After farming, I opened a family tree

County Magistrate Lin pointed at the Shen Tang family following behind him. Before he could speak, he heard Minister Zhao praise him:

"He looks like an honest farmer!"

When County Magistrate Lin heard this, he knew that Minister Zhao had recognized the wrong person and thought that Shen Dashan was the one who came up with the plan.

"Sir, it was the daughter of this family who came up with this idea!"

When Minister Zhao heard this, he turned his attention to Shen Tang.

"Is it this little girl?"

In Minister Zhao's eyes, Shen Tang was even younger than his son, so she was just a little girl.

Minister Zhao looked at Shen Tang and found that Shen Tang was not panicked at all.

The superior's eyes were sharp and probing, but the girl remained calm under his scrutiny. She even noticed his gaze and calmly saluted him.

Sure enough, when Minister Zhao saw Shen Tang like this, the doubts in his eyes were dispelled a lot.

As they were talking, they were about to reach the edge of the rice field.

Shen Tang noticed that the people in front of him were quickening their pace. He looked over and saw that there were indeed several adults holding up their clothes and walking quickly on the ridge of the field.

"This is it! This is the rice that yields a thousand kilograms per mu!"

If the half-ripe rice that was delivered to the capital by express horse a few days ago shocked Minister Zhao, then this field of high-yield rice directly broke the defenses of Minister Zhao and his son and Prefect Xiao!

The Minister of Revenue was in charge of the world's taxes and grain, and he knew what this kind of rice could bring to the Great Qi.

If the whole Daqi were planted with rice like this!

No worries about an empty treasury! No worries about a lack of military pay! No worries about the people's poverty!

Why worry, why worry about the prosperity of Da Qi!

I don’t dare to think about it, I don’t dare to think about it at all!

Shen Tang saw several powerful adults squatting on the edge of the field like children, just like when County Magistrate Lin first saw the rice, but these people were even more excited.

"It's true! It's true!"

Minister Zhao squatted on the edge of the field, carefully rolling up his wide sleeves, for fear of accidentally knocking off the grains of rice.

Prefect Xiao looked at the rice with his eyes wide open, and kept using his palms to measure the size.

After a long while, Minister Zhao stood up and asked in a gentle voice:

"It seems like the autumn harvest is almost here."

"In reply to your Excellency, Shenjia Village has decided to officially begin the autumn harvest in three days!"

The village head stood up and answered.

The time for autumn harvest varies from village to village.

"Alright! I'll come and see the harvest myself!"

Minister Zhao spoke directly and loudly.

Prefect Xiao also responded immediately and said that he would definitely come!

After all, you have to see the rice harvest with your own eyes!

When the adults finished looking at Shen Tang's rice and were about to return, they saw the villagers placed several wooden barrels at the entrance of the village.

What was in the wooden barrel was none other than rice fish.

Although many of them have been bought, many families still keep a lot at home for their own consumption.

After hearing about the rice fish, Minister Zhao was naturally extremely curious about it.

So they returned to Qingshan County with the rice fish.

After Minister Zhao returned, he immediately sent a message back, saying that he wanted to report to the emperor what he saw and heard in Shenjia Village today!

Whether it is rice or rice fish, he will write down every detail, even the enthusiasm of the villagers in Shenjia Village!

The villagers of Shenjia Village were even more excited when they heard the headman say that several adults would come in person to watch the autumn harvest.

Workshops and schools also started their holidays early.

Three days later, early in the morning, everyone in the village had already taken their sickles and began to prepare.

Shen Tang and Qin Wanwan were waiting at the village entrance early in the morning wearing clothes similar to the Xiao Hu clothing made by Shen Qingqing.

Sure enough, shortly after dawn, the county magistrate's carriage arrived at the village entrance.

As expected, several adults also changed out of their official uniforms and put on more convenient sleeve-bound clothes.

After being warmly welcomed by the villagers, they soon stood on the ridge of the field.

The other villagers in Shenjia Village also returned to their own fields.

Minister Zhao was excited for the first time when he held the sickle.

The first harvest of Shen Tang's rice fields was naturally left to Zhao Shilang.

Shen Dashan taught several adults how to harvest rice. As the first bunch of rice was harvested, Shenjia Village began this year's autumn harvest.

Prefect Xiao and County Magistrate Lin naturally had to do no less than Minister Zhao, and they all worked hard.

After a long time, Minister Zhao straightened up and rubbed the sore spot in his waist.

He then looked at Shen Dashan and Liu, who were nimble and agile not far away.

Have to sigh:

“It’s not easy for ordinary people to grow crops.”

Naturally, Shen Tang couldn't really let a few officials work for him, so he immediately asked them to take a rest.

Fortunately, they did not refuse and sat down directly on the edge of the field.

Minister Zhao even picked up the grains that accidentally fell from the rice fields.

Each of these is a new rice plant!

No waste is allowed.

Therefore, Shen Tang's family was harvesting rice in front, while Minister Zhao and several others were picking up the fallen grains behind them. Not only that, they also asked the followers who came with them to help.

Qin Wanwan and little Qin Yan naturally joined in.

Minister Zhao even took the initiative to test little Qinyan. Little Qinyan answered fluently, and Minister Zhao showed approval.

This Shenjia Village is really extraordinary!

Shen Qingqing had been married into the Qin family for many years and had not worked so hard for some time, so after cutting rice for a while, she went home to prepare meals.

Minister Zhao and his companions turned back as the sun gradually rose higher.

Out of two acres of land, more than one acre was harvested in just one morning.

At noon, the weather was very hot and no one was working in the fields. They would continue harvesting when the sun was not so strong.

By dusk, the two acres of land of Shen Tang's family had been harvested.

The entire Shenjia Village was waiting for the Shen Tang family to thresh the rice. Li Zheng Shen even personally brought a few reliable clansmen to Shen Tang's house to help.

But no matter how many people there were, everyone stopped working when it got dark.

"It looks like there aren't many left. I guess we'll know how many there are tomorrow."

Shen Lizheng was looking at the rice in the yard, feeling hopeful.

Everyone present was looking forward to tomorrow, and Shen Dashan was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

The next day, Shen Dashan and Liu got up just after dawn.

The two of them really couldn't sleep, and by the time the sun came out, the rice in the yard had almost been threshed.

Soon after breakfast, I heard the voice of Shen Lizheng from a distance:

"The adults are here!"

Shen Tang and others stood up and went out to greet them.

"Sir, the threshing is almost finished. Please come in and sit for a while."

When Minister Zhao walked to the door of the workshop, he found out that Shen Tang's family had actually opened a workshop.

But at this moment he didn't care about the workshop. After all, nothing was more important to him than rice.

In the yard, several large bamboo baskets were filled with grains ripped from the rice stalks.

Several people gathered around the big baskets, surprised and happy.

The village head said:

"I'll go get the scale!"

Each village has a large scale, which is used to calculate the tax grain that each village should pay.

By the time the village head brought the large scale, Shen Dashan and his companions had just finished threshing all the rice.

The village head and Shen Dashan carefully lifted the large scale, and everyone in the yard was so nervous that their hearts were in their throats.

"This basket weighs three hundred and forty-two pounds!"

"This basket weighs three hundred and twenty-nine pounds!"

"This basket..."

Every time Shen Tang read a stroke, he would write it down.

"The last basket, 285 kilograms!"

Minister Zhao couldn't wait to look at Shen Tang and said anxiously:

“How much are these two acres of land in total!”