Chapter 485: Don’t let down the gift from heaven
Mo Jiuye took a step back and said to the villagers with a smile: "Of course it's true."
Just when the villagers wanted to ask something, Meng Huaining came over with a few officials.
When he took up his post today, he knew that the Mo family was going to dig sweet potatoes today.
As the son-in-law of the Mo family, sweet potatoes are not unfamiliar to him. He Zhiran also said that sweet potatoes are not only delicious and filling, but also have a very high yield.
He specially arranged the affairs of the yamen early today and rushed back with people to check it out.
As soon as he reached the end of the field, he smelled that familiar sweet scent.
"Brother Jiu, are you roasting sweet potatoes?"
Mo Jiuye threw the roasted sweet potato in his hand to him.
Meng Huaining caught it nimbly. Although it was still a little hot, he couldn't wait to take a bite.
"Brother Jiu, roasted sweet potatoes are delicious. I can never get enough of them."
Meng Huaining sat beside Mo Jiuye with a smile on his face, and his action made the officials who followed him dumbfounded.
The adults in their family were so serious that they had always thought he never laughed.
What did they see at this moment?
The adults in their family laughed so freely, they were completely different from their usual selves.
Meng Huaining didn't care what his men were thinking. Although he enjoyed the meal, he didn't forget the purpose of coming back.
"Ninth Brother, how is the sweet potato yield?"
When talking about the production of sweet potatoes, an expression of pride automatically appeared on Mo Jiuye's face.
He pointed to the sweet potatoes piled at the edge of the field and said, "Did you see this? These are the yields from one acre of land. We just weighed them carefully, and the yield per acre can reach 5,000 kilograms."
"Brother Jiu, you said that the sweet potato yield can reach 5,000 kilograms per mu?"
Meng Huaining was completely upset now. He stopped eating the sweet potato in his hand and stood up.
"Ninth Brother, we have already agreed that these sweet potatoes will be provided to the government to be used as seeds for next year."
He was afraid that Mo Jiuye would go back on his word, so he spoke in a very serious tone.
Naturally, Mo Jiuye would not go back on his word.
The couple also discovered a problem. The food crops produced in the space, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and rice, will not have a reduced yield if they are planted again next year even if the seeds are harvested outside.
Unlike these, the delicious fruits and vegetables in the mountains are just the opposite. After being planted in cultivated land outside, the collected seeds will have a much lower yield.
Originally, they were thinking that after the sweet potatoes were harvested, they would find some time to quietly exchange them with the stock in the space.
At the moment, it seems that this humane rule really helps the couple save a lot of trouble.
Otherwise, they would have to find a way to get seeds from space every year. Now, the seeds of these high-yield crops can be planted in the farmland outside.
"Don't worry, we will provide the government with 100,000 kilograms of these sweet potatoes, and we will keep the rest to make some profit. But the premise is that after the government collects these sweet potatoes, they cannot be sold on the market before planting next year."
Meng Huaining didn't know the background of Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran, and he only thought that the source of Mo family's income was these superficial things.
Especially since the Mohist School now has so many private soldiers, they will definitely be short of money.
If he wasn't concerned about the people's livelihood, he would never have said this.
He originally thought that Ninth Brother would only donate a small portion to the government as seeds for next year, but he didn't expect that Ninth Brother would support him so much and asked for 100,000 kilograms of sweet potato seeds right away, which is most of the sweet potato production of the Mo family!
Thinking of this, Meng Huaining solemnly saluted Mo Jiuye with his fists clasped.
"Brother Jiu, on behalf of the people of Yuncheng, I thank you and Sister Jiu for your righteousness."
At first, he wanted to ask his ninth brother and sister-in-law for pepper seeds to help the people of Yuncheng earn a high income.
Seeing the bumper harvest of sweet potatoes now, it is much more important to people's lives than peppers.
Chili peppers can be sold for money, but if they are not sold, they will turn into a pile of mud in a few days.
Sweet potatoes are not only delicious, but most importantly, they can fill you up. If people can store some sweet potatoes at home for the winter, they will never starve to death.
Although Mo Jiuye was not an official in the court, he did not want to see the people living without enough food, so he did not think it was a big deal.
Besides, my wife also said that space is a gift from God, and she must follow God's will and help those in need as much as possible. Only in this way can she live up to this gift from God.
"Well, we're all family, so it's only natural for us to help you. Yuncheng has improved greatly under your governance. We're happy to see the people have enough to eat in the future."
"Okay, I won't be polite to Brother Jiu. How many sweet potatoes have you dug out now?
I will arrange for people to transport the grain to the granary right away."
Meng Huaining didn't know why he was so anxious, as if if he didn't transport the sweet potatoes to the granary quickly, they would grow legs and run away.
"We can do it anytime. We have a lot of help now, so we can finish digging it all in three days."
And the sooner the better. He had already seen pictures of that kind of greenhouse in his wife's space, and the plastic sheets prepared in advance when the foreign cargo ship arrived had also seen the light of day. Now they were just waiting to dig out all the sweet potatoes in the farmland and build the greenhouse before the villagers had their autumn harvest.
Meng Huaining was already anxious. When he heard Mo Jiuye say that the sweet potatoes could be shipped immediately, he was so excited that he even forgot to discuss the price. He turned around and ordered his men:
"All of you, return to the yamen immediately and bring all the officials here. Also, bring all the oxcarts in the city."
It was the first time that Ma Junshan saw the adults in his family doing things in such a disorderly manner.
He couldn't help but remind him, "Sir, weren't you still thinking about the price of these sweet potatoes on the way here? Are you sure you want to take them away now?"
After being reminded, Meng Huaining realized that he was indeed too excited.
He looked at Mo Jiuye a little embarrassedly, and said with a red face: "Brother Jiu, you see, I was so happy that I forgot to ask the price."
When Mo Jiuye agreed to provide sweet potato seeds to the government, he did not mention the price because he was not sure about the sweet potato yield.
Before organizing people to dig sweet potatoes, he and He Zhiran had already discussed that if the sweet potato yield per mu exceeded 3,000 kilograms, they would sell it to the government at a fair price.
Of course, as seeds, the price is definitely higher than that of ordinary grains.
According to the modern price of sweet potatoes, the market price of ordinary high-yield sweet potatoes like this is about three yuan per catty, which is equivalent to the purchasing power of three copper coins in that era.
In other words, the price of sweet potatoes is only three cents per pound.
However, sweet potatoes appeared for the first time in the Dashun Dynasty and even in neighboring countries, so the price could not be as low as three cents per pound.
Moreover, the price of seeds is several times higher than the grain itself.
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