497 Reckoning
Jiang Weilan was finally relieved at this time, and her nerves, which had been tense, were finally able to relax at this time. It's just that she only shook her head slightly at Conglin's excited performance, although she also wanted to be as excited as Conglin, but she had to show seriousness to convince the public at a young age.
Especially at such a time, the more calm she behaves, the more everyone will think that she is confident, rather than doing it unintentionally.
The people present were indeed shocked, the potatoes were dug out one by one, and the more the potatoes were dug out later, the bigger the potatoes became, and their feelings could not be expressed in two words: excitement.
They are all northwestern men, and they have no idea that there are crops in this world that can grow so well. Due to the lack of water in the northwest, there is basically no food to eat all year round. But now I suddenly found that there are such good things in the world with such a high yield, so I can't wait to hold them directly in my arms.
"This is God's mercy, understanding the hard work of our farmers, to give such a treasure." Two peasants had no way to vent their excitement, so they knelt down in the box with a pop and began to kowtow directly.
Driven by these two people, many people knelt down and began to kowtow to the sky in an instant, expressing their most pious respect.
Before, someone else was stupid, but now Jiang Weilan is stupid, she never thought that this scene would suddenly appear.
Such thoughts just disappeared in an instant, Jiang Weilan quickly figured it out, speaking of which, these farmers think so, and it is not wrong, this is indeed a gift from God.
If it weren't for God's mercy, let her live again, and give her an almighty Shennong space, such a thing as potatoes would definitely not appear, and today's scene would definitely not appear.
At the moment, she didn't want everyone else to kneel and only she stood by herself, so she also knelt down and kowtowed respectfully to the heavens a few times, which can be regarded as her belated gratitude to the heavens.
However, some people soon reacted, and they felt that kowtowing to the void sky was not enough to express their excitement, so they turned their heads and began to kowtow to Jiang Weilan again.
They don't know if it's God's grace, but this thing is indeed obtained by Miss Jiang, without Miss Jiang, there would be no crop called potatoes, Miss Jiang is the benefactor!
"Guys, I really can't afford to be a big gift like yours, and it's tormenting me."
Jiang Weilan asked everyone to get up again and again, but where did everyone agree, after all, they still kowtowed a lot of heads, and felt that the excitement had calmed down, so they stood up.
"Miss, you can bear our head with peace of mind, this is what you deserve, this is not for ourselves, but also for the many hungry people, if this kind of thing can really be planted in a large area, there will be many people who can fill their stomachs!" An old farmer in his sixties said to Jiang Weilan tremblingly.
Jiang Weilan was actually a little embarrassed when she heard this, her initial purpose was actually more because of her Zhuangzi, but now, she was so respected, she felt that she was ashamed of it!
After a long time, the people present calmed down, and Mr. Li asked with doubts: "Can you ask the young lady to solve the confusion of the old decay, why the potatoes in these boxes are more productive the further back they go?" Are there any unique cultivation methods? ”
Mr. Li keenly felt that the advent of this crop might have epoch-making significance, so he carefully observed each potato plant before coming to such a conclusion, and felt that he couldn't understand it, so he used the spirit of shameless questioning to find Jiang Weilan to solve his doubts.
"Don't hide it from Mr. Li, when I got this kind of seed occasionally, it was already July, and if I planted it directly in the ground, it might not be ripe, so I came up with a way to plant these potatoes in a big wooden box, so that when it was cold, I could push them into the house to keep warm. And because I've heard that potatoes are extremely drought-tolerant crops, I deliberately distinguish the amount of water in these boxes at a time. Each of these ten large boxes has a difference when watering it. Although Jiang Weilan was answering Mr. Li's words, his voice was loud enough for the people around him to hear clearly.
After Jiang Weilan looked at the people around him, he continued: "This box, except for the first planting, has basically not been watered, you can see the soil clearly." And the last one, which bears the largest box of potatoes, is the one that waters the most. ”
"What does this mean, Miss, is that this crop, called potatoes, can grow in dry land and has a good yield?" The more Mr. Li listened, the more excited he became, at first he was only excited about the extremely high yield of this crop, but now he realized that this thing could be grown in dry land.
Most of the arable land in the Northwest is dry land, which means that this kind of thing is the most suitable species for the Northwest.
Could it be that Miss is the fairy sent by God to rescue thousands of Li people in the northwest? Otherwise, why did our ancestors never know that there was such a drought-tolerant crop?
Moreover, after the young lady arrived in the northwest, she also opened a school, although there are not many students, but I heard that many people in Zhuangzi have begun to learn to write, which is indeed a very different beginning for the northwest.
When this thought came to Mr. Li's heart, his gaze at Jiang Weilan was a little different, with a faint sense of reverence. What these people didn't do, a teenage girl did, how could she not be worthy of his admiration?
Jiang Weilan didn't notice the change in Mr. Li, but said: "What Mr. said is right, judging from the planting situation, it should be so." I also hope that potatoes are the most suitable crop to grow in the northwest, but so far, it is only a small-scale experiment, and it may not be possible to do it accurately. So I decided to get these potatoes today, and I'm going to try a few of them, and save the rest for next year's planting. When the time comes, these potatoes will be divided into two parts, one part will be planted in the water field in our village, and the other part will be planted in the dry land, and when the harvest is in the autumn next year, we will be able to really know whether the potatoes can save the people of Northwest China. ”
From the beginning, Jiang Weilan's interest in potatoes was to grow them in the drylands of the northwest. Therefore, when she said this now, she was very confident and very excited.
And Mr. Li quickly calculated an account, he felt that the minimum yield of potatoes should be able to reach 2,000 catties per mu, which is higher than the yield of any crop, so he said directly: "Miss, as long as this thing can really fill the stomach, even if the yield is not so high in dry land, as long as it can produce 1,000 catties per acre, it is also very considerable." ”