The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 140 A sensation (1)
"Returning to your lord, it's two cents and nine per cent of the land, and the whole sweet potato field is one mu and two cents." After the attendant finished measuring, he returned to the field and crossed his hands to report to Mr. Feng.

Immediately, there was a sound of exclamation on the ground.The villagers who stood a little far away just now, and some of them planted sweet potatoes, seemed very excited. They "have money, have money." Even if they have no money, they will not be hungry. The yield of sweet potatoes is so high.They all squeezed forward, wanting to get closer to see what happened. At this time, they were no longer afraid of the officials, and they all crowded forward. Thanks to the guards who followed them, otherwise they would definitely "collide" with the officials in front. them.

One-third of the land can harvest 320 seven catties of sweet potatoes. Isn't the yield of that one mu of land more than one thousand catties?One thousand catties, what kind of concept is this.In Baixian County, the most experienced crop method, after a year of hard work, can harvest three hundred catties of sorghum or millet per mu, that is a good harvest, and the yield per mu of wheat is even lower. It may only be more than 200 catties. This is why although wheat is the staple food, but it is rarely eaten at ordinary times. It is not that you don’t want to eat it, but you can’t afford it!Now it's all over, one thousand catties of sweet potatoes per mu is equivalent to the yield of more than three mu of land, how can one not be excited!
"Can you dig up all this land?" The old official asked tremblingly, as if seeing what he just saw with his own eyes was not enough. Believe in this productive fact.

The growth period of sweet potatoes is about 120 days to 110 days. Su Ling's sweet potatoes have grown for [-] days, and it is not too early to harvest them now.Moreover, they planned to collect all the sweet potatoes today and weigh them on the spot.Create a sensational effect.

Everyone has seen it with their own eyes, so they don't need to talk about it, it is certain that this sweet potato will be popularized.Of course, more people will buy sweet potatoes from his family for seeding.

Father Su took another man with him.After entering the sweet potato field, I started digging sweet potatoes. When all the sweet potatoes were dug out, they were weighed and divided into two parts per acre.

Sure enough, when all the sweet potatoes were dug out, not only the people in the village were stunned, but Xuanyuanmo and Duanmuyu were also stunned.

With so much food, we must know that the recent few countries have not been peaceful. In the final analysis, this is caused by the land and food. Huangfu's large land and abundant resources are naturally easier to become the target of plunder by other countries.

If this sweet potato is spread to other countries, or even to the military camp, then the problem of food and grass in the army will be easily solved. If other countries know that this thing exists, they will definitely come to snatch it.

"No, this thing cannot spread out of the Huangfu Empire." This was what Xuanyuanmo and Duanmuyu were thinking at this time, so I had to say it.These two people were indeed officials in the imperial court, and they put the country's interests first in everything, followed by others.

When the two looked at each other, they could see each other's thoughts in each other's eyes, but there were too many people at this time, so they couldn't express it here. It seemed that they needed to have a good talk with Su Ling.

"My lord, this sweet potato can be eaten by people, and the sweet potato stalks can be fed to pigs. The vacated land now can be planted with another crop of soybeans." Seeing that the old official knew a lot about farming, Su Ling expressed his concern over this matter. This sentence was specifically said to him.

The official was dancing, and he was even more excited after hearing Su Ling's words.

"Little girl, how do you know so much?" After the excitement, the old man finally realized that the person talking to him was a girl who seemed to be in her teens, so he asked with some differences.

"My lord, don't look at my young age. I am also an old man. I learned this from my father." Su Ling laughed.

Hearing that Su Ling called himself an old Zhuangjiashi, everyone smiled.Have you ever seen such a small old crop handle?If Su Ling knew what everyone was thinking, she would definitely say: "I just look at Xiao Xiao, but in fact my heart is very mature, don't look down on people like this!" It's a pity that she doesn't know what everyone is thinking.

"Isn't this your first time planting sweet potatoes, even if it's your father. How do you know so much?" The old man asked again.

"It's not the first time. I tried to plant some last year, but I didn't win many. I'm afraid that it won't work well, so..." Everyone knows what Su Ling didn't say, but they are just afraid that the planting won't work. Success, so I don’t dare to plant many varieties, plant some slowly and explore, and plant in large areas when the time is ripe.

Mr. Feng was on the sidelines, allowing him to ask questions without stopping him.Su Ling knew that this old man should be trusted by Mr. Feng.She didn't hide anything when she replied.

And Xuanyuanmo and Duanmuyu didn't stop what Su Ling said, their identities were not exposed, so now they are just common people in front of the crazy grandfather, how can they stop Su Ling.

But they will talk to Su Ling about this matter later, and then reveal their identity to Mr. Feng, let him temporarily supervise the sweet potato harvest, don't spread the rumors, wait until they report back to the emperor.After all, this matter is of great importance, and if it is not handled well, it will affect the whole country.

Su Ling also specially explained, "This sweet potato also has another name called sweet potato, but I think the name of this sweet potato is more suitable for our local area." As for the sweet potato, it's just that Su Ling doesn't know where it came from now. If it was rumored from outside the story, someone should have discovered that it can be eaten long ago, and it wouldn't be until now that she discovered it.

At this time, Su Dong also came forward, and respectfully entrusted a letter to Mr. Feng.

"The details have already been written in the letter, please have a look at Mrs. Feng."

Mr. Feng asked someone to take the letter.He opened the booklet and read it quickly, then handed it to the gray-bearded official beside him.

"Old Li, take a look." Mr. Feng said.

Master Li hurriedly took the letter, read it carefully from beginning to end, and nodded again and again.

"So that's it, that's it, that's good, that's great." After saying a few good words, Master Li raised his head and asked Su Dong, "Who wrote this letter?"

"My lord, this letter was written by my brother." Su Ling pointed at Su Dong, and said to Li Daren, "My brother is studying in a private school in the county, and will take the imperial examination in two years."

"Yes, I wrote it, and please advise me." Su Dong saluted Master Li again.

It is not easy for an ordinary family to have a little girl who is neither humble nor overbearing and can cope with the rich and powerful, but there is also a little scholar who is not a weak crown, and knows how to write the ins and outs of things and how they grow sweet potatoes in a booklet. Yes, this is really astonishing.

(End of this chapter)