Chapter 156 High-yield seeds, peasant uprising

"What is this?"

Wei Chengyi, who followed closely behind, took over while asking and easily carried the sack into the yard.

“Potatoes and sweet potatoes.”

After throwing a few words at him, Shen Xiangwan moved the sack to the corner: "This is what I call a high-yield variety. Potatoes can be used to fill the stomach and as a dish. There are countless ways to eat them. Sweet potatoes taste sweet and can also fill the stomach. The most important thing is that their yield per mu can reach more than 6,000 kilograms."

Six thousand jin is still a relatively conservative statement. All kinds of seeds in her space are high-quality grain varieties that have been improved from generation to generation. They are top-notch in all aspects, including yield. Let’s not talk about anything else, just take potatoes and sweet potatoes for example. In her space, their yield per mu can reach more than ten thousand jin. Even if the land outside is not as fertile as in the space, it should not be difficult to yield six thousand jin per mu.

"what?"

Even a calm Wei Chengyi couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the exaggerated number. One dan is 120 jin, and 6,000 jin is 50 dan? You know, the millet planted by the villagers only has a yield of one dan per mu. Even in areas with fertile land, the yield can only double at most, but hers is 50 times.

He was not the only one shocked.
All the guards and servants who heard about it were stunned. Six thousand kilograms? How many people would that have to feed?
“You plan to plant these two crops in our fields?”

Wei Chengyi didn't ask her where the sweet potatoes and potatoes came from. He believed that she would tell him what she could, and if he asked about what she couldn't, it would only make things difficult for her.

"Well, I plan to plant one acre of land with potatoes and one acre with sweet potatoes."

No matter what she said, it would not be as real as seeing it with her own eyes. Next year, she plans to promote the planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes in Datong County. With the successful planting experience this time, the people should not be too resistant.

"It seems I have to work harder."

With Wei Chengyi's cleverness, how could he not guess her purpose?

Now that she has already started to put her plan into practice, he will also work hard to clear the obstacles and take control of Datong County before the beginning of next spring.

"necessary."

Shen Xiangwan was not polite to him. One of them was in charge of the household affairs, while the other was in charge of the outside affairs. She had arranged everything that needed to be arranged at home, and he should also quickly deal with the outside affairs.

"You."

Laughing and shaking his head, Wei Chengyi followed her back to the main room: "Where did you get these fruits?"

The main room was filled with bamboo baskets of fruit, of all kinds, most of which he had never seen before.

"bought."

Shen Xiangwan pretended to be serious and talked nonsense without blushing or beating her heart. Apart from this reason, she couldn't find any other reason.

"is it?"

Wei Chengyi smiled, knowing that she was not telling the truth, but he did not expose her. He picked up a bunch of grapes, plucked one, peeled it and fed it to her mouth: "Our Wanwan is really amazing. She can buy so many rare fruits."

"···"

You bastard, who is this yin and yang?

Holding a grape in his mouth, Shen Xiangwan glared at him angrily, as if he wanted to pounce on him and bite him hard.

"Hahaha···"

Wei Chengyi laughed out loud, obviously not expecting that his little rascal had such a cute side. This was the first time he laughed so freely in front of her.

Shen Xiangwan was stunned for a moment, then he started laughing. Never mind, since he laughed so happily, she would forgive him this time.

"Why did you buy so many things?"

Seeing the house full of cloth and baskets of fruit, Zhao Yuping, who had just returned from outside with her child, couldn't help but ask in confusion. She had indeed seen several carriages coming back before, but she thought they were buying food. After all, with so many more people in the family, it was reasonable to buy more food. She didn't expect there would be so much cloth and fruit.

"Auntie."

Without waiting for Shen Xiangwan's response, the little cub broke free from her hand, ran over and threw himself on Shen Xiangwan's lap: "Auntie, eat some fruit." "Hey."

Shen Xiangwan picked up a strawberry the size of a baby's fist and brought it to his mouth. After he took a bite, she asked, "Is it delicious?"

"Good times!"

With the fruit pulp in his mouth, the little cub gave a thumbs up with both hands. The sour and sweet taste of the strawberry instantly conquered him.

"We'll have dinner soon, so don't eat too much."

Taking two more strawberries and stuffing them into his hands, Shen Xiangwan turned around and said, "Aunt Zhou, pick out some of each fruit, and send the rest to the guards. You can also share some among yourselves."

"it is good."

Zhou Wushuang happily agreed. Her feeling was right. The lady was indeed a kind person. How could other wealthy families give such rare fruits to their servants?
"Aunt Zhou, let me do it. Let me do it."

Seeing Aunt Zhou picking fruits with a basket, the little cub ran over quickly.

"Okay, okay, I'll hold the basket and let you pick it up, young master."

"it is good."

The little cub responded obediently, and really took Dongzi to browse the fruits on the ground one by one. He put several of almost every kind into the basket, especially the strawberries that he had just eaten.

Seeing him shuttling back and forth like a hardworking little bee, Shen Xiangwan and the others looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

After dinner, Zhao Yuping and her daughter took the cub outside for a walk to digest the food. Wei Chengyi received an urgent letter and went to the study with Qingying Yuanxiu and Yuan Shu. Wei Chenghe immersed himself in the world of martial arts. Shen Xiangwan simply returned to the room, went into the space, and asked No. 1 to draw the blueprint of the curved plow and prepare to have it made tomorrow.

"Knock down!"

At two quarters past midnight, Shen Xiangwan knocked on the door of the study. She had already washed up in the room and thought Wei Chengyi should have finished his work, but unexpectedly, he was still in the study.

"Come in."

Wei Chengyi's deep voice came from inside. Shen Xiangwan pushed open the door, poked his head in and asked, "Are you not done yet?"

"come in."

Waving at her, Wei Chengyi's eyes instantly showed a smile. Qingying, Yuan Xiu and Yuan Shu tacitly kept silent, so as not to be forced to eat dog food again. They had eaten enough at night and did not need to rely on dog food to fill their stomachs.

"What are you busy with?"

Shen Xiangwan didn't bother to be polite with him. He walked into the study and did not forget to close the door behind him.

"See for yourself."

Patting the chair beside him, Wei Chengyi picked up the letter and handed it to her, and the smile in his eyes disappeared again.

"Ok?"

Shen Xiangwan took the letter with doubt and read it quickly. His expression became more and more serious: "After all, it has come to this."

The content on the letter was very simple. Until now, the imperial court still had not taken any measures to provide disaster relief. Quanzhou, Binzhou and Taizhou, which were the worst hit, were full of starving people and people were eating their own children. It was like hell on earth. Peasant uprisings broke out in the three places almost simultaneously, and the people who were forced into a desperate situation responded one after another. Several cities fell, and a greater disaster was about to happen.

"Yes."

Wei Chengyi also sighed. The scale of the peasant uprising in Binzhou and Taizhou was extremely large, with more than 100,000 people participating, and there was a trend of growing stronger. They were fighting against the court's inhumanity and treating the people as straw dogs. They were fighting for justice and overthrowing the tyrant. Although he had not received any news from the imperial city yet and was not sure how the emperor would react, according to his memories of his previous life, the emperor would quickly send people to suppress the rebellion.

The rebellion in Quanzhou was suppressed first. However, due to the wrong selection of generals, Binzhou and Taizhou not only failed to suppress the rebellion, but also suffered the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court, indefinitely prolonging this human disaster involving nearly one million people.

【End of this chapter】

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