"It's done! It's done!"
All the crew members and even the soldiers who were farming cheered. In fact, in recent days, some crew members could not bear to peel the corn to check the growth.
But only when Zhao Si speaks can he formally start to check the specific situation and issue a report and summary.
The crew members are no longer novices. They know that what grows and grows in the ground is his merit.
Zhao Si peeled the corns one by one, and saw that almost all of them were large and round, which was completely different from the seeds he brought back before. There is no doubt that this is the benefit brought by the halo of raw jade.
"Brother! Can we take it away?" Jing had already picked up the sickle excitedly.
When the corn falls to the ground, it means that the titles of all crew members who have returned from the sea will rise again. Not only the crew members who stayed with Zhao Si in Lantian Camp, but also the crew members who have returned home, their titles will also be updated accordingly.
Although the Qin Dynasty had a military merit title system, it was extremely difficult to advance to a title! These yellow corns mean more than just new crops to all the crew.
Including Zhao Si, the same is true!
"We can't accept it now! We must tell it to His Majesty first!" Zhao Si waved his hand and continued.
“Look at the sweet potato potatoes again!”
The growth cycle of sweet potatoes is about 110 to 120 days.
The growth cycle of potatoes is about 60 to 100 days. Of course, this is a growth situation with more suitable temperature and humidity.
The corn matures in three months, and after it matures, it is not harvested immediately but left to continue to be exposed to the sun for nearly twenty days, and the sweet potatoes and potatoes are almost the same.
Wang Li quickly ran to the sweet potato field and cleared away the sweet potato vines. Wang Li, who was so excited, started digging without tools at all.
The floating soil was peeled away by Wang Li, revealing the sweet potatoes with red skin stained with soil. The roots were densely covered, the big ones were as big as two fists, and the small ones were as big as one fist.
Densely packed with roots and mud, one sweet potato plant produces seven or eight fruits of varying sizes.
"This is the same one!" Wang Li looked at Zhao Si and the sweet potato in his hand in surprise.
Even if Wang Li weighed it with his hands, he would know that it was a heavy weight. This was just one plant! How many plants can be planted in one acre of land? Wang Li vaguely remembered that there must be at least a thousand plants going up.
How many kilograms do you have in your hand? It must be at least five or six pounds, right?
"Oh my God! The yield per mu is five thousand kilograms!" Wang Li staggered and looked at Zhao Si. Didn't he agree that the yield per mu would be five hundred kilograms? Of course, it is unrealistic to estimate the yield of an acre of land based on one sweet potato plant. If there are a thousand sweet potatoes, it does not rule out the poor growth or death. The yield per acre is expected to be discounted, but in that case, there must be a Three or four thousand pounds, right? (Qin Jin)
"Isn't it said that the yield per mu is five hundred kilograms?" Wang Li was inexplicably surprised at this moment. Although he was not from a poor background, anyone with any brain would know how valuable a yield of several kilograms per mu is.
Nowadays, the average grain yield in Daqin is only about one hundred kilograms per mu.
"Oh my God, if all the land in the world were planted with sweet potatoes..." Wang Li couldn't make the calculation for a while.
I can't finish it. I can't finish it at all. Let alone two meals a day, I can't finish ten meals a day.
"How is it possible? Sweet potatoes consume the most land. If they are planted for a long time, a piece of land will have to rest for a year and a half. Moreover, this thing is not suitable for storage. It is best to plant some on the ridges of the fields." Zhao Si said.
Zhao Si looked at the sweet potato in Wang Li's hand and marveled. It was obvious that this was again affected by the aura of raw jade.
The original sweet potatoes he saw in the Americas did not grow so well. The largest fruits were only as big as a fist, and most of them were no more than one or two fingers thick. The sweet potatoes grown in Lantian Daying now have the aura of raw jade. The impact has been almost completely different from the original sweet potato in America.
But this is a good thing. Previously, Zhao Si only dared to report an output of 500 kilograms because the sweet potatoes in the Americas were not domesticated very much. However, he did not expect that because of the halo of raw jade, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes would explode.
Of course, the yield of sweet potatoes per mu in later generations could even reach 8,000 to 10,000 jins, not to mention that the Qin jin was slightly smaller than the modern jin. After careful calculation, the yield was half the difference, but this is surprising enough.
"That's enough!" Wang Li looked at the sweet potato in his hand as if he were looking at some rare treasure.
"Even if we plant it on the edge of the fields, with this kind of yield, our family will no longer have to worry about hunger."
The biggest advantage of sweet potatoes is that they do not have to pick the land. Zhao Si once told Wang Li that there are many places where there is no way to grow food and can be used to grow sweet potatoes. In this way, even if the food harvest is poor, there will be high-yielding sweet potatoes. , and there will be no famine.
Zhao Si nodded. This is indeed the truth. It is definitely impossible for sweet potatoes to replace mainstream crops.
First, it is difficult to extract starch, and secondly, it is not suitable for storage. In addition, eating it for a long time is harmful to the stomach. Historically, sweet potatoes were introduced to the Central Plains during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they have never replaced rice and wheat, but that is from a macro perspective.
In fact, anyone who has experienced the Great Famine era will never comment that sweet potatoes are just the icing on the cake.
Zhao Si heard from an old client that during the Great Famine, the family survived solely on the sweet potatoes grown in the mountains.
It is true that sweet potatoes are not as valuable as the staple food, and they are indeed not as valuable as the staple food. But to say that it has little effect on the poor is simply out of touch with reality and the broad masses of working people.
In the prosperous times, this thing may be just a taste adjustment, and it can only be used to enrich people's dining tables and feed pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks. However, in times of famine and trouble, it is undoubtedly a treasure that can save the country and the people.
"Okay, let's go see the potatoes!" Zhao Si clapped his hands and led the crew over.
