strictlysupreme Chapter 247: The Emperor And All His Officials Dug Potatoes Together, Exceeding The Expected Yield?
Chapter 247: The Emperor And All His Officials Dug Potatoes Together, Exceeding The Expected Yield?
On the altar, Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the horror of the civil and military officials below, but looked at Yan Changqing with a hint of excitement in his majestic eyes and asked:
“May I ask Saint, are the potatoes ripe yet?! Can they be harvested?!!”
Yan Changqing nodded calmly and said calmly:
"The potatoes are ripe and ready for harvest!!!"
After receiving Yan Changqing's reply, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately turned to look at the civil and military officials under the altar, and said majestically:
"The civil and military officials stood in a circle at the edge of the field to watch first how I, the queen, and the princes dug potatoes, and then they harvested ugly beans with me.
After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead and jumped down from the three-foot altar. Then he turned back and reached out for Queen Ma to help her down.
Then the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes followed suit and jumped directly from the three-foot altar.
At the same time, a group of civil and military officials of seventh rank and above who were present, also followed Zhu Yuanzhang's order and stood semi-encircled in front of the potato field and on the left and right sides.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the emperor, queen, and prince, who were bending over the fields and preparing to dig potatoes.
In the field, King Zhu Bo of Qi looked at the withered and yellow potato stems and leaves everywhere. Without thinking, he directly stretched out his hand to grab the withered and yellow potato stems and leaves and pulled them out with all his strength.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes who had not yet had time to take action couldn't help but gasped when they saw the series of potatoes in Zhu Bo's hand.
Just the bunch of large and small potatoes in the hand of Qi King Zhu Shu, there are as many as five!!!
Among them, the three big ones are initially estimated to weigh more than one kilogram, and the two smaller ones are estimated to weigh about 17 and a half kilograms!!!
This one plant weighs four or five pounds, and how many plants are there in the entire potato field?!!
There are not a thousand plants, but there are probably one or eight hundred plants!!!
And how many potatoes are there under these stems? !!
Thinking of this, neither Zhu Yuanzhang, nor Empress Ma, nor Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes could remain calm.
Before Qi King Zhu Zun could feel happy, he felt like he was hit in the head by a flying object.
Zhu Shu looked back and saw Zhu Yuanzhang's bare left foot, the anger on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and a dragon boot lying quietly at his feet.
Obviously it was Zhu Yuanzhang who took off his boots just now and hit him!!!
"Don't pull it out, dig it out carefully one by one!!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Bo with an angry look and scolded him. Just now, when Zhu Bo reached out and pulled out casually, he almost trembled.
The acres of potato fields in front of him are Zhu Yuanzhang's heart and soul, and Zhu Yu's behavior just now was like grabbing his heart and soul and pulling it out!!!
"Yes, Father!!!"
Zhu Shu didn't dare to refute, and then he bent down and began to dig slowly in the field one by one with his hands.
With the lessons learned from King Zhu Bo of Qi, even though the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes knew that it would be faster to just pull the stems and leaves of potatoes, they did not dare to pull the stems and leaves of potatoes again.
All of them bent down obediently, half-lying in the field and digging carefully with their hands.
After Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes started digging, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma also started digging potatoes with their hands like an ordinary old farmer couple.
As for tools, Yan Changqing actually prepared relevant tools, and also suggested Zhu Yuanzhang and the others to use the tools to dig potatoes.
It was just that Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said that there was no need for any tools in just one acre of land, so he refused directly.
As a result, the scene that appeared in front of a crowd of civil and military officials was that of the most noble emperor, queen, and prince in the world, all bowing in the fields, just like ordinary farmers.
In just a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma dug out dozens of potatoes.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang straightened his back, looked at Wei Guogong Xu Da, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Xin Guogong Tang He, and Zheng Guogong Chang Mao at the edge of the field, and said:
"Tiande, Siben, Zongyi, Dingchen, Changmao, you can come down and give it a try."
Then Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on Song Lian, who was standing at the head of the civil servants, leaning on a cane, and said with rare gentleness:
"Mr. Jing Lian can also come down and try digging, but it's better not to work too hard. Just take a rest when you're tired."
After all, Song Lian was really too old and was not a military commander. His physical fitness was far inferior to that of Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Tang He and others, so Zhu Yuanzhang did not have too high requirements for Song Lian.
Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Tang He and others who had been watching for a long time were already eager to give it a try.
At this moment, when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's order, he immediately responded with his hands in hand:
"According to the order!!!"
Then they jumped from the edge of the field into the potato field, and one by one they also started to bend down and dig.
