Chapter 440: Planting Sweet Potatoes on a Scale
Zhao Guanlan, Jin Cheng and He Li were talking in the hall, Lu Xiaoyao took He Qingxue outside to walk around, and caught a glimpse of Aunt He making lunch in the kitchen, Lu Xiaoyao simply pulled He Qingxue in to help.
"Ah, Mrs. Zhao, how did you get into the kitchen? It's a mess here, so let's go out and sit down, and the meal will be fine in a while. ”
Aunt He was a little flattered and said, it was a great honor for court officials to come to their house as guests, and Lu Xiaoyao also brought people into the kitchen, which made Aunt He very honored.
Lu Xiaoyao saw a pot of sweet potato rice cooked in the pot, the sweet potatoes were yellow and bright, smelling a special fragrance, which was very appetizing.
"Auntie, if there is a way to increase the yield of sweet potatoes like yours, would you like to give it a try?"
Lu Xiaoyao glanced at the pot, and then turned his head to Aunt He.
Aunt He was stunned, and was a little surprised after reacting to what Lu Xiaoyao said, and then smiled at Lu Xiaoyao, "Mrs. Zhao, if we can really increase the yield, we must be happy, but this sweet potato is not easy to grow, can it really increase the yield?" ”
Lu Xiaoyao smiled silently, whether she could increase the yield or not, she would only know if she had tried, but she was confident.
Lu Xiaoyao didn't say anything more, and helped make lunch in the kitchen, in fact, he wanted to use sweet potatoes to make some sweet potato vermicelli, but after looking at these sweet potatoes at Aunt He'er's house, he was reluctant.
Aunt He's family doesn't have a lot of sweet potatoes, plus their family's food, they can only barely enough for them to eat a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes, if Lu Xiaoyao uses it to make sweet potato noodles, she is reluctant to accept it, even Aunt He'er They will not agree.
Lu Xiaoyao thought about it, or wait for a large number of sweet potatoes to be planted, and then she will start making sweet potato vermicelli.
Lunch was eaten at Horizheng's house, although the meal was simple, but the people were very welcoming, and everyone was very satisfied.
After lunch, Lu Xiaoyao and Zhao Guanlan mentioned the matter of planting sweet potatoes with He Lizheng again, and Lu Xiaoyao wanted to give them another way to grow sweet potatoes.
Speaking of this, He Lizheng was still a little surprised, but when Lu Xiaoyao said that he could increase the yield of sweet potatoes, He Lizheng was instantly moved.
"There are still a lot of vacant land and barren mountains in our village, if the yield of sweet potatoes can really be improved, we can try to open up the wasteland to grow sweet potatoes, but I am afraid that everyone will bother to open up the wasteland, and the yield of sweet potatoes will not increase at that time, then it will be ......."
He Lizheng didn't finish the rest of the words, but Lu Xiaoyao and the others could guess what he wanted to say in the rest of the words? If the yield of sweet potatoes does not increase, it will be in vain for everyone to open up wasteland for farming.
Jin Cheng and Zhao Guanlan's eyes fell on Lu Xiaoyao's body at the same time, Jin Cheng still wanted to confirm, and Zhao Guanlan's eyes were trust.
Lu Xiaoyao could see the meaning in the eyes of the two, the corners of her lips curved, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Believe me once! If the sweet potato doesn't work out, I'm willing to compensate everyone out of my own pocket. ”
Lu Xiaoyao said to He Lizheng and others, because of Zhao Guanlan's personality, He Lizheng believed in Zhao Guanlan very much, and naturally believed in Lu Xiaoyao.
"Nacheng, since Mrs. Zhao has already made a package ticket, we naturally trust you, and I will deal with the matter of planting sweet potatoes in the wasteland, I will gather the villagers, Mrs. Zhao, you only need to teach us how to grow sweet potatoes."
The matter was decided like this, Zhao Guanlan and Lu Xiaoyao did not stay in Hejia Village for a long time, Lu Xiaoyao asked He Li to mine the barren mountain and then send a letter to her, and then she would teach them how to grow sweet potatoes!
After the matter of Hejia Village was dealt with, the group returned to the camp tent, and after going back, Lu Xiaoyao asked Zhao Guanlan and Jin Cheng to help check the land of various villages in Yucheng, but all the land with sand must be used to grow sweet potatoes.
Lu Xiaoyao asked Jin Cheng to discuss with His Royal Highness the Prince, but anyone who cultivates sweet potatoes can receive a subsidy of two taels of silver, and the sweet potato seeds will be sent by Jin Cheng to find them, and they will be handed over to Lu Xiaoyao to cultivate them when the time comes, and when the villagers mine the wasteland, she will teach everyone how to grow sweet potatoes.
After getting this errand, Zhao Guanlan and Jin Cheng hurriedly started to do it after they went back, and the affairs of Liujia Village were almost solved, and the group would also live in Yucheng.
Because he stayed in Yucheng for a long time, Jin Cheng asked people to make a courtyard in Yucheng, and the group lived here.
Zhao Guanlan is busy every day, and he asks people to prepare sweet potato seeds, and he runs up and down every day to check the land, but if there is sandy land, let people prepare it, and then plant sweet potatoes.
Because of the reward of two taels of silver, the whole Yucheng has risen to open up the wasteland, and the people have carried hoes to open up the wasteland, and the barren mountains and dry land have been sorted out properly, so that the time will be planted with sweet potatoes.
The people of Yucheng also know that there is almost no harvest when planting other things this season, and there is still a glimmer of hope for planting sweet potatoes, so everyone is working hard.
Everyone is busy, and Jin Cheng is also busy looking for news of He Bing, looking for evidence that can prove his innocence.
Zhao Guanlan has found a batch of sweet potato seeds for Lu Xiaoyao, and found a piece of land for her in the county town, Lu Xiaoyao almost took root in the ground every day, busy cultivating sweet potato seedlings, it took three days, she and He Qingxue finally got the sweet potato seedlings.
"Mrs. Zhao, can the sweet potato seedlings really sprout as soon as possible when they are hidden here?"
After doing everything, He Qingxue asked Lu Xiaoyao suspiciously, in the past two days, they spread a thick layer of grass and wood ash on the ground, hid the sweet potatoes in the ground, and covered them with a layer of film, Lu Xiaoyao said that after half a month, the sweet potato seedlings will be able to grow, and I don't know if it's true or not?
When he was in Hejia Village, He Lizheng once said that it would take a month for sweet potato pieces to grow seedlings when they were hidden in the ground, so Lu Xiaoyao did this, and He Qingxue was still puzzled.
Lu Xiaoyao's method of planting sweet potatoes is very different from that of Hejia Village, and He Qingxue is still a little worried in her heart, afraid that they will have worked hard these days, and there will be no harvest at that time.
He Qingxue's worry Lu Xiaoyao saw it in her eyes, smiled at her, and then slowly said, "Qingxue, no matter what it is, as long as it is covered with a film, it will be able to sprout as soon as possible, so let's wait for half a month." ”
After He Qingxue heard this, she also dispelled the worries in her heart, but just as she was about to speak, she heard a guard come to give them a message.
"Mrs. Zhao, Miss He, the prince of the world asked someone to pass the word, saying that he had found Lord He, and asked you to go to the yamen."
Found He Bing?
Lu Xiaoyao and He Qingxue both showed a hint of surprise in their eyes, but He Qingxue was quickly surprised, and there was a gleam in their eyes.