The visitor is the legitimate son of the Hedong Liu Family, which is related to the Hedong Sun Family through marriage. He is Liu Qinghao, the younger brother of Liu Family’s wife.

The Hedong Liu Family is also an eighth-grade noble family of Hedong Guard, and has always had close marital ties with the Sun Family for generations.

"Wow~ this is truly a bountiful harvest~" Liu Qinghao clicked his tongue in wonder, yet was somewhat skeptical, "Though this year has been favorable, the yield shouldn’t be two percent higher, right? Brother-in-law, tell me the truth, have you secretly bought a new farm?"

"Oh~ don’t you know how many farms we have in Hedong Guard? Every arable land has been cultivated, where would there be a new farm to buy?" Sun Chuanxue chuckled, seeing that there was nobody around, he called Liu Qinghao up to his ox cart and whispered, "I’m only telling you this secret because of the close relationship between our families through generations of marriage. Don’t tell anyone. Actually, half of the crops in my fields this year aren’t Zuoqiu Family’s ’Five-Spice Rice,’ but high-yield grain seeds bought through other channels."

However, upon hearing this, Liu Qinghao was taken aback, then laughed out loud: "Brother-in-law, if you want to fool me, at least find a believable reason. In Qian, is there any better grain seed than ’Five-Spice Rice’?"

The Zuoqiu Family started off with agriculture. The reason they were able to rise prominently among many noble families and eventually dominate Qeng’an County as a fourth-grade noble family was due to their carefully cultivated high-yield grain seeds.

With the same land and farming methods, their grain yield is higher than other noble families. Moreover, the Zuoqiu Family somehow managed to prevent mature rice grains and wheat grains stolen from their fields from sprouting, making other noble families unable to steal their grain seeds for cultivation.

At that time, the Patriarch of Zuoqiu Family was also a capable person, who several times resisted threats and suppression from other noble families, gradually increasing the family’s advantages over time, eventually dominating Qeng’an County.

Today, a considerable part of the noble families in Qeng’an County are cultivating Zuoqiu Family’s high-yield grain seeds. The remaining few families cultivate their self-developed grain seeds, but purely in terms of yield, they are far inferior to Zuoqiu Family’s ’Five-Spice Rice’ and ’Jade Finger Wheat’.

Zuoqiu Family earns a substantial profit just from selling these two types of grain seeds every year.

Sun Chuanxue certainly knows this too.

Initially, when he first heard about such grain seeds, he didn’t believe it either, but he couldn’t resist the lure of high yield and bought a portion of rice seeds with a trial mindset. Otherwise, this year’s yield wouldn’t just be over two percent higher, but over three percent higher.

However, he also knew that words alone wouldn’t convince Liu Qinghao. So, he simply got off the ox cart, randomly pulled a handful of rice panicles from the field by the roadside, and handed them over to Liu Qinghao: "See for yourself, isn’t this rice different from the ’Five-Spice Rice’ you planted?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Liu Qinghao held the rice panicles, examined them closely, and then peeled off the husk to closely inspect the rice inside. His expression suddenly changed: "This... is really different. The grains feel fuller than Five-Spice Rice, and the rice aroma is even stronger."

Although the difference was very subtle, as a legitimate offspring of a noble family primarily relying on grain cultivation for income, he was too familiar with the appearance of his family’s rice. Even a minute difference could be discerned upon close inspection.

"Well, wasn’t I telling the truth?" Sun Chuanxue was pleased with himself.

"This... is too incredible. There’s actually a noble family able to cultivate better grain than Zuoqiu Family." Liu Qinghao couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

His surprise was understandable. The Zuoqiu Family had dominated Qeng’an County for too long, and the idea that Zuoqiu Family’s grain seeds were the highest-yield had become deeply ingrained. He never imagined that one day, Zuoqiu Family’s grain yield would be surpassed by other seeds.

After a while, he snapped back to reality, suddenly turned and grabbed his brother-in-law: "Brother-in-law, where did you buy these rice seeds? Do you have winter wheat seeds?"

It’s important to know that grain is the lifeline of the Liu Family. If these seeds truly have such high yields, their family’s income from grain will undoubtedly increase significantly.

Just as his youngest son was found to have Little Celestial Pride talent, he was worrying about whether his family could afford to cultivate a Celestial Human Realm powerhouse, considering sending him to the Academy, but if they could plant these high-yield seeds, he wouldn’t need to worry.

"Ouch~ calm down." Sun Chuanxue was nearly pained to death by his grip, quickly prying his hand away, "Of course, there are wheat seeds. But they haven’t been shipped yet; I only paid the deposit and haven’t received them. If you want to buy them, I’ll take you with me when I go pick them up."

In Qeng’an County, wheat and rice are typically rotated; now that the rice harvest is over, it’s naturally time to plant winter wheat.

Liu Qinghao slapped Sun Chuanxue’s arm hard, his face flushed with excitement: "Good brother-in-law! You truly are my brother-in-law!"

"Of course I’m your brother-in-law!" Sun Chuanxue, rubbing his sore arm, couldn’t help but glare at him.

That kid’s War Body Bloodline indeed lent him a wild strength, his grip was too strong.

Liu Qinghao, now entirely focused on his youngest son and the Celestial Human Realm, paid no attention to Sun Chuanxue’s disdain. He eagerly grabbed Sun Chuanxue’s arm and asked excitedly: "So, brother-in-law, when are you going to buy the wheat seeds?"