As for Song Lian, he squatted down slightly tremblingly and dug carefully in the fields with his hands.
After watching for so long, Song Lian had a vague guess about the potatoes Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned. He knew that the potatoes he had never seen before should be a new kind of food, but he didn't know the yield per mu.
However, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's serious and excited expression, Song Lian guessed that the yield per mu would not be too small.
[I don’t know if there will be three stones per mu?!! Or there will be four stones per mu, or even five stones per mu?!!]
Regardless of Song Lian's guess, it should be about four to five stones. If the yield is only three stones per mu, it should not be worth the big commotion Zhu Yuanzhang made today.
After all the princes and Song Lian also left and dug for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up again and raised his head, his eyes majestically glanced at the civil and military officials beside the potato field, and said with a solemn expression:
"You all come down and dig potatoes for us too!!!"
"If you dig out a potato, you will use your life to fill it!!!"
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous words, all the civil and military officials beside the farm shuddered, "They know that Zhu Yuanzhang can say what he can and do it!!!"
If they accidentally dig out one of those potatoes later, I'm afraid Zhu Yuanzhang will really let them risk their lives to feed that potato.
Suddenly, all the civil and military officials were very energetic. One by one, they carefully knelt down in the fields and slowly and nervously pulled the soil on the potatoes with their hands.
As for Yan Changqing, from the beginning to now, he has been standing on the altar, looking down unmoved at the emperor, queen, prince, and all the civil and military officials in the potato field in front, murmuring softly Author:
"Finally we've come this far..."
After this potato harvest, both he and Daming will begin to undergo earth-shaking changes!!!
"However, this is just the beginning."
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Yan Changqing's mouth.
Not long ago, the first crop of sweet potato vines and corn buds he got from a small trade fair more than half a year ago have matured and been harvested. They have been properly preserved by him and are ready to be planted after next spring.
After all, it is already October, which is not the right time to plant sweet potatoes and corn.
But if nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to harvest the second round of sweet potatoes and corn by this time next year.
By then, I think it will be another joyful harvest season.
Half a day passed, and the potato field, which was originally only an acre in size, had been completely dug and turned over by Zhu Yuanzhang, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes, as well as a group of civil and military officials. !!!
Well, it’s a real dig!!!
At this moment, whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, etc., or all the civil and military officials, they have completely lost their previous elegance, etiquette, and magnanimity, and all of them are covered with dirt. , looking embarrassed.
However, no one cared about this kind of thing at this moment. All the civil and military officials were sitting in the field, looking at the piles of potato mountains piled high on the edge of the field. "They all looked dumbfounded and looked dull." appearance.
Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, looked like a farmer with the joy of having a good harvest. He held the scale prepared by Yan Changqing in advance and weighed each potato handed over by Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes.
Next to him, Zhu Biao was also holding the prepared paper and pen, writing down the number of 437 potatoes and the total weight of these potatoes.
Zhu Yuanzhang weighed the potatoes one by one from noon until the afternoon, and then he finished weighing and counting all the potatoes.
"Father, there are a total of 3,268 large and small potatoes, with a total yield of thirty-six shi per mu!!!"
Zhu Biao reported to Zhu Yuanzhang with an extremely excited expression.
Yan Changqing, who was on the altar, could not help but raise his eyebrows slightly when he heard the total number of potatoes and yield per mu reported by Zhu Biao, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Three thousand two hundred and sixty-eight potatoes, thirty-six stone, which means there are 4,320 kilograms of potatoes.
It turns out that based on the initial number of potatoes, the number of potatoes in the second crop should be about 2,900, and the total yield per mu should be 30 shi, which is about 3,600 kilograms.
Now, both the total number of potatoes and the total yield per mu are much higher than initially expected.
But after thinking about it, in the past six months, I have produced the most chemical fertilizers through retting and applied it to the potato fields [in addition, all the veteran farmers have carefully taken care of it day and night during the past six months.
Now there is a potato output of 4,320 kilograms, which is also a normal harvest.
After all, the average and normal potato yield per mu in later generations is about three thousand to five thousand kilograms.
If high-quality varieties are selected, various yield-increasing fertilizers are applied, and through scientific and careful management and care, the potato yield per mu can reach 8,000 to 10,000 jins!!!
But now, using the simplest chemical fertilizers and the most meticulous management and care, he can only reach the normal yield per mu of ordinary potatoes in later generations, and it is not even the highest yield per mu of normal potatoes.
Such a yield per mu is something he cannot be proud of.
Thinking of this, Yan Changqing's originally surprised mood returned to calm again.
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