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Another winter turned to spring, a season of brilliant sunshine and oily spring rain.

The wheat field was a sea of green and the peach trees, apricot trees, and pear trees all burst into blossom.

Because Shen Chengyao was also responsible for promoting agricultural education, Xiao'er purposely bought a villa on the outskirts of the city that came with an orchard, a fish pond, and fertile land for use as experimental fields.

The royalty also had a royal experimental field, which was handed over to Shen Chengyao to be in charge of.

Previously, the activities of the agricultural officials merely consisted of reminding the people to plough and sow when the season called for it and to harvest when it was time to.

This reminder was only issued to local government offices, and notices were posted.

In some remote counties, by the time these notices were posted, the people had already begun weeding their crops for the second time.