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 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. It 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 Zhi felt happy in his heart and hurriedly stepped forward to carry it. Although he is a scholar, he has been trained in this field for more than a year in the south, and he can easily carry sacks weighing more than one hundred kilograms.
Five large sacks were placed against the carriage, and the ropes holding the sacks were removed.
The first sack is corn, and all the yellow corn is 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 was filled with peanuts, which crackled when 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, some large and some small.
These materials will be the most common food materials in later generations. In this era, it seems extremely precious.
The only foods available in the late Han Dynasty were soybeans, corn, wheat, and rice. The key was that there was no chemical fertilizer to increase yields, and the yields were not as high as the hybrid rice of later generations.
It is precisely this that makes food precious.
With these grains, Lu Xuan can promote them on a large scale in Wu State. Although high-yield 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, his eyes completely darkened. He read widely and miscellaneously. He also read many miscellaneous books, medical books, and mechanical arts books. He didn't recognize any of the things in front of him.
Zhuge Liang had a curious look on his face.
Bu Zhao also blinked when he saw Lu Xuan's drunken and excited expression. What surprised him was not the food, but Lu Xuan's posture. Lu Xuan's gesture of stroking and observing definitely recognized these.
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 recognize him. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Zhao wanted to start Zhi, but he was wondering in his heart, why did Bu Zhi come back after being away for so long?
It's like bringing supplies back.
Zhang Zhao put away the doubts in his heart, walked up to Lu Xuan, and saluted: "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 subject 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."
Zhang Zhao's cheeks twitched, slightly embarrassed.
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, no one knew how to eat. Lu Xuan smiled, peeled off the peanut shells, and chewed the peanuts.
The peanuts are sun-dried and crispy when chewed.
Eating it raw like this is the most nutritious, but when it comes to the most delicious way to eat it, the crispy peanuts are the most fragrant. However, these are all seeds, so you can’t eat peanuts as a luxury. After large-scale planting this year, you can eat 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 Just ordinary food crops.”
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 to 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 soil, or large soil , as long as there is land, it can be planted.”
"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 most important thing is that the yield of sweet potatoes is super large."
The pupils in Bu Zhao's eyes shrank.
He really couldn't understand his own king.
He can definitely say that this is the first time he has brought back sweet potatoes. Moreover, he didn't even know how to grow sweet potatoes. He only heard foreign businessmen mention the high yield, so he brought them back to Lu Xuan to try.
However, his 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 would be 700 to 800 kilograms. For general grain, considering the land and grain types, the yield per mu at this time is about 300 kilograms, which is an excellent harvest.
Zhuge Liang guessed seven to eight hundred 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. They 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, the two people's 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 kilograms per mu. I'm afraid you're kidding, right?"
