It was a green vine, the same vine as a potato, but emerging from the moist earth were purple-red, round fruits. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

They are planted in a small piece of land next to it, if you don't pay attention to it, you will ignore the past, Zhu Changluo's eyes lit up, his heart pounded, and when everyone didn't reflect it, he walked forward quickly, turned around and said.

"Wang An, dig up this land, this king wants to see what kind of fruit is growing in the ground, by the way, be careful, don't hurt its roots!"

Wang An didn't know what his Royal Highness was crazy about, but he still picked up the hoe next to him as he said, jumped into the field, and carefully dug up those purple-red things.

"Your Highness......"

Xu Guangqi hurriedly followed, and saw Wang An waving his hoe at the vines in the field, and he had the intention to stop it, but was interrupted by Zhu Changluo's direct opening.

"Mr. Xu, where did you get this thing?"

The tone was hurried and with a hint of excitement, which suddenly made Xu Guangqi stunned for a moment, you must know that these five acres of land were allocated by Zhu Changluo to him as an experimental field, and they should have planted potatoes all, but Xu Guangqi took matters into his own hands and secretly planted a small piece of this new seed brought back by his fellow villagers.

So his first reaction at that time was whether Zhu Changluo would be angry because of this, but now it seems that things are not too different from what he expected, and the appearance of this highness is not like an angry look......

Carefully observing Zhu Changluo's expression, Xu Guangqi said cautiously.

"Your Royal Highness, this thing is called sweet potato, it is a crop brought back from Fuzhou by a fellow villager of the minister, it is said that it was brought back from Luzon by a merchant who went to sea, and it is very common to plant it locally, and the yield per mu is very high, so the minister wants to try to plant it, if it can be obtained, it can be regarded as making up for the minister's inability to cultivate potatoes......"

At this time, Wang An had already dug out the things in the ground, cleared the soil on it, and carefully handed the things in his hand to Zhu Changluo.

"Sweet potato?"

Zhu Changluo suppressed the excitement in his heart, and picked up the small purple-red thing in his hand, like a treasure.

I'm afraid that no one present is more familiar with what this thing is than him, the so-called sweet potato, introduced from Luzon, is actually what later generations called sweet potato, you know, this thing is no less than the super killer of potatoes.

If the biggest advantage of potatoes is the high yield, then sweet potatoes are not inferior to potatoes at all, and more importantly, they were introduced from the port at the very beginning, which is very suitable for the climate and land in the south of the Yangtze River, and will not produce water and soil adaptation like potatoes.

If there is one thing that is inferior to potatoes, it is that it has a very long growth cycle, almost two to three times that of potatoes, but this does not hinder its status, because the biggest difference between it and potatoes is that it does not hurt the land, if the farmer is diligent enough, he can plant twice a year, and only need to let the land rest for a year every three years.

The urine properties of planting potatoes for half a year are not too bad!

In fact, Zhu Changluo didn't have the idea of sweet potatoes, but he searched all over the capital, and only found the seeds of potatoes, and they were almost extinct, and as for sweet potatoes, there was no shadow, so Xu Guangqi directly cultivated potatoes, but what he didn't expect was that this thing slipped under his nose by itself, which was really bright......

After settling down, Zhu Changluo spoke.

"Mr. Xu has been farming for many years, in your opinion, how much can the yield per mu of this thing be?"

Although the answer was already clear, Zhu Changluo still couldn't help but confirm it, after all, the small things in his hand were not yet harvested, and only some of them were light purple-red, and most of them were still green, which was obviously a sign of immaturity.

"Your Highness, this thing is very suitable for planting in Jiangnan, and in terms of the current situation, the yield per mu can reach at least two thousand catties ......."

The sweet potato was cultivated by Xu Guangqi himself, and he was naturally very clear, so he estimated it slightly in his heart, and said cautiously.

"That's good, sir, and cultivate this thing well, all the output of this depression is used as seeds, if it can be successfully promoted, it will be able to make the world no longer worry about hunger!"

Zhu Changluo slowly calmed down and spoke.

As long as this thing is there, the effects of the famine can finally be solved.

Unexpectedly, seeing Zhu Changluo so excited, Xu Guangqi was a little worried, and paused to speak.

"Your Highness, this is the first time that this thing has been tried, I don't know what the effect is, whether there are other reactions, if you rush to promote it, I'm afraid it will ......."

As a person who has studied agriculture for many years, Xu Guangqi has naturally tried to introduce new crops, but without exception, they have basically failed, some because of the inappropriate climate, some because the yield per mu is too low, and some because they are unpalatable after planting, and even cause people to have various side effects......

Therefore, he knows very well that a new crop must go through various tests before it can be promoted, and the process of promotion must be very difficult, after all, it is very difficult for people to change their habits and accept a new crop.

"Mr. Xu is thoughtful, and this king admires! But if this king is not mistaken, since this thing was passed from Fuzhou Mansion to Mr., then Fuzhou Mansion must have begun to plant, right? If there is an adverse reaction, the court must have known about it, but now there is no news, there must be no big side effects, if Mr. is not at ease, why not bring your fellow townsman from Luzon back to this thing to invite the palace to say, this thing introduced into the Ming Dynasty, is a merit in the community, this king also wants to see, what a hero, for this king to make such a great contribution! ”

Zhu Changluo smiled and said.

Once the floodgates of memory were opened, Zhu Changluo remembered many records he had seen in his previous life, sweet potatoes were indeed introduced to the Ming Dynasty from the Wanli period, and unlike other things, it had just been brought back by Luzon, and it was sought after by the people of Fuzhou Prefecture.

Not only the fields are narrow and the people are dense, and the land is barren and fragmented, although the trade is very extensive, but the farmers in the land are suffering from hunger all year round, and the sweet potato, which is not picky, and the crop with high yield is immediately sought after once it is introduced, and if you calculate the time, the distance between Fuzhou Mansion and Ping'an Mansion is very far, since it can be passed to Xu Guangqi's hands, it can only show that this kind of thing has been spread in a large area in Fuzhou Prefecture.

As for the side effects of this thing, Zhu Changluo is even more clear, you can't eat more, otherwise it is easy to cause flatulence, pantothenic acid and other adverse reactions, but this is not a problem, these can be solved.

However, Xu Guangqi said that the promotion aspect gave Zhu Changluo a bit of a headache, Chinese farmers have always been a stubborn group, especially the farmers in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, who are used to growing rice and wheat, so it is really a problem for them to rashly accept such non-fruitful crops......

ps: The next chapter will be sent at ten o'clock~ (to be continued.) )