In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 622 Like a Peerless Beauty

Upon realizing this, everyone instantly became excited.

"grown ups."

Huang Hao said excitedly, "If we can introduce the wheat seedlings from Chenjia Village, which yield 800 jin per mu, we will probably never have to worry about food shortages again."

“Excellent! My lord, please be sure to introduce the grain seeds from Chenjia Village.”

“Our county has been short of food for a long time. If we can introduce the high-yield wheat variety from Chenjia Village, we will no longer have to worry about food shortages, and the people will be able to eat their fill.”

"That's right! A wheat yield of 800 jin per mu can definitely alleviate the food shortage in Dingjun County."

"..."

Looking at the emotional group, Zhang Jun smiled with satisfaction. Huang Hao and the others had not disappointed him. At least they cared about the lives of the people in Dingjun County, unlike those officials who had been imprisoned by Zhang Jun and were just sitting idly by.

“Grain varieties will naturally need to be introduced.”

Zhang Jun said, "However, after we made the request to introduce the grain seeds, Chen Xiaoyou from Chenjia Village did not sell us the grain seeds that yielded 800 jin per mu. Instead, he promised to give us a new type of wheat."

Zhang Jun walked to Luo Meng's side, grabbed a handful of ice wheat seeds, and saw that the wheat seeds were very different from ordinary wheat seeds. Ordinary wheat seeds have a yellow outer skin, while the wheat seeds in Zhang Jun's hand were transparent blue, and each grain was plump and larger than ordinary wheat seeds.

"This type of wheat is called ice wheat."

Zhang Jun held up the wheat seeds in his hand and explained to everyone, "According to young friend Chen, ice wheat can yield at least a thousand catties per mu, and if it is well cared for, it can even reach a yield of fifteen hundred catties per mu. Most importantly, it can grow in cold weather. Do you all know what this means?"

Huang Hao was slightly taken aback, then suddenly stood up: "Sir, are you saying that wheat can be planted in winter?"

Upon hearing this, everyone else's eyes widened as well.

Since the cold disaster struck, Qingzhou, which used to have two harvests a year, has now only had one harvest a year. The reason is that the cold weather makes it impossible for some of the existing cold-resistant crops to grow in winter.

The reduction from two harvests a year to one harvest a year means that Qingzhou's grain harvest has been reduced by half, which is one of the reasons why Qingzhou is now generally short of food.

This is also the reason why everyone is reacting so strongly at this moment.

Ice wheat can grow in winter, so does that mean... they can start planting ice wheat now and harvest it at the end of the year or in the spring?

"Not bad!"

Zhang Jun nodded, giving an affirmative answer: "This wheat is not afraid of the cold; it can thrive even in severe cold."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Hao and the others' breathing quickened instantly, their eyes greedily fixed on the wheat seeds in Zhang Jun's hand, as if they were looking at an unparalleled beauty.

"Excellent! With this wheat, Dingjun County will no longer have to worry about food shortages."

"It yields a thousand catties per mu, and it can even be planted in winter. This is simply divine food!"

"Such a divine seed is truly a gift from heaven to Dingjun County!"

"..."

To Huang Hao and the others present, the ice wheat in Zhang Jun's hand was indeed like a peerless beauty, no, even more precious than a peerless beauty.

With this grain variety, Dingjun County can still produce grain even in the cold winter, and the grain production is three to four times that of the past!

In this way, the entire Dingjun County will no longer have to worry about food shortages, and the people under their rule will no longer need to go hungry.

"Manager Luo."

After the initial excitement subsided, Huang Hao turned his gaze to Luo Meng, his eyes warm: "I wonder how much grain seed Manager Luo brought this time?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Meng thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know the exact quantity, but the prefect said that this batch of grain seeds can probably cover about 10% of the arable land in Dingjun County."

Chen Dao's energy is ultimately limited. Even if he tries his best, he won't be able to get many Ice Wheat seeds to advance, and the Ice Wheat seeds are needed to supply five counties in Taicang Prefecture...

Such a vast land requires far too many grain seeds, so Chen Dao simply cannot ensure that every county receives a sufficient supply of ice wheat seeds. He can only hand over all the ice wheat seeds he has upgraded to Zheng Qing, allowing Zheng Qing to distribute them as appropriate.

Zheng Qing's allocation plan was also very simple: to distribute all the grain seeds equally, that is, each county would receive one-fifth of the batch of grain seeds.

"Only one-tenth?"

Huang Hao was clearly not very satisfied, because with the help of the Zheng family, the powerful families in the county had been eliminated. The Dingjun County government controlled a considerable amount of land, about 30% of all the arable land in Dingjun County.

The amount of grain that Luo Meng brought was not even enough to fill all the farmland owned by the government, which obviously did not satisfy Huang Hao.

"Manager Luo."

Huang Hao looked at Luo Meng and said, "I wonder if the quantity of this grain seed could be increased?"

"No!"

To this, Luo Meng shook his head directly: "The number that Chenjia Village can provide is limited, and the prefect has already distributed it as fairly as possible."

"That's it!"

The look of disappointment on Huang Hao's face deepened.

But he quickly cheered up again: "Even a ten percent is not bad! At least it's better than having no harvest at all in previous winters!"

"Not bad!"

An official surnamed Zhang nodded in agreement, saying, "In previous years, we couldn't grow any crops in Dingjun County during the winter, which caused most of the people in the county to go hungry. Now that we have this frozen wheat, at least we can grow some grain, so that grain prices won't skyrocket."

"exactly."

Zhang Jun smiled and nodded: "Don't forget, everyone. The yield of one mu of ice wheat is more than a thousand jin. The yield of 10% of the cultivated land is enough to be equivalent to 30% or 40% of the cultivated land in previous years. With this output, plus the fact that the autumn harvest has just ended and the people have stored a lot of grain at home, the grain shortage in Ding'an County will definitely be alleviated."

"Lord Zhang is right."

Huang Hao said with a smile, "In previous years, grain prices would soar every winter, especially around the end of the year, and ordinary people simply couldn't afford the expensive grain. Now that we have this frozen wheat, the winter grain prices will definitely be brought down, so that the people in the county can afford to eat grain."

"Haha! Once we grow this ice wheat, those grain merchants who hoard and speculate on grain prices will probably lose their pants."

"That's right! These grain merchants don't care about the lives of the people in the county at all. They only know how to make money. Because of their price gouging, countless people starved to death a few years ago. I wish I could chop off their heads."

"Now that we have this frozen wheat, we no longer have to put up with those grain merchants' rudeness."

"Haha! The thought of those grain merchants about to lose everything makes me so happy!"

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