Chapter 43: Sweet Potato
Ye Ming is also very distressed now, how to obtain the power of incense, there are actually many methods, such as the method used by the wolf demon is to intimidate, coerce and lure the people to sacrifice, and forcibly take the incense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
It's just that he definitely can't let Mo Yan do this, the people go to incense to worship, if it is not sincere, it will not produce too much incense, and it will also cause dissatisfaction among the people, and the gains outweigh the losses.
If you want the people to contribute incense, you must do something related to their vital interests, and it is best to start with food, clothing, housing and transportation.
The villagers are simple and don't want much, as long as they can eat and sleep well, they can be satisfied.
Now that the fertile fields and vegetable fields in the terraced villages have been destroyed by the heavy rains of the past few days, it is almost June, and it is definitely too late to replant the rice.
The climate here can only grow one season of rice a year, and the time is calculated, originally planted in early April, and can be harvested in autumn, but now it is almost summer, and the time is not good.
Moreover, the cultivation methods in this world are not good, and the mass production of rice is not high, and one mu of land is two or three hundred catties of grain per mu.
A normal strong man can eat two catties of grain a day, and a person needs at least six or seven hundred catties of grain in a year, so the field needs at least three acres of land to meet one person.
Roughly calculated, a family of five needs more than a dozen acres of land if it wants to be self-sufficient.
Ye Ming still knows a little about this, there are very few people who can own more than ten acres of land, and most of them are in the hands of the landlord and gentry.
Because their families do not have enough land to cultivate, many people rent land, and the few acres of land redeemed by Ye Ming last time were rented out, and now they are also destroyed.
But even so, after a year, many people can't really fill their stomachs with every meal.
Under normal circumstances, they have to eat three meals a day, but because of the lack of food, many families only eat two meals a day, and sometimes even want to save food, they will use wild vegetables as a staple food to satisfy their hunger.
After all, it is impossible for every year to be a bumper harvest year, and natural and man-made disasters cannot be avoided, just like their fields were destroyed because of the wolf demon this time.
If Mo Yan can solve their food problem, then the surrounding people will definitely worship willingly and offer incense and energy.
But then again, relying on Mo Yan alone, it is definitely impossible to solve the food problem, and she can't conjure food out of thin air, and there are so many.
Ye Ming thought about it, in fact, this problem is also very easy to solve, you can exchange food in the system, but he doesn't have so many exchange points at all, this is the population of a few villages, not a few households.
"Mo Yan, don't panic, I've already thought of a way!" Ye Ming's heart suddenly moved, looking at Mo Yan's anxious appearance, he spoke.
It doesn't have to be rice to fill your stomach, there are many other things that can be used, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, which can be used as staple foods, and they are easy to grow, have high yields, and mature faster than rice.
"Childe, what are your good ideas?" asked Mo Yan.
"You'll know in a moment!" Ye Ming smiled lightly and motioned to go to the Mountain Temple first.
When they came to the ruins of the temple, Ye Ming stood in it, and with a wave of his hand, a large basket of sweet potatoes appeared in front of him, they were all very large, and they had already been cleaned, Ye Ming didn't say anything, just grabbed one and ate it.
Speaking of which, he really hasn't eaten sweet potatoes for a while, and now he only feels tender and juicy, sweet in the mouth, and has a very good taste.
"Childe, what is this?" Mo Yan had never seen a sweet potato, so he couldn't help but ask.
"It's called a sweet potato, it's okay to call it a sweet potato, it's okay to call it a sweet potato, in short, there are several names. Ye Ming smiled and said.
"Could this be the method that Childe came up with?" Mo Yan asked.
"Yes, that's what I came up with. Ye Ming ate all the sweet potatoes in his hand and said: "Not long ago, the fertile fields and vegetable fields cultivated by the villagers were destroyed by the heavy rain, and now they are most worried about the food problem, and as long as you help them solve the food problem, they will definitely worship you sincerely." ā
Mo Yan looked at the big basket of sweet potatoes, and smiled bitterly in his heart, there are several villages around the terraced mountains, but just such a basket of sweet potatoes is not enough!
Ye Ming guessed what she was thinking, and said: "These are just for them to see, if they don't let them see it, how can they believe it, when the time comes, when they eat it, they will know the taste of this thing, and they can really rely on him to fill their stomachs." ā
"What about after these are eaten?" Mo Yan asked again, Ye Ming smiled lightly and said, "When they finish eating, it's time for them to plant themselves." ā
Ye Ming waved his hand again, and a large pile of bundled sweet potato vines appeared on the ground, almost covering the ruins of the entire temple.
"When they know the benefits of this thing, they will naturally grow it themselves, and this thing is easy to grow, and they don't need to take care of it, as long as they insert the vine into the ground, it will grow on its own. ā
"I see. Mo Yan nodded, convinced of what Ye Ming said, although she had never seen a sweet potato, but since it was said by her master, she would definitely not lie to herself.
Planting sweet potatoes in summer is simple, no need to raise seedlings, just take these sweet potato vines, bury them in the soil, as long as there is rain to irrigate, it is easy to take root and grow.
It's not too late to plant sweet potatoes, but the yield has something to do with the land, but I don't know if the soil in this terraced mountain is fertile enough, but even if the yield will be reduced, it will be several times higher than other crops.
After telling Mo Yan everything, Ye Ming asked her to dream to the villagers again tonight, saying that it was because of the previous mountain god that they lost their food, and now they were given a high-yield crop, with a yield of ten stones per mu, what is it, and they will know when they come to the mountain temple tomorrow.
After doing this, Ye Ming returned home and exchanged sweet potatoes and sweet potato vines, but it took three exchange points, among which it was already very cheap because of the exchange of sweet potato vines.
On the second day, as he expected, the whole terraced village was in a stir, and a large group of people gathered in front of the village chief's house to discuss, and not only that, but many people from other villages also came.
Ye Ming knew what was going on, so he didn't have the idea of joining in the fun, but this **** also didn't go to Li's Mansion to copy books, but stayed at home, because he had something to do for a while, and because of this, in the end, he was dragged by his sister to go together.
Still far away, Ye Ming heard the voices of those people talking, and most of them were suspicious.
"Ten stones per mu, how is this possible, how can there be crops with such a high yield, it is simply unheard of. ā
"I don't believe it, I have planted the land all my life, I have never seen any kind of crops, even if it is a high-quality fertile land, intensive cultivation, five stones per acre is already very remarkable!" an old man kept shaking his head, obviously not believing.
He was right, a field that can produce five stones per mu is a good field, which is recognized as a high-yield field, and such a field is not something that can be found casually.
Mo Yan said in his dream that the yield per mu was ten stones, this amount was beyond everyone's imagination, and it seemed a little unreal, and most people didn't want to believe it.
"The mountain god probably won't tell lies...... one of the villagers whispered.
"Hmph, how could it not, what was the mountain god like before, everyone doesn't know. The villager who had insulted the wolf demon before said, "If there is one, I will screw my head off myself!"
At this time, Ye Ming happened to walk into the crowd, and he didn't care about what he said, but said loudly: "Everyone is talking here, but they can't get any results, didn't the mountain god say it last night, if you want to know what it is, why don't you go and see it with your own eyes?"
As soon as this remark came out, it aroused the approval of many people, and now everything is empty, and only when you see it with your own eyes can you determine what is going on.
So, led by the village chief, the group headed towards the mountain temple.