Chapter 359: Coming to the Fore
"How much is this land?" An elderly official asked, twisting his gray beard.
"The piece that has just been cut is about three points of land." Lian Man'er said. They have already cut about one-third of the ground, and this whole sweet potato field is about nine points of land.
"Just three points?" The official didn't seem to believe it, and asked again.
"My lord, that's right, it's just three points, not too much." Lian Man'er said.
"Go and measure." Shen Liu said to a few entourages around him.
I don't know how the entourage took a ruler with him, and he really went into the sweet potato field and began to measure it.
"Lord Hui, it is two points and nine centimeters of land, and the whole sweet potato field is one acre and two points." After the entourage finished measuring, he returned to the ground and reported to Shen Liu with his forked hands.
Immediately, the shocking Chapter 359 on the ground came out and sighed. The villagers who were standing a little far away just now were not afraid of the officials at this time, and they all crowded in front, thanks to the guards who followed them, otherwise they would definitely "rush" the officials in front.
If you have three points of land, you can harvest 327 catties of sweet potatoes, and the yield of one mu of land will not exceed 1,000 catties? A thousand pounds, what is this concept. In Liaodong Prefecture, the most experienced crops, a year of hard work, one mu of land can harvest 300 catties of sorghum, or millet, that is a bumper harvest. One acre of land is one thousand catties, which is equivalent to the output of more than three acres of land, how can people not be excited!
"Can you dig up all this land?" The old official asked with some trembling, as if it was not enough to see with his own eyes what he had just done, but also to see the entire harvest of more than one acre of land with his own eyes before he could believe in the fact of high yield.
The growth period of sweet potatoes is 100 to 120 days, and even the sweet potatoes of Man'er's family have grown for 1110 days, and it is not too early to harvest them now. Moreover, they had planned to harvest all the sweet potatoes today and weigh them on the spot. Create a sensational effect.
Everyone saw it with their own eyes, and they didn't need to say it, so they were sure that this sweet potato would be able to spread. Of course, there will be more people who buy land from his family Chapter 359 and there will be more budding melons to do seeds.
Even the faithful will take people with them. Entered the sweet potato field and began to planing sweet potatoes, and so all the sweet potatoes were dug out, weighed on the scale, one acre and two points of land, the total output of sweet potatoes was 1,362 catties hanging zero.
"My lord, this sweet potato can be eaten by people, and the sweet potato seedlings can be fed to pigs. Now the vacant land. You can also plant another crop of soybeans. Lian Man'er saw that the old official knew a lot about farming, and his concern about this matter was overflowing, so he deliberately said this sentence to him.
The official was dancing a little, and he was even more excited when he heard Lian Man'er's words.
"Little girl, how do you know so much?" After the excitement, the old man finally realized that it was a young girl who looked to be only ten years old who was talking to him, so he asked a little differently.
"Sir, don't look at my young age. I'm also an old cropper. I learned this from my father. Lian Man'er smiled.
Hearing Lian Man'er call himself an old crop, everyone was in good hands.
"Isn't this the first time you've planted sweet potatoes, even if it's your father. How do you know so much? The old man asked again.
Shen Liu was on the side, only letting him ask questions, and not stopping him. Lian Man'er knew that this old man should be trusted in front of Shen Liu. She didn't hide her reply.
"My lord, this sweet potato is the name of our family, and this thing is called sweet potato in Fuzhou Prefecture. Because someone in Fuzhou has planted it, we asked for it and learned to plant it. That's why I know that. Speaking of which, Lian Man'er said again that the sweet potato was obtained from Wang Youheng of the Wang family.
Gorou also stepped forward at this time and respectfully entrusted a book to Shen Liu.
"The details have been written in the book, please take a look at it."
Shen Liu asked people to pick up the book. He opened the book, read it quickly, and handed it to the white-bearded official beside him.
"Old Li, take a look." Shen Liudao.
Master Li hurriedly picked up the book, read it carefully from beginning to end, and nodded again and again.
"I see, I see, well, great." After saying a few good words, Master Li raised his head and asked Gorou, "Who wrote this book?" ”
"My lord, this book was written by my brother." Lian Man'er pointed to Wulang and said to Master Li, "My brother is studying in a private school in the town, and he will take the children's exam next year." ”
"Yes, I wrote it, and I ask you for advice." Gorou saluted Master Li again.
It is not easy for an ordinary farmer to produce a little girl who is neither humble nor arrogant in the face of the powerful, and who is comfortable with it, and there is a little scholar who is less than a weak crown, and he also knows how to write the ins and outs of the matter and how they grow sweet potatoes into a book, which is really amazing.
"Children can be taught,...... The afterlife is terrifying......" Master Li said with a smile.
"My lord, according to the opinion of the lower officials, this matter needs to be reported to the court as soon as possible. …… Although it has been planted in Fujian, I have not heard of it, and besides, this matter is the first case in this house......" Master Li saluted Shen Liu and said.
Several officials next to him also chimed in.
"This is a matter under the jurisdiction of the local government, and it is inconvenient for me to interfere. I'll leave it to the prefect and Li-sama. Shen Liudao.
