Little Lord

Maine was the first to know that Jiang Zhuozhuo had returned and brought back two seagulls, which were said to be a mother and son.

"Your Highness."

Maine came out in person to greet Jiang Zhuozhuo, and the other maids followed behind her. Even though Jiang Zhuozhuo usually didn't follow the rules and said he was going on a "secret visit" when he went out, she still had to show off for Jiang Zhuozhuo in front of outsiders, and she couldn't let anyone look down on Jiang Zhuozhuo, the lord.

This posture really frightened the two seagulls, which were already in a dream, and they dared not to fly down anymore.

Jiang Zhuozhuo flew towards Maine like a little cannonball, landed on Maine's shoulder, and chirped to her about Mogi's talent in planting.

She feels that such talents who have the perseverance to work hard in a certain field are worth recruiting!

This was the first time that Jiang Zhuozhuo proposed to recruit talents back, so Maine would naturally not neglect it.

She smiled and asked someone to invite Moji and his mother down.

Soon, the two seagulls landed nervously and turned into a very reserved mother and son.

Maine smiled at Mogi and his mother, and while asking someone to draft a contract according to Jiang Zhuozhuo's wishes, he invited them in to talk.

There is a special reception area in the castle. Even though it is not Jiang Zhuozhuo’s living area, it is still decorated elegantly and luxuriously.

Mogi and his mother looked at the shiny floor and were always worried that they would dirty it by stepping on it. They wished they could turn back into seagulls and fly over there.

This is also the characteristic of the bird clan. Whenever they are nervous, they can't help but have the urge to turn into a bird.

Perhaps maintaining the bird form makes them feel closer to the Mother Goddess and makes them feel more secure.

Whenever the sailors returned to the dock at their hometown, most of them landed on the ground as seagulls.

It's like a child throwing itself into its mother's arms.

Maine smiled and said, "Since you are going to work for His Highness, I should introduce you to him." She glanced at the little round bird pecking at her fruit platter, "The one who hired you is our Ninth Prince, the current lord of the Woye Province."

Mo Ji and his mother looked at Jiang Zhuozhuo in disbelief.

The little round bird was spitting the melon seeds onto the edge of the plate in a very civilized manner, instead of spitting randomly like those uncultured little birds.

She felt everyone's gazes on her and looked back in confusion, her dark eyes full of questions: What's wrong? Why are you all looking at me like that?
Moji immediately understood why the new lord did not increase their taxes after his arrival and why the new lord set the price of the braised beans so low.

It turns out that the little round bird in front of them is their new overlord!
She looked like she was still underage, and for a bird of this age, she probably had neither ambition nor greed. Later...

Mogi curbed his overly pessimistic thoughts in time.

In any case, they are now benefiting greatly from the lord's kindness.

At least before this return voyage, he had never thought that he would be able to soar over the snowy plains with his mother in such a cold winter.

Mo Ji and his mother stood up together, solemnly placed their hands on their chests, and performed a very standard salute towards Jiang Zhuozhuo.

This is what the captain specifically trained them to do. He said that when they meet people of status and position outside, they must express their respect in this way.

Seeing that they were all so serious, Jiang Zhuozhuo also transformed into a human form to meet them.

She had black hair and black eyes, which were rare on several continents. To be more precise, her eyes were a little amber, exactly the same as her original appearance.

Jiang Zhuozhuo invited with a smile: "It's almost time for dinner, you can eat something together, and then go back and move the food here. By the way, if you know anyone with special talents, you can recommend them to me."

Moji's mother asked nervously, "What is a special talent?"

Jiang Zhuozhuo said: "It's people like Moji, who can plant and breed." She was very excited, "For example, they can tell which mushrooms are edible and find ways to grow them in large quantities!"

Although it is still winter and the mushrooms are probably not able to grow yet, but as the saying goes, one must look at the long term!

If we don’t start preparing now, how can we eat the most fragrant mushrooms in the most suitable season? Eating wild mushrooms indiscriminately is not advisable. We still need to develop artificial cultivation technology for edible mushrooms.

She didn't just want to eat the mushrooms, she wanted to study what beneficial effects the mushrooms could have!
Chill!

Moji asked uncertainly, "Are the mushrooms you're talking about the kind that can cause convulsions, insanity, or even poisoning and death?"

Jiang Zhuozhuo:.

No, how can we be in another world now? After eating mushrooms, we still have to lie on the board.

Even the symptoms are exactly the same!
As expected of a plant lover who is dedicated to becoming a botanist of the East Continent, he even knows the characteristics of poisonous mushrooms.

Jiang Zhuozhuo received Maine's gaze and suddenly wanted to turn into a bird and run away.

Maine tried his best to maintain his smile and asked Jiang Zhuozhuo in a gentle tone: "Your Highness, are you ready to test the poison on yourself?"

Dangerous!
The last time Maine showed such a terrible smile was last time!
Jiang Zhuozhuo argued wildly: "No, I want to eat edible fungi, which are said to be artificially cultivated. They are definitely not those poisonous fungi of unknown origin!!"

Seeing her guilty look, Maine secretly added an item to today's schedule: he would go find Helana later to remind her not to cook mushrooms of unknown origin for His Highness.

As for whether the edible fungi that Jiang Zhuozhuo mentioned actually exist in the world, we’ll have to wait and see.

There is no introduction to mushrooms in the "Imperial Flora Atlas"!

As for sour fruits like bellflower, everyone knows that eating a small amount is beneficial to the body, but eating too much is harmful to the body - but it is only harmful and will not directly cause death.

Mushrooms can cause immediate death.

They can't gamble their lives on luck.

Maine smiled apologetically at Moji and his mother, and took Jiang Zhuozhuo to another place for ideological education.

