He knew these County Magistrates were trying to curry favor with him, but he despised their habit of offering terrible ideas just to look good.
Even if Gu Wenheng wasn't skilled at farming, he knew that while laymen just saw the spectacle, experts understood the intricacies. Professional matters had to be handled by professionals.
After making a large round of inspections, he randomly selected a household to weigh their yield. Even though the commoners felt this year's harvest was abundant, Gu Wenheng was still somewhat dissatisfied. With this level of grain production, after paying taxes, it would barely be enough for them to scrape by. Opening up wasteland for everyone was merely a supplementary measure to keep the people from starving. If they wanted surplus silver in their hands, there was still a long way to go.
