Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

Potatoes require less water than rice.

The temperature requirements are also lower.

Chu Ze knew that Gansu has always been very suitable for growing rice.

It was not until later that climate change caused the climate and precipitation to decline, and it gradually became no longer suitable.

But in modern times, rice is still grown in many places in Gansu.

But the situation in Ming Dynasty was different.

The climate in Ming Dynasty is... very bad.

It's either a drought or a flood, or there's an earthquake and a locust plague.

Rice cannot withstand these hardships.

In comparison, potatoes have much thicker skin.

As long as potatoes are promoted, even if the rice harvest in Gansu fails, there will still be potatoes, and they will not go hungry.

Chu Ze said: "Even if it develops well, we can develop more potato products, such as potato chips, potato vermicelli, potato starch, etc."

By then, people in Gansu will not only no longer have to worry about going hungry, but they can also exchange for money and improve their lives.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao listened, with a look of yearning in their eyes.

After Chu Ze finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao got together and had a quick discussion.

Then he raised his head and said to Chu Ze: "Just do as you say."

"But what potato chips and potato fans are you talking about? How to make them?" The father and son of the Zhu family both looked at Chu Ze.

They can definitely do potato promotion.

But they don’t even know what potato chips are.

You can’t expect the people to do their own research, right?

We still need Chu Ze to guide us.

Fortunately, this is not difficult.

Chu Ze patted his chest and assured: "It's a trivial matter."

Isn’t it just potato chips, isn’t it just fans?

That's not a matter of holding a handful of stuffing.

"But it requires some tools. It's not that fast." Chu Ze said.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly smiled.

He waved his hand quickly: "Go, go, just do it."

Now Gansu is busy with disaster relief, and potatoes have not been widely promoted yet, so there is plenty of time for Chu Ze to do the hard work.

Chu Ze nodded: "Okay."

The first thing after leaving the imperial study room, Chu Ze went straight to the testing site.

Take the potatoes and leave.

As for Lao Litou's problem, Chu Ze let them figure it out on their own.

When he returned home, Li Xing looked at what he had brought back and was surprised, then blurted out: "Are you going to start planting potatoes?"

Chu Ze directed people to move the potatoes inside.

Hearing Li Xing's words, Chu Ze said disgustedly: "What's the matter, can't we plant some potatoes?"

"..." Li Xing looked at Tudou, then at Chu Ze, and shook his head, "Yes, but it's not necessary." He had stayed in Yingtian for so long and lived in Chu Mansion for a long time. Yingtian and Chu Ze's matters, I still understand it more or less.

These potatoes are grown by dedicated people, so Chu Ze is not needed at all.

unless……

Li Xing jumped to Chu Ze's side in two steps, looked at him with burning eyes, and said, "Did you think of something good again?"

Chu Ze suddenly smiled.

"Smart." Chu Ze reached out, put his arm around Li Xing's shoulders and walked in, saying mysteriously, "Let's make something special for you this time. I'll make sure you haven't eaten it before."

Li Xing's eyes gleamed.

He followed Chu Ze step by step without Chu Ze leading him.

Chu Ze asked Zhao Si to move the potatoes to the kitchen.

He also asked people to wash all the potatoes and then peel them.

Several large baskets of potatoes, weighing several hundred kilograms.

All the chefs in the Chu Mansion would have to be busy for a long time.

Chu Ze sat aside and watched.

His eyes remained on the cook's hands.

Lan Ruoyan on the side looked at him suspiciously, then at the cook. "Brother Chuze, what are you looking at?"

What’s so cool about peeling potatoes?

Lan Ruoyan couldn't understand.

Li Xing saw Chu Ze's thoughtful expression and knew that he must have thought of something else.

Seeing Lan Ruoyan reaching out to push him, Li Xing quickly made a move.

"Don't disturb him, he is thinking about something." Li Xing said.

Lan Ruoyan said "Oh" when she heard this and took her hand back obediently.

After a while, they saw Chu Ze suddenly put down his tea, stood up and left without saying a word.

Lan Ruoyan's eyes have been following Chu Ze.

After hearing Li Xing say that Chu Ze thought of something, he didn't pursue him.

But seeing Chu Ze leaving in a hurry, she couldn't help but ask: "Sister Xingyue, what is Brother Chu Ze thinking about? He is so obsessed." He walked away without saying a word.

Li Xing doesn't know either.

Probably they won't know until Chu Ze takes out the things.

Li Xing shook his head and pulled Lan Ruoyan to continue playing the game.

After Chu Ze left the kitchen, he went straight to the study.

Li Xing was right, he did think of something again.

But this time, what he was thinking of was not a weapon, nor was it anything very powerful.

It's a small thing that, in the future, almost every household will have - a paring knife.

Just now he saw that the cook in his house was using a knife when peeling.

Although their knife skills are good, the skin they peel is very thin.

But after all, those who are good at knife skills are in the minority.

There are definitely more people injured when sharpening knives.

And peeling with a knife is not as convenient as using a paring knife.

So, he was going to make a paring knife.

Paring knives are easy to make.

The simplest is made of wire.

Take a slightly thicker wire, flatten it in the middle, sharpen one side, add a stopper, and add a tail, and the simplest paring knife is successful.

Chu Ze also wants an advanced version.

Similar to modern ones, you can cut both sides by pinching the handle.

He drew drawings of both types of paring knives and sent them to his factory responsible for making various iron tools, asking them to make one quickly.

These are extremely well made objects.

It didn't take an hour to deliver it to him.

At this time, the cooks had not finished peeling the potatoes.

Chu Ze came over happily holding a paring knife: "Here, let me show you a more convenient peeling tool."

Hearing Chu Ze's voice, everyone stood up and moved out of the way.

Lan Ruoyan, Li Xing and others also came over.

"Brother Chu Ze, what have you invented again?" Lan Ruoyan's voice came over before she could reach her.

Cheerful and lively, like a lark in the mountains.

Chu Ze bent his eyes and waved to her.

When she came over, Chu Ze pointed the paring knife at her and said, "This is called a paring knife. It is specially used to peel potatoes and radishes. Come on, let me demonstrate to you."

Chu Ze motioned Lan Ruoyan to sit down next to him, and the others gathered around him.

He picked up a potato and started peeling it with a paring knife.

A paring knife is lighter than a knife and more flexible.

Soon, the potato skins fell evenly from Chu Ze's fingers.

Everyone looked at this scene with surprised expressions.

Within a moment, Chu Ze peeled a potato.

The potatoes now are not as neatly shaped as they will be in the future, and Chu Ze used the small round slice on the tail of the paring knife to gouge out the bumpy spots.

Finally, a cleanly peeled potato appeared in front of everyone. (End of chapter)