Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

"On average, each immortal seed can only produce five sprouts. We planted all the sprouts, but there were still too few."

Having said this, the eunuch turned around and pointed to the fields behind him.

"Your Majesty, even if we plant all the seedlings, we'll only use one-tenth of an acre of land, and the rest will be empty."

After hearing what the eunuch Zhuangtou said, not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but all the officials looked over.

As expected, nearly 90% of the entire acre of land was empty.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked a question.

"In other words, if you want to plant the entire acre, you'll need about three thousand seedlings, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After getting a positive answer, Zhu Yuanzhang casually pointed to a potato seedling in the field.

"Just this seedling, let's see what the harvest is like."

"Yes!"

After receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's order, the eunuch turned around and went to the field and carefully dug out the potato.

When the eunuch Zhuangtou picked up the potatoes together with the roots, the official who had spoken just now changed his expression on the spot.

Before, when he saw that the branches and leaves of this crop were short and not lush, he thought that it would not bear any fruit.

Who would have thought that the fruit of this thing was actually buried under the soil? How could he face what he had just said?

His face was swollen.

In fact, if we really want to say it, we can only blame him for what he deserves, except for the officials who have actually experienced it firsthand in the countryside.

A considerable number of other officials only knew how to study in the past and had never actually gone to the fields to farm.

The saying "a lazy person cannot even tell the difference between grains" refers to these people. They are lucky enough to be able to recognize rice, millet, wheat and beans.

Not to mention the potato, a species that appeared for the first time.

Now that he was slapped in the face in front of so many colleagues, he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

However, this official was overthinking it, and others had no time to pay attention to whether he was slapped in the face.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the potato vine rhizome in the eunuch's hand.

Because hanging on the rhizome of the potato vine were four yellow fruits that were much larger than an adult's fist.

Just as everyone was staring at the potatoes, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again.

"Pick the potatoes and weigh them!"

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's voice, the officials finally reacted.

At the same time, the eunuch head of the village also asked someone to bring the scale rod that had been prepared long ago.

In order to ensure accuracy, Zhu Yuanzhang had someone clean the dirt off the potatoes before weighing them.

Then the eunuch Zhuangtou adjusted the scale slightly and placed the potatoes on the scale in front of all the officials.

There was no way to cheat, and all officials saw that the indicator on the scale was there.

After weighing the weight, the eunuch village head immediately reported the result.

"Your Majesty, the fruit produced by this potato plant weighs over two kilograms."

Although he already knew the answer, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth after the eunuch Zhuangtou finished speaking.

"Go on, bring a few more plants over for weighing."

"Yes!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the eunuch village head immediately arranged for people to randomly select ten potato seedlings in the field.

After picking and cleaning the potatoes, they were weighed one by one, and the results were similar.

Most of them weigh just over two kilograms, and some even reach three kilograms, but only two out of ten plants weigh three kilograms.

Seeing this, the officials present finally understood why Zhu Yuanzhang called it the immortal seed.

No other crop in the Ming Dynasty could compare with this yield.

It has now been confirmed that the potato output is not the 41 stone mentioned by Wei Wu, but far exceeds this number.

Just when everyone was still in shock, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice came again.