Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 258: Ouyang Xian Nephew, I also have to pay homage to you (please subscribe!!)
"Sir, Duke Wei and Duke Xin are here!"

Shui Youxiu just ran over and said.

The voices of Tang He and Xu Da were heard in the distance.

"Haha, nephew Ouyang Xian, you harvested the sweet potatoes today, right? How could you miss us?!"

"Nephew Ouyang Xian, let's help you!"

Mao Youde was shocked when he heard this. He never thought that such a "sweet potato" could actually attract the two princes. Is there anything special about this "sweet potato"?
"You two are really on time!" Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

"I don't know how to calculate the harvest time. It's all up to my daughter to tell me." Tang He said with a proud look on his face.

"Ahem, my daughter told me this too," Xu Da also said.

Forehead.
Ouyang Lun's face is full of black lines, there is a traitor in our relationship!

Except for his trusted subordinates, he only told An Qing, Tang Miaomiao, and Xu Miaoyun about the sweet potato harvest today.

However, Tang He and Xu Da are not considered outsiders now, so it's okay to know.

"Now that you're here, let's help!"

"Old Shui, go and get two more baskets, hoes and other tools!"

"Yes, sir!"

Shui Youxiu turned around and walked into the small room next to where farm tools were placed.

After a while, everyone including Mao Youde, Tang He, and Xu Da were fully armed, put on convenient clothes, held hoes in hand, and stood in the field with baskets on their backs, as if they were dressed like farmers during harvest.

"Everyone, look at me. Just follow what I do. The movements are very simple. The only thing you have to pay attention to is to pay attention to safety and don't hurt yourself with the hoe!"

"The first step is to cut off the sweet potato vines. The sweet potato vines are also edible and are great for stir-fry or cooking. The thicker rhizomes can be used to feed pigs, and of course they can also be used to make kimchi!"

"The second step is to clean up the sweet potato vines, then use the hoe to dig a little above the rhizome and dig up the soil. Remember not to dig directly against the rhizome, as this will remove the sweet potatoes in the soil. Destroyed."

As Ouyang Lun spoke, he did not stop moving his hands. After cutting off the sweet potato vines, he skillfully waved the hoe to open up the land below.

As the land was turned over, the sweet potatoes in the soil also appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

One, two, three, seven, eight, nine! !
day!
When I hoeed down, nine sweet potatoes actually appeared!
And each sweet potato is as thick as an arm, and the shortest one is as long as a hand! !

Tang He looked at the sweet potatoes dug out of the soil, his eyes sparkling, and he said excitedly: "Good boy! There are so many of these!"

Xu Da solemnly said: "Even for someone like me who has a big appetite, I can only eat two at most and I will be full!"

Mao Youde's expression also changed. At this time, he faintly realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

Judging from the looks of the two princes Tang He and Xu Da, they seemed to have eaten this sweet potato, but how to eat this sweet potato?how is the taste?

Mao Youde planned to watch it carefully.

Ouyang Lun took a sweet potato out of the soil, "This is a sweet potato. It is very simple to plant, does not require much land, and is easy to harvest. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is its yield!" "

With that said, Ouyang Lun looked at the land in front of him again and continued: "This trial planting land for sweet potatoes is only half an acre, but this time it should be about [-] kilograms!"

Hear this.

Mao Youde's eyes widened and his whole body began to tremble.

what!
Five hundred pounds?I heard it right.

Half an acre of land weighs [-] jins. Doesn’t one acre of land weigh [-] jins? ?
too horrible!
As a grain merchant, Mao Youde couldn't be more sensitive to grain output.

One acre of land produces one thousand kilograms of grain, which will directly crush any other grain crop!
Just now, I actually doubted the yield of this "sweet potato" grain. Now that I think about it, this is simply ridiculous.

"Everyone, I just demonstrated it. Since the three of you are here today, it is fate. I will not ask others to harvest sweet potatoes. I will leave this half acre of sweet potatoes to you three!"

"Whoever harvests the most sweet potatoes will be rewarded with ten kilograms of sweet potatoes!"

Hear this.

Tang He was not happy for the first time, "Nephew Ouyang Xian, you are too picky. You want us to finish harvesting the [-] kilograms of sweet potatoes for ten kilograms!"

Tang He nodded, "Yes, ten pounds is too little."

Mao Youde also quickly echoed: "Sir, I think I have to reward you with a hundred catties to be motivated."

Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes, "Do you want to dig it out? If you don't dig it out, I'll call someone else, and I won't even be able to get ten pounds!"

