Chapter 155 Potatoes, just ask you if they are fragrant?
In early March of the second year of Jian'an, the date for the entrance examination to Taiyuan College was finally set.
The first entrance examination after the reopening of Taiyuan University is scheduled for April, which is when spring plowing begins.
Although everyone expected that the start of school exams might be tight, they didn't expect that they would be so nervous that there would only be one month left.
There are only more than four to five months between the reopening of Taixue and the examination. For some poor or common people from other states who are far away and can only come on foot, they may have to wait until next year for reference.
This exam is mainly aimed at Yan, Xu and some students from around Yuzhou. It can be regarded as a benefit reserved for the common people, aristocratic families, and poor families under his rule. After all, there are fewer people competing, and the chance of entering the Taiyuan Academy is higher.
If students from other places in Han Dynasty also come to take the exam, the fierce competition will be far from what it is now.
It was now March, and spring plowing would start in one month. Lu Yan finally remembered the existence of potatoes and couldn't wait to go to the workshop to see how his potato harvest was going.
The planting time of potatoes has a lot to do with the region.
For example, in the north, planting is usually from mid-late April to early May. Yanzhou is located in the north of the Central Plains, so it can be planted in May (it happened to be May when Lu Yan received the potato reward from the system).
In some areas of central and southern China, such as Huainan, Jiangdong, Jingbei, etc., planting can begin in January and February, and another batch can be planted in autumn in September and October to complete the double planting of Biao in a year.
A tough target.
Some people say that potatoes consume land resources, cannot be continuously cropped, and have high soil requirements, so they are more suitable for land with low soil viscosity. Others say that potatoes are not insect-resistant, and when potatoes sprout or turn green, the content of solanine will increase significantly.
The storage requirements are very high.
But in this era, which staple food will not face such problems? We cannot use modern conditions to demand ancient times, that would be too harsh.
Let’s talk about the advantages of potatoes...
Potatoes have strong adaptability and are resistant to barrenness. They can be planted in mountainous areas and places where other crops are difficult to grow and maintain high yields. The less viscous and more fertile soil will definitely be more conducive to potato growth and increase yields. It can also be improved by crop rotation.
Soil, making the soil more conducive to potato growth and production.
In later generations, many countries used potatoes as their staple food, which shows that potatoes do have their own uniqueness.
With the emergence of a staple food that is so solid and has obvious advantages, the common people of the Han Dynasty will not go hungry again in the future, at least the chance of famine will be greatly reduced.
"The potatoes planted in May last year should be harvested in the autumn?" Lu Yan thought to himself as he rushed towards the workshop: "Not long after they were planted, I was captured and went to fight in Xuzhou. When I came back, it turned out that
I forgot about this... As expected, it is easy for people to forget things when they get old!"
Unknowingly, Lu Yan has reached his thirties. If it were the future generations, he might have started to worry about what he should do after he turns thirty-five...
After thinking about everything, Lu Yan came to an open area behind the workshop alone.
Ten pounds of potatoes won’t yield much, but even if it’s less, they’re still potatoes after all!
There were only ten kilograms of potatoes when they were planted, but when it came time to harvest, they actually harvested more than two hundred kilograms (one kilogram in the Eastern Han Dynasty is equivalent to 224 grams today, which should be more than four hundred kilograms after conversion)! At that time, the three
The old farmer who was responsible for taking care of the potatoes was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.
You see, even after all this time, there are still two people who kneel and kowtow to Tudou every day. They clearly regard potatoes as godsends. As for the remaining person, they have to count the number of potatoes with their hands every day.
I'm afraid that it will suddenly become missing or broken...
There are people in this garden who are responsible for delivering three meals a day and daily necessities. The three very experienced farmers who are responsible for taking care of the potatoes cannot leave here every day.
The field where potatoes are grown is in the center of the entire open field, and is surrounded by a variety of vegetables and other plants. One is to add some fun to the monotonous life, and the other is to conceal the truth about the existence of potatoes.
After harvesting the potatoes, the old farmers looked forward to Lu Yan's arrival every day, but who knew that the brother had forgotten about them and them a few days ago...
Looking left and right, Lu Yan finally arrived during the spring plowing season of the new year.
In fact, you can't blame Lu Yan for forgetting things. He was busy fighting with Yuan Shu at that time, and potatoes were too common for a modern person like him. He forgot... so he just forgot.
In short, Lu Yan thought of potatoes in time when spring plowing was about to begin, and also brought timely relief to the three old farmers who were about to become magicians.
"Lu Qiaoqi, you are finally here!" The old farmer, with tears in his eyes, almost knelt down subconsciously.
"Yes, Lu Qiaoqi, you gave us such a precious thing to take care of. We are really afraid that something will go wrong and we will be punished by God!" Old Farmer Yi had already knelt down and kowtowed to Tudou.
...
As for the third one, he said to Lu Yan with tears in his eyes: "Lu Qiuqi, last time we harvested a total of 972 potatoes, but some of them got spoiled, and now there are still 945 left.
..I deserve to die, I let more than 20 potatoes go bad, I deserve to die!"
"..."
Lu Yan was busy silently. He helped this one up, and that one knelt down again. He comforted one, and the other two started crying again...
Finally, Lu Yanmao is here!
"Stand still, everyone, don't cry!"
As soon as General Lu showed his power, the three old farmers stood up straight and suppressed their cries.
"Is there any crop that won't go bad? As long as there are no large-scale diseases or insect infestations, it's not a problem at all, understand?"
Seeing the three old farmers nodding hurriedly but not daring to say a word, Lu Yan slowed down and asked: "There are more than 900 potatoes, so that's almost more than 400 kilograms?"
"Lu Qiaoqi really knows a lot about potatoes!" The old farmer nodded and bowed in admiration.
Lu Yan ignored him and went straight to the potatoes that were neatly stacked together. He picked up a few and asked, "Have you ever tasted it?"
When the three old farmers heard this, they seemed to have heard something very scary. They immediately started crying and shouting: "You are wronged, Lu Qiaoqi, such a magical thing, even if you give us a hundred courages,
I don’t dare to speak!”
Lu Yan looked at the three of them and said: "Food is for eating. You should be encouraged for not doing it privately... However, since I am here, let's taste it first.
!”
"ah!"
"Do you really want to eat it?"
"Will it be struck by lightning?"
Lu Yan twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "With me here, what are you afraid of?"
"Um...then...how should you eat these potatoes?"
How should you eat potatoes? This is a lot of knowledge!
Eat it steamed, stir-fried, boiled, fried or even grilled, whatever you want! Of course, if you don't want to die, it's best not to eat it raw...
Lu Yan looked around and saw that there were no pots, pans, spices or anything else around.
However, he still saw the dead branches piled in the corner, and immediately thought of the most convenient way to eat them, so he said: "Let's have a baked potato first!"