Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 148 Digging Potatoes

Xue Lang scratched his head and wrote a melody, but he didn't forget to ask someone to tell Li Gang that he would dig potatoes tomorrow, and he asked Li Gang and Li Shangshu to come and witness the production.

With a more serious and solemn spirit than taking the high school entrance examination, Xue Lang typed the draft three times before writing the first memorial of his adult life.I copied it carefully, and suddenly remembered——

His Majesty Li Yuan doesn't know how to use punctuation marks!

After thinking about it, I wrote a supplementary rule on the meaning and types of punctuation marks, explained it in detail, and put it in front of the memorandum for explanation, but I don’t know if it’s okay or not.

In the painful ancient times, everything must be regulated!

Everything will be determined after consulting Her Highness the Princess tomorrow!

Xue Lang was also open-minded, and struggled all afternoon. After finally writing it out, he simply threw it aside, ate and bathed neatly, and prepared to go to bed on time.

Su Han said with a paralyzed face: "Xue Zhiyi is still very troubled tomorrow, but he can sleep peacefully at night, a genius!"

Jiang Lin was amused, Xue Lang gave him a look: "Only by working and resting on time can your health be good, Doctor Su, as a doctor, don't you know that?"

Su Han said: "I'm just praising Xue Zhizhi."

Xue Lang said: "I didn't hear it at all, I only heard that you said I was weird."

Su Han read: "A strange flower...it is more suitable than a genius! Xue Ziyi is really a strange flower in the world!"

Xue Lang really wanted to say, you are amazing, and your whole family is amazing!But thinking of Su Han's life experience, bear it!However, there is one thing that does not need to be tolerated——

Xue Lang turned his head to Jiang Lin and said, "Ah Lin, Dr. Su's martial arts skills have been weak recently, you should catch him more and practice."

Jiang Lin pretended to be serious, with a smile in his eyes: "I would like to follow my elder brother's order, my younger brother understands!"

Su Han yelled strangely: "Xue Jianyi, why do you treat Han like this?"

Xue Lang turned his head and replied with a half-smiley expression, confidently saying, "Because I'm a weirdo!"

Su Han...Su Han turned his head to look at Jiang Lin: "A Lin, do you have the heart to help the evildoer?"

Jiang Lin is learning and selling now: "As the younger brother of a wonderful flower, he will always be different."

"Alin, how cruel are you!"

Su Han was sad and indignant, Xue Lang laughed heartily, went to wash up happily, and got ready to sleep.That night, Xue Lang fell asleep to the sound of Su Han's snoring... Don't get me wrong, it wasn't Su Han who came to sleep with Xue Lang, but Su Han was dragged by Jiang Lin to practice martial arts, bent over to support the wall, Panting like a cow.Xue Lang thought it was more beautiful than a lullaby!
Woke up the next day, refreshed, drank a bowl of porridge early in the morning, asked Chang Jian to send the memorial written yesterday to His Highness the Princess for review, then changed into short brown, prepared a small hoe, and waited for Li Gang Come and dig potatoes together.

When the appointed time came, not only did Li Gang come, but Princess Pingyang also came to watch the potato harvest together.When the two looked at Xue Lang's attire, Li Gang was taken aback, but Princess Pingyang's expression did not change at all.

Li Gang asked: "What is Xue Jianyi's outfit?"

Xue Lang said: "At the beginning, there were not many potatoes that could be used as seeds, so the area to be planted was not large. Others don't understand the properties of potatoes, so they might dig them up. I just dig them myself. It doesn't take much effort."

There are only five potatoes in the area, and no matter how high the yield is, it will not be much higher.Li Gang said with a smile: "I heard Her Royal Highness said that Xue Jianyi is also good at farming, and the farm is already well organized. Now it seems that he is not only slightly familiar, but proficient."

Xue Lang smiled and said: "It's still the same sentence, the theory is a bit clear, but the actual operation is just a fool."

Li Gang laughed.A group of people went to the plantation, and as soon as they entered, it was full of green, and the yard was leveled as flat as the land. Li Gang saw a large piece of pumpkin at a glance, and saw the big pumpkin faintly visible in the melon vine, and asked in surprise: "What is that? "

Xue Lang said: "Back to Li Shangshu, it is called pumpkin, and it is also called noodle melon in some places. It is a kind of vegetable. The small piece over there is peanut, which can be squeezed for oil; that piece is potato."

