The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 285 Using Data to Speak

No one from the old Li's family was in the village, and most of the fields were hired by the patriarch of the Li clan to cultivate them.

However, because of the particularity of the potatoes in the two subdivisions, Li Erlang deliberately confessed to Fang Lao Si, saying that they were cultivated by the young sister of the Fang family.

Fourth Fang didn't know anything else, but now he absolutely believed in Yaomei's ability.

At the end of March, I seriously sowed the potato seeds. I watered and applied a little manure according to Yaomei’s instructions. Then at the beginning of September, I almost went with my brothers to harvest the potatoes in the two lands. It came out.

When Tudou came out, the Fang family had already sensed that something was wrong, but they kept in mind Yaomei's order and didn't make a big deal of it.

Then I weighed all the potatoes that came out, and carefully removed the large pieces of soil as much as possible.

The result was really frightening. We weighed it casually and added up to more than 300 catties.

Boss Fang and the second child couldn't believe it, and asked the third and fourth children to weigh them again, and went back to ask the old man to come over.

Old man Fang took his four sons and weighed all the potatoes again, even after cleaning up the potatoes again, the mud on the potatoes was much less.

But in total, more than 300 catties of potatoes were harvested from these two lands.

Old man Fang didn't know how to do the calculations, so he asked Fang Laosi to do the calculations. With this addition and subtraction, he got the data that one mu of land should be able to grow [-] catties of potatoes according to this yield.

And this is only their first experiment with random planting. According to Yaomei, it will get better and better in the future, that is, more potatoes can be grown per acre of land after improvement.

Old man Fang is a standard farmer who has been farming all his life, and he is very clear about such data.

If this potato can really be popularized, it will be a boon for farmers.

You must know that when rural people farm, the yield of rice is only two to three hundred catties per mu, and if there is three to four to five hundred catties, it is very good.

It is a good hand in growing crops, and the result can only be obtained after careful service.

But it can't compare with this potato.

Although they don't quite understand the esoteric truth, it doesn't prevent them from getting acquainted with people who understand the truth. On the one hand, they put the freshly collected potatoes in a cool place to dry them for easy storage.

While thinking about how to deal with so many potatoes, how to tell Li Sanlang.

Just at this time Li Erlang came back, Fang's family hurriedly packed all the grown potatoes together and shipped them to Li's old house.

Then let Fang Lao Si, who is eloquent, explain this matter to Li Erlang clearly.

Li Erlang was also very excited, and happened to be on his way to Beijing together with the mountain goods that Fang Laosi had already collected, not resting in his hometown for a few days.

So at this moment, old man Li looked more enthusiastically at the potatoes in the basket than at his own son.

"Third daughter-in-law, this thing is really good, it couldn't be better."

It is a good thing that can fill more people's stomachs, keep more people from starving, and even starve to death.

Potatoes were added to all the dishes that Li's family ate that night, such as roasted chicken with potatoes, potato cakes, shredded potatoes in vinegar, roasted pork ribs with potatoes, stewed potatoes with rice, and Fang Qingqing even asked Mrs. Li, who is a good cook, to cook them. fries.

Even without ketchup, the children ate happily.

Everyone ate very happily, and Shi also made a special point:

"It's as delicious as the thing called yam that the third daughter-in-law got back before, and it feels more full after eating."

The mother-in-law's words can be said to be very accurate, which is one of the reasons why Fang Qingqing only considers using high-yield potatoes to improve everyone's crops instead of yams.

To a large extent, yam cannot become a staple food, and the conditions for growing yam are harsher, so it is difficult to promote it on a large scale.

Of course, it wasn't just that the old Li's family had a very hearty meal made of potatoes, Fang Qingqing taught the recipes of several dishes to his sister-in-law and elder sister Li.

Then I brought many back to the food shop, made some finished products, and gave them to the old Li's family and the friends Li Xiuping met here.

Even Prince An's Mansion did not fall behind.

Originally, the prince's status is noble, so it's a bit troublesome to send this kind of food casually.

But considering the existence of Princess Anle, Fang Qingqing had the courage to send it over.

The people in Prince An's Mansion must have wider contacts than them, and it is more convenient to spread the magical reputation of Tudou, and then Li Xiuping will talk about it in front of the emperor, which will be more feasible.

After doing this for a while, Fang Qingqing calmed down to discuss the potato issue with her family, especially Li Xiuping.

The yield is high and the taste is good. The combination of these benefits makes potatoes a very precious thing in the eyes of everyone in the Li family.

Originally, Fang Qingqing taught them to wash the potatoes and scrape off the potato skins, but old man Li was still a little reluctant and wanted to stop them.

As a result, now, I just look at the remaining potatoes speechless.

Moreover, he looked down at the potatoes on the ground, and looked up at the third daughter-in-law sitting there.

Old man Li sighed heavily.

Shi Shi just glanced at him strangely, but Li Dalang asked: "Father, what's wrong with you?"

"Hey, sure enough, reading is good."

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The whole family felt baffled.

Isn't this nonsense, who doesn't know that reading is good?

No, old man Li has always known that studying is good, so he insisted on sending Li Sanlang to study for so many years.

But why do you suddenly express such emotion now?
"I have been farming all my life. I just planted according to what the older generation taught me. I never thought about finding new varieties of crops. I never thought about increasing yields to solve problems.

After the third daughter-in-law knew how to read and write, she knew that she had to find a way from the book, so she was still a good scholar. "

Li Xiuping just smiled lightly and didn't speak.

There are so many scholars in the world, how many of them know how to farm?

And he has read books for so many years, and he has never seen a book about high-yield new crops and how to cultivate them. These are all his daughter-in-law's unique secrets.

What Li Xiuping feels is very honorable is that his daughter-in-law does not hide her secrets, and she shows all this knowledge to everyone.

And as far as he knew, the daughter-in-law asked the family to grow potatoes, not just farming like their parents did in the past.

After all, this is a new thing, and it needs to rely on data to promote it on a large scale, and Fang Qingqing has already made preparations for these things.

From the very beginning when she wanted to get her father-in-law to agree to plant a plot of potatoes at home, Fang Qingqing emphasized that during the planting process, it was necessary to record when the planting started, how many days it germinated, when it was watered and fertilized, and so on.

Even if you are illiterate, you must try to remember it in your heart, and then let the children who are studying at home transcribe it on paper.

(End of this chapter)