The five large vats that the two sturdy men stared at like stone every day finally showed signs of maturity.
This day, the beetle entered Qin Hao's tent like it was setting fire to a house.
"Qin Langjun, there is a jar of potatoes with some dry stems and leaves. Go and have a look."
Qin Hao heard this and quickly went to the ground. These potatoes were the only ones left in the world. If they died, they would have to cross the ocean to find them in America. With the current navigation technology, it would be difficult to reach America smoothly.
When he came outside the tent, Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief. The flowers in the pot of potatoes were a little withered, but it was not a bad thing. According to his experience in farming in Bloody Romance, these potatoes were approaching maturity.
Performance.
Listening to Qin Hao's words, Niu Jinda and Cheng Yaojin were slightly relieved. Several soldiers kneeling beside them were wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads. Just now, Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda were going crazy.
The murderous aura crawling out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood made them unable to help but feel weak even without saying a word.
"Qin Jue, what does it mean for these potatoes to be completely ripe?"
Before Niu Jinda could finish asking, Yun Ye rubbed his hands and said, "This isn't easy yet. Let's just dig a plant and see if it works."
He has been craving beef brisket stewed with potatoes for a long time.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he received a blow on the head. Cheng Yaojin said angrily: "Nonsense, this thing is so valuable, how can you dig it up at will?"
Niu Jinda also stared at Yun Ye with murderous eyes. If he asked to dig potatoes again, Lao Niu would probably fight him immediately. Of course, judging from the fighting power of the two, this was undoubtedly a one-sided abuse.
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In the next half month, the stems and leaves of the potatoes in the five large vats began to wither. Finally, at Qin Hao's suggestion, Niu Jinda and Cheng Yaojin used hammers to remove the potato that showed the earliest signs of maturity.
The jar was smashed.
After peeling away the layers of loess, irregular, oval yellow objects appeared in front of everyone. Their ordinary appearance was now simply more precious than gold in the eyes of Niu Jinda and Cheng Yaojin.
"It's unheard of that this plant can bear so many fruits." Cheng Yaojin excitedly held a few potatoes in his hands, looking like he was crazy.
Niu Jinda cried like a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds, kowtowing in one direction while crying.
The corner of Yun Ye's mouth twitched and he whispered: "As for that, it's just a few potatoes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin slapped him hard on the shoulder: "You have been following strangers since you were a child. You have seen all kinds of rare and rare treasures. It is not surprising that you are rarely here.
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Yun Ye rubbed his already red shoulders and could only ask Qin Hao for help. Qin Hao didn't bother to pay attention to him. He knew how much Cheng Yaojin valued this potato, but he still said such sarcastic words. He deserved to be beaten.
Niu Jinda had also cried enough, but the after-effects after he finished crying were a bit serious. He began to use his hands to dig up the soil in the large vat of offal. The dignified deputy commander Zuo Wuwei turned into a sloppy man after a while.
He didn't care. Every time he took out a potato, he wiped it clean on his clothes and put it aside solemnly. Cheng Yaojin also helped him dig.
Potatoes were cleaned out one by one, until Niu Jinda was convinced that there was no more potato hidden in the soil, and then he stood up.
"Bring up the scale!"
Potatoes were carefully placed on a huge bamboo basket. If anyone made a big move, Niu Jinda would use his elephant legs to teach you what it means to handle with care.
"Shanghai!"
The four strong men carried the scale beam on their shoulders. Niu Jinda and Cheng Yaojin stared at the grain officer's hand playing with the scale. They couldn't wait to grab the grain officer's collar until the scale maintained a balance on the scale beam.
"How many potatoes are there!"
"Five stones, that's five stones!" the grain officer also said excitedly.
"Oh my god, if you can grow five dan in one tank like this, doesn't that mean the yield per acre is 50 dan?" Niu Jinda and Cheng Yaojin both went crazy.
At this time, outside the camp, Li Shimin's edict also arrived. The general meaning of the edict was to ask Niu Jinda to quickly deliver the potatoes to Chang'an.
When the eunuch who announced the decree learned that the yield of potatoes per mu actually reached the terrifying fifty dan, instead of the twenty dan mentioned before, his face almost broke out in laughter. After confirming again and again, he looked at Qin Hao and Yun Ye.
His eyes were filled with joy.
Now that Li Shimin's decree had come, Cheng Yaojin had the good sense not to smash the remaining vats. This opportunity to open the blind box must be reserved for Li Shimin. He had just experienced the magic of digging potatoes with his own hands.
