses, wells, people, soon there will be green trees, main roads... It's because I believe in Sister Xiao Sheng that I told Prince Yu about this. His Highness is here today to inspect it personally. If this small place called Hongshu Slope can be turned into an oasis, why can't our entire Tianshui Town, Tashajun, and even Bianzhou be turned into an oasis?
In fact, we want to use Hongshu Slope as a pilot project to accumulate experience. When Hongshu Slope is surrounded by green trees, we will replicate everything here elsewhere.
I believe that as long as we all work together, we can definitely overcome natural disasters and allow the common people to live, and live happily and joyfully."
After Ji Chenghe finished speaking, his students gathered around erupted in warm applause.
Ji Chenghe clasped his hands together and bowed slightly to the crowd with a faint smile.
Prince Yu nudged Lu Ye's shoulder aside and said to Bai Sheng, "What Ji Chenghe said is also what I mean. We are mainly here to learn from experience. Although Hongshu Slope is just your home, it is also a small world. Regarding the future construction and development of Hongshu Slope, Little Black Face, what are your plans?"
Ji Chenghe took out a thick booklet, ready to take notes.
Everyone else perked up their ears, their eyes sparkling, and they all looked at Bai Sheng.
Bai Sheng glanced at Lu Ye. Lu Ye smiled and nodded at her. Although he didn't want Prince Yu staring at his precious Bai Bao, he would support whatever his Bai Bao wanted to do with all his might, as long as she was happy every day.
Bai Sheng tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said with a smile, "My husband and I are just ordinary farmers. We may not have the lofty aspirations of Prince Yu and Brother Ji to care about the whole world. We just want to do our best to create better living conditions for our family and improve our living environment.
Hongshu Slope doesn't really have a set development path. We just try to meet whatever is lacking.
Before, Hongshu Slope lacked water the most, so we dug wells first. Before digging the wells, almost everyone outside didn't believe we could find water here, but we still dug it out.
Water is the source of life. With water, we can survive and also plant trees and grow crops.
The most important thing to change the desert is to prevent wind and fix sand.
Next, I plan to establish long, strip-shaped windbreak forests every two to three li, centered around Hongshu Slope. Then, improve the soil and plant grains and grass between the windbreaks.
As for how to improve the soil, I've built a septic tank and will buy some soil and straw from other places. Straw has strong water absorption capabilities. Wrapping tree roots with it can prolong the retention of water in the roots, and mixing it with soil can also maintain soil moisture.
Planting trees and crops is actually not easy, so I have opened up an experimental field and will conduct repeated experiments to find the optimal planting methods."
Prince Yu listened intently, his eyes twinkling, "Anything else?"
Everyone was lost in the scene Bai Sheng described, quiet.
Bai Sheng scratched her hair bun and continued, "We also need to build roads. If you want to be rich, build roads first.
Of course, all of this is inseparable from people. The populace also needs to be educated. We can't just be good-hearted and simply feed them, nurturing their inertia of wanting without effort. We must first lift their spirits, allowing them to earn a good living with their own hands..."
"Listening to Sister Xiao Sheng is like reading ten years of books," Ji Chenghe exclaimed, his booklet already filled with several pages of notes.
"Madame, we will help you plant trees! Just tell us what you need!" Tian Guihua was filled with excitement. She longed to see the Hongshu Slope that Madame described as soon as possible.
"And us, we will help Madame build roads," Feng Pingyuan added.
Zhao Dazhuang and others nodded repeatedly.
General Feces stood up, "Sister-in-law, I will definitely help you collect more feces."
"Whatever you do, I will support you," Lu Ye said, putting his arm around her shoulder, his eyes overflowing with love.
Bai Sheng gently pinched his waist, then looked at everyone. She suddenly felt more empowered. She clenched her fist and said firmly, "Okay, let's work hard together."
"Work hard together!"
Prince Yu was also moved. He asked Bai Sheng, "In two years, can Hongshu Slope take shape?"
"Two years is enough," Bai Sheng replied.
"Excellent," Prince Yu said, lightly tapping the table. "I appoint Ji Chenghe as the Special Envoy of Bianzhou to track and record the entire process. If Hongshu Slope truly becomes an oasis and successfully grows crops, I will request a first-rank noble title for you from the Emperor."