The royal farm in Wannian County, no, it should be said that Luo Yan is already the nominal owner by now. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the late autumn season, the farm has already harvested all the dry crops. Hundreds of acres of farms are surrounded by bare fields, and scattered homes are lazily smoking in the slightly cool sun.

Yes, but in just two hours, Luo Yan has arrived outside the farm with three hundred thousand Niu Wei.

The steward of the farm is still the same person as he was at the beginning, but he has not even changed the farmer. But it's always been a few years, and everyone is getting a little old.

When the steward saw that it was Luo Yan coming, a trace of astonishment appeared on his face. The nominal owner hadn't been to the village for three years, and now he suddenly came. What's more, all the affairs of Zhuangzhong are directly responsible to Li Shimin, what is this master doing here.

But when he saw Qianniuwei behind him, he suddenly understood.

"Chengguo kilometers please. The villain did not get the news of the arrival of the prince, so he was neglected, and asked for forgiveness. ”

"Okay, the politeness will be waived. His Majesty had sent me to examine the cause of the decline in the yield of potatoes, and without further ado, he called some farmers and took me to the place where the potatoes were piled up. ”

The stewards were not surprised, they were a little surprised when they counted the data in this matter, let alone Li Shimin. However, at this time, the potatoes had already gone down to the cellar, and it would be humiliating to take Luo Yan like this.

"Guogong, the potatoes have already been put in the cellar, or I'll let someone fetch some."

Luo Yan's trip was to see everything about the potato, so he immediately rejected the proposal of the steward. "No, take me with you, I'll see for myself. The potato production has been drastically reduced, and this matter must not be sloppy. If I come in person and want to steal this laziness, why don't I let you wait to send some to Chang'an. ”

The steward knew that Luo Yan had a good temper, so he didn't talk much, and immediately took Luo Yan to the cellar. When I passed through a cross-courtyard, I shouted two voices inside, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen villagers came out.

Seeing that it was Luo Yan who came back, they bowed to him one after another, and then looked at the steward.

"Take Guogong to the cellar and go up for some potatoes." There were no more words to explain, and after listening, the dozen or so people followed behind the steward and led Luo Yan to the cellar.

The cellar is the easternmost area, where dozens of straw huts have been built. There are two cellars under each hut, four meters deep and five or six meters in circumference. Each cellar is not connected, and the mouth of the cellar is covered with planks and straw.

Luo Yan did not stand outside and watch the farmers pick potatoes in the cellar.

Seeing that the planks and straw were removed, Luo Yan put on some kind of coarse cloth clothes, and walked forward.

Pushing away the second farmer who was about to go to the cellar, he whispered, "I'll come." ”

For a while, not to mention that the villagers and stewards who had seen Luo Yan working before were stunned, even those Qianniuwei were stunned. A dignified prince actually went down to the cellar in person, and I don't know if anyone will believe it.

"Surely you who go down and take it have already been chosen. Only when I went to see it for myself could I know if the potatoes were in the cellar or not. Alright, get out of the way, the previous person has already gone down with the lantern, and I don't have any problem going in. ”

After explaining it to the steward, he climbed up the wooden ladder into the cellar.

"Why did you come, hurry up, Guogong is still waiting." The first village didn't reply, and when he heard it, the person was urging, and his hand kept filling the bag with a big potato.

Smiling, Luo Yan stopped: "Okay, don't pretend for now, carry the lamp, and let me see the situation of the potatoes." ”

When he heard Luo Yan's voice, he was stunned, and stammered: "Grandpa, why did you come down." But because he was frightened, he was stunned for a while, and he didn't hear Luo Yan's words clearly at all.

"Okay, okay, hurry up, carry the lamp, let me see how the potatoes are."

The dealer replied repeatedly, then lifted the lamp placed on a lampstand and stood behind Luo Yan.

In the dim light, potatoes still stained with a little dirt filled most of the cellar. The size of an adult's fist, slightly round, Luo Yan, who watched it, couldn't help but move his head, and remembered that flavorful home-cooked dish, vinegared shredded potatoes.

But this is not the time to think about that. Shaking his head and shaking off all the things in his mind, Luo Yan picked one up, rubbed the dirt on it, and looked at it carefully.

Unlike what was originally redeemed from the system, the skins of these potatoes already have large and small spots, and they are much darker in color. Throw it at your feet, and then look at the other potatoes piled up, and under the illumination of the light, they actually appear brown.

You don't need to look at anything else, Luo Yan also knows.

Let the farmer send out the potatoes that have been picked up in the bag, and then he also went out of the cellar and swept the dust on his body, Luo Yan instructed the steward: "October 15, send a hundred catties of potatoes to my house on time, and I will be of great use at that time." ”

then refused to be retained by the steward, and returned to Chang'an with a thousand cows.

