Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

Yan Yiyi looked at the sky and estimated that it was already past nine o'clock. Seeing everyone busy and sweating profusely, she pulled Xin Ye back to boil mint water to cool down.

It’s not that I don’t want to cook mung bean soup, but Yan Yiyi hasn’t found any trace of mung beans yet. However, I can cook a few more pots of sweet potato soup. I will definitely treat everyone to a sweet potato feast today.

The sweet potatoes can also be steamed and the sweet potato cakes can be fried. Both are relatively filling methods and suitable for entertaining so many people.

Half an hour later, Yan Yiyi called on the runners who were carrying sweet potatoes to bring mint water to the field to quench everyone's thirst.

Dozens of people finished working on three acres of sweet potato fields in just one morning. The adults were not in a hurry to discuss the next matters. Several adults and the Li family were sitting in the living room. The others had worked on the farm for a morning and were so tired that they sat on the ground, gasping for breath.

My stomach was growling with hunger and I didn't have the energy to eat for a while.

Xin Ye and Yan Yiyi brought out a large basin of sweet potato soup, and also a large basin of sweet potatoes and sweet potato cakes, and asked everyone to wash their hands and come over for lunch.

The group of men did not expect that they could actually taste the sweet potatoes. They were shocked and deeply moved. They thanked the Li family for their hospitality and the magistrate for his kindness.

They could tell at a glance that the steamed sweet potatoes were no different from those dug out from the ground. Although they were men, they did most of the housework themselves, and their cooking skills could not be said to be very good, but at least they could see that the sweet potatoes were just washed and cooked in the pot.

As for how much water to put and how long to cook, I still need to ask.

Although the fried golden sweet potato cakes were tempting, they wanted to taste the sweet potatoes themselves, so they all tacitly chose steamed sweet potatoes.

After taking a bite, they were amazed. They had never expected sweet potatoes to be so delicious. After eating one, they couldn't stop and tacitly took another sweet potato cake to eat.

Wow, sweet potato cakes are better than white flour cakes!

It was the first time in their lives that they had eaten such delicious pancakes!

Finally, take a sip of the sweet and delicious sweet potato soup... After finishing a bowl, their originally hungry stomachs are now half full. They can't help but be surprised at the filling feeling of sweet potatoes.

At this moment, no matter how stupid they were, they understood the value of sweet potatoes.

Next, the master gave them a lecture and asked them to put their fingerprints on the contract, saying that the matter of the sweet potatoes could not be revealed for the time being. After this batch of sweet potatoes was harvested as a high-quality variety in the capital, they would no longer be kept secret next year.

At this time, the yamen runners who were responsible for weighing and recording the sweet potatoes of Aunt Qi and others came back almost at the same time, and Chen Yong asked them to go to the hall to report the situation.

"Qi Zhaoshi planted two acres of sweet potatoes and harvested a total of kilograms."

"Zhang Wu planted two acres of sweet potatoes and harvested a total of kilograms."

"Wang Er planted two acres of sweet potatoes and harvested a total of kilograms."

"Wang San planted two acres of sweet potatoes and harvested a total of kilograms."

"Gu Da sweet potatoes were planted on two acres and the total harvest was kilograms."

"Li Minghong planted three acres of sweet potato and harvested a total of kilograms."

"The first batch of sweet potatoes planted in Dashan Village this year covers a total of 13 acres, with a total harvest of 100 kilograms."

Everyone present, whether they were sitting in the hall or hiding in the shade outside the yard, kept quiet, slowed their breathing, and pricked up their ears to listen to his report when the runner in charge of statistics came in.

When they heard that the sweet potato harvest was over 70,000 kilograms, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

What does more than 70,000 kilograms mean?

They work hard to grow rice, but one acre of rice yields less than 13 kilograms on average. If we take it as an integer, it's only kilogram for acres!

Sweet potatoes are truly a new high-yield grain variety!

Someone couldn't help but cheering, and the sound of joy spread. The entire Li family was suddenly filled with cheers. Except for Xin Ye and Yan Yiyi, everyone else started laughing together.

At the same time, the villagers of Dashan Village were also laughing happily. They didn't know how many kilograms of sweet potatoes the Li family harvested, but they knew exactly how many kilograms of sweet potatoes the families in the village harvested.

After several parties calculated, they found that each family had more than 10,000 kilograms of grain, and they only had two acres of land. If they planted more in the future, would the number of sweet potatoes increase?

If nothing unexpected happens, this New Year, everyone of them will be able to have enough to eat and spend a happy and warm New Year.

The sweet potatoes needed to be sent to the capital without delay, so Chen Yong did not delay and immediately asked the yamen runners to load the sweet potatoes onto the ox cart. Of course, the family that grew the sweet potatoes would not leave behind every single one.

The Li family took away a total of 7 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and the other families each took away kilograms, a total of kilograms, all of which were sent to the capital.

They can keep the remaining parts for themselves.

Of course, the court would not take the sweet potatoes for free after they had worked so hard to grow them. The price was temporarily set at 5 wen per catty. Therefore, the other five families except the Li family each received 52 taels, and the Li family received 90 taels.

When this price was announced, not only the villagers of Dashan Village were shocked, but also the men of Shijiao Village and Houling Village were all shocked and couldn't believe it.

What does 50 taels mean to the villagers?

There are young and strong men in the family who go out to work, earning 30 wen a day, 900 wen a month, which is less than one liang. If you calculate it based on one liang, you can only save 1 liang in a year without eating or drinking.

It would take someone like them 50 years to save up 4 taels!

Nowadays, they only need to grow sweet potatoes at home, weed and water them. If they have fertilizer at home, they can sprinkle some on the crops. They can earn 26 taels in one harvest.

Why 26 taels?

Because they only got one acre of sweet potato seedlings for the first crop this year.

Moreover, after the sweet potatoes grow up, they cut the seedlings and plant them again. Now every family has at least three acres of sweet potatoes. After digging up the sweet potatoes from these three acres and selling them, they can earn about 78 taels.

Now, I am following the Li family to plant another crop of sweet potatoes. I can earn at least one hundred taels this year!

Every household earns one hundred taels a year. Their village in the mountains is rich!

No wonder the Li family said they would make money and asked them not to leak it out. Damn, this is more than one hundred taels!

Even if I kill you, I won’t say anything!

The Li family did not need to step in to make this account, as the village chief had already calculated it clearly and told the villagers the result. Almost all the villagers cried with joy and were extremely grateful to the Li family.

They knew that with the strength of Daye's family, they were fully capable of preventing villagers from participating in sweet potato planting. However, the Li family was so righteous that they presented the sweet potatoes to the emperor and at the same time gained the initiative for their fellow villagers.

Seeing villagers from other villages coming to the village today, they all know that one day sweet potatoes will no longer be a rarity. The Li family has done their best for them by being able to earn the first wave of the most valuable sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are not the sweet potatoes of their mountain village, but the precious food belonging to the people of the entire Zhao Kingdom. They are aware of this.

It is estimated that in the near future, the emperor will surely issue an edict to praise the Li family. Perhaps their Dashan Village will also receive a word of praise from the emperor. By then, their Dashan Village will become famous!