In the next few minutes, Sean gave Augustus a general introduction to the high-yielding crops that have recently begun to be planted on a large scale - sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.
Not only did he introduce it, Sean also took out the actual object from his dimensional backpack.
Several sweet potatoes, a pile of potatoes, and five unpeeled corn cobs were placed in front of Augustus.
August stared at the crops.
But his eyes were full of doubts, because he had never seen these things before.
"Are these things really edible?" he asked cautiously.
"Of course!" Sean nodded, "I'll show you."
Sean took out the barbecue grill from his dimensional backpack, placed the three kinds of food on the shelf and turned on the barbecue mode.
In order to increase the speed, Khadgar and Thor also came to help, such as slicing potatoes, brushing water and sauce on roasted corn.
After a while, the unique aroma of roasted corn and roasted sweet potatoes spread in the hall.
The originally serious saint meeting was filled with the atmosphere of a barbecue stall.
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Augustus smelled the aroma of corn and sweet potatoes and felt his index fingers move.
After it was roasted, he took the roasted sweet potato from Sean and took a bite regardless of how hot it was.
Freshly baked sweet potatoes still smell like burnt earth, are fragrant, sweet in the mouth, and have a silky texture.
Augustus was full of praise: "To be honest, I haven't eaten much since I advanced to the Holy Realm, but this kind of food is really delicious, and it is much better than most food without seasoning!
But what I want to know most is, what is the yield of this crop?"
Of course, what he is most concerned about is the yield of sweet potatoes. No matter how delicious the sweet potatoes are, if the yield is too low, it will be completely useless.
Sean didn't say anything, just smiled and made a "five" sign.
"What do you mean?" Augustus didn't understand Sean's gesture.
"I mean, this crop has five times the yield of wheat!" Sean explained as he took a bite of roasted corn.
"Five times!!!" Augustus was shocked.
A fiery light burst out from his eyes, and he vaguely felt that the sweet potato in his hand was a little hot.
Half of the Sunflower Principality is located in the desert, and there are not many available arable lands and water sources. Every piece of land and every drop of water is as precious as gold.
If growing sweet potatoes allows them to feed five times more people, the impact on the principality will be absolutely subversive!
So Augustus looked at the sweet potato as if he were looking at a holy magic crystal. If the sweet potato in front of him had not been roasted, he would even be reluctant to eat it.
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Sean took another bite of corn and explained: "Five times is just the most conservative estimate, because this crop is easy to feed, and the yield can easily reach seven or eight times that of wheat, at least our experimental fields have achieved it.
And what I recommend you most is this high-yielding crop called sweet potato.
According to the research of our agricultural researchers, this crop is most suitable for growing in sandy loam and sandy soil with deep, loose, aerated, and good drainage properties. There should be a lot of such land in the Sunflower Principality."
"Yes, our country does have a lot of sandy loam soil!" Augustus' eyes turned red.
From Sean's description, this crop is indeed the most suitable high-yielding crop for their country.
If Sean had not deceived him, he could not wait to return to China and let domestic farmers plant it on a large scale!
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But Augustus also understood that there would be no free lunch from the sky.
After getting excited, he also understood that Sean would definitely not give such a good thing to them in vain, and there would definitely be a price to pay.
"So Sean, what's the price?" Augustus looked directly at Sean: "What do we need to pay to get the seeds and planting technology of sweet potatoes?"
"Don't worry about this, just listen to me first." Sean felt that it was not satisfying to eat only vegetarian food, so he took out a large amount of meat and started grilling:
"Actually, this crop is not perfect. At least you have tasted it just now. Sweet potatoes are very sweet and will make you tired if you eat them all the time. They are fine as a supplement, but they cannot be eaten as a staple food."
"This is not a problem." Augustus touched his chin: "Now many people in our country are so hungry that they eat tree bark to satisfy their hunger. Some of them are already very good. No matter how sweet it is, I believe everyone can tolerate it."
"No, no, you misunderstood what I meant." Sean explained:
"Of course we in the Principality of Lane will also plant a large number of these high-yielding crops. They also include many that can be used as staple foods, such as corn, potatoes, improved wheat, etc. The yield per mu of these high-yielding crops is two or three times that of current wheat.
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Of course, our own people cannot eat all of these staple foods, and the rest can be exported to you in large quantities in exchange for some resources."
“What types of resources do you need?”
"There are many, such as the fur, bones, magic cores on the monsters, and gold, silver, copper and iron ores. You can let your people mine and exchange the ores and resources for food.
Of course, sweet potato planting technology and seeds can also be exchanged for these resources, and I can give you a very low price."
In fact, there is another very important point that Sean did not mention, and that is coal and oil.
Although Sean doesn't know how much the Sunflower Principality produces from these two resources, the Sunflower Principality plus the desert is larger than the Lane Principality, so there must be reserves in this area of ​​resources.
Especially coal. The Sunflower Principality still doesn't know the value of this resource. It must be at a cabbage price. Taking advantage of this opportunity, it will definitely be great to get more and store it back.
Of course, Augustus would not guess what Sean was thinking, and he was overjoyed at the prospect of the deal proposed by Sean: "Well, when I go back, I will start prospecting across the country!"
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For the next half hour, the two sides conducted detailed bargaining on the details of agricultural and mineral trade, and finally signed a formal trade agreement.
In the trade agreement, August will lead his subordinates to explore and mine across the country after returning to the country, and use ore resources in exchange for Ryan's food.
The price of grain is a quarter lower than the market price, which is considered a discount given to them by Sean.
After signing the agreement, Sean temporarily left the hall.
Not long after, he came back in with a [Dune Shaper].
【Dune Shaper】
Quality: Rare
3 fee 3/3
After the player casts a spell, a random mage minion card is put into your hand.
Race: Dwarf
Card description: Magic show, welcome to visit. Sand sculpture castle, followers stop.
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[Dune Shaper] is a minion card that Sean obtained a long time ago, and it comes in handy now, so Sean summoned him.
Chapter completed!