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Chapter 28 Sweet Potatoes are a Treasure

Seeing that his mother had not told him, Gu Cheng immediately came over and said, "Mom, this is a great achievement. If this kind of food is promoted, the people will not have to suffer from hunger."

"Hehe, that's not your great achievement." Mrs. Gu rolled her eyes at him.

"These were given to me by A-Li. Oh, that's Madam Yuan from next door. Her name is Shu-Li."

"These are what she found when she was fleeing famine. Her family has planted them all. These are the seedlings that sprouted again."

"According to what she told me, the sweet potatoes on the Yuan family farm should be ready for harvest soon. We should ask her to sell more to us then."

Gu Cheng quickly grabbed his mother and asked, "Mom, where is their farm?"

After asking, I remembered that I seemed to have seen it before, but I didn’t take it seriously at that time.

I just thought it was growing well and was worth planting, but I didn't care because I didn't know the yield.

Now it seems that I was short-sighted.

"Chengjiao, what's going on? Are you trying to steal the credit that belongs to someone else?" Mrs. Gu looked at him warily.

Gu Cheng was completely confused, "Mom, is your son that kind of person?"

"I'm going to go take a look. If the yield of these sweet potatoes is high, we can buy more for seeds and expand the planting area next year."

"Mom, do you know how many times sweet potatoes can be grown in a year?"

Madam Gu shook her head, "Ah Li said that we can plant it now, but planting it later may affect the yield."

"According to what she said, we should be able to grow at least two crops a year."

"She started planting in April, and now it's almost July."

After hearing this, Gu Cheng jumped up and ran out.

"Hey, you just came back. Where are you going now?" Mrs. Gu asked hurriedly when she saw this.

"I'll go find Chengyuan. This is a big deal. Let me discuss it with him." Gu Chen's voice came from afar.

Madam Gu secretly sighed and thought, if her son can't get married, maybe he is led astray by Cheng Yuan?

Gu Cheng ran all the way to the farm, found Manager Li, discussed with him, and then pulled out a sweet potato.

Seeing the four or five sweet potatoes hanging down from the sweet potato seedling, his eyes widened in shock, "Quick, weigh them and see how heavy they are."

Manager Li was also excited and immediately asked someone to weigh it.

Seven or eight ounces!

Gu Cheng and Manager Li were both stunned. It was not yet harvest time and the sweet potatoes still had room to grow. In another half a month, wouldn’t they grow to ten kilograms?

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"Manager, I want to buy this sweet potato. How much is it?" Gu Chen just wanted to take the sweet potato to Hui Chengyuan and tell him this great news.

Manager Li thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how much this should be sold for. The boss said that we have to wait until she comes back to collect the sweet potatoes."

"Everyone knows that you are the eldest son of the Gu family. You won't be short of this little money from me. You can take it first. When the boss comes back, I will ask her and then tell you. Is that ok?"

Gu Cheng glanced at him and nodded, "Okay, I'll take you away first. Thank you."

After leaving the manor, Gu Cheng changed horses and headed directly for Gangfeng County, because the construction of the river channel started from there. After a month, he just happened to be out of Gangfeng County.

Hui Chengyuan frowned when he saw him and asked, "Why are you here suddenly? Did something happen to her?"

Gu Cheng shook his head, sat down opposite him and said, "No, let me show you something."

After saying this, he waved his hand, and immediately someone brought in a basket.

Hui Chengyuan looked at the red cloth on the basket and couldn't help but look at him.

Gu Cheng lifted the red cloth and picked up the sweet potato. "Look at this."

Hui Chengyuan frowned as he looked at the thing growing under the green vine.

He had never seen this thing before. "What is this?"

"Sweet potatoes can be eaten raw, steamed or boiled, fried, dried or ground into flour. They can be used as a staple food." As soon as Gu Cheng said this, Hui Chengyuan immediately understood the extraordinary significance of this string of things.

Gu Cheng continued, "Even its leaves and vines are edible. It's really a treasure all over."

"Do you know how heavy this string is?"

"This bunch weighs 15.5 kilograms. It's already this heavy even before the harvest. After the harvest next month, it will weigh at least another 2 kilograms."

"It's just one bunch, just one bunch in a small corner of a hundred acres of land."

"The yield of sweet potatoes is higher than any other food currently available."

"If we calculate this from one hundred mu of land, the yield would be at least 10,000 jin."

Hui Chengyuan held the sweet potato in his hand and looked at it again and again, "You just said that this can be eaten raw?"

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded.

Hui Chengyuan picked one and peeled off the skin with a dagger, revealing the light yellow flesh inside.

After taking a bite and chewing it for a few times, I found that the sweet potato had a sweet taste.

If this can be planted on a large scale, Anguo will be saved.

Gu Cheng snatched the one from his hand and took a bite without hesitation. His eyes lit up and he said, "This is really a good thing. It has a high starch content and is very filling."

Hui Chengyuan looked at the bunch of sweet potatoes and asked, "Where did these sweet potatoes come from?"

Gu Cheng immediately said, "That Yuan...she found it when she was fleeing famine, and planted it on a farm under Yuan Man's name."

Hui Chengyuan's eyebrows moved slightly, "Do you know when they will harvest?"

Gu Cheng shook his head, "The manager said that we have to wait until their boss comes back before we can harvest."

"They have planted about 200 mu of sweet potatoes and 100 mu of potatoes, which are also new crops. The yield is expected to be similar."

"If they hadn't sent sweet potato seedlings to my mother today, I wouldn't have known about this."

"Send seedlings to your mother?" Hui Chengyuan looked at him.

Gu Cheng nodded, "I asked someone to check this. It was the Luo family and the Zheng family who first discovered that the Yuan family had planted fresh grains on their farm and asked her to buy them."

"But I don't know why she didn't sell it. My grandmother went to Yuanfu with my mother. I don't know what they said, but she promised to give my mother some sweet potato seedlings."

"I promised it half a month ago, but I just sent the seedlings today."

Hui Chengyuan took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands. "Go to Yuan's house tomorrow. If Yuan Man is not here, then go find that woman."

Thinking of the letter he received in the morning, he said, "Yuan Man is in Rongcheng now, you can also go directly to Rongcheng."

"It's also possible that he had already left when you arrived."

Gu Cheng put the sweet potatoes into the basket and nodded, "My mother told me her name is Shu Li."

Shu Li, Hui Chengyuan silently repeated this name in his heart.

Gu Cheng glanced at him and said, "Also, after investigating thoroughly, she should be the one who saved you."

"Because no one except her had been to Sanlipi that day."

Hui Chengyuan paused while wiping his hands, and after a while he said, "If you see her at Yuan's mansion, tell her if she is willing to be my concubine."

Gu Cheng looked at him, thought for a moment, and then said, "Given her relationship with Yuan Man, she may not be willing."

"Even if she is willing, Yuanman may not agree to her being a concubine."

With the current power of Jubao Tower, why should she be a concubine?

Unless she is greedy for power and knows his identity.

Hui Chengyuan lowered his eyes and said, "Just take my words home."

"Also, help me keep an eye on some disaster relief grains and see if they have been distributed."

"It's been so long, and Rongcheng still hasn't received the disaster relief food."

Gu Cheng nodded and agreed, "Okay, then I'll go to Rongcheng first. If I don't meet Yuanman, I'll go back to Mingzhou City."