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Chapter 239 Harvest ()

Behind the black, thin and shriveled Magistrate Cai, there were thirty farmers. There are ten more than Wuyin County.

Lu Cong spent the past two days arranging food and lodging for everyone. He was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground and his waist and legs were sore. Even his voice was so hoarse that he could hardly speak.

Seeing so many people suddenly at this time, Lu Cong's head twitched, and his tone was not so tactful: "It is stated in the official document that five to ten people are enough. Magistrate Cai brought thirty people, and in the farm There is really no place to stay. Just leave ten of them and take the rest back."

Magistrate Cai smiled quickly and said: "I know it will cause trouble to the Lushe people. However, Li County is a long way away and it is not easy to travel back and forth. They are all carefully selected from the people of Li County, and they all work hard. They are all good people. In this way, ten of them are here to study. Even if they work as part-time workers in the farm, they will be able to work as long as they have a stutter. It is hot and there is no place to sleep, so they can sleep on the side of the fields at night. OK."

After saying that, he turned to Lin Zhuangtou and smiled: "Lin Zhuangtou, I will send twenty people who are doing day labor for free, do you want them?"

Lin Zhuangtou didn't think so much, and immediately smiled and said: "We will collect grain in two days, and the farm is really short of manpower. People from Lushe, why don't you let them all stay!"

Lushe people: "..."

No wonder the princess attaches great importance to supporting Magistrate Cai. Just by being "flexible" in doing things, it has to be unique.

Lu Cong had no choice but to hold his nose and admit it: "That's fine. Magistrate Cai intercedes like this, so let's keep them all!"

How can we really let the people sleep on the edge of the fields? The princess will come in two days. If he sees the people sleeping rough on the edge of the fields, he, a sacrificial man, should stop doing this.

Lu Cong cheered up and led thirty people to settle down. The house couldn't be moved, so some tents were put up. The Lushe people also specially sent people to the drugstore to buy some herbs to repel mosquitoes. They lit them at night. The smell was a bit pungent, but the effect was good.

After Magistrate Cai arrived, he refused to leave: "There is nothing going on in the county government recently. I brought the people here to learn from each other."

Yes, we need to arrange accommodation for Magistrate Cai.

After all, he is a county magistrate, so he cannot live in a tent. The Lushe people pinched their noses and made room for an empty room in their residence.

At night, hearing the thunderous snoring coming from the room next door, Lu Cong twitched the corner of his mouth again and silently stuffed his ears with paper balls.

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Two days later, Jiang Shaohua led his officers and soldiers to the farm.

With the success of the previous corn harvest, everyone is looking forward to the sweet potato harvest this time.

The endless sweet potato fields stretch as far as the eye can see, with their green leaves fluttering in the breeze. Everyone took a hoe and carefully dug out the soil, like digging for golden knots, and dug out sweet potatoes one by one.

"One, two, three..." Jiang Shaohua also went to the field himself, staying with Cui Du as usual. Digging up a sweet potato vine and counting the sweet potatoes dug up from the soil, Jiang Shaohua almost never stopped smiling.

"One sweet potato vine produced five sweet potatoes." Jiang Shaohua turned around and smiled, his tone full of joy: "The sweet potatoes are planted densely, one plant after another. Based on this calculation, the harvest should be better than corn."

Cui Du wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and said with a smile: "The yield of sweet potatoes should be much higher than that of corn. This is the first year, and the sweet potatoes are too small, only the size of a child's fist. We will wait to select seeds later. Raise seedlings and grow big sweet potatoes to at least double your yield.”

This proud and rooster-like appearance is pleasing to the eye no matter how you look at it.

Jiang Shaohua smiled brightly and continued working with his head down.

Not far away, there were bursts of exclamations.

Jiang Shaohua looked up and couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that Magistrate Cai was leading a group of people to dig sweet potatoes. Every time a few sweet potatoes were dug out, the people cheered. Magistrate Cai was so happy that he wiped the mud with the corner of his clothes and took a bite.

"Magistrate Cai, wash it before tasting it." Cui Du laughed and reminded loudly. Creak, creak, creak!

Magistrate Cai chewed the sweet, crispy sweet potatoes and narrowed his eyes with joy: "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, it's food grown in the soil, it's not dirty. This sweet potato tastes very good."

Jiang Shaohua also laughed. Magistrate Cai could taste it, and she suddenly became a little greedy.

However, as a princess and a girl, you have to be more reserved.

She looked at Cui Du with a smile.

Cui Du immediately understood and took out a short dagger from his arms, unsheathed it, revealing the thin and sharp dagger: "This is the dagger Shen Gongzheng specially made for me. It is very sharp."

Anyway, peeling sweet potatoes is quick and good.

Cui Du peeled a sweet potato and handed it to Jiang Shaohua. Jiang Shaohua naturally reached out to take the sweet potato, took a bite, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "This is delicious."

Corn has a rougher texture, but sweet potatoes are different, with a slight sweetness.

In Daliang, sucrose is very expensive and the output is scarce. Only wealthy families can afford it. Ordinary people have to save money on salt, let alone sugar. Sweet potatoes have such a texture when eaten raw, which is an unexpected surprise.

"When cooked, it will be sweet, glutinous, fragrant and soft, and even more delicious." Cui Du said with a smile: "You can also steam it, roast it over fire, fry it, cut it and put it in corn paste. You can also dry sweet potatoes. Dry it and grind it into powder to make vermicelli. In short, it’s delicious no matter how you make it.”

Jiang Shaohua hummed, finished the sweet potato in three or five mouthfuls, and continued to swing the hoe.

Another great thing about sweet potatoes is that they can be weighed and counted after being dug out. Much easier than harvesting corn.

"Have you finished weighing?"

"Don't worry, there are still two bamboo baskets."

"This acre of land has yielded so much food."

"No. Mr. Cui is simply a god sent from heaven!"

"Our princess is the real immortal. It was the princess who took Mr. Cui in, gave the farm to Mr. Cui, and ordered Commander Song to buy new grain seeds. Now she is fully promoting the new grain. If Mr. Cui went to the court that day, he would still Can we be like this today?"

"That's right. The new type of shaft plow made by Mr. Cui took just one year, but all the people in Nanyang County are using it. How is the implementation of it in the imperial court?"

"Shh, don't talk nonsense. Take a quick look, how many records are there in Mr. Cui's book?"

There were so many people around, and the number of people who were qualified to stand next to the princess and look at the brochure could be counted with a slap.

Chen Changshi was very domineering and occupied the nearest position. Feng Changshi was not polite and stayed close. Yang Trial is not that close, but being taller has advantages.

Chen Jinyu was at a bit of a disadvantage and couldn't see clearly even with her tiptoes. I heard Ma Yaozong next to me shout excitedly: "One thousand eight hundred catties!"

"Eighteen stones! Eighteen stones in total!"

Chen Jinyu suddenly felt her eyes felt a little hot and wiped them with the back of her hand.

Jiang Shaohua stood in the middle. Amidst the excited shouts of everyone, he smiled brilliantly: "The sweet potato harvest is great! According to my princess, there will be a banquet at the farm tonight to celebrate!"