"Although this is a good thing, it will not take a year and a half to achieve success. It will take time to plant more seeds and to summarize the methods and know-how of growing this kind of food; this kind of food has never been available in the Song Dynasty. It's not that easy to popularize food." Shen Long glanced at Wang Yu and said, "It depends on how long it will take Yuanze to figure it out."

Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts and sunflowers were all introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty. Kangxi took advantage of them and created the "prosperous age" of bran. If it were earlier in the morning, there would probably be nothing wrong with the Qing Dynasty, but if Sometime in the evening, the Qing Dynasty is expected to be another short-lived dynasty.

It is not easy for a new crop to be accepted by the people all over the world. Food is the lifeblood of the people. You ask them to plant wheat instead of millet and plant a food they have never heard of. , I’m afraid no one dares to agree easily.

Wang Shao may not quite understand. Wang Shao is in the northwest border and has many contacts with local farmers. He needs to have a clearer understanding of their thoughts. He also thought of this, "This matter is not difficult. There have been many wars in the northwest for many years." If there is wasteland, we can find some wasteland military camps. If the local people see the harvest with their own eyes, I am afraid they will rush to grow this kind of food without the imperial court order."

If these kinds of grains are really as high-yielding as you said, Wang Shao kept them in his heart and did not say it out loud, let alone the common people. Even if he knew that Wang Shao would never lie, he did not completely believe it.

Who said that ancient people were not as smart as modern people? Listen to Wang Shao’s approach! When Shen Long was the head of the provincial government, many county magistrates below could not think of doing this, or they wanted to but did not have the patience.

Wang Yu felt that his pressure had doubled. Originally, it was just about satisfying the people's food and drink, but now it was related to conquering Hehuang and Xixia? The burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.

He stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely try my best to do it." Well, isn't it just farming? Am I not good at farming? From now on, I will farm during the day and write notes at night. If I encounter something I don't understand, I will ask questions. .

"So Yuan Ze is dressed like this for these reasons." Wang Shao now understood that he was not a corrupt scholar. Not only did he not look down on Wang Yu, but he respected him even more.

"I don't know what kind of food I want to grow? Can you let me know more about it?" Wang Shao became more and more curious, what kind of food can produce such a big harvest? "Oh, I am impatient at the moment, and I am a bit presumptuous."

"There's nothing we can't see. Here, these are sweet potatoes. The yield per mu per mu in my place can reach ten thousand catties. Before the Song Dynasty, few people planted them, so the yield might be less, but one thousand catties per quarter should still be possible." Shen Long took out a sweet potato as big as a child's head from his sleeve.

He calculated this yield based on the yield of sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty. According to the local records of the Ming Dynasty, the yield of sweet potatoes at that time could reach one or two thousand kilograms. What he brought out this time was the improved oil variety cultivated by later generations, and the yield would only be higher.

"Here, do you see? These are the buds of sweet potatoes. When you want to plant them, cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces, with one bud in each piece. Then grow the seedlings in the fertile land, and then transplant them into the ground. Each piece will have a bud. One sweet potato plant can produce at least five sweet potatoes of this size, and if you take care of it, there will be more." Shen Long pointed at the sweet potatoes and explained to them.

Wang Shao and Wang Yu carefully counted the number of sprouts on the sweet potatoes, and then stretched out their hands to try the kilograms of sweet potatoes. Most of their doubts were eliminated at that moment, "It seems that the yield of one thousand kilograms per mu may not be enough!"

"It's a pity that sweet potatoes can be used as vegetables and not as staple food, but these two are fine." Shen Long took out a long golden corn cob and a fist-sized potato from his sleeve, which made Wang Shao look at him. Take a look at his sleeves. Can he hold so many things in them?

"Generally, one corn plant can produce one to eight corn cobs, but in order to make the corn cobs grow bigger, the excess ones are usually cut off, leaving only two at most." Shen Long handed the corn to Wang Shao, The potato was handed to Wang Yu, and they held it like a glass lamp, fearing that it would fall to the ground and break. "Potatoes and sweet potatoes are generally grown, and one plant can produce five or six."

Wang Shao held the corn in his hands and began to count the corn kernels on it. After counting for a long time, he finally figured out, "Not counting those flat and small ones, there are a total of 732 kernels. If one plant grows two, it is a seed." A harvest of one thousand and fifty! Wheat is grown in Guanzhong, and one ear of wheat can yield twenty wheat grains, which is considered excellent! This thing can be called a fairy seed!"

"You can't calculate it like that. Wheat is much denser than corn, but the yield of corn is indeed higher than that of wheat!" In later generations, one ear of wheat contained about sixty or seventy wheat seeds, which was at least three times that of the Song Dynasty, when the wheat yield per mu was two Stone, almost two hundred catties, and wheat in later generations yielded thousands of catties per mu. If you include dense planting and the difference in wheat grain size, the number is almost the same.

"The most important thing is that it is drought-resistant and suitable for planting in a wide range. It can be grown in many places in the northwest where wheat cannot be grown." Shen Long added.

"It would be a great merit if Yuanze could broadcast these kinds of foods to the world!" Wang Shao sighed.

When Wang Shao heard this, he remembered what Shen Long had said when he talked about Chamcheng Rice, and his mood was quite complicated. Yes, both he and Wang Shao felt that this matter was a great merit, but like this Can his contribution be recognized by the court and the scholars? Maybe the court will give him some rewards, just like Li Ding did when he presented the divine arm bow.

But since then, my reputation among scholars is probably not as good as it used to be. In the eyes of those people, maybe such a credit is not as good as a good poem... Could it be that I, a Confucian, really... No, no, no, this must be I failed to understand the meaning of the sage's scriptures. Wang Yu broke into a cold sweat and quickly threw these rebellious thoughts aside.

The three of them talked some more about these kinds of grains. Wang Shao even imitated Wang Yu and went to the fields to hoe for a while. Then Wang Yu drove him back. The Taoist priest had already said that these two acres of land were A gentleman should keep his word and never borrow help from others.

Wang Shao returned to the shade and sat down. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. When most people talk about side affairs, they just talk about the selection of famous generals. Few can mention military training, let alone food transportation, so he turned his head. Let me ask Shen Long, "Does the Taoist priest also know the art of war?"

"I know a little bit about it." So what? I've been on military forums for several years and read a bunch of military online novels. Does that count?

After thinking about it, Shen Long reached into his sleeve and took out a book and handed it to Wang Shao, "This military book is quite different from other military books. Zichun might as well read it."
Chapter completed!