Chapter 350 Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
The Yang family initially wanted to use her affair to draw everyone's attention to her in the capital, and then frame the Qin family for fabricating the story.
Now, she is using the same affair to draw the public's attention to herself.
Within a month, the people would voluntarily plant sweet potatoes.
After leaving the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, Shier Xue breathed a long sigh of relief.
They will never again be trampled on like ants!
He said to the shopkeeper, "Let's go and take a stroll in front of Hechuntai Gate."
Miao Tangchun was initially skeptical of the servant's words, but upon hearing that Twelve Snow had been summoned to the princess's residence and was now frantically searching for sweet potatoes...
He immediately smashed the cosmetics on the table in anger!
Little vixen!
He must be trying to win the princess's favor!
The battle among the capital's top actors to win the favor of the princess has escalated.
They've now reached a point where they're practically at odds.
Because of these two people, the common people also learned about sweet potatoes.
Several new farming households have emerged on a farm not far from the capital.
They even dug up some crops that were almost ripe.
Many people thought they had gone mad.
But then I saw that they seemed to be planting something in the field.
After several days of hard work, the neighbors finally couldn't help but come over and ask, "Young man, why are you digging up these perfectly good crops?"
The farmers who were planting said, "These crops grow slowly and produce small fruits. I'm afraid the yield will only be half of what it was when we harvest this autumn. We heard that Princess Zhenguo is very fond of a type of sweet potato. She rewards anyone who presents it with a generous reward. Nowadays, many people in the capital are buying them at high prices. Since the harvest is not good, we thought we might as well plant some sweet potatoes. Princess Zhenguo's reward will be substantial."
“Young man, if the harvest is bad, you can plant more and the harvest will still be bad. Besides, if you plant now, when will they ripen? After the autumn harvest, the seeds will freeze to death.”
The sweet potato farmer said, "Brother, you don't know this, but these sweet potatoes are drought-resistant and cold-resistant, and they grow very fast. They'll be ready for the autumn harvest."
Another young man standing nearby quickly said, "Brother!"
He then looked at the farmers who had come to ask them and said, "My brother is talking nonsense, we'll just plant whatever we want."
He pulled his brother aside amidst the farmers' puzzled looks.
“What did you say to him? If they also go and plant those sweet potatoes, there will be more produce, and there will be no big reward.”
The farmer immediately covered his mouth.
The two brothers spoke very softly, yet every word reached the ears of the farmer who came to ask the question.
He's not stupid enough to turn away the harvest that's already there.
Or is it some kind of foreign product? These two brothers have probably been scammed.
The same dialogue is playing out in almost every place across the country where there are agricultural products.
Xu Ping, after hearing news from various places in the capital, guessed Qin Jinzhi's purpose.
For the sake of the people, he disregarded fame; how carefree!
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow when she saw Xu Ping coming to see her. "Is there something you need, Daoist Lingguan?"
Xu Ping sat down to the side. “Princess, I know that many rumors in the capital are probably the result of your efforts to promote sweet potato planting. However, the people will not buy into these rumors. For people who depend on the land for their livelihood, it is simply a pipe dream.”
Qin Jinzhi pulled a storybook from the bookshelf.
"Master Lingguan, have you ever heard the saying, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime'?"
Xu Ping was taken aback for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.
“It was the official who was impatient; the princess is truly talented.”
They persuaded the people, whose harvest was almost complete, to abandon their nearly ripe crops and plant crops from foreign lands they had never heard of before.
This is not a fantasy, but a myth.
What she did was to teach all farmers how to grow sweet potatoes.
The affair is just a pretext to attract attention.
When someone actually came to the Prince's mansion with a sweet potato to claim the reward...
The farmers weren't thinking about receiving a hefty reward; they were thinking about whether these foreign products could actually be grown.
It has a short maturation cycle and is drought- and cold-resistant.
If there is a real drought, the people will naturally think of this.
In order to avoid starvation, people would spontaneously grow this plant.
Qin Jinzhi handed her the storybook, saying, "This was written by a friend of mine. You can take a look, but please don't get it dirty. It's a rare copy, and I'm keeping it as a treasure."
Xu Ping took the storybook. "Ms. Mulan? I read her stories when I was traveling. They were very wonderful. It's a pity that she hasn't written a new storybook in a long time."
Qin Jinzhi smiled and said, "She's gone off to travel the world, upholding justice and fighting for the country."
Xu Ping nodded. "A person who can write such a storybook must be like this."
She then said to Qin Jinzhi, "Drought not only requires solving the food problem, but also the water problem."
Qin Jinzhi nodded, "The current Director of the Waterways has already requested permission to vigorously construct reservoirs and canals, so don't worry."
Xu Ping said with a smile, "Your Highness has considered everything very well. I'll take my leave now."
Qin Jinzhi walked out of the study, where Yuecheng, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, was sitting in the courtyard.
"Has the investigation into Yuan Yi's matter been completed?"
Yuecheng raised an eyebrow. "The undercover agents have been investigating all along, and Yuan Yi is indeed a member of Blissful Heaven, but there's something very strange about him."
Qin Jinzhi walked to his side. “It’s strange that everything seems to have been preordained. As soon as we suspected Yuan Yi, someone immediately exposed her identity. We suspect that she faked her death. I suppose Senior Brother should have found her body by now.”
Yuecheng nodded. "I checked. There's no disguise. It's Yuan Yi."
Qin Jinzhi laughed and said, "It's as if that masked man couldn't wait to let me know that he was the one dealing with me."
Yuecheng looked at Qin Jinzhi, "The person who is really manipulating all of this wants us to deal with that masked man?"
Qin Jinzhi smiled. "The person behind this wants me to kill that masked man. It seems there's infighting within their organization."
Yuecheng nodded. "Everything has gone too smoothly. The person behind it must be in cahoots with the masked man. So, should we continue investigating the masked man, or should we go and find out who's behind him?"
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow and looked at Yuecheng. "Since the person behind this wants me to kill that masked man, then I will do as he wishes and kill him. The person behind this will naturally come to light."
Yue Cheng nodded.
Qin Jinzhi stood up. "Take me to see Yuan Yi's body."
To facilitate the investigation, Genichi's body was placed in Chidori Tsukasa.
After Qin Jinzhi arrived, Bai Juanjuan came over.
"Commander, the body has been examined. The fatal wound was in the abdomen, and the cause of death was excessive blood loss."
Qin Jinzhi walked to Yuan Yi's side and pointed to the bruise on Yuan Yi's wrist, saying, "What kind of injury is this?"
Bai Juanjuan walked over and took a look. "This girl must have been wearing jewelry on her wrist before she died. This bruise looks like a bracelet. It's the bruise caused by forcibly removing the bracelet."
Qin Jinzhi's eyes slowly filled with deeper meaning.
"Was this bruise present before death, or did it appear after death?"
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