Mao Youde continued: "Sir, you want two princes to help you do farm work for just ten pounds. This is obviously unreasonable. What do you think, two princes?"

Before he finished speaking, Mao Youde saw that Tang He and Xu Da had begun digging and harvesting the soil frantically.

"Well, you two princes don't have martial ethics!"

Mao Youde didn't dare to delay and immediately started digging for sweet potatoes.

Even in the end, the three of them threw away the hoes in their hands, and then lay directly on the ground and dug with their hands.

When Ouyang Lun saw this, he walked leisurely to the edge of the field, lay down on the rocking chair that Shui Youxiu had prepared, and drank the freshly brewed tea while enjoying the scene.

"Haha! My sweet potatoes must weigh at least five kilograms!"

"Five kilograms of sweet potatoes are nothing. The one I dug out weighs at least eight kilograms!"

"Oh my god! This... this... must weigh ten pounds!"

Xu Da, Tang He, and Mao Youde were digging excitedly. At this moment, each sweet potato was like digging out a piece of gold for them!
It's almost noon.

Half an acre of land was dug clean by three people!

Although the three of them were sweating from exhaustion, the excitement on their faces became even stronger!

Everyone’s basket is filled to the brim.

"Nephew Ouyang Xian, I'm afraid the sweet potatoes today weigh more than [-] kilograms!" Xu Dalang said loudly.

"It's definitely more than 200 kilograms. There's at least [-] kilograms in my backpack. If it's really only [-] kilograms, I'll definitely be the first!" Tang He continued.

Mao Youde hurriedly said: "Sir, the yield of this sweet potato is so high. If all the fields in the Ming Dynasty are planted with this sweet potato, our food output will be doubled several times a year, and we will never be short of food!"

Ouyang Lun shook his head calmly and said: "The yield of sweet potatoes is indeed high, but there is no need to plant them all. When eating, you need to pay attention to a reasonable combination. Rice and wheat are good things passed down from our ancestors and cannot be abandoned!"

"In addition to being eaten directly, sweet potatoes also have many uses, such as making sweet potato flour and so on."

"It's also easy to store. Dig a dry cellar and it can be stored for at least a year. It's a good thing for storing food."

Listening to Ouyang Lun's words, the eyes of Tang He, Xu Da and Mao Youde became brighter and brighter.

baby!

Absolutely baby!
Mao Youde's sweet potato originally looked ugly, but his nephew still looked very cute! "Let's go, let's eat sweet potato porridge today!"

"For this reason, I specially made some pickles, which are definitely more delicious than delicacies from the mountains and seas!"

inside the room.

Apart from a few plates of pickles, there was a pot of sweet potato porridge on the table.

"Compared with delicacies from the mountains and seas, our meal today is indeed mediocre, but for people who eat too much fish and meat, this pot of sweet potato porridge is the best in the world!"

"A bowl of sweet potato porridge and a plate of pickles. You guys can try it."

With that said, Ouyang Lun served a bowl to each of the three of them.

Tang He, Xu Da and Mao Youde were a little skeptical at first, but when they took a bite of sweet potato porridge, their expressions immediately changed. Then they picked up a piece of pickle and put it in their mouths. The salty and spicy taste of the pickle stimulated their taste buds wildly. , took another sip of sweet potato porridge, and the already cooked sweet potatoes melted in your mouth, with a hint of sweetness in the fragrance, "fighting" with the saltiness and spiciness of the pickles in your mouth. This is simply the ultimate taste experience.

"It's delicious! Mmmmm! It's delicious!" Tang He went straight into the cooking mode.

"The world is delicious!" Xu Da sighed sincerely.

"Wonderful! So wonderful!" Mao Youde savored every bite he took.

Ouyang Lun took a bite and couldn't help but nodded, "It's this familiar taste!"

"Lao Shui, Madam, please send this sweet potato porridge over there!"

"If you tell me, I sent it to you a long time ago. Madam, Tang, and Miss Xu ate it very happily and praised it full of praise!" Shui Youxiu replied.

Ouyang Lun nodded, "Lao Shui, don't just stand around. Come sit down and eat with us!"

"Yes, sir!"

After a while, the full pot of sweet potato porridge was eaten cleanly, and even another pot was added at the end.

After eating.

Except for Ouyang Lun, the others were all sitting on chairs with their stomachs puffed out.

"No, no, I'm too full." Tang He waved his hand.

Xu Da said: "Nephew Ouyang, this sweet potato porridge tastes really good. It is a good choice to use it as military rations."

