Chapter 161: Too Much Fertilizer

Xiao Huaijin's cheeks were a little red, but he still insisted, "I am not worried."

After Yan Ning spoke a few words with him, seeing her father was busy, she cautiously took the Fruit Wine from in front of Xiao Huaijin and poured herself a small cup.

Her father usually didn't let her drink, saying her brain was still developing and that drinking alcohol would affect it.

This Fruit Wine didn't have a high alcohol content, so it was fine to drink it as a dessert.

Seeing that she liked it, Xiao Huaijin took advantage of the moment Yan Ze wasn't paying attention and poured another cup for Yan Ning.

While there was laughter and chatter here, on the other side, at the Imperial Academy, Yun Shu was having a bit of a headache.

In front of him was a stack of paper with some words written on it, but even more illustrations.

Using Simplified Chinese Characters and horizontal printing, the Imperial Student had already grown accustomed to this.

But every time they printed, the Imperial Student would lecture him repeatedly, telling him to draw fewer pictures; since the illustrations were different every time, the woodcarver was also getting a bit impatient.

However, Yun Shu was already being very restrained; there was no other way, he had to draw the pictures.

Thinking back to the Chemistry textbook he had handed to the Imperial Student last time, the one with the periodic table of elements and all sorts of strange abbreviations.

The Imperial Student had looked at it, wanting to speak but stopping, then wanting to speak again, and finally said very dejectedly, "Sigh, don't draw these pictures next time. The carving is difficult, time is tight, and the craftsmen have all had to work overtime recently."

Yun Shu didn't rush to the Imperial Student's side, but instead went out to buy some pastries, and only then did he go to find the Imperial Student while carrying two Physics textbooks.

As soon as the Imperial Student Luo Yuda saw Yun Shu, his hair stood on end.

Seeing the thick stack of paper in his hand, he was somewhat surprised, "You, how did you write such a thick book again?"

Yun Shu handed the snacks in his hand to him: "These are two books; the construction period doesn't need to be that rushed."

Luo Yuda quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yun Shu asked, "Can they be printed in three months?"

Luo Yuda took the stack of paper and saw that almost every page had many illustrations on it.

Luo Yuda's smile froze.

Luo Yuda didn't care that Yun Shu was now a Fourth Rank Official, "So many pictures, and you want us to finish printing them in three months? Do you take us for donkeys pulling a millstone?"

Yun Shu thought for a moment, "How about this, you all print the first book first, and we'll talk after that."

Only then did Luo Yuda's expression soften.

Seeing him take the books and prepare to go print them, Yun Shu let out a long sigh of relief.

He lacked an assistant; if he could hand this kind of work over to an assistant in the future, that would be great.

Yun Shu didn't notice that a student was following behind him and accidentally overheard their conversation.

Song Yu returned to Science Class One and said to everyone, "Do you know? Our textbooks were actually written by Master Yun all by himself!"

Everyone was quiet for a moment, then started chattering again.

"Didn't they say Master Yun accidentally obtained a book on Physics? Could it be that he wrote it by copying that book?"

"What could one book teach? Master Yun has written so many for us, and there's still a thick stack of two more books waiting to be printed."

"I heard that our Mathematics exams and Physics exams are all questions written by Master Yun. Doctor Jiang and the others have been teaching for decades and all say the questions Master Yun writes are ingenious. How is his brain so flexible?"

"With such an amazing Master, if we study hard, we will definitely be able to enter the Research Institute in the future!"

They clearly hadn't expected Yun Shu to be so amazing, being able to write such complex textbooks from the simple to the profound.

Song Yu said, "No wonder Master Yun was promoted so quickly; he is truly amazing."

The original nineteen people in Science Class One lowered their heads in shame.

They had actually discussed playing tricks on Master Yun together.

Moreover, they were too embarrassed to take the initiative to talk to Yun Shu, fearing that Yun Shu would remember them and make things difficult for them.

When Yun Shu entered the classroom, the noisy, clamorous sounds stopped.

He saw that when this group of students looked at him one by one, their eyes were sparkling.

Yun Shu:?

Yun Shu was puzzled; what had these people heard to be so excited?

At this time, Yun Shu handed out the textbooks one by one and said to everyone, "This book is Chemistry, a new subject for the Science Class. Starting from the next time after next, we will test on Chemistry as well. Those whose average score is failing for three consecutive times will be expelled from the Imperial Academy."

Song Yu hurriedly said, "Master, don't worry, we will study hard."

Yun Shu's teaching method was special; after he finished teaching, he let them study on their own, and they could ask about what they didn't understand next time.

The next day, when Yan Ning came over, what she saw was a scene of a group of people holding books and reading; all fifty people didn't even notice she had arrived.

Yan Ning looked at these students, thinking that in the future they could research things like Physics and Chemistry in ancient times.

Anyway, she couldn't go back to the Modern Plane; perhaps in the future, the ancient world could also live a fast and convenient life.

After the Steam Train was made, Yan Ning felt that life in the future would become more and more convenient.

Yan Ning left the Imperial Academy and took a carriage to go see the Imperial Farm.

When they were in the Modern Plane at that time, they had already exchanged for many improved seeds.

The taste of vegetables in ancient times couldn't compare to modern ones, and one very important reason was that the seed quality wasn't good enough.

Modern seeds were all improved seeds that researchers had cultivated for a long time; Yan Ning wanted to promote these improved seeds.

During this period, the Imperial Farm had sent over quite a few improved vegetables; the improved vegetables were indeed more fragrant.

Yan Ning sat in the carriage and soon arrived at the Imperial Farm.

This time it wasn't Steward Feng who greeted them, but a child who opened the door for them.

Yan Ning grabbed someone and asked, "Where is Steward Feng?"

This person was startled and immediately knelt down.

Looking at the people around, their complexions were worse than the last; could it be that something had happened at the Imperial Farm?

At this moment, Steward Feng hurried over, his expression somewhat panicked.

Yan Ning frowned: "What happened?"

Steward Feng stammered, "This, it seems we have ruined a patch of land..."

Steward Feng took Yan Ning to that patch of land, talking about the recent situation as they walked.

It was unclear what was going on with that land; when Steward Feng went to inspect it yesterday, he discovered the seedlings in this plot were listless and had not grown taller at all.

Steward Feng panicked immediately.

He did not sleep a wink last night, spending the whole night thinking of a solution.

Yet he looked for many reasons and could not find any.

Yan Ning also felt it was strange and went to that vegetable plot together with Steward Feng.

Once she arrived, Yan Ning smelled a foul odor.

Steward Feng hurriedly said, "I applied Fertilizer last night, the smell is a bit strong..."

Yan Ning frowned and said to him, "It's fine."

Yan Ning squatted down to see if she could discover anything.

Recently, Yan Ning had been looking at the planting processes of various crops and the issues that might be encountered.

It could be said that Yan Ning's theoretical knowledge of farming was quite rich.

Yan Ning looked left and right, and finally found the reason, "Steward Feng, are you applying Fertilizer very frequently?"

Steward Feng bowed and said, "Yes, I come to apply Fertilizer every week, wanting the Seed to grow better."

The manor had plenty of cattle, sheep, chicken, and duck manure, so there was no shortage of Fertilizer at all.

Yan Ning pointed at that patch of land and said, "It should be that the application of Fertilizer was excessive, causing the root systems of the seedlings to be burned."

Steward Feng was stunned.