Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 118 High Yield, Filling and Delicious, Isn’t It Worth a Title?
What sweet potatoes!
Song Yun was hurt by this sentence, and the old lady Song's casual words almost subverted Song Yun's values.As a result, everyone in the family followed her by calling her "Sweet Potato". Is she too young to have human rights?angry.

Song Zhen saw the little girl's face alternately sad and angry, and patted her:
"What's wrong with you? You were poisoned before eating?"

Song Yun snorted:
"It will be done in a while, so don't touch it."

After finishing speaking, she hugged a few and went to the kitchen, went to Chen's side to watch the poison-testing rooster strolling on the ground for a while, and then said triumphantly:
"Mom, I'm right, it's not poisonous."

Shen nodded, took a potato from Song Yun's hand, and asked Song Yun:
"What should I do with this sweet potato? Is it cooked?"

Song Yun took a deep breath, sweet potatoes should be sweet potatoes, as long as they can be planted, she also figured it out, and said calmly to Shen:

"It is said that it can be boiled, baked, steamed, and can also be chopped into strips and fried. Let's try steaming first."

Song Yun didn't say anything else. Steaming and roasting are the cheapest ways to eat. She has to let her family know that the biggest role of potatoes is not whether they taste good or not, but that they are filling and easy to cook.

Mrs. Li took a few potatoes from Song Yun's hand, and said in embarrassment:
"How long will it take to steam?"

"Steam for a while first."

When eating dinner, no one stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the potato cubes. They were so rough that no one could imagine what they tasted like.

Song Yun looked around and found that even Song Ce, who was most accommodating to her, avoided her sight, and couldn't help laughing. As half of the northerners' dining table, she didn't believe that, in another dynasty, this potato would still be unaffected. Welcome!

Song Yun picked up a piece of potato, mashed it, and scooped up chicken nuggets, mixed them together, pretending that it was chicken nuggets with potatoes.

Mrs. Song curled her lips, she knew it was not tasty by looking at it, it was sticky.

As a father, Song Nian couldn't help but show his daughter face, so he took a piece with a tragic face, and didn't eat it like Song Yun did. He also felt that the sweet potato in that state was a bit indecent, so he took a bite directly.

Ok?It's not bad, it's tasteless, but the taste is good, and it's really good to eat as a staple food.Song Nian took another bite, then greeted his family:
"Try it, it tastes good."

Mrs. Shen followed with a chopstick, and Mrs. Song followed. Song Ce and Song Zhen carefully picked out a small chopstick after seeing it.

Seeing her family's support, Song Yun became happy. To be honest, if she didn't want to persuade them to take out the land at home to plant, she would be reluctant to take it out and eat it. These are all seeds!
Shen was the most careful. After eating a piece, she pointed out the characteristics of potatoes:
"This sweet potato is probably similar to cabbage tofu. It doesn't have much of its own flavor, so it is very easy to be contaminated by other ingredients."

Mrs. Song also said:
"It's very suitable for farmers to cook and eat. It's simple and doesn't hurt your throat."

As expected of a mistress, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have hit the point.

Potatoes belong to the food of both tastes and tastes:
The rich people simmered it with high soup, which tastes quite delicious, especially this taste, as long as the amount of eating is appropriate, it is quite suitable for the elderly and children.

Ordinary people are reluctant to spend firewood and seasonings. When boiling water, throw it into the fire. When it is cooked, peel it and add some salt, or mix it with pickled vegetables and pickles. It is better than various grains mixed with impurities and ground into powder. Much more delicate.

Song Ce and Song Zhen haven't suffered much, and they don't think potatoes are delicious. After all, the fine flour and fine grains they often eat have a good taste, but Song Ce still takes Wolan's phrase "longer" in his heart. up.

After dinner, Song Ce asked his grandmother:
"Silan said that the sweet potato planted by my younger sister has a high yield. How about the staple food we eat today?"

Mrs. Song hadn't seen what it looked like after it was completely dug up. After hearing this, she became interested and said she wanted to go and see. Song Nian and the others naturally followed.

