Looking at the boundless fields before her, Daohua took a deep breath.
Daoxiang Village had always been part of her plan ever since she bought it; she was ready to make it into Xiliang's seed cultivation base.
Daohua handed over the sweet potato seeds to Yan Shouhou, asking him to have the tenant farmers cultivate them, while she led some of the farmers herself to plant the drought-resistant rice.
Drought-resistant rice, also known as upland rice, is tolerant to drought and suitable for dryland farming; this variety was something she bred after arriving in Xiliang.
Xiliang had a shortage of water, with few fields suitable for planting rice, so the staple food for the locals was mainly wheat. Some people in Xiliang could hardly taste rice in their lifetime.
If drought-resistant rice could be widely promoted, it would alleviate the difficulty of the locals in obtaining rice.
