Qin Wan then put aside the matter of Bai Wanyi and took the box from Zhenzhen's hand and opened it.
A total of 180,000 taels of silver were owed, and finally 230,000 taels were recovered. With the money in hand, the emperor naturally put the dam construction on the agenda.
The first dams to be built are those in the Beijing-Hebei area. We will see the results first. If they are feasible, we will start next spring, starting from the south, and build dams in one prefecture per year until all the dams in the entire Da Zhou are completed.
The emperor wanted to ensure that the people of the Great Zhou no longer suffered from droughts and floods during his lifetime.
As the crown prince, Xie Qing also became the main person in charge of the dam construction. He took people from the Ministry of Works and went out early and came back late, sometimes even sleeping outdoors.
Finally, two locations for building the dam were decided outside the capital, in the northeast corner and the southeast corner. Even so, he did not rest and continued to take people to look for the next dam construction site. The place was a little far away, and he could only come back once every few days. When he returned to Beijing, he could not rest and had to check the situation of the two dams that were already under construction.
In short, he was very busy, but no matter how slow he was, Xie Qing would always write to Qin Wan and have someone bring something to her.
Sometimes it's a leaf, sometimes it's a flower.
This time, Xie Qing asked someone to bring a small grass that had never been seen before. Qin Wan asked someone to plant it and placed it in front of her dressing table, then unfolded the thick letter.
The four or five page letter was mostly filled with endless thoughts, which made Qin Wan's cheeks blush.
It's not that I'm embarrassed, or rather, it is indeed embarrassing, embarrassing myself for not missing him as much as he misses me.
Qin Wan was indeed very busy during this period. Because it was the autumn harvest season, news of grain harvests from various places were sent to the capital one after another.
Before I finished reading the letter, the harvest from Guangling arrived.
This is the second generation of hybrid rice in the second season. Shenyang has experienced continuous heavy rains, and Guangling has also received abundant rain. A total of eight types of rice seeds were delivered for the second season of hybrid rice.
All of these seeds are hybrids of eight water-loving rice varieties in the south and eight drought-resistant rice varieties in the north.
No one knows whether it likes water.
Fortunately, the results were encouraging. Among these eight types, two were almost completely unproductive.
The three harvests were meager, and the two harvests were only slightly more than the mother plant.
There is only one type, and the yield is unexpectedly high.
Eight varieties of hybrid rice were planted on eighty acres of land, but the final harvest still resulted in a huge loss.
However, Qin Wan was very happy with this result.
Qin Wan asked people to plant the two varieties with a slightly higher yield than the mother plant for another season, and then plant another season in the north. As for the one with the best final yield, she determined it to be the first generation of the second season, and it would also be spread in the south and planted for another season to see what the yield of the third generation would be.
At the same time, it is time to harvest wheat in the north.
The golden ears of wheat were so heavy that they almost bent the stalks.
Qin Zhan touched the heavy ears of wheat, feeling a mixture of emotion and regret: "Wan'er, you deserve to be recorded in history!"
Qin Wan shook her head. These methods of hers came from Bai Wanyi, who in turn came from another world. Naturally, these were the achievements of someone from another world, and she couldn't take credit for them. "These were all told to me by others. I was just trying them out and promoting them."
Qin Zhan was curious: "Who is this person? If this person is a man, he would be made a marquis and become a prime minister without any problem."
Qin Wan shook her head: "This person is dead, and I have some grudge against him, so..."
Qin Wan didn't say anything else.
She is not a saint. After her rebirth, she wanted to kill Bai Wanyi immediately.
However, he did not take action for a long time, on the one hand because he was thinking of crushing Bai Wanyi's heart step by step.
On the other hand, what I learned from her, especially hybrid rice and grafting technology, are things that benefit the country and the people.
Therefore, it is not impossible to save her life for the time being.
Of course, if she was asking for trouble, Qin Wan would really applaud.
However, in this life, it seems that Bai Wanyi has not had time to deal with these things. If she knew that I was one step ahead of her, I wonder how she would feel?
I'm really looking forward to this moment.
Qin Zhan saw that she was reminded of someone by the things she saw, and thought she was sad, so he stopped asking questions and only asked her, "What are you going to do with all this food? Do you want to report it to His Majesty?"
Qin Wan hesitated. "I haven't made up my mind yet. After all, we've only planted the first and second generations. What if the third generation doesn't produce well? What about the fourth and fifth generations? So I'm thinking of stabilizing it. But if necessary, I can prepare and pay in advance."
After that, she looked at Qin Zhan: "Grandfather, what are your plans?"
Qin Zhan waved his hand: "This is all your credit, of course it depends on your plan."
Qin Zhan's gaze fell on the plump, large ears of wheat again, and he sighed with emotion: "The highest yield of rice seeds nowadays is only three dan per mu, but your hybrid grain can reach about five dan per mu. It is truly a blessing for the people."
Qin Wan thought of what Bai Wanyi had said about future grain production, and suddenly felt a sense of longing: "The current increase in grain production is just the beginning. In the future, we will only pick the best grains for hybridization and see if we can increase the yield per mu to seven, eight, or even more than ten dan."
Qin Zhan was stunned. He scratched his head and turned around a few times. "I can't even imagine a yield of more than ten dan per mu. But if it were eight dan, there would be no more famine in the Great Zhou!"
He immediately ordered his men to fetch all the land deeds he had, and then stuffed them all at Qin Wan: "Here, here, here, all for you, use them all to grow crops."
Qin Wan was stunned when she saw the box full of land deeds. First of all, she couldn't believe that her grandfather was so rich!
Secondly, she could not imagine that her grandfather would actually give all the farms to her.
She was dumbfounded: "Grandfather, you gave these to me, aren't you afraid that my father and uncle will have objections?"
Qin Zhan glared, "Who among them dares to object? If anyone objects, bring me grain that yields six or seven dan per mu! When the time comes, I'll hand over even the Marquisate, not to mention these farms!"
Qin Wan chuckled, "Father waited for years to finally get the chance to be a crown prince. Now you're giving him up to someone else. He's going to cry."
Qin Zhan sighed and said, "You are a girl. There is no precedent in our Great Zhou for passing the title of Marquis to a girl. Moreover, you are going to be the Crown Princess now. Otherwise, what if I let you become the first female marquis in the Great Zhou?"
Qin Wan was stunned: "Grandfather."
Qin Zhan waved his hand and said nothing. He was not joking when he said this. Although his sons and grandsons were filial, they could not compare to Qin Wan together. What a pity.
But seeing the plump ears of wheat in front of him, Qin Zhan became proud again. This is his granddaughter! Hehe.
He wanted to submit a letter to the palace and show off his granddaughter to the emperor, but when he thought that she would soon be the daughter-in-law of the tyrant emperor, and if he continued to show off, she would also be his family in the future, he felt sad again.
Forget it, forget it. Don’t show off for now. When Wan’er hands over the grain later, this dog emperor will be so shocked!
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