"Dahe, I remember that when I went to Ganling Country from Luoyang that day, I asked your mother to destroy the corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in Luoyang, and then brought a large number of seeds to Qinghe County, but now I haven't seen them planted in the garden of the house, what about these things?"

Yan Rou and Wuqiu Jian heard what Liu Kuan said, they had never heard of it, so they looked at Liu Tong one after another.

Seeing Liu Kuan's eagerness, Liu Tong smiled, raised his little head again, and said proudly: "Dad, who am I, how can I not know about it for five thousand years!" Can I not know that these are the lifeblood of my Liu family? ”

Liu Kuan was immediately relieved after hearing this, stroked Liu Tong's head, and pressed it.

"When I moved that day, my mother was taking care of packing up the valuable things at home, and I said to her, those things are lost, the real value of our family is corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, if you lose it, your father can come back and leave you!" Liu Tong continued to say proudly.

Liu Kuan knocked on Liu Tong, "It's not big or small, what kind of system is it!" ”

"Second brother, what is so expensive?" Yan Rou couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, yes, big brother?" Wu Qiu Jian is also curious.

Liu Kuan smiled: "Let's go home and talk about it."

And they came into the city as fast as they could. Wu Qiu Jian was curious, itching all the way, and came over, "Good Dahe, tell the second uncle, what are the corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes?" ”

Liu Tong tilted his head and looked at Liu Kuan, "Dad, why don't we go to Liujiabao and invite the second and third uncles to eat sweet potatoes and corn." "Liu Tong doesn't like to eat potatoes.

When Liu Yu took office in Youzhou, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty knew that Liu Yu was incorruptible, and at the same time rewarded hundreds of acres of land outside Jicheng, where the housekeeper of Liu's mansion built a village fort. Liu Kuan was also anxious to know about the situation of corn and sweet potatoes. turned around and was guided by Liu Tong and went to Liujiabao.

"Second uncle, third uncle, corn and sweet potatoes are delicious, they are all crops, and the yield is several times that of millet now? I'll treat you to it later! Yan Rou and Wu Qiu Jian both have the talent of the world, and when they heard that the yield of some crops was several times that of millet, they were both surprised and unbelievable.

Liu Tong continued: "After moving that day, I asked my mother to bring a lot of seeds, and then asked my mother to destroy the corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in Ganling Kingdom, I don't want Cao Cao and them to get it!" After the third grandmother came, she often took me to Liujiabao, and now Liujiabao has planted hundreds of acres. ”

Liu Kuan laughed after hearing this: "The river is amazing! Drive! After laughing, he started to run on the horse.

Liu Kuan and his entourage came to Liujiabao, it was May at this time, and on the way to the fort, Liu Kuan saw that the fields around Liujiabao were full of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, and the growth was gratifying.

Especially potatoes, it is a cold-loving crop, with wide adaptability, it is very suitable for planting in the north, Liu Kuan dismounted and stroked the lush leaves, and was overjoyed. When Liu An, the head of Liujiabao, heard that Liu Kuan was coming, he rushed all the way to the banquet and ordered someone to prepare the dinner.

"Uncle An, let's be simple tonight, prepare a potato roast meat, a corn rib soup, and the rest must be prepared, and prepare some sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, and we will roast and eat them ourselves."

After everyone entered the fort, Wang Bing also came back from the field with people. Liu Tong saw Wang Bing and threw himself into her arms, "Third grandmother, take me to see sweet potatoes, take me to see sweet potatoes!" ”

Although Wang Bing couldn't hear what Liu Tong said, he knew that this kid was going to eat raw sweet potatoes every time he came, so he carried him to the cellar, and Liu Kuan, Yan Rou, and Wu Qiu Jian were curious to follow.

Wang Bing took everyone to the warehouse, only to see that the warehouse was stacked with neatly placed dry corn, Wang Bing opened the cellar, Liu Tong himself broke free from Wang Bing's embrace, and went down the ladder, Liu Kuan stretched out his head to look, only to see a large number of sweet potatoes piled up in this cellar!

Seeing Liu Kuan's expression, Wang Bing pointed to the other cellar entrances, and then pointed outward and said: "Zihua, I had no experience last year, but the yield was also very high, this year I have some experience in breeding and planting time, and fertilizer, and this year's yield should be higher." Liu Kuan nodded, he knew too well that the yield of these things was high.

After a while, Liu Tong hugged five or six sweet potatoes up, and gave one to Yan Rou, Wuqiu Jian and others very angrily. Liu An hurriedly called someone to wash the sweet potato, Liu Tong's teeth gnawed off the sweet potato skin, and ate it, Yan Rou and Wu Qiu Jian also learned to eat it, several people practiced martial arts in the afternoon, hurried, and were already hungry and thirsty, the sweet potato entrance was sweet and crisp, and they were full of praise, and Liu Tong was even more vigorous.

After dinner, everyone had a great time. Liu Kuan was very interested in planting these crops, and he was also happy to see that although she was working hard, she was living a fulfilling life. Liu An told Liu Kuan that Wang Bing has been in Liujiabao for more than a year, and after a lot of experiments, he has a lot of experience in seedling raising, planting, fertilizer, storage, etc.

