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The villagers were trembling with excitement. They looked at Feng Zhanglin and wanted to say something, but they didn't dare to. They could only stare at him eagerly, and secretly glanced at Zhou Rui, Shen Jia, and Xiao Yichen from time to time.

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen had no time to pay attention to these things for the time being. They were attracted by the heat coming out of the ground.

The two squatted down and took a closer look, and found that the hot spring here was very small, only slightly larger than a toothpick, but the water temperature was not low. No wonder the crops in this area grew so well.

After finding the reason, they stood up contentedly, and then they realized that the surroundings were quiet and silent.

Shen Jia was puzzled: "What happened?"

Zhou Rui whispered a few words to Shen Jia, and Shen Jia suddenly realized.

She cleared her throat. "Fellow villagers, this is potato, a very good food, can be boiled, fried, or deep-fried. Potatoes are not cold-resistant, and the weather in northern Xinjiang is cold, so it is suitable to plant them in March and harvest them in autumn.

The reason why this piece of land can be used to grow potatoes in winter is because its soil is special. Now is the time to plant potatoes. Do you want to use these potatoes as seeds?"

The villagers scratched their heads awkwardly and smiled: "Yes."

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen looked at each other and said, "In that case, each household in your village will take five kilograms back to use as seeds, and we will take away the rest. Can you accept that?"

"Yes. Thank you very much, sir."

They are not stupid. They think it is good enough that the nobleman can give five kilograms of potatoes to each household in their village. They still understand the principle that greed will lead to poor digestion.

If they meet those arrogant and domineering nobles, let alone sharing it with them, no one will stand up for them even if they are beaten half to death.

Shen Jia smiled with satisfaction. These people were quite sensible. She hated those scoundrels the most.

"We will distribute the remaining potatoes to the people in other parts of northern Xinjiang for planting. By the way, I have good news for you. High-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and corn will arrive in northern Xinjiang tomorrow..."

Xiao Yichen was also very satisfied with the performance of these people, and explained in a very good mood: "Now is the season for planting potatoes. Each household can plant five kilograms of potato seeds. If we take good care of them, we can harvest a lot of potatoes in autumn.

After the autumn harvest, you can keep the potatoes you need to plant next year, and sell the rest to the government office, which will buy them back at a price of three cents per pound. The harvested potatoes can be transported to the south where the weather is warmer, and they can plant them before the New Year..."

The series of good news made the villagers dizzy. They showed excitement that was hard to conceal on their faces, rubbing their hands and muttering to themselves.

The middle-aged man eagerly asked Feng Zhanglin for confirmation, his voice trembling slightly, "Feng, Master Feng, is this true?"

Feng Zhanglin smiled: "They are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Princess Protector of the Country, what do you think?"

"That must be true!" The villagers responded in unison, and then they immediately knelt down and saluted: "Greetings, Your Highness, Princess."

"Free gift"

"Please stand up quickly, folks. We are here for potatoes and nothing else. You don't need to be nervous. Just treat us as ordinary people."

Having said that, due to the difference in status, the villagers tried their best to suppress their excitement, but they still couldn't remain calm.

Seeing that they were still uneasy, Shen Jia smiled and chatted with them, asking about their plans for the future life, which slowly eased the awkwardness.

Half an hour later, people from the yamen drove a horse-drawn carriage and the group took the potatoes and left the village.

And the legend about her and Xiao Yichen has been passed down.

The group went straight back to the government office, and Feng Zhanglin immediately arranged for people to distribute the potatoes to the people in other villages for planting.

Zhou Rui was busy handing over work to other officials.

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen took a walk around the government office and then left.

They planned to make a few more pistols, so they went to several craftsmen and asked them to continue making parts.

The first pistol had some minor flaws, so Shen Jia made slight changes to some of the parts.

For several days, Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen worked with several craftsmen to study the modified parts. They returned to Wucheng with Zhou Rui only after they had truly mastered them. The soldiers had been training for so long, it was time to test the results.

The inspection site was a hundred miles away from Wucheng, which was the battlefield where the war with Tatars took place before.

The elite soldiers selected this time must have martial arts, riding and archery, adaptability, and physical strength, so the scheduled time is half a month.

Yi Zhenpeng had already ordered people to set up a lot of tents.

Among the more than 60,000 soldiers who participated in the Tatar War, except for more than 10,000 soldiers who were not good at riding and shooting and voluntarily gave up the competition and went to Tacheng, all the other soldiers signed up for the competition.

Colorful flags fluttered, drums and horns blew, and people flocked to the place, making it extremely lively and bustling.

In the main tent, Xiao Yichen and Shen Jia sat in the main seats, with Zhou Rui, Ling Yunsu, Shen Hao, and Chen Hua sitting on their left, and Yi Zhenpeng, Luo Yan, General Cao, General Mu, and others sitting on their right.

Tianji Pavilion, Flying Tigers, and Pioneer Team do not need to participate in the competition.

Shen Jia also granted Zhou Sizheng, Liu Erhu brothers, Liang Lin and others special permission to not take the exam, but they refused. In their words, only after the test can they know their own strength.

The first competition was horse archery.

The competition venue was empty, and Xiao Yichen arranged the people into groups of two thousand each.

Each person has ten arrows, and these arrows are unique arrows. Even if they hit people, they will not cause much damage.

The arrows are engraved with symbols unique to each person. These symbols are Arabic numerals, from the first to the last person, with no repetition.

There are many uniquely designed targets on both sides of the venue.

"Buzz..."

As the horn sounded, the participating soldiers galloped on their horses like arrows from a bow, while drawing out long arrows with their backhands, holding longbows in their hands, and aiming at the unique targets set up on both sides while galloping.

With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, densely packed arrows flew towards the targets on both sides.

The soldiers who had not yet had their turn to play came to watch, cheering for the soldiers they were familiar with. They shouted excitedly at the top of their lungs, wishing they could get on the field and join the competition.

The game ended half an hour later, and the unified data from Tianji Pavilion, Flying Tigers and Pioneer Team was handed over to Xiao Yichen.

Half of the people will be eliminated first, and the remaining half will have to wait until everyone has finished competing before competing again.

Half a month later, more than 4,600 people successfully joined the elite team after layers of selection. Together with the more than 300 people who were specially granted permission to skip the competition, all 5,000 elite soldiers were in place.

Zhou Sizheng, Liang Lin, the Liu Erhu brothers, the Hei Zi coach and other people familiar to Shen Jia were selected.

The medical team consists of ten people including Li Zhiye, Liu Xiaoying, Li Yue, Wei Xuanxuan and others.

After selecting the elite soldiers, they began to prepare to dig for gold.

After Xiao Yichen obtained the emperor's consent, in addition to exiling prisoners from the Northern Frontier, the gold miners also planned to recruit young and strong men from the Northern Frontier.

Xiao Yichen meant to finish digging up the gold mine as soon as possible. He had no shortage of money or food now, and anyone who wanted to come could come as long as they had the strength.

Gold mining pays well, so young and middle-aged people from northern Xinjiang, and even from Jinzhou and Xijing came here after hearing the news.

As the person in charge of gold mining, Zhou Rui is responsible for coordinating all matters.

At that time, Yi Zhenpeng led an army of 30,000 to surround several mountains near the gold mine and set up camp in the mountains until all the gold mines were dug up.

Everything was ready, and tens of thousands of people began to mine gold in full swing. (End of this chapter)