Ren Baqian slept for more than two hours. After he got out of bed, he stretched his body and called for someone to prepare a medicinal bath. His strength had not increased for a long time. Now that he was back, he could finally enjoy the pleasure of rapidly increasing his strength.
An increase of 15 kilograms in a week was already very fast for him.
In one month, it would be 60 Jin. In two months, it would be 120 Jin. In three months, his strength would be more than 300 Jin. Just thinking about it made him a little excited.
After soaking in the medicinal bath, Ren Baqian felt that the empress should be tired from the journey. After the meeting, she should be resting in Yangxin Palace Hall. As such, he returned to his room and waited until it was almost time for the empress to have her dinner before heading to Yangxin Palace Hall to meet her.
Along the way, everyone rolled their eyes at him. Even though the empress had returned, they were still on tenterhooks.
Ren Baqian was the main culprit.
When they arrived at Yangxin Palace Hall, the empress was still yawning. It seemed like she had just woken up.
"Your Majesty, how was your rest?" Ren Baqian asked.
The empress shook her head and remained silent. She still looked a little sleepy.
Ren Baqian knew that it had been hard on her these days.
Beside him, Qing Yuan brought a chair over. Ren Baqian sat on it for a while and told the empress about one thing. The sweet potatoes planted in the beast park had already matured. It was time to dig them up and see how they were doing.
"Is it the grain that can produce 5,000 kilograms per mu that you mentioned?" The empress was much more clear-headed after hearing this.
"Yes, it's hard to say if it can produce ten thousand catties per mu, but it should be around six to seven thousand catties. The most important thing is that it's not picky. It can be grown on any kind of land, even on a mountain, "Ren Baqian said.
"Very well. After the morning court session tomorrow, I will bring some people over." The empress nodded her head. Food was a big deal, especially when it came to high-yielding crops that could be grown anywhere.
Dayao didn't produce a lot of food, and it didn't import a lot of food from other countries either. Dayao completely relied on animal husbandry. Especially in the mountains, they mainly relied on hunting and picking wild fruits and vegetables. If this kind of sweet potato was really as Ren Baqian said, it would really be very useful.
"Your Majesty, do you have any farmland?" Ren Baqian asked another question.
"What's that?" the empress was slightly puzzled.
"In other words, the Imperial Plantation belongs to His Majesty." Ren Baqian explained. The seasonings that he planted should have matured by now. Furthermore, he was also preparing to plant some other things, such as cotton, which could be used to make cotton cloth. He couldn't just rely on the one or two plots of land in the beast park. They were completely useless.
"This world belongs to me," the empress said.
However, it was only after hearing this that Ren Baqian realized that the imperial family of Dayao actually didn't have exclusive farmland. It was really unexpected.
She didn't have any farmland, and she only had two merchant caravans that were mainly responsible for purchasing goods from the various countries. It was no wonder that the empress lived a simple life. However, this was also because the previous emperors didn't put much thought into it. After all, the conditions in Dayao weren't considered good, and they didn't have the capital to be extravagant.
However, didn't the former emperor of Dayao consider that he couldn't afford the monthly salary of the palace maids? No wonder there were so few palace maids in the palace.
"Who does the land outside Lan City belong to?" Ren Baqian asked.
"They have all been distributed to the meritorious soldiers," the empress replied.
"Can I buy some?" Ren Baqian looked at the empress, and the empress looked back at him with her clear and bright eyes. However, her eyes were filled with confusion.
When Ren Baqian saw this, he thought to himself, "Forget it, the empress really doesn't know anything about this. I better ask someone else."
"Later, I will ask someone to see if I can buy some. Later, I will plant some seasonings and sell them. The profits will be huge, "Ren Baqian said.
"You make the arrangements," the empress said indifferently. She really didn't care about these things.
"Your Majesty, where does the imperial family's income come from?" Ren Baqian still felt that he should ask.
The empress replied without hesitation, "The imperial family has some gold and silver mines."
Ren Baqian then knew where the imperial family's money came from. He really didn't know much about the mines in Dayao, but he assumed that the imperial family didn't have much.
He still had to think of more ways in the future.
"In that case, Your Majesty, rest early. I won't disturb you any further." Ren Baqian cupped his hands and left.
