Chapter 160: Gu Qingwan was bewildered; Su Liyan is just too good at this!

Lu Yuan sat on the ground, laughing triumphantly.

Gu Qingwan crouched before this potato plant, shock written all over her face.

This… this how could it be possible!!

Gu Qingwan looked at Lu Yuan before her, her face full of shock, and said:

"This potato plant, why… why does it have so many!!"

Seeing Gu Qingwan's shocked expression, Lu Yuan became even more proud.

He slightly lifted his head, looked at Gu Qingwan, raised his eyebrows, and said:

"How about it, bro, am I awesome or not!!"

At this moment, Gu Qingwan had no hesitation, repeatedly nodding her head and said:

"Awesome, awesome, what's going on, hurry up and tell me!"

Seeing Gu Qingwan's utterly shocked look, Lu Yuan grinned and said:

"I'm not telling you."

It's not that I'm hiding it; mainly, I can't explain this to Gu Qingwan.

This young lady is clearly not someone from the fields at a glance.

Telling Gu Qingwan would just be wasting breath; saying it would be pointless.

Just wait until later and tell Lin Fusheng.

Gu Qingwan, seeing Lu Yuan like that, unwillingly grabbed his arm and said:

"Oh come on, just tell me!"

Seeing Lu Yuan unmoved, the extraordinarily cool and mature Gu Qingwan finally pursed her lips and then spoke in a coquettish voice:

"Bro~~ please tell your little sister~"

"Huh?"

He looked at Gu Qingwan, whose face was slightly red, with a bewildered expression.

After blinking, Lu Yuan chuckled and said:

"This is you willingly calling me that!"

Gu Qingwan nodded repeatedly and said:

"Yes yes yes, I willingly called you that, bro, hurry up and tell me."

Since that's the case, Lu Yuan no longer stood on ceremony.

He immediately continued opening blind boxes while explaining these hybrid potatoes to Gu Qingwan.

To be honest, Gu Qingwan had never heard of these things before.

Even Lin Fusheng might not fully understand what Lu Yuan is saying.

Let alone this empress who has long sat in the imperial court.

However, although Gu Qingwan didn't understand, she was greatly shocked and felt that Lu Yuan was truly divine!

After finally digging up all twenty-five plants, the sixth and eighteenth both showed good growth.

They are super potatoes yielding 2,500 to 3,000 jin per mu!

At noon.

The courtyard of the Agriculture Bureau was completely packed.

The sixth and eighteenth potato plants were placed in the courtyard.

Lin Fusheng crouched before those two potato plants, grinning foolishly.

Around them, the Agriculture Bureau staff were gathered in a crowd.

After Lu Yuan had cleared out the potatoes, he immediately sent someone to call Lin Fusheng.

Upon hearing the news, Lin Fusheng was really quick.

He hopped on his bicycle and sped back, standing up to pedal.

A fifty- or sixty-year-old old man actually managed to pedal with the posture of a race car driver.

Upon returning, when he saw the potatoes placed in the courtyard, Lin Fusheng was so excited his brain nearly lacked oxygen, almost collapsing.

At that moment, Lu Yuan was flipping through his little notebook.

How were the sixth and eighteenth plants hybridized, and which varieties were crossed to produce these potatoes?

We need to check.

Then next, we'll send people to purchase potatoes and then breed them all.

The first batch of planted potatoes definitely won't be many.

After all, when we last brought back this big potato from Qiu Qiu Village, the snake-woman's household probably didn't have much left either.

There's also another kind of potato that's quite strong.

Nowadays, in rural winters, the staple food is basically potatoes, sweet potatoes, and the like.

I'd guess they've eaten quite a lot.

However, that doesn't matter; anyway, we can definitely still grow a dozen or so greenhouses.

Once the first batch is harvested and we re-breed them, we can then plant potatoes on a large scale across the entire north.

So in about five or six months, the second large-scale potato planting will mature.

By then, the Great Zhou Dynasty will no longer have to face situations where disasters strike somewhere and the entire dynasty must go hungry to support the affected areas.

After that, the Great Zhou Dynasty will have the ability to resist natural disasters.

One could hardly call it resistance; this thing could be said to be a revival armor.

It can withstand a few hits.

Speaking of it, looking at the history of flower-growing families on Earth, there truly have been who knows how many dynasties, and in the end they all perished due to natural disasters.

Of course, besides natural disasters, there are also the rulers of the final dynasties, the emperors, who mess around cluelessly; combine the two and it's basically game over.

