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After dinner, Zhou Yimo and Xie Xuan'an saw that Li Qingqing seemed to have something to say. They looked at each other, and Zhou Yimo immediately asked:

"Madam, why don't we sit in the outer hall?"

Li Qingqing nodded and brought the tea to the outer hall.

Seeing that they had important matters to discuss, Zhou's mother quickly lit a few more candles in the outer hall and took Dashuang and Xiaoshuang to the back room to rest.

Zhou Yimo took the tea from Li Qingqing, his eyes full of anticipation: "Madam, you have a way to increase the yield per mu of rice fields, right?"

Xie Xuan'an looked at Li Qingqing without saying a word, but he was very curious.

Li Qingqing looked at the two of them, then nodded and said frankly:

"I recently obtained a batch of high-quality rice seeds. These can be grown twice a year, with an annual yield of at least 700 kilograms per mu. However, this still requires mandatory promotion by your government and the cooperation of the villagers."

"Is this true?" Xie Xuan'an was a little hesitant to believe it.

If the yield per acre is so high, Brother Yun Jing won't have to worry about food all the time.

"Of course it's true. If there is enough fertilizer, the annual yield per mu will be even higher." Li Qingqing's eyes were deep. She thought for a moment and answered seriously.

She made this estimate after comprehensively considering the actual situation in the southern part of Dayuan Kingdom. Naturally, she couldn't scare them with the data she knew in her previous life.

Even so, Li Qingqing's words surprised both of them.

Zhou Yimo had looked through the files of previous years. Even in a good year, the highest yield per mu was only more than 200 kilograms.

After paying taxes every year, the people still had to eat frugally, otherwise they might face food shortages in early spring.

If what Li Qingqing said is true, once the grain production increases, it will be an earth-shaking change for the Dayuan Kingdom.

The two of them, each with their own thoughts, asked Li Qingqing in unison:

Xie Xuanan: "Where did you get these seeds?"

Zhou Yimo: "My lady, what are you going to do?"

Before Li Qingqing could answer, Xie Xuan'an heard Zhou Yimo's question, looked at him suspiciously, and asked seriously, "Brother Zhou, shouldn't we buy all these seeds first?"

If such high-yield rice seeds were to flow into other countries, it would be a huge loss for our Dayuan country.

Of course, we must quickly find the source of rice seeds and speed up the purchase!

Zhou Yimo raised his eyebrows and responded with a smile, "Now that my wife has obtained these miraculous rice seeds, there's no need to worry about them ending up elsewhere."

Xie Xuanan: ...

I didn't expect Brother Zhou to be such a person. He was calm and cold in front of outsiders, but he was a completely different person in front of Li Qingqing.

Look at his smug look, as if he has guessed where the seeds come from!

When Xie Xuan'an thought of this, he was suddenly stunned.

Then, he regained his previous calmness and casualness, picked up the teacup and started drinking by himself.

Li Qingqing didn't answer their questions, but called Bai Ye over, "Bai Ye, go get the village chief and tell him we have something to discuss with him."

"Yes!" Bai Ye nodded and left.

After Bai Ye left, Li Qingqing explained with a smile:

"To avoid unnecessary talk, let's first ask the village chief about the current situation of the rice fields, and then make a detailed plan."

Not long after, the village chief hurried over.

Li Qingqing poured a cup of tea and then asked:

"Village head, after the villagers finish planting rice for one season, do the rice fields remain empty?"

The village chief nodded and replied:

“It is true. Every year after the rice harvest, villagers are busy with other dryland crops. Otherwise, the grain harvest alone is not enough to feed the family.

As for the rice fields, they are basically cultivated as they are used, and are usually plowed before sowing the following year, which saves a lot of labor."

The village chief spoke with great pride based on his past experience.

After hearing this, Li Qingqing frowned slightly.

"Village chief, the rice fields have been idle for six to seven months. Why don't you consider growing other crops?"

Li Qingqing's words startled the village chief. After a moment, he began to explain.

“Qingqing, you don’t know that if the rice fields are not left fallow and other crops are continuously planted, the soil fertility may be insufficient, resulting in reduced yields next year.

Therefore, it would be more ideal to let the land rest for a few months before planting rice the following year."

Li Qingqing blinked and asked, "Hasn't the rice fields been fertilized?"

"After planting, we will apply some farmyard manure, but the amount of fertilizer is limited. The mountain soil is poor, so we usually apply more fertilizer to the mountain."

The village chief thought for a moment and added:

"Rice is often plagued by pests, so the harvest is not necessarily guaranteed, but as long as there is no drought, the harvest of dryland crops is almost always good."

Li Qingqing nodded to show her understanding.

There is not much fertility to begin with, so naturally we have to stick to the dry land which is almost certain to be used.

Li Qingqing had roughly understood the situation from the village chief. She pondered for a moment and then spoke again:

"Village head, the government has obtained a batch of high-quality rice seeds. They can be planted twice a year, with a very high yield per mu. We plan to start promoting them vigorously in early spring next year.

I am revealing this information to you, the village chief, in advance today. I hope you will keep it confidential for the time being."

"Two crops a year? What's the annual yield per mu?" The village chief asked with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"It is not certain yet, but it is certain that it will not be lower than the yield of this year's first-season rice."

Li Qingqing looked at Zhou Yimo and Xie Xuan'an. They couldn't tell them the yield per mu now.

Otherwise, once the news gets out, the county government office will probably be razed to the ground before it can even be built.

Li Qingqing continued to say with a smile:

"We happened to find some techniques for composting, and soon the government will print out promotional materials and distribute them to various villages and towns.

But today we want to discuss something with you. I hope you can mobilize everyone to take advantage of the vacant rice fields and idle old house foundations to convert all these lands into rice fields as soon as possible, and then sow green manure crops and carry out artificial fertilization.

This not only increases the area of ​​paddy fields for villagers, but also improves the fertility of the rice fields as much as possible, giving them an advantage in planting early rice next year."

The village chief nodded slightly as he listened.

Converting the low-lying foundations of old houses into paddy fields was a decision that had been discussed with the villagers long ago.

The villagers of Lihua Village originally had few rice fields, and now everyone has moved to live on the flat land on the hillside behind the mountain. Wouldn’t they have to release those old lands?

Food is the most important thing for people, and land is the source of food. The more land you have, the more confidence you will have in feeding your family!

However, there is too little fertilizer, and the released paddy fields will probably take one or two years to cultivate before rice can be grown. Therefore, the villagers plan to slowly transform them after winter.

The village chief listened and thought to himself.

Suddenly, he heard a new term and asked in confusion, "What is a green manure crop?"

Li Qingqing then explained,

"It's like this. Master Xie purchased some grass seeds from afar a few days ago. Now is the best time to sow seeds. The village chief can send people to spread these seeds into the rice fields. It won't be long before grass grows in the fields."

"What? Planting grass in the fields?"

Before Li Qingqing finished speaking, the village chief was shocked. He turned to look at Xie Xuanan and said earnestly:

"Master Xie, you don't know that there are too many weeds in our rice fields. They grow together with the rice, and we can't pull them all out. We absolutely cannot plant weeds in our fields anymore!"

There are so many grasses in the fields, and you still deliberately let the villagers plant grass in the fields?

If I didn't know you, I would have suspected that you were spies from the enemy country!

What a shrewd intention!

The village chief secretly complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to point at others and curse. He could only wrinkle his face and look at Xie Xuan'an bitterly.

Xie Xuan'an was drinking tea at that time. He almost spit out a mouthful of tea when he heard this.

Who did he provoke?

He didn't do anything good, so where did the grass seeds come from?