“Everyone, get up quickly. Let’s collect the other two plots of land first and then talk about other things.” Shen Nian quickly asked the villagers who were kneeling on the ground to get up.
I rented three plots of land in the summer, and I only collected the rent from one of them.
When the villagers heard that the other two plots of land also needed to be dug, they didn't even need Village Chief Ma to ask them to do anything. They just picked up their hoes and went down to the fields to help.
Almost all the villagers in Ma'an Village came out. With strength in numbers, both plots of land were dug in less than an hour.
Each piece of land was weighed separately, and Xia Tian was very happy when all the weighing was done.
"How is it? How many pounds?" Village Chief Ma came over and asked.
Xia Tian held up the notebook and said with a smile, "This piece of land is 3,832 kilograms, and the other piece of land is 4,056 kilograms."
Xia Tian didn't expect that the yield of these two plots of land would be higher than that of the first plot of land.
One of them weighed more than four thousand kilograms.
"So many?" Village Chief Ma couldn't believe it!
"That's all!" Xia Tian replied with a smile.
She actually couldn't believe it.
But this name is always correct.
Xia Tian called the villagers from the three plots of land over and said, "The harvest is all yours."
The three families were also very excited when they heard that Xia Tian really gave them the harvest.
However, Xia Tian still put forward a condition, "But in the future, if any villagers learn how to grow potatoes, you can't keep it to yourself. You must teach them for free."
"Don't worry, ma'am, we will definitely teach you seriously." They quickly assured Xia Tian.
The potato harvest here has been calculated. It is getting late, so Shen Nian simply takes Xia Tian to stay overnight in Ma'an Village.
The next morning, I packed up and hurried back to Sangluo City.
"Brother Shen, are you going to tell the Emperor about this potato planting method now or wait until the fall, after another season of planting?"
On the way back to the city, Xia Tian saw that Shen Nian was still in deep thought, so he asked first.
Shen Nian will definitely tell the emperor that there will be a bumper harvest of potatoes this time.
Although the weather was good and the country was prosperous and the people were strong, the people could only barely get enough to eat.
Last year's drought dealt a severe blow to the south, which was once a major grain producer. Later, plagues broke out in many places, and even the prosperous and fertile land could not withstand the drought.
If the potato planting is reported, it will definitely make the emperor very happy.
When the planting is promoted nationwide, it will definitely benefit the people a lot.
Thinking of this, Xia Tian also became excited.
This good thing that benefits the country and the people must be promoted nationwide as soon as possible.
"Well, I won't wait any longer. I'll write a memorial to the emperor when I get back." Shen Nian replied with a smile.
He originally thought that it would be amazing to harvest 2,000 kilograms from one acre of land, but he didn't expect it to be around 4,000 kilograms.
This directly increased four or five times.
Thinking of this, Shen Nian looked at Xia Tian with eager eyes.
After returning to the mansion, Chen Nian sent Xia Tian back to his room and went to the study to write memorials.
Xia Tian thought that he couldn't just tell the emperor that there was a bumper potato harvest, he also had to tell him the method.
So I carefully wrote a potato planting method according to the previous planting method.
All the problems and precautions encountered by the villagers during the planting process were written down.
The soil suitable for farming is also described in detail.
After writing it, he read it again before sending Ningxiang to take it to Chen Nian.
Chen Nian looked at the extremely detailed potato planting method written by Xia Tian, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings.
I didn’t expect that the wife he married was such a treasure!
After Chen Nian finished writing the memorial, he did not copy the planting method written by Xia Tian, but sealed it as it was, called Mu Lin, and asked him to send someone to make a trip.
I was so happy to see that the potatoes were successfully planted in the summer.
I was so happy that I couldn't express it in words. I went straight to the study to paint the scene of yesterday's potato harvest.
This is definitely memorable.
After Chen Nian sent the memorial out, he did not go to the governor's office, but came to the study to find Xia Tian.
Look at her standing in front of the easel, drawing with charcoal.
As the outline appeared, Shen Nian raised his eyebrows slightly, “Is this a painting of the potato digging scene in Ma’an Village yesterday?”
"Well, I want to draw it, as a kind of commemoration." Xia Tian said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Shen Nian came over and stood beside her, watching her paint.
Before I knew it, it was dark!
It was not until Ningxiang came in and lit the lamp that the two realized they had been in the study for a long time.
When it got dark, Xia Tian put away his paintbrush and the two of them left the study together.
Mu Lin didn't trust others to go, so he went to the capital himself.
He rode at full speed to deliver Shen Nian's memorial to the palace.
Long before Shen Nian came to Linzhou to take office, the emperor had given him a privilege, that is, everything reported from Linzhou must be delivered to the emperor as soon as possible.
All civil and military officials knew about this, so Mu Lin directly delivered the memorial to the emperor.
When the emperor opened the memorial and read it carefully, he seemed a little bit unbelieving. He read it again carefully to make sure he understood what the memorial meant. Then he said "good" several times excitedly!
"Eunuch Xu, please go and summon the Minister of Revenue and Prime Minister Xu to see me."
The emperor was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time and could only find someone to share his feelings with.
When Eunuch Xu saw the emperor pacing back and forth excitedly on the ground after receiving the memorial from Lord Shen, he was also happy for the emperor from the bottom of his heart.
Although he didn't know what was written in the memorial, he was sure that it was definitely good news, otherwise the emperor would not be so happy.
Eunuch Xu took small steps and quickly went to find the Minister of Revenue and Prime Minister Xu.
When the two arrived at the imperial study, the emperor was reading the potato planting method written by Xia Tian.
Although he was not sure whether this was good or bad, he believed in Shen Nian and his wife. Since Shen Nian said that the trial planting had been successful, then this method must be feasible.
What he didn't expect was that this potato planting method was actually proposed by Shen Nian's wife.
It turned out that when Chen Nian was writing the memorial, he specifically mentioned that this potato planting method was proposed in the summer and insisted on planting it for experiment.
Now that the planting was successful, he naturally did not take the credit for himself. Not only did he not take the credit for himself, he also specifically emphasized that this method was thought up by Xia Tian.
It was she who proposed the experiment.
The emperor was happy but also deeply moved. He didn't expect that Shen Nian, who married a peasant girl, would have such amazing skills!
Not only does he have superb painting skills, he now also has a new method of growing potatoes, especially the latter one, which is a major event that benefits both the country and the people.
The emperor handed the memorial to Prime Minister Xu and asked them to take a good look at it.
At first, Prime Minister Xu thought something big had happened in Linzhou, but a smile instantly appeared on his face. "Is what the emperor wrote here true?"
Prime Minister Xu's hands were shaking as he held the memorial, and he was obviously very excited.
"Of course, this was sent here by Lord Shen at full speed today, and the experiment has been successful." The emperor's tone was full of pride.
It seems to be saying, look, my vision is correct, right?
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