No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Lin Mingyan didn’t know what the Fourth Master could do, but his attitude already satisfied her.

She thought that the Fourth Master would do as much as he could. If he didn't have the ability to defeat these two people now, then he would just keep this account in mind and settle it when he got to the top.

The next morning, she arrived at the hot spring resort with two carriages full of valuable gifts.

Both Madam Tong and Li Wei's parents are no longer around, and they don't even have any close elders within the five degrees of mourning.

When Lin Mingyan arrived, Madam Tong was lying alone in bed, with only a little maid taking care of her food and drink.

When she saw her coming, Madam Tong even wanted to get out of bed and salute her.

"Oh, what are you doing? Do you want to live like this?" Lin Mingyan pressed her down on the bed and said anxiously.

Madam Tong's face turned pale, and she weakly called out, "Master..."

"Don't talk if you don't feel well," Lin Mingyan personally straightened the quilt for her, "Take good care of yourself."

Because Li Wei said he didn't want Madam Tong to know that the child was gone, as it would affect her health if she was sad again.

Lin Mingyan didn't show it, she just looked at the wounds on her body and carefully applied the imperial medicine to her.

This medicine is much better than the ones used by folk doctors. It gives a cool feeling as soon as you apply it, which relieves the pain a little.

Madam Tong felt much better: "Thank you, Master. This medicine is indeed much better. I believe I will be well in half a month."

Half a month?

The postpartum period still needs another month of recuperation!

Not to mention that he has so many injuries on his body.

Lin Mingyan quickly suppressed her thoughts: "No! You need to rest for at least two months!"

"Two months?" Madam Tong shook her head like a rattle. "That won't do! There's so much to do at VIP Residence!"

If she is away for two months, who will do these things?

The VIP residence is bound to be in chaos.

Not to mention the even more difficult jade liquid!

Lin Mingyan tried to persuade her for a long time but she refused to listen. She could only say with a fierce face, "What are you afraid of? Will it go bankrupt in two months?"

"Besides, aren't the people you've trained over the past two years capable of standing on their own?"

"If you don't really let go, are you planning to keep controlling everything and exhaust yourself to death?"

Seeing that she was angry, Madam Tong didn't dare to say anything more and could only nod in agreement.

Lin Mingyan was afraid that her tone would be too harsh and scare people, so she softened her tone and said, "Besides, the sweet potatoes in the farm are about to be harvested, so you can stay here and take charge."

"Then we'll harvest the sweet potatoes, dry them in the sun, and use them to make wine. That's what we rely on!"

She had previously suggested using sweet potatoes to make taro balls and vermicelli, but then she thought it would be nice to add another kind of wine, as there would be enough sweet potatoes anyway.

When Madam Tong heard this fresh idea, she finally felt relieved.

As long as she wasn't lying in bed doing nothing, she could accept it.

Seeing how eager she was to try, Lin Mingyan was a little worried that she would jump up and get busy after she left.

They simply told the Fourth Master, and the whole family moved back to the farm to live.

Since it was close, she not only sent an experienced nanny to guard it, but also went there to supervise every day.

Madam Tong could only lie in bed and recuperate, and Li Wei was able to work at the Ministry of Revenue with peace of mind.

This day was an auspicious day calculated by the Ministry of Revenue - it was time to dig sweet potatoes.

Yes, it is so outrageous. Although these sweet potatoes were planted by Lin Mingyan, they were dug up by people sent by the Ministry of Revenue.

"Because we need to count how many sweet potatoes can be grown on one acre of mountain land." Although Li Wei's face was haggard, his eyes were as bright as if they were burning with a cluster of flames.

Lin Mingyan nodded in understanding: "You guys dig it up, it just saves me the labor costs anyway."

"By the way, you have to keep an eye on it. They can only take one-third," Lin Mingyan instructed. "I've already figured out how to use the rest."

Li Wei promised solemnly: "Of course, I won't let them take even one more."

Although the fourth master will eventually take this one-third to his farm to grow seedlings, the Ministry of Revenue still needs to store the seed potatoes in a special place.

The storage of seed potatoes is different from that of other edible sweet potatoes. They require a warm environment to prevent them from losing their activity and failing to produce seedlings in the second year.

So insulation is also a headache. The Ministry of Revenue is counting on these seedlings next year, so of course we dare not take it lightly and we feel at ease leaving it to them.

"Actually, we gave an order to Fujian a couple of days ago, asking them to grow more rice seedlings next year. We'll requisition them then," Li Wei told her. "Otherwise, relying on just this little bit won't be enough."

"The rice seedlings we grow are only enough for the area around Beijing. There's a pilot program here that's distributing them to farmers who aren't fishermen."

"Anyone who has mountain land can go to the government to get it for planting. It just takes a little time anyway."

Lin Mingyan had never expected that one farm could produce all the rice seedlings for the entire country, so she understood after hearing this.

She watched people working in the fields and men in official uniforms running around counting people.

Every now and then someone would exclaim, "Wow! This plant has so many seeds underground! It's very productive!"

The weather in Beijing has been good this year, and this is the first year that sweet potatoes have been grown in these fields, so they are growing very well.

Normally, I would guess that this year would be a bumper harvest year. Now that the excavation has started, I am filled with surprises.

After a week of digging, all the sweet potatoes were dug out.

The crops grown in the fields of Wenquan Village have a higher yield, reaching 900 kilograms per mu.

For the Qing Dynasty, where the grain yield per mu was only 400 kilograms, this was almost doubled!

The news from the mountains was even more exciting. Although the yield was lower than that from the fields, it still reached more than 800 kilograms.

You have to know that rice and wheat cannot be grown in the mountains. Even if you force yourself to grow them, it will take a lot of effort, and the final yield may only be more than 100 kilograms per mu, which is not worth it at all.

Not only is growing sweet potatoes simple and easy to manage now, but the yield is also eight times higher!

Not only was the Fourth Master shocked, even Emperor Kangxi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was shaken.

"Is that really the case?!" Emperor Kangxi hadn't lost his composure like this in a long time.

But he really couldn't help it. He was only 45 years old this year, and the achievement of such a substantial increase in grain production was weighing heavily on him. He really couldn't bear it!

Ma Qi below was smiling like a chrysanthemum, praising Sweet Potato and the Fourth Master desperately.

Those compliments are from the bottom of my heart, and I just throw them out there for free.

He was really too excited. Whether he, the Minister of Revenue, could leave his name in history and be on par with the famous ministers of past dynasties depended on this achievement!

"Okay, okay!" Emperor Kangxi clapped his hands and wished he could go to the fields to dig sweet potatoes himself.

Unfortunately, all the sweet potatoes have been dug up, and he really can only wait until next year.

He made up his mind and decided to reward the fourth brother generously...