"Oh?"

Li Gang immediately walked over quickly, saw such a small piece, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth: "It's really quite small, Xue Zhiyi, how much can I get for such a piece?"

Five potatoes were planted on about half of the land. This is because the emergence rate is good, and almost every sprout has emerged and survived.Xue Lang said: "When these seeds were planted at the beginning, the seedlings emerged quite well, and the growth was also good. It is difficult to estimate. It is difficult to calculate after they are dug out."

"Then dig quickly."

As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to help. Xue Lang was so frightened that the black line on his forehead was so frightened that he quickly cast a look for help to Her Royal Highness who was watching silently. Just watch from the sidelines, potato seeds are scarce, if you dig them out due to unfamiliarity..."

Before he finished talking, Li Gang already understood, so he stopped his thoughts of helping, and urged Xue Lang: "Then please Xue Zhiyi to do it."

"Here."

Xue Lang responded, put down the small hoe he was carrying, squatted down and started digging potatoes——

The soil in this courtyard is excellent. When the nursery was first built, the soil dug in was extremely thick and soft, and Xue Lang provided enough fertilizer. The branches and seedlings on the ground were raised extremely fat, and the seedlings grew well. , The potatoes that grow out of the soil are naturally better, indicating that the nutrition is sufficient.

Xue Lang took the small hoe and dug out the first one first.Digging with the hoe, and digging carefully with hands, first dig out four potatoes the size of adult men's fists——

Li Gang was overjoyed, and quickly asked: "Xue Zhiyi, are these four potatoes grown from one seedling?"

Xue Lang said: "There should be more than these. These four are the biggest ones, and there are some smaller ones."

"hiss!"

The old man gasped, his mouth couldn't close in shock, his eyes were looking eagerly, for fear of missing it.As calm as a princess, she couldn't help but move and stood closer.

Xue Lang continued digging, and found three more potatoes the size of a woman's fist. He thought they were gone, but when he dug out the soil, he found four more potatoes the size of a baby's fist.

Xue Lang said: "That's all for this seedling, don't move it, the potatoes dug out of each seedling are piled up separately."

Changjian who assisted immediately said: "Here."

Xue Lang then continued to dig, and it took only half an hour to finish digging for less than half a cent of the ground. Xue Lang dug carefully, not wanting to miss any potato, which took more time.

Each dug-up potato was stacked separately. Xue Lang took a look. The quality of the potato seeds was good. The dug-up potatoes were much bigger and smaller. The size of each potato was about the same, with little difference. It shows that the seed stability is very good.

Xue Lang nodded in satisfaction, and told Changjian: "Weigh the big and small ones separately, and see how many catties you have collected in total."

"Here!"

I took a sack to put it in, but it actually filled more than half of it.Li Gang's voice trembled slightly: "Xue...Xue Zhiyi, these are just grown from five potatoes?"

Xue Lang said: "Back to Li Shangshu, that's right. The seeds are good, the sprouts are good, the seedlings are good, and the potatoes produced are also good, and they are high-quality varieties."

"Quickly weigh! How much is the total?"

Xue Lang made Changjian exaggerate——

"A total of 87 catties and seven taels."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Li Gang coughed directly.Her Royal Highness's expression remained unchanged, she seemed to be standing calmly, and one could see the consternation in her eyes that could not be concealed upon careful observation.

Xue Lang silently estimated that at this time a catty was still 18 taels. If calculated according to modern weights and measures, it would be more than 160 catties, which is considered a bumper harvest!

Of course, it's not as good as those professional growers, who grow potatoes professionally, and there are some who can harvest [-] to [-] catties of potatoes from one seedling.In addition to the influence of fertilizers, etc., the harvest is already due to the good seeds.

Xue Lang has an inference, always feels that after time travel, not only he and Baozi have some aspects of their genes strengthened, it is estimated that crops have also been strengthened, judging from Baozi's state, these strengthened genes have also been stabilized heredity.I don't know if the enhanced place between him and the crops will become a stable genetic gene.This short leg needs to be planted next year to observe.

"Xue Advisory!"

Li Gang almost shouted with a roar, Xue Lang was shocked: "The next official is here!"

"Please quickly estimate the yield per mu, the old man needs eight hundred miles to report to the saint as soon as possible."

Xue Lang quickly responded, "Here!"

(End of this chapter)