But what can I do?

They just had to do it.

There were not enough people in the village, so they went to the nearby villages to recruit people.

The Fourth Prince had no shortage of money, so he had enough people, and in just half an hour, an acre of rice was harvested.

Bai Wanyi quickly asked, "How many pounds?"

The village head looked at her and said, "Madam Bai, this needs to be threshed before it can be weighed. We have to wait a little longer."

Bai Wanyi had no choice but to wait. She was upset and hungry, so she asked someone to cook for her.

Although the village head was impatient, he had no choice but to ask someone to cook for Bai Wanyi.

Bai Wanyi finished his meal and waited for a while before the head of the village reported the yield from the first mu of land: "A total of three and a half dan."

"How many pounds are three and a half stone?" Bai Wanyi asked back.

The head of the village asked hesitantly, "Jin, one jin is sixteen liang now. The grain... is always measured in dou. No one has ever calculated this."

Bai Wanyi then remembered that the current units of measurement for grain are shi, dou, hu, liang, and jin. These numbers are rarely used, so no one has ever calculated them.

She waved her hand and said, "Send someone a scale and weigh it."

Soon someone found a scale, and after weighing it, the village head said, "More than 340 kilograms."

In other words, one stone is one hundred pounds.

One catty is sixteen taels, so according to modern conversion, it is more than five hundred catties.

Bai Wanyi, who has seen modern agricultural yields of over 1,000 kilograms per mu, feels that this yield is too low.

She waved her hand and said, "It's all harvested. Let me take a look."

There are hundreds of acres of land, and more than half of them can be harvested. Bai Wanyi certainly doesn't want to stay here for days and nights to wait for the harvest.

Bai Wanyi directly asked the village head: "Which ones have the best growth?"

The head of the village pointed out several greenhouses, and Bai Wanyi directly asked them to harvest the crops in these greenhouses first.

People were divided into several groups and worked until the evening, when the harvest was finally summarized.

The best harvest was less than five stones, and the worst harvest was only a little over one stone.

Bai Wanyi didn't believe it at all: "Have you harvested all the crops? Are there any rice ears left in the fields?"

Bai Wanyi rushed directly into the greenhouse and saw that the ground inside was clean and there was almost no food left. He came out unwillingly and said, "Are these really the places with the best harvest?"

"Yes." The village head knew she didn't believe him, so he said, "You can go to other greenhouses and take a look. These ones really have the best harvests."

Bai Wanyi looked at the sky and immediately went to check inside several greenhouses.

However, after checking several greenhouses, Bai Wanyi knew that what the village head said was true, because several greenhouses could be said to have no harvest, and the rice ears inside were very shriveled.

Bai Wanyi was filled with despair: "Is that all?"

"Yes." The village head nodded.

Bai Wanyi closed his eyes and said, "Harvest them all, and then report the number to the Fourth Prince."

The village head would do it without Bai Wanyi saying anything.

Although Bai Wanyi left the village, the headman still ordered his men to harvest all the crops that could be harvested.

After a few days of hard work, the ripe crops were harvested, and the unripe crops could also be harvested.

The head of the village summarized the harvest and attached the harvest of these fields in previous years and sent them to the Fourth Prince.

Bai Wanyi was at the Fourth Prince's residence. Upon seeing the harvest, his brow furrowed. "The total harvest is two or three hundred dan less than last year's normal planting? How is that possible?! Hybrid grains only increase, never decrease! Didn't you guys do as I told you?"

The village head looked at the Fourth Prince and cried out in injustice, "Your Highness, we did exactly what Madam Bai ordered. We clearly wrote down what seeds were planted in each greenhouse, but the harvest was so small. There's nothing we can do."

Bai Wanyi was unconvinced: "Then continue planting. How can hybrid grains be grown so easily? Isn't there one that yields less than five stones? So, hybridize the ones with the highest yields."

The Fourth Prince looked at Bai Wanyi's excited words with a frown on his face. "That's enough! We've wasted several months, and the output is so low. Is it worth trying again?"

Bai Wanyi retorted, "Of course! How will you know if you don't try? You must try! If you don't want to waste space, then allocate ten acres of land, and use the rest of the greenhouse to grow vegetables. It's cold now, and there aren't many leafy vegetables. You'll definitely make money."

When the Fourth Prince heard this, he agreed with her: "That's fine, whatever you want, but you can't pay me this time. I don't have much money to give you!"

Bai Wanyi was so excited by his words that her eyes fell on the account book in his hand. She raised her eyebrows and said proudly, "I may not be good at other things, but I am good at making money! Didn't we just harvest hundreds of acres of grain? Is the straw still there?"

The Fourth Prince looked at Zhuangtou, who quickly said, "Not yet."

Bai Wanyi chuckled softly, picked up her pen and began to write. When she finished, she handed it directly to the head of the village: "Go, go back and build a papermaking workshop on the village. I will make cheap and good paper for you!"

The Fourth Prince's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it really that cheap?"

"Of course!" Bai Wanyi was very confident.

The Fourth Prince paced back and forth excitedly. "Books are expensive these days, and studying costs a lot because paper and ink are too expensive. If the price of paper could be reduced, we would be sought after by scholars! You must do this well!"

Bai Wanyi raised his chin high and said, "Of course I will do it! I also want to make something that is beneficial to women!"

Bai Wanyi has also been troubled by something for a long time. If Lu Yan hadn't been rich and could have asked her to make a simple version of a sanitary napkin - a menstrual pad with cotton stuffed in the middle, she really couldn't stay here for even a second.

Bai Wanyi chuckled and said, "Not only the scholars, I also asked you to win the hearts of all the ladies in the court! The power of pillow talk, you know the power of pillow talk now that you are married, right?"

Although the relationship between the Fourth Prince and his wife was average, they had a common interest. The Fourth Prince's wife's words still carried a lot of weight with him. He nodded and said, "I know. Just go ahead and do it."

Bai Wanyi immediately followed the village head to the farm to select a site for the workshop. He then watched them pick out the best grain seeds and plant another ten acres of grain. With the greenhouse, what was there to worry about when it was cold? If it was cold, they could just live in the greenhouse. After all, the Fourth Prince was rich.

Bai Wanyi is pursuing his career vigorously, Lu Yan is affectionate with women, and after Qin Wan's return banquet, she also perseveres in dealing with the concubines and princesses in the palace.

Marrying into a royal family is different from marrying into an ordinary family. When did the royal family start the practice of returning home?

But Xie Qing is different from Qin Wan. He loves her deeply, so naturally he has to return her home.

However, the Qin family kept a low profile, and the return banquet was held behind closed doors by the family.

Qin Wan explained the Queen's treatment: "Last night, the Sixth Prince took the Queen out of the palace. His Majesty plans to announce the Queen's passing soon."