Chapter 644

Seeing this, Ying Ying Zi Ye could not help but frown slightly.

"Your Highness, there are many sweet potatoes and potatoes in this market."

"Look at them, they look worried; it seems they are not selling well."

"Are there so many people who cannot finish eating them that they have to bring them out for trade?"

Wang Li did not understand much about this; he only knew that Great Qin would no longer have people starving to death.

"Go and ask."

The two walked toward an elderly merchant.

"Old man, why are you all selling sweet potatoes and potatoes?"

"Are you not keeping some seeds to continue planting?"

Wang Li asked directly; he also wanted to know.

The old farmer looked at the newcomers, who were wearing luxurious silk garments, clearly wealthy or noble.

Thus, he answered very politely: "The seeds have all been planted in the ground."

"When we harvest next time, there will be an even greater bumper harvest!"

"But these auspicious crops have astonishing yields; we truly cannot finish eating them, so we can only bring some out to sell."

"But now many people have this idea, so they are somewhat difficult to sell."

"Today, I, an old farmer, set up my stall early, and after selling for half the day, I have only sold half."

The old farmer gave a bitter smile.

In the past, when there was nothing to eat, people were so hungry they even had to eat tree bark.

Now there is so much they cannot finish eating, and when they try to sell it, no one wants it.

This extreme contrast was truly something to laugh and cry about.

"So that is how it is."

"This is completely understandable."

Upon hearing this, Wang Li was also somewhat speechless.

When there was nothing, people starved; when there was too much, it could not be finished or sold.

"Old man, you don't have much left."

"We will take it all."

Ying Ying Zi Ye looked at the pile of potatoes and sweet potatoes; he estimated there were about a hundred jin in total.

"Your... you are buying it all?"

"Can we finish eating that much?"

Wang Li almost let it slip; calling him 'Your Highness' here would not be good.

He was somewhat confused: why buy so much?

Could it be that he was moved by compassion?

"If I tell you to buy, then buy. I naturally have my use for it."

Ying Ying Zi Ye had his methods.

Otherwise, he would not have chosen to buy so much.

"The two customers, please wait a moment; I will pack this for you."

The old farmer was grinning from ear to ear.

After paying, Wang Li carried several dozen jin in one hand as if it were nothing and walked away.

"Your Highness, what should be done about this matter?"

"Why buy so many sweet potatoes and potatoes?"

"We cannot finish eating that much either."

After the two left the stall, Wang Li asked in a low voice.

Ying Ying Zi Ye's brow relaxed.

It was not that he had not thought about this before.

He just had not expected that after the first round of harvest, the quantity would be so significant.

"I naturally have a way; by then, I fear it won't be enough for you to eat."

"I almost overlooked this problem."

"I had given instructions before, but they have not been implemented yet."

"But fortunately, sweet potatoes and potatoes have not become completely abundant yet."

"Calculating now, it is about time."

Ying Ying Zi Ye thought of French fries, potato chips, and sweet potato starch noodles.

Now was the time for these technologies to make their appearance.

Otherwise, Great Qin's sweet potatoes and potatoes would truly end up rotting on the streets.

If there is so much that it cannot be finished and cannot be sold, who will continue to plant them?

That would certainly require making various kinds of snacks.

"Oh, does Your Highness have a way to solve this matter?"

Wang Li was somewhat surprised; if these sweet potatoes and potatoes became abundant.

Ordinary people would not even think about being able to solve the problem.

Either they would not plant them, or they would plant fewer.

What other solution could there be?

"Nonsense, of course there is a way."

"Otherwise, I would not have planted so many."

"Right now, sweet potatoes and potatoes are not yet abundant; when the second harvest season arrives, that will be when there is truly a lot."

Ying Ying Zi Ye had long thought about this problem.

At this time, it was also possible to consider solving this issue.

"Let's go, let's return."

"When the time comes, I will let you taste these delicacies."

Ying Ying Zi Ye and his companion left the market and took the imperial carriage back to the Xianyanggong.

Along the way, Wang Li could not figure it out.

He had eaten both of these auspicious crops; at first, they were indeed delicious.

But after eating too much, they were just that, or even tasteless.

A hundred jin not enough for him to eat? He would not believe it even if he were beaten to death.

But as a subordinate, he could not refute the Prince's words.

Perhaps the Prince had some way to make these two things taste even better.

The Crown Prince's Residence.

Wang Li escorted Ying Ying Zi Ye back to this place.

He also moved the sweet potatoes inside.

Just as Wang Li was about to leave, he was called to a stop.

"Does Your Highness have any other instructions?"

Wang Li was confused; did the Prince want to keep him for a meal?

But he quickly stopped thinking that.

"Later, when you leave the palace and pass by the Craftsman's Office, go in and see if the weapons inside have been packed."

"If they are packed, have the Lantian Camp send people to collect them and transport them to the northern border."

"Tell those who are sending the weapons to the northern border that they do not need to return for now; have them follow Han Xin."

Ying Ying Zi Ye thought for a moment; regarding the weapons, it was better to send them to the north quickly.

Leaving them at the Craftsman's Office would not allow them to realize their value at all. ===== CHAPTER 646 =====