When the prefect returned to the county, the autumn harvest had already begun everywhere. He hurried to the Wang family with the emperor's edict.
After hearing the news, the county magistrate immediately brought people to Wang Jinhe's house and said, "Xiaohe, please call your family back and prepare incense to receive the decree."
Wang Jinhe was stunned by the news and stared at the county magistrate blankly: "My Lord, has the prefect returned?"
"Yes, and I came to tell you on the way here so that you can be prepared or you will be beheaded if you are negligent." The county magistrate was not exaggerating, this could really happen.
Wang Jinhe didn't believe the county magistrate's words at all. She had heard from Su Yu that the emperor was a good person and a wise ruler. How could he kill people at will? The county magistrate was too timid.
"I haven't done anything wrong. The emperor certainly won't do that. County magistrate, you are just trying to scare me here." Wang Jinhe said unhappily.
The county magistrate choked and was about to say something when he heard Wang Jinhe speak again: "Don't think I don't know what kind of person the emperor is. Su Yu said that the emperor is very good, a good emperor."
The county magistrate was not only choked, he also felt like he was having a heart attack. He had forgotten that there was another person named Su Yu by Wang Jinhe's side.
"Okay, I'm not kidding you anymore. Now I'm serious. Hurry and get ready."
Old Master Wang and the others were a little frightened. They didn't expect that the emperor would actually value this thresher. This was really great.
Wang Jinhe had no choice but to hurry up and prepare.
After we were ready, people arrived soon.
"Wang Jinhe received the order."
"Her Majesty Wang Jinhe, please accept the order." Wang Jinhe knelt down to accept the order with tears in his eyes.
Wang Dagui and the others knelt down quickly, even Xiaobao and Zhang Zhilin knelt obediently.
Wang Jinhe didn't hear a word of what was said first. She only heard that she would be rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold and 100 acres of land.
After receiving the imperial edict and thanking the emperor, Wang Jinhe took it and read it. After confirming that there was really a hundred acres of land, Wang Jinhe said happily: "The emperor is so kind that he actually gave me a hundred acres of land."
Wang Dagui and his friends were also stunned by this sudden wealth.
They had bought a lot of land before, and now the emperor has rewarded them with another 100 acres. In the future, they will have more and more land.
"Yes, the emperor asked me to tell you a message. If you can really grow high-yield rice next year, he will reward you with five acres of land for every 100 kilograms of rice." The prefect looked at Wang Jinhe and dropped another bombshell news.
Wang Jinhe's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Really? Can I save this land and ask for the land together when the high-yield crops I plant reach the highest amount in the future?"
"Of course you can. The emperor has given me full authority to handle this matter. You can ask for it anytime you want."
"Su Yu, I feel like I'm going to get rich." Wang Jinhe said excitedly.
"Hmm? The yield of one hundred kilograms only comes from five acres of land. How much can you get? Is this how you get rich?"
"The maximum yield of rice you grow now is about 500 kilograms, and that's from the best paddy fields. Am I right?" Wang Jinhe asked the prefect.
Although the prefect didn't know what Wang Jinhe wanted to do, he nodded gently: "That's indeed correct."
"Next year I will be able to increase production by about 300 kilograms. In the best case, it can be about 2,000 kilograms higher than now. However, it will take me two to three years." Wang Jinhe said very confidently.
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No one believed Wang Jinhe's words and thought she was exaggerating.
Two thousand five hundred kilograms of grain per mu of land? If she could really grow it, she would have no chance of escaping the position of county lady.
"Xiao He, I can tell you directly, if your rice can really reach 2,500 catties per mu, let alone more, even if it is 1,500 catties per mu, you will not be able to escape the position of county lord." The prefect said bluntly.
If this can really be done, it will solve the problem of food and clothing for the people of the entire country, and at the same time reduce the pressure on the emperor's treasury.
"Prefect, just wait and see if I can do this. We can high-five each other as an oath." Wang Jinhe stretched out his hand and looked at the prefect and said, "If I lose, I will immediately send any good things my family grows to you, Prefect. I will take care of your vegetables and fruits all year round. If you lose, Prefect, you can reward me with ten acres of land, how about that?"
The prefect thought that he should be able to make the decision on this matter. He would tell the emperor about it when he returned. The emperor would then provide the land and he could eat the vegetables and fruits for free.
"No problem." The prefect raised his hand and high-fived Wang Jinhe.
Now everyone thought that what Wang Jinhe said was simply a fantasy. However, when Wang Jinhe's yield per mu reached nearly 1,000 kilograms next year, the prefect realized how naive he was.
"Mr. Prefect, if you have nothing to do, why not stay for dinner?" After finishing his business, Wang Jinhe looked at the prefect and the others and said with a smile.
"Okay, let's try your cooking. I've always heard that your fruits and vegetables are delicious. Let us see them today."
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Xiao Bao listened for a while and suddenly felt that both the Emperor and the prefect were very nice.
"Daddy, can we go to the melon field later?"
"Why?"
"Let's go pick watermelons for the county magistrate, the prefect, and the emperor. They are nice and I like them." It's very simple for Xiaobao to like someone, that is to give the other person something that he thinks is good.
The county magistrate and the prefect were somewhat flattered: "We have a share too?"
"Well, Grandpa is good to my mother and father, and I like you."
"Then we have to thank Xiaobao." The prefect said with a smile. He was so happy in his heart. How could this child be so well-behaved
"Okay, Daddy will take you to pick them, and then let Yuanbao send them back, okay?"
"Then we have to pick some for great-grandfather and uncle." Thinking of his great-grandfather and uncle who had already returned to the capital, Xiaobao said hurriedly.
"Let's go pick melons." Su Yu took the children to pick melons.
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In a short while, he picked sixty of them.
Seeing the huge watermelon, the county magistrate suddenly said, "Such a big watermelon doesn't count as bribery, does it?"
"Not counting. Who bribed you to send the melons? There are twenty of the emperor and the empress dowager among them. Did we bribe the emperor as well?" Su Yu said unhappily. What on earth was the county magistrate thinking that he could even bring up the issue of bribery
Wang Jinhe was amused and couldn't stop laughing. This county magistrate was so funny that he could actually say such words.
The prefect gave the county magistrate a cold look, saying what an idiot.
After eating and drinking, the county magistrate and the prefect left with the big watermelon. On the way back, the prefect looked at the county magistrate and said, "Please take good care of the Wang family in the future. This family will be very powerful in the future."