Chapter 141 Shocking High Yield (2)
When Li Yuan and several prime ministers rushed to Li Xiuning's villa, Li Xiuning and Li Er who received the news were already waiting outside the gate. Everyone had already greeted the emperor and greeted him, but rushed directly to the greenhouse.
Li Yuan, on the way to the greenhouse, asked anxiously: "Sanniang! Have you confirmed the output?"
"I'm sure, it should only be high or low, because it will take half a month to reach the harvest season. My father and the emperor will know in person." Li Xiuning gave the accurate answer.
All the new crops here were transplanted from Li Yu's greenhouse, and these seeds were improved with the power of faith, otherwise the new crops would not have such high yields.
When Li Xiuning brought Li Yuan to the greenhouse, the first thing he saw was the sweet potatoes. The places where he saw were green, the fields were covered with green, and the ridges were covered with potatoes in the middle. The thick potatoes grew neatly in the center of the greenhouse. At the bottom of the greenhouse were thick and tall corn, and thick corn had sticks that looked like hammers on their waists, which looked like grain.
Several prime ministers and Li Yuan looked at the crops and were still looking at the greenhouse. In addition to three new crops, there were also various vegetables in the greenhouse. The whole greenhouse looked lush and green.
This is just the beginning of spring, and the climate outside is still very cold. The cucumbers, vegetables, and unknown vegetables here are full of vitality, making people feel refreshed.
But they don’t have time to ask about these questions. They mainly come here today to see if the three new crops really have such high yields?
"Father is a sweet potato, the middle is a potato, and the innermost is corn." Li Xiuning pointed to the three new crops and introduced it.
"Are these so-called sweet potatoes?" Li Yuan asked happily as he looked at the sweet potato flesh covered with green ridges under his feet.
"Yes, my father, this is that sweet potatoes not only have high yields, but the fruits they eat are roots and stems that grow underground. This sweet potato is said to be not picky about the ground, with huge yields, and can resist natural disasters such as hail and strong winds, and even have strong resistance to locust plagues. It also strengthens the spleen and appetite, strengthens the kidney yin, and can live longer after eating them for a long time." Li Xiuning introduced the habits, yields and characteristics of sweet potatoes in detail.
"Sanniang, you are most familiar with these sweet potatoes. Come and do it. Come and dig out two plants for me to see. We will go and see the potatoes later. I can't wait now." Li Yuan was very happy after hearing this and hurriedly urged him.
Li Xiuning is embarrassed to pull it out with her hands now, otherwise if these ministers see it, she will seem too unlady.
Instead, I picked up a hoe, raised the hoe and hoe down the land around the sweet potatoes. After cleaning up the surrounding soil, I used a hoe to dig out the whole sweet potatoes.
As a result, as a large piece of soil was taken out, a sweet potato with the size of a head and several fists were embedded in the soil. Li Xiuning squatted down and shook off the soil on the sweet potato, and the sweet potatoes of all sizes were exposed, lifted up for the court officials to see.
"This... is this sweet potato?" The court officials were also shocked when they saw the true face of the sweet potato. They did not expect that such heavy rhizomes would grow under the thin vines, which was simply incredible.
"This sweet potato has more than ten kilograms. If you count the yield of one acre of land, it will be at least more than two thousand kilograms! That is to say, it will be more than fifteen chunks." Pei Ji took the whole sweet potato plant and was shocked for a moment. Then he estimated the yield, with an excited look on his face.
After hearing this, several courtiers were stunned in excitement.
"More than fifteen chunks!"
"It is rare to see dealers with a yield of more than three dan per mu, but this is more than..."
"This is auspicious! Father, come and see!" Before everyone could come from the joy, they were interrupted by Li Jiancheng's surprise scream.
Li Jiancheng was holding a heavy sweet potato in his hand, which looked bigger and heavier than the sweet potato fruit of Li Xiuning just now. No wonder he was so fussy.
"More than 2,000 kilograms! OK, OK! It's equivalent to more than fifteen chunks." Li Yuan woke up from his shock and shouted excitedly.
