God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 962 Planting Peppers

Hu County Farm.

Li Chengqian followed Du He and walked into the greenhouse.

Looking around, the entire greenhouse is full of green seedlings not only the size of a palm.

This seedling was something Li Chengqian had never seen before.

He squatted on the ground, looked at the seedlings carefully, and looked back at Du He in surprise: "Teacher, is this a pepper? But I remember that pepper, it was red, one by one, and there was no such thing, could it be like a potato?" , growing underground?"

No wonder Li Chengqian is ignorant. In fact, in this era, no one has ever seen how peppers are grown.

These pepper seedlings were actually planted a month ago.

It's so cold that others can't grow it, but Duhe has a big shed, so it's not difficult to grow anything.

Now, all the pepper seeds that were sown have probably grown up, and under Li Chengqian's careful care, they have grown very well.

As the temperature rises, spring flowers bloom.

Du He decided to transplant these pepper seedlings to the land outside.

In order to ensure the survival rate after transplanting, Du He decided to adopt the method of overall transplanting, and directly asked people to dig up all the soil around the roots of each pepper seedling, and removed them as a whole, avoiding that the survival rate of pepper seedlings was not high if they were removed alone. The problem.

This matter, of course, is left to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian led the workers, carrying a small shovel, and was so busy that he spent three days working hard to finally transplant all the pepper seedlings. Then he brought people to watch day and night.

During this period, Li Chengqian found Du He many times, and said in doubt: "Teacher, I don't know what's going on. People from the Sikong Mansion often come here, and even Chang Sun Chong came several times to ask me about the chili peppers in Hu County."

Hearing this, Du He waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, you just need to remember your teacher's instruction, this pepper is the biggest secret of the Huxian farm, and you must not reveal it to outsiders for the time being."

"Teacher, don't worry, I know what to do!" Li Chengqian nodded and said solemnly.

In addition to Li Chengqian, there are twelve other workers who are in charge of planting chili peppers. These people live on the farm, and since the day they planted chili pepper seeds, they have been forced to leave for half a step, and they have completely cut off contact with the outside world.

These people didn't complain at all, because the salary Du He gave them was as high as one hundred Wen per day, which was more than three times that of other ordinary workers on the farm.

Changsun Chong came to the Agricultural Research Institute many times, and even brought him a long time to drink with Li Chengqian, but what he said was all about chili peppers.

Li Chengqian knew it well, and kept Du He's instructions in mind, and never revealed any information.

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More than a month later.

Du He is teaching Li Yuanshu financial management in the backyard of the county government.

boom.

Suddenly, the courtyard door was violently knocked open.

Startled, the two looked up.

I saw a dark guy barging in with a disheveled face.

Du He picked up a stick next to him, rushed up, and knocked the man to the ground.

"You dare to even break into my young master's house. I'm really impatient. Come on, I will break this guy's leg and send him to Lantian Coal Mine to dig coal!" Du He said loudly.

The guards at the door rushed in one after another.

But the man got up from the ground with a grunt, and murmured, "Teacher, don't beat me, I'll be beaten... I'm the prince!"

Prince?

Du He stared wide-eyed.

It turned out to be Li Chengqian!

This guy is wearing dirty coarse clothes, not to mention patches all over the clothes, and a few holes, his hair is messy, like a chicken coop, and looking at that face, it is so dark that it looks like It is generally rubbed with coal several times.

If it weren't for his voice and eyes, Du He wouldn't have recognized him at all.

"Prince, why do you look like this?" Li Yuanshu asked in surprise.

Li Chengqian scratched his head: "Sister Huang, what do you mean, haven't I always been like this?"

Du He waved his hand to make the guards retreat, and then asked: "Your Highness, what do you want?"

Li Chengqian said excitedly: "Teacher, I'm here to deliver the good news. The peppers have grown, and most of them have already grown."

This guy is dancing, as if he gave birth to a son.

Du He was very calm: "Your Highness, you have to remember what you said as a teacher, don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself. Alright, take me to see it!"

With that said, the two walked out of the county office.

Lu Bu had already prepared a carriage for Du He.

Li Chengqian came out and jumped into the carriage.

Seeing this, Du He stopped in his tracks.

Li Chengqian lifted the curtain and asked curiously: "Teacher, why don't you get in the car yet?"

Du He pinched his nose and said, "Your Highness, I'm motion sick, I'd better ride a horse."

He hurriedly asked Lu Bu to bring his BMW [-] over, and then rode forward.

Inside the carriage, Li Chengqian asked curiously, "Teacher gets motion sickness, why don't I know, huh? What kind of smell, it stinks..."

He moved his nose and finally confirmed that the stench was coming from himself.

Then I remembered that I hadn't bathed or changed clothes for more than a month.

Not long after, the group entered the Huxian farm and came to the hidden pepper plantation.

Du He dismounted from his horse and came up close to watch carefully. Sure enough, peppers the size of little fingers had grown on the pepper seedlings.

It's just that these peppers are all green in color, and I'm afraid it will take about a month before they can be harvested.

Li Chengqian stepped forward and analyzed: "Teacher, I feel that our chili peppers will definitely be able to transfer a lot of money, even more profitable than the vegetables grown in the greenhouse back then. I've eaten it before, but others haven't seen it before. If they want to buy it at a high price, I'm afraid it's not easy. Teacher, it's better to let Fang Yiai do this. Even a pair of broken straw sandals can sell for a high price of one hundred. If he sells peppers, he will definitely get a good price!"

What Li Chengqian said makes sense.

This first batch of peppers, Du He was indeed going to sell them at a high price.

But in this world, except for His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun, no one else has eaten chili peppers, and the chili peppers are extremely spicy and not delicious when they take the first bite. It is really not easy for everyone to buy them at a high price.

But Du He already had an idea in his heart.

He smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, you should grow peppers well. Xiao Ai has gone to the south of the Yangtze River now, and he can't help with selling peppers... Fortunately, we don't need to contribute to this matter, and there are naturally people. Help us spread the word."

Li Chengqian asked: "Who?"

Du He laughed and said, "At that time, you will naturally know!"

With that said, Du He turned and left.

He rode a BMW [-] and walked along the path of the farm.

Looking around, the flat land is divided into pieces.

Countless people are busy.

That was Lao Fu leading everyone to plant potatoes.

Except for some of the potato seeds that were eaten by Du He last year, the rest were all preserved, except for the ones that were damaged by freezing, the rest were all planted.

More than 100 acres of land have been planted.

Du He thought to himself, in half a year, it will be another harvest season.

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(End of this chapter)