Given the current situation, the present Human Emperor is sage, and plus there is the Resurrection Armor.

Basically speaking...

As long as it's not some intermediate dynasty that an advanced dynasty has its eyes on, the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Then, for the Great Zhou Dynasty's hundred years, there definitely won't be any major events, and it will definitely be in an age of prosperity.

That makes Lu Yuan feel pumped.

As for after those hundred years.

Then Lu Yuan won't worry, because by then he'll be buried together with his wife, so what's there to worry about?

Lu Yuan is now thinking, this potato is far more impressive than anything before.

Reporting this kind of thing, the bonus is just a small matter.

This might... I might even be personally summoned by the Human Emperor.

Of course, if it's about granting an official post, Lu Yuan doesn't want it; being a petty official is boring.

If he becomes a high official, he'd have to go to court every day at five in the morning.

That's practically taking Lu Yuan's life!

But... could he be granted a title instead??

Hmm...

Whatever, anyway Lu Yuan doesn't care.

If there is, fine; if not, forget it.

Besides, Lu Yuan feels he definitely can't keep all this reward for himself.

For example, after I bring it up, Lin Fusheng will report it upward, and he will surely take a share of the credit.

Then the Ministry of Revenue reports to the Cabinet, and the Ministry of Revenue will have many people taking a share.

Who knows, by the time this matter finally reaches the Human Emperor, the potato research won't be just Lu Yuan's alone.

Anyway, Lu Yuan doesn't really care either way.

Lu Yuan's current life is already super perfect; he is very content.

If it really comes to gaining rank and title... that would go against Lu Yuan's original intention of just lying flat.

At the same time, Su Liyan arrived on her little cart.

This morning, Lu Yuan told his wife that they would come to the Agriculture Bureau for lunch at noon.

"Brother~"

Su Liyan parked her little cart and quickly walked over.

Lu Yuan looked at his beautiful wife, his heart fluttering, and immediately pulled her into his embrace.

He pinched her cheek and smiled, saying:

"Did you get cold riding all the way here?"

Su Liyan tightly hugged her man's waist, lifted her exceedingly beautiful face, and sweetly said:

"Not cold~ I'm wearing plenty~"

Gu Qingwan stood to the side, quietly observing Su Liyan.

This was Gu Qingwan's first proper look at Su Liyan.

Last time, there was a curtain in the car, not to mention, and she could only see a side profile.

Now looking...

Su Liyan is truly extremely beautiful...

A pair of brown leather shoes, a form-fitting raccoon-fur coat, leather gloves on her hands, and a white scarf wrapped around her neck.

Although her clothing is thick, one can still tell that Su Liyan's figure is indeed excellent.

Moreover, a captivating charm, completely natural.

She isn't wearing any jewelry, nor any flamboyant revealing clothing.

On the contrary, she is wrapped up tightly.

But even so, she is still incredibly alluring.

She is truly captivating.

That exceedingly beautiful face, even though Gu Qingwan is a woman, she feels Su Liyan is truly tempting.

Especially, although this face is mature and beautiful, Su Liyan's personality is extremely pure,

Her voice is also soft and sweet, this contrast really makes people unable to resist.

"Brother~ what are they doing~"

Su Liyan hugged her man, gently swaying in his arms, looking like she was acting coquettish.

This exceedingly lovable appearance left Gu Qingwan somewhat startled.

This...

This is just too endearing...

No wonder...

No wonder Lu Yuan, whom nobody looks down on, with such a wife, who else could he possibly look up to?

At that moment, hearing the commotion, Lin Fusheng hurriedly turned his head, and upon seeing Su Liyan, he greeted with a smile:

"Yo, my granddaughter-in-law has come! Quick, quick, quick, come see the big potato that Yuan'er grew."

Being watched by a bunch of people, Su Liyan felt a bit embarrassed to act coquettish in her husband's arms.

But she still wrapped her arms around her man's arm, leaning in to take a look.

Su Liyan really used to work in the fields before that.

To put it bluntly, the Agriculture Bureau staff may work in agriculture, but when it comes to farming, they have nothing to do with handling potatoes in the field.

Around here, probably few people have more experience than Su Liyan.

Before Su Liyan came over, she used to go out to the fields every year.

Seeing these two potato plants, Su Liyan froze instantly.

As someone who just came from the village, Su Liyan naturally wouldn't think that having these potatoes would change anything for the Great Zhou Dynasty or for the common folk.

The first thing that came to Su Liyan's mind was, "My man is just too amazing!!"