The prefect and Master Li were busy resigning.
"This matter was reported by the people to the sixth master, and the sixth master only discovered it because of the corn, so it should be reported by the sixth master. I don't dare to take credit. ”
Lian Man'er didn't continue to listen to the side, but ran to help clean up the sweet potatoes. She didn't have to listen to it to guess what the outcome would be.
Naturally, Shen Liu took the lead, and other officials were naked.
Shen Liu wanted to leave, so he asked people to hold a tray of silver to Lian Shouxin, and asked people to move two baskets of sweet potatoes, and then got into the car. Shen Liu got into the car and sat down, he didn't know what to think, and asked people to lift the curtain of the car again, and called Lian Shouxin, Lian Man'er, Wulang and Xiaoqi to the front of the car.
"What does the sixth master command?" Lian Shouxin asked respectfully.
"Hmm." Shen Liu's gaze swept over, paused on Lian Man'er's face for a moment, raised his right hand, and gently turned the white jade wrench on the thumb of his left hand.
"Let's go." Shen Liu didn't say anything in the end, only commanded.
Lian Man'er hurriedly stepped back, and the curtain fell, hiding Shen Liu's slightly dark gaze.
Shen Liu's convoy left, and Lian Man'er's family hurriedly delivered sweet potatoes to their home. Before the sweet potatoes were fully delivered to the house, someone came to the door with silver.
The first one to come to the door was Wang Juren, that's right, it was Wang Juren who came in person, and he wanted to buy sweet potatoes.
This made Lian Shouxin a little worried, it was not good not to sell it to him, but if he wanted to sell it, whether this sweet potato could be sold, and how much money should be sold for it was a problem.
"Raise people, we are villagers, my father and mother often think of the benevolence and righteousness of the people, and take care of the villagers. My sweet potato, if it can be sold, the old man must be the first one, this is not said. Lian Man'er, who came out to deliver tea, said with a smile, "It's just that if this sweet potato can be sold, how should it be sold, you have to allow us to work hard, let us work out a charter first." ”
Wang Juren listened to his nephew Wang Youheng, as well as the housekeepers and servants talk about Lian Man'er of the Lian family, but he himself could be regarded as the first time he saw Lian Man'er. Seeing that this little girl is really as smart and neat as the rumors say, this is reasonable, and she is very respectful and kind to him, which makes people feel comfortable to listen to.
"It's fine." And the king got up and took his leave, but kept the money.
Lian Shouxin naturally refused, and retreated a few times, but Wang Juren just refused to take the silver away, Lian Man'er thought about it, and took it as the master. Only then did Wang Juren leave satisfied.
"Man'er, when the sixth master left, he didn't leave a word, can we sell this sweet potato? It is not good to leave the money of the king's people. "Even keep your word. He was an honest man, and he kept the money of Wang Juren, and if he couldn't sell the sweet potatoes to others at that time, he would feel very uneasy.
"Yes." Lian Man'er nodded, confirming the authenticity. If Shen Liu had arrangements for the sweet potatoes they received, he would definitely have something to show when he left. Shen Liu didn't say anything, which meant that they could decide for themselves.
This sweet potato may be unique in Liaodong Mansion, but in Fuzhou Mansion, there should have been a large area of cultivation. If you want to promote sweet potatoes in Liaodong Mansion, relying on their family's sweet potatoes of more than one acre of land alone, of course it will not work, and it is bound to be transported from other places.
They can decide for themselves how to arrange these sweet potatoes, so first of all, they can't forget the Wang family. Because of Wang Youheng's relationship, if Wang Ju's family wants to buy sweet potatoes, they must be given priority.
As for how to sell this sweet potato, Lian Man'er's heart moved, and he looked at the few letters of silver given by Shen Liu.
"Father, mother, let's see how much this silver is?"
"The silver is there, I can't run, let's discuss the sweet potato first." Even keep the word.
"Dad, if you don't look at this silver, we can't decide about sweet potatoes." Lian Man'er said.
"What else is there in this silver?" Lian Shouxin was surprised.
Zhang and Lian Shouxin brought the silver over, put it on the kang, and asked Lian Man'er to count it one by one. Shen Liu left them six silver intakes, each of which was two large silver ingots, and one silver ingot weighed ten taels.
"It's a total of one hundred and twenty taels of silver, how much do our two baskets of sweet potatoes weigh?"
"A basket can have more than sixty catties, and two baskets add up, it's only one hundred and thirty-four catties." Lian Shouxin touched it for a moment and said.
"Let's count it according to one hundred and twenty catties," Lian Man'er thought for a while, and said, "One hundred and twenty taels of silver, one hundred and twenty catties of sweet potatoes." ”
"Then the sweet potato will be worth a pound of silver?" Even the voice of Shou Xin has changed a little.
Lian Man'er coughed dryly twice, in her previous life, sweet potatoes were not worth much at first, and then as the value of coarse grains has been rising, of course, there are also factors of currency, goods, expansion, and expansion. However, one tael of silver and a pound of sweet potatoes, this price is a bit outrageous.
The money given by Shen Liu was not to buy, but to reward them for their merits.
So what is the right price for sweet potatoes?
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