Datang first village

This is immortal food, at least that's what people who knew about it in Datang called it.

Li Yuanxing asked Lizheng to randomly select 54 corn plants in the field, cut off the connecting rods and took them out.Then I cut two plants on the edge of the field, holding four corn cobs in my hand: "I boiled it with water!"

A few steps forward, a shed was built on the ground, which was very clean.That's what it's all about.

Li Yuanxing and Wang Jishan came to the shed to sit down, a guard served tea and retreated to the side.

There is a coal stove here. Wang Jishan observed it carefully. It is different from what Wang Yuyan described when he came back.This is a pottery stove, not a barrel like that, but a square one.

"This thing was newly designed by craftsmen." Li Yuanxing tore off the outer skin of the corn with his own hands, leaving the innermost two layers of tender skin and throwing it into the iron pot.The two guards lifted the pot under Li Yuanxing's signal, and Li Yuanxing said: "This is three-story, and the innermost layer is the furnace tile, which is fire-resistant."

Wang Jishan nodded, he saw the open flame and the red hearth.

"Then the second layer is the pottery furnace body, and there is about an inch of soil between the first layer. It is used to ensure that as much heat as possible from the furnace is burned on the pot instead of wasting it."

Wang Jishan nodded again: "This thing is very good!"

"There is another layer that is square and filled with water. The craftsmen are really skillful. Some designs add a pottery pipe, and some designs add a hole to draw water."

Under Li Yuanxing's signal, a personal guard took a bowl of water from the square outer furnace.

"This water is good for washing your face and hands when it's cold in winter. It's just that this water is not suitable for drinking, and it is not recommended to drink the water here." Li Yuanxing took the bowl and asked Wang Jishan to test the temperature of the water. It is about [-] degrees in modern calculations. look.Wang Jishan also said: "After a tiring day, a hot bath is the best!"

"Yes, this hot water is always useful!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yuanxing motioned his guards to put the pot on the stove, and then pointed to a long pottery pipe protruding from the stove: "This is a chimney. Coal is different from firewood. Although there is no smoke, it will kill people. It is a stale gas that makes people unable to breathe, so it must be discharged."

Wang Ji asked kindly, is this turbidity terrible?

Li Yuanxing explained again: "It's like the last time the emperor's wife was above the main hall, because the main hall is ventilated, so there is no problem at all. But if the doors and windows are closed tightly in the common people's homes like winter, it will be fine for an hour or two, but not for a whole night. In the house If the turbidity is too heavy, it will cause dizziness if it is mild, stroke if it is moderate, and death if it is severe!"

Wang Jishan understood.

"It's just like the air in the dense forest in the south. When there is sunshine during the day, people can go in and out without hindrance, but at night it is very dangerous. Therefore, as long as the coal stove is ventilated inside the house, and there is a chimney to discharge the dirty air outside the house, it will be fine. No harm to people!"

"That's right!" Li Yuanxing nodded with a smile.

After watching the stove, Li Yuanxing asked to make a record of the 54 corn plants.

54 stalks of corn were cut off one foot from the root, and the upper part is being weighed.Soon a personal guard came to report: "Report to Your Highness, according to estimates, the fine parts of the green poles can be used as feed for cattle and horses per acre, which can weigh 54 catties! Among the [-] plants, there are a total of [-] sticks. One didn't grow corn!"

"It didn't grow?" Li Yuanxing was a little excited.

The guard immediately said: "Lizheng has already checked it, but it didn't grow out. It's not that someone took it. Lizheng is going to apologize to you. It's because he didn't check it carefully!"

"I have to apologize for such a trivial matter. You are not tired, but this king is still tired!"

Li Yuanxing made fun of the guards with a few words, Wang Jishan watched from the sidelines, it was rumored that Li Yuanxing was close, and seeing that the rumors were true today, he really did not put on airs of the prince at all.

"Go, remove the leaves from the one that doesn't grow corn, and bring the stalk!"

The corn stalk that hadn't grown corn was brought over, and Rizheng was still standing there nervously.

He cut two small pieces of corn stalks with a knife provided by his personal guard, and Li Yuanxing handed one piece to Wang Jishan's hand: "I liked this kind of stalks that didn't grow corn the most when I was a child." After speaking, Li Yuanxing took a bite and poured the juice After biting it out, spit out the residue.Laughing: "It's really sweet. Don't dare to let the little guys in the village know this secret, otherwise the corn stalks will be bitten by them, and the corn production will be greatly reduced!"

Li Zheng and the guards also laughed.

Wang Jishan's teeth were bad. After pressing it with his hands, he put it in his mouth and felt the taste.

It's really sweet, like a child's teeth are good, they will naturally like to bite this thing, the juice is sweet and interesting.

"It seems that Wulang is going to take a good look at the dolls in Zhuangzhong!" Wang Jishan also said with a smile.

Li Yuanxing asked the guards and Li Zheng to taste it, and Li Zheng said: "The dolls will definitely watch it, and the dolls of the farmer's family will not harm the crops."

"I just said that there are one hundred and one corns. Did you weigh them?" Li Yuanxing asked again.

Lizheng replied: "It is estimated that there are [-] catties per mu!"

At [-] catties, Wang Jishan stood up immediately. This figure is really astonishing.Li Yuanxing knew that Lizheng had made a mistake, but he didn't tell the truth.Watching Wang Jishan run over in person to check the weight.

"54 plants, one mu is [-] plants. This is one of fifty, this weight..."

