Chapter 86 The terrifying birth!

Author: March

Chapter 86 The terrifying birth!

"It's done! It's done!"

All the crew members and even the soldiers who were farming cheered. In fact, in recent days, some crew members could not bear to peel the corn to check the growth.

But only when Zhao Si speaks can we officially start to check the specific situation and issue a report and summary.

The crew members are no longer novices. They know that what grows and grows in the ground is his merit.

Zhao Si peeled open the corns one by one, and saw that almost all of them were large and round, which was completely different from the seeds he brought back before. There is no doubt that this is the benefit brought by the halo of raw jade.

"Brother! Can we take it away?" Jing had already picked up the sickle excitedly.

When the corn falls, it means that the titles of all crew members who have returned from the sea will rise again. Not only the crew members who stayed with Zhao Si in Lantian Camp, but also the crew members who have returned home, their titles will also be updated accordingly.

Although the Qin Dynasty had a system of military merit and nobility, it was extremely difficult to advance to the title! These yellow corns meant more than just a new crop to all the crew members.

Including Zhao Si, the same is true!

"We can't accept it now! We have to report it to His Majesty first!" Zhao Si waved his hand and continued.

“Look at the sweet potato potatoes again!”

The growth cycle of sweet potatoes is approximately 110 to 120 days.

The growth cycle of potatoes is about 60 to 100 days. Of course, this is a growth situation with more suitable temperature and humidity.

The corn matures in three months, and after it matures, it is not harvested immediately but left to continue to be exposed to the sun for nearly twenty days. The sweet potatoes and potatoes are also almost the same.

Wang Li quickly ran to the sweet potato field and cleared away the sweet potato vines. Wang Li, who was so excited, started to cut away the sweet potato vines without any tools at all.

Wang Li peeled away the loose soil with force, revealing the sweet potatoes with red skin stained with soil. The roots were densely covered with roots. The big ones were as big as two fists, and the small ones were as big as one fist.

Densely packed with roots and soil, one sweet potato plant can produce seven or eight fruits of varying sizes.

"This must be the same plant!" Wang Li looked at Zhao Si and the sweet potato in his hand in surprise.

Even if Wang Li weighed it with his hands, he would know that it was heavy. This was just one plant! How many plants could be planted in one acre of land? Wang Li vaguely remembered that there must be at least a thousand plants.

How many kilograms do you have in your hand? It must be at least five or six kilograms, right?

"Oh my god! The yield per mu is five thousand kilograms!" Wang Li staggered and looked at Zhao Si. Didn't he agree that the yield per mu would be five hundred kilograms? Of course, it is unrealistic to estimate the yield of one mu of land based on one sweet potato plant.

, there are about a thousand sweet potatoes, and it does not exclude those that are not growing well or are dead. The yield per mu will probably be discounted, but then it will have to be three or four thousand catties, right? (Qin Jin)

"Isn't it said that the yield per mu is five hundred kilograms?" Wang Li was inexplicably surprised at this moment. Although he was not from a poor background, anyone with any brain would know how valuable a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu is.

Nowadays, the average grain yield in Daqin is only about 100 kilograms per mu.

"Oh my god, if all the land in the world were planted with sweet potatoes..." Wang Li couldn't figure out the calculation for a while.

I can't finish it. I can't finish it at all. Let alone two meals a day, I can't finish ten meals a day.

"How is it possible? Sweet potatoes consume the most land. If they are planted for a long time, a piece of land will have to rest for a year and a half. Moreover, these things are not suitable for storage. It is best to plant some on the ridges of the fields." Zhao Si said.

Zhao Si looked at the sweet potato in Wang Li's hand and marveled at it. It was obvious that this was again affected by the aura of raw jade.

The original sweet potatoes he saw in the Americas did not grow so well. The largest fruits were only as big as a fist, and most of them were no more than one or two fingers thick. The sweet potatoes grown in Lantian Daying now have the aura of raw jade.

The impact has been almost completely two species with the original sweet potato in America.

But this is a good thing. Previously, Zhao Si only dared to report an output of 500 kilograms because the sweet potatoes in the Americas were not domesticated very much. However, he did not expect that because of the halo of raw jade, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes would explode.

Of course, the yield of sweet potatoes per mu in later generations could even reach 8,000 to 10,000 jins, not to mention that the Qin jin was slightly smaller than the modern jin. After careful calculation, the yield was half the difference, but this is surprising enough.

"That's enough!" Wang Li looked at the sweet potato in his hand as if he were looking at some rare treasure.

"Even if we plant it on the edge of the fields, with this kind of yield, our family will no longer have to worry about hunger."

The biggest advantage of sweet potatoes is that they do not have to pick the land. Zhao Si once told Wang Li that there are many places where there is no way to grow food and can be used to grow sweet potatoes. In this way, even if the food harvest is poor, there will be high-yielding sweet potatoes.

, and there will be no famine.

Zhao Si nodded. This is indeed the truth. It is definitely impossible for sweet potatoes to replace mainstream crops.

Firstly, it is difficult to extract starch, secondly it is not suitable for storage, and eating it for a long time is harmful to the stomach. Historically, sweet potatoes were introduced to the Central Plains during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and have never replaced rice and wheat, but that is from a macro perspective.

