Next, these farmers, under Li Min's guidance, began to harvest new crops.
The most common type of this new type of crop is a crop that covers the high ditches and the vines cover the ground.
I heard it seems to be called sweet potato.
First cut off the vines and pull them out of the ground.
I heard that the vines can also be fed to pigs, or dried to be fed to sheep.
After pulling out the vines, the next step was to use a hoe to dig out the sweet potatoes from the ground.
The sweet potatoes in the ground may have never been planted before due to stubble.
Or maybe it's because these farmers have applied a lot of farmyard manure.
The sweet potatoes dug out were each five to six kilograms in size.
The largest sweet potato can actually weigh more than ten kilograms.
Seeing the situation here, the rich people suddenly felt curious and couldn't help but rush over and watch with interest.
Not to mention, this crop called sweet potato is really fun.
As for Songtsan Gampo and those from the Five Surnames and Seven Views family, their eyes kept flickering and their faces showed thoughtful expressions.
Especially people with the fifth surname and Qi Wang, their faces show a faint look of nervousness, anxiety and unwillingness.
They had already vaguely guessed the intentions of King Shu.
However, even if they could guess it, there would be no way to deal with the King of Shu.
Here are sweet potatoes, and two new crops, one called peanuts and the other called corn.
However, there is nothing interesting about these two crops, they are lackluster and not many people watch them.
Everyone's attention is mainly focused on the sweet potatoes.
Not long after, one acre of sweet potatoes was harvested.
The sweet potatoes were piled up like a hill, a huge pile.
Next, they specially organized manpower to weigh these sweet potatoes.
The wealthy people also gathered around curiously to see how many sweet potatoes this acre of land could produce.
Songtsen Gampo, on the other hand, pushed his way to the front and carefully watched the data of each weighing to see if the numbers they recorded were fraudulent.
Songtsen Gampo even personally picked up a few pieces of sweet potatoes to see if they were fake.
As a result, there was no sign of fraud at all.
Soon, one acre of sweet potatoes was weighed.
These numbers were quickly calculated.
And when these numbers were calculated, everyone present, every one of them - well, except King Shu, couldn't help but be completely stunned.
Because the output of this acre of land is actually 2,279 kilograms!
This number really frightened everyone.
You must know that the yield per mu of wheat or rice is only a mere three hundred kilograms.
And the yield per mu of this agricultural product called sweet potatoes actually reached a terrifying 2,279 kilograms!
This amount is seven times the yield per acre of wheat and rice!
In other words, one acre of sweet potatoes is equivalent to seven acres of rice.
Those ordinary rich people who are just waiting to die are simply surprised by the yield of sweet potatoes.
But people from aristocratic families such as Songtsen Gampo and Qiwang were extremely surprised.
The yield of sweet potatoes per acre is actually so high.
If this sweet potato is really edible and can be used as a staple food, it is enough to show that their previous conspiracy against Yizhou has probably gone bankrupt.
You must know that there is one-tenth of the land in Yizhou, and the output of one acre of land here is seven times that of wheat and rice.
In other words, the grain produced by the land here is equivalent to 70 to 80% of the usual output of the entire Yizhou.
In this way, the food will not only be enough for the people of Yizhou, but also more than enough.
The next step is to see whether the food is edible and whether it tastes good.
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Soon, the harvested sweet potatoes, peanuts and corn were brought over.
After cleaning these sweet potatoes, peanuts and corn with clean water.
The sweet potatoes were cut into pieces, the peanuts were shelled directly, and the corn was peeled off and put directly into the pot.
They only saw some salt put in the pot, then they set up firewood and started cooking.
But, are you really sure that if these crops are boiled in water, they are really edible?
Amidst their doubts, the firewood on the bottom of the stove became more and more intense.
The temperature of the water in the pot gradually increased, bubbling began, and boiling began.
And an alluring sound spread from the pots and spread throughout the entire area.
This alluring fragrance made these rich people salivate.
It seems that the new crops cooked in water are not only edible, but also delicious.
Less than half an hour later, Li Min ordered a ceasefire.
Then take the crops out of the boiling water, soak them in clean water, put them on plates one by one, and put them on the table.
The next step is to invite these rich people to taste the delicious food.
When the delicious food was served, although it was full of fragrance, but just looking at the appearance, I thought I had never seen it before.
They didn't know if it was poisonous or not, so for a while, they really didn't dare to eat it.
Seeing this scene, Li Min smiled slightly, picked up a small piece of sweet potato, and ate it in public.
Seeing that the governor of Yizhou started eating directly, the rich men no longer had any scruples, picked up the delicacies in front of them, and started eating.
Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!
The next moment, a series of desperate coughs frightened everyone.
When he quickly turned around to look, he discovered that two rich men were choking and clutching their necks with both hands. They were so choked that their faces were red and their necks were thick, and they almost choked to death.
After a long time, he spit out the food in his mouth and said with tears in his eyes: "What kind of bad food is this? You can't swallow it at all? Are you trying to choke someone to death or something?"
Li Min, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but be speechless for a while when he saw this scene.
"These peanuts are actually eaten after peeling off the shells. This corn is only eaten as corn kernels. The corn cobs are not edible."
It turned out that of the two rich men, one got peanuts and the other got corn.
If you take peanuts, eat them directly with the shells on.
The one who took the corn even took a bite of the corn cob.
Next, Li Min gave them a demonstration.
After peeling off the shell of the peanut, put the peanut kernel in your mouth.
Corn only eats corn kernels.
After Li Min's demonstration, some nobles began to taste it carefully.
And the results of tasting it made their eyes shine.
Because they discovered that whether it is sweet potatoes, peanuts or corn, it is really delicious.
It was definitely a delicacy they had never tasted before. After eating these three crops, they discovered that their previous lives were really imperfect!
A life with these three kinds of delicacies can be considered a perfect life!
