Chapter 77: Hoax
"What do volunteers do?" Even at this moment, they remained vigilant.
Chu Ci didn't give any lofty reasons, but directly stated his purpose: "Promote the potatoes in your hands."
Even so, they still didn't believe it. They even put down the potatoes in their hands and asked, "What's your purpose in doing this?"
In the minds of these people, there is no need to promote edible things, and naturally many people will come and ask for them.
Chu Ci didn't know what they were thinking, but he could sense that they were becoming more vigilant.
This wouldn't work, so after a moment's thought, Chu Ci began to deceive: "Then I'll tell you the truth. These potatoes have a high yield per acre and can be used as both food and cooking. As for the taste, you've tried it, it's very good. It can be said that every aspect of it is excellent."
At this point, Chu Ci deliberately paused, arousing their curiosity to the highest point, before continuing, "However, this thing has extremely high requirements for soil fertility. If there is sufficient fertilizer, one acre of land can produce more than a thousand kilograms."
"A thousand catties per mu? Could this be a magical seed?" These people already suspected Chu Ci was a liar, and when they heard the thousand catties per mu yield, the surprise and suspicion in their eyes became even stronger.
None of this works!
Then don’t blame yourself for using your ultimate move.
Chu Ci rolled his eyes naturally, "I've already said that this was cultivated by my grandfather with great effort. Do you know how much my grandfather paid for this?"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, Chu Ci said passionately: "For potatoes, my grandfather almost traveled every inch of land in Da Zhou and tried hundreds of methods."
Chu Ci almost said that her grandfather was the reincarnation of the god of agriculture.
This gave goosebumps to the people behind him who knew the truth, especially "Grandpa" Chu Chengyun, who was almost embarrassed at the moment.
However, the group of people in front of them just fell for it! "Grandpa Gao Yi!" "Yes, Grandpa Gao Yi."
"What's Gao Yi? If he hadn't run around, we wouldn't be trapped in Lianzhou City." Chu Ci deliberately expressed his dissatisfaction with his grandfather.
Sure enough, these people immediately became unhappy, "Young lady, this is where you're wrong. It's not that easy to accomplish something. You, the younger generation, need to understand him."
Hehe, you’ve taken the bait!
Chu Ci was ecstatic in his heart, but a helpless smile appeared on his face: "I'm not blaming my grandfather."
"That's right, your grandfather is a very good man." Seeing that Chu Ci no longer spoke ill of the old man, everyone began to compliment the old man.
But is Chu Ci finished like this?
Chu Ci changed the subject and pointed the finger at the Lianzhou officials: "It's just that the Lianzhou officials are so inhumane! If there's an illness, they should just treat it. How can they just abandon a Sima and run away with their men? Before running away, they even forgot to plunder all the people's food."
In this hierarchical world, Chu Ci's words are tantamount to seeking death.
Even if they had a very good impression of Chu Ci and his grandson because of potatoes, it still included following Chu Ci to death!
Thus, the streets that were bustling just now became silent in an instant.
Chu Ci knew she couldn't go any further on this topic. She took a deep breath and quickly brought up the topic she had prepared: "Seeing the people in Lianzhou City starving, my grandfather really couldn't bear it!"
As expected, as soon as these words were spoken, the vigilance of everyone present finally disappeared without a trace.
Some clever people even apologized to Chu Ci: "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have misunderstood you and the old man."
At this time, Fan Jingrui also seized the opportunity to ask: "Then can you tell me why you think we are scammers?"
"It's all because of that 'Holy Mother Church'."
"Yes, that so-called saint who claimed her pills could prevent and treat the plague."
"Actually, it's nothing."
"We were deceived by them and ended up losing even our land."
…
Everyone talked one after another, and finally the matter of the "Holy Mother Church" was brought out.
Chu Ci was used to asking the police for help when he had difficulties.
Even though Fan Jingrui was exiled, he never truly experienced the difficult life of the lower-class people.
So, two people who were definitely not stupid asked an extremely stupid question. "Didn't you report the Holy Mother Church incident to the authorities?"
Sure enough, the next moment, they were slapped in the face. "You just said that all the officials in Lianzhou have fled, leaving only Sima Dashi, who has been isolated. Who can we go to report this to the authorities?"
Chu Ci and Fan Jingrui were both choked. Fan Jingrui's face flushed red.
Chu Ci boasted of being thicker-skinned. "Sorry, I lost my temper. Now, getting back to the point, would you guys like to help promote potatoes?"
"We would like to, but no one we know has much money." This is what farmers are like. Even when they are in desperate situations, they still think about others.
"We don't need money. We can exchange leather, tea, mushrooms, seafood, and everything else. We'll make a list later, and you can just exchange according to the items on the list."
To these people, the value of high-yield crops is simply inestimable.
However, Chu Ci only wanted some worthless mountain products and seafood. What’s the difference between this and giving them away for free?
There was a thud, and everyone knelt down in unison. "Thank you, Madam, for saving our lives!"
"Get up, get up."
Chu Ci didn't expect that his method would work, but the effect was too good.
She hurried to help them one by one, but they said, "Madam, please let us kneel for a while, so that we can feel better."
Chu Ci really had no idea what to do about this, so she had to quickly ask for help from her husband Fan Jingrui.
Fan Jingrui couldn't help laughing, but he still stood up to rescue his wife at the first moment.
"Are you all sure you want to be volunteers for our potato promotion? Then please come and register with me. Then Mr. Ma from the government office will arrange what you need to do."
Ma Ming only came to take a look for the sake of Dr. Hua, but he didn't expect to be dragged into the water...
But if the potato production is true, then his master, as the only official left in Lianzhou, can definitely get a share of the pie.
So even though he was being used, Ma Ming happily got on board (at least on the surface).
However, after everyone left, Ma Ming looked at the materials compiled by Fan Jingrui, his face dark as if ink could drip out. "I will report everything I have seen and heard here to you, my Lord."
Fan Jingrui understood his implication and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ma."
Fan Jingrui did not mention the matter of the "Holy Mother Church", which meant that he tacitly agreed that the matter should be investigated by Ma Ming, or more accurately, Sima Zhang.
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