The day after Li Yunze and the others left, Dingbeihou asked Shen Erlang to take his guards to Dongyang County.
If the Li Yunrui brother and sister hadn't stayed here and refused to leave, he would have wanted to go and see it in person.
It's not that I don't believe His Royal Highness, but I'm curious about how the grain grows?
It's incredible that one acre of land can produce several thousand kilograms.
Shen Erlang helped his wife onto the horse and jumped onto another black horse.
Qin Qianyun also went with her this time. She hadn't seen her third brother, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces for several years.
Now that I have this opportunity, I will go and meet him. I don’t know when we will meet again next time.
After more than ten days of rushing around, Shen Erlang and his party arrived in Dongyang County.
When Qin Changan heard that his sister and brother-in-law were coming, he thought something had happened.
When I found out that they were here to see sweet potatoes and potatoes, I quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
During this time, he often went to Zhuangzi and watched the sweet potatoes and potatoes getting bigger and bigger. He was so happy that he couldn't sleep at night, and his mind was filled with thoughts about the great harvest.
When taking Shen Erlang to the fields, Qin Changan said excitedly: "Brother-in-law, what His Highness said is true. Those grains are really high-yielding. I dug one the day before yesterday. How many do you think it produced?"
Seeing how mysterious his third uncle was, Shen Erlang knew that the output must be quite large.
He asked anxiously: "Third brother, please stop being so secretive and tell me quickly so that I can be happy too."
Seeing how anxious he was, Qin Changan chuckled and said, "There were four big sweet potatoes under one seedling, weighing six kilograms."
Shen Erlang asked in disbelief: "What? One grain can produce six kilograms of grain? Third brother, are there really that many?"
Qin Changan nodded affirmatively, "I originally planned to wait for the sweet potatoes and potatoes to be harvested before writing to the Marquis. I brought some seeds with me by the way, but I didn't expect that His Highness has already sent them to you."
He felt more and more that the prince was worthy of admiration.
Even if you can't protect yourself, you still think about the common people in the world. Such a person is not a king, and the law of heaven cannot tolerate it.
Shen Erlang also told his third uncle about the food that the prince sent to the northern soldiers.
"His Highness not only sent us sweet potatoes and potatoes, but also a thousand fine horses and BMWs, a lot of grain and all kinds of meat and vegetables. Three hundred cars were not even loaded."
Qin Changan sighed: "Your Highness is the one who really cares about the world. Those two brothers in the capital only know how to suck blood and don't regard the people at the bottom as human beings at all."
Shen Erlang said sarcastically: "That's why the vassal kings from all over the country are thinking of rebelling. Everyone wants to sit in that position, and everyone wants to enjoy the supreme rights.
But they also don’t think about it. Sitting in that position, if there are no common people in their hearts and no common people in the world, how can they sit there for a long time? It's not a matter of time before someone pulls him down. "
Qin Changan strongly agreed with his brother-in-law: "Several princes were confused by that position, as if the world belonged to their family, so how could they think of this?
Only His Highness the Crown Prince cares about the people of Yunchao Kingdom.
But now he has the evil wolf Li Yunkai in front of him and the two fierce tigers King Liang and King Xia behind him. It may not be that easy to turn over. "
Although Qin Changan admires His Highness the Crown Prince, he also understands in his heart. If the prince wants to seize that position, it will not be easy. It can be said that it will be too difficult.
The 200,000 to 300,000 troops in King Pingnan's hands had already frightened those vassal kings who did not overestimate their own capabilities.
It is also the biggest obstacle for His Highness to sit in that position.
Of the feudal kings who first rebelled, the only ones who have persisted until now are King Liang, King Xia, and King Jin.
I wonder which prince will give up in the future?
Shen Erlang pulled the reins, approached Qin Changan and said, "When I came, the second young master and third young lady of Prince Liang's residence were still living in our residence."
Qin Changan asked him with a half-smile, "Does the Marquis have a headache now?"
Shen Erlang raised his eyebrows and said pointedly: "Fortunately, my father said that as long as the second young master and the third young lady do not dislike the simple meals in the house, they can stay as long as they like."
"Hahaha...Uncle Shen can also imagine that it is fine for a day or two to let a wealthy person eat simple meals. Who can bear it after a long time?"
Shen Erlang coughed, holding back a smile and said, "My father is the most honest. What he said was a simple meal, but that's not false at all."
Qin Changan laughed again. He had heard a few years ago that the third lady of Prince Liang's Mansion was very particular about food and clothing.
The ostentation is as grand as that of the eldest princess in the palace. It's strange that she is used to eating simple meals.
Shen Erlang smiled and shook his head, "Actually, during this period, our house is served with brown rice porridge every day.
It was the Crown Princess who sent us several carts of food, which improved the food. But those things are almost gone, and now we can only change to the original food. "
Qin Changan let out a long sigh when he heard that Marquis Dingbei and his wife ate the same food as the servants.
When they arrived at Zhuangzi, several women were picking sweet potato leaves.
This is what Ye Mingxuan and Ye Mingzhe told Zhuangtou when they left, asking them to pinch leaves or sweet potato tips frequently.
Sweet potato leaves are edible, and pinching the leaves has no effect on the fruit. On the contrary, it will make the sweet potatoes grow more and bigger.
Shen Erlang's eyes widened. One look at the clusters of sweet potatoes growing out of the soil showed that there were a lot of knots underneath.
"Third brother, the large area you planted is probably hundreds of acres, right? How many seeds did you use?"
Shen Erlang has already begun to calculate how much land can be planted with the seeds His Highness the Prince gave them?
"It's several thousand kilograms."
Qin Changan asked: "How many seeds did your Highness pull for you?"
“There are about fifty carts of all kinds of seeds in total, not counting pumpkin seeds and winter melon seeds.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have said that they will bring some to us next spring and send someone over to teach us how to plant them. "
"That's great. With these seeds, if God opens his eyes again and it rains heavily, the soldiers in the North should be able to have enough to eat in less than two years."
Shen Erlang said expectantly: "I hope so."
The two of them stayed at Zhuangzi for a whole day and returned home in the evening with several large bundles of sweet potato leaves.
Not all of these sweet potato leaves are for them to eat themselves. Qin Changan wants to exchange these for food with the wealthy households in the city.
Although those wealthy households have farms outside the city and grow some vegetables, they have never eaten sweet potato leaves.
I heard that it has very high nutritional value and can cure diseases. Can they not give brown rice in exchange for such a rare thing?
