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Chapter 118 Who Stole It

Zheng Huaming

Qi Xingyun

It turns out that the officials brought you here to steal grain seeds.

Zheng Huaming joked, "I heard that some officials brought people to steal grain seeds, so I came to see who was so bold."

"Stealing grain seeds? Who? Where?" Tang Yanshu asked seriously, "Or did the officials bring people to rob? It's absurd. They are so rampant while I am here. What will happen if I leave?"

village head:

Yang Dashan:

Shopkeeper Wu:

People outside the yard:

Aren't you bringing people here to rob? Really?

After saying this, Tang Yanshu saw that everyone was looking at him, even Qi Xingyun and Zheng Huaming were looking at him with a smile on their faces.

He pointed a finger at himself and asked, "Me? The officials from Pingjiang County brought me, the newly appointed county magistrate, to Qingshan Village to steal new grain seeds?"

Zheng Huaming was just smiling at first, but after hearing his statement he burst into laughter.

village head:

Yang Dashan:

Shopkeeper Wu:

People outside the yard:

Mr. Zheng, you are the county magistrate after all, please give me some face.

Shopkeeper Wu reacted and immediately introduced everyone: "Village Chief Yang, this is our Pingjiang County's new county magistrate, Tang Yanshu, who is also a good friend of our boss and Mr. Zheng when they were in Kyoto."

"The county magistrate heard from our boss that Qingshan Village had grown new grains, so he came here to learn more about the situation."

Shopkeeper Wu had met County Magistrate Tang before, but he was misled by everyone's emotions just now and forgot about it for a moment.

Qi Xingyun: "Village Chief Yang, the county magistrate came here for grain seeds, but he didn't steal them, he bought them. I said before that I would buy all the new grain seeds that were grown, and I wanted to promote their cultivation in the surrounding villages."

"Now that County Magistrate Tang is here, let him, as the parent official, do the work of promoting planting. But if the county government can't consume so much grain this time, I will take over. I will arrange the planting, and we can talk about next year later."

When the village chief heard Qi Xingyun say that County Magistrate Tang was not here to steal grain seeds, he felt relieved and shouted to the people outside the yard, "Go back first. I have a talk with Qi Dongjia about grain seeds and I don't have time to take care of you."

After hearing this, everyone dispersed and went about their business. They trusted Qi Dongjia more than Magistrate Tang.

Tang Yanshu asked in confusion: "Did Lord Cui steal your new grain seeds before?"

The village chief said, "No, we have never grown new grains before. This is the first time. County Magistrate Cui probably doesn't know that our village has new grains yet."

Qi Xingyun: Of course he didn’t know yet? If he knew there was a new high-yield grain variety, he might have given up this promotion and waited for a higher position later.

Unfortunately, whether he wants it or not depends on whether Qi Xingyun gives it to him.

It’s not that Qi Xingyun didn’t want to give it to him, but he couldn’t even suppress a small country gentleman, so how could he have the ability to suppress the powerful and noble family.

Now that the misunderstanding was resolved, Tang Yanshu officially started his new work dynamic and asked the village chief to take him to the fields to see the high-yield grain varieties that were about to be harvested.

For the sake of this grain, he came from afar with only a change of clothes. He had to see whether the transfer to a distant place in exchange for giving up his noble position in the Hanlin Academy was worth it.

A group of people moved and walked towards the field together.

This time, everyone in the village planted sweet potatoes. Tang Yanshu could see sweet potato vines wherever he went. Zheng Huaming also told him that he could pick some tender sweet potato vines and stir-fry them, which tasted good.

Two days later, the whole village stopped working and focused on digging sweet potatoes. The county government sent people to supervise on site. As for the sweet potatoes planted by people in other villages, they could also bring them to Qingshan Village to sell to the county government or send them directly to the county government.

This time, each family can keep enough for themselves or give to relatives and friends. The rest will be sold to the county government. We will talk about next year’s matter next year.

On the day of excavation, Tang Yanshu brought a group of people in charge of agricultural affairs and other people without tasks from the county government to learn how to dig and pick sweet potatoes, and help put them into baskets, etc. In short, he made sure that there were people following every step.

This time, each family was responsible for their own excavation. Each family only planted about two acres, and the harvest was quick. Yang Dashan's family planted the most, with seven or eight acres.

The day before the excavation, Da Mao and his classmates came back from school on holiday and calculated how many sweet potatoes each household in the village should keep for seed, and also reserved some for their own consumption. Of course, they had to keep them. After the crops were grown, there was no reason not to eat them. In the past, there was nothing they could do when the yields of rice and wheat were low. Now that they finally grew a high yield, they had to try it out for themselves.

The seeds left here also include those for themselves and their relatives and friends. Fearing that people would forget about them or get the numbers wrong due to being too excited, Damao and Yang Bolin wrote a note to each family, clearly indicating how many seeds they had left and how many were given to each family.

The next day, when the sweet potatoes were dug out and weighed, the results were astonishing: the lowest yield per mu was 3200 kilograms, and the highest was 4500 kilograms per mu. This series of numbers shocked everyone.

When it was dug out, we only knew that there was a lot, but we didn't know how much. Now that the actual number is out, the villagers are crying with joy. They have never grown such a high yield of grain. Although it is not rice or wheat, it can still fill their stomachs, right?

The villagers handed the note they had written in advance to the people in the county government office. The people in the county government office were stunned for a moment, thinking that Qingshan Village was so well prepared.

Tang Yanshu saw it and asked the person in charge of record to follow their example and copy down the note so that he could trace the record next time the harvest came.

It took two days of hard work in Qingshan Village to finish the work, and then we went to Qi Xingyun Village to start excavation.

They planted more, but Qi Xingyun said that they had enough manpower but lacked experience, so they invited Grandpa Goudan and Grandpa Tietou to give them guidance. Of course, Goudan and Tietou also followed to help their grandfather run errands.

Having full granaries is the common people's wish. It is so sad that they work hard in the fields all year round but still cannot get enough to eat.

That is why Xiao Caoer took out the high-yield sweet potatoes and corn, hoping to do his best to prevent his family and villagers from going hungry.