"Dark purple potato? Why does it sound like a mutated potato?" Xiao Langling thought with a surprised look on her face.
Seeing such surprise, the others looked at Xiao Langling in strange ways.
"Hey? Do you all know about it?" Xiao Langling was very surprised. She had never heard of such a thing. Do these guys know about it?
Baili Lingzi spread his hands and shrugged and smiled: "Of course, doesn't the commander-in-chief know about dark purple potatoes? This kind of food is not a rare species, but the taste is not very good, so people who eat it don't
It’s not much. But it’s not poisonous, but it tastes slightly bitter, just like bitter melon.”
Huayao also pretended to sneer while drinking tea. "Dark purple potatoes are a hybrid variety of potatoes. They taste bitter whether they are eaten raw or steamed, fried or roasted. Basically, they have no medicinal properties.
The value, taste and texture are basically the same as potatoes.”
"But compared with potatoes, the growing conditions of Dark Purple Potatoes are very wide, and the breeding methods are basically the same. Even if they are cut into pieces and buried in the soil, they can grow a bunch of fruits! Compared with potatoes and other crops, Dark Purple Bells
Potatoes can grow without sunlight."
"Plants that can grow without sunlight..." Hua Yao smiled at this.
"I see, I'm so old, I didn't even think about dark purple potatoes! They don't need sunlight, which means we just need to find a cave to bury them outside and don't need to worry about them. Then wait two months,
You can get more fruits! Although the taste is bitter, as long as you don’t dislike the bitter taste, dark purple potatoes can completely replace wheat as the staple food! In this way, the food problem will be solved, you think so, right?”
As he said that, Hua Yao and everyone else's eyes all shifted to that person.
"Ah! Well! Yes! That's it! If dark purple potatoes can be grown secretly on a large area! The food problem can be solved!"
"Hmm...that sounds good!"
Xiao Langling nodded with satisfaction and even smiled. If this can solve the problem, that would be great.
"I have a question!" King Yan raised his hand to object and asked Huayao.
"Senior Hua, have you forgotten? Although the dark purple potato has a high yield, it can grow without sunlight and only by keeping the temperature! It has advantages! But at the same time, it also has the disadvantage of potatoes, that is, it cannot be stored for a long time!"
"After all, if it is dug out of the soil and left in the air, it will usually start to rot or sprout within a week and become inedible. How should this problem be solved?"
"This... is the same."
Xiao Langling calmed down again and began to consider again whether dark purple potatoes were really suitable to replace wheat as a staple food? He couldn't make dark purple potatoes into potato chips! He couldn't do it!
"Wait! Make it into potato chips... yes! There is another way!"
"Everyone, listen to me!" Xiao Langling stood up to prepare his speech. Although he is the commander-in-chief, everyone here has the right to speak, and he is no exception. He can't always listen to their debates.
"What do you think about processing the harvested dark purple potatoes and making them into other things to extend their shelf life?"
Someone asked out of curiosity: "Processing? So what can dark purple potatoes be processed into?"
"There are a lot of things!" Xiao Langling began to give examples one by one: "Mashed potatoes! Potato pancakes? Baked potatoes! After braised, put them in a low temperature environment and freeze them, and then take them out when you need to eat! This can also extend the preservation time.
, can solve everyone's hunger problem. If you think how to put it in a low-temperature environment, you can ask Lord Yan for help. For him, freezing work is completely childish!"
"Why?"
King Yan was immediately shocked when he heard Xiao Langling's words. If it were normal, who would dare to say that he would use King Yan as an ice cellar? But now this is indeed a feasible method.
"But even if this plan is feasible, have you considered it? Where can we get dark purple potatoes? Usually no one eats this kind of thing, and there are very few people selling it in the city, and there is basically no stock of this kind of thing.
Ah!" said the official responsible for managing the grain reserves.
In this way, it is indeed true. After all, the taste of dark purple potatoes is not very good, and it also has a bitter taste that cannot be removed. Except for poor people who eat it, basically no one will import this kind of food.
However, this kind of dark purple potato is indeed the only savior of their current predicament. Since there is usually no stock, this kind of thing must be abundant in the wild. "Can you find this kind of dark purple potato distributed in those places in the wild?
"
"some."
Huayao replied: "Dark purple potatoes do not require sunlight to grow, so they can be found in many cave environments with suitable temperature and moisture. Currently, they are most widely distributed in Demon Mountain."
"Demon Mountain?!"
All the members couldn't help but exclaimed when they heard the news.
Monster Mountain is one of the areas with the highest concentration of monsters. Even after the disaster, there are still a large number of monsters. Because the survival ability of monsters is much stronger than that of humans. Therefore, in this disaster, the losses of monsters are less than those of humans.
many.
With the current capabilities of human beings, areas full of monsters are undoubtedly one of the most dangerous places.
"Is there no other way? The Demon Mountain is really too dangerous! Most of the caves there are probably monster caves. If you go to the Demon Mountain to dig for dark purple potatoes, you will definitely encounter monsters." Someone said.
.
"Not only that, it is said that the forces headed by Diablos have established a base there! They are not good people in the first place, and the danger level will be raised to another level."
"That's right! It's said that those demons were released by Diablos! If it hadn't been for him, none of this disaster would have happened!"
…
Xiao Langling thought for a moment and continued to ask Huayao, "Are there no other places where dark purple potatoes are distributed?"
Huayao: "Yes! They are found in many places, but in terms of distribution, Demon Mountain is undoubtedly the most densely populated! If you go to other places to collect, you need to move it to various areas at a high frequency! It is not only a waste of manpower, but also a waste of time.
and resources!”
"yes!"
Xiao Langling began to think carefully about this matter. "Now the food growth rate is far less than the consumption, showing negative growth. If this continues, in a few months, people will start to go hungry."
"Two months and five days to be exact."
The official in charge of food management analyzed at this moment: "This still estimates the income of other exploration teams. If an accident occurs, such as a certain team is attacked and nothing is gained, I am afraid it will be shortened."
There is no doubt that the food problem is imminent now, and a solution must be found as soon as possible.
(This chapter is over, please collect and pay attention)