Chapter 302: A Bumper Crop Harvest
The strength of the people is great, and the corn of one acre of land is quickly harvested, and the threshing is done by hand on the spot, and the golden corn kernels flow into the grain hopper.
The more food gathered, the more excited people became.
"A bud can grow so big, which is much bigger than corn."
"My goodness, there are so many."
"It's not over, it's still there."
There were many people, and the corn of one acre of land was quickly finished, and after a Ministry of Industry official counted it, he stood up and said in a somewhat trembling voice: "Lord Wang, my lords, the statistics have come out, we have counted it three times, and the field has also been checked for any omissions..."
Zhang Wenyu reprimanded with a straight face: "Don't talk nonsense, talk about output." ”
"Oh, it's a thousand and eighty-eight pounds."
Everyone was shocked.
"My good man, more than a thousand pounds."
"Oh my God, a fetish."
"More than 1,000 catties, which is three times the output of the best paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River."
"Besides, it's dry land."
Although everyone had just realized that the corn yield must be large, when they heard the specific figures, people still screamed in shock.
People were very excited.
No matter what time it is, food is the first thing in this world, and people can live without fancy clothes and big houses, but without food, people can't live a day.
Historically, almost all peasant uprisings in China were caused by famine and people could not eat, and there was almost no democracy and freedom because of any ideals, beliefs, and actions.
The emperors of the past generations did not care about the food problem.
Now Qin Guan has come up with this kind of divine object that can satisfy people's stomachs, how can people not be excited or excited.
There is this kind of grain that can produce thousands of catties per mu, and it can also be planted on dry land, which is definitely a great news for the Great Zhao Kingdom.
Zhang Wenyu came to Qin Guan's side with an excited face, bowed down and saluted: "Lord, great joy, this is a great auspicious time, you must report to Your Majesty as soon as possible." ”
Qin Guan was very calm, not as excited as the others.
He has read the information of later generations, the highest yield of corn per mu, the later generations can reach 2200 catties, although it is a test field, but the ordinary mu yield can easily reach 1,000 catties.
The seeds used by Qin Guan are high-yield seeds, the kind that can be retained, and these farmers are like babies, there is no shortage of water or fertilizer, and there is nothing to be excited about with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu.
He said to Zhang Wenyu: "There are still many crops that need to be harvested here, so don't worry." ”
"Yes, yes, Xia Guan is too excited."
Continue to harvest grain, a total of 16 acres of corn, are one acre of harvest, respectively, the highest per mu, the yield of 1260 catties, the lowest per mu, also reached 920 catties, the average yield per mu is more than 1,000.
Countless people cheered, and their excited expressions were written on their faces.
Harvest potatoes, this is more troublesome, need a little bit of soil, these people are very careful, for fear of dropping a little, so the progress is a little slow, until the evening, 8 acres of potatoes are harvested, the last statistics, a total of nearly 20,000 catties of potatoes harvested, more than 2,000 catties per mu.
People were so excited.
It was already dark, and Zhang Wenyu was originally going to light a torch to collect grain overnight, but was stopped by Qin Guan.
The next morning, continuing to harvest, these people are not tired at all, they arrived in the field at six o'clock in the morning, even those officials, they are all excited one by one, Zhang Wenyu's eyes are a little dark, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep when he went back last night, and he went up to see the harvested grain, and looked at those shocking figures.
If someone doesn't know why, they think he's crazy.
Continue to harvest, this time it is sweet potato, the yield of sweet potato is higher than that of potatoes, the last weighing, the first batch of seedlings planted sweet potato, the yield per mu has reached more than 4,000 catties, the highest one mu, more than 5,000 catties, everyone shouted excitedly
This output can be said to be an astronomical figure for them.
Even the land that cut sweet potato seedlings later, the yield per mu can reach 2,000 catties, and the farmers who planted the land held the sweet potatoes, and some cried bitterly, muttering in their mouths: "If there was such a divine object, my mother would not starve to death, mother." ”
Han Yuqing took a piece of sweet potato and came to Qin Guan, Qin Guan clicked and opened it, red-hearted, took a bite, and it was quite sweet.
Giving it to a few people to take a bite, Qin Guan said: "This thing can be eaten raw, it can be steamed and eaten, it tastes good, and it can also be ground into powder to make vermicelli, but it is easy to fart if you eat too much, and you will have dry stomach, bloating, and pantothenic acid." ”
At this time, Qin Zhang said with emotion: "What is bloating and pantothenic acid, it is a thousand times stronger than eating bark, grass seeds, and white mud." ”
The pumpkin is harvested, and each pumpkin needs an adult to pick it up, with a yield of 8,000 catties per mu, and people are almost numb.
Qin Guan said: "This thing has too much moisture, but it tastes good when steamed, and it can only be regarded as a kind of stomach-filling thing, but if it is steamed and crushed into a puree, and bean paste and sugar are added, it can be used to make stuffing, and it is very good to use it to make snacks in the future." ”
Zhang Wenyu hugged a big pumpkin and said with a smile: "If you can eat it, you can eat it, eight thousand catties, what else can you ask for." ”
For the next few days, these people stayed here, harvesting these crops little by little, very carefully, and never wasting a single grain.
The tomatoes are ripe, some are red, some are still green. I had already told them how to serve the tomatoes before, and now they are growing very well, Qin Guan took his family to the tomato field, there are about a few acres here, Qin Guan is not for eating, but only for leaving seeds.
Yelu Qingri likes to eat tomatoes very much, and ate three or four in a row.
Harvesting peanuts, Yelu Qingri also likes to eat peanuts, grabbing a handful of Kakaka and sending it to his mouth.
The sunflowers are ripe, and Yelu Qingri also likes to eat them, carrying a sunflower shower head, just pulling melon seeds one by one.
When he came to the pepper field, Yelu Qingri liked this red appearance very much, more beautiful than the flowers on the grassland, and happily ran over, grabbed a chili pepper and put it in his mouth.
Clicked and chewed twice.
"Ah~"
Jereh screamed.
It's too spicy.
Qin Guan smiled and rinsed her mouth with water, for a long time, Yelu couldn't speak, Qin Guan asked her to make a cup of brown sugar water, which relieved the spicy taste.
Zhang Wenyu is very excited every day, and the agricultural officials of the Ministry of Industry are also excited, and the people here are very excited.
Great harvest, absolute harvest.
Zhang Wenyu reported: "Lord Wang, I have asked those farmers about their farming experience, and summarized it into a book, as long as they plant according to this method next year, there will be no problem." ”
Qin Guan shook his head and said: "Actually, some of these crops can also be grown in the south, and some can be two kinds a year, so don't stick to the previous experience, you can experiment more and find out the most suitable method." ”
"Half of these crops, I am going to keep them, the nineteen states for their own use, expand the planting, and the other half, you send them to Your Majesty, which can be widely distributed all over the world."
"And those farmers, I'm going to divide half of them and take them away, after all, they have experience and can guide planting."
Zhang Wenyu was overjoyed and gave Qin Guan a big gift.
A month later, Qin Guan got married, and married two princesses at the same time, Qin Guan ordered that all taxes in nineteen states would be exempted this year, and Yanjing City fell into a sea of joy.