Surprise! I emptied the emperor's private treasury before exile

"What do volunteers do?" Even at this moment, they remained vigilant.

Chu Ci did not give any lofty reasons, but directly stated his purpose: "Promote the potatoes in your hands."

Even so, they still didn't believe it. They even put down the potatoes in their hands and asked, "What is your purpose in doing this?"

In the minds of these people, there is no need to promote edible things, and naturally many people will come forward to ask for them.

Chu Ci had no idea what they were thinking, but he could sense that they were becoming more vigilant.

This won't work, so after thinking for a while, Chu Ci began to deceive: "Then I'll tell you the truth. This potato has a high yield per mu, and can be used as food and also for cooking. As for the taste, you have tasted it, it is very good. It can be said that it has advantages all over."

At this point, Chu Ci paused deliberately to arouse their curiosity, and then continued: "However, this thing has extremely high requirements for soil fertility. If there is enough fertilizer, one acre of land can produce more than a thousand kilograms."

"A yield of one thousand kilograms per mu? Could this be a magical seed?" These people already suspected Chu Ci was a liar, and when they heard the yield of one thousand kilograms per mu, the suspicion in their eyes became even stronger.

None of this works!

Then don't blame yourself for using your ultimate move.

Chu Ci rolled his eyes naturally, "I've already said that this was cultivated by my grandfather with great effort. Do you know how much my grandfather paid for this?"

Without waiting for the other party to answer, Chu Ci said passionately: "For potatoes, my grandfather traveled almost every inch of land in Da Zhou and tried hundreds of methods."

Chu Ci almost said that her grandfather was the reincarnation of the god of agriculture.

This gave goosebumps to the people behind him who knew the truth, especially "Grandpa" Chu Chengyun, who was almost embarrassed at the moment.

However, the group of people in front of them just fell for it! "Grandpa Gao Yi!" "Yes, Grandpa Gao Yi."

"What's Gao Yi? If he didn't run around, we wouldn't be trapped in Lianzhou City." Chu Ci deliberately showed his dissatisfaction with his grandfather.

Sure enough, these people immediately became unhappy, "Young lady, this is where you are wrong. It is not that easy to accomplish something. You, the younger generation, have to understand him."

Hehe, you’ve taken the bait!

Chu Ci was ecstatic in his heart, but a helpless smile appeared on his face: "I am not blaming my grandfather."

"That's right, your grandfather is a very good man." Seeing that Chu Ci no longer said bad things about the old man, everyone began to compliment the old man.

But is this the end of Chu Ci?

Chu Ci changed the subject and pointed the finger at the officials of Lianzhou: "It's just that the officials of Lianzhou are too inhumane! If there is a disease, they should treat it. How can they just leave a Sima and run away with the people? Before running away, they even forgot to plunder all the food of the people."

In this hierarchical world, Chu Ci's words are tantamount to seeking his own death.

Even if they had a very good impression of Chu Ci and his grandson because of the potatoes, it still included following Chu Ci to death!

Thus, the streets that were bustling just now became silent in an instant.

Chu Ci knew that this topic could not be further explored. She took a deep breath and quickly brought up the topic she had prepared: "My grandfather couldn't bear to see the people in Lianzhou City starving!"

As expected, as soon as these words were spoken, the vigilance of everyone present finally disappeared without a trace.

Some smart people even apologized to Chu Ci: "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have misunderstood you and the old man."

At this time, Fan Jingrui also seized the opportunity to ask: "Then can you tell me why you think we are liars?"

"It's all because of the 'Holy Mother Church'."

"Yes, that so-called saint who claimed her pills could prevent and treat the plague."

"Actually, it's nothing."

"We were deceived by them and ended up losing even our land."

……

Everyone spoke one after another, and finally the matter of the "Holy Mother Church" was brought out.

Chu Ci was used to asking the police for help when he had trouble.

Even though Fan Jingrui was exiled, he never truly experienced the difficult life of the lower-class people.

So, two people who were definitely not stupid asked an extremely stupid question. "Didn't you report the matter of the Holy Mother Church to the police?"

Sure enough, they were slapped in the face the next moment. "You just said that all the officials in Lianzhou have fled, leaving only Sima Lord, who has been isolated. Who can we go to report to the authorities?"

Chu Ci and Fan Jingrui were choked at the same time. Fan Jingrui's face turned red.

Chu Ci still boasted that he had a thicker skin. "I'm sorry, I was so angry that I lost my mind. Let's get back to the point. Are you willing to help promote potatoes?"

"We would like to, but no one we know has much money." This is the farmer. Even when he is in desperate situation, he still cares about others.

"We don't need money. We can exchange leather, tea, mushrooms, seafood, etc. We will make a list later, and you can exchange according to the items on the list."

To these people, the value of high-yield crops is simply inestimable.

However, Chu Ci only wanted some worthless mountain products and seafood. What’s the difference between this and giving them away for free?

With a thump, everyone knelt down in unison. "Thank you, Madam, for saving my life!"

"Get up, get up."

Chu Ci didn't expect that his method would work, but the effect was too good.

She hurried to help them one by one, but they said, "Madam, please let us kneel for a while, so that we can feel better."

Chu Ci really had no idea what to do about this, so she had to ask her husband Fan Jingrui for help.

Fan Jingrui couldn't help laughing, but he still stood up to rescue his wife at the first moment.

"Are you sure you want to be our potato promotion volunteers? Then please come and register with me, and then Mr. Ma from the government office will arrange what you need to do."

Ma Ming came over just for Dr. Hua's sake, but he didn't expect to be dragged into the water...

But if the potato production is true, then his father, as the only official left behind in Lianzhou, can definitely get a share of the profits.

So even though he was being used, Ma Ming happily got on board (at least on the surface).

However, when everyone left, Ma Ming looked at the materials compiled by Fan Jingrui, his face dark as if ink could drip out. "I will report to you what I have seen and heard here truthfully."

Fan Jingrui understood his implication and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ma."

Fan Jingrui did not mention the matter of the "Holy Mother Church", which meant that he tacitly agreed that the matter should be investigated by Ma Ming, or more accurately, Sima Zhang.