After crossing, I surrounded the capital from the countryside

Mr. Gu's younger brother, a man who always had his own ideas about family affairs, found out about the potatoes from somewhere.

Out of consideration for his own interests, he secretly reported the matter to an official with whom he was on good terms.

It just so happened that this official was not a good person either. When the corrupt official learned about the high yield of potatoes, greed flashed in his eyes.

He saw the huge profits behind potatoes and smelled the smell of power.

So he couldn't wait to seize all the potatoes, wanting to take them for himself.

So, on a dark and windy night, the corrupt official sent a large number of his men to the Gu family's fields. They were armed with sticks and had fierce expressions on their faces, as if they were going to raze the fields to the ground.

The fields of the Gu family should have been a peaceful and harmonious scene, but they were broken by these greedy officers and soldiers. They roughly pushed aside the servants of the Gu family, broke into the fields, and began to dig potatoes frantically.

He also loudly ordered his men to keep a close watch on the potatoes and not allow anyone to approach them. His face was full of pride and arrogance, as if he had seen a bright future of promotion and wealth because of the potatoes.

When Xu Qingyun and the Gu family heard the news and rushed over, they saw a mess. The potatoes had been dug up in a mess, and the ground was full of broken potatoes and soil.

Xu Qingyun looked at this scene, his heart filled with anger and helplessness. But his status did not allow him to act on impulse.

"What are you doing? We grew these potatoes with great effort. Why are you treating them like this?" Xu Qingyun asked loudly.

The corrupt official stepped forward and looked at Xu Qingyun with a smug look on his face: "Humph, these potatoes now belong to the court, so forget about it."

Master Gu stood aside, watching all this indifferently. There was no trace of guilt or self-blame on his face, as if all this was taken for granted.

Mr. Gu was also helpless and heartbroken. Looking at his second brother, his heart was filled with disappointment.

Xu Qingyun clenched his fists and watched all this with red eyes.

Since ancient times, the people have never fought against the officials. A merchant family like the Gu family would never confront the officials head-on.

So later on, the potatoes were confiscated by corrupt officials in the court.

It has completely become a powerful tool for these corrupt officials to climb up the ladder.

Originally, Xu Qingyun still held a glimmer of hope, hoping that after potatoes were discovered by other people in the court, they could be taken from the people and used for the people, and that potatoes, as a high-yield crop, could be promoted to the people so that the people could escape from the plight of hunger.

Unfortunately, he was disappointed in the end.

Potatoes, a magical crop that was supposed to benefit the people, were eventually monopolized by aristocratic families and the upper class. In order to satisfy their own greed and interests, they firmly controlled the potatoes in their hands and refused to let any of them flow into the people.

The people still lived in hunger and struggled to fill their stomachs every day. Not only did they have to endure the torture of hunger, but they were also forced to grow potatoes for the clans.

This is such a great irony and sadness.

……

When Xu Qingqing heard the news, for some reason, she felt very calm.

There is even a feeling that it is as expected.

She looked at the letter in her hand, then looked at the people from Xiaoyao Sect outside who were living and working happily, and her mood was a little complicated.

[Ding——Main Mission 3——Build a city wall for Xiaoyao Sect——Complete the mission and receive a life-extending pill]

[Ding——Main Quest 4——Develop Xiaoyao Sect’s industry to the top three in the Great Zhou Kingdom——Complete the quest and you will be rewarded with a Essence Cleansing and Marrow Removing Pill]

Xu Qingqing was a little stunned when she heard the system prompt sound that suddenly popped up in her mind.

There is no deadline for this mission?

[111, is there no deadline for this mission? ]

111 heard Xu Qingqing's call, raised his head from the big book, and lifted the glasses on his nose. Yes, you read it right! 111 He became nearsighted because he was too obsessed with studying!!!

111 called up the task pop-up window of the main system and looked at it carefully. [Yes, I looked at it. Qingqing, you read it right. There is no deadline.]

Xu Qingqing's mouth twitched slightly when she heard this [I'm not blind...]

[Since the main system's task prompt says there is no deadline, then you can complete the task indefinitely~] 111 didn't know what Xu Qingqing was hesitating about.

Xu Qingqing couldn't explain it, but looking at these two tasks, she felt a sense of urgency.

Of course she knew that the main system did not give a clear deadline, but the inexplicable pressure and uneasiness were like a huge rock pressing on her heart, making her unable to let go.

"Maybe I'm too sensitive." Xu Qingqing sighed softly, trying to calm her inner turmoil.

She knew that she was a person who tended to overthink, but this time the feeling was unusually strong, as if something was about to happen and she couldn't predict it.

"Forget it, since there is no clear deadline, let's just do the things at hand first." Xu Qingqing decided to put aside her doubts for the time being and focus on the task at hand.

She knew that only by taking real action could she gradually uncover the mysterious veil and find the answer.

However, in the middle of the night, Xu Qingqing couldn't fall asleep because she had something on her mind. She kept thinking over and over again why the main system did not give a deadline this time.

Xu Qingqing's doubts were not unfounded. Judging from the previous two tasks, the main system's tasks seemed to have some unknown intentions.

Every time she completed a task and received a reward, that inexplicable sense of urgency would grow stronger, as if the main system was guiding her step by step towards some unknown area.

The difficulty of those tasks gradually increased, the scope involved became wider and wider, and even began to involve some politically sensitive areas.

Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration.

She couldn't help but wonder if the main system wanted to use this method to make her dissatisfied with the existing system and encourage her to rebel.

Xu Qingqing thought for a moment and decided to follow her intuition.

Since her intuition gave her a sense of urgency, she tried her best to complete the two tasks as quickly as possible.

After making up her mind, Xu Qingqing fell asleep quickly.

As soon as I got up the next day, I started my daily infrastructure plan as usual.

But today Xu Qingqing has been thinking about how to get potatoes to the market so that people can grow and eat potatoes.

She squatted on the ground, watching the much-grown Dudu running around the yard chasing butterflies.

Xu Qingqing came back to her senses when she heard He Anran's shout outside the door.

"What's wrong?" Xu Qingqing looked at He Anran and asked.

He Anran looked a little strange, "Qingqing, you will know if you go and take a look."

Seeing He Anran hesitant to speak, Xu Qingqing was a little confused.