Seeing that Kang Yueran was interested, Wang Hai told her about how he went to Liu Sanya's house to sign the contract to sell his body.
Finally, he concluded: "Liu Sanya's grandfather was wearing very clean clothes with few patches. He also said that he could ask for 200 kilograms less food, and he just wanted to keep Liu Sanya's mother.
Two hundred pounds, just one person! If he really couldn't eat, how could he even think about that... In short, Liu Sanya's family is not completely poor. "
If they weren't completely broke, then that meant Liu Sanya was deliberately playing the victim, or maybe the four of them were truly miserable and were just taking advantage of Kang Yueran. In either case, she would have to wait.
"There's no need to deliberately find someone to keep an eye on them. With so many people in one courtyard, whether they're really good or not, people will eventually figure it out over time. Let's hear what others say later."
Wang Hai had to do whatever Kang Yueran said. "Okay! Boss, I've had the harvested sweet potatoes brought to Yiziyuan. I estimate there are over 4,000 kilograms. What should we do with them?"
More than 4,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes were harvested, and the people of Liujia Village ate some of them. Since the sweet potatoes hadn't grown yet, the growth of the sweet potatoes actually exceeded Kang Yueran's expectations.
"Just eat it all. Tomorrow, we'll ship some to Kaoshan Village, wash it, cut it into pieces, and cook it in rice porridge so everyone can have a taste.
Go back and tell Manager Mao that the house needs to be finished as soon as possible and that all the sweet potatoes should be harvested in half a month. The sweet potatoes won't grow when the weather gets cold.
Half of the sweet potatoes collected were left for Kaoshan Village and Qingping Village, and the rest were sold to Heshunyuan and the imperial court at six coins per pound.
Niu Dayan, oh no, Niu Dayan asked, "Girl, how do we save our seed?"
"The seeds are those sweet potatoes. After the New Year, we will use them to grow seedlings."
Wang Hai said regretfully, "It's a pity to waste those seven or eight acres of land."
Kang Yueran smiled and said, "If you have time to waste, why not hurry up and plant the radishes with Duan Fei? Actually, it's past the radish planting season now, so we have to hurry."
"Duan Fei went to Lijiaji Village yesterday and saw that the land had been plowed and was drying. Duan Fei and I will deliver the seeds over tomorrow."
Kang Yueran nodded and said, "Okay, go find Manager Xu later. I'll have him assign a group of people to Qingping Village for you. Plant all the radishes within three days."
She was not familiar with Anzhou, so she was late in planting everything this year. Fortunately, the seeds from the mall were of good quality, otherwise, the sweet potato yield per mu would not have exceeded 1,000 kilograms.
The able-bodied men of Qingping Village did not go to build the wharf. There were few women in the village, so some of the able-bodied men worked in the Yiziyuan, while others were busy delivering goods to various counties.
After the road was safe, Niu Dayan took his men to various counties to negotiate cooperation with the shops.
Kang Yueran was worried about the spread of the disease and originally planned to have someone deliver the snacks every three days, but their snacks were selling very well.
The people of Qingping Village were unwilling to miss the opportunity to make money. Niu Dayan divided more than one hundred able-bodied men into fifteen groups, who packed the goods tightly every day and drove donkey carts to deliver the goods.
Since the snacks are delivered once a day, Kang Yueran reduces or even stops using preservatives. The snacks can no longer be stored for a long time, but people no longer have to flee, so sales have not declined.
Time was tight, so Wang Hai found Xu Jiushi after dinner, and Xu Jiushi ordered fifty people for him that night.
The next morning, Wang Hai and Duan Fei separated the manpower and seeds. Wang Hai went to Lijiaji Village and Duan Fei went to Sanhe Village.
Li Mao was very happy to see so many people. He and Wang Hai assigned the people to families with more land.
When the villagers of Lijiaji Village learned that the able-bodied men lived in Qingpingzhuang, they were not afraid. Instead, they asked them curiously what they usually did.
The able-bodied men were also quite talkative, discussing the business of Qingping Village. As they talked more, they discovered that two of them were actually distantly related to two families in Lijiaji Village.
The atmosphere in Sanhe Village was also good. The people were a little scared at first, but the able-bodied men were very kind, with smiles on their faces, and gradually they started talking and laughing.
After the heavy rain, the land was not short of water at all and could be planted after a little watering. By noon on the third day, nearly 600 acres of Shawo radishes had been planted.
The people of Qingping Village were about to leave, and some villagers even asked them to come to their homes to play when they had time.
The fact that the two villages were growing radishes was also known to the nearby villages. Some people said that they had fallen into depravity and joined the bandits, but most people envied them in their hearts for having 200 kilograms of grain.
After the two villages' strenuous publicity, Qingping Village has re-entered the eyes of ordinary people with a very positive image, changing their previous attitude towards Qingping Mountain.
It was almost time to harvest the sweet potatoes, so Xu Jiushi cleared out three courtyards in the Yiziyuan to store the sweet potatoes, and Mao Qiang also arranged three courtyards.
Niu Dayan brought a bag of sweet potatoes to Heshunyuan and asked the cook to steam half of them and cook the other half into porridge.
At lunch, he specially called Xie Dong, the manager in charge of food, to taste the food.
Xie Dong tasted both steamed and boiled potatoes. "Not bad, sweet and filling. Manager Niu, how much is this sweet potato per pound? How much do you have in stock?"
"Thank you, Steward. Our boss said that she also has a stake in the Heshun Company, so she's not making any money. The sweet potatoes are six cents per pound. The sweet potatoes will be harvested in five days, and after that, we can sell 200,000 pounds to the company."
Xie Dong almost spilled the porridge in his hand. "How many pounds?"
Niu Dayan held up two fingers, "Two hundred thousand catties! Our boss has planted over seven hundred mu of sweet potatoes. We're keeping more than half for ourselves and for next year's seeds, and we're selling two hundred thousand catties to the business."
"So two hundred thousand catties is still less than half? How much sweet potatoes do you produce per mu?"
"Our boss said we missed the sweet potato planting season this year, so the yield was only a little over 1,000 kilograms. If we plant well next year, we can produce up to 2,000 kilograms per mu."
Xie Dong swallowed, "Is it true or false?"
"Of course it's true. The sweet potatoes will be harvested in five days. Manager Xie can come to Kaoshan Village to take a look."
On the first day of August, Kaoshan Village was about to harvest its crops, and the yield per mu was over 1,000 kilograms. This news spread like wildfire throughout Anzhou City, attracting the attention of the public.
This was a rumor that Kang Yueran deliberately spread. Since there would be no plague, a small gathering would be acceptable.
On the first day of the new year, Chai Shijing led all the county magistrates of Anzhou to come, Guo Tong came, merchants came, and many common people came.
But due to the safety of Chai Shijing, the people were not allowed to get close.
Kang Yueran wanted the people to see it, so she asked Hu Dacheng and Duan Fei to take people to the 400 acres of land to harvest sweet potatoes and let the people go there to see.
At Mao Qiang's command, fifty people took sickles to cut the sweet potato vines, and fifty people picked up hoes to dig.
After three hoes, a bunch of big sweet potatoes appeared.
Guo Tong went forward and picked up the largest sweet potato, brushed off the dirt, weighed it in his hand, and laughed: "This one must be one and a half pounds, and the whole bunch must be seven or eight pounds."
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