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"But you insisted on staying in this small village that is not important to you at all, and even asked to stay for a night - you should understand that this kind of trouble will almost certainly fall on my head."

"You are not a fool. You should be able to guess from my white hair that I am not living a happy life here."

Yuan Qingya was slightly stunned, and his smile became a little subtle.

It was actually seen through.

But he couldn't tell the truth - girl, there is a faint evil aura about you, let me give you a physical examination - this would definitely be regarded as a pervert.

Thinking of this, he calmly changed the subject.

"The harvest in this village must not be that good. How can you afford so many books?"

"In Edo Castle, a book can be exchanged for a lot of food."

Although he knew it was changing the subject, Ah Qing didn't really care.

"Look if you want to, it's not for sale."

"Books are expensive because printing is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but paper is not too expensive, and I wrote them all."

Yuan Qingya was not polite either. He lowered his head and flipped through a few books. Suddenly, his expression became interesting.

In a sense, this was indeed written by the girl in front of me.

The paper is yellow straw paper, the pen is a charcoal pencil, but every word and sentence is beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Each book was bound together with fine needle and thread and placed in neat stacks.

Yuan Qingya picked up a book at random, flipped through a few pages, and read it briefly. He found that it was an ordinary ghost story about the scary will-o'-the-wisp in the cemetery. There was nothing special about it.

He put the book back where it was and grabbed a few more.

The more he looked, the more surprised he was.

Ghost Stories, Romance Novels, Mythology and Supernatural

These are all normal.

However, books like "Collected Commentaries on the Compendium of Materia Medica", "The Book of Fighting and Wars", and "The Fourth Month People's Order" are not likely to be of interest to girls of this age, right?

The busy girl knew what was going to happen and spoke on her own.

“I only have one hobby”

“I like listening to stories, and I like reading even more.”

"I really like the feeling of listening to stories. It's great to express the joy, anger, sorrow, love, hate and vengeance through words and text, and to have them come alive in my mind."

"Hearsay is as good as seeing it in person."

"Thanks to this hobby, I may be smarter than most people in the village. Every month, the village organizes people to go to the town near the city to exchange food for daily necessities, and I always go with them."

"I don't have any special skills and I'm weak. I grow some grains and buckwheat, which is enough for me at most. Fortunately, I eat little and am easy to feed, so I won't starve to death. There's nothing I can do. My parents passed away early, so I can only rely on myself."

"Fortunately, maybe it's a talent, I seem to have some talent in painting, and the stories I write are also of interest to many merchants and young ladies in the town, so every time, I can earn a little money to buy some paper and pens, and then I can have some free time to read books in the bookstore."

"I memorized all of this bit by bit, and then copied it down. There may be mistakes or omissions, but I can't care about that."

Yuan Qingya raised his eyebrows and murmured in disbelief: "How old are you? How many times do you have to go to the bookstore to copy so many books?"

The girl in green turned around, gave a smile that seemed to be justified, and replied, "Three times."

"Because traveling is too dangerous, I rarely go out."

Yuan Qingya's eyelids twitched and he blurted out a sentence.

"You have a photographic memory?"

The girl's silence meant, in Yuan Qingya's opinion, that she agreed.

He was amazed in his heart.

Who knows, maybe I've found a treasure this time.

So, he pretended to be casual and said, "You read so many books, I have some questions to ask you."

"There are fields near Edo Castle, but the harvest is poor and some of them are abandoned. The officials and samurai are either idiots or useless. There is not a single one who can help. Although I have gathered a lot of manpower, if the grain production cannot be increased, it is ultimately just empty talk."

"Is there anything you can do to help me?"

The girl didn't look back, but just started talking.

"Well, farming? Near Edo Castle, rice should be mostly grown, right? Unlike here, the land is barren and the crops are mostly grains and buckwheat."

“Farming should take advantage of the time and conditions of the land. If the weather is insufficient, human effort can make up for it.”

"The basis of all farming is to seize the right time, mix the soil, make sure it is fertilized, and to weed early and harvest early."

"In short, we need to adapt to the climate, apply fertilizers diligently, and prevent disasters."

"If I were to be more specific, just talking about rice fields, there are early rice fields, late rice fields, mountain cold water fields, and plain rice fields. These all have different characteristics. Which one do you want to hear about?"

The girl in green waved her hand, and saw Yuan Qingya holding his head, standing up with a headache, but his eyes were shining when he looked at her.

Although she knew that this promising young king would not do anything out of line, she still felt a little nervous subconsciously, and her eyes became a little flustered.

