After being struck by lightning and being in the world of women

After Zhong Ruhuang left the house, she took a stroll around the government office. Since there was nothing that required her to deal with, she left the city again.

She did not go to the military camp, but went directly to the foot of the Baiyun Mountains.

At the foot of the mountain, where she found the sweet potatoes yesterday, there were many military wives working, digging sweet potatoes.

The leader of the team was Bai Songji, Bai Songying's second sister.

She saw Zhong Ruhuang coming and came to greet her from afar.

"Your Highness, you are here."

Zhong Ruhuang dismounted and handed the reins to Fan Yu who followed.

She nodded and looked at the large field of sweet potato seedlings.

“How’s the sweet potato digging going?”

Bai Songji said, "Your Highness, the sweet potatoes here are very big. One sweet potato seedling can produce 17, 18, or 19 kilograms of sweet potatoes. There are eight or nine acres of land here. If we are quick, we can dig it all up in two days."

Zhong Ruhuang nodded and said, "Tell the soldiers to dig gently and not to damage the sweet potatoes."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Bai Songji hurried down to pass on the order.

These sweet potatoes must be dug up as soon as possible before the Pingning Dynasty and the Shengyun Dynasty launch an attack on Chaotian Pass.

With eight or nine acres of land, Zhong Ruhuang could harvest a maximum of 100,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and at least 80,000 or 90,000 kilograms.

If we plant it next year, Chaotian Pass will be able to achieve food freedom within two years and will no longer need food subsidies from the imperial court.

After a while, the prefect Mu Haoxue, who received the news, also arrived.

"See Your Highness."

Chaotian Pass has to support an army of more than 200,000, so food has always been in short supply, and when necessary, the army will purchase food from the people.

"Prefect Mu is here."

Mu Haoxue looked at the grain that was dug out and transported away in trucks with a look of excitement in her eyes.

"Your Highness, is the yield of this food called sweet potato really that high?"

"Whether it's more or less, we'll know after we plant it next year."

Zhong Ruhuang knew that the people might not be able to accept the new grain all at once and was afraid that the harvest would be poor, so she planned to plant it in the military fields next year. After the harvest, the people would know the result.

Mu Haoxue said a few words to Zhong Ruhuang, then ran over to dig sweet potatoes herself, while calculating the yield of these sweet potatoes.

Zhong Ruhuang has already explained how to store sweet potatoes, so she has nothing to do here.

So Zhong Ruhuang stood there for a while and then rode back on horseback.

When entering the city gate, a carriage was also entering the city.

As the carriage passed, a breeze blew, and the gauze curtains on the windows were blown up.

Zhong Ruhuang turned her head and saw the handsome man who looked like an immortal in the car window.

She was dressed in white, with picturesque eyebrows and features, a fairy-like temperament, skin as white as jade that seemed slightly transparent, a pair of clear eyes like water, and slightly red thin lips, as if asking for tasting.

Zhong Ruhuang couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise in her eyes.

You know, there are so many handsome men in the palace, and there are countless stunning men. A handsome man who can make her feel amazing must be extremely extraordinary.

She admitted that when she saw the man, she had a strong urge to sleep with him.

It's amazing. I want him and want to have daughters with him. It would be best if I had eight or nine.

After passing the carriage, Zhong Ruhuang couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and she had the urge to rob a man in the street.

But she held back.

She rubbed her fingers together and motioned Fan Yu to listen over.

Fan Yu came over on horseback, listening attentively.

Zhong Ruhuang whispered a few words in her ear.

Upon hearing this, Fan Yu nodded seriously, turned his horse around and followed the carriage that was also entering the city.

Seeing Fan Yu following her, Zhong Ruhuang turned around and went to the yamen.

With that glance just now, Zhong Ruhuang’s soul was almost taken away.

But if she was not mistaken, the banished immortal-like man seemed to be married, because all his hair was tied up and hung behind his head.

Are you married already?

But she still couldn't help wondering whose husband he was.

If it is someone who has no power, Zhong Ruhuang doesn't mind using conspiracy and trickery to get him.

Maybe if she gets it, she won't want it so much.

Zhong Ruhuang returned to the yamen a little restlessly, picked up a file and started reading it.

This file records the population of Chaotian Pass.

Excluding the women soldiers in the military camp, there were more than 1.6 million civilians in Chaotian Pass.

There are more than 300,000 elderly people, most of whom are men.

There are more than 400,000 young and middle-aged women.

There are still more than 200,000 children, including newborns.

The remaining 600,000 are all widows of various kinds. Some of them became widows because their wives died after they got married, and some of them became widows because their wives died before they even got married.

Zhong Ruhuang's mind was originally full of thoughts about the banished immortal man, but when she saw this data, she took a breath.

The entire Chaotian Pass, including the military wives, has a population of only over 1.8 million, but one-third of the population are widowed men. Isn't this a waste of resources?

For men in their teens and twenties, it is the best time to have daughters and raise children, but they just become widows?

Excluding the older widowed men, there are also more than 500,000 young men.

Snapped.

Zhong Ruhuang couldn't help but throw the file in her hand to the ground, cursing, "What a waste of manpower!"

Even if half of the more than 500,000 young men give birth to girls, that would increase the number of newborns by more than 200,000, who would be able to join the army and serve their country in more than a decade.

If Chaotian Pass is the only one like this, the entire Qinglan Dynasty must be in the same situation. How much population would be wasted and how much population would be reduced?

The more Zhong Ruhuang thought about it, the angrier she became. It was such a waste of resources.

At this moment, she had forgotten all about the banished immortal handsome man and had already started thinking about how to change the atmosphere in Chaotian Pass.

The issue of a widow marrying again must be put on the agenda.

Not long after she finished scolding, Fan Yu came back.

When she saw that her master was angry, she thought she was just getting impatient.

As she picked up the files on the ground, she approached Zhong Ruhuang and whispered, "Master, I found out."

Did you find out?

What did you find out?

Zhong Ruhuang was stunned for a moment before she remembered what she had asked Fan Yu to do before.

"Talk about it."

The issue of a widower marrying again is not something that can be resolved now.

"Master, the widow in the carriage is called Mo Ruxian. She is the second daughter-in-law of Magistrate Mu. His wife died of illness on their wedding night. He married her for the sake of happiness and has been a widow for a year."

Governor Mu has two daughters in total. The eldest daughter is born to her legitimate husband and has married and had a daughter. The second daughter is born to his beloved cousin Bai Yueguang, but unfortunately he died of hemorrhage after giving birth to his daughter. The daughter was not in good health and was always sick. After much difficulty in raising her, she became seriously ill and married to bring good luck, and died on her wedding night.

Magistrate Mu was a kind-hearted man. He knew that his daughter died because of her poor health and could not bear the blessing of a happy marriage. In addition, Mo Ruxian was an orphan she picked up and did not even have a mother's family, so he was left to be a widow and raised.

After all, the Mu family doesn't lack food from him.

I have to say that Fan Yu is really a caring and personal eunuch, and he knows all the information about Mo Ruxian.

When Zhong Ruhuang heard that Mo Ruxian was really married and a widow, she felt a little disgusted.

This is a second-hand item.

But when she thought about how good-looking this second-hand guy was, Zhong Ruhuang was not unable to accept him, she just looked down on him a little in her heart.

(Friendly reminder: Mo Ruxian is innocent.)