In the Princess' Garden, Hu Daonong was busy leading Mo Jiazi's younger brothers.
"Be careful, this is an extremely precious peony species!" Hu Daonong's heart ached as he instructed the four Mo Jiazi's younger brothers to carefully move a blooming peony tree down from the four-wheeled carriage.
The four Mo Jiazi's younger brothers worked together and carefully moved to the pit that had been dug earlier.
Princess Changle and Meton had just entered when they saw this scene. They couldn't help but exclaim, "You guys are transplanting peonies."
Meton nodded proudly and said, "That's right!"
Princess Changle immediately said anxiously, "It's only spring now. As the saying goes, peonies planted at the spring equinox won't bloom until they're old. If you transplant peonies in spring, these peonies will definitely be destroyed!"
"Destroyed!"
The four Mo Jiazi's younger brothers couldn't help but tremble as they looked helplessly at the peonies that they had just transplanted. One must know that Senior Hu had just said that these peonies were a precious species. The Mo Family Village had spent tens of thousands of gold coins to obtain these precious peonies, but now they were destroyed!
Hu Daonong and Meton looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh, "Don't worry, Princess. As the saying goes, peonies planted at the spring equinox won't bloom until they're old. It's because the technique of planting peonies wasn't mature enough. Under Merton's guidance, the Old Man finally figured out the method of transplanting peonies in spring."
Princess Changle said doubtfully, "Really? If it doesn't succeed, this Peony Flower Festival will definitely become the laughing stock of the world."
Meton pulled Princess Changle to the side of the transplanted peonies and pointed at the roots of the peonies in the deep pit, "My wife is overthinking. Senior Hu is an expert in farming. If he isn't confident, he wouldn't speak nonsense. Take a look at this."
Princess Changle focused her gaze and discovered that the roots of this transplanted peony had a radius of two chi of soil. Layers of hemp rope were wrapped around the roots, tightly adhering to them.
"You guys actually transplanted the soil from the roots as well." Princess Changle's face revealed a hint of surprise.
Meton said proudly, "For a long time, people would uproot peonies when transplanting peonies. This would damage the peonies' roots, which would cause the peonies to wither or not bloom in the next year. I thought that since that was the case, I might as well transplant the soil of the peonies' roots. That way, the peonies could naturally survive and continue to bloom."
Princess Changle was suddenly enlightened. Although she didn't understand the farming season, she agreed with Meton's reasoning.
"Of course, that's not to say that the peony won't be damaged at all. As for the follow-up work, I'll have to trouble Senior Hu! With Senior Hu's secret farming technique of cultivating peonies for many years, I believe that the survival rate of these transplanted peonies will be at least 90%. "Meton said with certainty.
"More than 90%!" Princess Changle was relieved.
In the future, the technique of transplanting peonies in spring had already matured. The survival rate and flowering rate of transplanting peonies were above 95%. As long as the peony seedlings were chosen correctly, and the peony seedlings were strictly protected during the transportation process, as well as meticulous management after transplanting, transplanting peonies in spring was completely feasible.
Hu Daonong said solemnly, "If not for Merton's guidance, how could Old Man come up with this method? To be able to work with Merton is truly an honor for Old Man!"
He had been obsessed with peonies his entire life. Now that he had finally come up with the method of transplanting peonies, how could he not be excited? Furthermore, once the technique of transplanting peonies matured, transplanting flowers and trees in the future wouldn't be a problem. The farming industry would have another secret technique.
Princess Changle nodded. Seeing Mo Jiazi's brothers anxiously busying themselves, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "How many peonies did you transplant?"
Meton revealed a mysterious smile and said, "Not much, not much. I only filled the four courtyards around Princess Garden."
"The four courtyards are filled?" Astonished, Princess Changle looked all around at the courtyard, which was not the least bit inferior to the Princess's Garden. She could not help but imagine how magnificent it would be to have such a large area of peonies joined together.
Meton smiled and kept her in suspense, "Wait until tomorrow, when the Peony Meet begins. Everything will naturally become clear."
The next day.
At the first glimmer of dawn, the entire Luoyang City was in an uproar. Everyone knew that today was the day the Peony Meet began.
At the same time, Zheng Chang and company's private Peony Garden was opened. At the same time, they invited their friends from the scholarly community, as well as the rich and famous, to enjoy the flowers. All of Luoyang City's citizens were immediately divided into two factions. One faction was made up of ordinary citizens that flocked to Princess Garden in the western part of the city. The other faction was made up of scholars that flocked to the eastern part of the city. They arrogantly headed for Zheng Chang and company's private Peony Garden. When they saw the citizens flocking to the western part of the city, they could not help but snort, as though they were superior to them.
Luoyang's Magistrate, Zhou Hongde, naturally supported Meton for his political achievements, even though he had already given up on the Peony Meet.
