Chapter 1508: Chapter 1507 Earning Money, Earning Money_1 Chapter 1508: Chapter 1507 Earning Money, Earning Money_1 After settling the watermelons and crayfish, many people were reassured.

Last summer, everyone who had tasted these two delicacies was quite concerned about them. Now that both had been taken care of, they only needed to wait patiently for the outcome.

Of course, this would still require a large amount of chili peppers.

Yang Wenxiao considered chili peppers and corn the most valuable crops. As soon as they matured, he would immediately sow the seeds again. In the winter, he spent a fortune to grow them on heated brick beds, and under such circumstances, chili peppers and corn had now both been cultivated on a large scale.

Only the seeds of chili peppers needed planting; the skins were edible, and Yang Wenxiao had saved quite a lot.

With high yields from corn, and the most experienced farmers carefully tending it, its productivity had increased even more. Every time the corn matured, he could indulge himself in a meal.

But it was just one meal.

He refrained from eating too much.

Yang Hao had even advised him on this matter before. It’s just a few ears of corn, right? If you want to eat them, eat them. There’s no need to be so frugal, especially since you’re Daqi’s retired emperor and already of such an age. To be so sparing for a single bite of food is distressing to see, Yang Hao thought as a grandson.

Now that there were sweet potatoes, there was hardly any famine in the land. The rapid spread of corn had little impact on the common people, so Yang Wenxiao could eat as much as he wanted.

When Yang Wenxiao heard this, he smiled. True, the common people were no longer lacking food, but those who enjoyed gourmet foods were missing corn.

The taste of corn was excellent, with corn porridge alone captivating him. It could also be stewed with various ingredients or simply roasted. With so many ways to prepare it, if sold, it could certainly be exchanged for a good amount of money.

With that, the money for road construction would be available again.

To be honest, even as Daqi’s retired emperor, his wealth was finite. His private treasury was to be passed down to his descendants, and road and canal building belonged to Daqi’s public works, which should be funded by the National Treasury.

If the National Treasury was out of money, then money had to be made through various means.

He truly hoped to see the landscapes of Daqi once more in his lifetime.

These roads, these canals, needed construction, and it had to be done quickly.

After he expressed his thoughts like this, Yang Hao fell silent. The best he could do was to handle various state affairs diligently, to minimize Yang Wenxiao’s concerns. As for making money, that task could only be entrusted to Qiao Xiaomai.

Qiao Xiaomai had been busy mass-producing Floral Dew lately, so busy that she hardly had time to leave her home. But for the sake of the quality of the watermelons and crayfish, she still went to Yang Hao’s Field Manor under the heavy guard of the Imperial Guards. She needed to spread more Spiritual Spring water –she was counting on these items to make a big profit this summer.

Previously at the manor, she grew crops like sweet potatoes, soybeans, and sesame. The original prices for these items were very low. Even if she raised the price tenfold or twentyfold, it would only amount to a few hundred wen. There really wasn’t much profit in growing these.

And as for pork, even if one pig could sell for a thousand taels silver, raising a single pig took a year. Over such a long period, even if she raised ten thousand pigs, the annual income would only be ten million taels silver, and that would still need to cover feed costs and labor.

Thus, it was better to grow watermelons and raise crayfish. Last year, they created a buzz with scarcity marketing, building a strong presence and anticipation. This summer, if they were launched again, they would certainly make a fortune.

During this time, Tongsanro kept writing his new book. He couldn’t go anywhere and had to stay home to recover from his illness. Once his plot was outlined, the writing flowed effortlessly. In the process, he consulted Bei Lingsu about some medical knowledge. After he finished the first draft, he presented it to Yang Wenxiao for review.