The next morning, he left the palace and headed to the beast park. It had been two months since he last came to the beast park. Standing at the entrance of the beast park, he felt a little sad.
When he first came to this world, he was still thinking about how to earn money. He even started a shaved ice shop with Caretaker Shi.
In just a few months, who would have thought that things would turn out this way?
It wasn't that he didn't understand, but the changes were really too fast.
This time around, Ren Baqian didn't have two people following him. Instead, he had a total of ten people surrounding him. It looked rather imposing.
When he entered the beast park, he saw Caretaker Shi swaying around like a crab from afar. When he saw this group of people, he quickly came forward to welcome them. When he saw Ren Baqian, his face revealed a look of surprise.
"Deputy Prefect Ren!" Caretaker Shi greeted him. Ren Baqian's current status was different from before. He didn't dare to address him as brother anymore. If Her Majesty knew about this, she would skin him alive.
"Caretaker Shi, I can finally come back to take a look." Ren Baqian was all smiles.
It was still that familiar smell, that familiar formula, and that loud voice that sounded like a loudspeaker.
"Deputy Prefect Ren, you are always welcome to come and take a look." Caretaker Shi patted his chest and said.
"How are the two plots of land?" Ren Baqian first asked. This was his target this time around.
"There are people taking care of them, but the seasonings seem to have matured." Caretaker Shi's answer made Ren Baqian very satisfied.
"How are Tiantian and Gungun?" Ren Baqian asked. After not seeing them for such a long time, he still missed them a little.
"They have grown fatter. I will bring Caretaker Ren to take a look." Caretaker Shi laughed.
Ren Baqian nodded his head and walked side by side with Caretaker Shi.
Along the way, he saw many familiar faces. Some of them used to be his odd-job workers. There were also Teng Hulu and Tie Dao. They all greeted him from afar.
Ren Baqian didn't say much. In his heart, he planned to ask these two people to come over. After all, he still wanted to ask about the land. He couldn't possibly do it himself, right? There were also some miscellaneous matters that could be handled by these two people.
It was still the same house that he used to live in. However, the entrance was surrounded by a fence. Tiantian was standing on Gungun's body and was looking inside through the window. It was probably wondering why Ren Baqian had not returned after such a long time.
When it noticed that someone was coming over, Tiantian turned around clumsily and fell off Gungun's body.
Ren Baqian pushed open the courtyard door. The two little chaps stared blankly at him for a long time before recognizing him. They slowly crawled to his side, hugged his legs, and begged for food.
Ren Baqian touched the two little chaps. Indeed, they were much fatter than before. They were almost the size of a ball and appeared more honest and adorable.
Ren Baqian decided to bring these two little chaps back to Pingle Park. It was quite fun to see them when he had nothing to do.
It was just that their teeth were a little sharp and didn't know how to control their strength. Tiantian accidentally scratched the back of his hand with her teeth. He was so angry that he gave her a slap on the head.
After teasing the two little chaps, Ren Baqian stood up and left. He followed Caretaker Shi to the field to take a look.
From afar, it was a stretch of green.
First, he went to the sweet potato field. He got someone to take a shovel and dig along the roots of the vines. He immediately pulled out a bunch of sweet potatoes that were stained with mud. The big ones were the size of a fist. The small ones weren't much smaller either. Ren Baqian lifted them with his hand and estimated that they weighed at least five to six kilograms.
He got someone to dig another two places. Both places yielded a lot of sweet potatoes. These three places yielded more than ten kilograms of sweet potatoes. This plot of land could yield at least six to seven thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes. It was considered to have met his expectations.
Looking at the pile of sweet potatoes, Ren Baqian was in a good mood. After all, this was the change that he had brought to Dayao. He said to Caretaker Shi,
"Get someone to wash them. Get the kitchen to steam half of them and roast the other half. Someone will come over in a while."
Following which, he went to another field to take a look. The pepper, anise, sesame, and cumin were indeed ripe.
Some of them had fallen into the ground.
It was just that the people in the beast park didn't know how to harvest them. They were afraid that they would spoil them, so they left them alone. Instead, they collected the ones that fell to the ground and waited for Ren Baqian to come back and deal with them.
Ren Baqian stayed by the field until it was almost noon. Only then did he see a group of people coming over from afar.
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