Zhen Qian threw a bombshell: "I'm going to send someone to this continent to look for something to come back?" ”

Everyone was a little dumbfounded, they didn't know what Zhen Qian meant when he said this, he went crazy to go to the mainland of 20,000 miles just to find something! What is it that Zhen Qian needs to take a big risk to find?

Gold!

No way! Zhen Qian obtained more than 300,000 taels of gold in the Wa Kingdom alone, and these gold can make a thousand-year-old wealthy family crazy, is there anything else he doesn't know?

At this time, Zhen Qian once again took out a few pieces of paper with patterns on them, nailed them to the cowhide map with nails and said: "This is some of the crops I am going to look for on the American continent, these crops can only be found on this continent, the first is the potato, also known as the potato, which is a tuber crop, which does not have high requirements for the land, can be planted on barren land, and can produce more than a dozen stone ...... a year." ”

"What a dozen stones, a dozen stones a year, I heard it right!"

Zhen Qian didn't do much to explain, just said flatly: "A dozen stones a year is just the most ordinary yield, if the field management is reasonable, coupled with sufficient soil fertility, it is also possible to achieve a yield of more than twenty stones per mu, don't have any doubts, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of sailing tens of thousands of miles to the opposite land of the ocean!" ”

Several people glanced at each other, and even Wang Lun, who watched Zhen Qian grow up, was shocked, it was amazing, a crop that can yield more than ten stones per mu had never been heard of, and he knew what it meant, and he didn't feel that Zhen Qian was lying to everyone, there was no need for this at all, the problem was that Zhen Qian heard about this crop called potatoes from there.

"Zhen Lang, is this true?" Ke Ming finally couldn't help but speak, he didn't want to question Zhen Qian's words, but this matter was a bolt from the blue for everyone.

"The hosts! Is there really such a miraculous crop in the world? ”

Zhen Qian knew that his words would not be acceptable to these people, and he was not angry at all to be questioned by others, if he didn't know about the existence of potatoes, these words came out of other people's mouths, and he would also think that the other party was crazy.

"That's it! Think about the rice we usually see, in the north rice is only one crop a year, and the yield per mu of high-quality fields is more than one stone, and the waterway in our wolf's den is two crops a year, and the production capacity per mu reaches more than three stones, which is more than six stones per mu of land a year, and this Wang Bo, Zhen Jiu, and Tianxing have also seen it! ”

The three of them all nodded, when Zhen Qian said in Xianren Village that the production capacity of the waterway per mu reached three stones, many people also didn't believe it, and later came to the wolf's den, Zhen Qian said that it could be cooked here in a year, but others still didn't believe it, and it turned out that what Zhen Qian said was right.

"Yes...... But a dozen stones a year is still too high! Wang Tianxing didn't know what he should say anymore.

"It doesn't have to be that weird at all?" Zhen Qian said with a smile: "If Zhen Shi is here now, he will definitely tell you that there is a country called Zhancheng in the south of the Tang Dynasty, where there is a kind of rice that can be harvested three times a year, or even four times a year, and the yield per mu can also reach more than three stones, which is nine stones per mu a year, but this kind of rice must be planted in the tropics, and transplanted to the Jiangnan region can only be grown twice a year, but the yield is still very high, which is mainly because our horizons are not wide enough!" ”

Zhen Qian did not say that the yield of rice per mu in later generations could reach six or seven hundred catties, and the two crops of rice in a year directly exceeded more than ten stones, which of course was related to breeding and cultivation in later generations, as well as fertilization, and it was impossible to achieve it in the Tang Dynasty.

"The next second crop is called corn, which is also a high-yield crop", Zhen Qian pointed to the second picture and continued: "Under the ordinary soil fertility, the production capacity per mu reaches about eight stones, although the yield of this crop per mu is not as high as potatoes, but the corn straw can reach more than forty or fifty stones, and the fresh straw is very useful, which can be used as silage for livestock and livestock, and can also be used as a raw material for papermaking, which is extremely useful!" ”

After hearing that potatoes yield more than ten stones per mu, it is not shocking to hear about corn with a yield of about eight stones per mu, and I wonder how Zhen Qian knows this.

"The third is called sweet potato, which also becomes a sweet potato and yam crop, which is similar to potatoes, and the yield per mu can reach more than a dozen stones, but potatoes cannot be eaten raw, while sweet potatoes can be eaten raw, and there is not much requirement for the soil to be planted, which is a very good crop to plant!"

"There are also many crops unique to the Americas, such as pumpkins, sunflowers, peanuts, peppers, tomatoes, tobacco, etc., I have detailed explanations on the paper, the reason why I say these words to you is to send a fleet to the Americas to find these crops, which of you is willing to cross the ocean to the Americas and bring these crops back to the Tang Dynasty?"

Strictly speaking, it was a little early to send people to the Americas at this time, first of all, the ships were too small, secondly, these people had no experience in long-distance sailing, and finally there were too few excellent sailors, and the Wufeng Islands were 20,000 miles away from the west coast of the Americas, which was a completely desperate distance.

No one spoke up, they were all shocked by Zhen Qian's decision, 20,000 miles by sea, it takes a year, oh my God! Two or three months at sea can make you crazy, and you can't even think about what it's like to spend a year at sea.

Zhen Qian didn't want to let people go to the Americas at this time, if it was possible, this time should be ten years later, but when he thought of the upcoming Anshi Rebellion, which would cause the tragic situation of no roosters crowing for thousands of miles and starvation everywhere, he couldn't help but advance this plan.

But then again, Zhen Qian's navigation skills and conditions are much stronger than those of Columbus in the fifteenth century, and he is not a completely blind voyage, at least the probability of success is many times greater than that of Columbus.

"This is the greatest maritime feat in history, but also in the history of mankind the most glorious page, the merit in the contemporary, the benefit of the future event, it will completely change our understanding of the world, at the same time can save countless lives, even tens of millions of years later, there will be countless people remember this voyage of historical significance, remember this voyage that is not afraid of difficulties and dangers, his name will not only be written in the history books, will also be recited by future generations, and even more dazzling than any emperor and celebrity in history!"

"Really?"

Zhen Jiu became a little excited, and said with two rough big hands in front of his chest: "Master, let me go, I will definitely complete this voyage and bring the legendary crops back to Datang!" ”