This time Liu Lang also heard clearly that Chai Yan was talking about two thousand catties and three thousand catties.
"One acre? Not ten acres?" Liu Lang asked.
Chai Yan shook his head and emphasized: "Your Majesty, it's just one acre!"
Liu Lang was at a loss for a moment, and then suddenly laughed out loud: "Hahaha..."
Immediately afterwards, Liu Lang stopped laughing, stared at Chai Yan and asked: "Is there really such a high yield of grain in the world?"
"Your Majesty, everything the minister said is true!" Chai Yan cupped his hands forcefully, without a hint of joking in his face.
Just when Liu Lang was excited, Xu Mao came back with ginseng tea.
When Liu Lang saw Xu Mao, he asked: "Xu Mao, I'm here to ask you..."
Xu Mao quickly quickened his pace and came to him with two bowls of ginseng tea: "Your Majesty, what do you want to ask this servant?"
"Let me ask you, have you ever heard that one acre of land can produce more than two thousand kilograms, or even three thousand kilograms of grain crops?" There was a hint of excitement in Liu Lang's words.
Xu Mao was confused. He was stunned and said: "Your Majesty, are you kidding me? How can there be such food in the world? I have never heard of it..."
Liu Lang said excitedly: "But Chai Yan said yes! They are called potatoes. The yield per mu is two thousand to three thousand catties. They are not only easy to grow, but also very delicious..."
Next, Liu Lang actually repeated the benefits of potatoes that Chai Yan had said. Xu Mao was so dumbfounded that he almost spilled the ginseng tea in his hand because he was distracted.
As for the benefits that high potato production has brought to the country, Liu Lang did not need Chai Yan to elaborate. As the king of a country, the food issue always touched his heartstrings.
Let’s just say that among the large number of foldables on the desk, there will definitely be foldables asking for food relief every day, and there are more than one or two, and sometimes seven or eight are piled together, which makes Liu Lang simply
The head is as big as a bucket.
There was only so much food in the treasury. If Liu Lang gave out one portion to anyone asking for food, the treasury would be depleted in a few days. He could only focus on those with the worst disasters first, and then those with the next worst disasters.
, and so on...
However, if the potatoes brought back by Chai Yan were successfully promoted and cultivated across the country, how many people would be able to feed and how much burden would it reduce for the country?
Liu Lang secretly calculated in his heart, and after a moment he was already ecstatic.
"Chai Yan, do you know? What I am most happy about today is not that I have ascended the throne, but because of the potato baby you found! Haha, hahaha..."
Liu Lang laughed excitedly. He could no longer sit still and began to walk back and forth happily in the imperial study, talking freely.
When Pei Yang saw this, he said joyful words: "Master Chai has found a treasure of potatoes. This is a blessing to the emperor and a blessing to the people of the prosperous country!"
Xu Mao also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, since this treasure is so important, why not order someone to go to the inn to retrieve the treasure immediately, so as to avoid a long night and many dreams!"
Xu Mao's words woke up Liu Lang, who immediately nodded and said: "Yes, yes, you are right. This treasure is extremely important and must not be lost... Come, please go and fetch Gu Aiqing."
Come!"
The eunuch on duty immediately agreed outside the door, and then ran away in a hurry.
"Come, come, drink tea, drink tea first!"
Liu Lang was in a happy mood at this moment and greeted Chai Yan to drink ginseng tea with a smile on his face.
Xu Mao was very attentive and immediately brought the ginseng tea to Chai Yan and said with a smile: "Master Chai, please be careful not to burn it."
Chai Yan took the tea bowl and said politely: "Thank you, Eunuch Xu."
Liu Lang suddenly asked again: "By the way, Chai Yan, you just said that potatoes are easy to grow. Do you know how to grow them?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Weichen will plant it. When the time comes, Your Majesty, you will choose a place to dig a piece of soil, and Weichen will be there in person to ensure that he will teach the people below to plant it step by step. However, there is one thing to note. Crops like potatoes depend on whether the weather is warm or cold.
