Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 209 Where did it come from?
"I hope my lord will make amends, this is what we eat..." Seeing that Xu Qing was stunned, everyone hurriedly fell on the ground trembling and said.

Xu Qing remained silent, everyone looked at each other and said, "My lord, I wonder if we still have a chance to live? Will it be contagious? If so, we are willing to live on a deserted island."

Xu Qing's subordinates all know that as long as they are sacrificed, they will compensate the family with a large amount of supplies and never treat them badly.Xu Qing promised fifty acres of land to the one who was caught by the shark last time, and also left a small official for his son.

"grown ups?"

"Ah?" Xu Qing came back to his senses, and said to them: "No one eats eight crotons. If you don't die, you'll be fine."

"Oh, is that because of these dirt balls?" Xu Qing's guard next to him asked, "Do you want to throw it away, so that no one will eat it by mistake?"

After Xu Qing heard this, he hurriedly said: "No, no, don't throw these things away, pick them up!" Immediately, Xu Qing felt uncomfortable about letting his subordinates pick them up, so he picked them up one by one on the ground with his own hands.There were more than ten lumps of soil, all of which were held in Xu Qing's arms like treasures.

Everyone was puzzled, could it be that this Tutuantuan was still a treasure, which made Lord Governor so caring.

I saw Xu Qing holding those "soil balls" and closing his eyes to think for a while, then suddenly laughed wildly: "Hahaha..."

"It's over, my lord is poisoned, call someone!"

"Wait!" Xu Qing shouted: "Go prepare a basket, no, a water tank, I will use it a lot!"

Everyone looked at Xu Qing, innocent and full of fighting spirit, as if, yes, as if he wanted to provoke the world!

What the hell is that dirt ball?I am afraid that only Xu Qing can recognize the entire Tang Dynasty...

That dough ball is - "potato"!
It is the most common thing to be placed in later generations. It is thrown on the ground and no one picks it up. It is something that others are lazy to take.In the Tang Dynasty, it would be a miracle from heaven, benefiting all people.

Ordinarily, potatoes were still in South America at this time, and they were brought over by the Spaniards in the Age of Discovery, and entered China in the Ming Dynasty.Some places call potatoes "potato heads" because potatoes are "exotic products".

In the eyes of later generations, potatoes are nothing but vinegar potato shreds, potato chips and French fries.But in this agricultural era with low grain output, potatoes have become a life-saving thing.

For things like rice, Yuan Gong spent his whole life thinking about it. At the peak, the yield was only one ton per mu, which is not counted as three disasters and four disasters, whether the land is barren or not.In this way, potatoes with a yield of more than a thousand catties per mu can be called a great contributor to "feeding 13 billion people".So how many potatoes are produced?
When the harvest is not good, one thousand to two thousand catties is directly comparable to super rice.If the harvest is good, it will be even more remarkable. It is not too difficult to produce seven thousand catties per mu.

Moreover, the ability of potatoes to adapt to water and soil is much higher than that of rice and wheat. No matter what kind of sandy land or rocky mountains you are in, as long as you have a little soil, you can take root and sprout, and then give birth to cubs.

High yield and strong adaptability are not enough to explain the quality of potatoes, and a short growth cycle is also added!A season of potatoes lasts for three months, no matter when you plant them. If you plant them in the south, you can harvest them in spring. "Planting potatoes in winter is life-saving food in spring."Three seasons a year, five thousand catties a season, ten thousand catties a year!Who can't get enough?

Looking at the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong, the great China has a total of [-] million people.Could it be that so many people are supported by the power of Kangxi and Qianlong?It is not because of the widely planted potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are recorded in history as "half of the grain food". If it is not easy to get tired of eating and less planted, there may be an additional [-] million people.

With potatoes in Xu Qing's arms, tears were already streaming down his face. God bless the people of China. Once the potatoes come out, there will be no hunger in the world.At this moment, Xu Qing's heart is really for the sake of the people of China, and he really pretends to be the whole China.

However, doubts arose immediately.

Why do potatoes in South America appear thousands of miles away?

At this time, South America was still an unknown continent. There were mysterious Mayans and Indians, and no one in Eurasia knew about it.So where did the first potato come from?
No solution.

Just like why Xu Qing was able to travel back to the Tang Dynasty when he suffered from heatstroke, it is completely incomprehensible.There is also diving in the Indian Ocean, and I have already arrived in America after landing. There is no strong wind within a hundred miles, but it rains fish the next day.

There are too many unsolved mysteries in the nature of this dog day.

Compared with figuring out where the potatoes came from, Xu Qing paid more attention to the value of the potatoes now.

Everyone on the boat saw Xu Qing's abnormality, hugged some lumps, sighed, laughed loudly for a while, and was moved to tears for a while.

The four girls were very nervous and did not dare to disturb Xu Qing.Xu Qing had this kind of situation before, if he was disturbed, he would explode, but this time the "crazy" hair was very long this time.

The wives didn't dare to take care of Xu Qing, and the others were even more afraid. They all watched Xu Qing sitting cross-legged on the deck and blowing the wind.

"Hah!" Xu Qing sneezed one by one, and the potatoes in his arms rolled to the ground. At this time, Xun Xueer couldn't help it, she took off her shawl and covered Xu Qing.

