"Potatoes ripe?"

Jia Cong roughly calculated the time, oh, it's been more than four months since planting, it's time to mature!

But it's still hard to hide the joy.

It's just that thinking that he is now in Shaanxi Province, and it is difficult to return to Shenjing for a while, Jia Cong's heart is not without regret, he shook his head and smiled: "It's a pity......"

Quickly clean up your mood.

Ordered He Dongdao: "Let the carrier pigeon go back, and ask He Xi and He Bei to send two wooden boxes with potatoes into the palace, and after so many years, it is time to make the saint happy!" ”

"Yes!"

He Dong was also full of joy.

Now that the potatoes have been planted, will the reward of Emperor Chengde be far away?

Jia Cong's holy scroll is getting longer, and the four of them are personal servants, and their status is naturally rising.

How can you not like it?

……

A few days passed.

The army under Jia Cong's command was directly divided into several units, and the White Lotus Sect stronghold in Lintao was swept away.

Those White Lotus Sect believers who preached that they had the Buddha's light to protect their bodies, in front of the brave elite of the Beijing camp, were so vulnerable, under the long knives and sharp arrows, there was blood everywhere.

The soldiers are at great speed.

Before many White Lotus disciples could react, they had already been blocked in the stronghold, and along with those backbones who were working hard to preach outside, they were all killed one by one by the soldiers who came to the door.

When Jia Cong arrived, the corpses of the entire Lintao Mansion were all over the field.

Correspondingly.

This also formed a great deterrent to the people in various places in the drought, and they wanted to believe in the White Lotus Sect? Let's take a look at the corpses on the mass grave in front of you!

In this regard, the people's hearts trembled.

Outside the city.

Countless corpses wrapped in white scarves were piled up like hills on the low and desolate mass graves, and since then, the people who were fortunate enough to see them have completely extinguished the idea of having anything to do with the White Lotus Sect.

Poured with oil, the fire burned in the mass grave for several days, and the pungent smell of burnt burns and flying ashes permeated the radius for miles.

At this point, Lintao's White Lotus Sect has been basically purged.

Even if there are left, they are just some small fish and shrimp that have slipped through the net, and they are all frightened, how dare they continue to proclaim their identity as followers of the White Lotus Sect?

Under Jia Cong's successive cleaning.

The White Lotus Cultists who instigated the demagogy of the people were all killed, and with Jia Cong's tens of thousands of troops eyeing and deterring, Lu Ruoteng's disaster relief work went extremely smoothly.

Whether it is cashing in for work, ordering many victims to dig ditches and build city walls, or migrating to abundance, migrating and planning new urban settlements, it is all done in one go.

After all, it's a long knife on the neck, which one dares to object?

In this way, the disaster relief work is progressing at an astonishing pace.

……

In the city of Shenjing.

Emperor Chengde looked at the two huge wooden boxes in front of him, his face was stunned, and asked, "This is what Jia Aiqing said, the potato that can produce more than ten stones per mu?" ”

He Xi bowed down and said, "Back to Your Majesty, this is exactly the potato." ”

"Look at the seedling, it should still be growing, how can it be said to be mature?"

“……”

There was silence.

Hosea blinked, "But that's what the old man told us, saying that the root of the potato seedling is arched in the ground, which means that it is ripe." ”

The reason for this......

Emperor Chengde couldn't help but laugh in amazement.

Then he asked, "How should we harvest it?" ”

"Just pick up the soil and pick the ripe potatoes from the roots of the seedlings."

"It's the same as I thought," Emperor Chengde immediately ordered the little eunuchs who were waiting on both sides, "Go and get the potatoes out of the wooden box on the left, and let me be careful!" ”

"Yes."

Several little eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward.

Not much.

All the potatoes planted in the wooden box on the left have been pulled out, and in an instant, yellow potatoes the size of a baby's fist come into view.

Look at the potatoes that have been piled up in small piles.

Emperor Chengde opened his mouth, "This is the potato that bears a few seedlings, there are so many!" ”

It was Qiu Shi'an next to him who was the first to react, and hurriedly said: "Go and get a scale for Your Majesty......"

Soon.

The weight of the potatoes was weighed.

Eight seedlings bear a total of more than five pounds of potatoes!

Emperor Chengde asked again: "How much can this potato be planted in one acre of land?" ”

"More than 3,000 can be planted per acre," He Xi said without thinking: "The soil is gathered for the ridges, the spacing between each ridge is more than two feet, and the potatoes are planted on the ridges, seven or eight inches away, so that one acre of land can be planted 3,56!" ”

"Three thousand, five-six?"

Emperor Chengde exclaimed in surprise, and quickly calculated in his heart, "Eight seedlings can produce five catties of potatoes, and more than three thousand plants can produce more than ten or twenty stones?!" ”

That's a big deal.

Even Emperor Chengde couldn't help but be frightened, in this era when the grain yield per mu is only one or two stones, the yield per mu is more than ten or twenty stones, what kind of concept is this?

In Emperor Chengde's daze, Qiu Shi'an hurriedly ordered the forbidden army to blockade this place, and strictly forbade the rumors to leak out.

At this time.

He Xi spoke again: "Your Majesty, my lord instructed that the potatoes in this wooden box will have a high yield because they are carefully cared for, and if they are actually planted in the ground, they will be reduced a little."

In addition, although the potato seedlings look very good, they can only be used for manure or drying fire, and they can never be used to feed all kinds of livestock. ”

I heard that the yield would be reduced when planted in the ground.

Emperor Chengde was not surprised, and said with a smile: "There is inevitably a gap between carefully cultivated and actually planted in the ground, but even so, it is at least more than ten stones per mu, far exceeding other grains!" ”

Qiu Shi'an also smiled, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, you can get this food, and the people will have no worries." ”

"It's all thanks to the work of the brave and faithful!"

Emperor Chengde laughed out loud, "Among the monarchs of the court, only Jia Aiqing is the most loyal to the monarch and the country, and he should be an example for hundreds of officials, and when he returns to Beijing for disaster relief, I will definitely reward him!" ”

Hearing this, He Xi hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The villain thanks Your Majesty for the reward!" ”

…………

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

With the successful conclusion of one disaster relief work after another by Lu Ruoteng, the day when Jia Cong and others prepare to return to Beijing is not far away.

With Jia Cong's advance attack, the expected turmoil did not appear, and a lot of sacrifices were really avoided.

The originally lifeless territory of Lintao Mansion has been revitalized by the disaster relief team in the past few months, which is completely different from before.

this day.

After Lu Ruoteng sacrificed to the ghosts and gods in charge of drought and rain on behalf of Emperor Chengde, he re-proclaimed Emperor Chengde's tax exemption and support policies, and established relief houses in various places to allow the poor to borrow......

Under various measures.

Except for the Lintao prefect who was arrested, the people were all grateful to Dade.

So, in such a mountain crying long live, Jia Cong led the army and Lu Ruoteng together to announce the end of this disaster relief, and the class returned to Beijing!

At this moment, it is almost October.

In the blink of an eye, winter will begin again!