Chapter 115: Xu Wei's New High-yield Grain Seeds

During the time when Xu Nian was away, two major events happened in the Xu family.

The first thing is that Xu Weian, the fourth master of the Xu family, and Su Qiaohui, the only daughter of the Su family, have already been engaged. The fact that this matter could be settled so quickly was really thanks to the open-mindedness of the Xu family.

It turns out that the reason why the Su family had been looking for a son-in-law for Su Qiaohui for so long but had not yet decided was because the Su family wanted to recruit a son-in-law as a bribe. And those who were willing to marry were almost all after the Su family's wealth. The Su couple did not want to leave any trouble for their daughter, so they had not been able to find someone they liked.

When the Su family first heard that the Xu family wanted to marry into the family, they were very happy. After all, it was rare to find a family that would spend money and effort to support their daughter-in-law in finding a relative. However, the Su family also knew that the Xu family would definitely not agree to their son marrying into the family. After thinking about it for a night, the couple decided to go to Wansheng County to take a look. After all, compared with their daughter's lifelong happiness, other conditions could be compromised.

After the Xu family learned that the Su family agreed to the marriage, Wang summoned her eldest son and gave him specific instructions, "No matter how busy the government office is, release Wei'an on the day of the marriage."

Xu Yaozu naturally agreed. After the Su couple arrived in Wansheng County, they immediately sent an invitation to the Xu family. The two families decided to meet the two people in their home.

On the day of the meeting, Xu Weian originally had the intention of just dealing with it, but he didn't expect that Miss Su's smile touched his heart.

When Wang saw the expression on her little son's face, she knew that he was attracted to her, so she became even more enthusiastic towards the Su family.

Su's mother had only met Zheng and Xu Nian before, so while greeting Wang, she was also looking at the women of the Xu family. After observing them for a while, she nodded secretly in her heart. The ladies all looked amiable. If this marriage really went through, her daughter would not be oppressed by her sisters-in-law.

In short, the Su couple was very satisfied with this trip to the Xu family. When they returned to the inn, Su's mother asked Su Qiaohui for her opinion. When she saw her daughter nodded with a red face, the Su couple felt certain.

Because both families were interested and the Su family had to hurry back to Tiandong County, the official media invited by the Xu family came to visit two days later.

This time the matchmaker was just going through the motions, exchanging engagement tokens and birth dates, but the news the matchmaker brought surprised the Su couple to their core.

"The old lady of the Xu family said that she knew that Master Su had only this one daughter, and originally planned to marry a son-in-law to him. Now that she has taken a step back for the Xu family, the Xu family cannot remain indifferent. Therefore, the second child born after Master Xu and Miss Su get married can take Master Su's surname."

Originally, Mr. Su and his wife had already prepared to stop the incense burning, but they didn't expect such an unexpected turn of events. This really... really made them at a loss as to what to do.

For this reason, the Su family went to the Xu family to express their gratitude when leaving Wansheng County.

The second major event for the Xu family was related to new grain seeds.

Since the spring planting, Xu Yaozu has attached great importance to this batch of grain seeds. He would go to Zhujia Village almost every time he finished his official duties. Now it is finally time to inspect the results of the autumn harvest.

On the day when the new grain was harvested, not only did people from the county government come, but even the prefectural government sent a few recorders.

Xu Yaozu used a shovel to dig out the first sweet potato. It was twice the size of an adult's fist and looked very pleasing to the eye.

As soon as Xu Yaozu shouted "start digging", everyone started to work. The people of Zhujia Village worked very hard. From the moment they saw the first sweet potato, their enthusiasm rose. As the process progressed, their hands swinging the shovels began to tremble slightly. This trembling was not due to physical fatigue, but excitement.

The recorders sent by the government office were also equally excited. Originally, the prefect did not have high hopes for this batch of new grain, so he sent a few of them. However, as the numbers on the paper became larger and larger, their hands holding the pens became a little uncontrollable.

There is strength in numbers. All the land in Zhujia Village was harvested before sunset. The villagers of Zhujia Village waited quietly by the side, and Xu Yaozu was also waiting for the final calculation of the yield per mu.

"This...this...how is this possible?" Official Zhou is now over 50 years old, and he has never seen such a high yield of grain.

"God bless our Dasheng, God bless the people of Dasheng!" Cui Liyuan at the side knelt down and shouted excitedly.

"County Magistrate Xu, the result has been calculated... there are... 12 dan of rice per mu, haha... 12 dan."

The surrounding area exploded in an instant, and many elderly people were crying while holding their sweet potatoes.

Xu Yaozu's body also trembled slightly. Although he had heard from his daughter that the yield of this new grain was very high, he did not expect it to be so high.

"Everyone, please keep quiet," Xu Yaozu shouted, "Everyone knows that this batch of new grain is very important to northern Xinjiang, so I will take it all away."

Everyone in Zhujia Village looked at the clan leader anxiously, but Clan Leader Zhu bowed and said, "It's all up to you, sir."

Xu Yaozu nodded with satisfaction. "The people of Zhujia Village have great righteousness in their hearts. I cannot let you suffer losses. I will first report this batch of grain seeds to the prince, and then the prince will determine the price of this batch of grain seeds."

When the people of Zhujia Village heard that they would be given silver money, they all smiled with relief. No matter how much the grain seeds cost, they would make money. Because they followed the intercropping method taught by Miss Xu, they harvested more than one stone of soybeans per mu of land. When they were harvesting today, they thought they were dreaming.

After Xu Yaozu loaded all the harvested sweet potatoes onto the truck, he took everyone back to the county government office. The first thing he did when he arrived at the county government office was to write an urgent letter to Prince Zhenbei.

In just two days, the news that the new grain produced ten dan per acre spread throughout Wansheng County, and Xu Nian, who had just arrived in Wansheng County, naturally also heard the good news.

"Hey - have you heard? It seems that the one who planted this new crop is the daughter of the county magistrate."

"How is that possible? She's a rich lady, I'm afraid she has never even stepped foot down from the ground."

"You probably don't know this, but I heard that the county magistrate's daughter doesn't like embroidery but loves farming, and she gets what she sows. There's another thing you definitely don't know, but I heard that the county magistrate's daughter invented a new farming method that allows her to grow two crops on one piece of land, and the yield is not low."

"Is this true? Where did you hear that?"

"Hey, my aunt's niece married into Zhujia Village. I heard it from my aunt..."

The sound of horse hooves was heard, and a convoy passed by these people. However, they had no idea that the person they were talking about was sitting in the carriage and enjoying a feast.

"I never thought that Miss Xu is so proficient in farming. With this batch of grain, the soldiers in the northern border will be able to have a few full meals."

Xu Nian smiled gently at the female doctor Zhen who was sitting next to him, "I believe that one day, the people of Sheng Dynasty will be able to have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear."