Chapter 597 Frustration
"For this matter, just tell the truth," Ye Jiu said.
In ancient times, grain yields were very low, so the promotion of sweet potatoes was actually quite good.
These sweet potatoes came from the Ancient Plane, where their yield was even higher than modern crops, and they were easy to grow successfully. Even sweet potato vines could feed pigs, achieving a situation where nothing was wasted.
Ye Changsheng nodded. With Ye Jiu’s words, he knew what to do next.
Seeing the two of them discussing so casually here, no one could imagine what kind of turmoil would arise in Dongyue when the matter of the sweet potatoes reached the court!
In an era where the yield of ordinary crops per acre was just two or three hundred catties and everyone was still hungry, there was something that could yield seven or eight thousand catties per acre, and this was a modest estimate. In fact, it could reach as much as ten thousand catties. The shock that would be caused by the spread of this news was immeasurable.
And for the County Magistrate of Shuangxi Town, what kind of opportunity was this—for promotion, for wealth!
Since the matter of the sweet potatoes had already caught the government office’s attention, it was no longer possible to do as she initially wanted, which was to turn the sweet potatoes into sweet potato flour.