Chapter 214: The advent of potatoes and sweet potatoes
"What, twelve?"
"There are actually twelve sweet potatoes."
"Oh my god, these sweet potatoes are so big."
"No, you see clearly, some are big and some are small, but I don't know how heavy they are."
…
Xu Zhi's voice was so loud that the people around him started talking, especially the officials.
The officials were the closest, so they could see the twelve sweet potatoes most clearly. Some were large and some were small. The largest was equivalent to the fist of two adults, and the smallest was only half the fist of an adult.
Meng Yi ignored everyone's comments and took the sweet potato with excitement. He turned to face Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, the first sweet potato produced twelve fruits."
Ying Zheng had heard Xu Zhi's voice a long time ago, and he was already excited and wanted to shout. However, he was the First Emperor, and he still had to have the majesty he should have, so he endured it.
Now that Meng Yi was reporting to him, Ying Zheng slowly uttered one word: "Cheng"
"promise."
Meng Yi immediately turned around and looked at the officials who had been waiting for a long time. They had been holding scale beams in their hands, ready to weigh at any time.
"say."
As soon as Meng Yi finished speaking, a guard shouted loudly: "Weigh."
This guard is a herald, an official who specializes in conveying orders. Now he specializes in conveying the words between the court and the people, especially the words of Ying Zheng.
When the people heard this, they immediately looked forward to the officials weighing the sweet potatoes.
After a while, they got the exact number.
Eight pounds and six ounces.
The herald immediately shouted: "Eight catties and six taels."
The sound was so loud that almost everyone present heard it.
"Eight pounds and six taels, okay, it's really good."
"It's actually eight pounds and six taels?"
"Great, there are eight catties and six taels, that's eight catties and six taels."
"Oh my god, one plant weighs eight pounds and six taels. That's just the weight of one plant."
"..."
The people around him started talking excitedly.
Meng Yi reported to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the first sweet potato plant weighs eight pounds and six taels."
"Good, great good." Ying Zheng said excitedly, "Everyone who plants will be rewarded."
"I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of everyone." Meng Yi said,
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Keep digging and dig out all the sweet potatoes and potatoes for me."
"promise."
Immediately, Meng Yi asked Xu Zhi and the others to dig again.
Zhang Liang in the crowd sighed and said: "It turns out that there is really such a large amount of grain per acre. Zhang Liang finally gained insight."
"Isn't this a good thing? Why are you sighing?" Zhang Li asked in confusion.
Zhang Liang sighed again and said: "Now that we have new food, if you want to kill Ying Zheng, I'm afraid there is no other way, unless you are willing to bear the infamy."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Li scratched his head, "You know clearly that my brain is not working well, why do you still give me problems and say it's not possible?"
Zhang Liang rolled his eyes at him and said with a wry smile: "The yield of the new crop is indeed very high. These sweet potatoes can be used as food, which means that the people will not die of hunger. In this case, the First Emperor who discovered the new food will be loved by the people.
You killed a good emperor who was loved by the people. Do you think people in the world will scold you? "
"This... it will happen." Zhang Li said uncertainly.
Zhang Liang rolled his eyes speechlessly again and said: "Please remove the word bar, yes, definitely yes.
If you must kill Ying Zheng, I won’t stop you. I will go to see the First Emperor afterwards. You can come with me. "
"Okay." Zhang Li replied without thinking.
On the other side, Fan Zeng said: "I didn't expect that there would be such high-yielding grain. As long as we have these new grains, we will have military rations for the uprising."
"That's right, Ying Zheng never dreamed that the food he looked for for the people would become the army ration for our uprising. I wonder if he would jump out of the coffin after hearing the news." Xiang Yu smiled excitedly,
The time for their rebellion was decided after Ying Zheng's death. There was nothing they could do. Ying Zheng's pressure was too great.
Historically, even Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, could only revolt after Ying Zheng's death.
The second plant, the third plant, the fourth plant... Sweet potatoes were dug out one after another, 7 jins, 10 jins and 5 taels, 6 jins and 6 taels... A series of numbers were revealed.
In the end, all the figures added up to more than 800 kilograms.
After an official calculated the final weight, he excitedly walked up to Meng Yi and said, "Mr. Meng, all the sweet potatoes weigh eight hundred and twenty-eight catties."
Meng Yi nodded calmly and said, "Is there a miscalculation?"
"Xiaguan calculated three times in a row and it was accurate."
"Okay." Meng Yi said excitedly, thinking in his heart: Sir, you will never deceive me.
Then, Meng Yi turned to look at Ying Zheng, bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the total weight of the sweet potatoes is eight hundred and twenty-eight catties and eight taels."
"Good." Ying Zheng said excitedly, "dig potatoes."
"No." Meng Yi responded.
"Digging potatoes." Meng Yi said to Xu Zhi and the others.
"promise."
Xu Zhi and others responded excitedly.
With the total weight of sweet potatoes, they have more confidence in potatoes. This acre of land has half potatoes and half sweet potatoes.
There are more than 800 kilograms of sweet potatoes, which means that one acre of sweet potatoes weighs more than 1,600 kilograms, and may even reach 2,000 kilograms.
The imperial court has long said that the yield of potatoes per acre is three to five thousand catties. Even if it is at least three thousand catties, half an acre of potatoes is one thousand five hundred catties.
So in everyone's expectation, potatoes were dug out one by one, some were big and some were small, and gradually the potatoes were piled as high as a person.
Seeing so many potatoes, the people all got excited. They weighed two thousand kilograms no matter how you looked at them.
The people started talking again.
"I guess the potatoes weigh at least two thousand pounds."
"I don't think it's worth it. It should weigh 2,100 pounds."
"Wrong, it's two thousand three hundred pounds."
…
The people around were talking, causing civil and military officials to also start talking.
Feng Quji looked at the potatoes as tall as a man and said, "Li Xiang, can you tell me these new crops are really brought by the emperor's master?"
"Of course, if Da Qin existed, do you think the court would still worry about food?" Li Si said.
"Where did the Emperor get these new crops?"
"He bought it," Li Si said.
"Li Xiangmo is joking. If I could buy this, I would spend all my money to buy it."
"You can't buy it. I can't buy it either. Even His Majesty can't buy it. The Imperial Master can't buy it now. In other words, these are out of print. They are the hope of Da Qin. These potatoes and sweet potatoes will be regarded as Seeds will continue to be planted until every household in Daqin has potatoes and sweet potatoes," Li Si said.
Feng Quji looked at Li Si with a shocked expression. He seemed to have heard something incredible from Li Si's words. Emperor Master Qin An didn't seem to be from Great Qin.
At this time, the person counting the potatoes finally calculated the total weight of the potatoes.
"Mr. Meng, the total weight of potatoes is two thousand one hundred and three kilograms and five taels."
Some people died, but not completely...
