Six thousand four hundred and fifty-one catties, it was confirmed three times in a row. The official who first checked the sweet potato stared at it nervously, fearing that he would make a mistake in his calculation.
After confirming that the number was correct, everyone was in an uproar.
It was too much.
This product called sweet potato was not picky and could be eaten as a supplementary food. Furthermore, the yield was so high that it was ten times higher than rice.
If it was about the same or slightly higher than rice, no one would care. However, it was so much higher and the value was different.
As long as the cultivation of sweet potatoes continued, Dayao would not need to buy food in the future.
The Secondary class, Rank 3 official who checked the sweet potato laughed heartily.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. This sweet potato is very useful for Dayao. We will no longer have to worry about food shortage in the future. "Everyone turned to the empress with a joyful look on their faces.
The empress was in a good mood after listening to everyone's comments. Ren Baqian did not drop the ball. The yield of more than six thousand kilograms per mu was already amazing enough.
She looked at Ren Baqian and said, "You have made a great contribution to this sweet potato."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ren Baqian thanked her timely. Although it was not very useful to him, after all, getting promoted and getting rich was meaningless to him now. However, it was a good thing to be able to raise his status in the imperial court and among the people of Dayao.
However, the yield of more than six thousand kilograms per mu was not a surprise. It was said that this sweet potato could produce more than ten thousand kilograms per mu. Dayao's land was also very fertile, but the final yield was only about six thousand kilograms.
It was a pity that he did not know much about this area and only looked up some information. However, he still remembered that sandy soil should be better than this kind of solid land.
"Ge Yihong, ask Deputy Prefect Ren about this sweet potato and expand the cultivation as soon as possible." The empress instructed.
"Yes!" Ge Yihong was the Secondary class, Rank 3 official who checked the sweet potato previously. He was under the Ministry of Works and was in charge of agriculture and animal husbandry. He understood the current situation of Dayao's agriculture better than anyone else. Naturally, he knew the astonishing yield of this sweet potato.
"Your Majesty, there is still the matter of the glass factory and Mount Damo." Tong Zhengye quickly stepped forward and said. He immediately pushed Ge Yihong to the side with his butt sticking out. Although the sweet potato was important, he still had a lot of things to do. Previously, Ren Baqian gave him a big pie. He could only see it but not eat it. He had been thinking about it for a long time.
Now that Ren Baqian was finally back, how could he let Ren Baqian farm?
Ge Yihong was so angry that he glared at him. However, the other party was the Minister of Works, and he was only the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. Of course, at this level, even if Tong Zhenye was his immediate superior, it wasn't that important. The most important thing was that he couldn't defeat him.
"You can discuss it later." In her heart, the iron mine at Mount Damo was still the most important matter. However, she didn't know much about it, so she let them make their own arrangements.
Tong Zhengye gave Ren Baqian a sinister smile that he thought was extremely kind.
After looking at it, everyone had an idea in their hearts, so there was no need to stay any longer. The group of people prepared to leave. Ge Yihong pointed to the field not far away and asked what was there.
"Spices," Ren Baqian answered simply. For the time being, he was going to get a plot of land to plant it and then go to those three countries to earn money.
This thing was absolutely profiteering.
The money he earned could also be used to buy other supplies and fill up the palace's treasury. In a few years, he would slowly open up the cultivation of seasonings.
Upon hearing that it was spices, Ge Yihong's eyes lit up. He excused himself to the empress and immediately ran over.
There were many new spices in the palace, and all the court officials had heard of them. After all, they had appeared at the empress's birthday banquet. Although the dishes at that time didn't look like much, they tasted extremely good. Everyone could immediately taste the difference.
It was just that there were some in the palace, and basically no one else knew about it. Everyone had only heard of it, but had never seen it before.
After hearing that it was spices, many people were interested. The large group of people moved to the vicinity of that plot of land and walked around for half a day.
However, they didn't know much about these things, so they just watched for fun. After asking for half a day and hearing that the imperial family would buy land to plant and sell it, they could only look forward to it.
In any case, it was fine as long as they could buy it. There was no need to grab everything.
Even if they wanted to grab it, could they snatch it from the empress?
After walking around for a long time, Ge Yihong couldn't help but say, "I still feel that Deputy Prefect Ren should come to the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. It just so happens that the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is still lacking a junior minister."
The sweet potatoes and spices that Ren Baqian produced made him feel that Ren Baqian definitely had other good things in his hands. It would be a pity if he couldn't poach them to the Department of Agriculture and Livestock.
Everyone looked at him sideways. They had seen shameless people, but they had never seen such a shameless person who lied with his eyes wide open.
The assistant minister of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock is busy every day, and you treat him as if he doesn't exist with just one sentence?
If Ren Baqian really went to the Department of Agriculture and Livestock, what would you do? Create two assistant ministers?
However, seeing how he ignored everyone's disdainful eyes and remained calm and composed, many people felt that this shameless look was similar to their demeanor in the past.
After staying in the beast park for half a day, everyone left one after another. Tong Zhenye kept asking Ren Baqian when he was going to the Ministry of Works, and Ge Yihong kept asking about the situation of the sweet potatoes. With great difficulty, Ren Baqian finally followed the empress back to the palace for his meal.
After sitting in the garden with the empress for a while and enjoying the peace, he ran to Qingxin Palace Hall to look for Lin Qiaole to learn how to write. Previously, he was assassinated halfway through learning, and now, he had forgotten a lot.
At night, he made another trip to Qingxin Palace Hall. Following which, both of them appeared in the room on Earth.
At this time, it was already June on Earth, and it was starting to get hot. Ren Baqian opened the door to the room to ventilate. Looking at the time, it was only seven o 'clock in the evening. He turned around and said to the empress, who was habitually hugging her legs and sitting on the sofa, "Zixiao, do you want to go out for a walk? In summer, the city is much livelier and more beautiful than in winter. "
"Alright." The empress nodded. In this world, other than buying red dresses whenever she saw them in the shopping mall, she didn't have any objections to the itinerary.
After all, everything in this world was very novel to her.
In particular, the peaceful and affluent atmosphere of this world made her feel exceptionally comfortable and at ease. She never had to think about other things, and all the complicated matters in the imperial court were far away from her.
The night in the city at the end of spring and beginning of summer was very beautiful. The entire city gave off a feeling of vitality. The roadside was filled with pedestrians taking a stroll. There were teenagers wearing headphones, people dancing in the open space, young mothers pushing strollers, and young parents holding skewers in their hands while taking their children out on the streets.
When the empress first came, there weren't so many people in the city at night.
Ren Baqian drove to the supermarket to buy a bunch of things and stuffed them into the car. The empress hugged a bucket of popcorn and suddenly felt that it was pretty delicious.
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