If someone asks Chen Chu, there are several steps in total.

Chen Chu's answer is three steps.

The first step is to dig the soil.

The second step is to pick up the potatoes.

The third step is to pack it up and take it away.

It's that simple.

Three-year-olds know it.

But if it is replaced by a grand event, even the emperor and empress of the Tang Dynasty, and the ministers of civil and military affairs participate, it will be different.

The procedure gets complicated.

The first step is the sacrifice.

This matter was organized by the Ministry of Rites, first to sacrifice to the sky, then to the earth, to the Shennong clan, and then to the ancestors of Li Er's family.

The second step is for the Ministry of Rites to read out Li Er's thoughts.

Li Er is grateful for the kindness of God, the edification of all the people, the wind and rain, and the mountains and rivers......

In short, I read them all.

By the time this is done, an hour has passed.

Everyone present was so dry that their mouths were dry.

Finally, the last step is reached, which is digging potatoes.

Huang Shiren, the chief eunuch, came over with a golden hoe, raised his hands, handed it to Li Er, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this potato is auspicious, please dig the first plant of Your Majesty." ”

The people next to him have long since dispersed.

Waiting for Li Er to take over the hoe, Huang Shiren personally stepped forward, pointed to the first potato plant at his feet, squatted down, carefully cleaned a few fine weeds next to the potato, and then said, "Your Majesty, you can do it." ”

Li Er nodded and stepped forward with a golden hoe.

The ministers of civil and military affairs all gathered around.

For most of the year, I'm waiting for today.

Finally, I want to see potatoes with a yield of 2,000 catties per mu.

All the emotions are exciting.

Some of them are older, and their hands can't help but tremble, and then their whole bodies tremble.

An old man couldn't hold back his tears.

"God bless the Tang Dynasty, there can be potatoes with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu."

"Lord Huang should be the head worker."

"Lord Huang deserves to be promoted."

Everyone is witnessing the miracle.

Li Eryi went down with a hoe.

Well?

Nothing.

Huang Shiren said: "Your Majesty, work harder. ”

"Hard!"

Bang.

Another hoe went down.

Huang Shiren turned over the clods of soil, raised his head and said to everyone: "Your Majesty, the queen, your lords, please take a look...... This is a potato, Chen Chu can only grow a thousand catties per mu, but I can grow two thousand catties per mu, you see, how big this potato is, like a bowl......

As he spoke, Huang Shiren suddenly felt that something was wrong.

For all those present looked at him with the eyes of fools.

What went wrong?

He was stunned.

I saw him bow his head.

I was dumbfounded.

I saw that there was only one potato on the clod, where the potato rhizome was attached.

This potato is not much bigger than an adult's thumb.

This......

Is it bigger than a bowl?

Huang Shiren was stunned.

As if he were crazy, he held on to the clods of earth and pulled them up violently until he had pulled them all off, and he saw no other potatoes.

Li Er and the others looked at Huang Shiren in confusion.

Huang Shiren's scalp was numb, he stood up, and explained, "Your Majesty, this ...... This potato, the location is not good, it happens to be a puddle here, which is not conducive to growth, Your Majesty...... If you look at this plant again, the minister personally remembers that this one is the best growing in this area, with a waist ...... high."

Li Er carried the golden hoe and walked to the position that Huang Shiren said.

Bang.

A hoe goes down.

Turned the clod of dirt over directly.

Huang Shiren didn't dare to speak this time.

He silently crouched down, picked up the clod of dirt and began rummaging.

After rummaging for a long time, I didn't see a single potato.

The potato root is quite thick.

Huang Shiren was in a hurry, he snatched the hoe from the hand of an official next to him, and kept digging up in the same place.

Until a knee-deep hole was dug, not a single potato was found.

The first potato plant, a potato the size of a thumb.

The second plant, the best growing in Huang Shi's population, didn't even have a single potato.

Li Er's face was a little unbearable.

He slammed the golden hoe to the ground.

After some preparation, the heavens and the earth were sacrificed.

It's been more than an hour.

I'm going to tell the world about it.

However, that's it?

Li Er's face suddenly became gloomy.

Huang Shiren panicked.

He hurriedly got up and stammered, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must ...... What went wrong......"

Li Er waved his hand and said coldly: "Huang Shiren, I don't want to hear your explanation anymore...... I'll give you half an hour to dig up all these potatoes......"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, there must be big potatoes in the back, minister...... The potatoes planted by the minister himself, even if they can't catch up with Chen Chu's yield of 1,000 catties per mu, they can also have a yield of 500 catties per mu......"

How proud Huang Shiren is, how panicked he is now.

He's scared!

As he spoke, Huang Shiren commanded everyone and began to swing his hoe.

As the potatoes are dug up.

Li Er's face became more and more ugly.

The ministers of civil and military affairs also widened their eyes.

Half an hour later.

All the potatoes were planed out.

It was neatly placed in front of Li Er and the others.

Li Er didn't say a word.

Huang Shiren was so frightened that he crawled on the ground.

The ministers watched carefully.

I saw that the potato in front of me was the largest, but it was only the size of a child's fist.

More are the size of birds' eggs.

The eldest grandson Wuji personally took people to measure.

After a while, he walked back and said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, it has been converted, this potato, the yield per mu, fifty catties." ”

Wow.

Everyone was stunned.

Fifty catties per mu?

That's rubbish!

Moreover, such a small thing is not even food.

If someone grows 50 catties of potatoes per acre, it is equivalent to the land being wasted.

Li Er looked at Huang Shiren who was trembling on the ground, and suddenly couldn't help it and kicked over.

Huang Shiren rolled twice on the ground like a ball, crawled over with a disgraced face, hugged Li Er's thigh, and cried: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, Chen has betrayed His Majesty's trust, the minister is guilty, it's just ...... The minister thinks that this matter is not only the minister's fault, there must be Chen Chu's reason, it must be his potato seed problem, otherwise, otherwise this situation would not have happened, Your Majesty, please believe the minister, the minister is loyal, and he will never dare to neglect his duties......"

Li Er's face turned cold, and he said: "Gao Chen, go to the Nanshan Mansion quickly, bring Chen Chu, I want to see, when Chen Chu arrives, what else do you have to say." ”

He planned to let Chen Chulai confront Huang Shiren.

Huang Shiren wiped a handful of tears and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will definitely let the concubine Chen Chu tell the truth." ”

Gao Chen hurried away.

It didn't take long to come back.

He was followed by Chen Chu.

Chen Chu came behind everyone and asked curiously, "Yo, what kind of event is this today, it is so lively?" ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "Fifth brother, today is the day of potato harvest." ”

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