Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

Two months later.

Baicaotang Pharmacy has a better and better reputation and more and more customers because it sells ready-made medicines and has a truly great doctor, Dr. Liu.

Liu Yuhan returns to Fulai Village every two or three days, and stays in the pharmacy the rest of the time.

Occasionally I would visit the soap shop or have a bowl of noodles at the noodle shop run by my uncle and aunt.

My uncle and aunt moved to Changle County last month.

Old Mrs. Jiang and Liu Daling were going to use their private savings to support them in buying a small courtyard. However, Liu Yuhan was unwilling to accept money from the two elderly people. She bought a shop on North Street in Changle County. The shop had previously been a noodle shop and was fully furnished.

Behind the shop was a living room, kitchen, and well. Aside from being a bit smaller than the pharmacy, it had everything one could need. Liu Yuhan was already familiar with the owner of the pharmacy, and he bargained for 200 taels to buy it. The owner's heart was pounding with distress. He couldn't resist this girl who was so good at bargaining...

Yang Nianhua gave Liu Yuhan 50 taels and insisted that the 150 taels were lent to them first.

Seeing the persistent expressions of his uncle and aunt, Liu Yuhan reluctantly did some calculations with them: the fertile fields and sandy fields allocated to them in Fulai Village were all cultivated by the Liu family. They had only cultivated them for two weeks this year, and the income was about 30 taels. If they cultivated the fields for another four years, the income would be offset.

Is that even possible? 30 taels a year from farming? The couple toiled for a month, and their net profit was only about 20 taels. Since business was good, that was already a lot.

Liu Yuhan didn't care what the couple thought and just fooled them.

This was the old man's wish. He wanted to help his daughter so that she wouldn't have to live too hard. Since the family had the conditions, why not fulfill it? Moreover, his uncle and aunt had helped their family a lot before and were very kind and grateful people.

Yang Zhi and Yang Rong are temporarily staying in Fulai Village to study. They are planning to take the Tongsheng exam next spring, which requires them to successfully pass the county and prefectural exams.

After becoming a Tongsheng, one can study at the county school. Of course, if one is capable, one can take the same-year academy examination to become a Xiucai, or one can wait three years to take the examination.

Three years after passing the examination for the scholar, one can take the provincial examination to become a juren, and in the same year, one can take the metropolitan examination to become a gongshi, or wait three years before taking the examination.

One month after the joint examination, one could take the palace examination, where the emperor would preside over the policy test and select the top three. The others on the list would be called Jinshi. Those who passed the joint examination were called Gongshi, while those who passed the palace examination were called Jinshi.

The title of Jinshi (Jinshi) was the pinnacle of the imperial examination system for ancient scholars, and also the most difficult to obtain. Becoming a Jinshi was the ultimate dream for countless scholars in ancient times.

Among them, Jinshi are specifically divided into three classes. The first class has 3 people, who are awarded Jinshi Jidi, commonly known as the top scholar, the second scholar, and the third scholar; the second and third classes are awarded Jinshi Chuan and Tong Jinshi Chuan respectively.

Those who pass the imperial examination generally have a bright future. The first-class candidates can be appointed to official positions immediately, while the second and third-class candidates take the Hanlin Academy examination and study for three years before being appointed to official positions.

There are about hundreds of people admitted as Jinshi, and in order to balance the development of various regions, the quotas are often allocated according to region.

(From the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Qing Dynasty, during the more than 1400 years of China's imperial examination system, the total number of successful Jinshi (Jinshi) candidates was approximately 10. Generally speaking, this was a group of exceptional talent. Many great politicians, writers, and scholars in ancient times were Jinshi graduates, including Wang Bo, Wang Changling, Wang Wei, Cen Shen, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi, Bai Juyi, Liu Zongyuan, and Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty; Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, and the Su Shi brothers in the Song Dynasty; and Zhang Juzheng and Xu Guangqi in the Ming Dynasty.)

