The Little Lucky Girl.

It's the third day of the potato harvest, and Su Qing's potatoes were all harvested yesterday! Ten mu of land yielded 3,080 jin, 4,500 jin, 3,340 jin, 3,520 jin, 3,110 jin, 3,580 jin, 3,200 jin, 3,650 jin, 4,010 jin, and 3,820 jin, for a total of 35,810 jin. Now it's time to wait for the imperial court to come and purchase the potatoes!

Su Qing asked Ying San to invite the housekeeper over, "Uncle Li, the potatoes have been harvested. Give out the five taels of silver reward to everyone!"

"Yes, girl!"

"We'll have someone turn the potato fields over and add some fermented chicken, duck, and goose manure to the fields. This way, the autumn potatoes will grow better!"

"Yes, young lady! I'll arrange it right away!"

"Well, let's go!"

County Magistrate Shen was so excited yesterday after weighing the potato yield of Su Qing's ten acres! He came to Sujia Village early this morning!

"Qingbao! You've truly accomplished something great this time. I believe Yun'an County will soon become the richest county in the country!"

"Uncle, that's also because of your good leadership!"

"Hey, Qingbao, your cousin is taking advantage of you!"

"Uncle, when will the imperial court come to purchase potatoes? Potatoes can be promoted nationwide in the second half of this year or next year!"

"It will probably only be one or two days. I wrote an expedited express letter to the capital!"

"Yeah, everyone in the village is still harvesting potatoes today! Uncle, why don't you go and see how much the other villagers have harvested per acre?"

“I definitely have to go see it!”

"Uncle, have you had breakfast? Come back after breakfast!"

"I woke up early and didn't have breakfast!"

"Then let's have breakfast together! I'll go with you afterward!"

"Ok!"

Su Qing and County Magistrate Shen went to the dining hall to have breakfast!

After breakfast, Su Qing followed County Magistrate Shen to the fields to watch other villagers harvest potatoes! They first came to the village chief's field! From a distance, he saw the village chief's face smiling like a chrysanthemum!

The village chief saw County Magistrate Shen and hurried over to pay his respects. "I pay my respects to Lord Shen!"

"No need to be polite!"

"Qingbao, thanks to you, my potato yield is over 3,000 kilograms per acre!"

"Congratulations, Grandpa Village Chief, you took good care of it!"

"Without your potato seeds, we wouldn't have such a high yield!"

"High yields are good, and everyone won't have to go hungry anymore! Some villagers won't have to sell their children just to have a bite to eat!"

"I believe everyone will be even happier when the rice is harvested in July! This year, we're planting a double-season rice crop! After the harvest at the end of July, we can plant another season of autumn rice!"

"Ah! Double-cropping rice?"

"Yes, the yield per mu should be over 1,000 kilograms!"

The village chief was even happier when he heard this! When County Magistrate Shen heard, "Double-season rice" and "yields over 1,000 kilograms per mu!" he was even more excited! He returned to the county government office that afternoon and quickly wrote a letter to the capital to inform them!

"Grandpa Village Chief, tell the villagers to turn the soil after harvesting the potatoes and add some chicken, duck, and goose manure to compost the soil. After composting for ten days or so, you can plant autumn potatoes! Doing this will help the potatoes grow well and yield a high yield! Just like people, they can't always be forced to work. They need to replenish their nutrients. The fields also need nutrients to grow good crops!"

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely beat the gongs and drums to let everyone know! Thank you, Qingbao! On behalf of all the villagers, I thank you! Thank you for allowing us to have enough to eat!"

"Grandpa Village Chief, you are too kind!"

.........

All the villagers' faces were filled with the joy of harvest!

At the end of the Shen period, County Magistrate Shen rode his horse back to the county government office! Before he even had time to eat dinner, he ran to his study to write a letter to the capital!

The rice planted in Yun'an County this time are all double-season high-yield rice seeds provided by Princess Ding'an, and Princess Ding'an said: "The yield per mu is more than 1,000 kilograms! This time we are planting spring rice, which will be harvested at the end of July! Then we will plant autumn rice!" There will also be a good harvest of sweet potatoes in August and September!

After County Magistrate Shen finished writing, he sent it to the capital as fast as he could!

After traveling day and night and running like a thousand-mile horse, several days later, Taifu Shen of the Taifu Mansion in the capital received the first secret letter from Shen Wenchao. Taifu Shen read it quickly in his study and hurried to the palace to meet the emperor!

Arriving at the Imperial Study, "This old minister pays homage to Your Majesty!"

"What do you want to tell me, my dear?"

Master Shen presented the letter to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, this is great news! Please read the letter first!"

Eunuch Fu'an presented the letter to the emperor, who took it and read it at a glance! After reading the letter, the emperor laughed out loud, "Hahaha, good, good!" The emperor said three good words in succession!

"God bless Dafeng! This little girl is truly a reincarnated lucky star! The potatoes in Yun'an County are in great demand! The yield per mu is over 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms! These are spring potatoes, and there are also autumn potatoes! Promote their cultivation nationwide, and the people of Dafeng Dynasty will never go hungry again!" The emperor's eyes were red when he said this! Emperor Fengyuan was a wise ruler, devoted to the country, but the country was too weak! He had the will but not the strength!

From the late emperor to the retired emperor to the Fengyuan Emperor, that's three emperors. Because the previous emperor was incompetent and the people were living in poverty, with corpses of starvation everywhere, the late emperor rebelled against the previous dynasty! He ascended the throne himself! Inheriting a broken country, he was very tired and exhausted, which is why he died young!

Things have obviously improved since the reign of the Emperor Retired, but the country was still very weak! Now things are finally starting to pick up!

Finally I see hope!

"Fu'an, pass on my order to summon the Minister of Agriculture, Lord Liu, to the throne!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Eunuch Fu'an quickly asked his apprentice, Eunuch Xiao Shunzi, to go to the Grand Minister of Agriculture's residence to summon Grand Minister of Agriculture Liu to come for an audience!

“Yes, Master! I’ll go now!”

"Master, what do you think we should do with these potatoes?"

"I think the court should buy back the potatoes and promote them nationwide!"

"That's exactly what I meant!"

"Grand Minister of Agriculture Liu has received the Emperor's order to enter the palace immediately!"

Half an hour later, Grand Minister of Agriculture Liu arrived outside the Imperial Study and said, "Summon the Grand Minister of Agriculture to see you!"

"Old minister, see the emperor!"

"No need to be polite! Please take a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

This Lord Liu is very upright, honest in his official duties, and has no integrity! He is devoted to the court!

"Lord Liu, I summoned you because Princess Ding'an has led the entire Yun'an County in cultivating a food called potatoes! They can be eaten and cooked, and the spring potatoes yield over 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms per mu. So I'm sending you there to learn from them. You'll also be taking a few agricultural officials with you to buy the people's potatoes back for just five cents per kilogram! We're promoting this nationwide in the second half of this year. These potatoes can be grown twice a year, and there's also the sweet potatoes in September, which are also a high-yield food! I'm sending you twenty secret guards to ensure the potatoes are shipped to the capital!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

"Pack up and leave the day after tomorrow!"

"Old minister, I obey!"

"Go back!"

The Grand Minister of Agriculture received the order and bowed to take his leave!