Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 228 Sweet Potatoes Are Used to Feed Pigs

Hearing what Jin Yu said, the expressions of the three people in the room froze, and then the older person said: "Uncle Baxian really knows how to joke, wouldn't it be a pity to feed such delicious food to pigs?"

"Hehe." Jin Yu was noncommittal, cupped his hands and asked, "I'm being rude, I don't know what to call Shangguan?"

"Don't dare, my next official, Guo Yu, whose name is Zicheng, is the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple." Guo Yu hurriedly put down the boiled sweet potato in his hand sideways, and cupped his hands in return.He could see Li Chengqian's attitude just now. As an official from the fourth rank, he didn't dare to put on airs in front of Jin Yu. Besides, the rank of Baxian Bo was higher than his second rank!
Jin Yu is very satisfied with Guo Yu's attitude.In fact, he was deliberately slowing down just now, to see their attitude, he didn't want to interfere with the cultivation and promotion of sweet potatoes, but if the people who came to study cooperated with him, he really didn't mind giving them the credit.

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Just as Jin Yu was about to bow his hand, he saw the unshaven man next to him stand up smartly, bowed his hands and saluted, and said, "My subordinate Zhang Peng, whose name is Junjian, is the prime minister of the Shanglin Department. .”

"It's easy to say, it's all for the country." Jin Yu has no airs, and he can hear the meaning of his words. This Guo Yu is the leader who came to be gilded and participated in the guidance, and this Zhang Peng is the one who really learns. people.

Guo Yu and Zhang Peng were startled for a moment, then they didn't say anything, they just smiled and clasped their hands together.Jin Yu didn't feel that what he said was inappropriate, but the people of Tang Dynasty could feel it.Ordinary people will say "serve the court" whether they are polite or sincere, but who would say "serve the country"?
"It's so delicious, why don't you finish eating the sweet potatoes?" Li Chengqian looked at the sweet potatoes in the hands of the three people and said, "I don't know if there are many sweet potatoes left in Dr. Jin's hands? After the mother went back, she was full of praise, and I just wanted to take some back. Talk about showing filial piety."

"Yes, as long as His Highness can carry it." Jin Yu picked up a sweet potato and gnawed it. He was used to being with Li Chengqian. Although the address was still respectful, he said it very casually, without showing any respect for the superior.

Seeing how the master and apprentice behaved like this, Guo Yu and Zhang Peng looked at each other, lowered their heads and began to gnaw. No matter what, His Royal Highness said that they should not be wasted, even if their stomachs are full, they must finish eating!

"I'm afraid Gu will come to bother Dr. Jin every day during these days. It seems that it's a holiday, and Gu can't let Dr. Jin rest." Li Chengqian muttered while eating.

"Success, you have to work when you come to me, so don't feel tired and tired." Although Jin Yu was guarding the two lower officials, Jin Yu was not polite to Li Chengqian.Jin Yu likes harmony in his bones, and he doesn't want that kind of carnage of flesh and blood to happen again.Some things, you can still do it with all your heart.

"I will never feel tired or tired." Li Chengqian said.After Li Er made the decree, Li Chengqian was called over by Empress Changsun, and secretly revealed Li Er's intentions.Of course Li Chengqian wanted to be praised by Li Er. He grew up so big, except when he was recognized by his father when he was young, when did he ever have it?Li Chengqian wanted to get Li Er's affirmation through his own efforts!
"That's fine. I'll go to the melon field after eating." Jin Yu finished eating the sweet potatoes in three or five mouthfuls, took a sip of shaved ice, and greeted: "The shaved ice I made by myself is very refreshing, everyone Let's all have a bowl."

Shaved ice, those orphans in Zhuang School all pushed their carts to Chang'an City after their holidays, and they sold this kind of stuff, although it wasn't cheap, but it sold out quickly.Guo Yu was lucky enough to grab a bowl, which is definitely a good product to relieve the heat.

"It's not too late, how about going now?" Li Chengqian finished his drink in one gulp, chewed the ice balls, touched his mouth and said.His hearty posture surprised the two officials secretly. Is this still His Royal Highness who always pays attention to his appearance?

Jin Yu looked at the sun, took four straw hats from the side, handed them to them and said: "The sun is too poisonous, I'm afraid you can't stand it, put on the hats, so as not to lose your skin in the sun."

Li Chengqian knew that these words were alluding to himself, and his skin and flesh were the most delicate in it, so he glanced at Jin Yu gratefully, and there was no ink stain on it, and he put it on and made a gesture of please.

Empress Changsun had experienced Jin Yu's carefulness, so she threw Li Chengqian to Jin's Zhuangzi with confidence, knowing that her son would not suffer, but what should Changle do?
The Sweet Potato Field is also not far from the bridgehead, so Jinyu also had some considerations in choosing this place.This place is close to the main road, and you can see it at a glance from the restaurant, which can effectively prevent theft from happening. People who patrol the village at night can take care of it without walking too much. Everything is from the perspective of "people-oriented" , very humane.

