The little princess' mind was read, and the court and harem were eating melons

Originally, Li Qingyi was ready to let Hu Ping'an switch to the message mode. Anyway, they had already passed on the most important information. Now Hu Ping'an just had to find a way to hide with his family for a few days before their people arrived.

At least, this is much less dangerous than knowing nothing.

However, Li Qingyi soon learned a piece of news that shocked her.

Hu Pingan: [Ah, I don’t think so. The system says I have more than a thousand merits, and signal enhancement only requires deducting 0.1 merits per hour. I think it’s quite cheap? ]

Wang Xuan: [Hey, can you tell your own merits? What about me? Xiao Ba? System!? ]

Li Zhu: [And me, and me! ]

System: [...Okay, I'll take a look. But let me make it clear first, I can only see the merits you have gained through various actions after coming to this world. I can't see the information before you entered this world.]

System: [You have now moved from a higher-dimensional world to a lower-dimensional world. The system cannot retrieve information from the original world and can only view the data recorded in this world.]

Wang Xuan: [Oh, that's fine. Let's see if I've gained anything from my busy schedule. It can also motivate me! What if I need to use merit points someday? ]

System: [Wang Xuan's merit value balance is currently 523.34, and Li Zhu's merit value balance is currently 223.23. ]

Wang Xuan: [Why is Hu Pingan so popular? ]

There was no need for the system to explain, Wang Xuan quickly found the reason: [I know, because Hu Pingan found some kind of divine seed, right? ]

System: [That’s right. ]

System: [In a civilized country, food, clothing, housing and transportation are the basic needs of citizens. But in this era, you humans have a saying that "food is the first necessity of the people", so the merit points gained by Hu Ping'an's behavior will be twice as much as yours.]

Wang Xuan smacked her lips in approval: [That’s right, just like the same great man, although many people remember the names of scientists, the one that Chinese people remember most is Grandpa Yuan.]

Li Qingyi: [Hu Pingan, have you switched to a paid model? ]

Hu Pingan: [Yes, teacher.]

Li Qingyi: [In this case, let's not waste time. You should quickly think of a place where you and your family can stay safely for a few days, so that we can arrange for someone to rush over and pick you up directly when the time comes.]

Wang Xuan asked: [Do you want to bring Hu Ping'an and his family to Beijing? ]

Li Qingyi hesitated for a moment and asked: [Hu Ping'an, what do you think? Don't worry, the Yang family probably won't be able to be so arrogant for a few more days. ]

In this era, many people find it difficult to leave their hometown. Although the capital is good, hometown will always be the place that the Chinese people miss most.

However, unless there is a major event that threatens life or family, it is usually difficult to relocate the whole family.

Moreover, it is easy to imagine that in Qingshan County, as a local gentry that has been doing business for a long time, the Hu family must be living a more comfortable life than in the capital.

What kind of place is Beijing?

If you walk on the street, you might accidentally hit someone, but he would be an official no matter how big or small.

At the very least, you may be a royal relative, an official's wife, or a daughter of an official. This place is definitely more prosperous than other places in Daning, but if you don't have some power, you have to keep your tail between your legs here.

Hu Pingan hesitated for a moment before saying, "After this is settled, I will plant sweet potatoes here again, and then I will go to Beijing."

Li Qingyi: [Sweet potato?]

Hu Pingan: [Yes, I also found it when I followed the villagers up the mountain. I was confused at the time and thought I had made a mistake. I brought it back and verified it several times, and it was indeed a sweet potato. I don’t know why, before this, no one ate it, and it seemed that no one had discovered its existence. Obviously, sweet potatoes are a food with high yield and relatively easy to grow.]

Hu Pingan: [Also, this sweet potato... ah, by the way, Wang Xuan said this is a fictional world, right? That's right, I was wondering how come this sweet potato was dug out of the mountains, and the variety is almost the same as the later improved one.]

Wang Xuan was speechless for a moment, then said: [Ah, then you may have poached the protagonist's opportunity in advance.]

Hu Ping'an seemed a little embarrassed: [Is that so? Then, will there be any negative impact? At that time, I was just looking at the people in this area, who were starving most of the time throughout the year, and thought that if I could save as many people as possible, I would save them. It took two years to promote it, and many people still don't dare to eat it.]

Hu Pingan: [It was only last year that sweet potatoes were promoted in Qingshan County because of the flood season, which reduced grain production and left people with nothing to eat.]

Hu Pingan: [When the county magistrate came to me before, he also said that he would report this matter. I thought that reporting it would be better, and it would be better for the court to promote it than for me to do it alone. But after that, there was no movement. The county magistrate would come to our farm when he was free, but he didn't mention that before, so I thought the matter was dead.]

Li Qingyi was thoughtful after hearing this: [My father, I mean the emperor must have received the news, as for why there was no response...ah, maybe he should send someone to verify it in person?]

Wang Xuan: [Of course, for this kind of thing, no matter the emperor or the court officials, it is impossible for them to believe everything the county magistrate says in a memorial. They must have arranged for an imperial envoy or the Qingyi Guard to go to the local area to confirm it.]

Li Zhu said nothing.

In matters like this, Li Zhu always listened to whatever they said, since he knew his own limitations.

Hu Pingan: [Is that so? I feel relieved. I was worried that the world I came from was ruled by a tyrant, so I was dismissive of these sweet potatoes.]

The "tyrant" emperor: A-choo!

Li Qingyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and defended his father: "No, not really. I think my father is still quite wise and brave at the moment."

At least he really caught the corrupt officials, and he really took action against his dishonest son. He was not completely merciful to the people, otherwise he would not have agreed to let Wang Xuan use the court's money to sell honeycomb coal at a near loss in the winter.

Yes, last winter's honeycomb coal seemed to be selling well, but in fact, if you calculate the cost, it was somewhat of a loss.

However, Wang Xuan also said that for something like honeycomb coal, as long as the production line is built and the assembly line is set up, the cost can be reduced and the profit will increase.

Wang Xuan: [Although I think this emperor should be a tolerant emperor, you can’t say what you just said outside.]

Hu Pingan: [Naturally.]

Afterwards, with the advice of Li Qingyi and Wang Xuan, Hu Ping'an finally decided on three places where the Hu family might be hiding, then ended the communication and went to discuss with his family.

After a while, Wang Xuan suddenly said, "No, Hu Ping'an didn't finish talking about that melon just now."