Traveling through ancient times to survive

The people of Lingnan are tough and brave, but the people of Zhao Qing's village quickly integrated into the society with their abundant martial virtues.

As the saying goes, there is no acquaintance without fighting. After several exchanges with the local villages, one village successfully conquered the warlike locals.

Especially knowing that the villagers were all practicing the martial arts given by heaven and were much ahead of them, they became even more enthusiastic. Because of which village Zhao Qing's station was closer to, the villages almost fought each other.

In addition to the reason of feeling more secure, they also wanted to seek advice, so they enthusiastically helped rebuild Xinyuan Village, and the village chiefs also mobilized their connections to help them settle down.

Xinyuan Village was successfully built on a hilltop. As soon as the houses were built, the villagers immediately began to sow seeds. Because the weather in Lingnan is as warm as spring all year round, the villagers did not worry about the crops not growing.

In nearly a year, Zhao Lan has accumulated a large amount of magical seeds. In addition to potatoes and sweet potatoes, Zhao Lan also bought a lot of rice seeds. Zhao Lan doesn't want to eat sweet potatoes and potatoes every day.

Therefore, the villagers replaced all their new crops with magical seeds, most of which were sweet potatoes and potatoes, and a small part was rice.

At the same time, Zhao Qing decided to distribute the two high-yield seeds to several nearby villages with which he had good relations as testing points.

Once a few villages have tasted the sweetness, Zhao Qing will come to ask for seeds without saying anything, and then the seeds will gradually spread to the entire Lingnan through the local network of contacts, and then spread step by step to the whole world.

When everyone can eat the magical seeds, the gifted human race will definitely grow like mushrooms after rain. Zhao Qing will then spread the five books of the Five Elements Immortal Cultivation Method. In this way, Zhao Qing only needs to pay attention to the top beasts while the human race is still developing.

After making the decision, Zhao Chengchuan set off with the remaining finished grain. Zhao Chengchuan first visited the next hill, and then summoned the leaders of several nearby hills through the leader of the next hill.

"Dear brothers, I would like to thank you for your help. We were able to successfully settle in Xinyuan Village."

One village chief said generously: "Brother Zhao, we like your people and are willing to help you. We are happy because we have gained a good friend from the whole village. If it were someone else, we would not agree even if they offered us money to beg us."

Zhao Chengchuan was deeply moved: "Brother, you are so kind, we can't be stingy. Today, I brought you a treasure."

"What a treasure! Let everyone see it."

Zhao Chengchuan took out a potato and a sweet potato as if they were treasures. The village chiefs looked at each other in bewilderment at the two unfamiliar and unremarkable things. They had to give face to Brother Zhao since he valued them so much, but they didn't know where to start praising him, and the scene froze for a moment.

Zhao Chengchuan explained solemnly, "Brothers, don't be fooled by the fact that these two things don't look good. In fact, they are both edible food."

The village chiefs present pretended to have suddenly understood something, gave thumbs up and praised loudly.

"So that's how it is, new food, Brother Zhao is the Shennong of the world!"

"It has to be Brother Zhao. This food is delicious at first glance."

The village chiefs all started to praise him awkwardly, and Zhao Chengchuan felt so embarrassed that his scalp tingled, and he quickly started to explain.

"I haven't even mentioned the advantages of these grains. Not to mention that they are filling and delicious, this brown lump of earth is called potato, which can be used as a staple food and also used in cooking. The red-skinned ones at the back are called sweet potatoes, which are very sweet. These two grains are very easy to grow and grow well. These are not the most important advantages. The most important thing is that they have a high yield! Can you guys guess how much they yield per mu?"

Zhao Chengchuan kept the secret, and the village chiefs were already delighted when they heard about the previous advantages, and they became even more interested when they heard the rest.

Lingnan is like spring all year round, the land in the mountains is fertile, and the grain can reach an astonishing 500 kilograms if it is well managed, which is almost double that of the north of the dynasty. Seeing Zhao Chengchuan's confident look, the village chiefs tried to exaggerate.

"Oh? Then let me guess, their yield is 800 kilograms per mu?"

Zhao Chengchuan shook his head, and someone else spoke.

"You are so bold. It can't be that high. If the yield is that high, it won't be an immortal seed. I guess it's at most 600 kilograms."

"Six hundred kilograms is not a small amount. It is one hundred kilograms more than the grain we have locally. If we plant two crops a year, we can harvest two hundred kilograms more per mu. If we plant a few more mu, we can send our children to school."

"Indeed, although the government seems to be in a bad position now, being able to read and write is also good."

The village chiefs began to imagine the future, and all of them agreed on the fact that the yield per mu would be 600 kilograms.

"No, eight hundred kilograms is an underestimation." Zhao Chengchuan interrupted silently.

"What? Eight hundred kilograms is still less?" A village chief picked his ears, suspecting that he was hard of hearing.

"You heard me right. It's more than 800 kilograms. In our hometown of Qingzhou, which is in the southern part of the dynasty, the yield of potatoes per mu is 3,000 kilograms. The yield of sweet potatoes is even more amazing, reaching 4,000 kilograms."

The whole hall fell silent for a moment. The village chiefs looked at each other, still unable to believe it.

"Haha, I'm getting older and I'm starting to hear voices."

"You're hallucinating too? Me too. Sigh, I must have not gotten enough rest last night. I guess I won't be able to stay up late in the future."

Zhao Chengchuan was speechless: "..."

Zhao Chengchuan shouted, "Brothers, you heard me right. We have grown these two crops twice in our hometown. It is absolutely correct. Here, the yield will be even higher!"

With a thud, someone fell off a chair. The fallen village chief immediately got up and leaped in front of Zhao Chengchuan, grabbed his shoulders, and stared at Zhao Chengchuan.

"Are you serious? You're not lying?"

Zhao Chengchuan opened his eyes wide so that people could see his sincerity.

"Of course. Am I the kind of person who likes to joke? If you don't believe me, you can go to our village and ask around. If there is a lie, let me..."

Zhao Chengchuan was about to say something harsh and swear, but was interrupted by the village leaders who all said excitedly: "We believe it!"

Someone immediately and carefully picked up the two kinds of grains that he had initially disdained, and his expression and actions seemed as if he was holding some rare treasure.

For the people in this world, a grain yield of three to four thousand kilograms per mu can no longer be described as a rare treasure; it is a peerless divine object that one cannot even dream of.

Someone burst into tears: "With these two kinds of immortal food, no one will have to go hungry anymore!"

Someone's hands were shaking with excitement: "No one will starve to death here anymore!"

Although Lingnan had a high grain yield and could still grow two crops, the imperial court's tax revenue reached an astonishing rate of 10:4.

The locals had to give up almost half of their hard work for a year. Everyone had a bad temper and could not stand this grievance, so they simply planted one or two acres to please the court, and then mainly made a living by fishing at sea or hunting in the mountains.

Both of these are high-risk activities that do not necessarily have high returns. If you are not careful, your family may be ruined and everyone will just be able to make ends meet.

Now that we know that there is an immortal seed with such an astonishing yield that can fill our stomachs without having to risk our lives, how can we not be excited?