Lord Yao walked to the edge of the field and looked everyone in the field over, but did not find Li Guang.

He looked up and around; the farm was right next to him.

Li Xue once said that there was a 300-mu wasteland next to the farm, which was reclaimed by Li Guang. She had worked there last year and helped Li Guang grow vegetables.

Li Guang should be eating at the farm. If you go to the farm at this time and see Li Guang, you may not be able to control your emotions, and it would be bad if others saw you.

With this in mind, Lord Yao decided to conduct some research on the soil here first, which was also one of the important purposes of his visit.

Since this land is newly reclaimed wasteland, let's examine the soil quality. This type of soil is representative of the region.

He put down the basket on his shoulder, took some soil with a small shovel, held it in his hand, and began to examine it.

The soil in wasteland is normally very infertile and is not suitable for growing crops at first; it must be improved over a long period of time.

However, the soil here has clearly been improved; it seems to be mature soil that has been cultivated for many years. It appears that Li Guang put a lot of effort into this land.

Li Guang was a learned and talented man with the ability to govern the country, but he chose to hide in this remote corner and farm.

Lord Yao looked at the land before him, his mind filled with many thoughts.

Just then, three women walked out of the farm, each carrying a bamboo basket, and headed this way.

As the group walked into the vegetable field, the workers immediately put down their work and gathered around them. It turned out they had come to deliver food.

"Young Master, what are we having for lunch?" someone asked.

"Young Master."

Lord Yao was taken aback. Li Xue had mentioned to him that a few months ago, she took Li Guang south and they were unexpectedly chosen by the daughter of the chief of the Nanyi tribe, and the two became husband and wife.

Could this woman be the young master of the Nanyi tribe, who played a crucial role in capturing Nashibai?

"Steamed buns, dumplings, sweet potatoes, and kimchi—eat them while they're hot."

"And sweet potatoes too, that's great! Everyone says sweet potatoes are delicious, but I've never tried them before. I'm going to have a good taste of them now."

Lord Yao listened from the side and found it unbelievable. He often went deep into the fields and knew that farmers worked very hard, doing the hardest work and eating the worst food.

The people working here are able to eat steamed buns and mantou. As for sweet potatoes, he had only just heard of them, let alone tasted them.

Seeing the workers gathered together eating lunch, Lord Yao felt a little hungry, so he sat down on the edge of the field.

He opened the Tatar pouch at his waist and took out some dry rations and water.

The so-called dry rations are just a few flatbreads, which are an essential food when traveling.

Lord Yao Liu ate his pancake with relish, drinking water as he ate.

Meng Yaoyao saw Lord Yao eating his dry rations and wondered why an old farmer was sitting by the field eating dry rations instead of going home for lunch.

The pancakes that have cooled down are very hard and difficult to eat. You have to keep chewing and drinking water to swallow them. How can someone this old eat pancakes all the time?

Meng Yaoyao took a few steamed buns and a sweet potato, put them in a bowl, added some pickled vegetables, and walked towards Lord Yao.

Lord Yao was engrossed in eating his pancakes and didn't notice Meng Yaoyao walking towards him.

It wasn't until Meng Yaoyao came up to him that Lord Yao noticed she was holding a bowl, and then he understood what was going on.

"Grandpa, have some of this, it's still warm." Meng Yaoyao said, handing over the bowl.

Lord Yao stood up, intending to refuse, but upon seeing the sweet potatoes in the bowl, he immediately became excited.

"Thank you, young lady." Lord Yao took the bowl.

At this moment, it was the first time that Lord Yao had come into close contact with sweet potatoes. Because the sweet potatoes were too big, they were cut into several pieces and steamed. A unique aroma entered his nostrils.

"Is this a sweet potato?" Lord Yao asked.

"Yes, this is a sweet potato. You probably haven't tried it before, but it tastes good. Please give it a try."

Lord Yao put down the half-eaten pancake, grabbed a sweet potato, and tasted it.

Sweet potatoes are rich in starch, sweet and delicious, making them a very good crop.

Seeing Lord Yao's great excitement while eating sweet potatoes, Meng Yaoyao spoke up:

“The old man likes to eat sweet potatoes. You can buy some seedlings to plant at home. Sweet potatoes have a very high yield. Planting one acre of land can guarantee a family’s food supply for a year.”

"Thank you, young lady. I am from out of town. I bought some sweet potato seedlings a while ago, but I don't know how to plant them. I heard that there is a young master here who knows how to plant sweet potatoes, so I came here to ask for his advice."

Lord Yao was surprised that he had come up with such a reason to fool Meng Yaoyao, and felt a little guilty.

"The old man is talking about my husband, right? This year he planted 1,000 mu of sweet potatoes and had a bumper harvest. Next year he will promote them on a large scale."

My husband said that with sweet potatoes, the Great Northern Dynasty will no longer suffer from famine.

Meng Yaoyao's words moved Lord Yao deeply. He looked at Meng Yaoyao and said:

"Where is your husband? Can I see him?"

"He wasn't here. After lunch, he went to the lakeside, where there's a lot of land where sweet potatoes had just been harvested."

He wants to plant winter wheat on that land, and he's going there now to check it out and prepare the land. "Meng Yaoyao said.

"I would like to meet your husband and learn some planting techniques. How do I get there?" Lord Yao asked eagerly.

"Grandpa, go to the farm first, and you'll see a road leading north."

"Grandpa, if you walk north along this road, you'll see a lake. That piece of land is right by the lake, and you'll see my husband there."

"Thank you, young lady. I'll go find him now." After saying this, Lord Yao handed the bowl to Meng Yaoyao and turned to leave.

"Grandpa, you haven't eaten the steamed buns and mantou yet. Why don't you finish them before you go over?" Meng Yaoyao said.

"No need, I'm already full," Lord Yao replied as he hurried away.

In the sweet potato field, the villagers dug up the land countless times in order to dig up the sweet potatoes, leaving the entire land unrecognizable.

This also has its advantages; the soil in the field is loosened, which is beneficial for planting winter wheat. However, the land needs to be prepared again before sowing.

Li Guang took a shovel and dug shallow trenches along the edge of the field. He would then ask someone to level the land according to these trenches.

Li Guang was engrossed in his work, completely unaware that Lord Yao was slowly approaching him.

Lord Yao stood to the side of Li Guang, looking at him with a surge of emotion.

At this point, more than two years had passed since Li Guang fled.

Two years ago, Li Guang was a frail young man; now he has grown into a strong and robust young man.

Having endured so much hardship over such a long period, Li Guang was no longer the young prince he once was.