After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

"Miss Bai, can't we eat these potatoes if they sprout?"

Bai Qingyun told Magistrate Zhu the whole process of discovering the potatoes.

"Sir, the toxins contained in potato sprouts are very strong. Even strong oxen will be affected, let alone humans!"

"Miss Bai's records are very detailed, but I don't know if such high-yield crops can be successfully promoted throughout the county!"

A corrupt political power can hinder local development.

Qujiang County is an obvious example.

Among the six counties of Bingzhou Prefecture, Qujiang County ranked last in terms of tax revenue.

County Magistrate Zhu took over Qujiang County, which had both advantages and disadvantages for his career.

The advantage is that such county towns are generally special in the eyes of superiors, and the huge room for improvement gives officials the greatest room for maneuver.

Within the scope of his own capabilities, County Magistrate Zhu can develop Qujiang County according to his own blueprint. The people are eager to change the status quo and will support the policies of the local government as much as possible.

Driven by everyone's unity, as long as the general direction is correct, we can achieve good results.

The market management in Qujiang County is the best proof.

Led by the government and in cooperation with local wealthy people, the largest market in Qujiang County was created. Those markets gathered a large number of commodities, which not only provided employment opportunities for the people, but also attracted merchants from other places to come to Qujiang County for development.

In its first year, Qujiang County successfully doubled its tax revenue, but it was still ranked last among the six counties in Bingzhou.

If Qujiang County wants to achieve leapfrog development, its shortcomings will become apparent.

Grain can only be harvested once a year in autumn, and the county relies on the weather for its food. The similar climate in other parts of Bingzhou Prefecture does not provide any favorable advantages to Qujiang County.

Bai Qingyun understood County Magistrate Zhu's situation, and suddenly realized that potato planting in Dayang Village not only brought hope for the people of Dayang Village, but was also closely related to County Magistrate Zhu and the entire Qujiang County.

"Don't worry, sir. Potatoes are not picky about soil. And according to the planting experience of villagers in Dayang Village, sandy soil is the most suitable for planting potatoes. After their harvest, the yield of potatoes per mu varies from 300 to 500 kilograms."

In order to harvest before winter, Bai Qingyun planted potatoes much earlier.

Potatoes were planted almost on the day they were discovered, and by the next day, potato planting was completed for the entire village.

But it was shortly after the grain harvest. Although Bai Qingyun had discussed with Village Chief Yang in advance about turning the soil and making fertilizer, he was not sure at that time whether his space could supply every household in the village.

Even if each family could get some, there was no definite conclusion on how much they could grow. Therefore, although Village Chief Yang and the villagers did carry out the plan, the results were not up to standard.

Finally, in order to plant potatoes as soon as possible, we had to plant a little bit of each variety on each type of land.

This creates a clear contrast.

"Five hundred pounds? How could the difference be so huge?"

After listening to this, County Magistrate Zhu murmured something. Village Chief Yang, who was sitting at the upper seat, did not hear it, but Bai Qingyun, who was sitting at the lower seat, heard it clearly.

Yes, five hundred kilograms is equivalent to the harvest of an acre of land in a good year.

And the quality of these potatoes can be so different just because of the difference in soil.

Except for Bai Qingyun, everyone who knew about it was shocked.

To them, such numbers are unheard of.

"Village Chief Yang, where are the potatoes from the villagers' homes taken after they are harvested?"

After all, he was an official. He was shocked for only a moment, and then he became full of energy as if he had been injected with chicken blood. Perhaps he had already turned around.

"Sir, I have already asked them to take it home..."

Village Chief Yang was a little cautious when he said this, as this was a decision he made on his own.

In the past, some farmers grew winter vegetables in their own fields after the harvest, but the yields were not high and the government did not require them to pay taxes.

But the potato production this time is unprecedented. If the government forcibly imposes taxes, the people of Dayang Village will have no choice.

"Village Chief Yang, you did a great job!"

"Dayang Village has paid its taxes this year, and the potatoes are now owned by individuals."

Village Chief Yang, feeling reassured, then answered Magistrate Zhu's question.

"In fact, many families' granaries can't hold too much, so when their own granaries are full, they are stored in the village ancestral hall and registered."

Food was too precious in ordinary people's homes, so it was locked in a room or cellar. Rural houses were not big, and the rooms were also small. Bags of potatoes were piled in every corner of the room, and there was no room left.

You can't put it in the owner's room and squeeze your living space.

Therefore, the granary in the ancestral hall, which was never full all year round, became everyone's first choice.

"Take me to the granary of the ancestral hall!"

Seeing is believing. Having heard so many descriptions about Potato Mountain, County Magistrate Zhu couldn't wait to go and see what the Potato Mountain looked like with his own eyes.

The potatoes in the ancestral hall are not packed in bags like the potatoes at home, but are placed in piles to save space.

This also caused a great visual impact to everyone.

Bai Qingyun was still calm. After all, there were so many fertile fields in the space that he hadn't even counted them all, and he had seen mountains of grain even bigger than this one.

“It’s still too little!”

County Magistrate Zhu's eyes changed from shock at first, to joy, and then to regret.

"Sir, if we promote it throughout the county, it will not be enough. However, potatoes have a short maturity period and can be planted twice a year. If we distribute the potatoes to the village heads according to the plan, and then the village heads distribute them uniformly, and every household plants a small piece of land, the whole county will have enough potatoes next year."

You can't become fat by eating in one go.

Growing crops is a long process and cannot be rushed.

But because of the high yield of potatoes, as long as they are distributed reasonably, they can be promoted to the entire county, state, and even the country as quickly as possible.

"Each family should keep enough food and grain for itself, and the rest will be purchased by the county government."

Magistrate Zhu said to the legal advisor behind him.

"Go back and count how much money is left in the county's account!"

"Village Chief Yang, please count all the potatoes that can be purchased in the village today. The day after tomorrow, no, tomorrow I will send people to buy them. The purchase price... will be based on the current price of coarse flour!"

The current price of grain is five cents per pound of brown rice and eight cents per pound of coarse flour.

The price of potatoes will not be too high in the future, and high yield means that it will become very common in the future.

Scarcity makes things valuable, and this one won't be among them.

However, County Magistrate Zhu still took into consideration that Dayang Village was the first to discover potato cultivation, and potatoes were not particularly common at that time, so he raised the purchase price.

If it goes any higher, the county’s finances will not be able to support it.