Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Chapter 224 What Are Sweet Potatoes?
Lin Xiao was immersed in gloating and couldn't extricate himself.

The auction went better than expected.

Of course, she didn't let those who came to the auction go away empty-handed.

Before the auction ended, she specially asked the maids to distribute a gift bag to each of them.

Inside is a box of lip balm produced by Ai Lu Shi and a thank-you letter written by Li Yuquan.

Everyone who got it was excited.

A handwritten thank-you letter written by the emperor must be properly framed!

The happiest ones belonged to the brothers of the Chen family. They lived up to the expectations of the imperial concubine and almost sold all the items in the auction.

Although it was indeed a lot of blood, but for them, it was worth it!
After the auction was over, they couldn't wait to pull Lin Xiao aside, and they didn't forget to give her a silver ticket of 100 taels, saying it was a reward for sending her a message.

Lin Xiao looked at the Chen family's brothers with innocent smiles on their faces, and suddenly felt a faint sense of guilt in his heart.

But when he thought of the resentful face of the imperial concubine, the guilt was instantly thrown out of the sky.

She put the banknote into her arms without hesitation, and she also smiled sweetly along the way.

A total of nearly [-] lots were sold in this auction, and the harvest was extremely rich.

On the carriage back to the palace, she couldn't help but giggle.

Zhao Qian is also unbelievably calculating the harvest tonight:
"We actually made nearly a million taels of silver!"

"Well, it did exceed our expectations. However, all of this should be thanks to that black-robed man. If it wasn't for him, how could those young masters of the Chen family be able to throw out so much money so generously?"

"Speaking of which, the man in black robe is quite interesting. What is his origin? Do you know?"

"Isn't he the one you arranged for?"

"Entrustment?" Zhao Qian was taken aback, "No, the entrustment you asked us to arrange has already been auctioned at a sky-high price before we have time to bid."

Not one of us?
Then why do you want to pawn for yourself and raise the auction price?
Lin Xiao fell into deep doubts.

She carefully recalled the man in black robe just now.

He was wearing a long black gown. Although he couldn't see his face clearly through the black gauze hat, he was tall and straight, giving people the illusion of extraordinary temperament.

Lin Xiao vaguely felt that the man looked like an old friend.

Regardless, anyway, since that man was willing to help her, she made a note of it.

As for his purpose.
Lin Xiao's eyes flickered slightly, and she didn't bother to investigate further, since her goal had already been achieved anyway.

It was midnight when we returned to the palace.

Li Yuquan didn't take a break, but waited with Wang Tuo for the return of Lin Xiao and others in the imperial study.

As soon as he saw Lin Xiao, Wang Tuo rushed to greet him:

"How is it? How is the auction going tonight?"

After Lin Xiao and Zhao Qian saluted Li Yuquan first, they said slowly:

"It's been quite a harvest tonight, nearly 100 million taels of silver have been credited."

With that said, Zhao Qian opened the wooden box containing the banknotes, which contained a thick stack of banknotes, each with a huge amount.

Wang Tuo was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, his tiger eyes were full of disbelief:

"You mean, you made a million taels in the auction tonight?"

"To be exact, it's still a little short of 100 million. The main reason is that those young masters of the Chen family are too rich."

Lin Xiao said lightly.

After hearing this, Wang Tuo and Li Yuquan had shocked expressions on their faces, and then they both burst out laughing at the same time.

"Hahahaha. Lin Xiao, you are really witty, and I am worried that no one will want the items you chose!"

Li Yuquan patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder and laughed loudly.

Wang Tuo stared at Lin Xiao with a sigh, as if he was studying something weird.

Lin Xiao touched his nose in embarrassment, and said that the man in black should be responsible for today's credit.

If it weren't for his help, it would have been impossible to arouse the gambling mentality of those Chen Gongzis. Several ordinary collections were auctioned for a high price of several 10 taels!

Such a result was so unbelievable that she couldn't believe it.

But she didn't need to explain this to Li Yuquan and Wang Tuo.

Anyway, they only know that they have made a huge fortune tonight.

100 taels, for the Great Xia Dynasty at this moment, is already less than half a year's treasury income!
To allocate funds to the people of Jiuzhou Town, at most 10 taels of silver is enough.

Li Yuquan felt more and more that Lin Xiao was a rare talent!
He excitedly patted Lin Xiao's thin shoulder again:

"You helped me a lot, how can I thank you?"

Lin Xiao waved his hand disapprovingly:
"You are the king of a country. It is not easy to do these things. Besides, you also rewarded the grassroots with a gold medal for avoiding death. It is only right for the grassroots to help."

Li Yuquan laughed loudly:
"It's right for me to reward you, but you can earn so much wealth in just one day, and you can be regarded as having the ability to stand alone, so..."

He paused and continued:

"I want to make you a counselor, are you willing?"

Lin Xiao still understands the reason why being with a king is like being with a tiger.

She immediately kowtowed three times respectfully, and replied in a sonorous voice:

"Caomin is a countryman, and his ambition is not here! I implore your Majesty to take it back!"

"My title not only represents my power and status, but also my favor to you. Why are you unwilling to accept it?"

Li Yuquan looked displeased and spoke harshly.

Seeing that Li Yuquan was about to lose his temper, Zhao Qian also stepped forward to intercede for Lin Xiao:
"Your Majesty, Lin Xiao is not someone who covets glory and wealth. She really doesn't want to be an adviser, otherwise she wouldn't refuse!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the lifelong wish of the grass people is to find crops that can feed the whole world!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Li Yuquan's eyebrows twitched, as if a little bit of interest was aroused:
"What crops are you talking about?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Cao Min once read in a book that there is a species called sweet potato, which has a very high yield, is soft and delicious, and is very filling as a staple food."

Lin Xiao thought of the severe storm she had experienced and the flooded crops, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in her heart.

"sweet potato?"

Li Yuquan frowned and thought for a moment, then asked Wang Tuo:
"Ai Qing, do you know what this sweet potato is?"

Wang Tuo pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head, obviously he didn't know what this kind of thing was.

Seeing this, Li Yuquan turned his attention to Lin Xiao again:
"In that case, then tell me what kind of crop this sweet potato is."

Lin Xiao thought for a while, and said eloquently:

"Sweet potato is a crop that has low requirements on the soil. It does not need fertile fields, but only land suitable for cultivation. It can keep warm all year round, and the harvest of grain is very stable. The output of one mu of land can basically be enough. It can feed a family of three for a year and a half, and if there is a severe drought, they can even maintain their livelihood for a year!"

(End of this chapter)