Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

"it is good."

Yang Sanlang held the gold leaf in his palm, smiled faintly, and nodded to Zhao Yan.

He is very fast.

The next morning, he took the silver and went to the other side.

Having just finished celebrating the Lunar New Year, Zhou Renyu has been staying at home and hasn't received any work yet.

Yang Sanlang stuffed the silver into his hand and explained his purpose.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Renyu immediately replied, "No problem, no problem. Brother Yang, just wait a few days. After the beginning of spring, I will bring people over to help you build your house."

Yang Sanlang smiled at the man and said, "Then thank you very much, Brother Zhou. Just build the house the way we do. If you don't have enough money, Brother Zhou can just ask me for more."

Zhou Renyu immediately waved his hand and said, "No need, no need, what you've given me is more than enough."

"Alright, Brother Zhou, you go ahead and get busy. I'll head back now."

"Eh, okay."

Yang Sanlang said something and turned back.

Yang Sanlang was quick, but Zhou Renyu was even faster.

As soon as Yang Sanlang turned to leave, Zhou Renyu went out to look for him.

Because the villagers of Huaihua Village helped Zhao Yan and her family build several houses before the Lunar New Year, Zhao Yan was generous and almost every household received a lot of money.

This year, we have prepared plenty of mutton and pork, and we are very satisfied with the New Year celebrations.

In addition to their income from selling beeswax, to be honest, the villagers of Huaihua Village have been doing quite well these past two years.

As soon as they heard that Zhao Yan and her family were building another house, the villagers jumped up and signed up to participate.

Zhou Renyu touched his nose and thought for a moment, then finally said simply, "Alright, since everyone wants to do it, let's get started in a few days when the weather gets warmer."

So, ten days later, Zhou Renyu and his men resumed their hard work on the open space at Tian Xiue's house.

While they were building houses, things weren't quiet at Zhao Yan's place either.

She bought a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes from the system store and has been growing them at home these past few days, following the instructions in the book.

Potatoes need to be allowed to sprout first, then cut into suitable pieces with two or three sprouts each, and then sterilized with wood ash.

The process is a bit more complicated with sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes also need to be cultivated first. They need to sprout and grow into sweet potato seedlings. Then, the sweet potato seedlings are cut off one by one and disinfected before they can be transplanted into the field.

However, whether it's potatoes or sweet potatoes, the land needs to be prepared before planting.

Zhao Yan thought that since they were newcomers and didn't have much land here, it was impossible for the villagers of Huaihua Village to try planting crops. So, she found Yang Sanlang and asked him to take Zhao Yunchen and Chen An to the back mountain to clear wasteland for a while.

Apart from Zhao Xiaomi and Yuan Tianbao, who were going to school, as well as Zhao Yunjie and Zhao Yunqi, everyone else, to be honest, would voluntarily go to the back mountain to clear land whenever they had free time.

This time, Zhou Renyu and his team completed the house in less than half a month.

Yang Sanlang and his group also cleared out several flat plots of land on the back mountain, not far from the farm.

Zhao Yan took a quick look when she had some free time, and when she came back, she praised Yang Sanlang and the others repeatedly.

Men may not be as meticulous as women, but they are truly capable of doing physical labor.

The potatoes and sweet potatoes on Zhao Yan's side have also sprouted under her careful cultivation.

Once the potato sprouts have grown to three to five centimeters tall, she personally cuts the potatoes into chunks, disinfects them with wood ash, and then dries them for one or two days.

On a sunny morning, she and Yang Sanlang carried their things and walked towards the back mountain.

Yuan Yutang, Su Yanzhi, and the others were very curious and followed them up the mountain.

"Sanlang, do you see? Place the potato sprouts at the distance I told you to."

Zhao Yan placed a potato sprout every 10-20 centimeters as instructed in the book, then covered it with soil and lifted it up.

"Okay, I see."

Yang Sanlang watched attentively for a while, then helped to plant the potato sprouts.

Chen An, Yuan Gang, and the others watched Zhao Yan and Yang Sanlang for a long time before going forward to help.

Only Yuan Yutang and Su Yanzhi were too old, so Zhao Yan didn't let them do anything. She just told them to sit quietly and watch them work.

After a busy morning, everyone finally managed to plant all the potato sprouts.

Zhao Yan then asked Yang Sanlang and the others to fetch water from a nearby ditch and water the seedlings one by one.

After finishing all this, Zhao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Damn it.

Doing farm work really strains your back.

Her waist is almost no longer hers.

Brushing the dry dirt off her hands, Zhao Yan said to everyone, "Alright, let's plant potatoes first today. The sweet potato seedlings will take a few more days."

Hearing this, Yang Sanlang, Chen An, and the others, who had been busy all day, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan'er (her sister-in-law) has planted at least two acres of potatoes, and there are only a few of them working on it. No wonder they are exhausted.

Su Yanzhi walked around the field ridge and asked Zhao Yan with a smile, "Yan'er, do you think if you successfully grow these potatoes, we can sell them like vegetables?"

It's at least a way to make a living, isn't it?

Zhao Yan's eyes flickered slightly; she hadn't expected her master to still be thinking about making money.

She smiled, nodded, and said, "Master is right. If I can grow potatoes, I will definitely find a way to make money from them."

Su Yanzhi frowned and asked, "Change to what?"

"Monetization".

Zhao Yan immediately changed her words and explained, "It's just like Master said, selling potatoes to make money."

She had already figured out her plan, but instead of selling potatoes directly, she would sell potato seeds.

Planting potatoes is so tiring.

It's one thing for her to do everything herself during the first year of trial planting, but once she's successfully grown the potatoes, she definitely won't do it herself anymore.

At that time, she will specialize in selling potato seeds.

She also plans to sell sweet potato seedlings.

You can still make money by selling small amounts of goods at high volume.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yutang stroked his beard and laughed heartily.

“Excellent, excellent. I think potatoes and sweet potatoes can be sold. It would be best to also tell the people how to grow them, so that they won’t have to worry about going hungry anymore.”

He is very familiar with sweet potatoes.

They discovered a large sweet potato field in the Yulin Mountains and it took them several days to dig out the sweet potatoes.

Although it was hard work, the sweet potato yield was high, and they didn't have to worry about food for a long time afterward.

Dou Qingran is blessed.

The people of the Đại Nguyễn dynasty were also blessed.

Dou Qingran encountered such good fortune shortly after ascending the throne.

If he could popularize the cultivation methods of sweet potatoes and potatoes among the common people, it would be a great blessing for the entire Nguyen Dynasty.

Zhao Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Yuan, that's exactly what I'm planning. Once I've grown them all, I'll tell Brother Dou the planting method, and then he can popularize it throughout the country."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yutang, Su Yanzhi, and the others were immediately in high spirits.

They didn't misjudge him.

Yan Yatou (sister-in-law) is indeed a kind and open-minded person.

That's how you do things – with a grand vision!

Yang Sanlang gazed intently at his wife, his heart surging with emotion.