Chapter 2 Thousands of catties per mu

Mr. Chen, who was ordered, looked very nervous and cramped. He bowed to everyone in the hall and walked to the hall tremblingly with a smiling face.

Xiao Tianjian smiled and said, "This Mr. Chen is the helper I hired last year. He is an old grower!" Mr. Chen, don't be restrained. The people here are all of us. Please tell you about the things you planted last year!"

Old man Chen agreed repeatedly and said to Deming and others, "Dadults, the little old man will do nothing but grow some fields in his life. Thanks to the general, he let the little old man find a place to settle down here. Otherwise, the little old man doesn't know where he has been buried in for a long time. Get the bone!"

Fu Deming and others will laugh after hearing this, watching the old man tell them something that will surprise them.

Mr. Chen continued to say to the people with a smile on his face, "I'm afraid you won't believe it. The general has found a good thing for our local people. After planting, an acre of land can produce at least thousands of pounds of grain. As long as we grow it well this season, we won't have to worry about food in the future!"

After listening to Mr. Chen's words, all the people present here were surprised. They were all scholars. Although they were not familiar with farming, at least they all knew some food production. The highest yield of what they had eaten in the world was the rice in the south. Generally speaking, The production capacity of all kinds of crops is 200 catties per mu, which is a very good harvest! But this old man Chen actually said that there is a kind of thing that can produce thousands of catties per mu. If so, it won't scare people to death!

"Nonsense! How can you, an old man, talk about it? What can be planted to produce thousands of catties per mu? Although I dare not say that I am familiar with agriculture, at least I have never heard of this kind of thing! Don't talk nonsense here!" After hearing this, a subordinate of Fu Deming became angry and thought it was absolutely impossible, so they stood up and scolded Mr. Chen.

Xiao Tianjian frowned and stared at the man who came out to scold Mr. Chen. Fu Deming saw that Xiao Tianjian's face was not good, so he immediately coughed and shouted, "Be presumptuous! Why don't you get out of here!"

The impatient guy was scolded by Fu Deming and realized that he had said something wrong, so he quickly apologized to Xiao Tianjian and retreated in frustration.

Fu Deming has been busy with civil affairs in the Yangcheng area since last year. He didn't pay much attention to the military reclamation fields left by Xing Tianjun, but he also knows more or less about the military reclamation.

So he asked Mr. Chen pleasantly, "Is it possible that what Mr. Chen said is the sweet potatoes and corn planted in our military reclamation field last year?"

Mr. Chen was just scolded by the impatient man and was shocked. Now he saw Fu Deming come forward to ask him, so he quickly bowed and nodded repeatedly and said, "Exactly! That's what the general called sweet potatoes! The little old man really didn't dare to talk nonsense. Last year, the little old man was ordered by the general to open a piece of land and took some people to serve these two things. The corn is average. The output of an acre of land is about two or three stones, which is much stronger than sorghum, and the output is about the same!

But you can't help but believe that this kind of sweet potato is really powerful. The little old man bred a batch of seedlings in batches last spring, and then planted them in batches in the field, a total of seven mu of land was planted. Last autumn, on a piece of land, more than 2,000 catties of sweet potatoes were dug out. Potatoes!

Not to mention that the adults didn't believe it, even the little old man couldn't believe it at the beginning! I almost thought I had made a mistake, and it made people weigh several times in a row to believe that it was true! The little old man is an honest man and never dares to deceive you adults and generals! If there is any falsehood, the general can cut off the little old man's head!"

After listening to Mr. Chen's words, the people here were all shocked. It turned out that Xiao Tianjian really did not lie to them. There are really things in the world that can be planted to get a thousand catties of grain!

So after listening to Mr. Chen's words, all the people in the hall immediately showed ecstasy and began to whisper one after another. If this is true, as long as this kind of sweet potato is widely promoted and planted, the grain produced by an acre of real estate can feed several people. Now they occupy The territory already has the area of three or four counties. If this kind of thing is planted, are you afraid that there will be no food in the future?

So after listening to the news, everyone suddenly felt much more relaxed and laughed.

Xiao Tianjian raised his hand to stop the ecstasy of Fu Deming and others. He laughed and said, "Don't be happy too early. Although the yield of this kind of sweet potato is very high, it is also under the careful care of Mr. Chen that the yield will be so high. If it weren't for his careful care, he would have wanted to reach two per mu. More than a thousand pounds is not an easy thing!

But I guess that as long as it is followed by water and fertilizer, it is generally no problem to produce 8,000 catties of sweet potatoes per mu. What's more valuable is that after planting, it is more drought-tolerant and will not be irrigated with too much water. What's more valuable is that there is nothing thrown all over the body, whether it is the stem. It's still leaves. Any livestock can eat it. It's our best disaster relief food at the time!

But there is another problem. At present, we don't have too many roots for this kind of sweet potato. Last year, we only received less than 10,000 catties of roots. If you want it, you can plant it everywhere. It's impossible. But as long as it is planted this year, it can be planted in our jurisdiction after next year. At that time, we There is really no shortage of food!

Of course, we can't forget that kind of thing called corn, which is also drought-resistant and does not pick the soil. Although the yield is not high at present, it is at least much higher than the yield of sorghum and corn. At present, we have stored more than 1,000 catties of seeds, and it is also good to plant them together this year. Something!"

After listening to this, everyone nodded repeatedly, but some people had never heard of or seen sweet potatoes and corn, so they asked Xiao Tianjian what this kind of thing was like and whether they could see it.

So Xiao Tianjian ordered people to go down and prepare. As his hospitality to Fu Deming and his men, he specially steamed a few plates of sweet potatoes for them and sent them to the hall for them to taste.

Everyone scrambled to pick up the steamed hot sweet potatoes and broke them into their mouths. After chewing for a while, someone immediately exclaimed, "Delicious! This thing tastes sweet! It's really delicious!"

Some other people are not used to this taste, but fortunately, this kind of sweet potato does not have a strange smell, but it is basically acceptable. In such a year, it is the greatest enjoyment to eat enough. As for the taste, people really don't have much pursuit.

So after tasting the taste of sweet potatoes, the promotion of the cultivation of sweet potatoes and corn was settled. After Fu Deming discussed with Xiao Tianjian about the construction of water conservancy, he took the group to leave Lianhua Village and went to the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun to work.

(After consulting relevant historical materials, the Great Famine occurred again in Shanxi in the ninth year of Chongzhen. This is not a fabrication! Today is my son's birthday. Let's spend less time with him! Update another chapter before noon!)