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Chen Yuan shook his head. "The common people's fertile fields can only produce 300-500 kilograms per mu at most."

Hearing this output, Xiao Lengyue's brows furrowed even deeper.

After thinking for a while, she asked, "What about the yield of sweet potatoes and lumps of earth?"

Chen Yuan was surprised to hear about these two products, and after a moment's pause, he shook his head and said, "These products are not grown in the imperial fields.

But from what I know, the production is not that high."

When Xiao Lengyue heard that sweet potatoes and potatoes were not planted in the imperial fields, she was surprised and asked, "You said, the imperial fields don't plant sweet potatoes and lumps of earth?"

Chen Yuan nodded and said suspiciously, "Your Majesty, that thing tastes tasteless, so it has never been planted in the imperial fields."

When Xiao Lengyue heard this, he couldn't help but hold his forehead and said coldly: "I finally know why the people can't have enough to eat."

When Chen Yuan heard this, he was slightly stunned and confused as to why Xiao Lengyue said this, but he knew that now was not the time for him to be curious.

As expected, the next moment, Xiao Lengyue ordered: "Prepare their grain seeds, and tomorrow I will go to the imperial farm to take a look."

Now is the planting season, so it should be in time.

After she said this, she gave Chen Yuan some more instructions and let him go back.

Chen Yuan didn't even know how he got back home.

The servant saw him coming back in a daze, and asked hurriedly, "Sir, what happened to you?"

When Chen Yuan heard people talking, he realized that he had already arrived at the mansion.

He took a deep breath and was about to take a break when he suddenly remembered what Xiao Lengyue said. He quickly turned his head to look at his subordinates and said anxiously, "Go collect some sweet potatoes and lumps of earth. Tomorrow, His Majesty will come to the imperial farm in person."

After these words came out, Chen Yuan's subordinates also became nervous. He trembled and said, "Sir, do you think His Majesty will come to the imperial farm in person tomorrow?"

When Chen Yuan heard this, he nodded quickly, "Yes, tomorrow."

After saying that, he looked at his subordinates fiercely, "Hurry up and arrange for someone to go down and buy the sweet potato and lumpy seeds. Hurry up."

When the subordinates heard this, they hurried downstairs to arrange people.

Chen Yuan pondered for a while, then hurried out.

He had to watch it himself, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

After Xiao Lengyue finished talking to Chen Yuan, she washed up and went to rest, not knowing at all that Sinongsi was buying sweet potatoes and lumps of earth overnight.

The next day, Xiao Lengyue finished attending court and was about to leave when she asked, "Chen Yuan, are the seeds ready?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, we are ready."

Xiao Lengyue nodded when she heard it, "Okay, I'll go to the imperial farm with you later."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials looked at Chen Yuan and thought, Your Majesty is going to the imperial fields?

Chen Yuan bowed and said, "Yes."

Seeing this, Old Master Murong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with the imperial land?"

Xiao Lengyue said calmly: "The output of the imperial farm is too small, I want to go and see what went wrong.

Also, sweet potatoes and lumps of earth have high yields, I don’t understand why no one is willing to grow them?”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials were stunned, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Seeing them like this, Xiao Lengyue frowned and asked, "Is there any problem?"

At this time, an old minister stood up and bowed, saying: "Your Majesty, the reason why sweet potatoes and lumps of earth are planted is because they have extremely high requirements for the land.

Moreover, too many seeds are needed for one acre of land, and the yield is low, so people are unwilling to plant it.”

When Xiao Lengyue heard this, she frowned and asked, "How do you guys grow them?"

When all the officials heard this, they were all confused. They thought, isn't farming just about planting seeds and then covering them with soil?

Xiao Lengyue didn't know what the officials were thinking, but by looking at them, he could probably guess something.

She rubbed her brows and said, "Now, let's go to the imperial farm. I want to see how you plant the crops."

Xiao Lengyue did what he said. He left the court directly and took all the officials to the imperial fields.

When I saw the densely packed rice seedlings in the rice fields, I sighed helplessly.

Seeing this, Old Master Murong understood what Xiao Lengyue meant, and bowed and asked, "But it's not right?"

Xiao Lengyue pointed at the rice field and said, "If we plant it this way, the yield will definitely not be high."

After that, he said, "Chen Yuan, have someone pull out those densely planted seedlings and plant them out.

You are planting too densely. Not only will the ears of rice not grow big in the later stages, but some will not grow at all."

When Chen Yuan heard this, he hurried forward, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and began to write it down.

After Xiao Lengyue explained the planting method, she frowned and asked, "Did you write it down?"

Chen Yuan nodded, "Your Majesty, I have made a note of it. I will have someone start working on it in a moment."

When Xiao Lengyue heard this, she said, "Go down. I want you to learn it before you go and give orders to others."

When Chen Yuan heard this, he didn't act pretentiously. He rolled up his trouser legs, took off his shoes on the edge of the field, handed the notebook to the little man, and walked straight into the rice field.

When Xiao Lengyue saw his neat appearance, a rare smile flashed across her eyes.

When she saw Chen Yuan start to pull out the densely planted rice seedlings, she knew that he really understood.

After Chen Yuan pulled out all the seedlings that seemed very dense to him, he stood up and looked at Xiao Lengyue, and she said, "It can be thinned out a little more."

When Chen Yuan heard this, he started pulling again. Only when Xiao Lengyue said it was okay did he straighten up.

He looked at the ground in front of him and said in shock: "Your Majesty, is this too loose?"

"No, you will understand later that this distance is just right."

Chen Yuan looked at the rice fields under his feet, then looked at the ones in the distance that had not moved, and turned to look at Xiao Lengyue, "Your Majesty, are those rice seedlings going to be wasted like this?"

“Who told you it was wasted?”

After Xiao Lengyue finished speaking, he pointed to a rice field where nothing had been planted yet, and said, "Come with me, bringing the rice seedlings."

After saying this, he got up and went to the field.

Chen Yuan took a look and didn't go up. Instead, he went straight through the rice field and came to the field that Xiao Lengyue mentioned.

Xiao Lengyue looked at the rice fields that had already been soaked and said, "You can just plant the seedlings again.

When planting rice seedlings, it is best to prepare a long line, tie two wooden sticks to it, and insert it on the edge of the field. Then, when it is time to harvest, it will be much faster.”

After Xiao Lengyue finished speaking, she picked up two wooden sticks and began to explain to Chen Yuan.

After listening to Xiao Lengyue's words, Chen Yuan understood instantly and nodded quickly to show that he understood.

At this moment, the subordinates who were forced to take notes were writing down everything Xiao Lengyue said.

Xiao Lengyue finished speaking and looked at Chen Yuan, "When you are planting rice, you must remember to keep a good distance, do you understand?"

Chen Yuan nodded, "Your Majesty, I understand."