After transmigrating into a book, she became the farmer's wife of the villain

Chapter 183 Asking the county magistrate to help promote high-yield crops

Although the magistrate of Qingtian County is not a very good official, he also hopes to be appreciated by his superiors for doing great things.

When he heard about the high-yield crops, his eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "What kind of food is it?"

Thirteen showed him potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Mei Luomei said: "It's the seeds from the Western Regions. The round ones are potatoes, and the ones grow sweet potatoes. This stuff is good for cooking, and it can also fill your stomach. It is resistant to cold and drought, and the yield per mu can be over a hundred deniers. The people of Suxing Kingdom may be able to eat enough."

She is indeed not bragging. It is common for modern times to produce more than a thousand catties of grain per mu. She is just making a conservative estimate now, and her seed does not really come from the Western Regions, but is produced systematically, so there will only be more and no less.

"One hundred... one hundred dens per mu?"

The county magistrate of Qingtian County was astonished and said, "Have you ever practiced it?"

Melome nodded.

"We practiced it in Shuanghe Village three years ago. You must know that Yinzhou was short of water at that time. Under that situation, the yield per mu was seven to eight hundred catties."

The county magistrate of Qingtian felt that gold had fallen on his head.

He just heard that their family warmed the house today as a gift, but he didn't expect such a good thing to happen, and he was so excited that his hands and feet trembled.

"Wang... Wangfei, can you let me taste the food made from this thing?"

Knowing that this would be the case, Melomei was already prepared, and immediately invited him and a group of country gentlemen to an empty room next to him, and asked the maid to serve the dishes.

The whole meal of sweet potatoes and potatoes came up quickly, fried, boiled, stewed, fried, iron plate braised, everything that one expects to see, dazzled the crowd.

They couldn't wait to taste it, and they were out of control.

A group of people were very satisfied after eating a large table of potatoes and sweet potatoes as raw materials.

The magistrate of Qingtian hiccupped, slumped on the chair, and said, "Yes, this product is good and worth promoting."

He could imagine that if he reported this, the higher ups would definitely pay attention to it, and he would definitely not be able to escape by being promoted.

The county magistrate was quite satisfied, and the other gentry officials were even more so. They felt that the grain was very promising.

Seeing this, Melomei motioned to Shisan, and he immediately handed over a contract.

"This is a contract drawn up by my young lady. The county magistrate will see if there is anything to add. If not, just sign it."

The county magistrate took a look at it, and was still a little puzzled, and said, "Princess, why did you buy these?"

Why buy?Naturally, it is to ensure the supply of goods while making money.

It was written in her contract that she had to sell all the sweet potatoes to her this year, and if she broke the contract, she would have to pay a hundred times the liquidated damages.

When everyone has planted it next year, she can shop around to buy it. This year is still fresh, and there must be a lot of people who will pay attention to it by then. Of course, she must take precautions before it happens.

Melomei didn't hide anything, and said: "I plan to build a workshop in the village, and I want to process these grains for secondary sales."

"Go back and spread the word. If someone wants to plant these two crops, they need to sign a contract. The family who wants to plant, except for the children, must count according to the fingerprint contract, otherwise they will not be able to buy seedlings."

This kind of thing that can be sold directly without going to a stall, and the yield is so high, anyone who is not a fool will definitely be willing to plant it.

The county magistrate of Qingtian County immediately patted his chest and promised, "Leave this matter to the subordinate officials, and the subordinate officials will definitely handle it properly."

Melomei nodded, and asked Shisan to hand over a large bundle of agreements to him.

"You take these to those who are willing to plant and sign a contract, and then take it back with me."

The magistrate of Qingtian County repeatedly said yes.

A group of people chatted for a while, the county magistrate got up to leave, and left with a group of squires.

After sending off a group of people, the banquet outside is coming to an end.

Melomei only took a look and went back upstairs.

With her current status, she doesn't need to handle everything herself, someone else will do it herself, and she will just watch.

The people who came to the banquet today included the shopkeepers of more than a dozen shops in the capital, the county magistrate of Qingtian and a group of squires, as well as the village chiefs and patriarchs of the surrounding villages, the surrounding villagers and so on.

Because their family did not notify other people, nor did they write an invitation letter, so many people did not know about her house warming.

Although no one was notified, two people came unexpectedly.

These two are Aunt Wang and Du Lanfeng.

Du Lanfeng followed Yang Shitou in advance.

He is now working as an accountant in Mei's grocery store, and part-time teaching shopkeepers and clerks in the store to read and write, and his life is considered leisurely.

Today, I heard that Yang Shitou was going back to Meijia Village to eat a hot house mat, and told the shopkeeper to be optimistic about the shop.

After careful questioning, he found out that the people who warmed the room were the Melomei family, and immediately asked for leave and said that he wanted to follow the gift, but only he knew what he really wanted to do.

As soon as he came to Mei's mansion, he first went to say hello to Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Li, said a few polite words, looked around and saw that there was no one he wanted to see, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"Uncle Mei, may I ask if the younger sisters are all right?"

It's not good for him to ask only Mei Luotao, so he secretly greeted all the sisters.

Mei Lao Er didn't doubt that he was there, so he said: "A few girls don't like crowds very much, they are all in their own yard, if you want to see them, just let someone tell them about it."

They used to be neighbors, and they had a good relationship. Mei's second child was not born and raised in a wealthy family, so naturally he didn't consider those formalities.

Du Lanfeng clasped his fists and bowed to salute, "Uncle Laomei will help pass the message, my nephew would like to say hello to my sisters."

Mei's second stared at Mei Lanfeng for a while, and then said: "Huang Jing, go and invite the three young ladies out."

Mei Luomei told the whole family about the matter of Mei Luotao and Du Lanfeng as soon as she came back, and they knew it clearly.

Du Lanfeng is easy-going, has a sense of justice, reads well, and is already a candidate at a young age. If it wasn't for the disaster that caused the country to suspend the exam, he might have been the champion.

Therefore, Mei Lao Er and Li Shi are satisfied with this young man, and the only one who is dissatisfied is his empress, Aunt Wang.

In the past, when Mei Luotao and Du Lanfeng didn't show their signs, she was kind to their family, but since she knew Mei Luotao's intentions, she belittled their family openly and secretly, which made people disliked.

Aunt Wang also came today, but because she has some ideas, she hasn't arrived yet, but the Mei family, including Mei Lanfeng, don't know about it, and his mother will keep him from stepping down.

Ever since Aunt Wang knew that Mei Luomei had become Princess Huan, and that even Mei Qiying, who had always stayed at home, was betrothed to the third son of the Ministry of Rites, her mind suddenly became active.

She began to secretly prepare the bride price.

Today, when I inquired about the warming of Mei's second family's house, I changed my mind and had an idea in an instant.

She first went to a well-known matchmaker, and paid for some porters.

He asked people to carry the dowry, bring a matchmaker, and hired a carriage extravagantly, and then rushed to Meijia Village.

In the past, she felt that Mei Luotao was not good enough for her beautiful son, Jiyue, but now she felt that she had to settle him quickly.

(End of this chapter)