Chapter 302 The monarch and his subjects dig sweet potatoes (seventh update)
Chapter 302 The monarch and his subjects dig sweet potatoes (seventh update)
After weighing, the sweet potatoes weighed eight pounds.
According to Li Changfeng's experience growing sweet potatoes in his hometown in his previous life, such a yield is not high, but it is considered good in this world.
Moreover, Li Changfeng chose an ordinary-looking tree for measurement.
"That tree, that tree, and that tree, dig them out and weigh them too."
Li Changfeng randomly pointed to three more trees in succession.
The result made him very happy.
The wind is nine catties, the sum of seven and a half catties is one catty!
"Haha, okay! Okay!"
Li Changfeng laughed loudly, waved his hand and said loudly: "Everyone in the vegetable planting base will be rewarded with ten taels of silver! Lao Huang, I will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver!"
Suddenly, everyone in the vegetable planting base cheered, and Lao Huang, who had received a hundred taels of silver, was even more excited and his face turned red.
In all his life, he has never seen so much money.
"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!" Lao Huang kept kowtowing in thanks.
"As long as you work hard for the prince, I will not treat anyone badly."
Li Changfeng smiled, turned and left.
Lao Huang knelt and walked a few steps forward and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to harvest?"
Li Changfeng waved his hand: "There's no rush."
After leaving the vegetable planting base, Li Changfeng rode a fast horse straight to the palace.
When he came to the imperial study, Emperor Qianwu glanced at him expressionlessly, then lowered his head and continued to review the memorial, without paying any attention to him.
Gao Dali smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Li Changfeng knew that Emperor Qianwu was angry with him because of his last concubine, so he cursed in his mind and raised his chin and deliberately said loudly: "Father, I came to see you today for something important."
Report, I see you are in a bad mood, I will just resign!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Emperor Qianwu raised his head and glanced at him, anger flashing in his eyes.
You bastard, this is simply outrageous!
As Li Changfeng walked, he sighed deliberately and said, "Oh, the sweet potatoes are already ripe. If we don't dig them out, they will rot in the ground."
Emperor Qianwu was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed. He stood up and walked quickly towards Li Changfeng, and asked quickly: "Is the sweet potato ripe?!"
Li Changfeng turned around: "Isn't my father in a bad mood today? Why don't we talk about it another day?"
Emperor Qianwu was furious: "Stop talking nonsense and answer me!"
Seeing that Emperor Qianwu was about to become impatient, Li Changfeng stopped deliberately trying to squeeze him and replied: "Yes, I just came back from the vegetable planting base and is mature."
"Okay! Okay!"
Emperor Qianwu was overjoyed. He walked back and forth in the imperial study and said to himself: "It's finally mature! Things from Fanbang are finally grown in Dagan. It's great!"
As he spoke, Emperor Qianwu suddenly stopped, stared at Li Changfeng with bright eyes and asked: "How is the output?"
"I just dug a few randomly, and I estimate that the yield of 1,400 kilograms per mu will be no problem, or even higher."
The figures given by Li Changfeng are somewhat conservative.
According to his estimate, it should reach about 1,800 kilograms.
However, no one can say for certain before it is dug out, and one cannot be too full of words to avoid accidents and bad endings.
"Fourteen hundred pounds?! Okay! Okay, great!"
Emperor Qianwu laughed again.
Once such a high output is promoted throughout Daqian, hunger will be completely eradicated, and a prosperous age is in sight!
If the people have enough to eat, the world will have long-term peace and order!
This is what Emperor Qianwu has always dreamed of.
After laughing for a long time, Emperor Qianwu stopped.
"Dig! Dig them all out! I want to see how much production there is!"
Li Changfeng smiled and said: "Father, if you want to better promote sweet potatoes, I suggest you dig them yourself."
Emperor Qianwu suddenly realized: "Yes, that's right! All the ministers must see this scene, lest they say it's impossible and think this is a lie, and that is also a lie!"
"Father, when will you come over?"
"Tomorrow happens to be the court meeting. After the morning meeting, I will take the ministers there!"
The two discussed this for half an hour before Li Changfeng left.
There will be a morning meeting the next morning.
Many ministers found that Emperor Qianwu was a little impatient, and many issues were hurriedly concluded without reaching a conclusion through discussion.
After hastily ending the morning court, the ministers thought that they would disperse as usual, but they never thought that Emperor Wu smiled and said: "Dear sirs, my nine sons have planted a new crop in the vegetable planting base. Please follow me. Go and have a look.”
The officials were stunned.
Going to a vegetable growing base?
What kind of crops could actually make Emperor Qianwu go there in person, and even have hundreds of civil and military officials accompany him?
Without waiting for the officials to ask questions, Emperor Qianwu set off first.
The officials had no choice but to follow behind.
Ye Qingcang approached Feng Quji and asked in a low voice: "Prime Minister Feng, do you know what kind of crop it is?"
Feng Quji shook his head: "I don't know either, but I think it must be something great, otherwise there wouldn't be such a big battle."
Ye Qingcang said helplessly: "His Majesty is becoming more and more mysterious in his work now, and he refuses to reveal any confidence."
Feng Quji smiled and said meaningfully: "I'm afraid it's not that your Majesty doesn't want to explain, but it's because he's afraid that we won't believe him if he explains it, and we're too lazy to waste our words."
Ye Qingcang thought for a while, nodded and said: "What the old prime minister said is absolutely true."
Feng Quji's guess was right, Emperor Qianwu really thought so.
Li Changfeng created too many miracles time and time again. Even if he explained these miracles, these ministers might not believe him. Just like the hot air balloon, he simply didn't explain it and took them to see it.
When the emperor came out of the palace, Luan Jia made a great noise, which immediately attracted the attention of the people in the capital.
They were even more surprised when they saw the civil and military officials following them.
What is the big deal that caused such a big commotion?
The dignitaries and people in the capital began to pay attention to this matter.
In the blink of an eye, Emperor Qianwu led his ministers to the vegetable planting base. Li Changfeng had been waiting for him for a long time, and there was an earthen stove on the field.
"Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor, long live your Majesty!"
People from the vegetable planting base hurriedly paid homage. Lao Huang was at the position where Li Changfeng bowed his head. It was the first time he saw His Majesty the Emperor at such a close distance, and his face was full of excitement.
"Okay, everyone, get up."
Everyone stood up and Emperor Qianwu looked at Li Changfeng.
"dig."
Li Changfeng nodded and said to Lao Huang: "Dig an acre of land first, no more, no less. Put everything dug into a bamboo basket and be prepared to weigh it."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Lao Huang nodded and immediately summoned people to start work.
The ministers looked at each other in shock.
Emperor Qianwu stepped forward and stared closely at the movements of Lao Huang and others, his face full of anticipation and nervousness.
Seeing him like this, the officials did not dare to ask any more questions and could only look at this scene with confusion.
When Lao Huang went down with his shovel and turned up the soil to reveal the sweet potatoes inside, Emperor Qianwu suddenly squatted down and picked up one and looked at it carefully.
After a while, Emperor Qianwu burst into laughter.
"Yes, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes!"
The ministers stared at the muddy sweet potatoes in Emperor Qianwu's hands, with expressions of surprise and uncertainty on their faces.