Ouyang Lun nodded, "Uncle San, you have a good suggestion. Cooking sweet potatoes and rice together will not only improve the taste, but also save half of the rice! In addition, sweet potatoes can not only be used to cook porridge, but also taste good when cooked into dry rice!" "

“In critical moments, you can even eat it raw, roasted or boiled!”

Mao Youde also said quickly: "Sir, the common people think that this sweet potato is simply a god for disaster relief. If there is a disaster in the future, use sweet potatoes and rice to make porridge. The amount is large and the food is full. You no longer have to worry about not having enough food."

"My lord, Cao Minchu did a little calculation. Even if only Beizhili is planted in the early stage and only uses poor land for planting, without affecting the output of rice, wheat and other grains, plus the sweet potato output, our Beizhili The food supply can be increased by at least half!"

Ouyang Lun smiled slightly and said, "I forgot to tell you that these sweet potatoes ripen twice a year."

hiss--

Mao Youde took a breath and said in shock: "Two crops a year. Then just double the output!!"

"In other words, as long as these sweet potatoes are planted in a large area, we in Beizhili alone will be able to produce 200 million shi or more of food!!"

"In this way, Beizhili can sell grain to other provinces."

Since the start of the New City Project, the Great Wall and the New City have been built. In addition, as people's lives have improved, people are having children crazily, and food consumption has increased crazily. As a result, Beizhili has sold more and more food to the outside world. few.

As the largest grain merchant in Beizhili and even the entire Ming Dynasty, he naturally knows this very well.

Grain consumption is too large, which directly affects the operation of "China Grain Industry", but the emergence of sweet potatoes has solved all problems.

"Nephew Ouyang Xian, please accept my bow!"

Xu Da stood up and bowed to Ouyang Lun.

"Third uncle, you can't do it!"

Ouyang Lun said quickly.

"What's wrong with this? I am saluting you on behalf of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Do you know that once we have these sweet potatoes, our army of the Ming Dynasty will no longer suffer from this lack of food!" Xu Da said solemnly.

Seeing this, Mao Youde quickly stood up and bowed to Ouyang Lun, "Your Excellency, your merits are unparalleled, please accept my bows from the common people."

"You worship me too?" Ouyang Lun asked.

Mao Youde nodded solemnly, "Although Cao Min is just a vendor, there are thousands of people living on food. Once these sweet potatoes come out, the business will be easier to do in the future. Cao Min's worship not only represents Myself, and on behalf of my guys!”

"If all the farmers in the world know about the sacred sweet potato, they will definitely thank you sincerely. They will even set up a longevity tablet for you and worship you day and night! Pay homage to you all the time!"

Forehead.
"I just want to eat sweet potatoes for convenience and eat more grains. I haven't thought about this." Ouyang Lun shook his head.

"Nephew Ouyang, let me bow to you too!" Tang He stood up and bowed to Ouyang Lun as well.

"Second uncle, why are you doing this?" Ouyang Lun was a little big-headed, and everyone bowed like this.

"Um" Tang He was stunned for a moment, "I see they both bowed. If I don't bow, wouldn't it look like I'm very unsociable?!"

Ouyang Lun:
Xu Da:.
Mao Youde:
"Second uncle, third uncle and boss Mao, you don't have to do this. This thing was found on an island when Ma He was sailing on an ocean voyage. I just discovered it by accident. This thing can have such an effect. That's why God blessed me with the Ming Dynasty! It's not my fault, Ouyang Lun's, but yours as well." Ouyang Lun said slowly.

"We get the credit?!"

Tang and the three of them were stunned.

"Of course, this credit goes to Ma He who discovered the "sweet potato" and brought it back. Secondly, my two uncles accompanied me during this period to taste sweet potatoes and kept my secrets. This is also a credit. How could there be no credit!"

Ouyang Lun nodded seriously.

Hearing this, Tang He and Xu Da looked happy.

"From what my nephew said, it seems true!"

"Haha, it turns out that eating can make such a big difference!"

Mao Youde cupped his hands and said: "The common people only found out about this today, so there is no credit at all!"

He has already made a lot of money with a free meal. If he takes advantage of the "sweet potato" again, then he has no moral bottom line!

Ouyang Lun smiled slightly and said, "Boss Mao, you have not made any achievements now, but it will be your time to contribute next time."

what! ?

Mao Youde was stunned for a moment.

"Boss Mao, are you willing to take over the task of promoting sweet potatoes?!"

(End of this chapter)