After receiving the imperial decree, Chi Hengji returned to draw up the rules.
And the imperial examination fraud case came to a close with separate rankings for the north and south.
Once Jiang Nuan learned of this, she set her mind at ease and went to the large stretch of farmland she had set aside.
After passing through the tall walls, Jiang Nuan entered the farmland.
It had already been divided into smaller plots, each planted with a different crop. Most had come from seeds she had brought from the modern world, while a few were crops native to Great Xia.
She had hired a group of people specifically to tend these plants.
Since there were so few of them, she intended to keep all these plants for seed.
Besides these plots, she had also sent several groups to places suited to certain seeds, making sure they had the best possible growing conditions.
"Yes, you've done very well. Your wages for this month will be doubled!"
Jiang Nuan was delighted by the thriving crops. With a grand wave of her hand, she doubled their monthly wages on the spot.
"Thank you, Ninth Princess!"
Everyone thanked her over and over.
Jiang Nuan told them to return to their work, then wandered around the plots at leisure.
Eventually, she wandered over to the Potato and Sweet Potato plots.
"These Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes are growing nicely. It looks like it won't be long before I can eat roasted Potatoes and roasted Sweet Potatoes."
The thought stirred a little nostalgia in Jiang Nuan.
"Given the yields of Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes, once they're widely grown, they should greatly reduce the number of people who starve to death."
Thinking of the astonishing yields of Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes, Jiang Nuan could not help feeling