If the weather is too hot, it is not suitable for planting and you have to wait until it gets cooler," Chai Yan explained.
Liu Lang nodded to show his understanding and asked: "What about now? Can we plant in this weather?"
Chai Yan looked out the window, thought for a while and said, "Weichen thinks it should be possible. We will know after giving it a try."
Liu Lang's eyes immediately glowed with excitement, and when he thought of the scene during the potato harvest, he couldn't hold back his excitement.
But then Liu Lang thought of another question and asked with some worry: "Chai Yan, you brought back seven or eight baskets of potatoes in total. If there is no planting work, wouldn't it be a big waste?"
Chai Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much about this issue. When we were in Liuju County, Wei Chen talked with the people from the Hai family. Foreign ships often docked at Tingzhou Port for supplies. Wei Chen asked them to take care of a large number of supplies.
Buy potatoes, we won’t be short by then!”
Liu Lang's brows instantly lit up with joy, and he clapped his hands happily and said, "Okay, very good! Chai Yan, you did a good job on this matter and thought it through thoughtfully. I'm very satisfied!"
"It's just that Your Majesty, there is still a small problem with this matter..." Chai Yan raised his hand and squinted his eyes, looking like he was in trouble.
Liu Lang frowned slightly, and then asked loudly: "Tell me! What's the problem?"
Chai Yan came closer and lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen heard from the Hai family that Tingzhou Port does not allow casual trade with foreign ships, so before leaving, Wei Chen assured them that after returning to Beijing
I must ask the emperor for permission to purchase potatoes. Look at this..."
Chai Yan stopped here and raised his eyes to secretly observe Liu Lang's expression.
"That's it?" Liu Lang frowned and stared at Chai Yan: "Isn't it easy to get a piece of permission? As long as you can buy potatoes, I will have someone go and get it done for you tomorrow!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chai Yan quickly expressed his gratitude.
About an hour later, a eunuch came outside to report that Commander Gu had arrived.
"Quickly, please ask Gu Aiqing to come in." Liu Lang said loudly.
Soon, Gu Zhengbang entered the imperial study and bowed respectfully to Liu Lang to greet him.
After greetings, Gu Zhengbang straightened up and nodded to Chai Yan as a greeting.
Liu Lang went straight to the topic and said: "Gu Aiqing, there is something I need you to do. You should immediately send someone to the post station where the Muyue Kingdom's mission is located to transport the potatoes that Chai Yan left there back to me in the fastest and safest way.
Come here."
"Potatoes?" Gu Zhengbang still doesn't know what potatoes are.
Liu Lang was not in the mood to explain at this time, so he said: "Gu Aiqing, this matter is a little urgent. You will get my instructions later and go and transport the potatoes back. When you see the real thing later, I will slowly answer your questions."
"I obey the order!" Gu Zhengbang immediately agreed.
Liu Lang turned around and said: "Chai Yan, it's getting late, you should go home and rest! In this way, you can accompany Gu Aiqing out of the palace, and discuss the matter of transporting potatoes along the way. I should continue to criticize you.
It’s a big deal…”
Soon, Gu Zhengbang and Chai Yan resigned from the imperial study and left the palace together.
At this time, there was already Gu's carriage waiting outside. Because he lived across the door, Chai Yan got on Gu's carriage and went all the way back home.
In the car, Chai Yan and Gu Zhengbang discussed carefully about transporting potatoes, and unknowingly they arrived at the door of their house.
After the two got off the car, they were about to go home when they suddenly heard Gu Zhengbang say: "By the way, Chai Yan, I have something to tell you... Jimoshu will come to my house as a guest tomorrow morning, at least
Return home after noon."
After saying that, Gu Zhengbang turned around and walked home without looking back.
Chai Yan was stunned for a moment, then understood, and hurriedly bowed his hands and thanked, "Thank you, Mr. Gu!"