Chapter 465 China has been suffering from famine for a long time
Chapter 465: China has been suffering from famine for a long time
Whether Li Keshou deliberately put on a show for Li Chen or Li Keshou actually stayed in the sweet potato test field day and night, as long as the sweet potato test was successful, Li Chen would be satisfied with Li Keshou's performance.
"Get up, no need to be polite."
Li Chen took Li Keshou, who was cautious, and Zheng Baorong, who was still full of doubts but vaguely aware that something important was about to happen, and got into the simple greenhouse.
Here, more than a dozen farmers are caring for sweet potatoes carefully.
Compared with the sparse and pitiful appearance when they were first planted, now the greenhouse is lush and green, and the ground is full of green sweet potato leaves.
Li Chen was overjoyed when he saw this.
Yes, these were exactly the same as the sweet potatoes he saw in the fields in the countryside in his previous life.
"Your Highness, these sweet potatoes are already ripe."
Li Keshou said excitedly: "After our measurement, there are at least four or five fruits under each sweet potato plant, and there can be eight, nine, or more than ten fruits, and each fruit is as big as an adult's fist. The yield is amazing, Your Highness."
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Li Chen felt even more cheerful after hearing this. He knelt down and pulled out a sweet potato directly from the pit.
When he opened the soil, he found a huge and attractive sweet potato hanging on it. Although it was covered in soil and looked gray and dirty, in Li Chen's eyes, it was more dazzling than gold.
"Bring me the knife."
As soon as Li Chen stretched out his hand, someone immediately gave him a dagger and chopped open a sweet potato. In sharp contrast to the gray-black soil appearance was the snow-white flesh. Li Chen didn't mind it being dirty and took a bite directly.
It tastes sweet and sweet, and because it is completely artificially cared for without any harm from later generations of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, etc., the taste is much better than the sweet potatoes that Li Chen ate in later generations.
"Not bad, it's really good!"
Li Chen laughed loudly, threw the other half of the sweet potato to Zheng Baorong, and said, "Try it."
Zheng Baorong was confused and took the half sweet potato off guard.
Even His Highness the Prince ate it, but he did not dare to think that the soil outside was not clean. He immediately thanked him and took a bite carefully.
To be honest, the taste of sweet potatoes is naturally inferior to that of fruits, but the problem lies in its yield.
The heavy sweet potato in my hand is just one of the most common ones.
The land in front of us is not big, but how amazing would it be if every sweet potato plant had such a yield?
When Zheng Baorong thought about it carefully, his scalp felt numb.
"This is the crop that I want to take the lead in promoting in the capital and Zhili Prefecture, sweet potatoes."
Li Chen officially solved the mystery and said: "Sweet potatoes can be grown twice a year, and the season is better. Three harvests can be achieved. The yield per acre of land is seven to eight times that of wheat!"
"Moreover, this product can be eaten raw, roasted, boiled, or ground into powder and made into vermicelli through drying and other processes. It is a complete substitute for wheat."
Pointing to the sweet potatoes all over the ground, Li Chen said to Zheng Baorong: "This is your top priority in taking charge. When spring plowing begins, at least half of the fields under the capital's jurisdiction must be planted with this."
Zheng Baorong's eyes widened, his heart was beating with fear, and his mouth was dry.
He completely realized what kind of treasures he had in front of him!
China has been suffering from hunger and famine for thousands of years!
How many times in history have people changed their sons for food, starved to death all over the country, and dynasties collapsed, all because of famine! Because the people had nothing to eat and could not survive!
But the thing in front of me, not to mention a cure, is a treasure that can greatly alleviate the food problem.
And this treasure is going to be promoted on a large scale for the first time in your own hands!?
Suddenly, Zheng Baorong felt a rush of hot blood rushing straight to Tianling Gai. In excitement, his nose felt hot and bright red nosebleeds flowed out.
