Chapter 159: Six Thousand Two Hundred Pounds!
Wang Wan is a person with a crystal belly and a glass heart, where can she not see through the heart of her eldest sister-in-law, but she feels that letting Li Han have a close mother-son relationship with Guantao is not conducive to her mother-in-law to have the filial piety of her son-in-law, so in the face of the current situation, she is happy to see it, and does not persuade and comfort the eldest sister, let alone put a step down for Guantao.
Ji Shu has been standing far away, and did not come to see her mother-in-law, Guan Tao was depressed, and when she saw her in a flash, she hurriedly shouted: "Shu'er, come here." ”
Ji Shuman reluctantly rubbed over step by step, and while walking, she looked at Li Han, who was accompanying the emperor in the field not far away, Li Han gave her an encouraging look, which made Ji Shu feel a little confident, and walked over and whispered like a mosquito: "Eldest princess......"
"You child, why do you call your mother that? Oops, I haven't seen you for a while, why are you so thin? Chan'er, this bastard, Han'er didn't beat him to death, but woke him up, and now he cries at home every day and wipes his tears and misses you. ”
Listening to Guan Tao's words, Ji Shu's eyes turned red, she slowly raised her head, and plucked up the courage to say: "Eldest princess, Ji Shu is a folk girl, and she knows that she is not worthy of Master Hou, please tell him and ask him to write a letter of resignation to me earlier." ”
"Ahem, you kid, how can you say such a thing? That's it, let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later, and now you can play. ”
Ji Shu bowed her knees and slowly turned away, her thin body and the withered yellow hair that had not yet been raised were particularly conspicuous in the golden sunlight.
Guan Tao remembered that when he first saw Ji Shu, a sturdy girl, her wheat-colored skin, red cheeks, and long black hair, she also felt a burst of pity and guilt. How can I be so haggard in more than a year?
Wang Wan is very good at seeing the opportunity, and whispered to Guantao: "Sister, I think Ji Shu is dead and will not return to Chen Chan's Longshu Mansion, instead of reluctantly, it is better to give her a recusal, anyway, the two have not yet had the same room, and they will not delay this girl to marry someone else, if Ji Shu is comfortable, Li Han's hatred for Chan'er will be gone, what do you think?" ”
Guantao said gloomily: "Alas...... The world is impermanent. Good children, why did they make such a fuss? ”
"Perhaps, it's because Ji Shu and Chen Chan don't have a husband and wife fate, sister, you have to make up your mind early, Li Han's child is extremely protective of his family, if Ji Shu has been so sad, it will not be a good thing for Chen Chan."
Guan Tao gritted his teeth and finally said, "Okay, then let Ji Shu go." ”
Although Li Han didn't hear Wang Huan's speech with Guantao, from the attitude of the two. He had already speculated that it was estimated that the matter of the eldest sister was solved, which made him put down a big stone and take the emperor with him more vigorously, from the peanut field to the center of today's gimmick - potato field.
The farmers in the potato fields are dressed up in the same spirit. Wielding a pickaxe and hoe, Liu Qi has been surrounded by a large group of noble ministers, Zhou Yafu did not come today, and he still continued his great cause of pretending to be sick. Cheng Buzhi came, Liu She, the imperial historian, Tao Qing from the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lieutenant Wei Juan, Tian Wei and others followed, and a large group of people were all unknown to Li Han. Everyone walked to the ground and stood still.
The farmers hadn't started digging yet, they were waiting with enough momentum, and when they saw the head of the house waving their hands, they began to dig, and when the first potato was dug up, it happened to roll to Liu Qi's feet.
Li Han's heart trembled, because this potato was too big, the size of a child's head, this was a big man he had never seen in later generations, could it be that the land of the Han Dynasty was more fertile?
Everyone stared at the yellow and purple "round ball", Li Han hurriedly picked it up and sent it to Liu Qi and said: "Your Majesty, this is the new grain potato I cultivated, this thing can be used as a vegetable, it can also be used as food, the yield is extremely high, it is easy to cultivate, and it can also be deeply processed into dried vegetables such as potato vermicelli, so it is called 'life-saving fruit' by my grandmother, please take a look." ”
Liu Qi took the big potato, and said excitedly: "It weighs two catties!" Is this what is stewed in the meat you gave to the Queen Mother? You say you can also process dried vegetables? ”
Li Han deliberately said unconcernedly: "Yes, this thing has a high yield, and it is easy to store it if it is dug in the cellar, but after all, it cannot be stored for a long time, if it is processed into vermicelli, potato flour noodles and other products, it can be stored for a long time, and in the year of famine, it can save countless lives." ”
Cheng Buzhi was so excited that he also bent down to pick up a potato that was slightly smaller than Liu Qi's hand, and his voice trembled and said: "This thing can bear so much, there are five or six such big ones on one, how much does this acre of land produce!" ”
Li Han pursed his lips and smiled: "It is conservatively estimated that five thousand catties are on top." ”
"Oh my God! Five thousand pounds! ”
Listening to the amazement, Li Han deliberately said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, in fact, my family is not short of food, planting these is to eat as vegetables, but my father-in-law planted thirty acres, and this time it will be one or two thousand catties, and it will definitely not be able to eat." ”
"Lord Hairpin, how about selling it to the old man if you can't finish eating it?" Wei Juan shouted.