I believe that even Li Shimin cannot resist.
Qin Hao had to lament that Cheng Yaojin was probably the famous general in the early Tang Dynasty who was most misunderstood by later novels and novels. His ability to figure out the leader's thoughts was not enough for ordinary civil servants.
In addition to the imperial edict, the eunuch who announced the decree also brought an oral edict from Empress Changsun, mainly telling Yun Ye that Li Shimin had found his family in Lantian County.
Yun Ye was confused. He had traveled through time a thousand years later, so why did his family show up?
However, according to family tree records, the Yun family has indeed lived in Lantian for generations. In later generations, he and his father often went home to worship their ancestors. The Yun family held large-scale sacrificial activities almost every five years.
"Could it be that the relatives they are talking about are my ancestors in the Tang Dynasty? Isn't this confusing the generations?"
Regarding Yun Ye's entanglement, Qin Hao and Yun Ye started chatting while drinking in the middle of the night when no one was around.
"Actually, have you ever thought about the possibility that precisely because of your time travel, the Yun family lineage will be passed down to future generations?"
Yun Ye drank a lot of wine. Although the alcohol content of rice wine in the Tang Dynasty was generally not high, it had a strong stamina. He was already a little confused now. He became even more confused when he heard Qin Hao's statement.
"No, this is too sensational, isn't it?"
Qin Hao analyzed unhurriedly: "Have you ever thought that according to the eunuch, the Yun family has no men at this time, and there are only a few old and young women and children left in the clan. According to the system of feudal society, there are no
For men, this surname is basically discontinued."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is it possible that he is the son-in-law?" Yun Ye patted his face, trying to wake himself up.
Qin Hao shook his head and said: "The possibility is very small. With the current situation of the Yun family, I can hardly live anymore. How can anyone be willing to be a son-in-law for the Yun family?"
You know, being a son-in-law was very looked down upon in ancient times. He was not even qualified to take part in the imperial examination. Li Bai was the son-in-law. If he had not written good poems and was appreciated by Li Longji, he would have been an ordinary man all his life.
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"Senior Brother, what do you mean is that if I don't recognize my ancestor and return to the clan, it is very likely that history will be changed. By then, perhaps the Yun family will no longer exist in future generations?" Yun Ye said quietly.
Qin Hao still shook his head: "This is just my speculation. It is also possible that we traveled to the Tang Dynasty in another time and space, and it will not change the original history. After all, time and space are different for existing science and technology.
It’s still too mysterious.”
"As for whether you want to recognize those relatives or not, it depends on your own choice. I will provide you with some ideas."
"Damn, you look really bad like this."
When he woke up, Yun Ye found himself in a carriage. He was awakened. After receiving the imperial edict, Niu Jinda rushed to Chang'an with the remaining four cylinders of potatoes.
The journey was non-stop, and finally we arrived outside Chang'an a week later.
A majestic giant city suddenly stood in front of him. Although Yun Ye had seen many ancient city walls in his later generations, those were nothing compared to the giant city he saw today.
"This is the capital of the Tang Dynasty - Chang'an!" Yun Ye murmured to himself.
Qin Hao couldn't help but compare Bianliang and Chang'an. They were both million-level capitals, but Chang'an and Bianliang had completely different styles.
Chang'an is more like a military base, with straight and horizontal roads, allowing cavalry to quickly leave the city to fight, while Bianliang is bustling with commerce, with flowers blooming, singing and dancing.
After entering the city, Niu Jinda took Qin Hao and Yun Ye into the palace together. As they approached the palace gate, Niu Jinda did not forget to remind the two of them some etiquette when meeting Li Shimin.
Entering the heavily guarded palace, Yun Ye quietly said to Qin Hao: "Senior brother, do you feel that this place is eerie? Wouldn't it be scary to live here?"
Before Qin Hao could answer, Niu Jinda gave Yun Ye a shut-up look. He didn't dare to talk nonsense when facing the "Bull Demon King" Yun Ye. This guy was really deadly.
"Xuan, Niu Jinda, deputy general of the Youwu Guard, Qin Hao, a man from Wannian County, and Yun Ye, a man from Lantian County, come to see you!"
Just when Yun Ye's legs were numb from standing, he was finally told that he could enter the Tai Chi Hall.
In the Tai Chi Hall, civil and military officials were arranged on both sides. On the high throne, Li Shimin sat upright and leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to see the true faces of Qin Hao and Yun Ye as soon as possible.
