Chapter 35: Sweet Potatoes Go to the Ground
The person Qin Han visited yesterday was You Zhengchu, and to deal with these people, Yamen is undoubtedly the best helper.
It's just that there are still some regrets, Zhang Shun and them were caught red-handed by the officials in time, but these little beggars were not recorded in Anping's household registration, they belonged to black households, and the punishment of Zhang Shun and the others by the yamen would not be too serious.
However, as long as he is locked up for three months, these beggars will naturally have no leader, and all kinds of problems will naturally break out, and it will be easy for Hong Laoqi to clean them up.
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handed over the follow-up things to Hong Laoqi, and left some silver for Hong Laoqi, Qin Han went back to Chu Mansion, for Hong Laoqi, Qin Han is still very relieved, professional things must be handed over to professional people to do, Qin Han has to interfere, but it is easy to mess up.
Qin Han repaired a vacant lot in his hospital, and some of the flowers and plants that were originally planted were pulled out by Qin Han and thrown aside.
"Uncle, I've brought all the things." Wang Xiaoming carried the hoe on his back and said to Qin Han. Next to him, the big cow pushes a chicken cart.
Qin Han rubbed the dirt on his hands, picked up the packaging bag that had been opened long ago behind him, turned the bag over, and the contents rolled out.
The sweet potato was found when Qin Han opened the express box, along with a package of rice seeds. It's just that Qin Han really doesn't have a place to grow rice now, and this kind of thing needs to be kept secret now, plus Qin Han doesn't know anything about rice planting, so he doesn't dare to start easily, so the rice seed is hidden first.
Qin Han picked up the sweet potato and examined it carefully, except for some shriveled, it had not deteriorated. Qin Han was somewhat glad that people bought raw sweet potatoes, not cooked ones.
Sweet potato planting Qin Han has seen it in his hometown, but all the sweet potato seedlings planted in the ground are in Qin Han's hands.
"Do you two know how to plow the land?" Qin Han asked at Wang Xiaoming and Da Niu.
"Don't worry, Childe, both of us will follow the master to take care of the vegetable garden when I am in the temple." Wang Xiaoming said.
Qin Han nodded and said. "That's very good, since Xiao Ming is holding a hoe, then the big cow will use a hoe to loosen this piece of land and make it as deep as possible."
"Yes, Childe." Da Niu took the hoe from Wang Xiaoming's hand and walked towards the open space.
Wang Xiaoming watched Da Niu keep waving his hoe, and his face began to sweat, and a warmth rose in his heart. It's because I've been with my son for a long time, and I'm reluctant to let me do this kind of heavy work.
Seeing Qin Han hooking his hand at him, Wang Xiaoming immediately walked over.
Qin Han pulled Wang Xiaoming over and said. "I have a secret task to be handed over, and I don't believe it if someone else does it, I can only rest assured if I hand it over to you."
As soon as he heard Qin Han's words, Wang Xiaoming suddenly slapped his chest. "Childe will hand it over to me, I will do things, Childe rest assured."
Qin Han looked at Wang Xiaoming with satisfaction, a smile welled up on the corner of his mouth, and he said to Wang Xiaoming in his ear.
Wang Xiaoming leaned over seriously, but when Qin Han finished speaking, his face changed instantly, and he couldn't help shouting. "What?!"
As soon as Wang Xiaoming shouted, Qin Han immediately covered Wang Xiaoming's mouth and looked around in a hurry. "You are quiet, you have said the secret mission, what should I do if others know."
Ignoring Qin Han's resentment, Wang Xiaoming's face showed bitterness, his whole face was squeezed together, and he spoke. "Childe, can I exchange with Da Niu, I'll go to Songdi and let Da Niu do this."
Qin Han's eyebrows were raised, and Wang Xiaoming was not allowed to be long-winded. "It's all said, I only believe that you can do it, don't grind, go quickly."
Qin Han kicked Wang Xiaoming in the ass and kicked him out of the doorway.
Wang Xiaoming stood in the doorway and twisted for a long time, but looking at Qin Han's determined expression, he finally sighed and walked out with his head down.
The clearing was not large, and it did not take long for the ox to plough the whole ground, and the ox wiped his sweat and put down his hoe.
"Childe, the ground is loose."
Qin Han nodded and said. "Come and rest, drink some water, and wait for Xiao Ming to come back."
Da Niu drank the water in the bowl in one go, and looked at the sweet potatoes scattered on the ground with some curiosity.
"Childe, what is this thing on the ground, why have I never seen it?"
Qin Han smiled, if you had seen this thing, there would not be so many beggars in Anping City.
"This is grain, it tastes good, but there are only so many seeds, otherwise you can make a sweet potato and taste it."
Da Niu swallowed his saliva, he had never seen the grain that Qin Gongzi said, and he had never eaten the sweet potato, but he might as well imagine the taste of this dish. Since following Qin Gongzi, not to mention the fullness of the food every day, the taste is also making people want to swallow their tongues.
Qin Han and Hong Laoqi came into contact mostly through Wang Xiaoming, but they didn't talk much about Da Niu, so they wanted to take the opportunity to chat. Just as he was about to speak, a pungent smell came.
Da Niu also noticed that the taste was wrong, and sniffed hard, and his face instantly turned stool. "Ahem, what's it, why does it stink so much."
The two of them looked at the door.
Wang Xiaoming held a wooden bucket in his hand, stuffed a strip of cloth in his nose that he didn't know where to pull from, and raised his head high to keep himself away from the stench that rushed straight up.
Wang Xiaoming trotted to the loose ground, put down the barrel, and quickly ran away, throwing away the strip of cloth that blocked his nostrils, and breathing in a big gulp.
"Childe, bring it." Feeling much more comfortable, Wang Xiaoming walked towards Qin Han.
Wang Xiaoming approached, and the smell of the clothes went straight to Qin Han's nostrils, and Qin Han hurriedly kicked Wang Xiaoming to the barrel again.
"Quickly pour it into the ground, what are you doing with it?"
"Oh, Childe." Wang Xiaoming glanced at Qin Han resentfully, then lifted the bucket to water the ground.
Sweet potatoes began to be planted at this time, and there were no sweet potato seedlings, so it was a little late. The only way Qin Han can think of is to fertilize, and if the fertilizer is enough, it will always grow well.
Sweet potatoes, Qin Han didn't know whether to report to the imperial court or not.
As an agrarian country in a feudal society, food has always come first, and with enough food there is a population and productivity.
After Qin Han came to the Jin Kingdom, he never worried about food. But I heard Uncle Nine talk about the famine after the drought in Henan, and I also saw more than 100 beggars in the city.
I think that Dajin is still relatively short of food. Sweet potatoes can reach a yield of 6,000 catties per mu, which may not sound like anything in the present world, but it can be put into Dajin, which is a terrifying number. If Qin Han reported to the court at will, it would not necessarily be a reward from the court, but more of a suspicion that Qin Han was pretending to be a ghost, and if he didn't do well, he would be put on the fire and sent to see God.
All Qin Han can do now is to secretly plant the seeds himself, while cultivating the seeds, while waiting for the opportunity.
Qin Han rubbed his hands, looking at the sweet potato field that had been watered by the three of them with satisfaction, and then he only needed to take good care of it on weekdays.
Qin Han exhaled a long breath, can you make the world hungry fewer people, I hope it will all be on this small experimental field.