"They are all fathers, why are you still so careless? What should you do if you have a cold?"

"Huh?" Xu Qing was taken aback, and looking back, Xun Xue'er's eyes flashed with nervousness, Xu Qing smiled and said embarrassedly: "Xue'er, today is really a big surprise."

Seeing that Xu Qing hadn't blown his hair, all the girls gathered around and became chattering all of a sudden.

"Young master, why are you holding that poisonous lump?" Xiaoyue asked Xu Qing, resting her chin.

"Brother Xu, go into the room and talk. It's windy here, and you are weak..." Huang Shimei was the one who said this. To her, Xu Qing's body was a little "weak".

But Xu Qi burst into tears: "You don't understand, Xu Qing, don't eat poisonous lumps to kill yourself, woo woo woo, I will never peek at you taking a bath again!"

The crowd was in chaos.

Zhang Linye and Yang Cheng didn't care so much about Xu Qing's body, but were interested in the lump, and each guessed:
"This lump of soil, could it be used for military purposes?"

"No, I don't think this lump of soil is poisonous at all. Big brother thinks of a delicious meal, hahaha..." Zhang Linye laughed.

Xu Qing knows what to eat with a smile and cursing, she settled down and entered the room with everyone, and only then did she reveal a little detail to everyone.

"This thing can make the world no longer starve to death."

I didn't miss Xu Qing's words, it was an image deeply etched in everyone's hearts.It's just that the "big ambition" to feed everyone is too huge, and everyone still doesn't believe it.

Therefore, Xu Qing talked to everyone about the advantages of potatoes as a crop.When everyone listened, they only knew that their minds were buzzing. In the end, everyone just said: "If this is the case, then..."

"Brother Xu, are you really a Bodhisattva descending to earth?" the girls asked with starry eyes.

"Bodhisattva?" Xu Qing hurriedly shook his head. Bodhisattva came down to earth to be a monk. He didn't want to be a monk, so he pretended to say, "I am the Lord of the Nine Heavens, the Holy King, the Supreme God King, and you are all fairies, hehe..."

All the girls blushed when they heard the sound, Zhang Linye and Yang Cheng retreated knowingly.The girls asked again: "Then tell me, what kind of fairies are we?"

"Hmm..." Xu Qing pinched his fingers and counted: "Xue'er is Fairy Guanghan, Shimei is Fairy Qingxia, and Xiaoyue is Fairy Yulu."

"What about me? What about me?" Xu Qi blinked and asked, the tears just now hadn't dried yet.

"You are a roaring dog!"

"Xu Qing, you want to die!"

Chickens fly and dogs jump... It started with Xu Qing's wail and ended with Xu Wen's cry.Xu Qi and Xu Qing made an agreement that they would stop biting Xu Wen when he cried. Fortunately, father and son are connected.

Soon, the tide came. According to the bosun's experience, the tide should be relatively large this time. If you want to get rid of the grounding, you probably need to look at it.

Waiting and waiting, in the middle of the night, the boat rocked. It should be a feeling of floating, but it can't.The boatswain ordered a stroke, hoping to take the opportunity to rush out.

However, when the tide was high, the waves rushed ashore, every time Xu Qing felt that the boat was already floating, but every time he was pushed back by the sea.Not forward or backward, just let the boat hit a few times in vain.

After several failures, the boatswain came up and said that this time was not good, and the tide was no longer high.You can't try again, you'll be in big trouble if you crash the bottom of the boat.

"Will the tide be stable tomorrow, will you be able to go out?" Xu Qing asked with a sigh.

The bosun replied: "Yes, look at the waterline, it must be more than two feet higher than today, and the boat can definitely go up."

"Well, it just so happens that I still have something to do." Xu Qing didn't blame the boatswain for not being effective, and said, "How about those poisoned people? Didn't they die?"

"My lord, they have been crying for a long time, and they are a little weak, and they can't die."

"Find someone who can still talk, I have something to ask him..."

What Xu Qing asked about was naturally the origin of the potatoes.Potatoes are propagated by tubers. The more tubers you have in your hand, the faster the propagation speed will be. If it is done well, it will be fully popularized within a year or two.

Moreover, Xu Qing is not very diligent in his four limbs, does not divide the five grains well, and can kill a cactus plant. If he is not careful, he will miss this ten thousand years of great achievements.

It's better to get more seeds.

Of course, Xu Qing didn't necessarily have to go back to reveal the matter of Tudou to old man Li Yuan. If he gave it out at this time, it would be a meat bun beating a dog.As Jia Xu said, take refuge in Cao Cao, who is weak and weak, and not Yuan Shao, who is powerful and powerful, and old man Li Yuan must be grateful!

Xu Qing also had another fantasy, since this potato could come to this unnamed island from South America for no reason, then maybe there are other things!
corn?chili?sweet potato?Everything here is what Xu Qing can't wait for, especially the chili peppers. What I'm most unaccustomed to in the past few years in Tang Dynasty is that there is no spicy taste.If anyone can make Xu Qing eat a pot of spicy hot pot, Xu Qing is willing to give him ten thousand taels of silver!

This nameless island became even more lovely in Xu Qing's eyes.The discovery of potatoes put Xu Qing's nerves in a state of high excitement and state. Although it was midnight, Xu Qing still didn't feel sleepy at all.

(End of this chapter)