The system favors me so much, I get eight meals a day while escaping from famine

Jiang Qingyi didn't care about all that. There was nothing interesting about digging potatoes. She planned to go back and prepare lunch first. She couldn't bear to see Old Lady Jiang busy cooking a large table of dishes.

The people digging potatoes became more and more excited the more they dug, because the yield was so high that it overturned everyone's cognition. They all urgently wanted to know whether the yield per acre could really reach 3,000 kilograms.

The tenants on the farm were watching the fun from afar. They had not expected that Miss Jiang could dig out so many things from under the seedlings.

At noon, Jiang Qingyi called Jiang Wenbin, the Minister of Revenue and the Grand Minister of Agriculture to have lunch at her home. As for the others, Jiang Qingyi only asked them to prepare large white steamed buns and pickles, and the ingredients were all provided by her.

At the dinner table, Sima Yan and Zhu Hongzhuo praised Jiang Qingyi's cooking skills highly. They ate several big steamed buns with the dishes. In the end, they even felt a little embarrassed.

In the afternoon, all the potatoes planted in Jiang Qingyi's field were dug out. The Minister of Agriculture asked people to weigh them and calculate the average. The final yield per mu was as high as 3,250 kilograms.

Chu Hongzhuo knew that this farm belonged to Jiang Qingyi, and he also knew that it was she who asked him to plant these potatoes. After spending most of the day together, he did not treat Jiang Qingyi as a little girl.

In order to complete the task ordered by the emperor, he found Jiang Qingyi and said, "Jiang girl, do you know what growing these high-yield potatoes means to Dayue?"

Jiang Qingyi nodded, "Master Zhu, there is no need to explain so much. I asked my uncle to tell others about the potatoes, and I have already prepared myself mentally."

"Then I won't waste my time talking to you. I want to take away 90% of the potatoes dug out of this field. As for the price, how about 30 cents per pound?"

"Master Zhu, do you know how to plant potatoes? Do you know when to plant and when to dig? If the potatoes are infested with insects, do you know how to prevent and control them?" Jiang Qingyi asked three questions in a row.

Zhu Hongzhuo felt that his daughter Mianqin was not a little girl but an old fox who had been in the officialdom for a long time. All the questions he asked hit the point he was concerned about. He could only follow Jiang Qingyi's meaning and ask, "Then girl, what's the price?"

Jiang Qingyi stretched out a hand and shook it, "Fifty cents, and I'll teach you how to grow it later, how about that?"

Zhu Hongzhuo frowned slightly, "I can't decide the price. How about I discuss it with Lord Sima and then give you an answer?"

"My Lords, please feel free to do as you please."

Zhu Hongzhuo went to find Sima Yan.

While the two were talking, Jiang Qingyi could feel their frequent glances at her.

I don’t know how they negotiated in the end, but they bought it at the price of fifty cents per pound.

As for how they were going to bring these potatoes back to the city, that was not Jiang Qingyi's business.

However, the Minister of Agriculture acted quickly. He directly found many horse-drawn carriages and had people weigh the potatoes, load them onto the carriages and take them away.

Jiang Qingyi sold 14,600 kilograms of potatoes and earned 730 taels of silver notes.

Jiang Wenbin was busy afterwards, so he did not stay at the farm, but followed the Minister of Revenue and his entourage back to the city.

During dinner, Old Lady Jiang still found it a little unbelievable. "Xiaowu, how can these potatoes, which were not taken care of at all, be sold for so much money? That's more than 700 taels. I can't even imagine it in my lifetime."

Jiang Qingyi pulled out two silver notes of 100 taels from her bosom and placed them on the table. "Grandpa and grandma, these are for you, one for each of you."

Before Old Lady Jiang could refuse, Jiang Qingyi said, "We grew this together, so it's only right that I give you some. I have even more here."

Old Mrs. Jiang knew that Jiang Qingyi was not short of money, but the old couple also had more than two hundred taels of spare money. Jiang Qingyi took care of all their food, clothing, housing and transportation, so they had no place to spend their money.

In the end, the old couple refused to accept anything, and Jiang Qingyi did not force her. She planned to take some time to go to the city to exchange the silver notes for silver ingots and put them in the space, so that she would feel more at ease.

On the other hand, several ministers of the Ministry of Revenue went to meet the emperor again. They accurately reported things related to potatoes. Potatoes are high-yield, can be used as rice or as a vegetable, have no side effects, have a short planting cycle, and are particularly easy to manage.

The emperor said "good luck" several times, "This is really God's blessing on me. By the way, who found this potato?"

Jiang Wenbin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it was my niece. She accidentally discovered this potato and thought of planting some. After it matured, she discovered that it had a high yield and came to me overnight."

The emperor seemed to have some impression of Jiang Qingyi. He asked in confusion, "Your niece is a little girl, not very old?"

Jiang Wenbin didn't know why the emperor asked about Xiaowu, but he still answered honestly, "Indeed, my niece's name is Jiang Qingyi, and she is nine years old this year."

The emperor still remembered that Jiang Qingyi came to the palace to treat the empress dowager at a young age. If it weren't for her, the empress dowager would probably be...

The girl said she was short of money and that she deserved to be rewarded for her great contribution in discovering the potatoes.

"Niece Jiang Qing has made great contributions. I have decided to reward her."

Jiang Wenbin bowed deeply, "I would like to thank the emperor on behalf of my niece."

The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Agriculture standing nearby were somewhat envious of Jiang Wenbin. It had only been a short time since he had achieved such a great achievement in front of the Emperor. Although it was his niece who discovered the potatoes, the credit would also be credited to him. Jiang Wenbin would have a bright future in the future!

Two days later, Eunuch Wang brought people to the farm to find Jiang Qingyi.

"The Emperor has decreed that Jiang Qingyi has made great contributions in discovering potatoes, and she will be rewarded with a three-story house, a thousand taels of gold, and ten thousand taels of silver..."

Jiang Qingyi couldn't help feeling happy as she listened to Eunuch Wang reading that long list of things, but she didn't show it on her face. She only thanked him after he finished reading.

Eunuch Wang added, "The emperor is considerate and specifically told Miss Jiang not to come to the palace to express her gratitude."

After Eunuch Wang left, Jiang Qingyi looked at the dozen large boxes of things placed in the yard, including the title deed and land deeds of the house, gold and silver, various precious and magnificent jewelry, as well as porcelain ornaments, fine wine and cakes, and exquisite cloth.

She was dazzled by what she saw. It was indeed a reward from the royal family, and there were too many of them.

Old Lady Jiang stood aside and trembled as she asked, "Xiao Wu, why did the emperor give so many rewards again?"

"Grandma, potatoes are good things. If they are planted in Dayuedu, ordinary people will not go hungry. Isn't this a great achievement?"

Hearing this, Old Lady Jiang nodded vigorously. Fearing that these things might attract people's attention, she urged, "Xiao Wu, quickly put these things away."

Jiang Qingyi felt that it was not a good idea to leave these things in the yard, so she waved her hand and put them all into the space.

Although the reward was quite a lot, she didn't plan to do this a second time. Handing over a potato could solve the problem of food and clothing for most people, and she didn't need to worry about other things.