Would You Consider Promoting Me?

Nie Shi'an said calmly, "This matter was due to my lack of consideration, which implicated Zhou Wanwan. Naturally, I should make it up to her."

Madam Nie glared at him and said, "Do you know that Zhou Wanwan is a thief, a professional thief?"

Nie Shi'an glared at her and said:

"Shut up. I know Zhou Wanwan better than any of you."

Just because she's willing to return all the treasures to you today.

This alone is enough to prove that she has excellent character.

Now, he doesn't believe anything anyone says.

Nie Shi'an is indeed quite stubborn; once he's made up his mind, nothing can change it.

Prefect Fang sighed and said:

"This Nie Shi'an has gone mad. I really don't understand. He's just a third-rank official."

To be completely fooled by a child, tsk tsk tsk, how ridiculous!

Cheng Xiao couldn't help but complain:

"Absolutely! This Zhou Wanwan seems to be under some kind of magical spell."

Now my son Cheng Chao isn't going back. I just don't understand how he could have believed someone who's such a liar!"

Prefect Fang was also full of complaints:

"If your son isn't normal, then my son isn't normal either. Gu Sinian follows Gu Sinian Fang Zhiyuan all day long. Guess what he's doing?"

It's absurd that he's serving as Gu Sinian's servant. My son, a dignified prefect, is serving as a servant to a mere scholar.

I brought him back home yesterday, and now he's refusing to eat or drink.

Cheng Xiao's lips twitched:

Is your son really that outrageous?

"Both children have been poisoned, so I wonder if Nie Shi'an has been poisoned too?"

Nie Shi'an had Zhou Wanwan taken to the treasure vault. The vault had just been completed and security was extremely tight, with strict control over entry and exit.

The vault was spacious and well-organized, with sturdy and thick walls on all four sides.

The treasures here fall into two categories. One part consists of old objects passed down through generations of the Nie Family, preserved from generation to generation, and full of cultural heritage.

The other part consists entirely of rare and precious items that Nie Shi'an has spent a fortune over the years, traveling far and wide to collect and auction off at high prices.

The shelves were filled with high-quality jade ornaments and old porcelain.

There are also many ancient paintings by famous artists, rare books, gold and silver utensils, and ornaments carved from rare woods, all of which are very valuable.

Zhou Wanwan glanced at the room Manman of treasures and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, your Nie Family is really wealthy and powerful, with so many good things hidden away. Your family fortune is truly substantial."

Nie Shi'an's steward said with a smile, "Please feel free to choose; take whatever you like."

Zhou Wanwan took three items, which together were worth over 1 million taels of silver.

But for Nie Shi'an, it was still within an acceptable range.

Nie Shi'an's steward wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Miss, I'll see you out right away."

Upon reaching the front hall, they heard Madam Nie look at Nie Shi'an and say, "Since you're willing to give Zhou Wanwan gifts, you're probably also willing to add some dowry to Rou'er's."

Nie Shi'an said calmly, "She married into the Cui Family, so she's a member of the Cui Family now. How could I let her bring my things into the Cui Family?"

Nie Shi'an was actually quite stingy, and besides, he didn't like Nie Rou.

Madam Nie rolled her eyes in anger. "You're willing to give three things to outsiders, but you won't even give one to your own granddaughter? What kind of grandfather are you?"

Nie Shi'an looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"The kind of granddaughter I want is like Zhou Wanwan."

Zhou Wanwan, would you like to be my goddaughter?

Madam Nie shouted loudly:

"Nie Shi'an, are you crazy? With me here, you can forget about recognizing her as your goddaughter."

"I'm starting to suspect now, is she the child you had outside of marriage?"

Nie Shi'an frowned and said:

"Don't talk nonsense, I just feel that this child and I are destined to be together."

His way of dealing with people is so much like mine—equally fair and equally upright.

Zhou Wanwan said with a grin:

"I think I should just give up. I won't become your goddaughter, otherwise Madam Nie will get worried."

But am I not your subordinate now? Why don't you promote me?"

Nie Shi'an frowned and looked at Zhou Wanwan, saying:

"The main problem is that you don't have any official rank or title yet, so it's probably not going to be easy for you to advance."

But don't worry, as long as you're willing, you can keep handling cases. I'll make things easy for you.

Zhou Wanwan quickly nodded and said:

"Then thank you very much, sir."

"Oh right, the sweet potatoes should be ripe by now, shall we go check on them?"

Nie Shi'an's eyes lit up:

"Alright, since we're all here today."

Let's go see if this sweet potato is really as amazing as you say."

They went directly to Yunxi County, because now every household in Yunxi County grows sweet potatoes.

Yunxi County Shen Yu'an said, "These fields are full of sweet potatoes. I'll have them dig them up now."

A dozen or so people carried hoes into the field and bent down to dig sweet potatoes.

With a single stroke of the hoe, red-skinned sweet potatoes were revealed, plump and of excellent quality.

A single clump can produce a huge amount of fruit; the more you dig, the more there is, and you can never dig them all up.

In no time at all, a huge pile of sweet potatoes was stacked up by the field, looking quite spectacular.

It turns out that these sweet potatoes had all been nourished with energy by Zhou Wanwan beforehand.

The seeds themselves are of exceptional quality, and the tubers in the soil also retain some energy, so their growth is naturally several times better than that of ordinary crops.

This sweet potato field can yield more than 4,000 jin per mu, a yield comparable to that of modern high-quality sweet potatoes.

The officials and ordinary people present were all stunned, their faces filled with shock.

Officials exclaimed in surprise:

"Never before in history have we seen such a high yield of grain; it is truly unheard of!"

What kind of crop is this?

Those nearby exclaimed in amazement, "So this is what sweet potatoes are! The yield is truly astonishing!"

"Ordinary wheat and corn yield very little per mu, but sweet potatoes can yield more than 4,000 jin per mu."

If it were planted on a large scale, we would no longer fear famine.

The farmers nearby were beaming with joy:

"What a bumper harvest! We're saved this time!"

Food is so expensive outside now, we can barely afford it anymore.

"If we had these sweet potatoes, our good days would begin."

"There's a severe drought right now, and there's not much water, yet so many sweet potatoes have grown under these conditions."

"If there were enough rain, how many sweet potatoes would grow?"

Nie Shi'an looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"You're really amazing, girl. You can actually produce so much grain from just one acre of land."

I... I truly thank you on behalf of these ordinary people.

Nie Shi'an's eyes reddened, which startled Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and asked, "Lord Nie, what's wrong with you?"

Nie Shi'an wiped away his tears and said:

"I... I'm just so excited, it really can save so many people."

I've been searching for a crop that can help people, and I never thought I'd actually found one.

"Wanwan, let me take you somewhere! You'll see when we get there."

Zhou Wanwan didn't know where Nie Shi'an wanted to take her, so she could only follow him.