In particular, their high production and low demands for land immediately caused turmoil within the royal family.
"With these things, won't there be no famine in the future?"
The yield of crops like rice and corn is not high, and it is common for them to have no harvest in the event of drought. However, this thing seems to be drought-resistant. Not only is it drought-resistant, but locusts cannot eat it either.
so……
"Who discovered these things? Reward, reward me."
Gu Chengyu had naturally expected this and directly told Zhao Taoyin his identity. So within a few months, Zhao Taoyin was rewarded with an imperial decree for his contribution of potatoes.
This was the first time that a noble lady with imperial title appeared in Nantong County. Although she was only a fourth-rank lady, she was already famous enough to spread throughout the surrounding area.
Mr. Zhou from Hedong Village, I heard about it again and again over there, and I was so angry that he was scolded for doing odd jobs again. Why couldn't he do anything well, while that bitch could do everything well and could even be granted an imperial decree, which made her more valuable than him, a scholar.
Nowadays, Zhou Muzhi's studies have been completely abandoned. He spends the whole day drinking or swearing. Old Mrs. Zhou has no words to express her suffering and can only hope that her grandson will succeed.
But will my grandson have a bright future?
Because the Zhou family has such a bad reputation, Zhou Miaoer can no longer find a good marriage and can only stay at home and live a miserable life in darkness every day.
Ye Xiyan was now disabled from the beating and could no longer run away. She was slowly dying, lying in the barn, not daring to make a sound.
Time passed quickly, and another year passed. Hexi Village not only had a bumper harvest of grain, but also a bumper harvest of various fresh varieties. Hexi Village also became a national model.
Song Lizheng was also given a title by the higher authorities.
Zhao Taoqi calculated that according to the original novel, famine and war should be coming soon, right?
Nowadays, the food, weapons, and guards of Hexi Village have almost become mature. During this period, because Hexi Village was too famous, a group of bandits came and were beaten by the armed forces of the village. They cried for their parents and were handed over to the government.
So, in the third year, after much anticipation, Zhao Taoyin finally saw the scene described in the original novel: first, the earth dragon turned over, then it stopped raining, and finally, there were locusts...
A certain Yi clan suffered a great disaster. According to the description in the original novel, the imperial court was unable to provide disaster relief, and directly forced a rebel group to emerge in the disaster area. They burned, killed, and looted along the way, and finally formed a rebellion army as the situation developed.
It almost caused a catastrophic war.
Although the rebellion was finally quelled under the pressure of the imperial army, the Qi people lost nine out of ten houses and suffered terribly.
Now the time has finally come. Zhao Taoqin warned the villagers not to go out easily in the future. He secretly built a granary in the mountains, which contained enough food to last for one or two years.
In addition to her spatial output, if the armed forces are strong enough, surviving this disaster year is not a problem. Zhao Taoying is not a saint. What she wanted to change from the beginning to the end was only the fate of Hexi Village.
These are her neighbors and friends who she spends every day with.
After two years of hard work, she had already saved enough money for upgrading her space, amounting to 100,000 taels.
However... things have changed drastically from the original work.
Although there were earthworms, droughts, and locust plagues, the imperial court had high-yield crops like new varieties of sweet potatoes and corn, so its disaster relief efforts were much greater than in the original novel.
Some local wealthy merchants saw hope in the imperial court, so in order to compete for merit, they also opened their warehouses and released grain, thus instantly causing a chain reaction.
If the lower classes of the people are well fed, who would rebel? No one would rebel. Even if there were villains to instigate them, it would be useless and would not create a major situation.
Soon, with the efforts of the imperial court and various forces, the famine was overcome.
In the spring of the following year, there was a spring rain, which also indicated that a disaster was over. The people cheered and the emperor personally went on stage to thank God.
It was also in the spring of that year, when the peach trees were in bloom, that the emperor, old and frail, knew that his time was running out, so he wanted to hold an imperial examination to personally recruit talented people for the crown prince, and that was his wish fulfilled.
But the emperor, the crown prince, the queen and others all knew that if this year could be over, the contribution of the Zhao family's peach blossoms could not be ignored.
"She allows me to hold my head high and face my ancestors, haha..."
This year, Enke was advanced.
Set in the spring examination.
Zhou Muzhi, who was in a daze at home, thought that his chance had come after he learned about it, and went to take part in the county examination happily. Unfortunately, he was kicked out before he even entered the venue.
"Where did this madman come from? Why don't you look in the mirror and examine your own moral character?"
Another scholar was kind enough to ask someone to bring a mirror. The mirror was extremely clear and he immediately saw Zhou Muzhi's ugly appearance: unshaven beard, disheveled hair, and a long robe that hadn't been washed in years.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"This is Mr. Zhou, the scholar from the past."
"Who still remembers Mr. Zhou? Everyone only remembers Zhao's peach tree. Zhou Muzhi would like to tell you that this extremely clear glass mirror is the hair of Zhao's peach tree, specially designed to reflect the filth in this world."
"Hahaha……"
The students were all excited.
Zhou Muzhi was really crazy. He ran barefoot to Hedong Village. He wanted to see Zhao Taoqin. He wanted to tell Zhao Taoqin that he regretted it, he really regretted it, and begged Zhao Taoqin to forgive him for the sake of their marriage.
His pride, his selfishness, his arrogance, all gone.
But he couldn't see Zhao Taoqin, because as soon as he ran to the village entrance like a madman, he saw a road full of luxury cars and luxury vehicles, all on the bluestone road that had been paved in Hexi Village only a few years ago.
In the huge carriage sat a man and a woman, the man was Gu Chengyu and the woman was Zhao Taoqin. They were chatting and laughing, and didn't notice the madman below at all.
"What's going on?"
"The Zhao family's wife has made a great contribution by offering potatoes. His Majesty and the Empress will personally receive her. We are taking the Zhao family's wife to meet the Emperor... It turns out that the Zhao family's son-in-law is actually the current Prince Yu. Oh my god..."
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