We travelled for another two days.
When passing by a meadow that day, Qi Yanxuan found that some leaves in the grass looked very familiar, and were obviously different from the surrounding weeds, but he couldn't see them clearly, so he simply used his supernatural powers to check and found that they were sweet potato vines.
I felt strange. Sweet potatoes were introduced from foreign countries, and there seemed to be no sweet potatoes at that time. How could there be such a large area of wild sweet potatoes here? But when I thought about this world in the book, everything was not surprising.
"parking!"
The two people on the shaft of the cart immediately pulled the reins when they heard Qi Yanxuan shout to stop. Although the others didn't understand why, they all stopped as well.
Seeing Qi Yanxuan walk out of the car, Shen Yanqing reached out and helped him out of the car.
"Ah Xuan, what's wrong?"
Qi Yanxuan thought it would be better to take them to see it instead of just saying that, and then he said:
"Uncle, Aqing, you will know soon."
"Village Chief! Bring a few people with you, grab hoes, and follow me!"
"Hey! Good!"
"Brunei, Wenxuan, Youqing, the three of you grab your hoes and follow me!"
Several people followed Qi Yanxuan and stopped on a wide grassland.
"See this vine? Dig down."
Everyone heard the words without asking any questions. They just picked up their hoes and started digging. Shen Yanshan and Shen Yanqing also took their hoes and dug together.
Soon, big, red sweet potatoes were dug out of the soil.
"Okay! Stop for a moment. This is the sweet potato we're going to dig up."
"Sweet potato? What's the use of this?"
The village chief had never seen sweet potatoes before, and thought that Qi Yanxuan wanted them for some use. The others were also waiting for Qi Yanxuan's answer.
Qi Yanxuan picked up a sweet potato, took out the short knife from his waist, peeled it, cut it into small pieces and distributed it to everyone.
"Well, this can be eaten as a staple food. There are many ways to eat it. If you don't have time to cook, you can eat it raw. It's also very filling. With sweet potatoes, we have another kind of food, and sweet potatoes can be stored for a long time without going bad."
A few people took the sweet potatoes and took a bite. As they chewed, the sweet smell filled their mouths.
"There are about ten acres of sweet potatoes here, and we can dig out about 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms."
When they heard the number, they were so shocked that they forgot to chew the sweet potatoes in their mouths. No one said a word for a long time.
"Yan Xuan! You said you could produce 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms? Did I hear correctly?"
The village chief's voice was trembling and cautious, as if he had misheard.
"You heard right, it's 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms. This kind of grain has a high yield."
Qi Yanxuan knew that in this era when the yield per mu was only a few hundred kilograms, it would be a bit shocking for people to know about such a high yield of grain.
Youqing didn't know what he was thinking about, and there was a hint of loneliness in his voice.
“It would be great if our village could have such high grain yields back then.”
Shen Yanshan knew that he was thinking about the days when he and his brothers had never had enough to eat since childhood. If there had been such high-yield food at that time, everyone would have been able to eat their fill and no one would have starved to death. He could only pat his shoulder to comfort him.
Youqing didn't want to affect others because of his emotions, so he smiled at everyone.
"I'm fine. I was a little emotional for a moment, but fortunately Yan Xuan has discovered it. Let's save some seeds so we can plant them when we settle down!"
“Yes, yes!”
Everyone was ecstatic upon hearing this, and at the thought of having high-yield crops and no longer having to go hungry, they were so excited that they were at a loss for words. No one doubted Qi Yanxuan's words. Along the way, Qi Yanxuan had saved everyone countless times, and everyone trusted him unconditionally.
The village chief couldn't hide his joy on his face, and his hands were shaking with excitement.
"Yan Xuan! You are truly the lucky star of our Kaoshan Village!"
"I just read a couple of extra books and happened to know about this crop. Let's get everyone to dig it up!"
Qi Yanxuan interrupted the village chief's sigh. He was really getting goosebumps from the look in his eyes that looked at him like a treasure. He thought, "Let's get someone to dig up the sweet potatoes as soon as possible!" Although he discovered this, he also had this thing in his space. After all, it was something from the mountains. It was considered lucky to come across it. Whoever dug it up would own it.
"good!"
The village chief's voice was filled with excitement as he looked towards Brunei.
"Brunei, go tell everyone to come dig sweet potatoes!"
"Hey! I'll go right away!"
Everyone was looking at the people over there curiously when they saw Brunei running over.
Before he could ask, Brunei said happily: "Yan Xuan has discovered new food and asked everyone to take hoes and dig!"
"Really! What food?"
"Don't ask any more questions, just go ahead and dig it up first."
After hearing this, everyone stopped asking questions and followed him with their hoes.
When the others saw the people from Kaoshan Village leaving with hoes, they followed them.
…
Seeing that everyone had come, Qi Yanxuan did not stop them. The food was originally from the mountains, and whoever dug it up could own it. However, in order to avoid a fight over the food, he had to say what needed to be said first.
"Before we start digging, let me make it clear that you are not allowed to fight over food. Everyone should dig their own food. If anyone doesn't follow the rules, then they can't dig!"
Qi Yanxuan was speaking primarily to the others. The people of Kaoshan Village had all gotten to know each other, and the village chief had managed things well, and they got along well. The others, however, hadn't been around much longer, and while they'd usually help out in times of danger, they couldn't guarantee anything would go wrong when it came to food distribution.
"knew!"
Everyone answered in unison.
Qi Yanxuan: "Then start digging! Be careful not to break the pieces. Broken pieces are difficult to store and will spoil easily."
After Qi Yanxuan finished speaking, everyone dispersed and started digging.
Everyone was working very hard. The adults were digging in front, and the children were shaking off the dirt on the sweet potatoes and putting them into the frame. There were two families who came together while digging, but they didn't quarrel. They just divided the sweet potatoes equally and then dispersed.
Shen Yanshan was the most relaxed. He pretended to hold a hoe in his hand, but in fact he activated his supernatural power, controlling the soil to become loose and pushing the sweet potatoes out of the ground.
Shen Yanqing followed behind him and picked up sweet potatoes silently. Although Ah Xuan had a lot of food, it would be good to collect more and save them for seeds. When they settled down, their family could also grow this kind of food.
The two of them had the same idea and worked very hard.
Qi Yanxuan didn't argue with them and leaned against a tree to rest. If he used his special powers, he could have taken over this area in an instant, and others wouldn't have to dig.
He was lying on a tree branch watching everyone busy at work when a couple caught his attention.
I saw Xu Wenliang waving the hoe awkwardly in front, and his wife was picking up the trash behind him with the child on her back. Her speed was obviously much slower than that of the others!
It's no wonder. Seeing that Xu Wenliang could take out several hundred taels of silver at once, it seems that his family was originally well-off, and he might not have done farm work.
This guy is pretty good! He has good character and a good heart, and is humble and polite. He doesn't have the arrogance and pedantry of some scholars. It seems that choosing to help them was the right decision. After they settle down, they can stay. Scholars are always useful.
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