Chapter 533: Corn and Potatoes
Seeing off the coachman, Qin Qi stood at the door of the inn for a moment, and his eyes slipped to the side.
Then he turned and walked to his own courtyard.
As soon as he approached the courtyard gate, he heard Gu Xinyue's excited voice inside: "Quick, these are all open." ”
After a pause, Qin Qi walked into the courtyard gate quickly and glanced at the guards standing on the side.
When the guards were outside and closed the courtyard door, Fang strode into the courtyard.
Gu Xinyue, who was squatting and pulling out the contents of the burlap bag, said, "What is this?" ”
Gu Xinyue took an earthy yellow lump of mud in one hand, and grabbed a handful of small yellow particles in the other.
Raising his head, he said with a smile on his face: "This is the seed I told you I was looking for!" Potatoes and corn! ”
It's really hard to break through the iron shoes and find nowhere to get them!
I can't find a serious store that sells extraneous items, but I found a place that looks like a black store.
6,000 pounds!
There is also such a big chunk, only fifty taels!
Moreover, although these things are blocked and tattered, because it is winter, they are not badly preserved, because they are damp, and some ......
After a pull, Gu Xinyue picked up a potato that had sprouted and said: "Look, this one has sprouted, as long as it is planted immediately, it can be harvested this year, I just looked at it, most of the ones here can still be used as seeds." ”
As he spoke, he motioned to the guard next to him to take the sword, and prepared to cut the sprouted potato.
"I'm coming!" Qin Mohan missed a beat in his heart, and directly grabbed the long sword, took the potato, and asked Gu Xinyue for guidance.
(He forgot that the person in front of him had rushed to kill with a machete)
Gu Xinyue pointed to the place where the bud came out and asked him to cut one bud into pieces, and after a while, a small potato was cut into four tubers with buds.
"Plant it like this, the yield of this thing is very high, one acre of land, you can come out of dozens of loads!" Gu Xinyue's eyes lit up and said: "Moreover, this thing is also cold-resistant, and it can be planted in the Great Northern Wilderness, beans, barley, wheat, potatoes, and corn, with the way of insertion, wow!" Don't look too good for yourself! ”
Her happy appearance, and the meaning of her words, was that the corners of her lips curled up in the few guards next to her.
Qin Qi couldn't help but rub her head, and when Qin Mohan glared at her, she squatted next to Gu Xinyue and said with a smile: "So, then these have to be sent over quickly." ”
Even if spring comes later in the north than in the south, April is also the time for spring ploughing, and it will take some time to send it from here to the Great Northern Wilderness.
Gu Xinyue nodded and said, "Well, it's faster, these that have already sprouted can be sown directly." ”
Normally, it is necessary to go through the germination period, but now this time is saved.
"So." Qin Qi raised his head and said to a personal guard: "Go and see, Yangzhou has a reliable dart game." ”
"Dart game?" Gu Xinyue looked sideways at him.
"Well, since you want to be fast, then pick out these ones that have sprouted, hire someone to ride directly to the capital, and then send them from the capital to Mobei." Qin Qi said.
"Would it be good to send some to Ganzhou too?" Qin Mohan glared at Qin Qi, squeezed him to the side, and said softly.
"No, first send all to the Great Northern Wilderness, one acre of land needs more than 300 catties to do seeds, these are about three thousand catties, a little apart can be planted ten acres, it has sprouted, it can be harvested in two months, the sunshine time in Ganzhou is longer than that of the Great Northern Wilderness......" Gu Xinyue thought about it and said: "No, it can't be sent to the Great Northern Wilderness, it will be in a hurry, so it will be sent to Zhuangzi in Huainan, just now that the rape flowers are harvested, these sprouted potatoes will be planted directly, and then all the seeds will be done in August, and the second round will be planted, so that at the end of the year, The amount that comes out is enough to expand the planting area. ”
The harvest of potatoes is generally between 3,000 catties and 6,000 catties, and now the technology is not successful, so it is calculated by 2,000 catties, and 10 mu can also recover 20,000 catties, and then make a discount, only 60 acres can be sown, and more than 100,000 catties can be harvested at the end of the year.
In this way, next year it can be planted separately.
By the year after then, it will be able to form a scale.
Qin Qi beckoned, asked the guards who were all about to go out to come back, and said, "If you send it to Huaibei, then we can run away by ourselves." ”
"Well, I'll cut the slices first in the past two days and let them sprout." Gu Xinyue nodded.
From Yangzhou to Huainan Zhuangzi, fast horses can be reached in one day and night, and it is the nearest place.
Of course, the Zhuangzi on the Jiangnan side is closer, but after all, I haven't seen the situation yet, and it's safer to be on the Huainan side.
"What about these?" Qin Mohan pointed to those small yellow particles.
"This, this should be sent to Ganzhou and the Great Northern Wilderness separately by horse, sowing before April, and harvesting in September." Gu Xinyue grabbed a handful of corn kernels and said, "This is a seedling that can give birth to a seedling, an acre of land, about four catties of seeds, and there are more than four thousand catties here!" You can sow a thousand acres of land, let's remove those that can't sprout, we should be able to sow seven or eight hundred acres, I will write down all the things to pay attention to, you let Qin Tong and He Niu do what I wrote, this year, one mu can harvest thirteen loads! ”
Thirteen quintals is 1,300 pounds!
Qin Mohan and Qin Qi glanced at each other unconsciously.
Even if it is 700 acres of land, it is more than 9,000 quintals, more than 900,000 catties, and according to the seeds of 4 catties and one acre, next year, more than 200,000 mu can be planted.
Think about that yield.
"Ahem, girl, can you eat this?" Qin Qi pressed his excited mood, and after thinking about it, he should ask again.
"Of course! These can be highly nutritious! Gu Xinyue said proudly: "Not only that, this potato is the same as sweet potato, it can be made into a simple and easy-to-carry thing, there are many ways to process, this corn can not only be eaten, but also the king of feed, the best feed, and the corn stalk can also be made into feed." ”
Ganzhou and Mobei have to carry out animal husbandry, of course, there is such a vast grassland, even if there is no artificial feed, those horses, cattle and sheep will grow well, and it is natural.
However, with these fine feeds, the horses are also stronger.
Qin Qi waved his hand at the guard again.
The guard pursed his lips and ran out quickly.
One person carries a hundred catties to run a horse, and these four thousand catties need forty people.
Fortunately, Yangzhou is not far from the capital, as long as it is sent to the capital, if you want to come, the larger dart game is also willing to run.
"Wait." Before the guard's leg stepped out, he was stopped by Qin Qi again.
Qin Qi pondered for a moment and said to Gu Xinyue: "If you are a day or two late, will there be a problem?" ”
"It's going to be okay in a day or two, what?" Gu Xinyue was a little puzzled.
"Well, borrow the girl's carriage." Qin Qi said with a smile.
Gu Xinyue patted her head and said, "Yes, why did I forget, by the way, after the carriage was made by Shangguan Ya, it was much easier to use, you take it, take both of them!" ”
Although the carriage is not as fast as the horse, it can carry more things.
It's not conspicuous!