Da Qin: The First Emperor wanted to train me to be the empress

"Okay, my father doesn't need that useless ceremony."

Ying Zheng waved his hand and his eyes fell on a pile of things on the ground that were somewhat similar to sweet potatoes but rounder: "What is this?"

"Father, this is called potato, you can also call it potato. Do you think it looks like a horse bell?"

Xu Man bent down and picked up one to show to Ying Zheng, "It is an easy-to-grow crop and does not require particularly high land requirements."

"The yield is slightly lower than that of sweet potatoes, but it is still extremely high."

Ying Zheng: "Potatoes are potatoes. They are round things like beans that grow out of the soil."

"Why do you still call it potato? That would be so troublesome."

Xu Man just smiled: "..." Can she tell him that in future generations, potato will be its scientific name?

Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Since my father is interested in the name ‘Potato’, let’s just give it a scientific name after Potato.

Anyway, everything starts from scratch and they can call it whatever they want.

"Father, you walk so fast."

At this time, the descendants of Zulong caught up, and Yinman gasped and complained, "No one can keep up with the pace of my father."

Ying Zheng rubbed his little girl's head: "You're here too."

"Humph."

Yin Man pouted and ignored him, turned around and spoke to Sister Jiu: "Sister Jiu, are these potatoes ripe?"

"Yeah, this is a bit similar to the fairy food sweet potato, but it's rounder."

Xu Man: "Well, haven't I told you before?"

After saying this, she greeted each other again with her brothers and sisters, and finally said: "Since we are all here, let's help together. We have planted a lot this year."

"When the potatoes are put away, Jiu Mei, I will send ten kilograms of potatoes back to each of your families. You can eat them or save them for seeds."

"Then brother won't be polite to Jiu Mei."

Zhe answered with a smile, "Jiumei will be responsible for teaching us how to eat potatoes and how to grow them." "Yes, yes, yes, Jiumei has to teach us how to eat these potatoes, and also teach the people around us how to eat them." kind."

They planted the sweet potatoes they brought back last year in a piece of land where they lived, and the harvest was quite good.

It was enough for them to eat for a long time. Now that something new appeared, they were looking forward to it even more.

The brothers and sisters expressed their willingness to keep it and grow some for themselves.

"Your Highness Huazhang, can I take some back with you?"

Seeing this, Wang Jian stepped forward and asked expectantly, "My family has a lot of land and is in urgent need of enough seeds."

Xu Man said grandly: "Every family here today has ten kilograms."

Ying Zheng: "Li Si, Meng Yi, please continue weighing. I want to know the output of this thing?"

"only."

Because the space is relatively large, the potatoes planted this year require five times more land than last year's sweet potatoes.

What's more, potato seeds and sweet potato seeds are different, so a lot more need to be left for seeding.

In order for the whole Qin Dynasty to be able to grow this thing next year or the year after that, Xuman would plant so many potatoes for the first time.

More people joined in the work, and the potatoes in more than 20 acres of land were harvested in one day.

According to the calculations of Meng Yi and Li Si, the potato yield per mu reached 6,000 jins, which is equivalent to more than 3,000 jins in modern times.

Such a yield, like last year's sweet potatoes, is gratifying.

At noon, everyone had tasted various foods made from potatoes through the Huazhang Gongshan Hall.

For example, potato braised pork ribs, shredded potatoes, mashed potatoes, potatoes... In short, the variety that everyone eats today is already novel and exciting.

I hope I can grow a large piece of it at home and eat it slowly.