"I'll try digging one too." Li Yuan finished speaking excitedly, not caring about his identity and etiquette. He picked up the hoe himself. When he dug out a sweet potato himself, he found that the fruit size of the sweet potatoes was not much different from that of Li Xiuning and the two that Li Jiancheng had just dug out.
Li Yuan was uneasy and came to the potato area excitedly. He used a hoe to loosen the soil near the potatoes, and slowly digged it in the soil with his hands, for fear of hurting these new crops. When his fingertips seemed to touch something, he became more careful. He pulled out the soil with both hands, and a potato was exposed. He was overjoyed and began to scatter the rest of the soil. After a pile of soil was clear, Li Yuan carefully pulled up the potatoes.
The thick potato stems and leaves appeared in front of everyone, and the roots were covered with potatoes. I carefully counted five or six big and small feet, some as big as fists and eggs. A large bunch of potatoes were skewed on the root vines, like grapes. Li Yuan touched this and that one excitedly...
At this moment, Li Yuan gently stroked the potatoes, as if he was stroking a beauty.
Li Jiancheng didn't have the image of a prince, and he lay on the ground without using a hoe. He digged out the soil around the potatoes with both hands. After the soil was soft, he picked up the stems and leaves and pulled out a bunch of potatoes. He pulled it out with his hands in the soil. A potato of a pound was caught again. He held the huge potatoes with no image and laughed: "God, you finally opened your eyes. Is this auspicious thing you gave to the Tang Dynasty?"
"Really! It's really true! There is really a grain yield of over fifteen dan in this world! It's not one but two kinds. This is auspiciousness given to me by God. God bless me by the Tang Dynasty! God bless me by God! Hahaha~~~" Li Yuan held the potato stems and leaves and connected the potatoes on the roots. He laughed to the sky.
The highest-yield crop in history was born in the Tang Dynasty, and the output of more than fifteen stones made these prime ministers crazy.
Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi, Zheng Shanguo, Yang Gongren and others were shouting loudly, "Auspiciousness fell from the sky, and heaven blessed the Tang Dynasty."
After a while, Li Yuan and the court officials woke up from ecstasy. Li Yuan looked at Li Xiuning with excitement and asked, "Where did these crop seeds from Sanniang come from?"
"It is said that these crops come from America, that is, opposite our feet. I heard that there are tens of thousands of miles, which were given to Li Yu by others. They said that the people in the Central Plains are too miserable. I hope these crops can keep the people away from hunger. He gave me these new crops." Li Xiuning had no choice but to half-truth and half-fake.
Several prime ministers looked at each other and said to Li Xiuning what the earth was, and the opposite side of his feet, and they didn't understand it at all, nor could they understand it.
At this time, they all thought about immortal grains, mainly because these high-yield grains exceeded their understanding. Li Yuan was the same, but no matter what, no matter where these grains came from, these new crops will take root in the Tang Dynasty in the future, and they must not refuse to reward the devotees.
"It's this kid again, it's a pity. I can't reward him very much! Otherwise, the Chai family would not be able to pass the barrier, so I had to temporarily grant him a baron in Xinzhu County. If the title is higher, it would be difficult to explain to the Chai family.
Li Yuan said this and sighed, "Hey! Sometimes even if I am the emperor, I can't do anything about some things."
After hearing this, Li Xiuning thought about Li Yu's past virtues and quickly answered: "Father! This is actually nothing. Li Yu didn't like being an official at first, so I think it would be better to give him a free title, but he was just a free title and had no real power. The Chai family shouldn't say anything."
"This is the best, so you don't have to make things difficult for your father. By the way, that boy Li Yu? Why didn't you see him?" Li Yuan asked while walking.
"He has gone out for a trip again. I don't know where he has gone." After Li Xiuning said that, he looked at the direction of Li Yu's house, and deep longing appeared in his eyes.
When Li Yuan came to the corn place, he heard that the corn yield was only a little over 500 kilograms, so he was not interested immediately. Now there are two crops with a capacity of more than 2,000 kilograms that are already surprised by corn.
When Li Xiuning saw that Li Yuan had no excitement and joy for corn, she immediately understood what his father thought and walked over.
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