The overjoyed Su Liyan wrapped her arms around her man's arm, gazing at Lu Yuan with admiration, and said:

"Brother~~ how…… how can you be so amazing!!"

Su Liyan naturally knows what her man does every day at the Agriculture Bureau,

but Su Liyan, like everyone else, thought he simply wanted to grow potatoes in the greenhouse.

As it turned out, he ended up growing potatoes like this?

Hearing his wife's praise, Lu Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing right there.

A hundred compliments from others can't compare to that one soft, sweet sentence from his wife.

Gu Qingwan on the side blinked, watching the scene before her.

At that moment, Lu Yuan didn't hesitate, immediately looking at Lin Fusheng and saying with a smile:

"Grandpa, let's hurry and go eat; my wife still has work this afternoon, so if we finish eating early we can rest a bit~"

These days, it's basically always like this.

Lu Yuan brings his wife to eat at the Agriculture Bureau, spending not a penny; it's all money Lin Fusheng foots.

After finishing the meal, Lu Yuan then takes his wife to a deserted little hut.

Then he holds his wife, letting her sleep a while in his arms.

When it's almost time to start work, Lu Yuan walks with his wife; she goes to work, and he returns home.

Lin Fusheng stared, then nodded repeatedly, and immediately had his deputy go fetch the meals.

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly said:

"Make meals for four people, this time we're four eating."

Huh?

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, both Lin Fusheng and Su Liyan were stunned for a moment.

Four people eating?

Usually it's just the three of us eating in Lin Fusheng's office, never bringing outsiders.

Lu Yuan then lifted his chin at Gu Qingwan beside him and said:

"I brought a friend along today."

We definitely have to bring Gu Qingwan to lunch today.

It's already mealtime; how could we let her leave?

Lin Fusheng finally noticed Gu Qingwan as well.

It's naturally no problem for Lu Yuan to bring someone to eat.

Heck, Lu Yuan often brings ten or eight people to eat every day, and Lin Fusheng has no issue with that.

But…… this woman is really too handsome…… almost like his granddaughter-in-law.

Well…… handsome is handsome……

It's just this solemn demeanor……

I don't know why, but Lin Fusheng suddenly felt a little panicked inside, a bit afraid—what's going on?

It feels like being glanced at by those cold, emotionless eyes, as if some cold-blooded creature had locked onto him.

Honestly, he's actually a little scared!

And Su Liyan also saw that woman.

Good…… so beautiful.

Su Liyan's first reaction was that, and then she suddenly tightened her grip on her man's hand for no reason.

"Brother…… who is he?"

Lu Yuan glanced at his wife, then grinned and said:

"From the Ministry of War…… uh…… let's go, let's go inside first, it's too cold outside."

Lin Fusheng beside him also quickly said with a smile:

"Come on, come on, let's go inside first."

After saying that, Lin Fusheng didn't mind the dirt, directly hugging the two potato plants he'd just pulled from the ground, still covered in soil, to his chest.

He led Lu Yuan and the three of them toward his office.

On the way, Lu Yuan also told his wife who Gu Qingwan was and why she was there.

When they arrived at Lin Fusheng's office, Su Liyan exclaimed with a face full of surprise:

"A mortar?!"

Lu Yuan nodded, then pulled out a 500-yuan note from his pocket to show his wife.

Of course, after looking at it Lu Yuan put it away again—he's the one who handles the household finances, and that's how it always has to be!

After seeing it, Su Liyan looked at Lu Yuan with a face full of excitement and said:

"Brother~~ you're really amazing!! How can you do everything~~"

Lin Fusheng, who had just put down the potato, also stared at Lu Yuan in astonishment.

However, despite his shock, Lin Fusheng didn't say anything.

Lin Fusheng had also heard of that mortar.

After all, these days he's been running around everywhere, meeting many people, and has heard about it.

Actually, when he first heard about that thing, Lin Fusheng felt it was Lu Yuan who came up with it.

He didn't expect it to really be the case.

After entering the room, Lu Yuan and Lin Fusheng both sat down, crossing their legs.

Lu Yuan lit a match for Lin Fusheng, then lit one for himself.

Immediately, with the window open, the two began to smoke.

Meanwhile, Su Liyan found a basin and a towel in the office, then went outside to fetch water.

Not long after, when Su Liyan returned, she took the damp towel, squatted beside her husband, and wiped the mud‑stained pant legs and shoes of her husband.

This left Gu Qingwan, standing nearby, completely bewildered.

Su Liyan is just too capable!!!

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