However, when he arrived at Princess Garden in the western part of the city, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him. The entire Princess Garden had expanded by four times. The peonies in the garden were in full bloom, emitting a beautiful fragrance that permeated the air. It was like a sea of flowers. Even with his vast knowledge, he could not help but be shocked by the scene in front of him.
"I never expected the peonies to be planted on such a large scale. It actually has such beautiful scenery!" Zhou Hongde said with amazement in his eyes.
Upon seeing such a beautiful scene, Zhou Hongde was overjoyed. With such a grand occasion, the Peony Meet would definitely be a success. It would become a grand event in Luoyang.
As for the ordinary citizens, it was like they had arrived at an immortal realm. They usually worked hard all day long, so how could they have seen such a beautiful scene in the mortal world? As word of mouth spread, a large number of citizens flocked to Princess Garden.
It hadn't even been an hour since the event started, and the place was already packed with tourists. Fortunately, Moton Manor had expanded the area by four times, and was only able to accommodate so many people. Even so, there were still many people coming.
Zhou Hongde took a deep breath and hurriedly gave the order, "Quick, get a group of constables from the county yamen to maintain order. We must ensure that the Peony Meet continues normally."
Soon, a group of constables rushed over and were in charge of maintaining order outside the Peony Meet. The scene immediately became orderly as the Peony Meet proceeded in an orderly manner.
Amidst the sea of peonies, Zhou Hongde found Meton, who was accompanying Princess Changle to admire the flowers, and said with a smile, "Merton has given the Old Man a huge surprise!"
Mo Jiazi was indeed good at doing things. This was the first time he had seen such a scale of peonies in his life. He never expected that once the peonies formed a sea of flowers, they would have such an effect. This way, it was not something one or two rare species could compare with. Furthermore, there was no lack of precious peonies in Princess Garden.
"It's all thanks to Lord Zhou's great support. Otherwise, how could I have completed these arrangements so easily?" Merton said.
Zhou Hongde could not help but smile bitterly. How could he not know if he had helped or not? Previously, he had already given up on this year's Peony Meet, but he never expected that Mo Jiazi would have such a stroke of genius to expand the Peony Meet by four times, instantly turning the situation around. Even now, he still found it inconceivable.
"Merton has spent a lot of money this time. How about the extra money be paid by Luoyang's county yamen?" Zhou Hongde said somewhat embarrassedly.
Modun laughed and said, "Lord Zhou, you are too polite. This time, the Mo Family Village did not suffer any losses. To the east of the Princess' Garden is the Mo Family's Gourmet City in Luoyang. After touring the sea of flowers, the tourists can taste the delicacies. To the west is the Mo Family's Boutique, which exhibits the exquisite goods of the Mo Family. To the south and north are the exhibition areas of the Mo Family and their partners. These businesses want to take advantage of the popularity of the Peony Flower Festival. If we calculate it this way, I'm afraid that this Peony Meet will not cost much money. If we hold another Peony Meet next year, then we will definitely make a profit. "
A simple Peony Meet would naturally not last long, but Meton directly combined the Peony Meet and the exhibition of goods. Tourism and shopping had always been one. When these merchants heard Meton's idea of the Peony Meet, they were all moved. They contributed money and effort, and even contributed the peonies in their homes without any heartache. Of course, all of this was done by Shopkeeper Xu, while Meton was wholeheartedly accompanying Princess Changle.
Zhou Hongde could not help but nod repeatedly. Organizing the Peony Meet was naturally inseparable from money. He did not expect that Mo Jiazi had even solved the source of the sponsorship. How could he not be impressed by such means?
Only at this moment did Zhou Hongde realize how comfortable it was to work with Mo Jiazi. No matter how difficult it was, Mo Jiazi would always be able to handle it perfectly.
"With Mo Jiazi's help, how lucky is Su Luosheng? How lucky is Chang 'an City?" Zhou Hongde sighed. Unfortunately, Mo Jiazi would only stay in Luoyang for half a month before returning. Thankfully, Mo Jiazi's family village still had many properties in Luoyang. It could be said that Mo Jiazi's line of business had not been severed.
Furthermore, the Peony Meet had benefited Luoyang immensely. Zhou Hongde looked at the sea of people in Princess Garden and thought to himself, "Just this morning alone, there will probably be tens of thousands of people coming to admire the flowers. After all, the peony blossoms for about half a month. According to this calculation, there will be at least a million people coming to admire the flowers. That's more than the total population of Luoyang. It's equivalent to every citizen of Luoyang coming to admire the flowers.
In the future, when tourists from other places come, the human traffic will probably increase. When the time comes, just Princess Garden alone will probably not be able to accommodate so many tourists.
"This will probably be the largest event Luoyang has ever had." Zhou Hongde looked at the Luoyang citizens who were still reluctant to leave even though it was already noon. He could not help but feel heroic as he placed more importance on the prospects of the Peony Meet.
