Chapter nine hundred and sixty-one pepper planting
Hu County Farm.
Li Chengqian followed Du He stompingly into the greenhouse.
Looking around, the entire greenhouse is full of green seedlings, not just palm-sized ones.
This seedling was something Li Chengqian had never seen before.
He squatted on the ground, looked at the seedlings carefully, and turned around to look at Du He in surprise: "Teacher, is this a pepper? But I remember that the peppers were obviously red, one by one, but there are none here. Could it be that they are like potatoes?
, grows underground?”
Don't blame Li Chengqian for his lack of knowledge. In fact, in this era, no one has ever seen how peppers are grown.
These pepper seedlings were actually planted a month ago.
It's so cold that others can't grow anything, but Duhe has a greenhouse, so it's not difficult to grow anything.
Today, 80% of all the pepper seeds sown have grown, and under Li Chengqian's careful care, they are growing very well.
As the temperature rises, spring flowers bloom.
Du He decided to transplant these pepper seedlings into the soil outside.
In order to ensure the survival rate after transplanting, Du He decided to adopt the method of whole transplanting, directly having people dig up all the soil around the roots of each pepper seedling and remove it as a whole, so as to avoid the low survival rate of pepper seedlings if they are removed individually.
The problem.
Of course, this matter should be left to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian led the workers, carrying small shovels, and was extremely busy. It took three days to finally transplant all the pepper seedlings. Then he led others to keep an eye on them day and night.
During this period, Li Chengqian found Du He many times and wondered: "Teacher, I don't know what's going on. People from Sikong Mansion often come here. Even Changsun Chong came several times and asked me about the peppers in Hu County."
Hearing this, Du He waved his hand nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, as long as you remember my teacher's instructions, this pepper is the biggest secret of the Huxian farm. You must not reveal any of it to outsiders for the time being."
"Teacher, don't worry, I know what to do!" Li Chengqian nodded and said solemnly.
In addition to Li Chengqian, there are twelve workers responsible for planting peppers. These people live and eat on the farm. From the day the pepper seeds were planted, they were not allowed to leave even half a step and were completely cut off from the outside world.
These people did not complain at all, because the salary Du He paid them was as high as one hundred cash per day, which was more than three times that of other ordinary workers on the farm.
Changsun Chong came to the Agricultural Research Institute many times, and even took a long time to drink with Li Chengqian. All he talked about was asking about chili peppers.
Li Chengqian knew it well and kept Du He's instructions in mind, without revealing any information.
…
More than a month later.
Du He was teaching Li Yuanshu about financial management in the backyard of the county government office.
boom.
Suddenly, the courtyard door was violently knocked open.
The two were startled and looked up.
I saw a dark-skinned guy bursting in with a disgraced face.
Du He immediately picked up a stick nearby, rushed forward, and knocked the man to the ground.
"He even dares to break into my young master's house. I'm really tired of living. Someone, please break this guy's legs for my young master and send him to Lantian Coal Mine to dig coal!" Du He said loudly.
The guards at the door rushed in one after another.
But the man got up from the ground and said in a murmur: "Teacher, don't hit me, if you get beaten... I am the prince!"
Prince?
Du He looked at it with wide eyes.
It turned out to be Li Chengqian!
This guy was wearing dirty coarse clothes. Not to mention the patches, there were a few holes in the clothes. His hair was messy, like a chicken coop. Looking at his face, it was extremely dark, like...
It's normal to rub it with coal several times.
If it weren't for his voice and eyes, Du He wouldn't have recognized him at all.
"Prince, why are you like this?" Li Yuanshu asked in surprise.
Li Chengqian scratched his head: "Sister Huang, what do you mean? I've always been like this, haven't I?"
Du He waved his hand for the guards to retreat, and then asked: "Your Highness, what can I do for you?"
Li Chengqian said excitedly: "Teacher, I'm here to deliver good news. The peppers are grown. Most of them have already grown."
This guy was dancing as if he was giving birth to a son.
Du He, on the other hand, was very calm: "Your Highness, you must remember what I said as a teacher: don't be happy with things and don't be sad with yourself. Okay, let's take my teacher to see it!"
With that said, the two of them walked out of the county government office.
Lu Bu had already prepared a carriage for Du He.
Li Chengqian walked out and jumped directly onto the carriage.
Seeing this, Du He stopped.
Li Chengqian opened the curtain and asked curiously: "Teacher, why don't you get in the car?"
Du He pinched his nose and said, "Your Highness, I'm motion sick, so I'd better ride a horse."
He quickly asked Lu Bu to bring his BMW 730 over, and then rode forward.
In the carriage, Li Chengqian asked curiously: "Teacher, why didn't I know about motion sickness? What's the smell? It's so smelly..."
He moved his nose and finally determined that the stench came from his own body.
Then I remembered that I hadn't taken a shower or changed clothes for more than a month.
After a short time, the group entered the Huxian farm and came to the hidden pepper planting area.
Du He got off his horse and came closer to take a closer look. Sure enough, peppers as big as a little finger had grown on each pepper seedling.
However, these peppers are all green, so it will take about a month to harvest.
Li Chengqian stepped forward and analyzed: "Teacher, I feel that our peppers can definitely transfer a lot of money, even more profitable than the vegetables grown in the greenhouse. However, besides the father and the queen, the peppers
I have eaten it, but others have never seen it. If they want to buy it at a high price, I am afraid it will not be easy. Teacher, why not let Fang Yiai do this? Even a pair of broken straw sandals can be sold for a high price of one hundred guan.
If he goes to sell chili peppers, he will definitely get a good price!"
What Li Chengqian said makes sense.
Du He was indeed planning to sell this first batch of chili peppers at a high price.
But today, except for His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun, no one else has ever eaten chili peppers. Moreover, the chili peppers were extremely spicy and not delicious when they took the first bite. It is really not easy for everyone to buy them at a high price.
But Du He already had an idea in his mind.
He smiled and said: "Your Highness, you should just grow peppers. Xiao Ai has gone to Jiangnan now. He can't help selling peppers... Fortunately, we don't need to do anything in this matter. There are naturally people.
Help us promote it.”
Li Chengqian asked: "Who?"
Du He smiled and said: "You will naturally know it by then!"
With that said, Du He turned around and left.
He rode a BMW 730 and walked along the farm path.
Looking around, the flat land is divided into pieces.
Countless people are busy.
That was Lao Fu leading everyone to plant potatoes.
Except for some of last year's potato seeds that were eaten by Du He, all the rest were saved. Except for the ones that were frozen, all the rest were planted.
More than 100 acres of land were cultivated.
Du He thought to himself, in half a year, it will be another harvest season.