Song Yun has been holding back from showing off this point, just waiting for them to find out by themselves. As expected, the old lady exclaimed as soon as she entered Shen's courtyard:
"So many? Didn't we only grow seven or eight plants?"

The smile on Song Nian's face became more serious, and he asked Mo Zhu to find a tool for weighing, and then asked his daughter:
"How many did you buy in total?"

"Fifteen or sixteen. I forgot. After several months in the cellar, a few broke, and the rest were cut into pieces and planted."

"After a few months, only a few broke?"

"Yes, the rest have sprouted. According to Hu Shang, the sprouts are poisonous and cannot be eaten, but they can still be used as seeds."

Mo Zhu over there knew that Song Nian was in a hurry, so he quickly took the tools for weighing grain from the kitchen, piled up the dug potatoes, and weighed more than 70 catties.

Song Yun doesn't know what this weight means, but the impression of high yield of potatoes is deeply rooted in the hearts of every modern person, so she is quite confident.

But the elders in the family were silent one after another. Originally, they indulged Song Yun to do this thing, just to let her play. Such a surprise, it could even be said to be frightening.

Song Nian asked the men in the family to put the potatoes into the warehouse.Then it was proposed that the family should discuss how to treat these "sweet potatoes".

In fact, according to Song Yun's idea, it is best to find a medium-sized field and plant it in the same way that ordinary farmers tend crops, and count the entire process and final output in more detail.Then it can be presented to the government.

In fact, she has also thought that if she holds potatoes, she can indeed make a profit from them, but the family is not in such a difficult situation at present, and once she wants to make money, she must first promote it. If it is promoted, it will still be noticed by the government. Instead of being passively asked, it is better to make a gesture of serving the country and the people from the very beginning.

Fortunately, today's politics is still relatively clear, and the potatoes can play a greater role in the government.

Song Nian intends to train a few children, especially his son. After all, they will have more contact with the outside world in the future and need to have accurate judgment. So after the family sat down in the main hall, he asked:
"Ah Ce, Ah Zhen, what do you think is more appropriate?"

Even though Song Ce and Song Zhen were still young, they were still educated in orthodox Confucianism. Their first reaction was to report to the imperial court, promote it to the common people, and let them cultivate.

Song Zhen was even more idealistic, and directly said that it would be distributed to farmers in Liyang County. Of course, the first round must be given to Tianjia Village. After saying this, he looked at the old lady Song very complacently, like Asking: Grandma, am I right?
Mrs. Song rolled her eyes and complained:
"You guys really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. Why don't you give your father another official position because it was grown in our family? No matter how bad it is, you have to reward some money, right? Anyway, I don't want If it is for nothing, Tianjiacun will not succeed."

After hearing what the two elder brothers said, Song Jun was a little afraid that Song Nian would also have this kind of behavior. How should I put it, the spirit of sacrificing the small family for everyone in ancient times.Although she also wants to help others, she has to do something for herself, doesn't she?Otherwise, who would dare to do good deeds? It's not enough.

So she quickly echoed:

"Grandmother is right. This potato is high-yielding, filling and delicious. Once it is popularized, it will be a living person with countless great merits. Isn't it worth a title?"

　I did a search, and there is a document that says:

　　1. Western Han Dynasty: One catty is equivalent to 258.24 grams.

　　2. Wang Mang and the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties: One catty is equivalent to 222.73 grams.

　　3. In the early years of the Sui Dynasty: one catty is equivalent to 668.19 grams.

　　4. At the end of the Sui Dynasty: One catty is equivalent to 222.73 grams.

　　5. Tang to Qing Dynasty: One catty is equivalent to 596.82 grams.

　　Well, because this is overhead, for the convenience of understanding, I calculated that one catty equals 500 grams, which is consistent with modern times.

　　There is also the survival rate of potatoes and the amount of fruit per plant. No one in my family knows how to grow potatoes, and I have not inquired about them.The information found on the Internet is quite poor. After all, there are differences between professional farming and business farming. I will take the middle value. If there are readers who understand this aspect and think there are problems with the data, you can also contact me Say, I'll change it again.

　　
　
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