Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 396: Tasting New Varieties of Fruits (2)

Zongzheng Zehang, though not like Beitang Xuan, still couldn’t help himself and said, "Princess, our Zongzheng family has felt the same since we started following you, and we have never thought of backing out."

"Princess, there’s no need to look at me, since you are the Holy Maiden of our Xuanyuan Family, naturally we will heed whatever you say." Seeing his cousin’s eyes sweep over, Jueqing stepped forward to express his sentiment.

Xiu Bingxi was anxiously waiting, he lifted his eyelids to look at the Charm Prince, seeing him leisurely and carefree, then turned to gaze at the Princess with worry, bit his teeth, made up his mind, lifted his robe, stood up, cupped his fist and bowed, "Princess, my Xiu Family has followed the Prince since the beginning, committing to live and die together, I Xiu, ..."

"Yes, this Princess knows, you don’t need to be hasty in declaring your position." She waved her hand, signaling him to sit down.

"Yes, Princess."

"Just as Young Master Beitang said, it’s large-scale planting, and this time the variety of fruit trees to be planted is plentiful and widespread, so today I have called you all here to synthesize our plans."

The group exchanged glances, not quite understanding her meaning, Xiu Bingxi slightly furrowed his brow, "Princess, are you suggesting planting fruit trees in each Prefecture Government?"

Feng Xuxu looked at him approvingly, smiled lightly and nodded, "Yes, right, not only the fruit trees in each Prefecture Government, but I also want to ensure that the Dapeng greens reach every Prefecture Government."

Upon hearing the Princess’ words, everyone felt as if a fire had been ignited within them, filled with an eagerness to act. Xueyan Country has a total of thirty-one Prefecture Governments, and if every Prefecture Government were to build a greenhouse and start planting fruit trees, then the potential is limitless.

"Princess, just tell us what to do, we’ll follow your orders," Zongzheng Zehang, inspired by the Princess’ words, felt his blood boil with the desire to make a big contribution.

"Princess, give your command."

"Now the situation in the Capital City has stabilized after a few months of effort, so you each can leave someone behind to take your place, and you yourselves can return to your family locations, leading the locals to start planting ordinary fruit trees on those barren hills. Then, find some people to start reclaiming wasteland for planting rare fruit trees. You must plan well for each Prefecture Government, deciding which places are for fruit trees and which places for greenhouses with vegetables. Next, build large ice cellars near each orchard to store the fruits," she said in one breath, and then picked up a teacup to take a gentle sip to moisten her throat.

After listening, Zongzheng Zehang’s eyes filled with confusion, "Princess, what are these rare fruit trees?"

"Right, aren’t ice cellars normally used to store ice in winter? Now it’s summer, this,..." Beitang Xuan was also perplexed, storing ice in winter was easy to understand, but it was mid-July, the hottest time of the year, and winter was still months away.

"For now, I’m only asking you to build ice cellars, not to actually store fruit yet. Furthermore, even if we were to store fruit now, I have a method to produce ice quickly, so you need not worry about that." She put down her teacup, addressing Beitang Xuan’s concerns.

"As for the rare fruits, you’ll taste them in a moment and see if you can recognize what they are called." No sooner had she finished speaking than Zhu Lengqing, followed by several young maids, each holding fruit plates filled with various colored fruit flesh, which looked fresh and appetizing.

Seeing their eyes glued to the differently colored fruit flesh, Feng Xuxu smiled lightly, "Don’t be shy, try them."

Jueqing picked up a fruit plate from the table, examined it closely, and sniffed it, then shook his head. Since he couldn’t discern it by sight or smell, he decided to taste it, picked up a pair of chopsticks and grabbed a yellow, diamond-shaped piece of fruit flesh and put it in his mouth, "Uh, uh,..." each sound louder than the last, attracting the attention of the others around him. Seeing him make two sounds and then falling silent, frowning, Beitang Xuan couldn’t resist asking, "Brother Jueqing, what do those ’uhs’ actually mean?"