It wasn't that she thought she could teach Jiang Zhuozhuo a lesson just because she was young, but as the lieutenant of the territory, it was her duty to give advice.

Mogi and his mother looked at each other, vaguely catching a glimpse of Adjutant Maine's... helplessness?
If there is someone around you who is obsessed with eating mushrooms, they will definitely have a headache!

That can kill people!
The two were wondering whether they should wait any longer when they saw an old man in a silver-gray coat walk in.

The man had neatly combed silver hair and wrinkles on his face, looking like a serious person. Moji and his mother saluted to each other again.

The person who came was naturally Old Lu. Ever since he had a meal here, he no longer asked people to deliver meals to him individually.

Suddenly seeing two strangers here, Lao Lu wanted to turn around and leave, but the other party was already greeting him. As a conservative old man who considers himself a gentleman, Lao Lu can't just leave others when they show respect to him.

After thinking about it, Lao Lu invited the other party to sit down with him and asked curiously: "Who are you? Why are you the only one here?"

Mo Ji told the other party his origins truthfully, and mentioned that Jiang Zhuozhuo was temporarily taken away by Adjutant Maine.

Old Lu was different from other nobles. When he was in charge of construction projects, he would have come into contact with many common people. He was not as arrogant to ordinary people as other nobles. His focus fell on the latter matter: "Are mushrooms really that delicious?"

It’s so delicious that even Jiang Zhuozhuo, who is such a good eater, is willing to risk his life to have a bite!
Moji: “…”

Lao Lu’s idea is that ordinary people would die if they ate something, but they would not necessarily die if they ate it.

After all, many ordinary people can't even go out in winter, so it's normal that they can't withstand the toxicity of mushrooms.

They are different, they have been blessed by the Mother Goddess. Someone like him who has lived for more than 300 years has been blessed by the Mother Goddess three times, and his physique is much stronger than that of ordinary people!

As for ordinary people, many die before they reach the age when they can receive the blessing of the Mother Goddess.

Old Lu has led so many engineering teams that he has used very well, and he has seen off many old friends. Sometimes in the middle of the night, he dreams of the time when he was young and had a lot of fun drinking with others, but when he wakes up, he often finds that he can no longer remember what those people looked like.

This may be the downside of living too long.

However, many annoying guys can never die, and they get tired of each other year after year.

Far away.

In short, Lao Lu believes that ordinary people cannot eat mushrooms because they themselves are not capable of doing so, but he definitely can eat them.

Moji: “…”

No wonder I heard that there is a hospital specializing in treating food poisoning in the imperial capital. It seems that there are many people like their lord who are willing to risk their lives to give it a try even though they know it is poisonous!
Moji said: "I haven't eaten it either, so I don't know if it tastes good or not."

Moji's mother said, "I...I might have eaten it."

Old Lu's eyes immediately fell on Mogi's mother.

Mogi's mother said: "That happened when I was a child. My sister had just emerged from her shell. My mother was immersed in sadness every day for some reason. She said that people like us would only suffer if we were born."

"So one day she made us a delicious soup. It tasted so good that I had sweet dreams all night long after I drank it."

Mogi's mother looked a little sad: "We woke up the next morning, but my mother didn't wake up."

Moji said, "Mom, why have I never heard you talk about this?"

Moji's mother said: "According to the elders, such things should not be known to others. If people knew that my mother wanted to take us to die together, others would look down on my father and us."

Mogi thought of the hunchbacked old man whom he had met several times when he was a child. He looked very thin and had a very eccentric personality. Every time they passed by, they could always see him staring in the direction of the forest.

The children didn't understand anything, they just felt that this man was difficult to get close to, so the two brothers didn't like going with their mother to see this strange grandfather.

My mother noticed this and didn't force them. She just asked my aunt to go with them.

Later, my grandfather died.

Moji felt very upset, he had never known such a thing happened.

After listening to the conversation between the mother and son, Old Lu didn't feel much.

He has witnessed too many deaths to be touched by anything like this.

Old Lu's gaze turned to the door not far away.

The door opened the next moment, and Jiang Zhuozhuo and his companion walked out.

Jiang Zhuozhuo, who had just been scolded, was obviously a little depressed.

Just as Old Lu was about to ask, "What do you want to eat today?", he heard the old woman next to him muster up the courage to speak before he did: "Your Highness, maybe my sister can try what you said."

"She has never been married and has lived alone in the forest for many years. I once discovered that she was cultivating mushrooms privately."

She didn't understand her sister's behavior at first.

Later, on the day of their father's funeral, the two sisters hugged each other and cried for a long time, and the younger sister finally confided her thoughts to her -

If this thing could retain its delicious taste that makes people have sweet dreams instead of poisoning people, my mother might have been able to get rid of her sadness and live a good life after that day.

It was then that Mogi's mother realized that it was not only their father who had never gotten over the nightmare, but also her sister.

Such a good opportunity is rare, and she also wants to help her sister walk out of the forest - and walk out of the haze of the past.

Moji's mother said: "She should have mastered the method of cultivating edible mushrooms."

Jiang Zhuozhuo's eyes lit up, and the whole bird stood up again.

what?
She just gave a random example, but it turns out there are actually talented people in this area?
Could it be that this family all has some Shennong blood in them? !
She is so lucky!

Mushroom freedom is just around the corner!

Seeing that Jiang Zhuozhuo was eager to try again, Lao Lu immediately told Jiang Zhuozhuo his theory, which roughly meant "it's their business if they can't eat it, but it'll be fine if we eat it", and actively suggested that he could have a share if the time came.

Jiang Zhuozhuo nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

That's right, that's it!
Reasonable and convincing!
Maine: “…”

Tired, destroy it :)
(End of this chapter)