Chapter 65 High-Yield Crops

After a busy day, Young Master Ning finally managed to get a proper rest for a good while.

For the next half month or so, there were no particularly urgent matters to attend to, and Ning Ye essentially lived the carefree life of a salted fish.

However, as Ning Ye was watching Zhang Zihe teach a lesson today, he suddenly heard a guard come in to report.

"My lord, something has come up at the fields. We hope you can go over and take a look right now."

Ning Ye raised an eyebrow. If he remembered correctly, this person should be one of the hands he had specifically left stationed at the agricultural lands.

Yet, the crops had been planted for less than two months; what kind of situation could possibly have arisen?

Could it be that a natural disaster or man-made calamity was about to strike?

Still, since there was an issue, it was impossible for Ning Ye not to check it out. But upon arriving at the fields, Ning Ye was utterly dumbfounded. The sugarcane, which had clearly been planted for less than two months, had somehow matured directly!

The ten mu of planted sugarcane had all reached a state of complete ripeness, and by the looks of it, they were about to become overripe. If they weren't harvested immediately, it would be too late.

Ning Ye cut down a stalk of sugarcane on the spot. Without even needing to taste it, he could already smell an intensely sweet fragrance. The sugar content in this sugarcane seemed to be a bit too high.

Ning Ye divided the sugarcane into several portions and handed them to the commoners and Liu Xiaowu standing beside him. "Come on, since they're already ripe, let's all have a taste and see if this thing actually tastes good or not."

Ning Ye put a piece into his mouth. The moment he bit down, he felt as though a wave of sweetness had burst forth in his mouth. Sweetness was truly something that could easily evoke a sense of happiness, a wonderful feeling that was difficult to describe in words.

He looked around and saw the exact same expressions on everyone else's faces. They seemed to have completely immersed themselves in this sweet bliss. Did they still need to discuss how to sell it later? Just this sugarcane alone might be enough to make people empty their own pockets willingly.

Liu Xiaowu asked with a shocked expression, "My lord, where on earth did you get this sugarcane from? It's not like I've never eaten sugarcane before, but I've never tasted anything this sweet in my life."

Ning Ye said happily, "It seems we are going to have another lucrative trade before long. Once this sugarcane is processed into sugar, people are bound to love it even more."

Liu Xiaowu's eyes were fixed intently on the remaining half-stalk of sugarcane in Ning Ye's hand. Ning Ye smiled and said, "Alright, there's plenty more right here, no need to drool over it. Everyone who participated in planting the sugarcane can take some back home, as long as it's not too much, I don't mind."

Although Ning Ye had already given permission, everyone still exercised restraint, taking only twenty or so portions each, purely to bring back and let their families taste this sweet sugarcane.

Ning Ye stroked his chin in thought. Originally, he had only intended to make white sugar, but given the current level of sweetness, if he were to make milk candies instead, they might prove even more popular.

Moreover, the method for making milk candies was relatively simple, and now that he had such high-quality sugar stock, it would be an absolute waste of heavenly resources not to give it a try.

"These sugarcane stalks must be harvested today. Once they're cut down, store them all in the warehouse. You can process them for me when I need them."

Liu Xiaowu saluted to show he understood, and everyone immediately set to work harvesting the sugarcane with great enthusiasm.

Ning Ye turned and headed over to another plot where rice was being grown. He discovered that, as expected, his crops were growing at a much faster rate than ordinary ones. It seemed they would reach full maturity in at most another month.

Ning Ye honestly hadn't expected that the seeds provided by the system would not only be of such high quality and yield, but would also grow at a shockingly fast pace.

If he could acquire more seeds like these, he would never have to worry about anything in the future.

Since he was going to open a new workshop, Ning Ye simply decided to expand the small village he had previously built, designating the new area specifically for the production of milk candies.

However, when Ning Ye wanted to find some dairy cows, he ran into a bit of a dilemma, because dairy cows were simply too scarce, or rather, livestock of all kinds was relatively rare to begin with.

With no other choice, Ning Ye had to make a trip himself. When he rode his horse into the county town of Qingyuan, he spotted a caravan in the distance.

The banner flown by this caravan belonged to the Might-Resplendent Escort Agency, and judging by the composition of the convoy, the goods being transported this time must have been of considerable value; otherwise, they likely wouldn't have dispatched so many people.

However, Ning Ye had no interest in such matters. In an era like this, anyone capable of running an escort agency certainly had a few tricks up their sleeve. If he were to provoke them for no reason, it would spell serious trouble.

After inquiring about where livestock transactions were conducted in Qingyuan County, Ning Ye headed straight there. Upon arriving at the location, he found that, true to expectation, there weren't many people around, and livestock was even scarcer.

After wandering around for a while, Ning Ye failed to find a single dairy cow that truly caught his eye. After all, the ones available were skin and bones, and even if they weren't, who knew how long it would take before they could produce milk?

It was right at this moment that Ning Ye heard a commotion. Not far away, a group of neatly dressed individuals were arguing with a horse dealer.

Initially, Ning Ye had no interest in this, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly spotted a small figure standing right in the middle of it all.

Wasn't Bailing, that little girl, supposed to be staying by Old Master Bai's side all the time? How had she run off to a place like this today?

This place was quite a distance away from the tavern, and besides, how could Old Master Bai ever feel at ease letting her come out all by herself?

Bailing stood timidly in the middle of the crowd, unable to push her way out. Why did these fierce-looking adults around her seem so vastly different from her big brother?

Right at that moment, the people from the escort agency completely lost their temper with the horse dealer, and both sides began shoving each other. In the scuffle, one person lost their footing and was about to crash right into Bailing.

Without a second thought, Ning Ye lashed out with a fierce kick, sending the man flying through the air.

"Hey, you lot can argue all you want, but you have no right to endanger our little kid. Get lost somewhere else if you want to bicker."

The group of escorts immediately redirected their hostility toward Ning Ye, and leading them was unexpectedly a young girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Qu Fengling raised her chin and said unhappily, "Even if our man wasn't paying attention just now, mister, isn't your kick a bit too vicious?"

Ning Ye crossed his arms and replied, "I only know that if that fellow had actually crashed into my little girl, the matter wouldn't be settled by just a single kick."

Seeing that another argument was about to break out, Bailing tugged on Ning Ye's clothes and whispered, "Brother, stop arguing. I'm fine."