farming female castellan

Chapter 128 The county magistrate's complexion is not very good
Chen Fan smiled: "If you send someone to search around Shengping County now, you should be able to find a lot of sweet potatoes."

All the officials were dubious. Chen Fan kept smiling and said, "Sweet potatoes are actually found in many places, but many people just treat them as wild vegetables and don't think about planting them. Some people dig up the vines and leaves and eat them. It was not deep enough to find the sweet potato underneath; some people dug deep and found something underneath, so they dug it out. Because it was red, some people called it sweet potato.”

"How do you know that thing is edible?" Master asked.

"We don't know if we can eat it. Many people dare not eat it. Some people are so hungry that they dig it out and eat it. I have eaten it in my hometown. Everyone thinks so, radish and taro can be eaten. , that thing might be edible too.”

Chen Fan paused, seeing the expressions of the officials looking forward to the following, he continued, "Everyone eats them in different ways. Some people eat boiled sweet potatoes, some eat them raw, and some peel them. , There are also those that don’t peel the skin. Some people eat it for a few days and say they don’t feel well, some have nausea and headache, some have vomiting and diarrhea, and some even pass out and die.”

All the officials fought a cold war.

The living room was very quiet, everyone was silent.

"Then did anyone still eat sweet potatoes?" Xian Cheng broke the silence.

"Of course, eat it. After all, the accident happened to a small number of people. Knowing that it can fill their stomachs, how could they resist eating it? However, everyone began to think about how to eat sweet potatoes better."

The officials speculated enthusiastically.

Chen Fan smiled: "It's okay to eat raw or cooked, but you can't eat too much in a row. If you eat too much, you will get heartburn. If you eat too much sweet potato skin, it is easy to cause trouble."

A small official said: "Have we never heard of eating sweet potatoes?"

Zhang Ci refilled the tea for everyone, saying: "It's just poor people looking for some wild vegetables to fill their stomachs, so why would they yell around, wishing that others would not know and dare not eat them."

Chen Fan said: "I also discovered by accident that sweet potato vines can live and grow sweet potatoes. At that time, I thought the sweet potato vines were very beautiful, so I took them home, but they were torn apart by the villagers. I was reluctant to throw them away, so I took them home. The broken sweet potato vine was planted in the backyard of my home. After a few days, the vine was still fine, neither dry nor withered. Later I tried to plant it with cuttings, and it really worked.”

The court officials were thoughtful.

Chen Fan said: "Everyone has seen it today. A hole of sweet potatoes can weigh several catties, and one mu can harvest thousands of catties. If every family can harvest hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes, it will not be a problem to eat them for half a year. Hundreds of sweet potato vines don't take up much land, and don't delay rice planting." What a great achievement this is.

Master stroked his beard: "..."

Zhang Ci smiled: "We are willing to offer two acres of sweet potatoes, please accept it with a smile, and arrange for someone to collect it."

All the officials smiled happily.

"The rice on this terrace is growing very well, the grains are full, and the ears of rice are heavy. It is estimated that the yield is very high." The county magistrate brought up a new topic.

Zhang Ci smiled: "If this batch of rice is high-yielding, the rice seeds handed over as land tax will also allow more people in Shengping County to plant high-yielding grain seeds."

It is impossible to send rice seeds.If you want political achievements, it is best to spread rice seeds to the hands of the people.

The master slashed his beard again: "The one hundred mu sweet potato field also has to pay land tax."

Zhang Ci nodded: "Yes, we will buy rice to pay taxes." Those lands can only be handed over to ordinary rice seeds.

The county magistrate's face is not very good: "You have so many good rice seeds, you should allow more people to plant high-yielding rice seeds."

Zhang Ci still smiled: "We will naturally pay tax according to the amount of rice produced in the rice field. It is difficult to grow food in the barren land, so we grow sweet potatoes, but we still buy rice to pay tax according to the amount, which is already abiding by the law. "

All the officials were stern, Zhang Ci and Chen Fan were smiling.

The county magistrate glared at Zhang Ci, but felt less and less imposing.He faintly panicked, why does this teenage boy have such a strong aura?He was obviously smiling, but it made him shiver.

The county magistrate got up, and all the officials also got up one after another, and followed the county magistrate to the door.Zhang Ci's voice came over unhurriedly: "My lords, please arrange for manpower to dig sweet potatoes."

It is impossible to dig it up and give it to you.

Chen Fan looked at Zhang Ci: "This cloth is so imposing."

Zhang Ci tapped her on the head: "You can make fun of people?"

Chen Fan smiled and wrote back to him, and Zhang Ci took advantage of the opportunity to hold her hand.

"Will they plan on rice fields?" Chen Fan asked.

"Forcible expropriation? The Shen family in Guangyun County next door has just ransacked their home, and the Zhang family, the number one leader in Yuanfeng, has also collapsed. If they can't see clearly, just let them come here." Zhang Ci didn't care.

Chen Fan sat upright: "Has anyone patrolled the terraced fields recently? The growth of the rice is really gratifying."

Zhang Ci is still calm and calm: "The patrols have already started. If they really want political achievements, the high-yield rice seeds they receive will be distributed to the common people, and it is no problem to sell them to the common people. Send some to report as a filial piety." That’s fine. If you only stockpile the grain in your own hands and sell it at a high price, then don’t even think about messing around.”

Chen Fan didn't answer, and the two sat quietly for a while.

Two acres of sweet potatoes are enough for the officials to operate.He took a box of jewels from her back then, but he just didn't continue to search for them, the caretaker didn't see any of them.Still want to collect more high-quality rice seeds?I really think about it in every bowl.

"There are a lot of sweet potatoes, do you want to transport some elsewhere?" Chen Fan asked.

Zhang Ci nodded: "It's best for each county to transport thousands of catties to sell."

This lacks tacit understanding.She meant to ask him to give some to acquaintances, but he replied that he would sell sweet potatoes everywhere.

Perhaps, he is inconvenient?

When there are sweet potatoes everywhere, it will be safer for him to send someone to deliver them?
She looked at Zhang Ci: "How can we sell sweet potatoes to all over the country as soon as possible?"

(End of this chapter)