Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 324 High Yield Crops
Qiu Xiao took two yams to the kitchen to cook. In the back garden here, Gu Yunji continued to introduce the novel crop of potatoes to Xu Shuhua: "The most different feature of yams from wheat and rice is its high yield. How much can the land produce?"

It was rare for Xu Shuhua to see Gu Yunji so excited, and he was happy to cooperate with him: "How much?"

Gu Yunji stretched out a finger silently.

"One hundred catties?"

"One thousand catties!" Gu Yunji's eyes lit up, his face flushed with excitement, "And this is the most conservative estimate, if the land is more fertile and better seeds are selected, it may reach two to three thousand catties per mu The output, even four or five thousand catties is not impossible!"

"So much?! Is it true?"

"Of course it's true! Otherwise, I wouldn't have spent so much time asking someone to bring it back from the coast."

Xu Shuhua guessed from Gu Yunji's attitude that there must be something special about yams, otherwise he wouldn't be so excited. However, when she heard the number, she was still taken aback. She never expected such a high yield per mu .

After the initial shock, Xu Shuhua thought about it: "If rice or wheat is grown, even if it is a high-quality fertile field, the yield per mu is at most three or four hundred catties. But this artichoke can reach a yield of one thousand catties per mu, which is rice and wheat. Two or three times more, if it can be popularized, wouldn't the common people no longer have to worry about food?"

Gu Yunji nodded vigorously, and said excitedly: "That's right! Artichokes like to be cold and cool, and they are best planted in soft sandy soil. They don't need too much water, and they are suitable for the promotion of planting in our southwest mountainous areas. Moreover, it has a short growth cycle. It will take two or three months to harvest, and seeds can be sown in spring and autumn throughout the year."

"Put it in a cool and ventilated place after harvesting. Under normal circumstances, it is no problem to store it for more than half a month. If it is stored in the cellar, it will not go bad for a whole year!"

Xu Shuhua pondered: "It's high-yield, easy to grow, and has a long shelf life... So, doesn't this yam have any shortcomings? Is there such a perfect food crop in the world?"

Gu Yunji said: "It's not that there are no shortcomings at all. If you eat too much yam, you will burn your heart and it will be difficult to digest. It will never become a real staple food. At most, it will be a supplementary substitute for rice and pasta. For people like us who don't worry about food and clothing Naturally, I don’t eat it every day, it’s like adding a dish to the dining table.”

"However, for poor families who are struggling on the verge of life and death, having yams can save them from starving to death. This is the greatest merit."

When you don't have enough to eat, heartburn and indigestion are empty, and filling your stomach is real.If there is a famine year, the victims can even eat the bark and grass roots, and the paste on the couplets on the door frame can be scraped off, and there is no greenness within a hundred miles. If someone can let them eat yams at this time, I'm afraid they will kneel down and worship the gods on the spot with tears in their eyes.

Just as he was talking, Qiu Xiao brought over the cooked yams and asked Gu Yunji, "My lord, do you think this will work?"

There were still holes poked by chopsticks in the top of the two yams, and they were completely cooked at first sight, Gu Yunji nodded: "Well, that's fine."

When the yams were cooked, Gu Yunji couldn't wait to share them with Xu Shuhua. He picked up a small piece with chopsticks, cooled it carefully, and then carefully fed it to Xu Shuhua's mouth: "Try it?"

Xu Shuhua was hesitant as to whether it was something he had never heard of before, but looking at Gu Yunji's expectant eyes, he couldn't bear to refuse after all, and opened his mouth to eat the yams he fed.

"How about it?"

Xu Shuhua savored it carefully, and said: "Hmm...it's a strange taste, soft and waxy, without any special smell. The taste is relatively flat, but it's not bad."

Seeing this, Gu Yunji picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, and smiled instantly: "Well—that's the taste! It's just boiled in plain water without any seasoning, so the taste must be bland. Let's try other flavors when we have a chance in the future The way you eat it, you might like it."

"But we can't eat too much now, I will save one for Xi'er to try out later, and I will keep the rest as seeds."

Xu Shuhua wondered: "Is there only so much in total? No matter how high-yield the yams are, if you cultivate them a little bit like this, it may take until the year of the monkey to spread them to the entire Xuzhou Prefecture?"

Gu Yunji said: "That's not the case. You can buy large quantities from the Frangji merchant in the future. You don't have to worry about the seeds. It's just that no one has planted yams. I at least have to experiment and confirm that there is no problem before I can tell the whole of Syria. Government promotion."

Surprise flashed in Xu Shuhua's eyes: "No one has ever planted yams? So, you are the first person to plant yams in the whole summer?"

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "The whole summer is a bit exaggerated. After all, yams may have been introduced into some areas, but the range is relatively narrow, and we don't know that's all. But to put it mildly, I am the first one in the entire Xuzhou Prefecture to plant yams. Potato people should be fine."

"These two boxes of yams weigh about [-] to [-] catties. If we plant them all, we will need at least half an acre of land. Tomorrow I will go to the magistrate and Tongzhi to ask for land. But for the convenience of observation, I am going to plant them at our house first. Plant a little in the back garden, it just so happens that it is the season for planting, so I simply came back to prepare the ground and plant potatoes."

Xu Shuhua laughed: "So you can't wait to come back to farm after halfway through your duty?"

Gu Yunji was a little embarrassed: "After all, it is a high-yield crop with a yield of one thousand catties per mu. If it is successfully planted, it will bring earth-shaking changes to the Xuzhou government, and I feel more anxious."

Xu Shuhua looked at him with great interest: "Most people have never even seen yams, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to promote them. Besides, do you know how to grow them?"

Gu Yunji puffed out his chest confidently: "Of course I know! I dare say that there is no one in Daxia who knows more about potatoes than me."

"You see, to grow artichokes, you must first choose this sprouted one, cut it into small pieces, and ensure that each piece has a bud eye. Then cover the cut surface with plant ash, put the bud eye up into the soil, and finally cover it. Soil, pour water..."

After speaking, Gu Yunji demonstrated for Xu Shuhua, carefully following the steps just now to plant the yams into the soil one by one, looking extremely serious.

After a while, Gu Yunji was so engrossed that he even forgot to speak.Xu Shuhua didn't make a sound to disturb, and silently waved the servant back, watching him quietly from the side.

The spring sun was just right, warm enough without being too scorching.Xu Shuhua looked at Gu Yunji who was concentrating on planting yams. His movements were so proficient that he seemed to have done it thousands of times, not at all like an inexperienced novice.

Looking at it, Xu Shuhua's eyes were empty, his thoughts gradually drifted away, and he didn't know what he was thinking

Withdrawing her mind, she suddenly said softly, "Yun Ji, did you grow yams like this in your original world?"

(End of this chapter)