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After tasting the candied haws made by Changle, soon after, Li Shimin really asked people to spread the "making process of candied haws" to the public!

At this time, it was time for sweet potatoes to be harvested. Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin and other ministers all followed behind Li Shimin and came to the experimental field of growing sweet potatoes in Datang.

Looking at the large sweet potato vines and potato seedlings in the experimental field, Li Shimin said excitedly,

"Dear dears, the crops planted in this field are the crops that can solve my food problem in Datang! Now March has passed, and the sweet potatoes are all mature! Today, let me see the production of sweet potatoes in our Datang. , can it really reach the exaggerated sixty stones!"

Listening to Li Shimin's excited words, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and other ministers all felt excited!

Because in terms of people's livelihood and economy, Daqin now has a daily output of 4.5 million tons of steel, and imitated Daqin, using steel to manufacture many farm tools and kitchen utensils, selling them at low prices to the people of Datang, and reaping a very good response!

There is also snowflake salt with high purity to almost no impurities, which solves the problem of salt consumption by the people of Tang Dynasty!

Now, this sweet potato is related to the most important food issue of the Tang Dynasty. How can the officials and ministers who are determined to assist Li Shimin to create a prosperous world not be excited and not pay attention to it?

Cheng Yaojin untied the sword from his waist in a loud voice, threw it on the field row, and said to Li Shimin,

"Your Majesty! Now that the sweet potatoes and potatoes are ripe! Then why are we still standing there? Why don't we ministers go to the fields to work in person today, and harvest this fairy seed that comes from the fairyland and has an yield of sixty stones per mu! "

While talking, Cheng Yaojin rolled up his sleeves and went down to the field, asking the accompanying farmers,

"How do you harvest this thing? Oh oh oh! I remembered! It seems that it was mentioned in the video introduction of Wonderland that the fruits of sweet potatoes and potatoes are all in the soil! Bring me a hoe made of fine steel!"

Seeing Cheng Yaojin go down to the field so actively, Li Shimin smiled and said,

"My dear friends, let's see how Yaojin collects it first!"

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and other ministers all looked at Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin took the hoe from the accompanying farmer, spit on his hand without saying a word, rubbed it twice, then held the handle of the hoe and lifted the hoe over his head for two seconds

"Hey!"

Go down with a hoe, dig deep, deep!

Cheng Yaojin dug up the soil under the hoe, and a dozen sweet potatoes attached to the vine immediately rolled out of the soil!

The eyes of Li Shimin and all the ministers present were brightened, and everyone's eyes were attracted by the huge sweet potatoes, which were bigger than Cheng Yaojin's fist!

"Is this the sweet potato planted by the fairy seeds obtained in the fairyland? They are so big! There are more than a dozen of them under one vine?"

"This, this, this! Ordinary people will be full after eating one, right? A sweet potato grown on a vine is enough for a family of three for two to three days..."

"Oh my god! Can't every vine produce so much?"

Seeing the shocked appearance of the officials present, Li Shimin laughed and said,

"Dear dears! Can every vine produce so many sweet potatoes, you might as well try it!"

When the ministers heard the words, they couldn't care less, each of them took the hoes from the accompanying farmers and went down to the field to harvest sweet potatoes!

"Wow! Fifteen sweet potatoes grew under my vine!"

"My plant has seventeen!"

"Come and see! I have twenty of them! My God!"

Seeing the excited appearance of the officials in the field, Li Shimin grinned happily!

There are so many sweet potatoes growing on one vine, how many vines should grow in one mu of land?

In order to make the production of sweet potatoes reach 60 shi as much as possible, the most fertile field outside Chang'an City was selected as the experimental field when planting!

But now it seems that maybe because of the fertile land, the sweet potatoes harvested from one mu of sweet potato fields may have far exceeded 60 shi!

The accompanying farmers looked at the ministers working in the fields, their eyes were red, wishing they could snatch the hoes from these elders and dig in the ground by themselves!

Fortunately, these elders do less farm work on weekdays. After a while, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji and others were so tired that they couldn't straighten up, walked up to the field row, panting and flushed, and put I handed over my hoes to the accompanying farmers, and they all said,

"Your Majesty! That's great, Your Majesty! Our Great Tang will be the same as Zulong's Great Qin, and we will soon have no shortage of food! Hehehe!"

"Yes! With such a high yield of grain, our Tang Dynasty has no worries and has confidence! The development of Datang will be greatly accelerated! Soon, we will be able to rely on abundant grain and advanced weapons. equipment, to fight against the Turks..."

"I can already imagine what kind of prosperity our Tang Dynasty will create! Food is abundant, everyone can have enough to eat! Soldiers are strong and horses are strong, all nations dare not bully my Tang Dynasty!"

Listening to the words of Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and others, Cheng Yaojin, who came up to the field, said softly,

"Bullying? No, no, no! From now on, only our Tang Dynasty will bully others! When there is enough food in the future, what about Turks, Xue Yantuo, Tuyuhun, and Tubo, I, Lao Cheng, will be the first to lead troops to defeat them! Take them to me The land of the Tang Dynasty!"

