"Potatoes!"
Hearing the exclamations of Xue Cheng and Yu Zhifu, Qi Guangji's expression also became serious.
As a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he keenly sensed that something was wrong. When he spoke, he not only used words but also gestured with his hands.
"The big ones are about the size of a fist, covered in a layer of yellow skin. There are densely packed black dots like freckles on the skin, and the taste is a bit strange..."
"What?"
Xue Cheng's eyes widened at this, and Yu Zhifu's brows furrowed even deeper.
Yu Zhifu spoke first: "But according to the official announcement, isn't the improved variety rice? It must be planted in paddy fields to significantly increase yields. And you're burying this directly in the soil, and it doesn't have many requirements for the soil?"
When Yu Zhifu was speaking, he even used his spiritual power to outline the mist in front of him, condensing it into the shape of a rice plant.
Hearing their conversation, Yang You added, "Yes, an angel once went to Jiujiang County to personally reward the sage who invented hybrid rice. I heard that he didn't show up in person, but asked his disciples to receive it on his behalf. The entire Jiangnan West Road knows this. How could the improved seed be potatoes?"
Yang You has a lot to say about this. His family basically has no land. If he had land, he would not be carrying heavy bags at the dock.
Originally, Yang You would not care about these changes at all, but after becoming a constable of the Six Gates, he recently found out during his investigations that many people who used to live a life of idleness and waiting to die in the streets now ran excitedly to farm, and many people had a glow on their faces.
I often hear people talking about improved rice varieties, so I have a certain understanding of it.
He even participated in the experiment of that wise disciple. When the magic array was set up near the Jiujiang County Government Office, he was there and he even moved a piece of the array stone with his own hands.
After hearing Yang You's response, Qi Guangji looked at Yang You deeply, and Yu Zhifu also looked at him again.
"He should be from the Jiangnan West Road area, or even possibly in Jiujiang County. However, his identity and status are still unclear and difficult to judge."
He was judging Yang You's identity in his heart, but he didn't stop talking.
"I don't know much about this. I've only heard some rumors. I heard that it's experimental and the effects are not stable, so it hasn't been promoted on a large scale.
"It's just that when I, the governor of Lu, went to visit that sage in Jiangnan West Road, I took the initiative to help him promote it and at the same time conducted large-scale experiments to confirm whether there were any problems."
Qi Guangji carefully recalled the conversation that day and immediately filled in some details.
Xue Cheng was also moved by the change in Yu Zhifu's expression.
"Is this the prince who made the silent move? I've never heard of such a change before. I didn't expect him to quietly extend his tentacles to the north and directly affect the Third Prince.
"Is this to increase the Third Prince's power as well, so that the two princes maintain a balance and fight each other?"
Xue Cheng keenly grasped the subtle differences and changes. Before this, he had never known that the prince had also made a move in the north.
"As expected of a royal family member, he planned everything silently."
After Qi Guangji finished speaking, Yu Zhifu thought for a moment and then spoke: "The activities of Japanese pirates along the southeastern coast seem to be more frequent than before. They are causing chaos in various places, causing considerable impact.
"When my friend was out at sea, he spotted some Japanese pirates in action near the Magic Town of Sihai Pagoda Town..."
When he said this, Yu Zhifu's heart moved again.
"My family doesn't know much about the sea, we only know a few fixed shipping routes, but the Japanese pirates have been wreaking havoc here all year round and are active on the sea on a daily basis. Logically, they should have a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of this area.
"Judging from their return route, they do have a deep understanding of this area. They only cruised around the periphery of the area from a distance and never went deep into it. The next time they go deep into the area, they will definitely capture a few pirates and question them."
As for the question of whether the Japanese pirates were easy to catch, Yu Zhifu had never thought about it.
With the Jinyiwei and armor he carried with him, it didn't take him much time to defeat a small group of Japanese pirates.
"The Japanese pirates are rampant. Why don't you just send troops to suppress them? Aren't our Great Xia soldiers invincible? Even the northern barbarians were broken in their backs, so how come we can't even defeat the Japanese pirates? Are the Japanese pirates really that strong?"
Yang You spoke with curiosity, but also with a sense of murderousness and pride.
He had heard about the Japanese pirates wreaking havoc on the southeastern coast before, but he couldn't understand why they were so powerful, because the strength of Daxia seemed to him to be incredibly strong.
Just like the recent reforms and changes in Jiujiang County, he watched helplessly as a group of people who were also very poor in the past gradually became stronger and their faces regained color.
The treatment of dock workers is visibly much better than before, and their wages have even doubled.
Otherwise, no one would want to work at the dock and would just want to go home and farm. After the emergence of good varieties, it used to take 50 acres of land for a family to barely have enough to eat and live.
Now that we have good seeds, just twenty acres of land is enough to provide food and drink for a family and pay taxes.
Many people went to the countryside to farm.
There was a shortage of workers at the dock and elsewhere, so wages had to be doubled to keep people.
Even the landlords have become much more moderate in their attitude towards the previous people. After all, the increase in production and the corresponding fine operations are mostly learned from agricultural colleges. There have been many changes, and the landlords also hope to have more tenants under their command.
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