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

Chapter 472 Unshaven

The speaker was the Minister of Agriculture, who was in charge of agricultural production and was therefore responsible for the trial planting of sweet potatoes in the north.

Seeing that he was quite thoughtful, Dou Qingran couldn't help but smile.

"You are very kind, Minister of Agriculture. However, we also need your supervision here. You can recommend a few people from the North to help Sanlang with the trial planting of sweet potatoes."

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Agriculture immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty, I obey."

Dou Qingran nodded slightly, then looked at the others and asked, "Are there any others willing to go to the North?"

As soon as he finished speaking, people rushed forward to step forward.

"Your subject is willing."

"I am willing to do so."

"it is good."

Dou Qingran was delighted to see this.

"The court session is adjourned. Those who wish to go to the north, please stay and come with me to the Imperial Study to discuss matters."

After saying that, he immediately got up and went to the back.

The ministers who had stepped forward immediately followed.

Putting aside the environment of the North, the North is currently lacking in capable personnel. Those who go to serve in the North at this time will have a greater advantage in future promotions.

Of course, as the emperor, Dou Qingran naturally chose those officials who were genuinely willing to go to the north to serve.

As for those who weren't sincere, he simply skipped over them.

Early the next morning, the officials selected by Dou Qingran gathered at the city gate and rode together in carriages to the north.

They had the agricultural officials who helped with the trial planting of sweet potatoes, and other officials who assisted Dou Huai'an in handling affairs in the north.

More than twenty days later, the group finally arrived at the capital of the northern barbarian kingdom.

Yang Sanlang has already started cultivating sweet potato seedlings, and the seedlings have grown quite tall. In a little while, he can cut the sweet potato seedlings and then plant them in the field.

Dou Huai'an warmly received the people from the capital. When Yang Sanlang heard that there were several people from the Ministry of Agriculture, his depressed mood was immediately lifted.

The officials from the Agricultural Department are here to keep watch. Once the sweet potato seedlings are planted, they can sneak back to the farm to see Yan'er and the others.

Ever since he sent Yan'er away, he has been depressed every day and can't muster the energy to do anything.

If he hadn't had things to do here, he probably would have flown back to the farm long ago.

A few days later, the sweet potato seedlings grew.

So Yang Sanlang and the people from the Ministry of Agriculture began planting sweet potatoes in the sandy soil that had been prepared in advance.

Zhao Yan left behind quite a few sweet potatoes before she left, and naturally, quite a few sweet potato seedlings grew from them.

However, this is the first time to try planting in the sandy soil of the north, and Yang Sanlang does not plan to plant too much. At most, he will try planting forty or fifty acres.

He and Dou Huai'an worked in the field for three whole days to finish planting all the sweet potato seedlings.

Yang Sanlang hadn't originally planned to plant all the sweet potato seedlings, but Dou Huai'an had deliberately prepared extra land when he had people prepare it. So, after they finished planting the sweet potato seedlings, Yang Sanlang discovered that they had planted a full 100 mu of sweet potatoes.

Yang Sanlang was completely speechless.

What happened to the promised trial planting?

That's great, they planted a hundred acres of land all at once. If the sandy soil isn't suitable for sweet potatoes, then all the sweet potatoes Yan'er provided will be wasted.

Looking at the vast expanse of land, Dou Huai'an's mood was completely opposite to Yang Sanlang's.

His heart was filled with hope.

"Once these sweet potatoes grow, we'll have at least tens of thousands of kilograms of them."

If we calculate based on 1,000 jin of sweet potatoes per mu, then 100 mu would yield 100,000 jin of sweet potatoes.

Upon hearing this, Yang Sanlang's face revealed a complex expression.

Whether he should say it or not, he wasn't sure if this place was suitable for growing sweet potatoes.

Seeing how confident Brother Huai'an was about this matter, he really didn't want to say anything discouraging at this time.

So Yang Sanlang just gave a perfunctory reply and then went on to talk about his plans to return to the farm.

"Brother Huai'an, I'm planning to go back tomorrow."

"Don't worry, I just want to go back and see the children. I'll come back in a month or two."

"With those few people from the Department of Agriculture guarding it, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Dou Huai'an realized that he had indeed been out for quite some time, so he stopped trying to stop him and simply patted him hard on the shoulder twice.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work this time. Be careful on your way back."

"Ah."

……

The next day, Yang Sanlang bid farewell to Dou Huai'an and the others, and rode away from the north alone.

As for Zhang Liang and Yu Hao, they had already led their troops back to the capital to report back when Zhao Yan returned to the farm.

Yang Sanlang endured wind and rain all the way, and returned to the farm in less than ten days.

Zhao Yan looked at the unshaven man in front of her and almost mistook him for a thief and beat him up.

"Yan'er, it's me, I'm back."

Fortunately, Yang Sanlang spoke up before Zhao Yan made a move, otherwise he would have received a severe beating.

Zhao Yan's eyes widened slightly in surprise upon hearing this.

"Why are you back?"

If she remembered correctly, the sweet potatoes had only been planted not long ago.

Yang Sanlang stood silently two meters away from Zhao Yan and explained to her in a low voice, "The sweet potato seedlings have been planted. Brother Qingran sent a few people from the Ministry of Agriculture over there. I saw that there was nothing else to do, so I came back to check on you first."

It turned out to be the case.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan glanced at Yang Sanlang with her bright, peach-blossom eyes.

She could also faintly smell an unpleasant odor.

"How long has it been since you last showered? You didn't just keep traveling without stopping, did you?"

Based on her understanding of Yang Sanlang, she knew he would definitely do that.

Yang Sanlang awkwardly touched his nose and gave a soft "hmm".

"I... I just wanted to come back as soon as possible, to see you and the children."

Zhao Yan paused for a moment, then got up and got out of bed.

"Go next door first, I'll go boil some water for you, you can wash up first."

He smelled terrible; how could he possibly come in?

Yang Sanlang quickly grabbed her, worried that his sweaty smell would offend Zhao Yan, then quickly let go and stepped back several paces.

He said to Zhao Yan, "No need, you go back to sleep, I can go by myself."

"Alright, you should go now. It's late. We can talk about it tomorrow."

Zhao Yan was happy to be free, so she went back.

"Ah."

Yang Sanlang gave her a deep look before quietly leaving.

He went to the kitchen, quickly heated a pot of water, and then swiftly washed away the grime from his body.

After changing into clean clothes, he quietly returned to his bedroom.

He lay down next to Zhao Yan and immediately reached out to pull his wife into his arms.

"Yan'er..."

His voice was deep and infinitely alluring.

Zhao Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she gently pushed against the man's chest.

"It's not convenient here, let's go, let's go next door."

Dou Xingyan went to Shitou Town to accompany Shen Yu a couple of days ago, so there's no one else at home for the time being.

Yang Sanlang's dark eyes flashed wildly, and he couldn't wait to carry Zhao Yan to the next room.

The two of them stayed up all night, cuddling and whispering sweet nothings, before finally falling asleep.

Early the next morning.

Suddenly, Zhao Xiaomi and Xiao Fu Niu's surprised voices rang out in the room.

"Father! It really is you! You're back?"

Yang Sanlang was suddenly awakened from his sleep. When he saw that it was Xiao Mi and Xiao Fu Niu, he immediately smiled at them.

"Yes, Father is back."

He rolled off the bed and quickly put on his clothes.

Are you two getting up?

At this moment, Xiao Fubao, who was sleeping next to Zhao Yan, also woke up. When he saw Yang Sanlang, his eyes lit up and he climbed out of bed without even putting on his clothes.

"Daddy, Daddy, hug me, hug me."