Yuan Qingya ignored all that and forced himself to put on a very artificial and sweet smile.

"I say, Miss Qing."

"Please, please come home with me."

"You shouldn't waste your talent in this small mountain village!"

Chapter 282 Incentives

Because of Achi's incident, Minamoto Kiyomasa didn't care much about the difference between humans and demons. In the past few days, he had just adapted to the identity of "leader of the country" and issued decrees and laws to try to change the current situation in Musashi Province. This was a time when he was extremely overwhelmed.

Governing a country is really not a simple matter. It is easy to be a tyrant, but it is extremely difficult to be a wise king.

This place was already a mess, and he took over suddenly without any help. He had to rely on force to suppress it. There were already many hidden dangers, and this was exactly the time when talent was needed.

He no longer cared whether the girl in front of him was a monster or not.

Anyone who can help him manage Musashi Province, even if they are a monster, will be carefully protected by him. If anyone dares to move, he will draw his sword.

Anyway, he already has an Ah Chi, so an Ah Qing would be a good match. Obsessive-compulsive disorder enthusiasts are crying with joy.

The girl in green sighed, not taking the blunt, hooligan-like words seriously. Holding two coarse porcelain bowls, she walked in front of Yuan Qingya and sat down leisurely.

"Simple food and drink are not a sign of respect."

Yuan Qingya also felt a little out of control. He sat down awkwardly and picked up the bowl to hide his embarrassment.

A refreshing fragrance wafts through the air, this is really a simple meal.

Tea-soaked rice was the most common staple food among the people at that time. It was easy to make and the ingredients were simple.

However, rice was also a very valuable commodity at that time, and ordinary people could not afford to eat it every day.

Facing Yuan Qingya's somewhat hesitant look, A Qing pursed his lips.

"I'm sorry, but this is the best food in the house. It should be worth the money you gave me, right?"

“I’m still somewhat confident in my cooking skills.”

After taking a bite, Yuan Qingya nodded.

The dish is very simple and tastes really good, with just the right amount of saltiness. The aroma of tea fills every grain of rice, the seaweed is crispy, and there is no fishy or bitter taste.

He shook his head and remembered his original intention.

"Thank you for the treat - are you sure you don't want to consider my proposal?"

"Or do you have no confidence in me?"

"It's not that I'm arrogant, but I can suppress the tiny country of Musashi with just one sword. Those warrior families can't make any waves. This is a good place for you to show your skills."

"Isn't it meaningful to learn literary and martial arts only when you can put them into practice?"

Ah Qing glanced at Yuan Qingya with a slightly disdainful look, snorted and shook his head.

"Please, don't judge others by your own standards, okay?"

"What's the point of worrying about so many things? It's tiring and thankless."

"What I want more is to travel to every corner of the world, listen to stories, draw pictures, and then write them into books and pass them on to the world."

"Besides that, even if I become a king or a prime minister, I am not interested."

"I know that you have offended a group of people because of your Tyranny. You have no one left in Edo Castle, right? Don't try to drag me down with you!"

"Since you can issue such a benevolent tax decree, I think you are not an unreasonable person, Mr. Kokushi. Please don't force me to do something I don't like."

These words were a heavy blow to Yuan Qingya.

His thinking was indeed a bit rigid. His words might be used to appease those who were aiming for a career in politics, but they did not seem to appeal to the girl in front of him.

However, he is not a fool. Although he cannot understand everything, as a second-generation man, he still knows a little about how to "persuade" others.

It's nothing more than "coercion and inducement".

Threatening certainly won't work right now.

So, his eyes rolled and his smile became mysterious.

"My name is Minamoto Kiyomasa, my father is a prince, and after my eldest brother came of age, all of us brothers were demoted to vassal status and became members of the Minamoto clan."

"My second brother, Minamoto Masamasa, served as an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs as the Minister of Internal Affairs."

"You've read so much, you should know what the Internal Affairs Assistant is in charge of, right?"

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs governs the Imperial Palace, and one of its subordinate departments is the Library!"

"The books in this country only exist in this world, and there must be copies in the library."

"Come and help me. I promise you that as long as I have the chance to return to Heian-kyō, I will definitely bring you to the library. You can read any book you want and read any story you want. Even if you want to move a truckload of books home, I can make the decision."

"how?"

The blue-clothed girl's originally indifferent look disappeared without a trace. She stared at Yuan Qingya blankly with her eyes wide open.

The slender hands put down the porcelain bowl and twisted them together unconsciously.

"You are so cunning."