69novels Chapter 168
Chapter 168
Following Gu Changan’s order, the settlers and farmers waiting by the fields immediately started to work in the fields.
This time, Gu Changan not only brought Emperor Liu Xie and all the civil and military officials, but also called the nearby farmers and village chiefs to come over.~~
Today, we want to let them see the magic of potatoes.
One by one, the potatoes with mud piled up on the ridges of the field.
After these potatoes were dug out of the soil, they needed to be weighed and inspected.
With so many people working on the five acres of land here, in less than a quarter of an hour, the potatoes in the field were dug clean.
Looking at the potatoes piled on the ridges of the field, the settlers and farmers who participated in the work were very excited.
They whispered to each other, their eyes excited, and their voices trembling.
Emperor Liu Xie and the civil and military officials in the court were a little confused.
Gu Changan did not stop.
There were six acres of land near this field.
Gu Changan led everyone to watch the harvest of these six acres of land.
During this period, many civil and military officials began to complain.
They didn’t know what they were doing here.
The sun was scorching.
Standing in this field was not only humiliating, but also very tiring.
Gu Changan ignored these complaints.
Emperor Liu Xie was still young, but he didn’t have so many complaints.
He followed Gu Changan, and was quite curious about what was happening in the fields.
After the six acres of land were dug clean, the young officials brought by Gu Changan began to weigh the potatoes carefully.
Jiang Xu recorded and presided over the weighing work.
Half an hour later, all the potatoes were weighed.
Jiang Xu trotted to Gu Changan.
With an excited look on his face, he said,”Your Highness, the General!”
“A total of 5,000 kilograms of potatoes were harvested from the five acres of land, about 40 shi!”
“Six mu of land produced a total of 6,000 kilograms of potatoes, about 50 dan!”
As Jiang Xu finished speaking.
Gu Changan and Liu Xie hadn’t said anything yet.
The Taiwei Yang Biao at the side couldn’t help but said:”How many dan did you say?”
“40 shi? How is this possible?”
Taiwei Yang Biao’s voice was full of shock.
The other civil and military officials were also shocked.
Although they were pampered and had never worked in the fields, they still understood the basics of agricultural production.
Every household had farmland, and the yield per mu was usually 3 shi of millet.
Occasionally, some superior fields and high-yield fields would not exceed 4 shi of millet per mu.
Now, the potatoes grown in Gu Changan’s land have increased tenfold, a full 40 shi.
Although they didn’t know what potatoes were, and didn’t know the specific way to support them, the yield alone was already a miracle.
“How is this possible? This is too shameless. It must be fake. Is this some kind of auspicious omen?”
“It doesn’t look fake, you and I saw it dug out from the soil with our own eyes, there was such a huge pile on the ridges of the field!”
“How difficult is this? If it is buried in the ground in advance, who can dig it out?”
“That makes sense. I have never heard of a crop with such a high yield, but it may not be true!”
“Hiss, could it be that Gu Changan wants to create an auspicious sign? To make His Majesty abdicate?”
“Ah, this is really possible. Gu Changan has a wolfish ambition. The Han Dynasty is in danger!”
The civil and military officials in the court were talking about it.
Some of them were dismissive and thought that Gu Changan was faking it.
Some began to have conspiracy theories, thinking that Gu Changan wanted to artificially create auspicious signs and was preparing to do something bad.
Some people were very excited.
If there really were crops with such a high yield per mu, how many people in the world could be fed.
Gu Changan smiled coldly.
He ignored the discussions behind him.
Gu Changan picked up a potato casually.
Turning around, he said to the civil and military officials behind him
“In the Guanzhong area, there are many military farms, and potatoes are being harvested recently. If you are interested, you can go and watch!”
“Let’s go and see if someone has cheated!”
Taiwei Yang Biao immediately said,”Where is the military farm? I will go and see it myself!”
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Gu Changan took a document from Jiang Xu and handed it directly to Yang Biao.
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“The specific locations are all here. If you are interested, you can go and have a look!”
“If others are interested, they can join the general!”
General Yang Biao looked at the document in his hand and couldn’t help but sighed.
“If there is not enough grain, there will be not enough food. If there is not enough food, the people will not be blessed by heaven. Agriculture, food and clothing are the top priorities!”
Guanglu Xun Deng Yuan was also very emotional.
He said:”Every time there is a famine, the land is barren and the people are poor. The rain from heaven is little and it is difficult to raise people’s hunger. Then famine comes, and the hungry people are crying for food!”
Then he knelt down in front of Emperor Liu Xie.
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“”I, your humble servant Deng Yuan, congratulate your majesty, and congratulate the great Han!”
Liu Xie was startled.
Other civil and military officials hurried to follow.
They bowed their heads and saluted, shouting loudly:”Your humble servants, congratulate your majesty, and congratulate the great Han!”
The settlers and farmers beside the ridges were frightened and quickly knelt on the ground.
For a moment, only Liu Xie and Gu Chang’an were standing in the whole field.
The whole scene looked like a salute to Gu Chang’an rather than Liu Xie.
Emperor Liu Xie’s heart was pounding.
He secretly glanced at Gu Chang’an and found that Gu Chang’an was smiling.
It seemed that he had not noticed the salutes of these civil and military ministers at all.
Liu Xie secretly swallowed his saliva and quickly said:”No need to salute, my lords!”
All the civil and military officials stood up.
With obscure eyes, they looked back and forth at Gu Changan and Liu Xie.
Everyone noticed the scene just now.
However, Gu Changan seemed to have noticed nothing at all.
He smiled slightly and said,”Seeing is believing, hearing is false!”
“You need to eat potatoes to know whether they are delicious or not. Can you eat them?”
“Today, right here, I implore Your Majesty and all the officials in the court to come and taste a potato feast!”… ps:▄█ˉ█●Please, it’s on the shelves, please subscribe, flowers, evaluation votes, rewards, comments! Ding Ding.