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

Chapter 437 See you in the capital

"Yes, yes. Of course I am willing."

He could get forty taels of silver for free from an acre of land. Why wouldn't he want such a good deal?

In the second season, he planted ten acres of sweet potatoes in one go.

Ten acres of land, and you've earned a full four hundred taels of silver for nothing.

Ha ha ha.

He'll definitely wake up laughing in his dreams at night.

Zhou Hu hurriedly replied, "Generals, rest assured. Since it was specifically instructed by His Majesty, we commoners are naturally willing to cooperate with His Majesty."

"My family planted a lot this year. We kept the ones for breeding and for our own consumption, and sold the rest to the imperial court."

Hearing his resounding words, those families who were still hesitating about whether to sell hardened their hearts and said, "Alright, since the village chief has sold, then my family will sell too. Generals, my family is willing to sell three thousand catties of sweet potatoes."

"And my family, my family sells four thousand catties."

"And I……"

Before long, all the dozen or so households in Huaihua Village had registered the number of sweet potatoes they wanted to sell.

When the accounting clerk tallied up the total weight, he was quite surprised.

"General, a total of 91,000 catties of sweet potatoes."

"The total amount payable is... 1,820 taels of silver."

Zhang Liang took the ledger from the soldier, a look of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

I never imagined that such a small village as Huaihua could sell more than 90,000 jin of sweet potatoes!

It seems that the yield of sweet potatoes is really high, and this does not even include the ones grown by Zhao Yan's family.

I heard they only cultivated two acres of land.

If we calculate based on 2,000 jin per mu, then two mu of land would yield at least 4,000 jin of sweet potatoes.

Okay.

If you put them all together, wouldn't that amount to nearly 100,000 jin of sweet potatoes?

If the Emperor knew this news, he would definitely eat two more bowls of rice.

Zhang Liang took a deep breath and quickly calmed himself down before saying to Zhou Hu and the other villagers, "Okay, I've already registered how many sweet potatoes each family wants to sell. Now let's start collecting sweet potatoes from each household."

"Alright, we'll do as the general says."

Zhou Hu and the others naturally had no objections and went home to wait for the soldiers to come and collect the sweet potatoes.

Since we're at Qiu Zhen's house, we'll naturally start there.

Qiu Zhen called on her second and third children, as well as her youngest son, to help her pack sweet potatoes outside.

When Zhang Liang and his men arrived, they naturally brought sacks and weights with them.

Moreover, they arrived in fifteen horse-drawn carriages.

They were all open-top, with only one flatbed, so that more sweet potatoes could be carried.

Seeing that things were getting busy here, Zhao Yan took Xiao Fu Niu from Yang Sanlang's hands.

"You stay and help out, we're going home to pack the sweet potatoes."

After giving Yang Sanlang some instructions, she carried the two little ones and headed towards the farm.

After hearing her explain her purpose, Chen An and the others were surprised, but quickly packed their sweet potatoes into sacks along with Zhao Yunchen and the others.

Then, he took Zhao Yunchen and rushed to the other side to help.

Although Zhang Liang and his men brought quite a few men, moving over 90,000 jin of sweet potatoes was still quite tiring.

They worked until late into the night to load all the sweet potatoes onto the cart, including the four thousand catties of sweet potatoes from Zhao Yan's family.

Fifteen carriages were stuffed full of sacks, and the tires were almost flat.

In front of the farm, Zhang Liang said to Yang Sanlang, "Brother Yang, we'll head back to report now."

"Come on, you've all had a long day. Let's go back and rest first. We can leave after breakfast tomorrow."

Yang Sanlang stopped Zhang Liang and Yu Hao, and forcibly pulled them into his house.

As for the men the two brought, they were all assigned to Yuan Yutang and the three Zhao Yunchen brothers.

They're all grown men, so it's convenient for them to live together.

……

The next morning, Yang Sanlang got up early and made a sumptuous breakfast for Zhang Liang and Yu Hao.

Zhang Liang and Yu Hao stared at the food in front of them as if they had seen a ghost, their eyes wide open.

"Eat up, what are you standing there for?"

It wasn't until Yang Sanlang reminded them that the two of them came to their senses.

Yu Hao approached Yang Sanlang and looked him over from all angles, but couldn't find anything unusual.

He asked, "Brother Yang, are you possessed by a ghost? You...you can't cook, right? How come you're so scary when you cook now?"

Look at the breakfasts Brother Yang made—porridge and vegetables, they look so delicious!

Yu Hao felt deeply that the Brother Yang he knew before was a fake, and this was the real Brother Yang.

Zhang Liang also looked at Yang Sanlang with a suspicious gaze.

"Yeah, Brother Yang, your cooking used to be terrible, how come you're such a good cook now?"

At this moment, Chen An pushed open the door and walked in, explaining to the two with a smile, "Needless to say? Of course, it was your sister-in-law who trained him."

what?

This……

This is outrageous.

Zhang Liang and Yu Hao were immediately dumbfounded.

"Alright, hurry up and eat. You unmarried bachelors have no idea."

Yang Sanlang unceremoniously shoved the chopsticks into their hands and then sat down opposite them.

Zhang Liang and Yu Hao needed to return to the capital to report back as soon as possible, so only Chen An and Yang Sanlang were able to come and have dinner with them.

Zhao Yan and the others are still asleep.

Zhang Liang shook his head helplessly, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating.

If you don't understand, you don't understand.

All he wanted to do now was finish eating quickly so he could return to the capital to report back.

Yu Hao shared the same thought.

The two chattered away, showing off for a while, and soon finished off half a pot of porridge.

"Delicious."

Yu Hao put the empty bowl on the table and immediately gave Yang Sanlang a thumbs up.

"Brother Yang, your skills are now good enough to open a restaurant in the capital."

"Let me tell you, the restaurant owned by the Emperor's future brother-in-law recently launched a new dish that melts in your mouth, is soft and flavorful, and what's even better is that it goes well with everything. Brother Yang, if you, your sister-in-law, and the children ever go to the capital, I'll invite you to try it out."

Upon hearing this, Yang Sanlang immediately understood what he was talking about.

It's just potatoes.

They eat that stuff every two days.

However, Yu Hao and the others did not know that the potatoes were provided by his daughter, Yan'er.

Therefore, Yang Sanlang secretly gave Chen An a wink, and then smiled and nodded to Yu Hao, saying, "Okay, when we go to the capital one day, we'll go and try it."

Yu Hao immediately reached out and exchanged fists with Yang Sanlang.

"Okay, Brother Yang, you must keep your word."

Yang Sanlang: "Yes, definitely."

After resting for a while, Zhang Liang suggested that they should leave.

Yang Sanlang and Chen An saw the people out, and everyone clasped their hands in greeting.

Zhang Liang: "Brother Yang, Brother Chen An, take care. See you in the capital."

Yu Hao: "Yes, we'll be waiting for you in Beijing."

Yang Sanlang and Chen An both nodded and smiled at the two men.

"Okay, see you in the capital then."