Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liu Xu led a few people to check each shed one by one. In the past few days, Liu Cheng's family had already planted all the crops that needed to be transplanted.

Looking at the green inside, the three men, one young and two young, all had some excitement in their eyes.

"Dad, Brother Huaijin, Third Brother, the potatoes will be ready for harvest in two months. As for the corn, it will probably be harvested in April."

"Besides, the harvest is just in time, so we can plant another season. I plan to grow seedlings here directly and plant more on the dry land in our own farm as much as possible. What do you think?" The crisp sound of willow catkins echoed in the shed.

"Baoer, how much can we collect?" Liu Donglai asked.

"Conservatively speaking, my family and my uncle's family can produce at least 6,000 kilograms of corn, and we can plant at least 10 hectares of corn in the future. I'm not sure about potatoes yet, but the yield per mu is definitely higher than that of corn."

Seeing the happy expressions on the faces of the three people, Liu Xu added: "But potatoes cannot tolerate high temperatures. After these are harvested, I will plant another batch immediately and try to reserve more seeds for this autumn."

After a pause, he looked at Chang Yifei apologetically and said, "Third brother, I'm afraid I can't go to the store for the time being. But don't worry, I will find someone else to take over first."

She didn't know how much of these things the court would take away, so she had to take the opportunity to keep some for seeds.

Chang Yifei smiled and said, "Let's save the seeds first, otherwise we won't be able to eat them for long."

At that moment, they had no idea what a big surprise the potatoes would give them two months later.

"Sister Xuer, what is the approximate yield per mu of that... um, pepper? When can it be harvested?" Mu Lingxuan asked.

"I'm sorry, Brother Huai Jin, I'm not too sure about this. I have to wait until one harvest season before I can estimate it. Can I tell you then?" Liu Xu pursed her lips apologetically.

"It's okay, I was just impatient!" Mu Lingxuan nodded.

In her previous life, there were many people in the village growing greenhouse vegetables, so how could she not know about this? She was just afraid that the two of them would come back and ask her how she knew this, and it would be difficult for her to answer.

After all, everything else can be blamed on Jayne, but the chili pepper was found by Mu Lingxuan.

"But Baoer, I heard from your mother that your second uncle wanted you to send these back to Beijing, right?" Liu Donglai asked with a frown.

"Dad, my second uncle asked me to send some to His Majesty the Emperor, not all of them. It's mainly to record the yield per mu and growth habits."

Mu Lingxuan nodded: "Indeed, Uncle Liu, don't worry, we only need to present a small portion to let the court and the emperor confirm that these can be used as food, but officials from the Sino-Agricultural Temple should be sent to follow up."

Chang Yifei also nodded. Qinghe County also had a Minister of Agriculture, who usually encouraged farmers and businessmen. He just didn't know whether the person would be someone from the capital or someone sent directly from the local government.

Moreover, with all these, County Magistrate Qiu might have gained merit in vain. I wonder how he will feel when he finds out. And the prefect...

"By the way, godfather, little sister, I have another thing to do today." Chang Yifei said suddenly with a frown.

Several people were puzzled when they saw his sudden change of expression.

"But what happened?" Liu Donglai asked with a frown.

"It's about those human traffickers back then." Chang Yifei said hesitantly, pursing his lips.

When they heard this, their faces changed. Liu Xu hurriedly said, "Dad, Brother Huaijin, Third Brother, let's go back first."

Although everyone here is a servant of the Liu family, it is better if fewer people know about this kind of thing.

The few of them quickly returned to Liu Xu's study in the front yard.

As Chang Yifei spoke slowly, several people frowned.

It turned out that after Xu Mingzhe left that day, the man named Wu Dayou was imprisoned in the government jail.

It is said that not long after that, Wu Dayou confessed that they were not human traffickers, that the old woman Wu was his cousin and a matchmaker, and that those girls were sold to them by refugees.

As for Xu Ruolan and her servant, Wu Po later confessed that she picked them up on the roadside and became interested in them because they were beautiful and had no one else around. As a result, they escaped. Unfortunately, they were seen by Wu Dayou, who coveted them, so he locked Dong'er up after catching her.

The third master they were talking about was surnamed Fu, and he was the owner of a private pimping business in the city. Wu Pozi was one of their people. However, this man was not only a pimping business, but also resold goods from the north and south. Of course, if there were women of good looks, he would also send them to Yongze Prefecture. But he always sent them to the ship openly. After all, there were yamen runners watching at the dock on weekdays. If it was really illegal human trafficking, wouldn't those girls make a fuss?

In the end, Wu Pozi and Wu Dayou were sentenced to exile two thousand miles away.

It just so happened that last year was the ninth year that Magistrate Ding had been in office, and he had to return to Beijing to report on his work, so he only instructed the housekeeper of the house to remember to deliver the letter to Chang Mansion. However, the housekeeper was so busy that he forgot about it and only delivered the letter two days ago.

Liu Xu stood up even more angrily, "This is not right. Mother said that there were at least 20 people in their room at the time, and there seemed to be people in other rooms as well. They were all drugged. If they were sold out by their family, why would they do this? Those two are obviously scapegoats. Magistrate Ding actually believed it? And don't they even need to call my mother and Aunt Dong to testify?"

"Little sister, the man has already confessed and signed a pledge. The case is simple, so there is no need to call witnesses. But I also think it is unlikely, so I asked someone to check it out afterwards."

Chang Yifei asked his confidant to investigate Mr. Fu San and found that he had a lot of private contacts with the prefect. Moreover, every time the man transported goods, there were many yamen runners waiting nearby, not for interrogation, but for protection.

Mu Lingxuan tapped the table with his fingers slowly and said, "If I remember correctly, this Magistrate Ding is from the Ding family of Yongze Prefecture!"

"Are you talking about Magistrate Ding and Mr. Fu Sanye..." Liu Donglai frowned and his fists clenched so hard that they made a creaking sound.

"My father and I think so too." Chang Yifei said.

"But didn't he just take up the post in Yongshun Prefecture nine years ago? Did that Mr. Fu San also come at that time?" Liu Xu was a little confused.

Chang Yifei shook his head. "No, according to my father, this Third Master Fu was already in Yongshun Prefecture two years before the current emperor ascended the throne. I heard that he had someone in high places, so he opened that dental clinic as soon as he arrived."

Several people seemed to have noticed that something was wrong. The study room became quiet for a moment, and the only sound was the sound of Mu Lingxuan knocking on the table.

The surname is Fu, and he has someone above him... Mu Lingxuan kept recalling the Fu family in the capital, but after a long while he still found nothing. "After all, I have been at the border for many years, so I am a little short of information about the capital..."

"How about asking Uncle Yan?" Liu Xu suggested.

The three men's eyes lit up. Yes, Yan Yi was the leader of the secret guards, and no one knew the affairs of the capital better than him.

However, it was not suitable for Mu Lingxuan and Liu Donglai to show up in the daytime. So Liu Xu called Uncle He and asked him to ask Doctor Meng to help diagnose grandma's pulse and asked him to bring Yan Yi and the others with him.

After a stick of incense, Xiao Yan and the other person entered the study.