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Chapter 35 Growing Potatoes
"As you can see, there are only so many potatoes. I can only give you six at most to try."
Princess Yucheng looked at Su Qinchao with a serious face, and personally took out six potatoes from the basket beside her and handed them to Su Qinchao.
"I will do my best!" Su Qinchao collected several potatoes, handed three to the gardener next to him, and then took the rest to find a suitable place with Lan Yi.
For the remaining days, Su Qinchao and Lan Yi squatted in a corner of the kitchen when they had nothing to do, staring at the three potatoes they placed in the corner, and occasionally sprinkled some water on them.
This is the best place they chose based on their past life experiences.
They had never seen potatoes that didn't sprout in their previous lives. They were simply perfect!
Two days later, the gardener reported to Princess Yucheng with surprise that two potatoes had sprouted successfully, but the remaining one had rotted.
Princess Yucheng went to the field to check it out in person, and felt relieved. Since this method was successful, it was up to Su Qinchao and them.
"Hey, did you know? Two of them have sprouted successfully." Lu Yong had just finished accompanying Princess Yucheng to check on the potato sprouts, and immediately came to the kitchen to find Su Qinchao and the others.
"Why is there no movement?" What's the difference between these potatoes and the previous ones? Lu Yong looked at the three potatoes still lying in the corner.
"Take a closer look!" Su Qinchao squatted next to the potato and motioned Lu Yong to come closer.
"It seems there are a few more white spots..." Lu Yong finally saw clearly that there were a few white spots on each of the three potatoes. "Does this mean they are sprouting?"
"Well, wait until they sprout, and then you can cut out the sprouting part. In this way, you can get several potato sprouts from one potato." Lan Yi explained on the side.
"Then I will go and report to the princess right away!" If this is the case, and if other potatoes are planted according to this recipe, wouldn't it be possible to plant one or two acres of land, develop year by year, and promote it in a few years?
Thinking of this, Lu Yong jumped up and hurried away pulling Lan Yi.
"Are you telling the truth?" Princess Yucheng originally planned to return to the princess's mansion first and come back in two days. Now, after listening to the reports of the two people, she decided to stay at the manor and wait for two more days. She wanted to see it with her own eyes.
In the past two days, the white spots have grown a lot bigger and gradually turned into yellow buds, which made Princess Yucheng amazed.
After watching the two people cut the potatoes into pieces according to the sprouts and plant them in the soil, Princess Yucheng waited for another two days until the potato seedlings had grown and survived successfully, and then she felt relieved and returned to the princess's palace.
However, before leaving, Princess Yucheng arranged for Lu Yong to distribute the remaining potatoes to the gardener and Su Qinchao in a ratio of 1:3, so that they could stay on the farm and concentrate on growing potato seedlings.
And she will record every step for future use. As for Su Qinchao, she will help him continue to take leave until the potatoes are successfully harvested.
"Hey, Lord Lu, can you please send a letter home for me~" Su Qinchao knew that he might not be able to go out for half a year, so he took some time to write a letter to his family, asking them not to worry about him.
"Okay..." Lu Yong took the letter and held it in his arms, telling him not to worry, then he followed Princess Yucheng's carriage.
Regardless of how the people in Su's house reacted after receiving the letter, Su Qinchao was very busy all day long.
At this time, Su Qinchao was weeding in the field. After weeding for a long time, he was so tired that he sat down on the edge of the field. Who could understand why an official had to farm?
After a short break, I picked up two loads of water to water the crops. There is little rain in the north, so the crops need to be watered every few days. It is not like my hometown in Yueyang, where there is no need to water the fields. It rains every few days and the crops can be watered thoroughly.
He has gotten several degrees darker these days. I wonder if little Tangyuan will still recognize him when the autumn harvest comes.
Fortunately, the potato seedlings were growing well. In just a few days, they had grown to more than ten centimeters, which made him feel much better.
"What is this man doing?" Su Qinchao looked at the gardener, who was leading a farmer carrying a load of something over.
I took a closer look and found that it was wood ash. Yes, I had to add fertilizer later, but it was not as good as chicken manure.
Su Qinchao had already stockpiled several baskets of chicken manure these days, and would apply it after it was fermented.
As for Lan Yi who was with him, the little girl was frail and only came to the fields in the morning and evening to check on the situation.
Su Qinchao volunteered to do everything else. He could pamper his best friend himself, and he was a man in this life, so he was not afraid of being exposed to the sun.
Time passed day by day, and it seemed that it was time for autumn harvest. The potato vines were turning slightly yellow.
Yesterday, Su Qinchao and the gardener dug up the soil and checked the situation. They found that everything was ripe, so they ordered someone to report to Princess Yucheng.
Just this morning, Lu Yong came with Princess Yucheng. They stood on the ridge of the field and watched Su Qinchao leading a few farmers to carefully dig potatoes.
In just two hours, they had all been collected. There were more than ten baskets in total. When they were weighed, they weighed more than 3000 kilograms.
If these potatoes can be successfully planted next year, even if only more than half are harvested, the number will be terrifying.
She must go to the palace immediately and report to the emperor.
Princess Yucheng held Lu Yong's hand, her whole body trembling slightly with excitement.
Although she was excited, Princess Yucheng did not forget to have people store all the potatoes in the cellar.
Lu Yong was asked to carry a basket and bring the files they had recorded with Lan Yi into the palace.
In the imperial study, the emperor carefully read the files recorded by Su Qinchao and them, and tasted a few bites of potatoes cooked in different ways one by one.
A smile finally appeared on his calm face. He ordered his servants to bring a stool to Lan Yi, who was standing next to Princess Yucheng, and then he asked:
"Royal sister, is the yield of this thing really so amazing?"
"The emperor can allocate a royal farm to me. I will see for myself next autumn."
Her own farm is very small, and there won't be enough crops to grow next year. She wants to move to the imperial farm, and the farmers there are more experienced.
"Why not? But sister, the situation between you and Su Qinchao is getting worse and worse. Don't you plan to deal with it?"
"How about taking him as your lover?" Princess Yucheng smiled.
"It's not appropriate. Not to mention that he has made great contributions to the court this time, he is also a second-class military scholar. How can this be done?" The emperor did not agree.
Su Qinchao is a talented person, but unfortunately he has a wife and a daughter, otherwise he could be a royal consort.
"Put this aside for now. Which farm does the emperor intend to allocate to me?"
"No hurry, let me ask her in detail first." The emperor pointed to Lan Yi on the side, exempted her from the formalities, and asked her in detail about all the doubts he had in the file.
After considering it for a while, he finally agreed to allocate a farm to Princess Yucheng and ordered his servants to send them out.
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