Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

72. Experiment (1)

Except for the third production team, the other production teams have run out of food.

Didn't we say before that the third production team only bought a few dozen kilograms of rice? How come they've been eating it for more than two months and still have food?

Many people, including those from the third production team, were curious and wanted to know exactly how much grain was in the warehouse.

However, the captain sent militiamen to guard the area day and night, so strictly that not even a fly could get in. Except for the captain, who went in every day to scoop out rice to cook, no one else was allowed to go in.

Other production teams have been without food for more than ten days, and I heard that more people have starved to death.

The entire village of Daben was once again enveloped in the same quiet, eerie, and panicked atmosphere as before.

The third production team, which was responsible for grain production, also became the target of public criticism.

The potatoes and sweet potatoes planted in the ground, which have already taken root and sprouted leaves, are also in grave danger.

Each production team took turns sending people to guard the crops.

But the hungry people, like out-of-control madmen, finally rushed into the field one evening, pulling up the sweet potato vines and stuffing them into their mouths.

The scene instantly spiraled out of control, with many people joining the frenzy of looting. Seeing the crops they had painstakingly protected for over two months being ruined, people felt heartbroken, knowing it was killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. But they couldn't wait for the chickens to lay eggs; they could only ensure they wouldn't starve to death before the chickens laid their eggs.

Once looting occurs, it's like a flood bursting its banks, rushing forth uncontrollably.

Upon hearing the news, the disaster victims sprang into action. Within a day, all the sweet potatoes and potatoes planted in Daben Township were uprooted and looted, roots and leaves included.

Those who managed to snag a bargain were secretly relieved, while those who didn't burst into tears.

Upon hearing the news, Jin Gui led his men down to inspect the area, only to find the fields in complete disarray.

They wanted to investigate and punish the perpetrators, but the law does not punish the masses, especially since there were starving people everywhere, all struggling to survive.

What's the point of punishment?

Nanyang County was a severely affected area. Daben Township was in a slightly better situation than other townships because it had managed to buy some rice before. Even more fortunately, it had also planted sweet potatoes and potatoes as a way to help itself. The county leaders hoped that this method of self-help would be the breakthrough point in Daben Township and then gradually promoted throughout the county.

However, the sudden outbreak of fighting over unripe crops in the field blocked this path to self-rescue.

Jin Gui and the township government officials sat blankly in the desolate fields, at a loss for what to do.

In the entire Daben Township, there was no food, no money, no seeds to plant, the fields were barren, and the villagers were starving.

This is a vicious cycle that is difficult to break.

Since selling most of the grain, Su Jinru has spent all her free time in her spatial dimension researching how to increase grain production.

She asked the little sprite in the space, and the sprite said that it was possible to improve and increase production, but she would have to do the research herself.

Su Jinru: "It seems pointless to ask questions if I try to figure it out myself."

The little elf said, "Only hardworking and intelligent people are qualified to possess this space. Since you have this space, you have the wisdom to develop and utilize it, including improving seeds and increasing yield per acre."

Su Jinru: "Do you have any books or anything like that?"

"Yes! It's in the first drawer of the first cabinet in the room where the seeds are kept."

Su Jinru searched for it and found a book about how to grow crops.

Su Jinru had seen this book before, but she felt that she had been a farmer all her life in her previous life, and that farming didn't require reading books; she had only read books on how to operate machinery.

She simply asked the little elf that the cycle for growing rice in the space was three months, while the cycle for growing potatoes and sweet potatoes was one month.

The growth cycle of these crops is much shorter than that of those grown outside, and their yield is almost twice as high, which has already made Su Jinru ecstatic.

If it were just about being self-sufficient, the grain grown on the five acres of land in the space would be enough for her and her family to live comfortably.

In the beginning, Su Jinru just wanted to live her own life well; she didn't want to get into trouble because of her good intentions.

But seeing so many people around her starving, even dying, every day, she couldn't remain indifferent.

She guards this treasure trove of space just for the sake of her own family's peaceful life; that would be a terrible waste.

Perhaps it is her responsibility to be reborn in this special period with this space. She cannot live a life of cowardice and live a life of mere survival for the sake of her own little life!

She hopes to help some people by selling the products at a low price.

However, the grain grown on her five acres of land in her space was only a drop in the ocean in the face of this devastating disaster.

Therefore, she plans to research and develop a more efficient and higher-yielding planting method.

After more than two months of research and repeated experiments, Su Jinru did not make much progress in rice cultivation techniques. She only improved the harvest time from three months to two and a half months, shortening the cycle by one month.

But in Su Jinru's opinion, this was still far from enough.

The disaster outside is getting worse, and more and more people are starving to death.

She needs to find a crop with a shorter growth cycle.

The growth cycle for sweet potatoes and potatoes is five to six months outside.

Inside the space, it only takes one month. After more than two months of research, Su Jinru successfully shortened the growth cycle of sweet potatoes and potatoes to twenty days.

The yield has also increased significantly, from 5,000 jin per mu to 10,000 jin per mu.

Su Jinru decided to harvest this batch of rice and then plant sweet potatoes and potatoes on all the land from now on.

In this way, sweet potatoes and potatoes have short growth cycles and high yields, which can quickly produce large amounts of food to help more people survive famine.

Later, Su Jinru thought that even if she planted all five acres of land in the space with sweet potatoes and potatoes, she would only earn 50,000 catties in twenty days.

Daben Township has a population of over 2,000. If each person consumes 2 liang (100 grams) per day, then they would need to eat 4,000 jin (2,000 kilograms) per day. In ten days, that would be 40,000 jin (20,000 kilograms), and in twenty days, it would be 80,000 jin (40,000 kilograms).

Are there any other townships?

No, it's not realistic for her to grow crops to feed so many people by herself; they have to grow their own.

On one side are hungry people and idle labor, and on the other side are vast tracts of land lying barren.

To solve this critical problem, we need to find a way to save ourselves.

It is better to teach someone to fish than to teach him to fish.

Su Jinru plans to improve seeds and yields in real life.

So, she found Jin Gui.

At this time, Jin Gui was worried about the fact that the people were starving.

He said to Dingxiang, "I feel powerless in the face of this disaster. I feel ashamed of my position. Seeing more and more people starving to death, I am under a lot of pressure and I can't hold on any longer."

Dingxiang: "It's not that you don't have the ability. It's like this all over the country. There's no food, no seeds, and we're just sitting around eating our savings. You're just an ordinary person, not a god. You can't conjure up food out of thin air."