A Farmer's Lady's Guide to Getting Rich

Chapter 268 Potatoes and Winter Wheat

"Stupid, wheat and potatoes are not the same thing. The weather and climate in the northwest region are the most suitable for growing potatoes. Not only can people eat this thing, but horses can eat it, cattle, sheep and pigs can eat it all. If you are big The expansion of the area ensures that the famine problem can be solved immediately.”

Chang Ning really couldn't imagine that Xiao Qian, a modern person, doesn't even know the benefits of potatoes.I couldn't help stretching out my hand to pull his ear, and cursed with a smile: "Pig brains, you don't pay attention to things in front of you, you deserve to be short of food and grass."

"I've been in the army all the time, so I don't have time to pay attention to these things!" Xiao Qian muttered, and immediately asked for two large carts to transport all the piles of potatoes away.

"Young master Xiao, girl, this food is really inedible. Some people were poisoned after eating this food, and almost died of vomiting and diarrhea."

Hearing Chang Ning say that the potatoes are delicious, and that they need to be transported back to the General's Mansion, several Shuoyang locals and foreigners immediately surrounded him and kindly reminded him.

"Don't worry, potatoes themselves are not poisonous, only after sprouting will be poisonous, so as long as you don't eat sprouts, it doesn't matter. You don't know, now in the Central Plains, almost every household eats potatoes. Sometimes there is a famine. It doesn't matter if you have nothing to eat for a year, and you can eat it all at once."

Chang Ning immediately took the opportunity to publicize.

"Really, really?" Everyone still couldn't believe it.

Shuoyang City is thousands of miles away from the mainland of the Central Plains. In addition, the King of Zhenbei blocked the Northwest area in the past, which led to poor communication between the people in the Northwest and the people in the Central Plains. Even potatoes were not popularized in the Northwest.

"When I go back, I'll pick the ones and cook them and put them in front of the general's mansion, and eat with everyone." Chang Ning knew that it was useless to just talk at this time, and decided to conquer them with facts.

"Put it at the gate of the General's Mansion? Then, will Mr. Xiao also eat it?" Someone asked in a low voice while being surprised.

"Of course!" Ignoring Xiao Qian's blackened face, Xin Changning answered directly on his behalf, and said, "I will put up a sign at the gate of the General's Mansion when it's ready, and everyone can eat it when they see the sign! "

After that, she didn't even bother to ask for cantaloupe, she dragged Xiao Qian and happily followed the potato truck back.

"Girl, can we really grow this thing in the northwest?"

Because of Changning, Xiao Ling had lived in the Central Plains for a long time, so she naturally recognized this, squeezed behind Changning on the way and said: "My servant thinks this is delicious. When I was in the mountain village, I often thought, what if we It would be great if we could grow it in the Northwest.”

"Of course it can be planted. Why didn't you tell me when you thought about it? If I had known, I would have brought a few cars here." Chang Ning complained a little.

"My maidservant forgot! Besides, the girl is usually so busy, how could this servant have the nerve to mention this kind of trivial matter to her." Xiao Ling lowered her head in shame.

"This is not just a small matter of food, it is related to the rations of all the people in the Northwest."

In order to solve the food problem of Xiao Qian's army, Changning planned to buy land to grow food in the interior, but now there are potatoes, which can cover more than half of the food!

That guy actually ignored it just because he didn't like it.

Thinking of this, if she hadn't been in front of people all over the street, she really wanted to pull his ears again.

Back at the General's Mansion, Qi Shaonan was still waiting to be summoned.

Xiao Qian was still not happy to see him, so he said: "Let him come back another day." Then he sent him away.

Chang Ning felt that Qi Shaonan's temperament was indeed a bit impatient, and it would be good to let Xiao Qian toss about like this a few times, so he ignored it.

He urged the servants in the mansion to pick potatoes, and picked out a pile of intact and unsprouted ones.Then I wrote more than a dozen recipes for how to make potatoes, and told the cooks in the house how to cook them. That night, a table of potatoes was cooked.

"It tastes good. The cook in your house is very clever, and he made them all as soon as he taught them." Chang Ning happily stuffed a potato pancake into Xiao Qian's mouth, and the other party reluctantly ate it. ran away in a hurry.

"You can't run away even if you run, and you have to eat it in the street tomorrow for the public to see!"

After Chang Ning had eaten and drank enough, he told the kitchen to ask more people to help him. He will cook all the leftover potatoes tomorrow and invite the people of Shuoyang City to eat them together.

Xiao Qian's doting on her was watched by everyone in the house, who would dare not listen to her!In the afternoon of the next day, a row of long tables was set up in front of the General’s Mansion, on which were potato cubes, potato cakes, shredded potatoes, potato sticks, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, and even shredded potatoes... A dozen dishes made of potatoes.

Under Chang Ning's urging, Xiao Qian endured his disgust and tasted every dish in public.

"Young Master Xiao ate it all, so it must be non-poisonous!" Seeing this, the crowd immediately rushed forward, scrambling to eat up all the remaining potato dishes.

"Go and check the price of potatoes. If it's cheap, buy more."

After the incident, Chang Ning looked at the remaining pile of sprouted potatoes and said.

"Don't bother!" Xiao Qian immediately said: "Since the people of Shuoyang City have accepted it, merchants will bring it here soon, and their eyes are brightened."

"No, I don't want to eat now, I want to grow!"

Chang Ning said: "The merchants transported them here for profit. They traveled thousands of miles, and the price is definitely not low. But I want to buy them as seeds and vigorously promote them in the Northwest."

"Can you really plant it?"

"Yes! Guaranteed."

"Well, our northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a lot of wasteland outside. I'll grant you two hundred acres first." Xiao Qian waved his hand and said proudly.

Since Xiao Qian gave the order, he acted very quickly, and within a few days, he delivered the title deed of [-] mu of land to Chang Ning.

The land was right next to the army's field, and Xiao Qian even sent a 30-man guard to help her grow potatoes.

Although Changning has no experience in planting, he has actually done it before.In her previous life, when she was living at her grandmother's house when she was a child, the two elderly people were very frugal. When they saw sprouted potatoes, they were reluctant to throw them away, so they planted them in the vegetable field.When the planting is not good, I still try to find a way. Potatoes bloom beautifully. The two old people have become accustomed to planting them. Over time, Changning, a bystander, also learned to grow potatoes.

While watching the soldiers planting potatoes, Chang Ning also discovered that the army's fields are all planted with spring wheat, not winter wheat.

If winter wheat is planted, it can be harvested in May and June. After the harvest is over, before the winter snow falls, another crop can be planted.

However, if spring wheat is planted, it will not be harvested until October. In that case, all the land in winter will be wasted, and a season of grain will be missed.

Seeing this, Chang Ning immediately ran to Xiao Qian and asked, "Why don't you promote winter wheat?"

"Spring wheat doesn't grow well, how can it be possible to grow winter wheat?"

Xiao Qian shook his head and said: "I remember that winter wheat can only be grown in the Yangtze River Valley in the east, so it's not suitable for us."

"What's not suitable, how do you know if you don't try it? To tell you the truth, winter wheat can be grown in northern Shaanxi, Liaoning and southern Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and even parts of Tibet and Yunnan in our previous life? The output is also very high.”

"Really?" If we can grow winter wheat and increase the crop by one season, it will really solve the local food problem.

Xiao Qian also became excited immediately.

(End of this chapter)