Chapter 335 Secret Protection
The sweet potatoes were not big, and Lin Ce and Du Song each ate two and still felt unsatisfied.
Su Xueyi said: "Don't eat too much, we will have hot pot later. If you eat too much, you will lose your appetite for hot pot."
Du Song and Lin Ce stopped thinking about eating.
Indeed, if you are full, you can’t eat hot pot.
Shen Yueyao returned to the kitchen.
Mrs. Meng and the others were sitting around the small stove eating roasted sweet potatoes.
Seeing Shen Yueyao coming back, Madam Meng said, "Mother Yao, this sweet potato is delicious and sweet. Moreover, this kind of sweetness does not make you feel sick. When you eat it, you will feel a lot more comfortable and warm in your stomach."
Old Madam Meng felt her body getting warmer as she ate.
Su Daya said, "If it's winter and the weather is cold, can we roast sweet potatoes in a small stove? It will warm us up."
Su Erya said, "I don't know if it will be enough if I eat it every day."
This thing is so delicious that she won’t get tired of it even if she eats several of them a day.
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Don't worry, we have a cellar at home, and we have a lot of sweet potatoes planted in the ground. It's enough for our family to eat. You can eat sweet potatoes however you want."
After Shen Yueyao said this, everyone felt relieved.
Su Xiuye said, "Looking at the growth of the sweet potatoes, one acre of land can produce seven or eight denarii."
Speaking of this output, Su Xiuye was also shocked.
I knew before that potatoes had a high yield, and adding sweet potatoes to it is amazing.
Normally, a yield of two or three crops per acre is considered very good.
One acre of land can produce so much more grain. By growing such grain, even if many families only grow one acre of land, they will not starve to death.
This concept shocked Su Xiuye so much that he couldn't recover for a long time.
Chen Yueyao said: "More than that, one acre of land costs at least ten dan."
This is Shen Yueyao's conservative calculation. In fact, there are about fifteen or sixteen dan.
Everyone has an idea of grain production, and when they heard this, they were all excited.
They are naturally happy that such delicious food has such a high output.
In this way, even if you plant a little bit of land every year, you can harvest a lot.
Su Daya and Su Erya think that Third Aunt is still the most capable.
Such delicious and high-yield things can be made.
Su Xiuye was so shocked after hearing these words that his mouth opened wide and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Jidan!"
Su Xiuye couldn't believe what he heard, that one acre of land could produce such a large amount of grain.
It really exceeded his imagination.
They were previously exiled to labor camps and had to do a lot of work, either working in quarries, building city walls and rivers, or cultivating the fields.
He also has some research on land.
How much grain does one acre of high-quality land produce? How much grain does one acre of ordinary land produce?
It can be said that one acre of land can produce at least ten denarii of grain, which is three times the yield of an ordinary acre of land.
What a concept!
In this way, one acre of land can feed more people.
"Third sister-in-law, you are the person that Big Brother admires the most."
Only those who can produce high-yield crops and ensure that the people have enough food to eat are truly capable people.
Although people don’t know about this kind of grain now, more and more people will know about it as time goes by.
When the time comes, if everyone grows this kind of grain, most families will be able to have enough food to eat.
He knew that his brother and sister-in-law were kind people.
Just like the potatoes before, everyone in the village can borrow potatoes from my third brother's wife to plant, and then give them to her after the harvest.
Not to mention that potatoes and sweet potatoes are such delicious things.
Shen Yueyao listened to Su Xiuye's words and smiled, "Brother, you flatter me too much."
Su Xiuye shook his head and said, "No, if these grains can be widely distributed, more people will be able to have enough to eat, which will make a difference to ordinary people."
If the court, especially the emperor, knew about this, they would be shocked.
The current emperor is a benevolent ruler and also attaches importance to agriculture and sericulture.
If the emperor knew that there were such high-yield crops, he would be very happy.
We will also find ways to spread the food.
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The palace at this time
Emperor Yan Hanxi summoned Jinyiwei Commander Lu Yechen alone.
Yes, Lu Yechen from Beiliu Town has returned to the capital and continued to serve as an imperial guard. Because of his quick achievements, he became the emperor's most trusted person and was appointed as the commander of the imperial guard.
Lu Yechen's father was also a Jinyiwei. He sacrificed his life because of his meritorious service in protecting the emperor.
Therefore, Yan Hanzheng also trusts Lu Yechen very much.
Looking at the imperial examination reports from various places presented by Lu Yechen, he found Su Xueyi's information according to the list on it.
Upon seeing Su Xueyi's test results, Emperor Yan Hanzheng smiled. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Su Xueyi ranked first in the Academy Examination and the Provincial Examination. If she ranks first in both the Metropolitan Examination and the Palace Examination, she'll be one of the top three scholars."
Yan Hanxi still hopes that Su Xueyi can do well in the exam and return to the capital.
He had only been on the throne for a few years and had few truly trustworthy and available talents.
He wants to reuse these old subordinates.
However, many of the major families who were exiled at that time died on the way to exile, and some were gone in the labor camps before he ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty.
Fortunately, the grandson of the Grand Tutor, Su Xueyi, is still alive and well.
He is also very knowledgeable and looks like he can pass the exam.
When the time comes, he will have to entrust Su Xueyi with important tasks.
As if thinking of something, Yan Hanxi said, "By the way, I remember that you lived in seclusion in Beiliu Town before, and that's when you met Su Xueyi's family."
Lu Yechen said respectfully: "In reply to the emperor, this is the case."
"I remember asking you to gather some information before. You said Su Xueyi's wife invented a waterwheel for irrigation, which was extremely useful. Did you have someone draw a blueprint of that waterwheel?"
Lu Yechen listened to the emperor's words and presented the things.
Yan Hanxi looked at the drawings and the detailed explanations on them, and was shocked.
He slapped the table and said, "Great! I didn't expect there would be such a wise woman in this world."
"I was worried that Su Xueyi would be wronged by marrying a country girl in the countryside, but I didn't expect her to be such a wise woman. That's great."
"When I first ascended the throne, I issued an order that if anyone among the people understands agriculture and can make contributions to it, I will confer a title on them."
"If the waterwheel is promoted, I will grant her an imperial decree."
Yan Hanxi actually wanted to be nice to Su Xueyi's family.
Having such a pretext makes it easier to bestow grace.
But he was worried that Su Xueyi's family would be targeted by interested parties before they returned to the capital, which would in turn affect Su Xueyi.
So he endured it, thinking he should wait and see.
He has confidence in Su Xueyi's knowledge.
When they were young, the two studied together under the guidance of the Taifu.
Su Xueyi has a photographic memory and can apply what she has learned to other situations.
He was known as a child prodigy at the time.
Yan Hanxi said, "Don't let others know about the people I'm concerned about. If anyone dares to do anything to them, they will be killed without mercy."
Now that he is the emperor, he naturally has to protect those who once protected him.
The Su family is the first people he has to protect.
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