Qin Hao and Yun Ye followed Niu Jinda to salute like cats and tigers, and Li Shimin laughed loudly: "Three beloved ladies are exempted from the ceremony."
At this time, the eyes of the entire Tai Chi Hall were focused on Qin Hao and Yun Ye. Even before they arrived in Chang'an, their names had caused quite a stir in the Tang Dynasty Hall.
First, he presented the method of making salt and was granted the title of baron. This time, he presented the amazing potato yield. They are like two rising political stars.
However, compared to the military attachés, the civil servants looked at Qin Hao and Yun Ye unfriendly. In fact, it was normal. The battle between civil and military officials would never stop in any dynasty, unless it was like the Ming Dynasty, when the military attache's honor was overthrown.
Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty served a pot of food, and those civil servants really had no one to fight with, so the party government began.
As soon as Niu Jinda got up, he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, this time a man from Qin County and a man from Yun County presented something called: Potato. Its scientific name is: Potato. This thing is both rice and vegetable, and the yield per mu is amazing. According to my calculations,
The yield per mu can reach fifty shi!”
"What? Fifty stones?"
"How is this possible? It's simply ridiculous. How can there be such a high yield of food per mu in the world!"
The court hall was already in chaos. The previous report by Cheng Yaojin was that the yield was twenty dan per mu, which was already astonishing. The yield of fifty dan per mu was completely out of touch with their understanding of crops.
In the chaos, an official wearing a purple robe stood out from the queue of civil servants and said sternly.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty of deceiving the emperor, Niu Jinda, the deputy general of Zuo Wuwei!"
"I second my opinion, such ridiculous remarks are simply laughable!"
Several more civil servants came forward one after another to echo.
The martial arts school looked at it and thought, this is not okay, you are suppressing our military attachés, although they do not think that there is a grain yield of fifty dan per mu in this world.
"Huh, you haven't seen it before. It only means that you have little knowledge. Before the method of making salt was developed, who dared to believe that highly toxic salt mines can be eaten?"
"That's right, you guys haven't finished talking yet, so you're just arguing there. If you have the ability, let's go out and argue. What's the point of using words?"
Yun Ye watched it with great interest and whispered to Qin Hao: "It turns out that the court meeting in the Tang Dynasty was like this. Our trip is not in vain."
Qin Hao was speechless for a while. This guy's thinking was too out of the ordinary. He really thought he was here for a trip.
Faced with the messy situation in the court, Li Shimin was not angry. He had already learned from the returning eunuch that there was a grain yield of fifty dan per mu.
It wasn't until the situation was almost out of control, and some military generals had already taken off their hats and prepared to fight with the civilian officials, that Li Shimin coughed lightly.
"Okay, what do they all look like? This is a court meeting, not a market for ordinary people."
"I know I made a mistake, and please punish me, Your Majesty."
Seeing that all the civil and military ministers had admitted their mistakes, Li Shimin waved his hands with satisfaction: "That's all, all of you dear ministers are also dedicated to serving the public good."
After speaking, Li Shimin sat up straight and said to Niu Jinda: "Niu Aiqing, what can you say about Du Aiqing's accusation that you deceived the emperor?"
Niu Jinda bowed respectfully to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, the grain yield of fifty dan per acre is indeed true. The potatoes are outside the palace. As long as they are dug out on site, we will know something. If I have even half a lie, I am willing to die to apologize!
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"Oh? My dear, you are serious. Since the potatoes have been transported, let's carry them up! Today, I will witness with my own eyes what this fifty-dan acre of grain looks like."
Soon, four large vats were brought up. This time, both civil servants and military officers gathered around them, talking among themselves.
"Can just a few jars produce that much grain?"
"Stupid, Niu Jinda must have estimated. The total of these tanks is less than half an acre."
Li Shimin did not provoke the civil and military ministers this time, and directly ordered Jin Wuwei to knock open the vat.
As the soil was peeled away layer by layer, the entire palace couldn't help but hear the sound of inhaling. The potatoes in the big vat were densely packed. If many of them weren't fruits with roots attached, they might have suspected whether Qin Hao and the others were conspiring.
, stuff those yellow fruits into the soil beforehand.
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel excited when he saw this scene. This is not food. This is his confidence to govern the country.
If he had obtained these potatoes two years earlier, he would not have been forced to sign the humiliating Weishui Alliance. All he needed to fight the war was military supplies. How could he feed his troops without food?
"Okay~~~"
"Qin Aiqing, Yun Aiqing, if you two perform extraordinary feats again, whatever reward you want, as long as I can do it, it doesn't matter!"