The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

At noon, Ouyang Yunyao, Chu Chenjing and their group returned to the town.

The name of the small town has been changed to Bay City by the people, and the wooden sign with the three words Bay City on the small town building has been hung up, quite quickly.

Ouyang Yunyao looked at the three words "Bay City" on the tower and felt that the name was really appropriate. Bay! This city really looked like a bay on this island.

Several people entered the city and came to the bay. Two large ships had been repaired and were anchored in the bay.

They went directly to General Rong's temporary residence. Rong Zhihan was talking to several subordinates. When they saw Chu Chenjing and others coming back, they quickly stood up and said, "Prince Jing, Princess Jing."

Chu Chenjing asked everyone to sit down without greeting. His face returned to its usual cold expression and he asked, "General Rong, what is the situation in the city today?"

"Prince Jing, the people in the city have been settled."

"Is there enough food?"

"Prince Jing, I'm afraid you can't imagine that the food in the general's mansion and the second general's mansion in the two cities on this island combined is enough to feed all the people on the island for a year."

"So much?" Chu Chenjing was stunned, then he thought of something and said, "There were originally many pirates on the island, so it's not surprising that there is so much food."

Rong Zhihan also realized what Chu Chenjing said. The pirates lost more than 5,000 people in their Western Chu country this time. They killed more than 2,000 pirates on the island, and more than 3,000 pirates laid down their weapons. With this calculation, their food is only enough to feed more than 10,000 pirates for half a year, not to mention that there are more than 2,000 civilians on the island. He sighed and said, "No wonder they are desperately trying to steal food from our Western Chu country recently."

"Yes, winter is coming, and it will be more difficult for these pirates to go to Western Chu." Chu Chenjing said to everyone.

Hearing about food, Ouyang Yunyao paused, looked at Rong Zhihan and his men and asked, "General Rong, what kind of food do the people here grow?"

"Princess Jing, the people here only grow soybeans and corn. They don't grow any other grains. The only vegetables they grow are radishes and a kind of water vegetable. The tofu is made by people from Western Chu."

One of his deputies also added, "Princess Jing, I have asked the people here. They usually rely on fishing to exchange for food. Many families have no other choice but to send their children to become pirates."

"What are the grains in the warehouse?" Chu Chenjing asked with a frown.

Rong Zhihan was stunned, thought for a moment and said, "Prince Jing, one third of the food here is rice. It seems that it was all looted from our Western Chu State and the neighboring Eastern Qin State."

"General Rong, there are no pirates on the island now. The remaining pirates were forced to do so. They will not be pirates anymore, but we need to find a way to allow them to grow crops on their own."

"I am discussing this matter with several of my subordinates."

“How many people are still on the island?”

"Prince Jing, I have had my subordinates find out today that there are more than 5,800 people on the island, 3,700 civilians, and 2,100 pirates who have laid down their weapons. 1,000 of them want to return to West Chu and East Qin, and 300 of them want to return to the island."

"There are still so many people on the island, so do you have any ideas for governing the island?"

"Prince Jing, I have just discussed with a few deputy guards and decided to distribute some of the grain in the warehouse to the people this year, so that they can try to grow some rice and wheat in the spring."

"That's one way."

Seeing that they had finished speaking, Ouyang Yunyao said, "General Rong, the winter on this island is not very cold, so we can start farming and planting sweet potatoes. I have seeds here, and we can plant them now. They will be mature in February next year. When they are mature, they can be used as food. After the harvest, we can prepare for spring farming."

When Rong Zhihan heard her say this, his eyes lit up. "Princess Jing, what good stuff is that? It can also be used as food. I have never heard of it." After saying this, he thought to himself, how come this Princess Jing knows everything! She even understands the production of crops.

Chu Chenjing looked at her little princess with gentle eyes and saw that she was worrying again. Her little princess cared about the people more than he did.

Ouyang Yunyao took out a few sweet potatoes from the space and handed them to them. "General Rong, look, this is sweet potato. It is easy to grow and can be planted several times a year. While growing food, you can also plant it on those uncultivated lands. It matures quickly."

Rong Zhihan and his subordinates had never seen this thing before. They took it and looked at it. They remembered that this thing could be used as food. He had been on the East China Sea for so many years and the harvest was very little. So they looked at Ouyang Yunyao and asked, "Sweet potato? Princess Jing, can this thing be eaten?"

"Of course! Why not eat it?"

Chu Chenjing raised his eyebrows and continued with Ouyang Yunyao's words: "The farmers in Kyoto have already planted sweet potatoes and harvested them. After the flood in Nanjunzhou, they also planted them. This thing can be planted at any time and matures faster than grains. It can be eaten as food."

"Prince Jing, Princess Jing, can this thing be grown in Linhai City?"

"Sure!" Ouyang Yunyao said, and then took out a large bag of sweet potatoes from the space and handed it to Rong Zhihan.

"General Rong, have someone wash and cook these. You will know after you taste them."

Rong Zhihan was no longer surprised by Ouyang Yunyao's ability to take things out at will, but he was curious about the bag of sweet potatoes, so he quickly asked his subordinates to take the bag of sweet potatoes to the temporary canteen to wash and cook them.

At this time, General Su Huoling and General Ning Zhenwu also walked in from outside the door. They came from Naiwo City.

Ning Zhenwu saw them all here and said happily, "Do you know? The people of Naiwo City smashed the sign on the tower, and it was renamed Linxi City."

"Linxi City?"

"The people want to belong to Western Chu, saying that they are the closest city to Western Chu."

As they were talking happily, the cook came in with a large basin of steaming sweet potatoes and placed them on the table. "Prince Jing, Princess Jing, the general's food is ready."

"Okay! Come and have some." Rong Zhihan said as he couldn't wait to pick up one, regardless of how hot the sweet potato was. He shook his hand away despite the heat. He wanted to taste it quickly to see what it tasted like. It smelled really good.

After he took a bite, he couldn't bear to put it down, and kept shouting "Delicious! Delicious!" as he stuffed it into his mouth. Not only did this thing fill him up, it didn't require any vegetables, and it was even more delicious than steamed buns.

Ning Zhenwu and Su Huoling had never seen sweet potatoes before. Seeing Rong Zhihan eating happily, they both picked up a sweet potato and started eating, saying as they ate, "Delicious, delicious."

The deputies and subordinates also took the sweet potatoes and started eating them. No one was willing to let go.

"This sweet potato is so good. Prince Jing, Princess Jing, you must quickly teach my people how to grow it."