Chapter 438: A Bumper Harvest of Corn
Liu Xuan looked at Jia Xu and instructed: "Wenhe, you send someone back to Huangxian to deliver the message, so that Tian Feng, Mi Zhu, Guan Yu, Guan Hai, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Zhou Cang, Liu Xin and other major civil officials and military officials will come to Jialuo Bay. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info corn is edible, and let them try it too. The number of potatoes is small and cannot be taken out in large quantities, but the corn tubes are sufficient. ā
Jia Xu said: "Your Highness, in this way, the news is easy to leak. ā
Liu Xuan said with a smile: "In the past few months, have there been fewer spies coming to Garo Bay?" Besides, we will control it this year, and once it comes to next year, it will definitely be widely promoted, and when the time comes, it will be impossible to hide the news. So there's no way around it, and besides, the spies don't know what's going on, so it's hard to know the situation. ā
Jia Xu said: "I understand my humble position! ā
Immediately, Jia Xu sent someone back to deliver the message.
In half a day, Tian Feng, Guan Yu, Guan Ning and others all came. These people have also been to Garo Bay, and they all know that Liu Xuan is in Garo Bay to cultivate new grains.
I don't know the specific situation.
After everyone arrived, they met Liu Xuan at the camp where they lived. The people who accompanied him included Diao Chan, Dong Han, Gan Mei and other Liu Xuan's women, and they also came.
Tian Feng looked at Liu Xuan and asked, "Your Highness, has there been a harvest of grain?" ā
At this time, Tian Feng had expectations in his eyes.
Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and others looked forward to it.
As a scholar, his ambition is to work together, govern the country, and level the world. But no matter what, the ultimate goal is to keep the people well fed and clothed, which is the most fundamental thing.
Liu Xuan laughed and said, "Come, come with me." ā
Liu Xuan led everyone and walked towards the cornfield.
Coming to the area where the cornfield is located, Liu Xuan pointed to the patches of corn and said loudly: "All the areas in this area are planted with our new grain. ā
Liu Xuan broke off a corn cob, shook it in front of everyone, and then buckled a grain of corn and said, "See, after this corn is sown, it will grow into a corn plant, and then it can grow such a big corn cob." ā
When everyone heard this, they all looked shocked.
A small piece of corn grows a corn cob.
Such a change is too big.
Liu Xuan waved his hand, and the soldier came carrying baskets of cooked corn cobs. Liu Xuan smiled and waved his hand: "Come, everyone have a taste." ā
One by one, corn cobs were handed to civilian and military generals.
After tasting them one by one, they were all shocked.
It's delicious, it's the first feeling.
New food is a second thought.
Everyone looked at the corn cob in their hands and was pleasantly surprised.
Liu Xuan continued: "It's still tender corn, and when it's dry, you can grind it into flour and eat it. In the same way, next year's seeds will be these fully ripe corns. ā
Guan Ning stroked his beard under his chin, and said with a hint of trilling in his tone: "A grain of corn grows a corn cob, with at least hundreds of grains of corn on it. Once corn is promoted, the blessing of the people and the blessing of the community. ā
He stood in front of Liu Xuan, his hands folded, and he bowed ninety degrees.
Liu Xuan did not hide or avoid, and accepted this gift.
Guan Ning got up and continued: "Before I went down, I heard that His Highness had received a gift from heaven and wanted to grow food, but I didn't really believe it in my heart, but today I realized that I was a frog at the bottom of the well, please forgive Your Highness." ā
When the rest of the people heard this, their expressions changed more or less.
In the eyes of many civilian, military generals, Liu Xuan came to Garo Bay to do his job.
Now when I see corn, I suddenly understand.
Guan Yu, as the person who followed Liu Xuan halfway, was even more shocked in his heart, as if he had set off a monstrous wave. He looked at the cooked corn cob in his hand, and thought to himself, Liu Xuan even has a god-given thing, could it be that the Zhongxing of the Han Dynasty is really on Liu Xuan?
Tian Feng arched his hand and said: "Your Highness is wise! ā
"Your Highness is wise!"
Mi Zhu was happy in his heart, and echoed loudly.
"Your Highness is wise!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Countless people shouted neatly, all happy for the corn planted by Liu Xuan.
Liu Xuan looked at the excited hearts and a smile appeared on his face.
At the beginning, Liu Xuan threw out the statement of a godsend, knowing that many people did not believe it. But after the corn was planted, Liu Xuan knew that everyone believed it. Even the determination of these people to follow him will be strengthened by this.
Liu Xuan's approach will sanctify Liu Xuan.
The appearance of corn is a means of sanctification.
No one in the world had corn.
No one in the world knew about corn.
Liu Xuan took out the corn with the saying of a godsend, to a certain extent, Liu Xuan represents the heavens, and he is the representative of the heavens in the world.
Liu Xuan used the cultivation of corn to completely make the people under his command loyal.
Liu Xuan raised his hand and pressed down, and said slowly: "The appearance of corn is only a part of the grain. Next, there are more sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and winter melons. These three foods can really be promoted on a large scale in the shortest possible time. ā
When everyone heard this, they were full of anticipation.
After Liu Xuan took the civil and military officials under his command around and familiarized them with the current grain, he sent everyone away. The officials and generals left, but Liu Xuan, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others still remained.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the middle of July.
At this time, pumpkins and winter melons have already blossomed and borne fruit.
On a large area of land, pumpkins and winter melons have borne fruit, which has surprised the farmers who have been paying attention. After they reported the news, they watched the pumpkins and winter melons grow.
Seeing the winter melon and pumpkin getting bigger and bigger, they were extremely shocked.
The large pumpkin is more than four feet in diameter and is not really ripe yet.
Winter melons are also extremely huge, and they are all giant winter melons.
Two kinds of food, set off a craze.
Liu Xuan let people pick pumpkins and winter melons to steam, for people in this era, eating is the happiest thing, they eat sweet pumpkins, and their hearts are extremely happy. Eating winter melon again, my heart is even more steady.
These foods can fill the stomach.
The most important thing is that after the winter melon and pumpkin are removed, they can continue to bloom and bear fruit, which is the most exciting.
At the end of July, the sun was shining and the corn was starting to ripen.
Winter melons and pumpkins also have a tendency to ripen on a large scale.
Liu Xuan gathered all the peasant households, and because the peasant households were short of manpower, he recruited some soldiers to join them and began to harvest corn on a large scale.
The pumpkins and winter melons are stored directly and the corn on the cob is brought back for threshing.
In this era, there are no machines, all rely on human labor.
The people and soldiers happily threshed the corn on the cob, and in a short time, all the corn was threshed and then dried. After drying, bags of grain are re-stocked.
After all the corn was in storage, it was already the end of August.
That's when the data comes in.
Jia Xu hurriedly came to Liu Xuan, with a smile on his face. He was so happy that there was so much grain to be harvested. What happened this year was far beyond Jia Xu's knowledge, but it made him extremely excited.