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

Chapter 912 Hot Eyes

The joyful laughter of farmers from Yongliang County echoed across the vast fields.

Harvesting wheat is tiring, but the slight fatigue cannot dispel the joy in their hearts, especially after seeing the mountains of wheat piled up by the fields. Many old farmers' faces, etched with furrows, beam with smiles.

As farmers, they are never afraid of hardship or fatigue. What they fear is that after suffering and toiling, they will not receive the rewards they deserve, or even struggle to fill their own stomachs.

And now...

Their hard work was rewarded beyond expectations, and they were naturally very happy.

From then on, they would no longer need to suffer from hunger, and their loved ones would no longer die of starvation.

"Thank goodness! With this precious wheat, we can finally have enough to eat!"

"King Yang really didn't lie to us. He drove away the imperial court and the landlords, and we can really live a good life!"

"Thank you, Heavenly King Yang, for driving away the imperial court! And thank you, Chenjia Village, for delivering such a high-yield wheat!"

"Thank you, King Yang! Thank you, Mr. Chen!"

"..."

Amidst the gratitude of the people of Yongliang County, the autumn harvest is progressing at an ever-accelerating pace.

Half a month later, the autumn harvest in Liangzhou gradually came to an end, and the results were undoubtedly very gratifying.

"Your Highness, good news! Great news!"

In Liangzhou Prefecture, inside Yang Zheng's Liang King's Mansion, Wei Zijie rushed in and said to Yang Zheng, who was handling official business, with a delighted expression, "Your Highness, this autumn harvest has been a great success!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Zheng, who had been waiting for the autumn harvest results, suddenly stood up and asked urgently, "How are the autumn harvest results?"

"Greetings, Prince Liang."

Although he was very excited, Wei Zijie first bowed to Yang Zheng before excitedly saying, "Your Highness, the grain harvest this autumn is twice as much as last year!"

"double?!"

A look of wild joy flashed across Yang Zheng's face. Doubling the yield meant that this autumn's grain harvest was three times that of last year. Three times the grain was more than enough to feed the people of Liangzhou.

"Exactly!"

Wei Zijie nodded emphatically, beaming with joy, "The reason why we were able to increase production so much is largely due to the Fugui wheat grown in Liangshan County! The grain yield per mu in other places is about the same as last year, but in Liangshan County, thanks to the Fugui wheat, the yield per mu is very impressive, with an average grain yield of 1775 jin per mu!"

"Good good!"

Yang Zheng burst into laughter. The rich wheat provided by Chenjia Village did not disappoint him. The grain output of Liangshan County alone exceeded the total output of the other two counties!

"Your Majesty, I have already done the statistics, and the grain tax collected this autumn is enough to feed Your Majesty's million-strong army!"

Wei Zijie continued, "In addition, there will be a portion left over to support Mingzhou and Youzhou, however..."

Wei Zijie then changed the subject: "The amount of grain that can be used to support Youzhou and Mingzhou is probably not much!"

Liangzhou itself was already short of food. Although it has now had a bumper harvest, it can only make up for the previous food shortage. In addition, there is a million-strong army to feed. It is already the limit that it can provide a small amount of food to support Youzhou and Mingzhou.

"I am well aware of this matter."

Yang Zheng, who had expected this, nodded, but couldn't help but say with some regret, "It's a pity that we planted too little of the 'Rich Wheat' this time. If we could plant it on all the farmland in Liangzhou, the output of Liangzhou alone would probably be enough to meet the food needs of the four prefectures."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zijie nodded in agreement. The yield of Fugui wheat was 1800 jin per mu, which was more than seven times the yield of ordinary wheat. If Fugui wheat could be planted on all the arable land in Liangzhou, it would not be a pipe dream to feed the population of four prefectures with the output of Liangzhou alone.

Unfortunately, the variety of Fugui wheat was very limited before, and it was not even possible to plant it all over the farmland of Liangshan County, let alone throughout the entire Liangzhou.

but……

Wei Zijie suddenly smiled and said, "Your Majesty need not worry. After this autumn harvest, the seeds of the Rich Wheat will no longer be scarce. Next year, the Rich Wheat will be able to flourish everywhere under Your Majesty's rule, so that Your Majesty will no longer have to worry about food."

"Not bad!"

Yang Zheng nodded emphatically. The scarcity of Fugui wheat seeds was only temporary. After this autumn harvest, Fugui wheat seeds would no longer be scarce, and next spring, Fugui wheat could be planted throughout all four states. At that time…

Whether in government granaries or ordinary people's homes, grain would probably be piled up like mountains!

With enough food, a larger army could be fed; with a larger army, Yang Zheng could end this chaotic era sooner and establish a new dynasty…

Just thinking about this wonderful future makes Yang Zheng tremble all over!

"Zijie".

Once he came to his senses, Yang Zheng solemnly instructed Wei Zijie: "I order you to do everything in your power to ensure the safe transport of grain and to make sure that no large quantities of precious wheat flow to the outside world."

In times of chaos, food is undoubtedly the most precious strategic resource, and high-yield grains like wheat are coveted by all sides.

Nowadays, the Rich Wheat is no secret to the various forces in Kyushu. Spies from all sides are doing their best to seize the Rich Wheat seeds. There have been many cases of Rich Wheat being lost in Liangzhou before.

Yang Zheng could accept the loss of a small amount of premium wheat. After all, this was not the Earth of his previous life, where cameras were everywhere, and it was impossible to monitor every corner closely. Therefore, it was unavoidable that a small number of premium wheat seeds would leave his territory.

However, Yang Zheng absolutely could not accept the large-scale outflow of the Rich Wheat Seeds, because these lost Rich Wheat Seeds would eventually fall into the hands of the White Lotus Sect and the court that was hiding in the capital and barely surviving. These forces were undoubtedly Yang Zheng's enemies.

Giving them a large quantity of rich wheat seeds will undoubtedly strengthen their rivals, making it even more difficult for Yang Zheng to unify the world.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty."

Wei Zijie cupped his hands and said, "Your humble servant has already arranged for the army to escort the transport of the precious wheat. There may be a small amount of precious wheat seeds obtained by spies from various forces, but they have no chance of obtaining a large quantity of precious wheat seeds."

"That's good!"

Yang Zheng was instantly relieved. As long as the Fugui wheat seeds did not leak out in large quantities, the problem would not be too big.

Because crops take time to grow, forces like the White Lotus Sect, which only have a small amount of Rich Wheat seeds, would need at least one to two years to cultivate enough seeds to grow Rich Wheat on a large scale.