Liu Kuan himself did not study these, but he still had some knowledge in later generations, and even told Wang Bing some knowledge he knew with comparisons and writings, especially some ways to eat, such as dried sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, potato steamed buns, noodles, corn flour, and corn pancakes. Liu Kuanxin said, I haven't planted it, but I will eat it! Wang Bing was very excited after hearing this.

"Third Uncle, you will be responsible for teaching and promoting the cultivation of these crops in the future, this is a matter of immeasurable merit!" Liu Kuan finally wrote. Wang Bing nodded silently, with tears in his eyes.

On the same day, everyone slept in Liujiabao. On the second day, Liu Kuan called Liu An early in the morning, "Uncle An, you send as many people as possible to invite the three elders and planting experts from the surrounding villages here, and say that you will invite them to dinner at noon." Then arrange people to steam, boil, roast, and burn, and prepare a large number of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn food, which I want to promote to you today. ”

At noon, more than 20 peasants, most of them older, came. Ji Hou had to come when he was invited, but everyone was very frightened, General Fenwu and Ji Hou suddenly invited everyone to dinner, is it going to increase taxes?

Zhang Wu of Zhangjiabao, a stout man, helped Zhang Laoweng, one of his father's three elders, to stand aside, looking unhappy.

Liu Kuan saw that everyone didn't dare to speak out, so he smiled and said: "Come on, come on, everyone please take a seat, invite everyone to come today, there is nothing else, just invite everyone to eat and talk about farming." ”

The Han Dynasty is based on farming, and everyone is a little relieved after hearing this, and some people mutter, how can this young Hou Ye care about farming?

Liu Kuan saw that everyone was looking at the novelty on the table, and didn't dare to move the chopsticks, so he introduced it to everyone, and after the introduction, he picked up a piece of braised potatoes and ate it, and motioned everyone to taste it.

Seeing this, everyone tasted it tentatively, Zhang Wu ate a piece of corn, and then tasted others, got up and said: "Master Hou, these corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are delicious, where do they come from?" ”

Liu Kuan smiled, walked to Wang Bing's side, and helped Wang Bing up: "This is Daomen Immortal Elder Wang Daochang, and these divine objects were picked by Daoist Wang from Kunlun Mountain." After painstaking efforts and years of cultivation, it has been suitable for the people to cultivate, these crops are rich in nutrients needed by the human body, can be used as a staple food, especially rare is the extremely high yield. ”

"Since it is a sacred thing, it is so rare and tight, how can it be productive?" Zhang Laoweng asked.

Liu Kuan knew that the main cultivation of farmers now was millet rice, that is, rhubarb rice in later generations, so he asked: "May I ask Zhang Weng, how much is the yield per mu of millet now?" ”

Zhang Laoweng is seventy-five or six years old, and he got up tremblingly and said: "I have a poor land in Youzhou, and I can yield 9 stones per mu if I plant it!" ”

Liu Kuan didn't know how many catties a stone was, so he was blindfolded all of a sudden.

Liu Tong opened his mouth and said: "Cut, one stone is 30 catties, and nine stones are only 270 catties." ”

The Han Dynasty is different from the one catty in later generations, Zhang Laoweng heard Liu Tong speak wrongly, and he didn't care if it was a boy's nonsense. (One stone is a unit of volume, and the Internet says that corn is 120 Han jin, which is about 15 kilograms in later generations.) Let's do it. ）

Liu Kuan listened to it in his ears, knowing that Liu Tong liked to read, and there would be no mistake in understanding this, so he immediately said: "Everyone, conservatively speaking, the yield of corn will definitely exceed that of millet rice, as for potatoes and sweet potatoes, I dare to guarantee that the yield per mu will be more than 30 stones!" ”

Liu Kuan knew that the sweet potatoes and potatoes in later generations were thousands of catties per mu, especially potatoes, with an output of 5,000 or 8,000 catties, and 30 stones was 900 catties in later generations, so he conservatively said 30 stones, after all, the current farming technology is too backward.

After hearing this, everyone gasped, and suddenly boiled and chattered.

After a while, Zhang Wu got up and said, "Master Hou, I don't believe it, I have been farming for more than 20 years, and I have never seen a yield of 30 stones per mu!" ”

Liu Kuan laughed: "This brother, dare to make a bet with me?" ”

"What kind of gambling method," Zhang Wuying said.

Liu Kuan left the table and came to the periphery of several tables, and said to everyone: "Today, I will provide you with free seeds today, and send everyone potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes 10 stones each, as compensation for planting, after everyone goes back, under the guidance of my Liujiabao people, each person will plant potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn one acre, if the yield of corn per mu exceeds 10 stones, potatoes, and sweet potatoes per mu exceeds 30 stones, even if this candidate wins, if this candidate wins, each of you guarantees that next year's village will be planted with these three crops!" If the output does not reach the agreed amount, it will be counted as a candidate for loss, and each person will be compensated with 60 stone of grain. ”

When everyone heard that if they planted a season by themselves, they would lose, and they would be able to get much higher grain than growing millet, and they immediately became lively and agreed, "We bet!" ”

"I bet too!"

"Bet!"

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