Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Chapter 40 Auspicious Omens! These are auspicious omens!

As time went by, the bellies of Mu Zixuan and the other two women grew bigger and bigger, and soon it was time for them to give birth.

Since news spread that the Northern King had been assassinated by the Blood Moon Tower and then rescued by a mysterious grandmaster, the Northern County has become much more peaceful.

This made some forces realize that the mysterious grandmaster beside the Northern King would probably stay with him and protect him.

Although the Northern King is a good-for-nothing, the mysterious grandmaster beside him is no pushover.

Because of Emperor Xia's warning, the Eighth Prince stopped sending assassins to kill Lu Chen. He only instructed Wang Qingci to continue monitoring Lu Chen in Beijun and to inform him immediately if he discovered any contact between the Northern King and the Chu family.

In the past few months, Lu Chen has not been busy dealing with the affairs of Beijun, which is still under the jurisdiction of Li Rui, the prefect.

However, Lu Chen had someone measure the land of the Prince's Mansion, then had the people reclaim the wasteland, and planted all 10,000 catties of breeding potatoes.

There was a lot of wasteland in Beijun, and not many people paid attention to the Beiwangfu's land surveying and reclamation.

These past few days, Lu Chen has been staying at the Prince's residence with Mu Zixuan and the other two. All three of them are close to giving birth, so Lu Chen is taking extra care of them, afraid that something might happen to them.

At this moment, Lu Chen gently stroked Mu Zixuan's protruding belly, then smiled and said, "My dear consort, you can temporarily entrust the management of the Prince's estate to Aunt Chu. Just wait for the delivery and don't worry about those things for now."

In the past few months, Mu Zixuan has expanded the soap and perfume industries by more than a hundred times. Now, throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, whether they are high-ranking officials or ordinary people, everyone is using the perfumes and soaps produced by her royal palace.

Although these two items are quite profitable, because they belong to the Northern King and Mu Changtian is in charge of overseeing the Northern King's residence in the capital, no one dares to covet them yet.

What surprised Lu Chen the most was that Mu Zixuan seemed to be a very business-minded person. She even combined perfume and soap to create a soap product.

Of course, this is not a simple combination; the soap has been modified so that it can be used for bathing.

With these businesses, the Prince's Mansion can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every month. Moreover, Mu Zixuan is actively expanding her business, planning to sell these things to other countries.

Unfortunately, as her belly grew bigger day by day, her energy decreased, and she felt sleepy every day. Now she was completely unable to manage the Wangfu's businesses.

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Mu Zixuan said, "Yes, I have already had someone transfer all the Wangfu's account books to Aunt Chu. Aunt Chu has been familiarizing herself with the Wangfu's properties these past few days."

Although Chu Yuqin is not currently considered a member of the Northern Prince's Mansion, everyone in the mansion trusts her and knows that she will become Lu Chen's woman sooner or later.

People weren't worried at all that anything would go wrong if the Prince's estate was handed over to her to manage.

Just then, the maid Xiaorou entered the room and whispered, "Your Highness, General Li is looking for you. He says he has important business to discuss."

Hearing this, Lu Chen stroked Mu Zixuan's cheek and said, "My dear consort, I have to go out first. You rest well."

Mu Zixuan smiled and said, "Yes, Your Highness, please go ahead with your work."

Lu Chen then got up and walked towards the training ground.

Upon seeing Li Feng, before Li Feng could even bow, Lu Chen asked, "General Li, what business do you have with me?"

Li Feng quickly replied, "Your Highness, good news! The soil you asked us to plant... the soil..."

At this point, Li Feng thought for a moment, then immediately said, "Oh, right, potatoes."

"Those potatoes are ready to be harvested."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

Potatoes are the most suitable crop to solve the food shortage in North County, which is why Lu Chen values ​​them highly.

Lu Chen immediately said, "Let's go take a look."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen walked towards the gate of the Prince's Mansion.

Lu Chen is now very eager to know how many potatoes they can harvest in Beijun.

He wasn't an agricultural expert; he could only grow crops according to the methods used by the people of this world, so he felt very uncertain.

Soon, Lu Chen arrived at a potato field planted by the Northern Prince's Mansion.

By this time, many soldiers and local civilians were already waiting there.

The local people were very interested in the new crops that the Northern King was growing. Although the Northern King's Mansion had never told the people what they were growing, the fact that the Northern King's Mansion sent soldiers to patrol every day showed that these crops must be very important to the Northern King's Mansion.

Seeing so many civilians nearby, Li Feng asked, "Your Highness, should we drive all these people away?"

After all, potatoes are a secret of the Northern Prince's Mansion. If too many people find out, many will probably covet the Northern Prince's potatoes.

Lu Chen shook his head and then said, "If we drive them away, how will we promote potato cultivation in Beijun in the future?"

His original intention was to have the people of Beijun grow potatoes. If he couldn't show them the yield per acre of potatoes, they certainly wouldn't grow them.

If the Northern Prince's Mansion forces the common people to plant crops they have never seen before, it may actually incite public anger.

At this moment, the surrounding people saw that the Northern King had actually come in person, and they began to discuss it among themselves.

"Look! Isn't that the prince?"

"It's him! I saw him when he first came to Yancheng!"

"What are these things growing in this field? Even the Northern King himself came!"

"It is said to be edible grain."

"Really? This is the first time I've ever heard of grain buried underground."

"Let's wait and see. They're probably planning to start digging. We'll know when they start digging."

……

Lu Chen ignored the people's murmurs. He glanced at the crowd and then said to the soldier with the hoe, "Dig one acre first and see how much it yields."

At Lu Chen's command, the soldiers began digging, and soon, some irregularly shaped potatoes appeared before their eyes.

The local people were astonished to see so many potatoes growing under each plant.

"Are these really edible?"

"My God, there are so many seeds under one plant!"

"If everything is really edible, then won't there never be a famine in North County again?"

"But will the Northern King distribute the seeds of this plant to our people?"

……

Time passed by, and before long, the potatoes in the acre were all dug up.

Seeing the potatoes piled up like small mountains, both the soldiers of North County and the surrounding civilians stared in disbelief.

After weighing, the yield of potatoes per acre was nearly two thousand kilograms.

When Li Feng saw this number, he could hardly believe it. There were actually two thousand kilograms of potatoes per mu!

In this era, an acre of land yields less than two hundred kilograms of wheat...

Although he couldn't believe it, it was all happening right before his eyes, and Li Feng had no choice but to believe it.

Li Feng then approached Lu Chen, about to report on the weighing results, when Lu Chen directly said to Li Feng, "General Li, tell the people loudly, what is the yield of potatoes per acre?"

Li Feng instantly understood Lu Chen's meaning, and loudly proclaimed, "Your Highness, after our weighing, the yield of potatoes per mu (unit of land area) is two thousand kilograms!"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding crowd erupted in cheers.

"My God! Two thousand kilograms!"

"If we had this much food, we would never have to worry about going hungry again!"

"Auspicious omen, this is an auspicious omen!"

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(End of this chapter)