Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 344 Scary Yield

"What kind of eyes are these, one by one, you really haven't seen anything in the world, do you understand a word called "gold and jade outside, but inside of it, my things are not good-looking, but he deserves this auspiciousness!" "Cheng Churui picked up a big sweet potato and said.

"This... Brother-in-law, your thing looks a bit like a taro, maybe it's bigger than this taro, but I really never thought that something as ugly as this can be regarded as auspicious!" Li Yuanjing laughed in his heart, if you dare to say that this thing is auspicious today, I will definitely make you look good.

"Don't understand, don't you see the truth! Could it be said that apart from you, no one in this court understands civil and military affairs?" Cheng Churui looked around, of course Cheng Yaojin understood this thing, and at this moment his old god was there ,not talking.

"Chu Rui, don't be a fool, tell me what is the use of this thing! Why can it be called auspicious!" Sitting in the hall, Li Shimin watched Cheng Churui holding the thing, with the corner of his mouth curled up.

"Ah! Sad, painful, there is such a big treasure in front of everyone that no one will recognize it. In this case, I will tell you that the thing in my hand is nicknamed Sweet Potato, which is named by a villain. , because this thing grows underground and looks like a red melon, so I married the name of sweet potato.

This sweet potato is a treat!I'm done introducing! "Cheng Churui explained the growth and uses of sweet potatoes in a few words.

Li Yuanjing felt happy in his heart, and immediately asked: "Brother-in-law, you are guilty of deceiving the emperor. You must know that your so-called sweet potato is at most a special kind of food, but it has nothing to do with Xiangrui. If you come up with a new type of food and call it auspicious, are you deceiving me that there is no one in the Tang Dynasty or that the emperor is incompetent and easy to deceive?"

"Yo! Little brother Yuanjing, what you said is a bit too much. The hat is too big. I am speechless for a while. I don't want to talk, but you say that we are relatives anyway, you have condemned me to death with just one sentence, you are so cruel!"

Li Yuanjing secretly said in his heart, I wish you could die now, but there was an innocent expression on his face and said: "Brother-in-law, you have wronged me. It is really my brother who told the truth. I just said that everything above this hall The country is the main priority, and the public opinion is the main priority, so now we are officials in the same palace, not relatives, if there is any offence, after the court, I will personally make an apology to the imperial sister and the imperial brother-in-law!"

Cheng Churui couldn't help but give a thumbs up secretly, what this kid said is clear and logical, this is no ordinary person!Thinking of this, Cheng Churui also smiled and said: "Oh! I'm not the kind of narrow-minded person. I just said that since your incompetence made my brother-in-law feel a little embarrassed, I just taught you a lesson. So now I will continue to teach you a lesson.

First of all, why do I say that this sweet potato is auspicious!Then let me first talk about what my Datang is based on? "Hearing Cheng Churui's words, Li Yuanjing didn't speak. Cheng Churui asked Fang Xuanling: "Mr. Fang, I wonder if you can answer this question?" "

"Food is the most important thing for the people, so food is the foundation, just like this catastrophe, the people will have no way to survive without food!" Fang Xuanling said very justly, the ancients really depended on food.

"Okay! As worthy of being a housekeeper, he is much better than my little brother, so I will continue to say that since people regard food as their heaven, then my newly discovered food can be regarded as a kind of merit, but it is not enough to say It's Xiangrui! I went on to say...

The second reason why it can be said that he is auspicious is that the yield of this sweet potato is very large, about 35 stones per mu. [For scientific information, one stone in the Tang Dynasty was about 53 kilograms, and the modern yield of sweet potatoes is about 2500 kilograms.And in this Great Tang, the average grain yield per mu is only a dozen shi, so the yield of these [-] shi is very high, which is frighteningly high]! "

In fact, Cheng Churui also wanted to know why the sweet potatoes of the Tang Dynasty grew so well. He thought he had guessed wrong with this head and the weight, so he tried it himself and found that it was really awesome!

"How much do you say?" Li Shimin couldn't sit still, and neither could the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Li Yuanjing sneered even more. Cheng Churui, you dare to say anything big just to claim credit. I think you don't want to live anymore.

"Thirty stones! Is it a lot?" Cheng Churui said nonchalantly. In fact, he was quite excited at the beginning!Now pretending to be calm and breezy, in fact, seeing these people in my heart is refreshing.

"You have no jokes before, do you know that if you speak big words, you will be exposed easily!" Qin Qiong and Cheng Churui have a good relationship, so speak out immediately!
"Thank you, Uncle Qin! Actually, I'm not stupid. There are still a lot of fields that haven't been raised. If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself. It's bragging or fact. Just dig it out.

But don’t be in a hurry, let me continue to talk about why this sweet potato can be called auspicious. This sweet potato is easy to grow, and I like mountainous land the most. Of course, flat land, rich land is better, but this mountainous land is not grown in good fields, and the yield per mu is so high. High, this is the key.

Sweet potatoes can be used as a staple food or as a dish. It is quite simple to store them in winter. Just dig a ground kiln, put some soil in it before it is frozen, and bury the sweet potatoes in it. They can be eaten all winter, and the remaining germinated ones can be made next year. seed!

Another point, for example, this year's catastrophe, everyone in the area has my food, why does Zhuangzi in my princess mansion have it, the reason is very simple, because he lives underground, he is just a kind of wrist on the outside, and he was attacked by locusts, etc. The locusts can continue to grow after the plague, so it is very good for drought resistance and disaster resistance.

My Tang Dynasty has always been short of food. With this kind of sweet potato, at least a big problem has been solved. This is a species that did not exist before. Could it be said that in this catastrophic year, the appearance of sweet potatoes is not a kind of Is it auspicious?What better auspiciousness than the emergence of a new kind of grain, the common people's request is very simple! "

"Your Majesty, what Cheng Yuma said is right. With this kind of grain, you will not be afraid even if you encounter a catastrophe in the future. With such a high yield, you can feed a family without starving to death with only one acre of land. This is the real auspiciousness." !"

It was Niu Jinda who was talking, and the old man knelt down there with a thud. Many people in the field knew about Lao Niu's past, so everyone didn't laugh at Niu Jinda. Li Shimin was also excited. He remembered what Cheng Churui said, there was indeed such a time He didn't believe it at the beginning, but he didn't expect that this kid was not talking big, but the truth!

"Hmph! Since you said so, but the output you reported is really scary, there must be something wrong here!" Li Yuanjing said directly without pretending.

(End of this chapter)