God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 207 Potato Production ([-]rd update)

On the third day, when the sky just dawned, the three-acre field in the entire East Palace began to gather with ministers.

People chattered about the harvest of Li Chengqian's land today.

Someone said: "His Royal Highness boasted to Haikou that today there is food that can solve the severe drought in Shandong. I don't know if it is true or not."

"I see that the prince is very busy all day long, so he has no time to manage any crops."

"What can these three acres of land do? I have never heard that three acres of land can solve the food problem of tens of millions of people!"

"He is not a farmer, how can he know how to farm? It is nothing more than to please His Majesty."

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There are different opinions, but most people still choose not to believe that Li Chengqian can do this.

Cheng Yaojin was also on the spot, and he was unhappy when he heard it.

"When did His Royal Highness disappoint us?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt that it seemed to be the case.

But there are still some people who are skeptical about it. Although they don't speak, it doesn't mean they will be sure.

The ministers had different praises and criticisms for what Li Chengqian had done, and suddenly there was a little yellow door shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness is here!"

Everyone stopped talking.

"See Your Majesty, Your Highness the Queen!"

All the ministers saluted.

"Let's go and have a look inside!"

Li Shimin said, so many ministers went to the three-acre field, and at this time Li Chengqian was already preparing the harvest inside.

As soon as he saw Li Shimin coming, he walked over.

"Meet Your Majesty, Your Highness the Queen!"

The ministers waited and said:

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

"Huh? Gao Ming, I heard that you are going to harvest today, and what is this harvest?"

Li Chengqian didn't hide any more at this time, and there was nothing to hide.

He said: "Your Majesty, what I want to harvest today are potatoes."

Potato?

A minister said literally: "But the beans that grow in the soil?"

Well, it seems to be explained like this...

But not like this.

"Actually, it's not. It's just a scientific name. Just like Zhang San and Wang Si, it's just a name."

Having said that, it made the minister feel a little embarrassed.

The so-called talk too much will be lost, so it is said.

But Li Chengqian didn't delve into it, but went on to say: "The crops we are going to produce today can solve half of the famine problem in my Tang Dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was puzzled, after all, these words made people feel very exaggerated and unrealistic.

But it was said from the mouth of Li Chengqian who kept his word, which made everyone very conflicted. Do they choose to believe it or not?
Li Shimin was a little shocked and asked: "Oh? Just this one mu of land?"

"Your Majesty, the seeds brought by this one-acre field can spread potatoes all over the farmland near Chang'an in just two seasons, and within three years, the famine problem will definitely be solved."

He didn't mention corn. If it's corn, it only takes two seasons to plant tens of thousands of acres of land. That's the real supplement!Since then, there has been no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty, and everyone has enough to eat.

At this time, Zhang Liang came out and said, "His Royal Highness, is this an exaggeration?"

There are not many people who dare to come out to confront Li Chengqian now, and the only one who can make him remember is Zhang Liang, who was demoted two levels in a row.

Anyway, Zhang Liang is also a generation of heroes.

In fact, Li Chengqian still needs this kind of person, who can also assist in special occasions.

At the same time, some people said: "I don't believe it. Our famine problem has been around for a long time. To be honest, it is very big to solve it in a short time."

Where do these woodcutters know how much potatoes are produced?If they knew, they probably wouldn't say this.

You know, potatoes have many benefits, and they are also convenient to eat.

"I also want to see what you are going to do!"

Empress Changsun also said:

"I'm also very curious about what kind of surprise Gao Ming can bring us today!"

As a mother, Empress Changsun still believed in Li Chengqian very much, so she had no doubts about what Li Chengqian said.

However, the ministers are likely to suspect that if this is the case, the contrast will become larger, then, it will definitely cause some huge shocks, and collect some points by the way, and it will be stable!

So Li Chengqian said: "Why not, how about we play a game?"

As soon as Li Chengqian's words came out, everyone was very puzzled.

Li Shimin asked with great interest: "Oh? What kind of game, tell me about it."

"In order to verify that what I said is true, let's guess the weight of potatoes that can be produced from this acre of field?"

This is interesting.

"It's okay if you dare, it just happens to be interesting."

"Yes, yes, I remember that the wheat yield of Datang is only about three stones per mu."

In the Tang Dynasty, one stone was equal to 120 catties. The level of agriculture at that time was very low, and the yield per mu was considered average of more than 300 catties.

"I guess, no more than five stones at most."

"Five stones? I'm afraid you guessed too much. Three stones are the most. After all, how much can these green things weigh?"

Some people have seen the surface. If these potato plants were used to calculate, it probably wouldn't be this number.Not even a hundred catties.

These people even started to guess low.

No one guessed more than ten stones, because no one believed it because they hadn't seen the real thing.

But Li Chengqian was thinking in his heart: Guess, the more outrageous the guess, the better, this face hurts.

"It seems that everyone is very dissatisfied with my results, but it doesn't matter, you will know in a while how wrong you are."

Li Chengqian said so.

Such self-confidence made Zhang Liang on the side unable to stand it.

"How much does His Royal Highness think?"

Li Chengqian made a gesture of three.

Zhang Liang took a look. "Three stones? Sure enough, I didn't guess wrong. How can such a small amount of production solve people's food and clothing problems!"

"Who said three stones? Thirty stones! It's just too much!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Some people thought that Li Chengqian must be crazy. Thirty shi is equivalent to ten times the original production. I am afraid that there is no grain in this world that can reach this amount.

At least in the hearts of these local turtles think so.

At the same time, this also alarmed Li Shimin.

He did not doubt this number, but said: "If it is really ten times the current generation, then there will be no more famine in our Datang! The population of our Datang will continue to increase, and the frontiers of our Datang will be protected." to the max."

With these grains with an unfathomable yield, this nation may be able to escape the cycle of history. Without hunger, they will have the energy to turn their attention to the outside world.

At the same time, his mood is excited, but in the opinion of the ministers, that is also what if.

"Since you don't believe me, I can only prove it to you. Come and start harvesting!"

With Li Chengqian's order, everyone started to move.

(End of this chapter)