Li Yuanxing was listening, and Wang Jishan calculated the yield per mu. When Wang Jishan finished the calculation and was surprised by the figure of thirteen hundred catties, Li Yuanxing walked over: "Lizheng made a mistake, this calculation is not done in this way!"

"How to calculate?" Wang Ji said kindly, even if it is wrong, it is impossible to remove the whole number and leave a fraction.

We must know that Datang's current yield per mu is only about 100 catties, and the well-managed farmland does not exceed [-] catties.A little short, more than [-] catties of grain.This is [-] catties, [-] catties.

The old man was trembling all over.

This kind of seed, this kind of seed... Wang Jishan almost asked for the seed.

Li Yuanxing called Li Zheng, picked up a corn whose husk had been completely torn off, and removed the corn kernels on it: "To calculate the weight, how can you count the cobs inside? How much difference is it? Ya. Go, recalculate!"

The new corn is not easy to pick, but it can't stand the crowd, not only Wang Jishan's guards, but even Wang Jishan wants to try it himself.

Wang Jishan was eager to know how much the real yield per mu was.

Looking at Wang Jishan's trembling hands, Li Yuanxing said, "It's fresh corn now. It's not fully mature yet, and it will take about ten days. It was planted later this year. When it is fully mature, it will be easy to dry after drying." I can dial it down."

Wang Jishan just nodded, but his hands didn't stop.

In the end, it was Wang Jishan who was sent, and had to be handed over to the servant to complete it.

"This has been re-estimated, and the yield per mu is a thousand catties!" Wang Jishan kept staring.

"This, it's not sun-dried. At least [-]% of the water will be reduced after drying. This is a refined seed, seven hundred catties, and this figure is not bad." Li Yuanxing was also silently calculating in his heart, this amount is five hundred in modern times The yield per kilogram is not bad, but if the fertilizer cannot keep up, the yield per mu will definitely drop.

Li Yuanxing sighed softly: "This is a fine plant. If the plant is released, the yield of [-] catties per mu is not bad!"

"Five hundred catties, five hundred catties is a great harvest!" Wang Jishan's tone raised an octave.

Li Yuanxing shrugged his shoulders and was about to speak, but he looked at Li Zhengyi who was waiting and knelt there to thank the world.Weeping and crying.It's just that several of the guards have red eye circles...

"Wulang, no! Your Highness King Qin, if you produce [-] catties per mu, you must thank heaven and earth. If you produce [-] catties per mu, officials at all levels in the county will reward them, and the court will report their achievements throughout the Tang Dynasty. Your Highness King Qin, For you, just according to what you said, after it is dried, it will yield [-] catties per mu, what should it be?"

Wang Jishan was a little excited. His excitement was not for Datang, but for their Taiyuan Wang family.

Li Yuanxing dared to ask him to come over, and claimed the yield per mu in front of him, which meant that he would give the Wang family the seeds.

Let alone seven hundred catties, it is 350 catties, which is also a huge output.

Li Yuanxing rubbed his chin: "This, you should invite brother Huang to preside over the harvest, and sacrifice to heaven and earth by the way."

Wang Jishan was overjoyed, you, Li Yuanxing, are really good at talking nonsense, and you almost missed the topic at the critical moment.The output of this seven hundred catties must be used by the saints to sacrifice to the heaven and the earth.

But don't you, Li Yuanxing, understand that if you produce a yield of [-] catties per mu, what should you do to the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty?

Li Yuanxing also sneered, thinking that the family was nothing more than that.What you see in your eyes is only the land, and the little grain produced in the land. Even if you do business, it is just that little business.

"Mr. Wang, even if you don't need any land for a year, your Taiyuan Wang family will earn ten times as much money and grain as it does now. A little high-yield grain is not worth the Taiyuan Wang family's excitement. With enough money, you can't buy a lot of grain. Is it? With enough money, you still can’t fill the granary of your royal family!”

Wang Jishan was stunned, and suddenly he came to his senses.

Li Yuanxing's words are probably the focus of today's talk.

Li Yuanxing said again: "There is another kind of grain. You can grow it in sandy land even if you don't choose the land. The yield per mu is as low as three thousand catties, and it is quite delicious. It's just boring if you eat too much. I just pick the right one. Yes, eat some as a snack. It was almost broken and fed to cows and horses. I don’t know what Wang Lao will think when he hears this!”

"Under the Tang Dynasty, there will be no hungry people anymore!" Wang Jishan said word by word.

Li Yuanxing took out a cigarette, lit it with a pure steel lighter, and walked to the shed while saying, "I'll start breeding again in spring, and I can prepare some seeds for every state and county in the world at most once a year!"

Wang Jishan took a few steps to catch up with Li Yuanxing, and when he was about to say something, Li Yuanxing said with a smile: "Why don't you taste the Tang corn first, there are many ways to eat it. It's just that I like the simplest way to eat it best!" said After that, Li Yuanxing opened the lid of the pot, fished out two corns from the water, put them on the corn cob from behind with bamboo chopsticks, and held the bamboo chopsticks in his hand.

"That's the way to eat, the easiest!" Li Yuanxing blew on the corn to cool it down, took a big bite, and laughed.

Wang Jishan is getting older, so he must not be able to bite.

But Li Yuanxing had a way, and asked the guards to cut half a bowl of corn kernels with a knife: "Old Wang, be careful, this way of eating is a bit hard."

Wang Jishan ate two grains. In fact, he already knew that the food would definitely not be bad, and it smelled delicious when taken out of the pot.

(To be continued)