"You! What if you kill those people and there is no one available to the court?"
The great scholar asked.
"As you said, only one scholar in the world can become an official in the imperial court. There are so many scholars, so just pick one out and use it."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Forehead……
Lin Fan's answer made several scholars present stunned. When Nalan Yanran heard it, she couldn't help laughing, and Lin Fan tapped her little head.
Nalan Yanran covered her head and stared at Lin Fan fiercely. Lin Fan rubbed her little head, which made several scholars feel a chill in their hearts.
At this time, the servants of the mansion came over with several plates of hot and sour potato shreds. Lin Fan asked them to put them on the stone table and then left.
When the spicy and sour potato shreds were placed in front of them, the scholars were all dumbfounded. Just by smelling it, they felt it was extraordinary. Now when they saw the real thing, they felt it was even more extraordinary.
"Gudu! This! Lin Fan, don't think that you can get away with just a few plates of food!"
"Yes! As long as we are here, we will never let you become the prince!"
…
The great scholars gritted their teeth and said.
Lin Fan was speechless. These people are really tough-talking. At this time, they still say they won't let you do the prince's things. Do you really think you can stop them?
"Let's eat the vegetables first. These spicy and sour potato shreds should be eaten while they are hot. They won't taste good when they are cold."
Lin Fan said.
A great scholar couldn't help but move his chopsticks and took a mouthful of spicy and sour potato shreds. In an instant, the great scholar just felt the taste of forgetfulness, which made him feel relieved.
"This! These spicy and sour potato shreds are more delicious than any other dish I have ever eaten!"
"It's so delicious. Is there any chili in this?"
On the day of your wedding, I ate a plate of hot and sour cabbage and found the spiciness extremely refreshing!"
"Haha! It's so delicious. I wish I could eat this spicy and sour potato shreds every day. Lin Fan, you really know how to enjoy it!"
"Haha! I have never heard of this spicy and sour potato shreds, but Emperor Wuhou can eat it every day. I am envious! I am really envious!"
…
All the great Confucians said this.
Lin Fan was speechless. These old guys kept making sarcastic comments about him. He really wanted to slap him and make them all kneel on the ground and sing "Conquer".
"This spicy and sour potato shreds are made from potatoes, and potatoes are a very common crop, and the yield is extremely high. I have cultivated enough seeds here and will promote them!"
"Next year, you will be able to buy potatoes on the market, and the price of potatoes will be much lower than that of wheat. Is there anything else you want to say?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
kindness?
Much lower than the price of wheat!
The group of great scholars all looked at Lin Fan in a daze. Each of them took another bite and looked at Lin Fan and said, "Are you sure that the price of this thing will be lower than wheat in the future?"
"Impossible! Such a delicious thing is the best I have ever tasted. If the price was lower than wheat, I would definitely eat it every day!"
Lin Fan rolled his eyes at a few people and said, "Looking at your uneducated expressions, the yield of potatoes is extremely high. A yield of four thousand kilograms per mu is not a big problem!"
"With barren land, coupled with farmyard manure, the yield per mu can be more than 3,000 jins. The yield of wheat per acre is only 300 to 400 jins, which is ten times that of wheat!"
"Theoretically, the price of potatoes will be ten times lower than that of wheat. However, there are not that many people growing potatoes. I roughly estimate that the price should be about five times lower than that of wheat."
hiss!
After Lin Fan said this, these great scholars all took a breath of air and looked at each other, seeing the look of disbelief in their eyes.
Then, someone said in a deep voice: "Lin Fan, this is no joke. I just ate a few bites of potatoes and I felt full. This shows that this food can replace food."
"That's right! I had the same feeling just now. These potatoes can definitely replace food!"
"I haven't eaten all day today, but after eating a plate of shredded potatoes, I'm not hungry anymore, and I feel full of strength. Lin Fan, if you lied to us, we won't let you go!"
Although they are scholars and do not understand farming, they know what ten times the output means, which means that they can feed ten times the population!
If this food could be used as a staple food, it could be promoted on a large scale or even replace wheat. In this way, the people of the Ming Dynasty would never face the crisis of food shortage again.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "I know what you are thinking, are you thinking of letting this thing replace wheat?
You are just wishful thinking."
"Wheat! Rice is the most ideal staple food for the people, and potatoes can also be used as a staple food. However, potatoes cannot always be used as a staple food."
"In other words, let some people grow potatoes. In this way, potatoes can be used as vegetables and as food to save people's lives in disaster years."
"This is the most reasonable way to use potatoes, just like Shandong now. Isn't there a severe drought there?
But the drought won’t last for half a year, right?”
"It will only take a month or two at most. When it starts to rain in Shandong, we can let the people there plant potatoes. Potatoes usually mature in two or three months!"
"At that time, the people will have food, and the excess potatoes can be sold and exchanged for food from other places. In this way, the disaster in Shandong can be relieved."
After Lin Fan finished speaking, one person said: "We still don't believe it. This potato doesn't look like an ordinary thing. Is it really as high as you said?"
"Well, let's make a bet. If I lose, I won't be the prince anymore."
Lin Fan said.
"Okay! We'll make this bet with you!"
The great Confucians said.
"Haha! The bet must be fair. If I lose, I will not become the prince. If you lose, you will become my students. Your students will be my disciples and grandchildren."
Lin Fan sneered.
"You! How dare you humiliate us, you dirty little brat!"
A great scholar said angrily.
"What, can't you afford to gamble?"
Lin Fan said.
"You! Okay! Just bet, if you lose, you have to hand over military power!"
A great scholar said angrily.
"Haha! Okay, let's go, I'll take you to my vegetable garden to have a look."
Lin Fan said with a smile.
Then, he got up and took the scholars present to his vegetable garden.
After arriving at the place, the scholars saw the appearance of the potatoes. Lin Fan smiled and said: "Here are potatoes, and there are peppers."
"You have also seen that planting a potato only requires such a small area. If any of you go over and dig out the potatoes and see how heavy they are, you can roughly estimate the potato yield per acre."
After Lin Fan finished speaking, a great scholar came forward to dig potatoes.