Pointing to a large piece of sweet potato seedlings that were dying in the sun, Jin Yu told the three people present how to cut them and how to manage them.To put it bluntly, there is really no major technicality in this job, and the only inconvenience is that it is inconvenient to use water for cuttings.There is no such thing as a bucket these days. If you use a wooden bucket, the water will bang, and you can’t push it with a cart. Besides, the sides of the cart these days are also made of rattan, and the bucket cannot be placed stably, so such a large area is full of water. The dealers picked them out with their shoulders.

"Master Guo, if Sinong Temple wants to keep some seeds, it is best to gather the land in the next few days, and then come and cut some melon seedlings, and after a while, we will miss the solar terms." Jin Yu spent a lot of time, He didn't forget what he had promised to Empress Changsun at the beginning.Sweet potatoes are such a crop that a hundred seedlings can germinate on one piece of sweet potatoes. With such a large sweet potato field, it is more than enough for him to plant next year. Jin Yu doesn't mind selling the rest to the empress.

"Bozhen of Baxian County is the pillar of the country, and I'm going to do it now!" Guo Yu was startled at first, but he didn't expect Jin Yu to be so happy, and he was still weighing how to speak, so he offered it.Originally, he was going to confirm it, but he swallowed the words, what if Jin Yu regretted it?It's better to hurry up and implement it.

"Success, come and cut it in the afternoon. It's best to plant it before the sun goes down." Jin Yu reminded again, this is not nonsense, if it is planted under the sun, under the sun's exposure, the appellation rate is very low.

At any time, the efficiency of state machinery is frighteningly high, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception. When Guo Yu went back, he called for manpower to prepare the land overnight and add fertilizer, and transplanted melon seedlings the next afternoon.Of course, this is something.

Seeing that Jin Yu no longer had the energy to be a professor, Guo Yu called Zhang Peng to go back together, leaving Prince Li Chengqian alone.After the two left, Li Chengqian asked Jin Yu: "Dr. Jin, are these sweet potatoes really fed to pigs in your hometown?"

"Well, feed the pigs." Jin Yu chuckled, looking very bad, "But it's a little disgusting?"

"It's not disgusting." Li Chengqian was a little embarrassed to admit that he was a pig. After all, Jin Yu also ate it. "It's just a pity. Wouldn't it be a waste to feed such delicious food to pigs?"

"Hehe, in our country, the sweet potatoes are used for disaster preparedness. They are usually boiled or roasted to eat fresh. Of course, they can also be used to make wine, but most of the time they are sliced, dried, and crushed to feed pigs. This thing doesn’t pick the land and has a large yield, but it’s not very hungry for people, so it’s the most suitable for feeding pigs, pigs don’t dislike it, and they grow fast.” Jin Yu explained the uses of sweet potatoes to Li Chengqian again.

"Can you still make wine? How does it taste?" Li Chengqian asked with his eyes wide open when he heard that he could make wine.

"It's not a big deal, things that are poor and hungry are not on the table." Jin Yu waved his hand, and asked with a half-smile: "Should Your Highness be more concerned about how to raise pigs and chickens?"

"Dr. Jin saw all of this? Dr. Jin is so good at predicting things!" Li Chengqian patted his head in embarrassment, with the appearance of a child, and embarrassedly admitted that this was indeed what Empress Changsun told him. one of the tasks.

In fact, it wasn't that Jin Yu knew things like a god, but that Yang Ying excitedly told Jin Yu what she had said to Empress Changsun, and Jin Yu figured it out by himself.Who is Empress Changsun?Would it be meaningless to ask?

"It's really unrealistic to promote this method of raising pigs and chickens." Jin Yu and Li Chengqian walked under the shade of the tree, sat down with some recklessness, and continued to explain: "My village raises chickens and pigs. Maybe it’s true, but it’s just a trick. Pigs are now mainly fed with distiller’s grains, but how much distiller’s grains can Chang’an City produce in a day? After all, there is a limit to what can be supplied, and other villages still rely on threshing pigweed. "

"So it can't be promoted?" Li Chengqian asked with a disappointed face.

"There is a village head in my hometown who once said, 'If there are conditions, we must do it; if there are no conditions, we must do it if we create the conditions! , I planted it to feed pigs, not only sweet potatoes can be used to feed pigs, but the sweet potato seedlings can also be used as pig feed after being ground. Anyway, this thing does not occupy fertile land, it is purely used to increase income." Jin Yu analyzed the current situation to Li Chengqian listened, "Oh, by the way, if you want to develop a large number of breeding industries, you need to plant a large amount of soybeans and rapeseeds. Although these take up some good land, your Highness, look at what the people eat now. How much oil and water are in the vegetables? Soybeans, rapeseeds It can be used to extract oil for the people to eat, and the remaining residue is feed for pigs, so it is not wasted at all.”

"If the fertile land is occupied, won't the grain output be reduced?" Li Chengqian raised his own question.

"Stupid! Do you know why farmers say they can eat it? It's because there is no oil and water, and eating pasta alone can't bear the heavy labor, so they have to eat more! If the living conditions change and there are vegetables, meat, and oil and water, who will still eat it?" Will you catch the pasta and gnaw it? Not only is it nutritious, but you can't save food." Jin Yu took a small wooden stick to write and draw on the ground, and explained it to Li Chengqian.

"There is less land to grow food, how can we save food?" Li Chengqian was even more puzzled, and he couldn't understand what Jin Yu said.

(End of this chapter)