Jiang Dai continued speaking.

"Therefore, I would like to ask Miss Liang to find two reliable guards who know martial arts to stay at my house temporarily."

"Of course, as a token of my gratitude, I would also like to offer you basic methods for cultivating sweet potatoes, as well as tips on the advantages and disadvantages of growing sweet potatoes, which can reduce Ms. Liang's learning curve."

"Of course, if Miss Liang doesn't offer her help, we won't force her."

Jiang Dai is not a naive child.

In the adult world, unless there are no relatives or friends and no great debt of gratitude to save their lives, self-interest takes precedence.

Even children know that if I always give you candy and you don't give me any back, I won't give you any more in the future.

Although Liang Tian'er looks young, in Jiang Dai's opinion, she is very different from a modern fifteen-year-old child.

Although Liang Tian'er did not receive nine years of compulsory education, his business experience from a young age and his travels around the country have made him behave like a modern young man in his twenties.

Liang Tian'er chuckled: "Sister Jiang, you're too kind. If I hadn't been in such a hurry to come to your door and been followed by the people from Zhenxiulou, I wouldn't have caused you this trouble."

"Mo Han, go find two trustworthy maids. They'll go home with Sister Jiang in a little while."

Mo Han agreed and turned to look for the person.

"Don't worry, Sister Jiang, all the maids around me know martial arts. We'll just say that relatives are coming to stay at our house, but..."

Liang Tian'er raised her hand to pour tea, gesturing for Jiang Dai to sit down.

"I noticed that there aren't many houses in the family. I wonder when Sister Jiang and Brother Bai moved to town?"

"Don't rush into this. Let's wait until we get the dividends from the sweet potatoes and have some money."

Jiang Dai had no intention of asking Liang Tian'er for any extra help.

A fair exchange of benefits is fine; owing too many favors is not a good thing.

This time, at Bai Tian's insistence, their sweet potatoes were not bought out with money, but instead invested in Shiwei Restaurant.

As long as Shiwei Restaurant is profitable, they will receive dividends.

Although the shares are not many, there are still a hundred or eighty taels of silver a year. It's not about getting rich, but at least it's a long-term, steady business.

Moreover, this also allowed them to connect with Liang Tian'er, so that if they ever need something that didn't exist in ancient times but exists in modern times, they can continue to make money through this connection.

It doesn't necessarily refer to objects; it could also be ideas and methods.

Don't ask why you don't grow your own sweet potatoes and get rich.

Jiang Dai and Bai Tian had actually discussed this issue.

But they felt it wasn't feasible.

First of all, neither of them had ever grown crops in the countryside since childhood, nor were they agricultural professionals. Everyone has their own expertise, and modern people are not omnipotent and can't do everything.

They could grow sweet potatoes for fun, but they weren't very confident that they could make a fortune from them. Besides, growing them required time and money, and they were currently short of funds.

Secondly, it's difficult to monopolize sweet potatoes. Once word gets around, anyone can grow them. If you were to grow them secretly and then process them into sweet potato products, the cost would be too high.

Even if you sell them in town, if you sell them for too high a price, no one will buy them; if you sell them for too low a price, you will lose money.

Moreover, it is unrealistic to expect people to stop growing grain and switch to growing sweet potatoes on a large scale. In the past few years, the weather has been favorable and the harvests of crops have been good.

Who would risk abandoning their crops to grow sweet potatoes when they're growing perfectly well?

Therefore, when Liang Tian'er came to find her.

Bai Tian and Jiang Dai realized that their opportunity had arrived.

The channel, the springboard they needed, has arrived.

Sweet potatoes have their drawbacks, but for those with a discerning eye, their advantages are significant.

As a crop that can grow in adversity during natural disasters and serve as a staple food, it can grow and provide emergency relief in environments where ordinary crops cannot adapt. This is the most important thing!

Offering help in times of need is always more important than adding to someone's already good fortune.

Liang Tian'er naturally understood: what she wanted was to thoroughly research sweet potatoes and then confirm that they could indeed be grown in harsh environments.

The first person offered sweet potatoes to the current ruler in order to obtain what he wanted.

Jiang Dai shared half of what she had learned about sweet potatoes from recording a variety show in her previous life with Liang Tian'er, and then added a slightly apologetic remark at the end.

"It's just that I don't grow much. These things were passed down from my ancestors. At that time, we will need to adapt them to local conditions and have Miss Liang conduct experiments to verify them."

"Okay! No problem!"

Regardless of what Jiang Dai said, Liang Tian'er would definitely test it one by one to confirm that it was truly suitable for growing in harsh environments and that the yield was not small before daring to present it to Princess Duan.

"Miss, the person has been brought."

Mo Han appeared at the door and curtsied.

Jiang Dai looked over and saw two girls who looked to be in their early twenties standing at the door. They weren't particularly good-looking, but they had a lot of energy and spirit.

Perhaps because she also comes from a family with a long tradition of martial arts, Jiang Dai has a certain warmth to her.

"I will keep a close eye on the Zhenxiulou restaurant. Please take these two with you, Sister Jiang. Also, here is a fifty-tael silver note as an apology to you."

Jiang Dai didn't stand on ceremony with Liang Tian'er, her mind preoccupied with the four children at home.

After thanking Liang Tian'er, he led his men back.

The door closed, and Mo Han walked to Liang Tian'er's side to pour her tea.

"Miss, you seem to think highly of this woman."

Liang Tian'er sighed, looked at the headache-inducing account books on the table, leaned back, closed her eyes to rest, and said, "That couple is very clever, and..."

"Moreover, this couple is different from other couples."

Mo Han asked, puzzled, "How is it different?"

"I can't quite explain it, but it just feels different. That feeling makes me envious, maybe it's..."

Liang Tian'er recalled the scene when the couple discussed sweet potatoes with her.

He hesitated before uttering two words: "equality and respect."

"Equality and respect?"

Liang Tian'er sat up straight again and began to do the accounting: "Yes."

Unlike most men in Beijing who don't let their wives get involved in their careers, and unlike most women in Beijing who feel that their husbands should be the head of the household.

She didn't understand why her grandfather, who only had one daughter, her mother, felt that the family line would end and wanted to give all the family property to her father. He even wanted her father to take a concubine and have a child who was not a member of the Liang family to inherit the Liang family's wealth.

It's alright, if Mother won't fight for it, then she will!

She didn't blame her mother. People have all sorts of personalities, and her mother was just like that. It was Liang Tian'er who was unwilling to accept it.

Therefore, she will strive to get what she wants!