Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 55 Wild ginseng?sweet potato!
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

Zhao Kang, who was already a little confused from drinking, pushed the fat man beside him away and shouted at the coachman A'er, making the two of them confused.

Zhao Kang didn't care so much and hurriedly rubbed his eyes, looking at the so-called wild ginseng mentioned by A'er and Fatty, still a little disbelieving: "Show me what you have in your hand."

"you want?"

The driver A'er casually handed Zhao Kang the ginseng he dug out in the wild while defecating on the way.

Looking carefully at the thing in his hand, Zhao Kang's eyes gradually became surprised: "So similar!"

As he spoke, he used both hands to break A'er's wild ginseng into two pieces, revealing the white and yellow color inside. When he saw the color, he took a bite without hesitation.

It has a slightly astringent taste with a hint of sweetness!
Yes!That's it!It’s sweet potato!
Zhao Kang was so excited that he almost jumped up. He was so drunk that he grabbed the coachman A'er and said, "Tell me where you found this thing!"

The coachman A'er was an honest man. Being grabbed by a stranger like this, he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak. He quickly looked at the fat man beside him for help.

The fat man was still a little dizzy after drinking a lot, and he hurriedly said to Zhao Kang: "Brother, brother, don't worry, what is this thing? Is it really Laoshan Ginseng? Why are you so excited!"

"What the hell is wild ginseng? This is it!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Kang also realized that he had lost his temper. He calmed down and said he wanted to treat the fat man and the coachman to a meal. Then he dragged the two of them to Fengyue Tower regardless of whether they agreed or not.

"Hey, the master is here!" The owner of Fengyue Tower hurriedly came to greet him when he saw that it was Zhao Kang.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and bring up the expensive wine and food. I want to treat you."

Zhao Kang was so excited when he saw Sweet Potato that he asked his boss to hurry up and get ready, while he dragged Fatty and Ah Er, as if he was afraid that they would run away.

When they reached the table, the two fat men were still a little confused.

Zhao Kang washed his face, then came over and picked up the sweet potato that he broke in half on the table and looked at it. Compared with the sweet potatoes he saw in his previous life, it was a little thinner. It was only the size of two fingers and looked like it had been dug out. It's been a while since my torso became a little shriveled.

No wonder it is mistaken for wild ginseng.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kang smiled and looked at the driver who was a little restless, then looked at the fat man and said, "Brother, is this eldest brother your driver?"

The fat man hummed, still confused at the moment. He had a good rapport with Zhao Kang in the brothel before, so he was not afraid and asked: "Brother, do you know this thing?"

Zhao Kang nodded: "I know, I've been looking for it for a long time. Where did you dig it up?"

When the fat man heard this, his businessman nature was revealed, and he looked at Zhao Kang curiously: "Is this thing a wild ginseng?"

So what Zhao Kang could let him know?
He shook his head and smiled: "This is not wild ginseng, but it is also a medicinal material. Someone in my family is sick and needs this medicinal material."

"Medicine." The fat man was not very interested when he heard it. If it was wild ginseng, it would still have some value. After all, ginseng can be used as a tonic in addition to medicine, right?
Under the instruction of the fat man, the driver A'er opened his mouth to tell Zhao Kang the origin of the wild ginseng.

They dug it up accidentally in a wasteland before they entered the Qian Kingdom. The coachman was in a hurry to go to the toilet. The coachman was not well educated and thought it was some kind of old wild ginseng, so he put it away like a treasure.

It's just that these days I followed Fatty around various places in the Qian Kingdom, and after asking all the drug dealers in various places, they all said they didn't know him, so I gradually gave up.

If it weren't for Zhao Kang, he would have thrown it away just now.

"Damn, luckily this guy didn't throw it away, otherwise I would have to find out when to go!"

Zhao Kang felt happy and couldn't wait to ask where he found the sweet potato.This sweet potato is a good thing. It has a large yield. As long as the vines grow, you can continue to plant them in the soil. In the previous life, a man named Chen Zhenlong secretly brought the sweet potato vines back to China from Luzon Island, which made China have sweet potatoes. .

Regardless of the cooking method, such as steaming, frying, boiling or roasting, sweet potatoes have a very good taste. They are undoubtedly an artifact during times of famine. They can be used as a staple food. If you get tired of them, they can be processed into starch.

Even the stems and leaves are edible and can even be used as feed for livestock. It can be said that they are full of treasures.

When I first took over Yuanjiang County, if there were sweet potatoes, would so many people have starved to death?

With this thing, as long as the planting technology is mature and there is enough land, Zhao Kang can use Yuanjiang County to feed the entire Jiangling Prefecture!
Why worry about food?
Only with abundant grain production can a large amount of labor be liberated, and with sufficient labor force can the scale of production be expanded.

Zhao Kang knew this very well, so he had been sending people all over the world to look for this thing over the years.

"It would be even better if we could find potatoes. These are even better than sweet potatoes."

Zhao Kang thought to himself that the two fat men on the side were not very interested in sweet potatoes. When the food and wine were served, he heard the boss address him and he was shocked to realize that Zhao Kang was actually the official of Yuanjiang County.

They were all a little surprised.

"Oh, Mr. Zhao, I really didn't expect that. Fatty, I am really blind and blind. I apologize to you here."

After drinking a bowl of hangover soup, the fat man sobered up a lot and quickly confessed.

Zhao Kang felt funny in his heart. Strictly speaking, he was not even the magistrate of Yuanjiang County now, because the bitch had suspended all his duties.

But if he doesn't say anything about this kind of thing, no one in Yuanjiang County will know about it.

"It's okay, it's okay. I have to thank you. Aren't you going to buy some porcelain? I'll have someone take you to see it tomorrow. It's all [-]% off!"

When he was in a good mood, Zhao Kang became generous.

When the fat man heard this, he was extremely excited. After getting along with him before, he felt that Zhao Kang was a very talkative person, so he immediately took Zhao Kang to drink three more glasses.

The two fat men went back to rest. Zhao Kang rushed back to the Yamen with two pieces of sweet potatoes, and asked Zhang Long to call several good farmers in the county overnight.

"Master, what is this?"

Several men stared at the sweet potato that Zhao Kang had taken a bite of.

"This is a good thing. If this thing existed back then, no one would be hungry in our county."

Zhao Kang introduced the sweet potato to everyone. Hearing that this thing can be grown well, it can produce hundreds of kilograms per acre of land. These crop experts were shocked.

There is not much chemical fertilizer in this world. If one acre of land can produce more than [-] grains, it is considered good.

"Zhou Meng." Zhao Kang called out a person's name, and the other person responded quickly.

Zhao Kang: "Tomorrow, you will gather a farmer from each family and set up an agricultural team for me to study how to grow this thing. Zhang Long will send people to bring me sweet potato seedlings as quickly as possible tomorrow. Zhou Meng, remember You can’t stand the cold if you live in this thing.”

"understand!"

Everyone is working hard to get this sweet potato out of Yuanjiang County.

(End of this chapter)