In the Zheng family's private Peony Garden, there was an endless stream of scholars. Everyone was quoting from the classics as they drank and made merry. It was very unrestrained. Zheng Chang sat at the head of the table and raised his cup to invite everyone. The people around him echoed in an extremely elegant manner.
However, while Zheng Chang was feeling pleased, he did not forget to pay attention to Mo Jiazi's Peony Meet. Soon, the news brought by the servants who went to investigate left everyone astounded.
"What!? Princess Garden has suddenly expanded by four times! "Zheng Chang said in disbelief.
The servant nodded solemnly and said, "I personally entered Princess Garden to investigate. Mo Jiazi bought four peony gardens beside Princess Garden and opened them up. They are all filled with peonies."
"Mo Jiazi sure is rich!" Zheng Chang said through gritted teeth. He never expected Mo Jiazi to not only buy Hu Daonong's peony garden, but also four peony gardens.
"That's not right!" The azure-clothed youth said in realization. "Isn't Hu Daonong's peony garden the most outstanding one? Where are the other four peony gardens?"
"That's right!" The other scholars immediately came to a realization.
"I remember this very clearly. Although the other courtyards have some peonies planted, they are not of any scale. They don't even have any ornamental value." A scholar who lived nearby said with certainty.
The servant shook his head and said, "Young Masters, I personally went to investigate. These newly expanded peony gardens, not only are the flowers blooming brightly, but the colors are evenly distributed. Some are black, some are white, some are red, and some are pink. Every color is in an area. Everyone is amazed and gasped in amazement."
Since Meton had just transplanted the peonies, he naturally paid more attention to the layout. He directly categorized the peonies of the same color and species, resulting in today's spectacle.
"There's actually such a thing!" Everyone could not help but look at each other. In fact, they were already somewhat convinced. This was a matter in public, so how could the servant lie?
"How did Mo Jiazi do it?" Zheng Chang could not help but mutter to himself.
He realized that Mo Jiazi was still as strange as ever. He clearly had the upper hand once again, but Mo Jiazi was able to reverse the situation in just a few moves. Although they had a lot of private peony gardens, they were quite far away from each other.
On the other hand, Mo Jiazi's princess garden had suddenly expanded by four times. Its scale immediately crushed all of the peony gardens in Luoyang. No matter how many private peony gardens they had, it was of no use.
"In this old man's opinion, these four peony gardens must be fake!" Suddenly, a Zheng family gardener bowed and said.
"Fake!" The scholars immediately looked at each other and said.
The servant who went to investigate was immediately convinced. "In these four gardens, the peonies are still in full bloom. I saw it with my own eyes. How can it be fake?"
The Zheng family gardener shook his head and said, "The flowers are naturally real, but in this Old Man's opinion, these flowers must have been transplanted recently."
"Transplanted!" When the Zheng family gardener said this, everyone suddenly understood. If that was the case, it would explain the sudden appearance of the Zheng family's four flower gardens.
"But, didn't they say that peonies planted at the spring equinox won't bloom until they're old? Mo Jiazi actually wants to destroy this batch of peonies for the sake of these few days of blooming, "Zheng Chang said in shock.
The Zheng family gardener nodded and said, "Mo Jiazi wants to curry favor with Princess Changle, so he can only spend a lot of money to buy the peonies. He only needs to pass these few days of the Peony Flower Festival, so why would he care about the life and death of the peonies? That's why the Old Man said that these four peony gardens are fake. Mo Jiazi's wishful thinking is to let these peonies continue to bloom, but he doesn't know how delicate peonies are. This transplanting will definitely result in a serious loss. Not to mention continuing to bloom, these peonies will definitely wither and die in three to five days."
"Mo Jiazi is truly audacious. For his own selfish desires, he actually destroyed the peonies of four peony gardens. It's such a waste of God's gifts," the azure-clothed youth said angrily.
"Mo Jiazi's actions are completely devoid of conscience. The peonies belong to our Luoyang, so how can we let Mo Jiazi ruin them?" The group of literati rebuked angrily. They were already biased against Mo Jiazi to begin with, so when they heard that Mo Jiazi wanted to destroy so many peonies, they immediately felt displeased.
"We will definitely work together to expose Mo Jiazi's sinister intentions. Not only will we let the princess understand Mo Jiazi's despicable nature, we will also prevent the citizens of Luoyang from being deceived by Mo Jiazi," Zheng Chang said angrily. He spoke as though he was righteous and wanted to plead for the citizens of Luoyang, but he did not know that he had just despised the citizens of Luoyang for being bumpkins. He had even rejected the ordinary citizens from entering the peony gardens under his name.
"Yes, we must expose Mo Jiazi's despicable nature. We must not let him off," everyone said indignantly.
Zheng Chang's face was filled with anger, but in his heart, he was roaring with laughter.
"Mo Jiazi! To think that you would have such a day. "
Zheng Chang was overjoyed. He believed that he had grasped Mo Jiazi's weakness. This time, he had to destroy Mo Jiazi's reputation.
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