Zhu Xiong's actions were naturally against the will of the Imperial Court, but both the landowners and farmers were overjoyed and deeply grateful to King Qi.
If the potatoes were really destroyed in vain, it would be a pity and a huge loss.
Fortunately, the people who participated were mainly the landowners and ordinary farmers. Only the citizens of Qingzhou were involved, and the magistrate of Qingzhou was fully cooperating with King Qi.
Therefore, the ordinary people did not suffer much. They just felt that it was a pity.
Potato had been popular in Qi Land for quite some time. Taibai Restaurant had been serving all kinds of dishes related to potatoes. In Qingzhou, they had been eating potatoes for a few months and would not get sick at all.
Many of the commoners in the Qilu Great Land had eaten potatoes before, but they didn't have any problems with them.
A good thing was going to be wasted. How could he not sigh?
However, King Qi had taken the risk of offending the Imperial Court to secretly purchase these potatoes.
Although they were purchased according to the Great Ming Treasure Notes, it also minimized the losses of the big landowners.
The governor of Jinan, Tie Xuan, was also unwilling to waste food.
Although there was a mass poisoning incident in the capital, he knew very well that as long as the potatoes were eaten properly, such a situation would not happen.
Forcibly sending people to destroy the potatoes was met with heavy resistance and almost caused a life.
People are water, water can carry boats, can also capsize boats.
Tie Xuan was deeply influenced by Confucian culture and knew the seriousness of this matter. If he really carried out the will of the imperial court, it would be a great disaster for the people, and it might not be a good thing for him.
Although Tie Xuan did not think highly of the Seventh Prince, it did not mean that he was not a good official.
He had compassion for the people.
Moreover, if more people died, he might not be able to keep his position as the governor of Jinan Prefecture, which would be disadvantageous to his official career.
The current situation was already difficult. He definitely could not let anyone else die.
Zhu Rong had asked the caravan to secretly purchase potatoes with the Great Ming Treasure Notes to reduce the losses of the people. However, the potatoes were transported from various provinces and counties of Qi Lu to Qingzhou. The scene was even more shocking than when King Qi's Mansion handed over 30% of the harvest.
All of this happened right under Tie Xuan's eyes. How could he not see it?
But he chose to ignore it.
He only hoped that the potatoes would be sent to Qingzhou City as soon as possible. Then, everything would be fine and he would pretend that nothing had happened.
These days, Tie Xuan had been hiding in the yamen. He did not go out and claimed to be ill. He worked at home.
Although Tie Xuan was a local official, he knew more about the dangers of the court and the twists and turns between officials than a general like Marquis Jiangyin.
He knew very well that the poisoning incident in the capital, even if it was accidental, was definitely a catalyst, a catalyst for the ministers to launch an attack.
It was like a lion that was suddenly injured, and the pack of wolves would dare to pounce on it.
If such a thing had happened in the Ji 'nan Prefecture, it would not have caused such a huge impact and consequences. However, it happened in the Ying Tian Prefecture.
It was like a whirlwind on the sea, getting bigger and bigger. Now, it had become a violent tornado!
Many important officials of the imperial court were involved in this, and many interests were involved. Some people did not want potatoes to be promoted.
He didn't have the ability to turn the situation around, and he didn't know if King Qi would be able to turn the tables in the future. However, he knew that King Qi wouldn't be willing to give up. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken the risk to spend so much money to secretly purchase all the potatoes.
"Your Highness King Qi, we've been too careless this time. We should have left the discovery of such high-yield goods to His Majesty, the Prime Minister, and the Ministry of Revenue.”
Indeed, the safest way to promote such a high-yield crop that was related to the common people's rations was for the imperial court to promote it. After one or two years of experimentation, they would choose a region to promote it. After three to five years, they would see the results and finally promote it throughout the country.
In this way, even if he didn't succeed, there wouldn't be any mistakes.
King Qi was still too inexperienced.
However, Tie Xuan didn't know that Zhu Rong couldn't wait that long. He was different from Tie Xuan and the others. He had never seen a big scene. He couldn't watch tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people die in front of him and remain indifferent. He could only seize the time and make arrangements in advance.
Tie Xuan sighed. He didn't know if it was because of the uncertain future of the potato or because of his own career setback.
The Qi King's Mansion had secretly purchased potatoes on such a large scale. Even if they were packed in sacks, as long as they were not stupid, they would basically know that these were carts of potatoes. However, everyone strangely chose to remain silent.
Even if they didn't say it, they were all on King Qi's side in their hearts.
The people were deeply grateful for King Qi's kindness, but King Qi himself had taken on too many risks. Many people were secretly worried for him.
As for the Wu family, who was in the most concentrated power of the Ying Tian Prefecture, they were even more frightened every day.
Even the Wu family's youngest daughter, Wu Yan, who had never left the house, was now frowning every day.
Ever since King Qi had left for Qi, Wu Yan's mind seemed to have followed him. As long as it was related to Qi or King Qi, she would pay special attention to it.
Her father had previously sent a letter stating that the Ministry of Revenue had not approved the 200,000 taels of silver needed to build the Qi King's mansion. This made the little girl angry.
That was the place where she and His Highness King Qi would get married in the future. These hateful old men from the Ministry of Revenue actually dared to hold back the prince's money!
When he heard that the Empress had pleaded for His Majesty to allow King Qi to return to the capital to get married, his heart leaped with joy.
However, when he learned that Zhu Xiong Ying had moved into King Qi's residence in the capital, he stomped his feet in anger.
Although once a vassal king became a vassal, he would basically not return to the capital and the mansion would be used for other purposes sooner or later, this was too fast. Besides, had he paid?! The money for the construction of King Qi's Imperial Residence had yet to be secured!
Now, the potato incident was still ongoing. She heard that a few minor military officials were killed and that His Majesty had requested that all potatoes be destroyed and that the entire country be banned from planting potatoes. The little girl's heart was in her throat again.
In the pavilion, a servant girl brought over iced sour plum soup. Wu Yan did not drink it, but only stirred it gently with a spoon. The spoon touched the edge of the porcelain bowl and made a tinkling sound. She held her snow-white chin and looked at the fish in the pond, muttering to herself,"Why is it so difficult?"
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