In fact, anyone who has experienced the Great Famine era will not comment that sweet potatoes are just the icing on the cake.

Zhao Si heard from an old client that during the Great Famine, the whole family relied on the sweet potatoes grown in the mountains to survive.

It is true that sweet potatoes are not as valuable as the staple food, and it is indeed not as valuable as the staple food. But to say that it has little effect on the poor is simply out of touch with reality and away from the broad masses of working people.

In the prosperous times, this thing may be just a taste adjustment, and it can only be used to enrich people's dining tables and feed pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks. But in times of famine and trouble, it is undoubtedly a treasure that can save the country and the people.

"Okay, let's go see the potatoes!" Zhao Si clapped his hands and led the crew over.

The stems and leaves of the potatoes were now completely withered and yellow. Zhao Si did not hesitate to grab the stems and leaves and pull them out by the roots.

Four potatoes hung up and down, each about the size of a fist.

Zhao Si had a look on his face that showed that he was just like this. The old potatoes were also affected by his own jade halo. Now this potato plant produces fruit weighing three to four kilograms.

After calculation, the yield per mu of potatoes can actually reach two to three thousand kilograms.

"Wow! You actually deceived me!" Wang Li's face was still shocked when he saw the freshly unearthed potatoes.

He was even a little numb. It didn’t matter that the sweet potato yield was so high, and the potato yield was so high. How could these two things look like a yield of 500 kilograms per mu?

A rough estimate is that the yield per mu is well over two thousand catties...

"What are you doing to deceive you? If I dare to deceive you, how dare I deceive His Majesty? I just said it more conservatively." Zhao Si said with a smile.

"Are you being more conservative?" Wang Li punched Zhao Si. This is a crop with a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu, but Zhao Si only quoted 500 kilograms.

"Haven't you heard the story about Huainan being orange and Huaibei being orange? I didn't expect the yield to be so high. Maybe that's Huaibei over there, and ours is Huainan. Or maybe His Majesty's fate is destiny...

"Zhao Si smiled and sat on the ground stroking the potatoes in his hand.

Potatoes actually have a much greater meaning than sweet potatoes.

Because potatoes taste better, secondly, long-term consumption does not have much impact on the body, and finally, they are resistant to cold and drought.

Can be planted in the cold places of northern Saibei!

In my impression, the native species of potatoes seem to be poisonous, and I don’t know if the raw jade halo can eliminate the poison.

If it is not poisonous after being eaten for a long time, the significance of this thing will be great.

Further north, in remote places that are cold all year round, potatoes can also be grown.

Territory, territory where food can be grown is a good territory.

In the past, it was cold all year round, and we couldn't grow food. We had to rely on fishing and hunting to make a living. It was a useless place. But now that we have potatoes, it won't be possible.

It would be a good thing to conquer Siberia and catch some criminals and throw them over to grow potatoes.

Moreover, the climate in northern Europe is relatively cold, and ordinary food cultivation cannot meet the demand...but potatoes can.

All in all, the biggest significance of this thing to the Qin Dynasty is that many lands that were originally not worth conquering by the Qin Dynasty suddenly became valuable to conquer.

Some land that originally had no development value for Da Qin now has development value.

The Liaodong and Liaobei regions... the plateau areas... these places suddenly have the value of conquest and development.

Although the value of conquest and development is still limited due to the natural environment, climate and conditions, it has indeed provided new possibilities for Daqin.

At the very least, you won't lose all your money after fighting. If you think about it, you will find that although you have won the battle and expanded your territory, you have fought a losing battle.

The rotation of corn and wheat provides additional food income and can enrich the development of the breeding industry.

Sweet potatoes are grown in places where food cannot grow to improve the ability to resist natural disasters.

The attributes of potatoes, resistant to cold, drought and weathering, provided Da Qin with more possibilities and directions for conquest.

Three and one, how significant is the significance?

Wang Li couldn't understand this and just held Zhao Si's arm excitedly.

"The output you quoted is a bit off."

"I'm afraid it's going to be a storm!"

Five hundred kilograms and several thousand kilograms are completely different numbers. Zhao Si is too conservative. Before, Wang Li thought that Zhao Si could jump a few more ranks and touch the threshold of Qing. Now, Wang Li is not sure about Zhao Si.

How high can your title be raised?

Unprecedented!

Moreover, as the person directly in charge, Wang Li could also get a lot of credit. This credit was so great that everyone involved could share in it.

"If you grow once, you don't necessarily have good harvests every time!" Zhao Si shook his head.

He was not so optimistic. Zhao Si knew in his heart that such a high output was due to his aura of raw jade. Whether it was a one-time thing or always like this, Zhao Si himself could not say clearly.

If it is just a one-off, and after it is popularized, the output will be ordinary, wouldn't it be a crime of bullying the emperor? Even if the First Emperor will not take back the previous reward out of face, I am afraid that he will become a marginalized person.

It is not advisable to raise a high profile, Zhao Si knew that some things must be made clear.

Wang Li didn't care so much and was already hurriedly writing the memorial and preparing to issue it.
To be continued...