Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 86 Horrible Yield per Mu!

"It's done! It's done!"

All the crew members and even the plowing soldiers cheered. In fact, in recent days, some crew members have already peeled off the corn to check its growth.

But only when Zhao Si speaks can he officially start to check the specific situation and issue a report summary.

The crew members are no longer noobs, they know that what grows and grows in the ground is his meritorious service.

Zhao Si peeled off the corn one by one, and saw that almost all of them were big and round, which was completely different from the seeds brought back before. There is no doubt that this is the buff brought by the aura of uncut jade.

"Brother! Is it okay to accept it!" Jing already picked up the sickle excitedly.

The corn fell to the ground, which means that the titles of all the crew members who have returned from the sea will rise again, not only the crew members who stayed with Zhao Si in the Lantian camp, but also the crew members who have returned home, and the titles will also be renewed accordingly.

Although Qin has a military merit system, it is extremely difficult to promote the title!These yellow corns meant more than a new crop to the crew.

Including Zhao Si, the same is true!
"You can't accept it now! You have to play it to Your Majesty first!" Zhao Si waved his hand and then stopped by.

"Let's look at the sweet potato again!"

The growth cycle of sweet potatoes is about 110 to 120 days.

The growth cycle of potatoes is about 60 days to [-] days. Of course, this is a relatively suitable growth situation with temperature and humidity.

The corn matures in three months, and after it matures, it is not harvested immediately but is left on it for nearly 20 days, and the sweet potatoes are not bad.

Wang Li quickly ran to the sweet potato field to clear the sweet potato vines. The excited Wang Li didn't use any tools at all, so he started picking.

The floating soil was pushed away by Wang Li vigorously, revealing the red-skinned sweet potatoes covered with soil. The roots were densely packed, the big ones were as big as two fists, and the small ones were as big as fists.

The roots, mud and soil are densely packed, and there are seven or eight fruits produced by a sweet potato plant, with different sizes.

"This is a plant!" Wang Li looked at Zhao Si and the sweet potato in his hand in surprise.

Even if Wang Li weighed it casually, he would know that the weight is not light, this is only one plant!How many plants can be planted in an acre of land?Wang Li vaguely remembered that there must be at least a thousand trees.

How many catties do you have in your hand?At least five or six catties, right?

"Oh my god! The yield per mu is five thousand catties!" Wang Li staggered and looked at Zhao Si. Didn't the promised yield per mu be five hundred catties?Of course, it is impractical to calculate the yield of one mu of land based on one sweet potato. A thousand or so sweet potatoes do not rule out the poor growth or dead ones. The yield per mu is estimated to be discounted, but there must be a Three or four thousand catties, right? (Qin Jin)

"Didn't you say five hundred catties per mu?" Wang Li was inexplicably surprised at the moment. Although he was not from a poor family, anyone with a bit of brain knows how much gold is in the yield of several thousand catties per mu.

Nowadays, the average yield of grain in Daqin is only about [-] catties per mu.

"My God, if all the land in the world is planted with sweet potatoes..." Wang Li couldn't figure it out 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 are the most labor-intensive. If they are planted for a long time, a piece of land will have to rest for a year or so. Besides, 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 in amazement, obviously, this was again influenced by the halo of uncut jade.

The original ecological sweet potatoes he saw in America didn’t grow so well. The largest fruit hanging out was only the size of a fist, and most of them were no more than one or two fingers thick. The influence has been almost entirely two species with the original sweet potato of the Americas.

But this is a good thing. Zhao Si only dared to report the output of [-] jin before because the sweet potatoes in America had not been domesticated much, but he did not expect that the yield per mu of sweet potatoes would directly explode due to the halo of raw jade.

Of course, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes in later generations can even reach [-] to [-] jins, not to mention that the Qin jin is slightly smaller than the modern jin. After careful calculation, the output is half the difference, but this is enough to surprise.

"That's enough!" Wang Li looked at the sweet potato in his hand as if looking at some rare treasure.

"Even if it is planted on the ridge of the field, such an output is enough for a family to never worry about famine."

The biggest advantage of sweet potatoes is that they don’t choose land. Zhao Si once told Wang Li that there are many places where there is no way to grow food at all, which can be used to grow sweet potatoes. , and there will be no famine.

Zhao Si nodded, the truth is indeed so, sweet potatoes are definitely not going to replace mainstream crops.

First of all, it is difficult to extract starch, and secondly, it is not suitable for storage. In addition, eating for a long time hurts the stomach. Historically, sweet potatoes were introduced to the Central Plains during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they have not replaced rice and wheat, but that is from a macro perspective.

In fact, no one who has lived through the era of the Great Famine would comment that sweet potatoes are just the icing on the cake.

Zhao Si heard from an old client that during the Great Famine, the whole family survived on the sweet potatoes grown on the mountain.

Sweet potatoes are indeed inferior to the staple food, and indeed not as expensive and valuable as the staple food, but if you say that it has little effect on the poor, it is purely divorced from reality and from the vast number of toiling masses.

This thing, in a prosperous age, may be just a taste adjustment, it can only be used to enrich people's dining tables, feed pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, but in times of famine and chaos, it is undoubtedly a treasure to save the country and the people.

"Okay, let's go and see the potatoes!" Zhao Si clapped his hands and led the crew over.

Right now the stems and leaves of the potatoes are completely withered and yellow, Zhao Si grabbed the stems and leaves without any hesitation and pulled them out by the roots.

There are four potatoes hanging up and down, each of which is the size of a fist.

