The ministers stretched their necks one after another.
After all, this is a bet.
Li Chengqian thought for a while and said: "It does sound a bit unbelievable, but Erchen thinks that if anything strange happens on the farm, there is no need to make a fuss. In the agricultural research institute where Erchen is located, there are people who can graft peach trees.
When we go to the pear tree, it is said that the peaches have no sour taste, are full of water, and are sweet and delicious, which I have never heard of before!"
Zhang Xuansu was so angry that he stamped his feet.
Your Highness, you have changed!
Li Er laughed: "Since the prince believes it, why don't you take everyone to see it. Du He, I wonder where the thing you mentioned that produces a thousand catties per mu is?"
Du He pointed to his feet: "Your Majesty, it's right here!"
Everyone looked left, right, up, and down. There was nothing but some withered leaves.
Everyone looked at Du He in confusion.
Du He smiled helplessly: "Of course it's underground! It needs to be dug out!"
With that said, Du He was about to call someone over.
Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian suddenly said excitedly: "I'm here, I'm here to dig it up for everyone!"
After saying that, Li Chengqian turned around and ran not far away. He actually ran over with a hoe on his shoulder and started digging with it under his feet.
Du He stood aside and commented: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, you see, when His Royal Highness uses the hoe, his body swings back and forth with the hoe, but his feet remain still. This saves energy. You can tell he is a master at first glance.
, and if you look carefully, his right hand is firmly holding the top of the hoe handle, and his left hand slides with the swing of his body. In this way, he can exert the maximum effect of the hoe. His body does not move, but he can easily control the hoe to land.
This position is not something ordinary people can achieve..."
Du He explained it very carefully.
Everyone also listened and observed Li Chengqian.
Li Er was a little proud at first, but then he thought, wasn't he calling his son a farmer?
So he turned back angrily and glared at Du He: "Shut up!"
"Oh!" Du He shouted indifferently, "Your Highness, come on!"
When the other ministers saw this, they thought they could not miss this opportunity to flatter you, so they also shouted: "Your Highness, come on!"
"come on!"
Amidst the cheers, Li Chengqian suddenly threw away his hoe and lay on the ground to dig.
Then, I saw him standing up excitedly, holding an oval-shaped object as big as two fists in his hand.
"I've found it!"
"Ha ha……"
Li Chengqian was as happy as a fool.
Everyone gathered around.
"What is this?"
"It actually grows in the soil?"
"Why have I never seen it?"
"Could it be that this is what Huyi County Duke said, that an acre can produce a thousand catties of goods?"
“Amazing!”
Zhang Xuansu sighed: "Du He, when you made the bet, you said that this thing that produces a thousand catties per acre is grain and can be eaten. But in my opinion, this thing grows in the soil and cannot be eaten at all.
, you lose!”
Don't wait for Du He's response.
Li Chengqian suddenly took a bite.
There was a click.
He took a bite out of that thing.
He chewed it quickly, swallowed it, and then said excitedly: "Father, you can eat it, you can eat it... Although the taste is a bit weird, you can eat it!"
Zhang Xuansu also grabbed it and took a bite, and finally said: "It is indeed edible, but even if it is edible, it is impossible to produce a thousand catties per mu. Du He, you still lose."
Du He: "..."
Li Chengqian picked up the hoe and started digging again.
Then, everyone was surprised to find out.
Under that one seedling, five objects of similar size were dug out.
There are five in one plant?
What about that acre?
Someone's eyes suddenly widened.
Li Er's eyes lit up and he shouted: "Du He, set aside an acre of land and have someone come and dig it quickly!"
At this moment, he couldn't wait any longer.
Just as Du He was about to make arrangements, he saw Li Chengqian saying excitedly: "No need, let me handle this matter."
With that said, he grabbed Zhang Xuansu and walked into the ground.
Zhang Xuansu shouted: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"
Li Chengqian said: "Teacher, you and I go digging."
"Your Highness, I have a leg problem!"
"No, you didn't!"
So, Li Chengqian forced Zhang Xuansu to the field and gave Zhang Xuansu a hoe.
Li Chengqian pointed to his feet, "Teacher, dig it!"
Zhang Xuansu was about to cry but had no tears, so he could only wave the hoe silently.
Soon, Li Chengqian and his men marked out an area of one acre of land, and directed dozens of farmers to start digging.
Li Er and his ministers stood aside, all with their eyes wide open, for fear of missing every detail.
Everything dug out is packed in sacks and weighed.
The chamberlain, Zhao Yang, was responsible for calling out the changes in the weight at the top of his lungs.
"Thirty pounds!"
"Fifty pounds!"
It's only a few dozen kilograms, which doesn't make people excited.
"One hundred pounds!"
"Two hundred pounds!"
When it reaches three hundred pounds, people can no longer calm down.
In this era, the staple food was wheat, and the yield of wheat per mu was only a hundred catties.
This piece of shit can actually weigh three hundred pounds?
Everyone was stunned.
"Four hundred pounds!"
"Seven hundred pounds!"
Eventually, everyone became numb.
it's dark.
There were torches lit all around.
But no one reacted.
The entire field was extremely quiet, with the only sound being the banging of the hoe.
Just when the ministers were in a daze, Li Chengqian ran over, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Father, one acre of land has been dug."
Finished digging?
"How many pounds?" someone asked belatedly.
The corner of Zhao Yang's mouth twitched, and he glanced at Du He with a complex expression, and said, "The total is one thousand one hundred and twelve kilograms."
One acre of land weighs one thousand one hundred and twelve kilograms.
It’s more than the thousand catties per mu mentioned by Du He.
Oh my god!
Plop.
Plop.
Suddenly, Li Er fell to his knees in front of him.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I am so happy!"
"The auspiciousness coming from heaven is a sign that the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty is coming!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
All the ministers shouted.
Throughout the dynasties, there have been various kinds of auspiciousness, such as rivers coming out of Tuluo and books being published, unicorns descending to the earth, and meteor showers, all of them are overwhelming.
This is true auspiciousness!
This is food. The yield per acre is a thousand pounds, so I don’t know how many people it can feed.
To put it bluntly, the same piece of land could only feed one person before, but now it can feed ten people.
If the population of the Tang Dynasty could increase tenfold, I can't imagine what kind of grand event it would be.
In the chaos, Du He's voice slowly sounded: "I understand!"
Um?
The ministers who were flattering him were stunned and looked at Du He.
Li Er also asked curiously: "Du He, what do you understand?"