One nest weighs seven or eight kilograms. With such a large sweet potato field, how many kilograms would that weigh?
Guo Tong sighed, "It's really a high yield! With these sweet potatoes, the people don't have to worry about starving to death."
Then he asked Kang Yueran, "Miss Kang, didn't you say it can be eaten raw? Can you let us try it first?"
"Of course!" Kang Yueran pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, picked up a few sweet potatoes from the ground, peeled them, and cut a piece for each person to try.
Guo Tong was still not satisfied after finishing his meal. "It's not crispy enough, slightly sweet, and delicious!"
Everyone nodded and said it was delicious.
It is said to be delicious because it is fresh. The sweet potato has red skin and white flesh, and the yield per mu is the highest, but the taste is slightly worse than other sweet potato varieties.
Chai Shijing finished his meal slowly and wiped his hands with a handkerchief. The taste wasn't particularly good, but it wasn't bad either. The key point was that the high yield meant that the people wouldn't have to go hungry anymore.
Mr. Huang Li, a major grain merchant in Anzhou, walked up to Kang Yueran and asked, "Master Kang, how much do you plan to sell these sweet potatoes for?"
Zuo Bai and Huang Li didn't have a good relationship. He snorted coldly and said, "The sweet potatoes are not for sale. The Kang family said that they would sell 200,000 catties of sweet potatoes from the 700-plus acres to the Heshun Company, and she would keep the rest for planting seedlings next year."
"Zuo Bai, I didn't ask you anything, why are you talking so much?"
Kang Yueran stood up and said, "Master Zuo is right. These sweet potatoes are indeed not sold through grain shops."
Huang Li was a shrewd businessman. As soon as the Anzhou disaster struck, he saw the signs and stockpiled a large amount of grain at normal prices. After the Anzhou disaster broke out, he sold it to small grain shops in the county and town at a high price.
Meng Dechang also looked down on Huang Li for making a fortune from the national disaster. "Mr. Huang made a lot of money during the disaster in Anzhou this time. It's time to take a break and not exhaust himself."
Guo Tong ignored the bickering between the merchants and asked Kang Yueran, "What about two hundred thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes? The workers at the dock can't finish them all in a short time. Why not give some to the other disaster victims? The household department still has some silver for disaster relief. I'll buy it from you!"
After Liao Changsheng was captured, the gold, silver and jewelry that were shipped to Mingzhou were recovered and returned to Mr. Ou.
However, all the gold, silver, jewelry, silks, antiques, calligraphy and paintings that Liao Changsheng had collected were confiscated, and the food for disaster relief and the herbs for treating the epidemic were bought with this batch of silver.
She could choose not to give Huang Li face, but she had to give Guo Tong face. Besides, she had been planning to sell it to the imperial court. "Okay, I'll give you 200,000 catties from the portion I keep, six cents a catty, okay?"
Guo Tong was overjoyed. "Six coins a pound, great, great! Master Kang is still so kind and righteous."
Huang Li's face looked unhappy. With sweet potatoes costing six cents per pound, the price of his grain had to be lowered as well.
Chai Shijing walked up to Kang Yueran and asked, "The sweet potato production is good. I can report it to the court for your merit. What reward do you want?"
Kang Yueran thought for a while and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I do."
"Don't worry, I'll be staying in Anzhou for a while, you can think about it slowly."
"Okay, thank you, Your Highness Prince Ping!"
Chai Shijing jokingly said, "Oh? How do you thank me?"
His voice was neither too loud nor too low, just loud enough for the people sitting nearby to hear.
Kang Yueran glared at Chai Shijing and said, "I was just being polite, why did you take it seriously?" Did this guy take the wrong medicine today?
Chai Shijing didn't seem to notice the strange looks from everyone and said with a smile, "You were the one who said you wanted to thank me!"
Kang Yueran didn't want to start a scandal with him, so she threatened him, "Don't forget you thanked me before!"
Chai Shijing was not threatened by her, "But you didn't ask me how to thank you at that time!"
"Then I'll give you two pounds of sweet potatoes as a thank you gift."
Chai Shijing laughed dumbly, "You have hundreds of thousands of catties, but you only give me two catties. Isn't that too stingy?"
"Be content, you've saved twelve grand."
He was short of these twelve coins. He leaned close to Kang Yueran and whispered, "I heard that the Yunxiang tea in Jingyuan is good. Are you free to try it tomorrow?"
Dayong had tea, which was similar to the Tang and Song dynasties. People liked to add all kinds of spices to the tea, making it thick and porridge, so people didn't say "drinking tea", they said "eating tea".
Tea is a luxury item, and only wealthy families can afford to serve tea to guests.
Kang Yueran didn't like Dayong's tea. She had a tea garden in her space and also had roasted green tea. She only drank her own tea. "I have a kind of tea too. I'll let you try it tomorrow." She had to explain this to him clearly.
Chai Shijing nodded gently, "Then see you in Jingyuan tomorrow morning. Let me taste your tea."
After the sweet potatoes were finished, the delicate gentlemen felt tired and everyone said goodbye and left.
Kang Yueran saw everyone off and went to see the 400 acres of sandy fields. The sweet potatoes in the sandy fields grew better than those in Kaishan Village.
Many people gathered at the edge of the field to ask Duan Fei about the sweet potatoes. Duan Fei received instructions from Kang Yueran and explained it in detail to everyone.
It was also repeatedly emphasized that in February and March next year, after the winter wheat is harvested, it will be the right time to plant sweet potatoes. By then, Qingpingzhuang will prepare a batch of sweet potato seedlings in advance. Those who want to plant sweet potatoes can come to Qingpingzhuang to get them for free.
Someone also asked about the radish, and Duan Fei also gave an explanation.
Seeing the harmonious scene, Kang Yueran didn't call Duan Fei. He mixed in the crowd, watched for a while, and then left.
Jingyuan is the largest teahouse in Anzhou. The owner is Mu Lian. Jingyuan mainly serves tea and also offers some snacks.
Tea tasting is a refined activity, so Jingyuan is decorated very elegantly. Yiming waited for Kang Yueran at the door and then escorted her to the private room.
In the private room, besides Chai Shijing, there was also a waiter making tea.
Chai Shijing pointed to the chair opposite him and told Kang Yueran to sit down. "The tea will be ready soon. I also ordered some snacks. You can try them first."
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