The First Family of Tang Dynasty

Xu Shilang from the Ministry of Industry, who was ordered to accompany and supervise the harvesting process, was flushed with excitement at this moment to meet Li Shimin and his party who came on foot.

"Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the three acres of potatoes have been harvested."

"Moreover, the yield per mu of land exceeds five thousand catties, and the largest field is No. 4, with a total of five thousand five hundred and thirty-two catties of potatoes harvested for three hundred and twenty-seven dollars..."

"Three acres of land, the total collection of potatoes is 16,073 catties and eighty-two dollars..."

Li Shimin and a group of civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty listened to the report of Xu Shilang, and their eyes were all focused on the hilly pile of sacks.

"Three acres of land, this is only the output of three acres of land, Mr. Chu Bi, you are the governor of Liaodong Prefecture, how many fields does Liaodong Prefecture have?"

"My father-in-law, if we only talk about Liaodong Prefecture, there are about 1.8 million mu of arable land. If it is under the jurisdiction of the entire Liaodong Prefecture, it is nearly 4 million mu."

"Four million mu, if all potatoes are planted, according to the yield per mu..."

Li Shimin grinned, the number was too large, and he couldn't figure it out mentally.

Not to mention Li Shimin, even Cheng Sanlang was taken aback by the father-in-law's question, so behave yourself.

With an average yield of 5,000 catties and 4 million mu, wouldn't it be 10 million tons? Ten million tons is enough to feed the entire population of Datang.

Of course, this is only counting staple foods, not including grain, oil, non-staple foods and various poultry and livestock meat.

There were quite a few people present who were quick-witted people like Cheng Sanlang, and they were also deeply shocked by this number.

After all, whether potatoes are a staple food or not, they have already experienced it, and they are very clear about the taste and texture of this staple food, and most people can accept it.

At this time, an official next to him couldn't help but put on a posture of worrying about the country and the people.

"If this is planted too much, then the matter of cheap grain hurting farmers, wouldn't it be..."

Hearing the sound of beeping, all civil and military officials looked at this guy in unison, what a **** scumbag hurts the peasants.

Li Shimin also frowned slightly, and glanced at Chu Bixian's son-in-law who had a gloomy face beside him.

But he didn't open his mouth to reprimand, but smiled calmly and spoke leisurely.

"My Tang Dynasty can get such crops with an yield of thousands of catties per mu, it is God's blessing to my Tang Dynasty."

"Now my Tang Dynasty is working hard to develop Liaodong, and Liaodong is bitterly cold. With this potato, the people who migrated can be fed..."

Following Li Shimin's affirmation, a group of ministers and workers nodded in agreement.

Over the years, Datang has been working hard to increase food production for some reason, not because of the rapid population growth.

Especially after the last Luoyang change, those aristocratic families that were cleaned up, and the number of hidden households and escaped households that were found out amounted to hundreds of thousands.

This really shocked the world, and the imperial court just took this opportunity to start a comprehensive cleanup of hidden and escaped households.

Qi Wang Li Ke sits in Qingzhou, which is a big move to clean up the hidden households in Shandong.

If you want to resettle the extra population, you need a new land of no man.

And this piece of fertile black land in Liaodong is simply a warm pillow delivered in time.

Li Shimin continued to inquire about the output of various other crops, and he was delighted to hear that the output of sweet potatoes was more than two thousand catties and close to three thousand catties.

Cheng Sanlang cheerfully brought up the steamed sweet potato. This kind of sweet potato was carefully selected by Cheng Sanlang, and it was also his favorite variety: purple heart sweet potato.

This variety is Cheng Sanlang's favorite. Since he was a child, he likes to eat this kind of sweet potato that tastes similar to chestnut, but is also noodle and sweet.

Moreover, this kind of sweet potato is called sweet potato in the beautiful Southwest, and it is also a fairly common variety in the Southwest.

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After all, to appreciate the harvest, you only need to appreciate the potatoes with the largest yield. These sweet potatoes are directly on the finished product.

After skimming off the thin outer skin of the steamed purple sweet potato, the outer flesh color is white with a hint of purple, and the closer to the center, the more purple it becomes.

It just happened that the picking was completed, and it was more than an hour before the breakfast time. After Li Shimin took one, he took off the skin and bit it, ouch, this taste is really good.

Soon, a group of civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty enjoyed the food and praised it repeatedly.

"Not bad, it tastes like eating chestnuts fried with sugar. It's fragrant and sweet, and very noodle."

"It's delicious, come here, give me another one, this kind of sweet potato tastes better than potatoes."

"Uncle is right, this kind of sweet potato is also excellent for cooking purple potato porridge.

And after drying the sweet potatoes, you can eat them whenever you want, and steam them in the pot, it tastes so good..."

Seeing the group of people eating happily again, Cheng Sanlang laughed, and whispered something in the old man's ear.

Li Shimin nodded in agreement. "Okay, okay, go quickly, the old man should also go through all kinds of hardships and dangers, and contribute these crops to our Tang dynasty..."

"Yes, the son-in-law will go there first, and he will be back in a while. By the way, my father-in-law, although this sweet potato is good, don't eat too much. I heard that this stuff is inflated."

After all, this purple heart sweet potato was steamed directly after it was harvested today, and Cheng Sanlang hadn't had a chance to taste it yet.

But fortunately, he still remembers the shortcoming of eating sweet potatoes, which is easy to bloat and gas, and he reminded his father-in-law before he left.

In his impression, among the varieties of sweet potatoes, the purple heart sweet potato has a higher chance of inflating gas than the red heart and yellow heart sweet potato.

Cheng Sanlang winked at Li Dezheng, and the two walked towards the distance hand in hand.

Seeing Cheng Sanlang leave, Li Shimin pursed his lips unsatisfied, forget it, the old man will just eat another one and stop eating, after all, it is too rare to see food that tastes like fried chestnuts~www.readwn.com~室Jun is now greeting the stewards. The potatoes harvested from the three acres of land must be carefully selected, leaving enough potato seeds for planting next year.

According to the experience of the survivors of the Shang Dynasty and Cheng Sanlang's requirements, about 300 catties of potato seeds are needed for each mu of land.

And ten mu of land requires about three thousand catties. According to Cheng Sanlang's previous calculations, a total of four mu of potatoes harvested, picked and picked, can be planted with about 40 to 50 mu of land.

As long as we wait until the next year, after the 40 to 50 acres of potatoes are harvested, and in one or two years, we will promote potato planting on a large scale, and there will be no problems.

It was also the first time for Qin Huaidao to taste such a delicacy, he devoured it there, and had to take a sip of water from time to time.

There is no way, this purple heart sweet potato has little water, and if you eat too much, your mouth will dry out and it will be difficult to swallow.

In a short time, under the leadership of Cheng Sanlang and Li Deju, a team of envoys from Yin Shang adherents in full attire walked quickly towards this side, holding the special products they brought from the Yin Shang mainland.