Zhao Si showed such an expression on his face, the old-fashioned potato was also affected by his halo of uncut jade, and the fruit and food produced by this potato plant weighed three to four catties.

After calculation, the yield per mu of potatoes can reach two to three thousand catties.

"Wow! You tricked me!" Seeing the freshly unearthed potatoes, Wang Li was still extremely shocked.

He was even a little numb. It doesn't matter if the yield of sweet potatoes is so high, and the yield of potatoes is so high. How can these two things have a yield of [-] catties per mu?
According to a rough estimate, the yield per mu is more than two thousand catties...

"What are you doing to deceive you? I dare to deceive you. How dare I deceive Your Majesty? I'm just being conservative." Zhao Si said with a smile.

"You are more than conservative?" Wang Li punched Zhao Si. This is a crop with a yield of several thousand catties per mu, but Zhao Si only reported five hundred catties.

"Haven't you heard the story of Huainan being oranges and Huaibei being oranges? I didn't expect the output to be so high. Maybe that's Huaibei over there, and Huainan is here instead. Or maybe it's your Majesty's destiny... "Zhao Si smiled and sat on the ground stroking the potato in his hand.

Potatoes are actually much bigger than sweet potatoes.

Because potatoes taste better, secondly, long-term consumption does not have too much impact on the body, and finally, this stuff is cold and drought resistant.

It can be planted in the cold area of ​​Saibei!
In my impression, the original species of potatoes seems to be poisonous, and I don't know if the halo of raw jade can get rid of the poison.

If long-term food is non-toxic, the significance of this thing will be great.

Further north, in remote places that are always cold all year round, potatoes can also be grown.

Territories Territories, territories where food can be grown are good territories.

In the past, it was cold all the year round, and it was impossible to grow food even if it was beaten down. It could only live by fishing and hunting.

It would also be a good thing to knock down Siberia and catch some criminals and throw them over to grow potatoes.

Moreover, the climate in the northern part of Europe is relatively cold, and ordinary food cultivation cannot meet the demand at all...but potatoes can.

All in all, the greatest significance of this thing to Daqin is that there were many lands that had no conquest value for Daqin, suddenly became conquest value.

Some land that was originally of no development value to Daqin also has development value.

The Liaodong and Liaobei regions...the plateau regions...these places suddenly have the value of conquering and developing.

Although the conquest value and development value are limited by the natural environment, climate and conditions, it does provide new possibilities for Daqin.

At the very least, they won't lose all their money after fighting out. After thinking about it, I found that although I won the battle and expanded the territory, I lost money in the battle.

Rotation of corn and wheat provides additional food income and enriches the development of the farming industry.

Sweet potatoes are planted in places where food cannot grow to improve the ability to resist natural disasters.

The properties of potatoes, cold resistance, drought resistance and hard work provide Daqin with more possibilities and directions for conquest.

What is the significance of the three and one?
Wang Li couldn't understand this, but excitedly grabbed Zhao Si's arm.

"The output you reported is a bit poor."

"I'm afraid Qingyun will go straight up!"

Five hundred catties and several thousand catties are completely different numbers. Zhao Si is too conservative. Before, Wang Li thought that Zhao Si could jump a few more ranks in the title and touch Qing's threshold. Now, Wang Li is not sure about Zhao Si's title. How high the title can rise.

Unprecedented ah!
Moreover, Wang Li, as the direct person in charge, can also get a lot of credit. This credit is too great, and anyone who is involved can share a part of it.

"Growing up once does not mean harvesting every time!" Zhao Si shook his head.

He was not so optimistic, Zhao Si knew in his heart that such a high output was due to his halo of raw jade, whether it was a one-off or always, Zhao Si himself could not say for sure.

If it is just a one-off, and after the promotion and popularization, the output is common, wouldn't it be a crime of deceiving the emperor?Even if the first emperor would not take back the previous rewards due to face, I am afraid that he will become a marginalized person.

It is not advisable to make a high profile, Zhao Si knew that some things must be made clear.

Wang Li didn't care so much, he was already in a hurry to write the memorial and prepare to play it.

A group of sailors gathered around Zhao Si and shared their joy.

Although the bulk of the credit goes to Zhao Si, there are not a few credits they can get. With such a high output, the triple jump of the title is not too much.

Seeing everyone's joyful expressions, the smile on Zhao Si's face gradually faded.

Zhao Si couldn't open his mouth about the halo of raw jade, it was too metaphysical, once it involved such a matter of gods and ghosts, it was impossible for the first emperor to refine himself into an elixir.

The problem now is that corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, the yields of the three crops are all very impressive.

It can be seen that everyone will be shocked when they see it.

Including the first emperor!
As for Zhao Si, it happened that he needed to pour such a basin of cold water on him.

In case the halo of uncut jade is a one-off, Zhao Si can certainly plead guilty in a way that he does not know, but Zhao Si does not want to consume the enthusiasm of the first emperor.

That's a few thousand catties per mu...

As the news spreads all over the world, how many Li Shu will be looking forward to it?

"Brother, why are you so melancholy?" Jing noticed Zhao Si's expression of serious thinking and asked.

Zhao Si just shook his head.

He just conservatively stated the output of [-] catties. No matter how many sweet potatoes are produced in this era, they can only produce [-] to [-] catties. It is also possible to exceed [-] catties, but it will not exceed too much.

Who knew that his halo of uncut jade was so powerful.

The output was too high, and it became Zhao Si's troubles!

(End of this chapter)