Li Han smiled and said: "Marquis Jianling is polite, you want to eat fresh, wait for a carriage to be pulled away, what money do you want." By the way, everyone who came today can take a car with them, and there are many at home, which is not worth anything. ”
"The old man wants to buy some planting, I hope you will do it."
"This ...... What's this...... Hehe, everyone, look, this acre of land is basically dug up, do you want to weigh it on the spot and see if I have anything to say? Li Han began to play haha again.
"Okay, then weigh it." Liu Qi said happily.
The potatoes all over the ground were one or two pounds of big chunks, and several farmers packed them in sacks and began to weigh them, and in a short time they got the result - six thousand two hundred catties!
The Manchu Dynasty's nobles, civil and military ministers were all petrified.
After living for such a long time, who has ever seen that one acre of land can produce 6,000 catties of grain?
The Li family's carriage arrived, and they sent processed samples in time, steamed fist-sized purple-skinned potatoes, and potato jelly mixed with chili and garlic juice.
Liu Qi secretly laughed that these people really fell for Li Han, the more this kid refused to promise to donate grain, the more greedy these people wanted to get, at the same time, as an emperor, he can be said to be the most excited person today, with these grains, the country is rich and the people are just around the corner! How can you not make him happy?
Li Han felt that it was almost over, and deliberately concealed the sweet potato and said, "Your Majesty, everyone is tired too, right?" Let's go to the humble house to rest, my mother has prepared some food for everyone to taste, there are no good things, just some mountain flavors. ”
Liu Qi said tacitly: "I also ate a steamed thing at the Queen Mother's place, which tastes different from potatoes, very sweet, what is it called sweet potato, don't you harvest it today?" ”
Li Han deliberately glanced at the noble ministers, and hurriedly said: "That thing is on the hillside, it's very tiring to walk up, and there's nothing to see, so let's go home and rest." ”
During the Han Dynasty, the population was sparse, but there was a lot of land, and the noble ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would get the land reward at every turn, and those who came today can be said to be big landlords, seeing corn, potatoes, peanuts, and other magical things, they have secretly coveted and wanted to get some of their own planting, and I heard that there are even the emperor's praise of the grain varieties that I haven't seen where Kenyi, and I shouted that I am not tired at all, and I want to go and see together.
Li Han reluctantly agreed, and led everyone through the slope to the sweet potato field.
It is said that it is a hillside, where is there a high hillside near Bailuyuan, a gentle half-slope land, full of sweet potato seedlings, of course the farmers are also waiting, Li Han began to dig after he came.
With the gimmick of 6,200 pounds of potatoes, digging sweet potatoes is not so surprising, but the yield of sweet potatoes is comparable to that of potatoes, as well as the delicious taste of steamed sweet potatoes sent.
At this time, the arranged drama was staged, a team of handsome peasant women driving donkeys came singing mountain songs, and on the back of the donkeys were placed farm tools with bamboo baskets on both sides, which were full of golden pumpkins, as big as copper basins.
"Wow, Lord Hairpin, what is this?" Tian Wei shouted.
In line with the purpose of rather offending a gentleman than a villain, Li Han was very respectful to this uncle who would be hot in the imperial court in the future, and said sweetly: "Uncle, this thing is called pumpkin, also known as nest melon, which can be used as a vegetable or grain, and there is no need to open up a field for planting, just throw some seeds on the ridge of the field." ”
"Uncle", Tian Wei's heart bloomed, and he whispered with a smile: "Good nephew, give some of this thing to uncle, how about I let the farmers plant some when I go back?" ”
Li Han deliberately pulled Tian Wei over, but the "whisper" happened to be heard by several nobles and said: "What is there to our own family, but I have asked the emperor for approval that only my family can plant this new grain seed, so I can't send it to everyone, you must be sure that there is no problem." ”
Tian Wei was even happier, nodded and didn't mention it clearly.
Wei Juan next to him heard it, and secretly made up his mind that he couldn't cheapen Li Han's family, and he had to get this grain seed.
Liu She is an honest man, his eyes are hot, and he said to Liu Qi in a hurry: "Your Majesty, since Lord Hairpin has successfully cultivated so many good grain varieties, and they are all easy to grow and have a high yield, you should order him to dedicate it to the imperial court, how can you grow and play with varieties that can save the people from fire and water as vegetables?" ”
Liu Qi said: "After all, this is something that Li Han's master gave him personally, and I can't force him to contribute. What's more, there has been no such thing for thousands of years, and the people are not used to it, as long as you don't talk about it, no one knows that this thing exists, and he is willing to plant and play, and today everyone should open their eyes and try something new. (To be continued......)
PS: The third watch is sent, the tired and half-dead Xiao Li hurry up and sleep for a while, see you tomorrow! Uh, by the way, it's still three watches tomorrow......