Chapter 65 Potatoes
When I had an idea, I drew the pattern. Seeing that the people were still in the noise, he raised his hand and pressed:
"Everyone, be quiet, I have a drawing of something, you see, you know, this is a very productive crop, can be eaten as food, called potatoes or potatoes. There is also a kind called sweet potato, also called sweet potato."
"Fairy, do you want to farm with us?"
"Why not?"
Everyone was in an uproar, and it turned out that fairies would also farm.
"I don't know how to farm, but I can learn. Are there any people who know the species on these two pictures? ”
The shopkeeper of a seed shop said, "Fairy, I know that there are potatoes in my store that you mentioned, which were sent by a hunter on the mountain, but they all sprouted, and I thought they were broken, and I wanted to throw them away." ”
"Oh? Take me to see it. ”
Slowly came to the store with the shopkeeper of the seed store, and the shopkeeper found more than a dozen sacks, revealing the sprouted and moldy potatoes inside, and leisurely looked at what he wanted.
"How much silver, I'll buy it and take it back to study, and then look for Orion, I want as much as I want."
leisurely put ten taels of silver to him, and the shopkeeper hurriedly said no, and gave it to the fairy, but it was not easy to let him accept it.
"I'll put the things here for you first, I don't have a place to live yet, I'll come back and get them later."
"The fairy doesn't dislike it, I'll be an errand runner for you, I'll help you find a tooth shop to buy the house."
After thinking about it leisurely: "I want to buy a Zhuangzi and try to grow potatoes, you can help me buy a Zhuangzi." ”
"You're welcome. In this way, I have a Zhuangzi vacant, and you give me 2,000 taels to help you run errands and get a deed? ”
"Thank you!" leisurely took out two thousand taels of silver tickets and gave it to him.
The shopkeeper took the deed and went.
The people talked a lot, whether the fairy could be planted, and if it could not be planted, it would blow the confidence of the fairy again.
There are also people who recognize potatoes and eat things that will kill people, but no one dares to eat them, but the fairy says that this is a high-yield food, is it the wrong way to eat it?
Those who had doubts asked: "Fairy can't be eaten, after eating, it will foam at the mouth, and it will die!" ”
He smiled leisurely and looked at the curious people: "Potatoes that sprout and green are inedible, and they will indeed be poisoned, as long as they are stored properly and eaten properly, they will not be poisoned!" Pay attention when eating, throw away the bad ones, don't be reluctant and you'll be fine. ”
Everyone suddenly realized that this was the case.
The seed shop shopkeeper led leisurely and took the potatoes to Zhuangzi,
Zhuangzi is not big, more than 100 acres of medium fields, the shopkeeper explained the head of the Zhuang, saw leisurely, and left.
Leisurely look at the head of the village is an honest farmer: "Don't be nervous, I bought this Zhuangzi to try new species, what should I do before, and what should I do in the future." ”
Zhuangtou: "Fairy, the harvest in this Zhuangzi is not good, why don't you buy some good land in this experiment?" ”
"Potatoes are not fine things, and they can yield at least two or three thousand catties per mu of any kind of planting, and there is no need to waste fertile land. It's the end of April now, and it's planting at the right time. ”
Zhuang Tou was stunned, there is such a high-yield thing? But the fairy is different, since she said that it can be done,
On the other day, remove the moldy place of the potato, cut the sprouted one into small pieces, find a moist place to catalyze the sprouting if it does not sprout, and divide it into pieces when the sprouts have sprouted.
There are not many potatoes that can be planted, but more than ten acres of land can be planted, and dozens of acres can be taken leisurely. Let the head of the village take people to plant with them throughout the whole process, dig small pits and bury them with one finger deep, sprinkle soil to cover them, and water them.
After a few busy days, I planted all of them, and it was good to water and fertilize occasionally, and I didn't care about it, and the head of the village was obviously very concerned.
After half a month, the seedlings came out, and I told Zhuangtou that the potatoes were drought-tolerant and didn't need to be watered more, and told him that they would be put away in September and reported to the government, so they didn't care.
Leisurely want to be busy with more things, integrate like an ordinary person, and help people improve their lives. Busy with other things.
I usually don't think much about the problem of salt, I am not good at chemistry, but I probably remember that salt is something that every country attaches importance to, and the poor only have coarse salt to eat, and they have to go to the capital to find the emperor for fine salt production.
leisurely went to the palace, stopped in mid-air, glanced at the place where the emperor was, and flew directly to the imperial study.
"Emperor Xiao!"
"You, you're the princess of Escape?"
"You'd better call me a laid-back girl, or a fairy."
"Ahem, when did the fairy come?"
"I have a way of making fine salt, and I want to leave it to you, and you must promise me not to raise the price of salt. The people can only afford to eat coarse salt, and I feel distressed to see it. ”
"The fairy has the people in his heart, it is the blessing of all the people, and the people of my generation have thanked the fairy!"
"I am an old friend of the original Jinyang Mansion Yin and Master Zhang, you sent him to supervise this matter, I can't trust others. Let him go to Baixiangju to find me! ”
Leisurely got up and wanted to leave, thought about it and said: "I have a Zhuangzi in Jinyang, and I tried to plant potatoes, and the yield per mu is about 3,000 catties. You should also send someone to keep an eye on it, and you will know the result in September. After that, it is hoped that it will be promoted so that the people can eat their stomachs. ”
"This, the fairy really has three thousand catties?"
"If you plant well, you can have 5,000 catties, and you can ensure the harvest in drought and flood. Wait a few months to find out. ”
After a leisurely finish, he returned to Baixiangju.
Emperor Xiao looked at the direction of the leisurely walk in a daze, this princess has a good temperament and walks like the wind.
However, if the princess's words are true, then the people will be blessed, and the treasury will no longer be empty, and her heart was excited, and she hurriedly summoned the ministers to discuss the matter.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the princess's move is beneficial to the country and the people, Lord Zhang, you must follow the princess well and assist her in making fine salt."
Mr. Zhang should be.
"Your Majesty, is the princess really sure that the yield per mu of potatoes is so high?"
"Isn't Zhuangzi there? Your agricultural department also found a few acres to plant, don't you know? Don't forget that people are immortals! Do you know how many of you are? ”
The imperial study has become a vegetable market, which is noisy and headaches.
Lord Zhang came out of the palace, and went straight to Baixiangju without changing his court clothes.
Uncle Fang saw that Master Zhang had arrived, and hurriedly led him to the house.
leisurely saw the old man coming, and his heart was also abrupt: "I haven't seen Master Zhang for a long time!" ”
Master Zhang arched his hand and said: "You little girl, you have grown up, your reputation is getting higher and higher, you are all immortals, who doesn't know this capital?" ”
"Lord Zhang, please sit down, don't laugh, I'm just a layman. Drink tea, drink tea! ”
Wait for people to sit still, leisurely and not ink: "My lord, I invited you to come this time because of the salt production. ”
Lord Zhang bowed his head: "The emperor attaches great importance to this matter and ordered me to come to assist, how to make it Do you have a plan in mind?" ”
He muttered leisurely: "One or two sentences are not clear, you come with me." ”
The two came to the kitchen, leisurely washed the pot and boiled it, added water to the fire, crushed the prepared coarse salt and poured it into the pot and stirred, after it was completely melted, found a muslin cloth and filtered it, repeated several times, and put it in the pot to boil dry.
Lord Zhang is not good at watching, so he helps to light the fire.