The time, when the male flowers grew on the corn. was the most crucial part of land management. At this time, all of the leaves on the corn were loose and large and the stalks were thick and sturdy. Only by having that could the kernels grow as large as possible, leading to a good harvest later on.

Yu Xiaocao had her cheat device, the little divine stone, so none of this was a problem for her. The Yu Family’s fields were filled with healthy and mature corn stalks. Disease and lack of nutrients were not issues for them. All they were waiting for now was for the female flowers to recede and the male flowers to mature and let pollen loose.

Yu Xiaocao’s family’s six mu fields of watermelon were now completely sold out. In total, they managed to make more than fifteen thousand taels from those fields. Watermelon wholesalers were mostly the few families that had good relationships with them. There were other wholesalers that came from other parts of the country due to the Yu Family’s reputation, but because there was a limit to how many ripe watermelons there were in a day, they could only get one to two carts of watermelon.

Royal Prince Yang would send a few carts back every ten days to pick up melons. He didn’t take advantage of the Yu Family and bought the watermelons according to their regular wholesale price: large ones for five taels apiece and small ones for three taels a piece. He then hauled them back to the capital, where they...