The yields of potatoes and corn are also very good. The average yield of potatoes is more than 5,600 kilograms per acre, and the average yield of corn is more than 1,500 kilograms per acre. This is really cause for celebration.
The potato production in other villages was also considerable, almost four to five thousand kilograms. County Magistrate Gao was very surprised when he heard the news, and he immediately reported it and sent the potatoes and rice together.
Five days later, the imperial examination results were announced. Lin Wanwan sent someone to wait one day in advance to see if Chen Li had passed and to come back to inform him.
She paced back and forth in the room anxiously, praying that Chen Li would make the list.
"Girl! She's back! Lin Quan is back!"
Lin Wanwan quickly ran out and pulled Lin Quan aside to ask.
"How's it going? How's it going? Did you win?"
Lin Quan took a deep breath, showing his big white teeth, and said loudly: "Yes! Master Shen won the first place in the imperial examination! "
Lin Wanwan was overjoyed after hearing this and immediately ran towards Shen Li's house.
"Bang bang bang! Brother Li! Brother Li!" She kept knocking on the door of Shen Li's house.
Sun Zhenzhu opened the door and saw that it was Lin Wanwan. She snorted coldly, "What's wrong, Wan girl? What do you want from our Chen Li?"
Lin Wanwan shouted excitedly: "Brother Li won!"
Then he rushed in, not paying any attention to Sun Zhenzhu who was standing at the door in a daze, and ran into the house.
"Bang!"
Lin Wanwan bumped into Chen Li who was coming out, and she felt a little dizzy...
Shen Li helped her up and asked hurriedly, "Wanwan? Are you okay? What happened?"
Lin Wanwan shook her head, then grabbed him and shouted happily, "Brother Li, you passed the exam! First place! First place! You're the top scorer! That's amazing!"
Shen Li also smiled and rubbed her head, "Okay, I get it, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Brother Li, go take care of it. The one delivering the good news should be here soon!"
"good."
Lin Wanwan hurried out again, but was stopped by Sun Zhenzhu. She asked in surprise, "You said Shen Li was hit? Is that true?"
"Yes, I asked someone to check it out! It turned out to be the top scorer!"
"Oh! May our ancestors bless us! May our family also have a scholar!"
Lin Wanwan smiled at her and quickly ran to the headman's house to report the good news. This was a big happy event in the village, and they had to make them happy.
After hearing this, the head of the village immediately prepared to collect money from the villagers and hold a banquet to celebrate for the successful candidate.
Lin Wanwan quickly grabbed him and said that she had taken care of all of this and the village didn't need to spend any money.
She also asked someone to go to Baiweiju to inform her sister-in-law that the shop would be closed today, and asked them to bring meat and vegetables, pick up Shen Mo from the college, and go back to the village for a banquet together.
Sure enough, in less than an hour, someone came to deliver the good news and asked all the way to Shen Li's house.
In the village, there were loud gongs and drums and firecrackers. The villagers rushed forward and broke the door down. They took it down directly, saying that they wanted to replace the door with a new one.
When the messenger saw Shen Li, he smiled and said, "Congratulations to Shen Jieyuan! Congratulations to Shen Jieyuan! You won the first place in this provincial examination. You will surely be on the list of successful candidates in the future. You have a bright future!"
"Thank you for your kind words!"
Chen Li stuffed him with a five-liang gift envelope and sent him out the door.
Shen Mo also came back and smiled at him happily.
"Brother, congratulations!"
Shen Li hugged him and patted his back, "You will do the same in the future, I will wait for you in the capital!"
"good!"
When the county magistrate learned about it, he also rushed over and brought a gift to Shen Li. Soon after, many local wealthy businessmen came to congratulate him. It was good to show their faces in front of him.
Lin Wanwan was also among them. She gave Chen Li a red envelope of two hundred taels and held a grand banquet in the village. All of Baiweiju's signature dishes were served, and everyone was so happy eating.
How could they not be happy when a scholar came out of their village? Before, there was the wealthy businessman Lin Wanwan, and now there is Chen Li, which shows how prosperous the Feng Shui of the village is!
Chen Li is now a man who has studied hard for ten years but no one cares about him. Once he passes the imperial examination, everyone will know him. The matchmaker who came to propose marriage almost broke the door, and Lin Wanwan was so angry that she bit her sleeve at home.
But there was no news of engagement or proposal. Later, Shen Li's mother announced that Shen Li wanted to study hard and did not want to get married for the time being, so those people gave up.
Lin Wanwan also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that she still had a chance!
After the rice and potatoes were delivered to the capital, Emperor Hui had them carried to the main hall during the next morning court session.
"My dear ministers, do you recognize this thing?"
Some officials came closer. They knew rice, but they had never seen this round thing before.
The Minister of Revenue said, "Your Majesty, we all know this rice, but we don't know the other one."
"Well, it's normal that you don't know. This is called potato, a foreign food. Can you tell the difference between these two baskets of rice?"
They looked again and said, "Your Majesty, the rice grains in this basket are small and there are many chaffs, while the grains in the other basket are large and full, with very few chaffs!"
"Hahaha! Minister Chen is absolutely right! Yun'an County presented these two things yesterday. One is high-yield rice. One acre of good land can yield 1,200 kilograms, and the second-rate land can also yield more than 1,000 kilograms. And this potato has a yield of more than 5,000 kilograms per acre! Hahahaha, how can I not be happy!"
The ministers below were all shocked.
"Your Majesty, the rice yield is 1,200 kilograms? Isn't this just bluffing?"
"Yes, Your Majesty! This is impossible! The average rice yield per acre in previous years was only 300 kilograms. How could the yield be so high?"
"Your Majesty, is it possible that Gao Zhuowen has gone insane?"
“Bang!”
Emperor Hui slammed the table and said angrily, "Don't you want to produce so much grain?"
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