In the end, the imperial examination can be said to be comparable to the competition among outstanding students in the college entrance examination for admission to 985 universities, or even more so.

In early November, the autumn harvest began.

Those in Fu'an City who planted high-yield grains and high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes all spent their time in joy and harvest.

The counties near Changle County and Fu'an City were all shocked!

The envious county magistrate even ran to the prefect to complain why they didn't get some of the county? Why did Changle County have so much? The prefect naturally gave them a good explanation: these high-yield grains and crops were all passed down from Changle County...

Everyone was stimulated and rushed to buy good (grain) seeds, preparing to join in the big effort next year.

This is what the prefectural governor Huo Jinhai wants to see. Next year, every county in Fu'an City will grow high-yield grains and crops.

Even if there are natural disasters or man-made disasters in Fu'an City, they will no longer starve. Even if the imperial court withholds food and wages, their soldiers will no longer starve. They must be self-sufficient.

It was all thanks to the Liu family. He was excited at the thought of being able to grow high-yield corn again next spring.

The Huo family's high-yield corn yields 2500 kilograms per mu! No matter what the court does, they must first protect this batch of corn seeds and wait until every household in Fu'an City can plant them.

Anyway, he has the tall Huo family to take care of him, so he is not afraid.

County Magistrate Zhu was the most moved! Their county received the most grain seeds and crops, which were all planted in the county fields.

After such a large harvest, their county has a higher yield than other counties.

After the autumn harvest every year, the provincial capital would hold an "Agricultural Fair" to announce the harvest output of each county. The best ones would not only receive rewards of silver and plaques, but also have the opportunity to sit next to the prefect and share their crop planting experiences on the spot.

In less than a year, Zhu Rui had slapped the other counties in the face, going from perpetually second-to-last in the county to number one! He even received recognition from the prefectural governor, who awarded him a precious plaque and gave him a speech on the spot.

For this moment, County Magistrate Zhu shaved off his long beard that he had grown for 10 years and asked his wife to help him dress up. With his clear eyes, high nose bridge, and well-proportioned facial features, it turns out that County Magistrate Zhu is a handsome middle-aged uncle!

The county magistrates who had not received high-yield grain and crops were even more upset when they saw his attire and his rhythmic speech...

He also said that others were not worthy of a beautiful wife, but in fact he was also excellent! Many people secretly looked down on him and then envied him one day.

Changle County is clearly dominated by sand fields, yet they manage to claim first place in production. It's like a deity descending to earth...

I'm still a little bit dissatisfied, and I'm going to take him down next year... County Magistrate Zhu didn't realize that his high-profile behavior had accidentally brought him a lot of "hatred"...

All workshops stopped working, and Fulai Village fell into another busy autumn harvest.

The Liu family hired a lot of people to help with the production of sweet potatoes and potatoes on their 260 acres of land. Besides the tomatoes and potatoes piled up in the Liu family's yard, the rest were taken to the largest semi-open-air workshop.

Tea is seasonal and limited, and tea products were discontinued last month.

Now that the autumn harvest is over, the villagers have plenty of time and can make some money to prepare for the New Year.

The villagers sold half of the potatoes, sweet potatoes and rice they grew to the county government. They kept the remaining potatoes and sweet potatoes for seeds and for their own consumption, and sold the rest to the Liu family.

More than half of the village's 40 households took the opportunity to repay the five taels of silver they owed the Liu family last year. The rest paid back some first, saying they would pay off the remaining shortfall by the end of the year.

In fact, the Liu family is not in a hurry, but they cannot help but take it to heart.

Thanks to their experience, the Liu family's potatoes and sweet potatoes yielded a higher yield this time, estimated to be nearly 90 kilograms! They sold 20 kilograms to the government office, and 10 kilograms each of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

The remaining 70 jin and the 80 jin sold to them by the villagers were an astonishing number.

Liu Yuhan was afraid that she would not be able to produce potatoes in time, so she temporarily put most of the sweet potatoes piled in her yard into the space.