Chapter 40 Auspicious! This is auspicious!
As time passed, the belly of Mu Zixuan's three daughters became bigger and bigger, and soon the day of delivery came.
Ever since the news came out from Beijun that King Bei was assassinated by Xueyuelou and then rescued by the mysterious master, Beijun suddenly became much more stable.
This made some forces realize that the mysterious master beside King Bei might always follow and protect King Bei.
Although King Bei is a waste, the mysterious master beside King Bei is not a vegetarian.
Because of Emperor Xia's warning, the Eighth Prince did not continue to send people to assassinate Lu Chen. He just asked Wang Qingci to continue to monitor Lu Chen in Beijun and tell him immediately if he found out that the North King had contact with the Chu family.
In the past few months, Lu Chen has not been busy dealing with Beijun's affairs. Beijun is still under the supervision of the county guard Li Rui.
However, Lu Chen asked people to measure the land of the palace, and then asked the people to open up wasteland and plant all 10,000 kilograms of breeding potatoes.
There are a lot of wastelands in Beijun, and not many people pay attention to the land surveying and wasteland reclamation by Beiwang Mansion.
These days, Lu Chen has been accompanying Mu Zixuan and the three of them at the palace. The three of them are about to give birth, so Lu Chen takes extra care of them, for fear that something will happen to them.
At this time, Lu Chen gently stroked Mu Zixuan's bulging belly, and then said with a smile: "My dear concubine, please leave the palace's property to Aunt Chu for the time being, and then you can wait for the birth with peace of mind. Now, don’t worry about those things for now.”
In the past few months, Mu Zixuan has expanded the soap industry and perfume industry hundreds of times. Now the entire Daxia Dynasty, whether high-ranking officials or ordinary people, are using the perfume and soap produced by their palace.
Although these two things are more profitable, because they are Beiwang's properties, and Mu Changtian is watching over Beiwang Mansion in the capital, no one dares to pursue these two industries yet.
What Lu Chen didn't expect the most was that Mu Zixuan seemed to be a very business-minded person. She also combined perfume and soap to create a product like soap.
Of course, this is not a simple combination, the soap has been modified and can be used for bathing.
The palace has these industries and can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every month. Mu Zixuan is also actively exploring business routes. She plans to sell these things to other countries.
Unfortunately, as her belly grew bigger day by day, her energy became worse and worse, and she felt sleepy every day. Now she was completely unable to take care of the palace's property.
After hearing what Lu Chen said, Mu Zixuan said, "Well, I have asked someone to transfer all the palace's accounts to Aunt Chu. Aunt Chu has been familiar with the palace's properties these days."
Although Chu Yuqin can't be considered a member of the North Palace now, everyone in the palace trusts her and knows that sooner or later she will be Lu Chen's woman.
Leaving the palace's property to her, people were not worried at all about what would happen.
At this moment, the maid Xiaorou entered the room and whispered: "Your Majesty, General Li is looking for you, saying that he has something important to do."
Hearing this, Lu Chen stroked Mu Zixuan's cheek, and then said: "My dear concubine, I have to go out beforehand, please lie down well."
Mu Zixuan smiled and said: "Well, Prince, go and do your work.
Lu Chen immediately stood up and walked towards the martial arts training ground.
After seeing Li Feng, before Li Feng could salute, Lu Chen asked: "General Li, what do you want from me?"
Li Feng quickly replied: "Your Majesty, good news, the soil you asked us to plant...soil..."
Having said this, Li Feng thought for a moment, and then immediately said: "Oh, yes, potatoes."
"Those potatoes are ready for harvest."
Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes lit up.
Potatoes are the most suitable crop to solve the food shortage in North County. This is also an agricultural product that Lu Chen values very much.
Lu Chen immediately said: "Let's go take a look."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen walked towards the gate of the palace.
Lu Chen now wants to know how much they can harvest from these potatoes grown in North County.
He was not an agricultural expert and could only plant according to the common people's planting methods in this world, so he felt very unsure.
Soon, Lu Chen came to a field where potatoes were grown in Beiwang Mansion.
At this time, there were already many soldiers and nearby people waiting here.
The people nearby are interested in the new crops grown by Beiwang. Although Beiwang Mansion has never told the people what they are growing, it can be seen from the fact that Beiwang Mansion sends soldiers to patrol every day. These crops grown by Beiwang Mansion It must be very important to Beiwangfu.
Seeing so many people nearby, Li Feng asked: "Your Majesty, do we want to drive all these people away?"
After all, potatoes are considered a secret of Beiwang Mansion. If too many people know about it, many people may covet the potatoes of Beiwang Mansion.
Lu Chen shook his head, and then said: "If we drive them away, how can we promote potato cultivation in North County in the future?"
He originally planned to let the people of Bei County plant potatoes. If he could not let the people see the yield of potatoes per acre, they would definitely not plant potatoes.
If the Beiwang Mansion forces the people to plant crops they have never seen before, this may arouse public outrage.
At this time, the people around saw that King Bei had come in person, so they started talking one after another.
"Look! Is that the prince?"
"It's him, I saw him when he came to Yancheng!"
"What are you growing in this land? Even King Bei came here in person!"
"It is said to be edible food."
"Really or not, this is the first time I've heard of food buried under the earth."
"Just wait and see, they are probably planning to dig. We will know when they dig later."
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Lu Chen ignored the comments of the people. He glanced at the crowd, and then said to the soldier holding the hoe: "First dig an acre of land and see how much the yield is."
Lu Chen gave an order, and the soldiers began to dig up the soil. Soon, some irregular oval potatoes appeared in front of people's eyes.
The people around were shocked when they saw so many potatoes under one plant.
"Are these really edible?"
"Oh my god, there are so many under one plant!"
"If everyone can eat it, won't there be no more famines in Bei County in the future?"
"But will King Bei distribute the seeds of this plant to us people?"
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Time passed by minute by second, and before long, all the potatoes in an acre of land were dug.
Seeing the potatoes piled up like a hill, both the soldiers in Beijun and the people around them stared straight at them.
After final weighing, one acre of potato yield was nearly 2,000 kilograms.
When Li Feng saw this number, he couldn't believe it. There were two thousand kilograms of potatoes in one acre of land!
In this era, there are not even 200 kilograms of wheat per acre...
Although he couldn't believe it, Li Feng couldn't help but not believe that all of this happened before his eyes.
Li Feng then came to Lu Chen and was about to report the weighing situation. Lu Chen said directly to Li Feng: "General Li, tell the common people loudly, what is the yield of potatoes per acre?"
Li Feng instantly understood what Lu Chen meant, so he said loudly: "Report to the prince, after our weighing, the yield of potatoes per acre is two thousand kilograms!"
Hearing this, the people around him instantly became excited.
"Oh my God! Two thousand kilograms!"
"If there is so much food, we will never be afraid of starving in the future!"
"Auspicious, this is auspicious!"
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