Not long after, Lu Xuan brought Bu Zhi and Zhuge Liang to the gate of the imperial city.
Lu Xuan's eyes fell on the carriage.
There were five sacks on the carriage, three on the bottom and two on the top.
Lu Xuan walked to the carriage, and Bu Zhao walked up first, pointed to the bottom bag, and said: "Your Majesty, this sack contains corn, which has been dried in the sun and weighs one hundred and twenty kilograms."
Lu Xuan stopped him and said, "You don't need to introduce them. Open them all and let me take a look."
Seeing Lu Xuan's eager expression, Bu Zhao felt happy in his heart and hurriedly stepped forward to carry it. Although he was a scholar, he had been trained in the south for more than a year and could easily carry the sacks weighing more than a hundred kilograms.
Five large sacks were placed against the carriage, and the ropes tied to the sacks were removed.
The first sack was corn. The yellow corn was all threshed and dried in the sun. Lu Xuan stepped forward and grabbed a handful of corn. It was very dry and in good condition.
The second sack contains sweet potatoes, each one is very even, weighing three or four pounds each.
The third sack is made of potatoes, smaller in size, only about the size of a fist, and very uniform.
The fourth sack is made of peanuts, and it makes a crackling sound when it is lifted. In the fifth sack, there is a small bag of chili peppers and grains of dried Champa rice. Among the chili peppers inside, there are red sun-dried chili peppers.
Big and small.
In later generations, these materials were the most common food materials. In this era, they are extremely precious.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the only foods available were soybeans, corn, wheat and rice. The key was that there was no chemical fertilizer to increase the yield, and the yield was not as high as the hybrid rice of later generations.
It is precisely this that makes food appear precious.
With these grains, Lu Xuan can promote them on a large scale in the Wu Kingdom. Although high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes cannot replace staple foods such as rice and noodles, in this era, they are the gods of survival.
It is the best if the people of this era can survive.
Further pursuit is based on the premise of having enough food.
Lu Xuan touched the sweet potatoes and potatoes with happy eyes.
The yields of these two are the largest, and the yield of sweet potatoes is greater than that of potatoes.
Zhuge Liang looked at everything in front of him with completely blank eyes. He read widely and miscellaneously. He also read many miscellaneous books, medical books, and mechanical books. He didn't recognize any of the things in front of him.
Zhuge Liang had a very curious look on his face.
Bu Zhao blinked when he saw Lu Xuan's intoxicated and excited expression. What was strange to him was not the food, but Lu Xuan's posture. Lu Xuan's gesture of touching and observing definitely made him recognize this.
But this was definitely the first time these grains appeared in the Han Dynasty. How could the king know them?
"Your Majesty, Zhang Zhao wants to see you."
Xu Chu came over and reported.
Xu Chu is now directly responsible for the imperial army guarding the palace and responsible for Lu Xuan's safety.
Lu Xuan ordered: "Bring the people here."
"Here!"
Xu Chu nodded and quickly went to inform.
After a while, Zhang Zhao followed him out of the city gate. He saw Zhuge Liang and also noticed Bu Zhi. When Zhang Zhao saw Bu Zhi, he was confused for a moment because he didn't know him. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Zhao wanted to start Zhi, but he was confused.
, Bu Zhi was away for so long, why did he come back?
It's like bringing supplies back.
Zhang Zhao put away the doubts in his heart, walked up to Lu Xuan, saluted and said: "Your Majesty."
Lu Xuan said: "What's wrong with Zhang Qing?"
Zhang Zhao replied: "The people I want to report are the scholars who graduated from the Five Classics Hall last year. When they were in Shu County, the king had given Qionglin Banquet, but a large number of scholars were not assigned official positions. After all, there were so many people. Now, the officials
The ministry has arranged everything and asked the king to review it."
Lu Xuan ordered: "Leave it to Zhuge Jin and let Yang Xiu, Lu Xun and others review it."
"Here!"
Zhang Zhao bowed and answered.
He changed the topic and further said: "This year's spring plowing has been arranged, and everyone is busy everywhere. However, Qingzhou, Yizhou and Yanzhou..."
Lu Xuan stopped him and said, "Zhang Qing, I will report the unimportant matters later."
However, Zhang Zhao did not leave and stayed there to watch. He wanted to take a look, what on earth were these?
Lu Xuan grabbed a handful of peanuts and handed a few to Zhuge Liang, a few to Zhang Zhao, and a few to Bu Zhi. Except for Bu Zhi, none of them knew how to eat them. Lu Xuan smiled, peeled off the peanut shells,
Chewing peanuts.
The peanuts are dried in the sun and are very crunchy when chewed.
Eating it raw like this is the most nutritious, but when it comes to the most delicious way to eat it, the buttery peanuts are the most fragrant. However, these are seeds and you cannot eat buttery peanuts as a luxury. You can eat them after large-scale planting this year.
Some.
Zhang Zhao thought it tasted good and asked, "Your Majesty, what is this?"
Zhuge Liang also looked at Lu Xuan.
This time, Zhuge Liang felt that Lu Xuan was even more mysterious. Bu Zhi hadn't introduced him yet, but he clearly recognized Lu Xuan from his appearance.
Lu Xuan smiled and said: "These are peanuts. They can be eaten raw, cooked, or fried. Peanuts are extremely nutritious and can be squeezed for oil. The taste of peanut oil is excellent. However, the yield of peanuts is not high, so
It’s just an ordinary food crop.”
Zhuge Liang nodded, seeming to understand.
The same goes for Zhang Zhao.
The two remembered that this was a food crop.
Bu Zhao said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise, the yield of peanuts is indeed not high."
Lu Xuan walked directly in front of the sweet potato, took out a sweet potato that weighed at least four kilograms, and said in a deep voice: "This thing is called sweet potato, and it is the most important food. Whether it is mountainous, sandy, or large soil
, as long as there is land, you can plant it.”
"Sweet potatoes are the cheapest and most affordable crop. They can be eaten raw or cooked. They can also be broken and ground into pulp to precipitate starch. The last thing is that the yield of sweet potatoes is super large."
The pupils in Bu Zhao's eyes shrank.
He really can't understand his own king.
He could say with certainty that this was the first time he had brought back sweet potatoes. Moreover, he did not know how to grow sweet potatoes. He only heard foreign businessmen mention the high yield, so he brought them back to Lu Xuan to give them a try.
However, my own king said so.
Shocking.
Zhang Zhao had a curious look in his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, how many kilograms of sweet potatoes can be produced per acre?"
Zhuge Liang followed and looked over.
To make the king say that the output is super large, I am afraid that the yield per mu must be 700 to 800 jins. For ordinary grains, considering the land and grain types, the yield per mu in this era is about 300 jins, which is an excellent harvest.
Zhuge Liang guessed 700 to 800 kilograms, which was an incredible estimate.
Lu Xuan's eyes were shining. Considering that there were no chemical fertilizers in this era, he said, "The yield of sweet potatoes should be at least three thousand kilograms per mu."
ah!!
Shocked sounds came from the mouths of Zhang Zhao and Zhuge Liang. Both of them were extremely shocked, and their bodies were trembling slightly.
The yield per mu is three thousand kilograms!
It's so scary, completely beyond imagination,
Gudong! Gudong!
Zhuge Liang and Zhang Zhao both swallowed their saliva. They were still in shock. But after being surprised, their faces were filled with disbelief.
Zhang Zhao took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, just such a thing can produce more than three thousand catties per mu. I'm afraid you are joking?"