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Liu Cong and others, led by the soldier, quickly arrived at the place where the conflict occurred.
I saw an old man in his forties, with dark skin and a thin body, arguing with a soldier, and there were several soldiers beside him.
Liu Cong was relieved when he saw that the two sides were just arguing and not using swords and guns. It seemed that the discipline of the Han soldiers was still very strict.
"See you, Your Majesty!" When the soldiers saw Liu Cong and others approaching, they hurriedly knelt down.
"Common people see you, your lord!" When the common people heard the soldier calling Liu Cong "your lord," they hurriedly knelt down.
"Old man, please get up!" Liu Cong waved to the common man.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Why did the conflict occur?" Liu Cong said to the soldiers who had just quarreled with the people.
"Reporting to the prince, my subordinates saw that the place was flat and were ready to set up camp. But this old man suddenly came over and said that this was the food he grew and would not allow his subordinates to set up camp."
"My lord, I have also seen it, that is not food!" A centurion explained from the side.
"Old man, is what he said true?" Liu Cong asked the commoner.
"Reporting to the prince, what he said is indeed true, but it is really the food of the common people! The whole family of the common people depends on it!" The commoner said, and knelt down again, "Please enlighten me!"
"My Lord, I am also from Beidi County, but I have never seen that kind of food!" The centurion also said.
"Oh?" Liu Cong looked at the expressions of the two of them, both of them looked sincere, "Where are they, let me see them!"
"Your Majesty, please follow the common people!" The commoner took a few steps forward, "Your Majesty, please look at it, this is it!"
Liu Cong came to the place pointed by the people and saw some plants growing very well. He took a closer look and said, "Thisisn't this a potato?"
"Does the prince recognize it? This is a potato!" After hearing Liu Cong's words, the common man was so excited that he almost shed tears. "Have you seen that the prince knows potatoes? They are food! This is not nonsense!"
"My lord, what is this soilpotato?" Fazheng was a little puzzled, "Why have I never heard of it before?"
"Potatoes, old man, are these a kind of food produced in the Western Regions?" Huangfuhong asked hurriedly after hearing this.
"My lord is right, this product comes from the Western Regions!" said the commoner.
"Jianshou, do you also know about potatoes?" Liu Cong was a little surprised. According to historical records, potatoes were introduced to the Central Plains during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Liu Cong did not expect that not only did potatoes appear in Beidi County during this period, but Huangfuhong also knew about them.
"Reporting to my lord, I have seen merchants from the Western Region selling it. The price is not expensive and it is durable. At that time, I thought that the yield of this kind of food must be very high, otherwise it would be very expensive to sell it from the Western Region, so I wanted to plant it. It's just that Those merchants said that potato seeds are difficult to store and difficult to plant."
"Ha" Liu Cong laughed after hearing this, "Jianshou, you have been deceived by those merchants from the Western Regions. Potato cultivation is very simple, has high yields, and is drought-resistant. It is most suitable for Beidi County!"
People often plant potatoes in sandy soil. Liu Cong suddenly realized that as long as Beidi County grows potatoes on a large scale, wouldn't the food problem be solved?
"Your Majesty is really well-informed. These potatoes are indeed easy to grow, have high yields, and are drought-resistant"
It turns out that this man¡¯s name was Li Sanhuai. In order to avoid bandits and foreigners, he lived in this mountain col with his wife, son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
Usually, he and his son grow some food and hunt some game in their spare time, so they can barely survive the day.
The year before last, when he and his son were out hunting, they met two merchants from the Western Regions. They got lost in the desert, separated from their companions, and could not find water.
The kind-hearted Li Sanhuai and his son rescued the two people and let them live in their home for a few days.
The two merchants from the Western Regions were very grateful and left a bag of potatoes for Li Sanhuai as a reward.
Potatoes are very convenient to make. They can be steamed or boiled. They taste crispy and sweet, and the whole family likes them.
So they were very frugal and reluctant to eat, but when they ate the last three, they found that it had sprouted.
"Have they sprouted?" Huangfuhong asked in surprise when he heard this, "Did you mean that the potatoes sprouted?"
"Yes!" Li Sanhuai nodded, "The grass-roots people thought at that time, since these can germinate, they might be able to produce new potatoes! So the grass-roots people carefully buried these three potatoes in the sand, and they turned out to be true. Seedlings grew, just like these now!¡±
?Li Sanhuai pointed to the potato seedlings around him.
"Have they produced potatoes?" Huangfuhong asked eagerly.
"The grassroots people have waited from spring to summer, and from summer to autumn. The potato seedlings have withered, but there are still no potatoes!"
"It didn't come out" Huangfuhong looked very disappointed.
"The common people pulled up the potato seedlings in anger. Who would have thought that the common people would see it all at once"
"What did you see?" Huangfuhong saw Li Sanhuai's excited expression, interrupted him again, and asked hurriedly.
"Seesee" Li Sanhuai seemed to recall the scene at that time, and was so excited that he couldn't speak.
¡°You saw a lot of potatoes popping out of the soil, right?¡± Liu Cong asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty is truly a god!" Li Sanhuai looked at Liu Cong in disbelief.
"My lord, do those potatoes grow underground?" Huangfuhong also widened his eyes.
"Potatoes, potatoes, if they don't grow underground, why don't they still grow on branches and leaves?" Liu Cong asked.
"The prince is right, the common people figured it out later!" Li Sanhuai was obviously recalling the scene at that time, "Three potato plants actually produced half a bag!"
"What, three trees produced half a bag?" Huangfuhong obviously didn't believe it, "Li Sanhuai, are you telling the truth?"
"Everything the common people say is true, how dare you deceive the adults?"
"He is right, potatoes have a very high yield. Planting them is also very simple, just bury them in the soil!"
"So that's it" Huangfuhong suddenly realized, and then he looked very excited, "My lord, with potatoes, the people of Beidi County will never go hungry again, and and even if there is a famine, I will Guaranteed, no one will starve to death again"
When Huangfuhong said this, he burst into tears. He had read books about sages since he was a child. He did not inherit his father's ambition to be a general guarding the border, but he also aspired to be a good official who loved and protected the people. However, Beidi County is so poor that there is a famine almost every three years. Although he used all his skills, he was helpless and could only watch many people starve to death.
That kind of tragic scene will always be imprinted in Huangfuhong¡¯s mind. If potatoes could be grown at that time, even if the people would starve, they would not starve to death!
"Li Sanhuai, I will make you the captain of Diannong School today, responsible for growing potatoes for Beidi County!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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