Cheng Yaojin spoke forcefully, Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing and other generals became anxious and said,

"Hey! Lu Guogong! Leading troops to fight and expanding the territory for the Tang Dynasty, how can we miss us? Don't think about taking credit for it!"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and others all burst out laughing when they heard this!

But Yuchi Jingde followed the conversation closely and asked Li Shimin,

"But Your Majesty, judging from the current production of sweet potatoes, 60 shi per mu is more than enough! In the future, we will grow so many sweet potatoes in Tang Dynasty, how should we preserve them? After all, sweet potatoes cannot be preserved after being dried like grains. It’s been a long time! I’m afraid these fresh sweet potatoes will rot within a short period of time, right?”

After hearing Yuchi Jingde's words, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others realized the seriousness of the problem, and looked at Li Shimin in surprise!

"That's right, Your Majesty! Although the yield of this grain is frighteningly high! But if it can't be preserved for a long time, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Seeing the surprised faces of the ministers, Li Shimin smiled and shook his head, saying,

"Dear dears, I said in the introduction of the influence I watched in Wonderland that the preservation of this sweet potato is very simple, you only need to seal it in the cellar, and it can be preserved for a long time!

And if the sweet potatoes are boiled, cut into strips, dried in the sun, and made into dried sweet potatoes, they can be stored for a longer time! And sweet potatoes are different from potatoes, even raw ones can be eaten! Cook them, bake them, dry them, eat them There are many kinds of methods, very suitable as dry food for the army......

As for potatoes, although they cannot be eaten raw, they can also be boiled, baked, or used for cooking..."

After listening to Li Shimin's detailed introduction about sweet potatoes, all the ministers showed a suddenly realized expression, saying,

"So that's how it is! I didn't expect the minister to worry too much! Hahaha! It's so convenient to store, and there are so many ways to eat it! It's really the food brought back from the fairyland!"

"In the future, when we attack the Turks, we will ask every soldier to carry a bag of dried sweet potatoes on his back! Just carry half a month's food on his back..."

The ministers laughed and commented, Li Shimin was the first to walk towards the potato field, and at this time there were already many farmers digging potatoes in the potato field!

Seeing the farmers dug up a dozen fist-sized potatoes every time they went down with the hoe, Li Shimin and Bai Yi's officials all felt refreshed!

"In another half a year! Sweet potatoes will be spread all over the Tang Dynasty!"

The sweet potatoes obtained from Wonderland are ripe in March, and can be planted all year round!

Plant all the harvested sweet potatoes and potatoes, and only need to plant one or two more seasons to harvest enough sweet potatoes to be planted throughout the Tang Dynasty!

At that time, Datang will be the same as Daqin, and will no longer worry about food...

Watching the farmers keep digging out sweet potatoes one by one, Li Shimin brought all the officials back with satisfaction!

Three days later, the total output of Datang's first batch of sweet potatoes was calculated!

One hundred acres of sweet potato fields, one hundred acres of potato fields!

A total of 14876 stone sweet potatoes were harvested!

It is almost the same as the output of Daqin's original experimental field!

Calculated, the yield of sweet potatoes per mu of field has exceeded 60 shi, even reaching an exaggerated 74 shi!

The gratifying yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes in the first season is inseparable from the fertile soil of the experimental field and the careful care of the farmers!

When it is extended to ordinary people's homes and planted in nearly ordinary fields, the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes will definitely not be so high!

But reaching 60 shi per mu should not be a problem!

Upon receiving (from Li's) such gratifying news, Li Shimin immediately happily held a feast for all the officials and ministers in the palace, and at the banquet, he handed over all the matters of promoting sweet potatoes to Wei Zheng!

Half a month later, all 14876 stone sweet potatoes were used as seeds and promoted!

At this time, a novel food appeared on the streets and alleys of the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty——

"Candied haws! Selling candied haws!"

"The candied haws made by Princess Changle brought back from the fairyland, and the candied haws~!"

On this day, Li Shimin, together with Yuchi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji, went out to Lingzhou in micro-clothes. Hearing the hawkers on the streets of Lingzhou, his eyes lit up, staring at Changsun Wuji and laughing. ,

"Did you hear that? Now Lingzhou has sold the candied haws that Changle brought back from the fairyland! I don't know if it's good for sale, let's go! Follow me to have a look!"

As Li Shimin said, he brought Changsun Wuji and the three of them to the hawker selling candied haws!

At this time, several children had just bought a bunch of candied haws from the vendor, and they were very happy to eat and chase away!

Seeing Li Shimin, Yuchi Jingde, Changsun Wuji, and Fang Xuanling approaching, the peddler smiled and said,

"Hey! These masters! Do you want to buy a few bunches of candied haws? This is the craftwork brought back from the fairyland by Princess Changle, and the candied haws made! Guaranteed to eat it, you will never forget it in your life!".