Originally, Luo Yan thought that the reduction in potato yield was caused by improper planting and management, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided to take a look at the farm in Wannian County first. If there is no problem with the potatoes here, then it is basically certain that it is a human factor.

But it is clear that the root is still in the potato.

In general, potatoes can be poisoned after a few years of planting. It's not that potatoes can't be eaten, but it will cause problems such as reduced potato yields, rotten roots, and so on.

When Luo Yan was pondering in the morning, he had already redeemed all the materials about potato poisoning and detoxification from the system. It cost a thousand prestige points, but Luo Yan couldn't care about being distressed. If this matter is not handled well, then his task will only be delayed indefinitely.

The situation of the potatoes was checked, and it was confirmed that it was indeed not artificial.

So what Luo Yan has to do next is to use modern technology to detoxify the potatoes under the existing conditions of Datang.

And the corresponding conditions are only available in the early winter.

The horses galloped back to Chang'an, returned home and changed their clothes, and Luo Yan entered the palace to meet Li Shimin.

Luo Yan went back and forth for most of the day, and Li Shimin expressed considerable doubts about his work. After such a big battle, his gold medals were all sent out, and he also dispatched Qianniuwei, and he came back with so many people walking outside the city. How did this go.

Therefore, when Luo Yan first saw Li Shimin, he saw that this person's face was black.

"Tell me, what did you find?"

"I don't know Your Majesty, have you ever heard of the folk planting wheat, and there is a saying that there is a change of seeds?" Luo Yan did not directly answer Li Shimin's question, but asked rhetorically.

"When I was young, I also had a time when I was very friendly with peasant boys. The change of seeds is that after a few years of wheat planting, the farmer exchanges seeds with other villagers. It is said that the harvest of seeds in exchange for this will be better. ”

After Li Shimin finished answering, he asked: "What does this matter you asked have to do with the reduction of potato production?" ”

"Embrace all things and nourish them. Crops grow in the soil, and over time, some of the poisons in the land will attack the plants. The poison accumulates from generation to generation, and after a few years, it will cause a reduction in production. This incident, "Qi Min Yaoshu" recorded a large amount of empirical evidence, although the reason is not clarified, but the change of kind of thing is from here. ”

After Luo Yan finished speaking, he continued to answer: "The reduction in potato production today is also caused by this reason. All the potatoes in the world are produced in Wannian County, and although the distribution has changed places, they still accumulate toxins. Come to think of it, if Your Majesty had investigated it carefully, he would have known that in some of the places where potatoes were first cultivated, this year's Shoucheng was the worst. ”

Seeing Luo Yan's words, Li Shimin recalled another previous report, and it was exactly the same as what Luo Yan said. So I was puzzled in my heart, but I still chose to believe what Luo Yan said.

"In that case, if I switch these potatoes to other places next year, there will be no such problem." Li Shimin immediately thought of such a solution.

"This is also a good way, but Your Majesty has not thought about it. In the future, if all the potatoes are cultivated in the world, what will happen if the yield is reduced? ”

Li Shimin originally wanted to say something else, but as soon as he saw the smile on the corner of Luo Yan's mouth, he knew that this method would not work. Sighing helplessly, Li Shimin asked, "Then what do you say?" ”

Knowing that Li Shimin would definitely compromise on this matter, Luo Yan finally put forward his request: "Weichen needs the assistance of the royal family's two greenhouses, the assistance of the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the help of individual craftsmen who will be the supervisor and the Ministry of Works. Seeing that Li Shimin was about to agree, Luo Yan hurriedly said: "This time the cost is so huge, but it is only to assist Weichen in the experiment, so as to find a method that can be used for eternity." If Your Majesty thinks that the matter of reducing potato production can be solved at once next year, then it is better to ask for another wisdom. ”

Hearing Luo Yan say this, Li Shimin was really a little hesitant. You must know that there are two royal greenhouses, which means that one-third of the clan will definitely gnaw on the radish head this year. The greenhouse is operated in such a luxurious way as charcoal burning, and the amount of money spent in a winter is definitely not small.

It costs a lot of money, and then it has to make those clans who are used to eating green vegetables in the winter gnaw turnips. The main thing is that there is not always a result in the end. This matter, how to think about it, how to feel a little uneconomical.

Coupled with the expenses of the departments of the superintendent, the Ministry of Industry, and the Department of Agriculture, Li Shimin no longer dared to imagine the unfortunate thing of those annoying clans finding him and begging him to reward them with three catties of cabbage.

However, after Li Shimin fought countless times in his heart, he still chose to believe Luo Yan once.

Actually, it's more like gambling than believing. After all, the potatoes are so important. (To be continued.) )