No one expected the emperor to be so generous, directly bestowing upon Cao Song the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, while the others were all Marquises within the Pass with more than five thousand households.

In addition to the gold, silk and other rewards, the total value reached as high as two billion coins.

It's truly a lifetime's worth of money...

Such a generous reward was unprecedented in the hundreds of years of the Han Dynasty, except at the beginning of its founding.

And most importantly, Cao Song and his comrades did not rely on military merit to be granted titles.

Even so, not a single official present raised any objection, after all, the contribution of increased grain production was simply too great.

Let alone granting him the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, even granting him the title of King would be perfectly justifiable.

After the weighing was completed and the crowd dispersed, the story quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Luoyang, thanks to word of mouth from the audience.

In a short time, apart from Cao Song, names like Ma Ping and Zhang Xiao, who were previously unknown, became household names.

Whether they are ordinary people, officials, or students, everyone shows reverence whenever these people's names are mentioned.

On the other side, Cao Song and others also sorted out and summarized the various experimental data from the No. 5 experimental field, which had the highest yield, and handed them over to Liu Hong.

It contains detailed records of various aspects of proper planting.

Liu Hong immediately ordered the Royal Printing House to urgently type and print the data compiled by Cao Song and his team.

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, a newsboy arrived at a residential area carrying a large stack of newspapers.

"Newspapers for sale... Shennong reborn, even moving the Emperor to tears! Find out the secrets behind this in today's Great Han Daily!"

The newsboy's shouts startled the surrounding people. When they heard that the emperor had shed tears, everyone was intrigued and rushed forward to buy the newsboys' items.