The stems and leaves of the potatoes were now completely withered. Zhao Si grabbed the stems and leaves and pulled them out by the roots without any hesitation.
Four potatoes hung up and down, each about the size of a fist.
Zhao Si had a look on his face that showed that he was just like this. The old potatoes were also affected by his own jade halo. Now this potato plant produces fruit weighing three to four kilograms.
After calculation, the yield per mu of potatoes can actually reach two to three thousand kilograms.
"Wow! You actually deceived me!" Wang Li's face was still extremely shocked when he saw the freshly unearthed potatoes.
He was even a little numb. It didn’t matter that the yield of sweet potatoes was so high, and the yield of potatoes was also so high. How could these two things look like a yield of 500 kilograms per mu?
A rough estimate shows that the yield per mu is well over two thousand catties...
"What are you doing to deceive you? I dare to deceive you, how dare I deceive His Majesty? I just said it more conservatively." Zhao Si said with a smile.
"Are you being more conservative?" Wang Li punched Zhao Si. This is a crop with a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu, but Zhao Si only quoted 500 kilograms.
"Haven't you heard the story about Huainan being orange and Huaibei being orange? I didn't expect the yield to be so high. Maybe that's Huaibei over there, and ours is Huainan. Or maybe it's His Majesty's destiny... "Zhao Si smiled and sat on the ground stroking the potatoes in his hand.
Potatoes actually have a much greater meaning than sweet potatoes.
Because potatoes taste better, secondly, long-term consumption does not have much impact on the body, and finally, they are cold and drought resistant.
Can be planted in the cold places of northern Saibei!
In my impression, the native species of potatoes seem to be poisonous, and I don't know if the raw jade halo can eliminate the toxicity.
If it is not poisonous after being eaten for a long time, the significance of this thing will be great.
Further north, in remote places that are cold all year round, potatoes can also be grown.
Territory territory, territory where food can be grown is a good territory.
In the past, it was cold all year round, and we couldn't grow food. We had to rely on fishing and hunting to make a living. It was a useless place. But with potatoes, this might not be possible.
It would be a good thing to defeat Siberia, catch some criminals and throw them over to grow potatoes.
Moreover, the climate in northern Europe is relatively cold, and ordinary food cultivation cannot meet the demand at all...but potatoes can.
All in all, the biggest significance of this thing to Da Qin is that many lands that were originally not worth conquering by Da Qin suddenly became valuable to conquer.
Some land that originally had no development value for Da Qin also had development value.
The Liaodong and Liaobei regions...the plateau areas...these places suddenly became valuable for conquest and development.
Although the value of conquest and development is still limited due to the natural environment, climate and conditions, it has indeed provided new possibilities for Da Qin.
At the very least, you won't lose all your money after fighting. After thinking about it, you will find that although you have won the battle and expanded your territory, you have fought a losing battle.
Corn, and wheat rotation, provide additional food income and can enrich the development of the breeding industry.
Sweet potatoes are grown in places where food cannot grow to improve their ability to resist natural disasters.
The attributes of potatoes, resistant to cold, drought and weathering, provided Da Qin with more possibilities and directions for conquest.
Three and one, how significant is the significance?
Wang Li couldn't understand this and just held Zhao Si's arm excitedly.
"The output you quoted is a bit off."
"I'm afraid it's going to be a storm!"
Five hundred kilograms and several thousand kilograms are completely different numbers. Zhao Si is too conservative. Before, Wang Li thought that Zhao Si could jump a few more ranks and reach the threshold of Qing. Now, Wang Li is not sure about Zhao Si. How high can your title be raised?
Unprecedented!
Moreover, as the person directly responsible, Wang Li could also get a lot of credit. This credit was so great that everyone involved could share in it.
"If you grow once, you may not have good harvests every time!" Zhao Si shook his head.
He is not so optimistic. Zhao Si knows in his heart that such a high output is due to his aura of raw jade. Whether it is a one-time thing or has always been the case, Zhao Si himself cannot say clearly.
If it is just a one-off, and after it is popularized and popularized, the output will be ordinary, wouldn't it be a crime of deceiving the emperor? Even if the First Emperor does not take back his previous rewards out of face, I am afraid that he will become a marginalized person.
It is not advisable to raise a high profile. Zhao Si knows that some things must be made clear.
Wang Li didn't care so much and was already hurriedly writing the memorial and preparing to issue it.
A group of crew members gathered around Zhao Si Zhou Chao to share their joy.
Although most of the credit belongs to Zhao Si, they can get a lot of credit. With such a high output, a triple jump in the title is not too much.
Seeing everyone's happy expressions, the smile on Zhao Si's face gradually faded.
Zhao Si couldn't talk about the raw jade halo. This thing was too metaphysical. Once it involved such supernatural things, there was no guarantee that the First Emperor would actually refine himself into an elixir.
The problem now is that the yields of corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are all very considerable.
It can be seen that everyone would be shocked after seeing it.
Including the First Emperor!
As for Zhao Si, it happened that he needed to pour a basin of cold water on him.
If the halo of raw jade is a one-time thing, Zhao Si can certainly get away with it in a way that he does not know about, but Zhao Si does not want to consume the enthusiasm of the First Emperor.
That’s several thousand kilograms per mu...
When the news spreads all over the world, how many people will be eagerly waiting for it?
"Brother, why are you so sad?" Jing noticed Zhao Si's serious thinking expression and asked.
Zhao Si just shook his head.
He only conservatively stated the yield of five hundred catties. No matter how many sweet potatoes there are in this era, the yield will only be eight or nine hundred catties. It is possible to exceed one thousand catties, but it will not exceed too much.
Who knew his raw jade halo was so powerful.
The output was too high, which became Zhao Si’s trouble!
(End of chapter)
