dognovel Chapter 104 Sweet Potato Cultivation Completed on Schedule
Chapter 104 Sweet Potato Cultivation Completed on Schedule
Chapter 104 Sweet Potato Cultivation Completed on Schedule
While Bai Yu was eating, the old eunuch in Fengming Palace took Xia Bin to learn the rules of the palace.
This will come right up to the small pond in the back yard.
"Grandpa Xia, there is a willow tree beside this pond. The empress planted it here herself, and poured divine water on it that can improve cultivation."
"As ordered!"
"In the beginning, it was less than ten inches. The empress poured a lot of divine water to make him grow really big in such a short period of time."
"And the emperor usually likes to bask in the sun and read here."
Xia Bin couldn't help being a little shocked.
He looked up and down at the willow tree. It should be at the fifth level of the Great Emperor.
As far as he knew, Bai Yu had just come to Fengming Palace for about a month.
"Even a master in the realm of the Great Emperor would not be able to grow such a powerful divine willow in such a short period of time."
"There is only one possibility. The empress has already reached the semi-holy realm."
Thinking of this, Xia Bin couldn't help but widen his eyes.
I had known that people who could reach the semi-saint realm would not appear for hundreds of years, but Bai Yu had such a powerful cultivation at such a young age.
Then, six or seven days passed, and the story of the entire Tianqi Imperial City, civil and military officials, and some celebrities eating sweet potatoes in the Juxian Hall has been spread among the common people.
People from some streets and alleys came to the fields.
"Is the yield of these sweet potatoes really fifty or sixty shi?"
"His Majesty said it himself, so it's certainly not wrong, but it's really incredible."
"This is more than ten times the output of grain!"
The common people spoke to each other one by one.
Now that the sweet potato seeds have been cultivated, the government is preparing to dig out the sweet potatoes.
The people came here specially to see it.
"The auspicious time has come! Digging sweet potatoes!"
One shouted, beating a gong.
"Song Wenzhou, please."
Shen Zhui, the Minister of Household Affairs, pursed his lips and said, he has been worried all day long these days.
Now the people are facing floods and famines.
If His Majesty hadn't borrowed a lot of food to distribute to the people, many people would have died of hunger during this period.
"Rumble!"
Song Wenzhou sent all the strength of his body to his hands.
Suddenly a lot of sweet potatoes popped up.
"Gee, so many sweet potatoes."
"It seems that the output is very high!"
Seeing this scene, the people clapped their hands and applauded.
"Gather!"
Song Wenzhou was specially invited by Shen Zhui to cultivate sweet potatoes. His realm had reached the level of a god king, and he was best at cultivating seeds and adjusting the pH of the soil.
In the end, the sweet potatoes that emerged from the soil were slowly piled up together, like a small slope.
There was no excess soil on those sweet potatoes, and they all looked clean.
"Come on, bring me the scale."
Shen Zhui was very happy, staring at the sweet potatoes without stopping, and roughly calculated that there should be more than 60 stones in these sweet potatoes.
After a while, the subordinates weighed the weight of one mu of sweet potatoes.
A total of 62 stones.
"Tsk tsk..."
"I didn't expect it to be so high."
The people watching all clapped their hands excitedly, and some even shed tears of excitement.
Even if they get these sweet potatoes for only thirty dan, they will be happy.
"Song Wenzhou, get out the rest of the sweet potatoes too."
Shen Zhui said with some excitement.
Then, all the sweet potatoes in the surrounding four or five acres of land popped up.
The lowest number of acres of land is 61 shi, and the highest one is 66 shi.
All exceeded expected yields.
Surprise everyone.
"Shen Shangshu, is this true? I'm afraid these sweet potatoes were not cultivated with divine water."
Some of the common people raised doubts. They were one of the eight grain merchants of the Tianqi Dynasty.
The Qian family did not lend grain to Yin Luoxia.
Therefore, they hoarded a lot of food in their hands.
The current food price is higher than before, but seeing the production of these sweet potatoes now, it may not take long for it to plummet.
Shen Zhui waved his hand: "How is it possible, these are all watered with ordinary water."
The surrounding people also nodded in agreement.
These people don't have any magic water at all, and it will take a little time for the yield to be planted when they take it back.
"Let's take these sweet potatoes home now."
"Okay, take it back and plant it in the ground."
Many people couldn't wait to take the sweet potatoes back and take good care of them every day.
A month later, the officials in the government specially went to several surrounding villages to investigate.
A day later, the people under his command sent the results of the investigation to Shen Zhui.
The output of almost every family is above 61 stones.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the ministers and others have specially brought good news to Your Majesty."
Shen Zhui hurriedly ran into the palace, the joy in his heart could not be concealed on his face.
“What’s the yield of sweet potatoes?”
In fact, Yin Luoxia was also very nervous, fearing that something might go wrong, and the output was not as high as imagined.
The output of sweet potatoes directly affects whether the common people can continue to live.
Shen Zhui swallowed, calmed down the excitement in his heart and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have conducted a survey and statistics on more than 100 acres of land in the suburbs. Almost all fields exceed 61 shi."
Hearing this, Yin Luoxia finally let go of her hanging heart.
Such a high output really caught her by surprise.
"good."
"Immediately announce this news to the people of the world."
Yin Luoxia said with a smile.
After receiving the order, Shen Zhui left immediately and announced the production of sweet potatoes to the people all over the world.
This news came as a surprise to everyone.
"With such a high yield of sweet potatoes, the price of food will definitely drop."
"Isn't this expected!"
Many people in the imperial city are discussing.
The price of the grain borrowed from several grain merchants was sold out at the last moment, and the price was directly reduced.
The current price is even half of the normal price.
Even if it dropped so much, no one came to buy it.
"Then lower the price of food."
After hearing the news, Yin Luoxia ordered.
Now the last moment has come, and the price of food must come down.
At the beginning, the price of a catty of grain was fourteen coins, but now it can be bought for only seven coins.
"Boss, something serious has happened. The price of food in the government is only seven cents."
Hearing this, the grain merchants were miserable.
The price of food dropped so fast that they couldn't stop it.
Even if they bought the grain from the government, no one would come to buy grain with such a high yield of sweet potatoes.
After a while sweet potatoes will become the new staple.
And the price of food is still falling, seven cents, five cents, three cents.
A month later, the sweet potatoes are also ripe.
The fertile surrounding land even reached a high yield of nearly eighty stones.
The Qian family, the Sun family, and the Feng family were miserable as their food supplies dropped.
None of the three of them lent grain to Yin Luoxia. In order to increase the price of grain, they bought a lot of relationships with silver taels.
(End of this chapter)