Chapter 290: Otherworldly 10: Potatoes

Sheng Hong proudly looked at his good son-in-law of Sanyuan and the first, and said with a smile: "What are the plans for the virtuous son-in-law in the future?" ”

Jia Yu smiled: "The official family means to let me go out to practice for a few years first." ”

These words, the other four men in the room understood, this is to value Jia Yu and want to reuse it, but they are afraid that Jia Yu is young and can't afford it, so they want to let it out for a few years and beat it for a few years, and then transfer it back to entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

After thinking about the truth, the eyes of several people who looked at Jia Yu eased a little, and praised Jia Yu for a while.

This Jia Yu is like a fish in water, and the atmosphere in Shou'an Hall is also harmonious, even Sheng Hualan and Hai Chaoyun, who looked down on Sheng Molan at first, have to be polite to Shangliang Han at this time, the reason is that Jia Yu's current official position is higher than Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Changbai, and his future is more clear.

At the end of last year, Jia Yu came up with a new type of bookkeeping, which was very praised by the officials, and directly promoted Jia Yu to two levels of officials, transferred to the household department and appointed as a member of the Wupinlang, and was also heavily promoted by several adults.

At the end of June, after receiving the news reported by Zhuangzi, Liang Han was crazy with joy, and as soon as Jia Yu returned home, he immediately pulled Jia Yu out of the door in a hurry.

On the carriage, feeling Liang Han's surging mood and trembling body slightly, Jia Yu's spirit sank, and he said with a smile: "But there is a big happy event?" ”

Liang Han nodded and said happily: "Is it so obvious?" ”

After that, Liang Han took a few deep breaths to calm down, leaned into Jia Yu's ear and whispered: "Do you remember the potatoes you gave me before and asked me to send them to the Zhuangzi to pick seeds?" The head of the village reported that it was ripe, and guess how much it produced. ”

Jia Yu took Liang Han's hand and shook it gently, his eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.

"I know that after I accidentally learned from the book, it took me nearly three years, spent countless money and manpower, and finally brought it back, can I still not know?"

Liang Han was shocked, "It's so precious, why didn't you say it before?" I saw that it was gray and pitted, and I thought it was a stone. ”

Jia Yu raised his head and smiled, "What you want is your effect, if you pay too much attention to it, ask others to look at people, and pay attention, this credit will not belong to us." ”

"The officials are wise." Liang Han praised.

Such a groundbreaking achievement, not to mention the eldest brother, even the brothers of the in-laws may not be able to withstand it, and the father and clan relatives will definitely come up and ask for this credit to be directly attributed to the Yongchang Bofu.

"What do you want to do next?"

Jia Yu looked at Liang Han's eyes and said seriously: "I want to give you this credit." ”

Liang Han gasped, "What? ”

Jia Yu held Liang Han's hand tightly and said: "It's not easy for my little mother to pull me to grow up all these years, I want to give her a guarantee and a fate." ”

"If the credit is on me, although the Sheng family may look at my face and treat the little lady a little better, but the little lady will still be detained in the backyard, and no matter how majestic she is, she can only play in the Sheng family's one-third of an acre, which is really not my wish." It is also the Liang family that benefits more.

"On the other hand, if I give you the credit, I can ask the official family for a decree in your name, and in the future, the little lady can also walk outside, instead of being a concubine who can't go to the hall and will be sold if it's not good."

"Again, the credit is on you, and in the future, this legacy will be more shaded on our children, rather than so many people in the entire Liang family. Do you understand this? ”

After hearing this, Liang Han couldn't help but be a little stunned, is there really such a person in this world who is not interested in fame and fortune?

"Are you serious? With this credit, you can be a duke and marquis, and you can leave a name in history and be praised by thousands of people. ”

Jia Yu shook his head with a solemn face, "I have other ways to make meritorious contributions, don't worry." ”

"Okay." Liang Han said firmly: "The potatoes are what you found, they are your things, since you have made a decision, I will not persuade you, as long as you don't regret it." ”

To be honest, but in Liang Han's concept, the credit can only be maximized by pressing on Jia Yu, a man who has established a household, but Jia Yu's wish is to have dignity while living a good life, so this credit can only be pressed on her.

Jia Yu patted Liang Han's hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, if my mind changes, I would have changed in the past six months since I got the potatoes." ”

"Okay, the potatoes are yours anyway, you can do whatever you want."

While the two were gossiping, Zhuangzi arrived, and as soon as Fu got out of the car, Zhuangtou greeted him excitedly, and his speech was a little incoherent.

Under the leadership of Zhuang Tou, he went to the two acres of land where potatoes were planted, and saw that only three ridges of land had been dug on the yellow-green, yellow-green potato field, and the other fields were untouched, Jia Yu nodded with satisfaction.

Jia Yu personally dug up a few potatoes in the ground, and when he saw that each single potato plant could have nearly a catty, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Although the yield of one acre of potatoes in modern times is usually between 3,000 and 5,000 catties, the yield of potatoes per acre can reach 8,000 catties if high-quality potato varieties are selected and properly managed. In some particularly excellent cases, it may even exceed 10,000 catties.

However, the grain output in this era was generally about three or four hundred catties, and no matter how good the fields and careful tending, it would not be higher than five hundred catties at most.

Between the specific situation and the number of people in this dynasty, Jia Yu thinks that it is not too suitable to make it too much, just get a yield of about 1,000 catties per mu, and if there is a need in later generations, the descendants themselves will domesticate potatoes and optimize potato seeds.

Therefore, Jia Yu directly bought seven or eight hundred catties of average quality potato seeds in the system mall, and there were no domesticated and improved potato seeds, which controlled the output of potatoes.

The next day, Jia Yu reported the matter of potatoes at the court meeting, and the Manchu civil and military forces were in an uproar and couldn't believe it, so Jia Yu took the emperor and the Manchu civil and military to Zhuangzi.

After everyone witnessed the miracle, Jia Yu invited them to a full-potato feast, and the emperor praised it.

Jia Yu humbly said: "Weichen doesn't dare to take credit for it, this potato was discovered by clumsy Jing. ”

"Oh? How was it discovered? The Emperor wondered.

Jia Yu re-combed the manuscript and told it eloquently.

One day I saw the travelogue of a ranger, who accidentally rolled down a cliff slope, injured his leg, had difficulty moving, and had no way to ask for help. He saw that the potatoes were buried in the ground, and when they were first unearthed, they looked like stones, so they named them potatoes. ”

"In the book, it is written that many fruits can grow under each rhizome of potatoes, and they are very satisfying to eat, and whether they are thrown directly into the fire and charcoal, or steamed, roasted, fried and stewed, they are very delicious, so I can't help but be interested in potatoes and send people to find them."