Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 327 Potatoes, just ask if you are fragrant?
In the second year of Jian'an, at the beginning of March, the date for the entrance examination of Taiyuan College was finally set.

The first entrance examination after the reopening of the Taiyuan Academy is scheduled for April, which is the time when spring plowing begins.

Although everyone had a premonition that the exam days might be tight, they never expected that they would be so nervous that there was only one month left.

From the re-opening of Taixue to the examination, there are only four to less than five months in the middle. For those from other states who are far away and can only come here on foot, or ordinary children, they may have to wait for the next year for reference.

This time, the exam is mainly aimed at Yan, Xu and some students around Yuzhou. It can be regarded as a benefit reserved for the people, aristocratic families, and poor families under his rule.After all, there are fewer people competing, and the chances of entering Taiyuan Academy are much higher. If students from other places in Dahan also come to take the exam, the fierce competition will be far from what it is now.

It is now March, and spring plowing will start in one month. Lu Yan finally remembered the existence of potatoes, and couldn't wait to go to the workshop, ready to see how his potato harvest was.

The planting time of potatoes has a lot to do with the region.

Like the north, it is usually planted from mid-to-late April to early May. Yanzhou is located in the north of the Central Plains, so it can be planted in May (it happened to be May when Lu Yan obtained potato rewards from the system).

In some areas in central and southern China, such as Huainan, Jiangdong, Jingbei, etc., you can start planting in January and February, and you can plant another batch in autumn in September and October to complete the one-year double-planting. fierce target.

Some people say that potatoes are land-intensive, cannot be continuously cropped, and have high requirements on the soil, so they are more suitable for land with low soil viscosity; some people say that potatoes are not resistant to insects, and the content of solanine will increase significantly when potatoes germinate or turn green. The storage requirements are very high.

But in this era, which staple food will not face such and such problems?We cannot use modern conditions to demand ancient times, that would be too harsh.

Let me talk about the advantages of potatoes
Potatoes are highly adaptable and resistant to barrenness. They can be planted and maintain high yields in mountainous areas and places where other crops are not easy to grow. The less viscous and more fertile soil is definitely more conducive to the growth of potatoes and increased yields. Crop rotation can also be used to improve Soil, making the soil more conducive to the growth and production of potatoes.

Many countries in later generations use potatoes as their staple food, so it can be seen that potatoes do have their own uniqueness.

With the emergence of such a staple food with obvious advantages, the people of the Han Dynasty will not say that they will not be hungry again, at least it will greatly reduce the chance of famine.

"The potatoes planted in May last year should have been harvested in autumn?" Lu Yan thought to himself while rushing towards the workshop, "I was arrested and sent to Xuzhou to fight the war shortly after planting. Forget about this, sure enough, it's easy to forget things when you get old!"

Unknowingly, Lu Yan has reached the age of thirties. If he is a future generation, he may already start to worry about what to do after the age of 35
Thinking all the way, Lu Yan came to an open field surrounded by the workshop alone.

Ten catties of potatoes won't produce much, but even if it's less, it's potatoes after all!

There were only ten catties of potatoes when they were planted, but when they were harvested, they harvested more than 200 catties (one catty in the Eastern Han Dynasty was equivalent to 224 grams today, and it should be more than 400 catties after conversion)!At that time, the three old farmers who were responsible for looking after the potatoes were so frightened that they sat down on the ground.

You see, even after such a long time, there are still two people who kneel and kowtow to Tudou every day. That posture clearly regards Tudou as a godsend.As for the rest of the people, they have to count the number of potatoes with their own hands every day, for fear that they will suddenly become less or go bad.
There are people in this garden who are responsible for delivering three meals a day and daily necessities, and the three very experienced old farmers who are responsible for looking after the potatoes cannot leave here every day.

The potato field is in the center of the entire open land, surrounded by various vegetables and other plants, one is to add some fun to the monotonous life, and the other is to cover up the truth of the existence of potatoes.

After the potatoes were harvested, the old farmers looked forward to Lu Yan's arrival every day, but who would have thought that the brother had forgotten them and them a few days ago?
Looking left and right, in the new year's spring plowing season, Lu Yan finally came.

In fact, Lu Yan can't be blamed for forgetting things. At that time, he was busy fighting with Yuan Shu, and potatoes were too common for a modern person like him. Forget it. Just forget it.

In short, Lu Yan thought of potatoes in time when spring plowing was about to come, and brought timely relief to the three old farmers who were about to become magic sticks.

"Lu Hussar, you are finally here!" Old Nongjia, with tears in his eyes, almost knelt down subconsciously.

"Yes, Lu Huqi, you entrusted us with such a precious thing. We are really afraid of some mistakes and some kind of divine punishment!" Old Nong Yi had already knelt down, and he kowtowed to Tudou by the way.
As for the third one, he said to Lu Yan with tears in his eyes: "Lu Huqi, last time I harvested a total of 970 potatoes, but some of them were broken later, and now there are 940 five old slaves left. A lot of potatoes are broken, the old slave deserves to die!"

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Lu Yan was silently busy, he helped one, the other knelt down again, comforted one, and the other two began to cry again
Finally, Lu Yanmao is gone!
"Stand up for me, don't cry!"

As soon as General Lu showed his power, the three old farmers immediately stood up straight, and the cry was forced back into their stomachs.

"How can there be crops that won't go bad? As long as there are no large-scale diseases or pests, it's not a problem at all, understand!"

Seeing the three old farmers nodding their heads in a hurry but not daring to say anything, Lu Yan slowed down his tone and asked, "More than 900 potatoes, that's almost 400 catties?"

"Lu Hussar really knows potatoes very well!" The old farmer nodded and bowed in praise.

Lu Yan ignored him, and went straight to the neatly stacked potatoes, picked up a few, and asked, "Have you ever tasted it?"

When the three old farmers heard this, it seemed as if they had heard something very frightening, and they immediately began to cry and shouted: "I am wronged, Lu Huanqi, even if we give us a hundred courage, such a fetish Don't even dare to speak!"

Lu Yan looked at the three of them and said, "Food is for eating. You should be encouraged if you didn't do it yourself. But since I'm here, let's taste it first!"

"what!"

"Do you really want to eat?"

"Will it be struck by lightning?"

The corner of Lu Yan's mouth twitched, and he said, "With me here, what are you afraid of?"

"Eh, how should I eat these potatoes?"

How should potatoes be eaten?This knowledge is great!
Eat steamed, fried, boiled, fried or even baked, you can eat whatever you want!Of course, if you don't want to die, it's best not to eat it raw.
Lu Yan looked around and saw that there were no pots, pans, spices or anything else.

However, he still saw the dead branches piled up in the corner, and immediately thought of the most convenient way to eat them, so he said, "Let's have a baked potato first!"

(End of this chapter)