The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Chapter 264 Digging the First Sweet Potato

Su Wanwan is not stingy either, and it is possible to dig at this time.

There happened to be guests, and seeing how curious Lin Wenyue and Bai Shao looked, she couldn't bear not to dig up two trees for them to see.

Su Wanwan asked Shen Fengshou to borrow a hoe from the nearest household, and dug one herself.

Some people who were weeding in the nearby fields saw the commotion and ran over to watch, staring at the hoe intently.

After Su Wanwan came here, she had never swung the hoe. It was quite heavy, so she was about to swing the hoe down, but at this moment, Shen Yuan rushed over and grabbed the hoe directly from mid-air.

Then, using the same force to push downwards, the two of them worked together to dig the first hoe.

When Su Wanwan saw that it was Shen Yuan, she was naturally relieved. When the hoe was put into the ground, she loosened her grip. Shen Yuan gently pulled out a bunch of sweet potatoes.

Everyone was shocked when they saw the red-skinned thing that looked like a squash coming out of the soil.

Zhao Qinghai, who was supervising the construction of the Agriculture Office, squeezed into the crowd. Behind him was an apprentice holding a notebook and a scale.

"Come on, why didn't you call me when you were digging sweet potatoes? This is the first one. I almost missed it."

Zhao Qinghai squatted down while complaining.

Not minding the dirt, he just scraped off the dirt on the sweet potatoes.

Sandy soil is dry and soft in nature. In fact, it can be shaken off easily with a light shake.

"Six...six pieces, and there are two small ones that seem to have not grown out yet..."

Zhao Qinghai muttered, and everyone was also very shocked.

This tree actually grew six sweet potatoes. Although they were of different sizes, they were really big.

This is so heavy that I’m afraid one piece would be enough to fill me up.

Bai Shao was also shocked. This sweet potato was actually so productive. Just from this one plant one could tell how much this acre of land could produce.

Zhao Qinghai's apprentice stepped forward, took the scale and weighed it directly, then recorded it.

He has already recorded how many sweet potatoes there are on Shen Yuan's land, so he can calculate how much it can produce with just this calculation.

No one knew what he was calculating, they just watched another young apprentice making the clacking sound of his abacus.

Su Wanwan was a little stunned when she saw this series of operations.

"Master Zhao, you are too impatient. My land can't be dug until ten days later. When we dig them out, we will know that the number of sweet potatoes will not be the same. They will grow bigger in ten days..."

Su Wanwan was completely speechless.

Lord Zhao brought his two young apprentices and recorded everything in great detail, even recording the date when the first sweet potato was dug out today.

Well, she was superficial. She should admire other people's attitude towards the experimental subjects.

"You're right. I'm just anxious. If I do a rough calculation like this, I'll have a rough idea in my mind and won't be scared when the time comes."

Everyone was curious and didn't want to leave, waiting for the little apprentice to calculate the results.

During this time, Shen Yuan dug up a second tree.

The second one actually had eight sweet potatoes!

Everyone's mouths were almost shut.

Everyone in their village planted an acre of sweet potatoes! How many sweet potatoes would they dig out? Although they couldn't eat them themselves, they could always eat some of the ones that didn't grow well.

Moreover, selling so many sweet potatoes to the government can bring in a lot of money, and it's tax-free, so all the money is yours.

Oh my god, I really don’t dare to think about it.

When Shen Yuan was about to dig the third tree, Zhao Qinghai stopped him and stopped him from digging.

In ten more days, maybe it will grow a lot bigger.

What's more, there are so many, it's still not enough to eat.

"Sister-in-law, can these sweet potatoes be used to cook dishes? How can they be eaten?"

Lin Wenyue was curious. It would be great if it could be used to cook, but she heard that it was food.

"You mentioned cooking. There is indeed a dish called candied sweet potato. However, the sweet potato can be ground into sweet potato flour, which can be used to make vermicelli. Vermicelli can be used to make many delicious dishes."

Su Wanwan did not hide it. At the beginning, she asked her uncle's family to make a water mill. If it was really just for grinding flour, the income would be too low. Some people would rather spend more effort to pull the mill than be willing to spend money to grind flour.

But it can be slightly modified to make sweet potato vermicelli, which is an economic industry.

Speaking of this, she really wanted to eat hot and sour noodles.

But soon, there will be powder and chili.

"That's great. If sister-in-law makes that vermicelli in the future, my Bai family will be the first to buy it."

Bai Shao was a shrewd businessman. He would never ask for something he had never seen before, but for some reason, when he saw this high-yield crop, he was willing to believe it.

The other villagers were also talking at this moment, each of them was extremely excited, and their conversations drowned out the sound of the abacus.

After a long while, the young apprentice finally figured it out.

"Master, this acre can produce about eight stones. According to the yield of the first tree, the result can only be more."

After all, the weight of the second tree is obviously greater than the first one.

Everyone:.......

Zhao Qinghai was stunned for a long time.

"How much more?"

He even stuttered a little.

I even wondered if I had heard it wrongly.

His question made the disciple doubt the results of his calculations.

But, the number of trees and the weight of each tree are known, so the calculation should not be wrong.

"Eight...Eighty-eight stones..."

Su Wanwan didn't know how this weight was calculated in ancient times, but she heard from Shen Yuan that in a normal year, a harvest of 1.2 dan of wheat per acre was considered high, and usually there was only one dan.

Due to the drought this year, the wheat yield per acre is only one-third of the normal yield.

Thinking about the wheat she harvested from her own fields, she roughly calculated that one stone was about 40 kilograms.

She only knew that in history, the measurements in different dynasties were different. This was not history, so she would just calculate it as 40 kilograms.

Eight stones is 320 kilograms.

An acre of land here is equivalent to half an acre of land in later generations. She remembered that the sweet potatoes grown by her grandparents in the past could yield 1000 kilograms or even more from an acre of land, and about 500 kilograms from half an acre of land.

Of course, different varieties have different yields. In ancient times, this acre of land could produce 320 kilograms, so it is no wonder that people were amazed.

After all, if the wheat is grown well, it can produce 40 kilograms.

320 versus 40, this is an absolute crushing victory.

"Yashi, this is amazing."

"Yes, this is still a conservative estimate. It can still grow."

"Then it is officially mature and can yield ten stones!"

"Ten stones is definitely not a problem, maybe even more."

.........

Everyone was talking about it.

Zhao Qinghai was so excited that he almost cried for joy.

"No more digging, no more digging. Let's go. I'll go to your house and eat sweet potatoes too."

Zhao Qinghai directly snatched the hoe from Shen Yuan's hand, asked someone to return it, and excitedly followed him to Shen Yuan's house.