Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 314 Fragrant Roasted Sweet Potatoes

"Okay, let me know when it's time for the sea trial, and I'll come to check and accept it myself," Chailin said.

Meng Kang said: "Okay, the craftsmen are very careful in their work. Every ship has a supervisor. I check the progress every day. If there is something inappropriate, I will rework it."

Little Galen is 50 meters long and [-] meters wide. Although the draft is [-] meters, the bottom is very sharp. The overall displacement is about [-] tons. In addition to the ship's own weight and equipment, the cargo capacity is [-] tons, but it is flexible. It is fast and convenient, using horizontal sails and triangular sails together, very fast, equipped with steam engines, and can travel without wind. If there are dozens of warships and thousands of artillery pieces, it will be an invincible fleet at sea.

Chai Lin went ashore and rushed back to the barracks. He didn't take a break, took a shower, changed his clothes, and was ready to collect sweet potatoes.

"Zhengnan, Deng Fei, you two, rest, Xie Bao will follow me to harvest sweet potatoes." Chai Lin said.

"Yes." The two said.

On the sandy land in the East Village of Chaijiazhuang, Lao Liang invited two mule drivers from the caravan. There were more than a dozen team leaders in each group. They worked and experienced the production of sweet potatoes. There were also five highly respected The old man supervises the delivery test.

In spring, when we traveled thousands of miles to pick seeds, we only brought [-] catties of sweet potato seeds. We planted [-] acres of spring potatoes. Later, we took branches of spring potatoes and planted [-] acres of summer potatoes in wheat stubble land. It is not yet ripe, and it will take a while to harvest.

Lao Liang had already arranged for someone to cut off the sweet potato seedlings and dry them in the sun, exposing the cracked sweet potato stems.

Lao Liang said: "I will harvest sweet potatoes according to the method of harvesting potatoes last time."

"Yes, that's how it is done. We are on plain sandy land, and we have big mules. There is no need to dig by hand. Let the mules plow the fields, and the people behind will pick up sweet potatoes and pack them." Chailin said.

"Okay, let's start by harvesting two acres to measure the weight first, and then do an average weight after harvesting." Lao Liang said.

The strong man flicked his big whip, and the strong mule exerted force on all fours, and the plowshare easily opened up the sweet potatoes.

"Wow, hurry up, look, what a big sweet potato." Everyone exclaimed.Sweet potatoes were left all over the ground where the plowshare passed, the big ones weighed two or three catties, the small ones weighed seven or eight taels, and the smallest ones weighed two or three catties.

Chailin took a few of them and took a closer look. The sweet potatoes were grown very successfully. They were red-skinned and white-hearted. The sweet potatoes were mainly around one catty. Some big ones weighed three or four catties, and there were some that weighed less than five taels, but not many. .

Lao Liang came over with a scale and weighed three sweet potatoes. On average, each sweet potato weighed about three catties.

Lao Liang's hands were agitated, and he couldn't speak fluently. Chailin was worried that Lao Liang had a stroke.

"Xie Bao, come on, help Old Liang to sit down." Chai Lin and Xie Bao helped Old Liang to sit down.

Chai Lin asked, "Old Uncle Liang, are you alright?"

Lao Liang smiled and said, "I'm only in my fifties, and I exercise every day. It's fine. I was excited just now. I planted three thousand trees on one mu of land, and each tree bears three catties of sweet potatoes, which is nine thousand catties. This yield is a bit scary. .”

Chai Lin said: "This is intensive planting. We use a lot of fermented bean cakes and horse manure. When there is a drought, we water it through canals. Therefore, the yield is relatively high. Please tune in first."

The group leaders picked up the sweet potatoes behind the mules, carefully picked them up one by one, and stuffed them into the mouth. These were sparsely woven big-eyed sacks, and each bag contained about forty catties.

Everyone's hearts were shocked. Although they hadn't weighed them yet, there were a lot of bags, and the sweet potatoes were basically free of pests. Only a few underground pests bit the sweet potatoes with holes.

Chai Lin said: "Pick out the small pieces and get [-] catties. It will be useful after weighing."

There are many people working quickly, not to mention that this is hands-on work. Except for the arable land, it is easy for everyone else, and the two acres of land can be done in a short time.

One mu is [-] catties, one mu is [-] catties, and the rotting one hundred and eighty catties has not yet been counted.

Lao Liang pointed to the field and said, "Owner, I suspect that there are at least a hundred and eighty catties in this field. Although mules plow quickly, they are not as careful as manual digging, and omissions are inevitable."

Chai Lin said: "Just try to be as careful as possible. It's impossible to make a little bit of omissions. After we collect them, those who have nothing to do will definitely come to the field to pick up the omissions."

After the weighing was completed, it was registered in the register, and several old witnesses also made records.

The sweet potato seedlings were also measured, and the yield per mu was almost three thousand catties of fresh seedlings.

"Old Liang, sweet potato seedlings are treasures. It is recorded in the planting technology. After harvesting sweet potatoes, the sweet potato seedlings are dried and covered with oilcloth to prevent mold and deterioration. They can be fed to livestock. All kinds of livestock like to eat them. They are first-class fodder. Years of famine can even be used to satisfy hunger."

Lao Liang made notes one by one, and the sweet potato seedlings are indeed a good thing. Just by looking at the appearance, you can tell that this forage is more nutritious than wheat grass.

Just as I was talking, a few women from the village came and picked some young sweet potato leaves to go back to make soup. Usually, no one would dare to do it. Today they dug, and those who wanted to eat came and picked some leaves and went home.

Chai Lin said: "Several uncles and uncles, all took some sweet potatoes home to eat."

The five old men shook their hands repeatedly and said, "Wait until next year. If we take a piece of sweet potato now, someone will say that we are talking nonsense. The output is amazing. The highest yield is more than 9000 catties per mu. Even if ordinary farmers can't grow it, four thousand There are still some catties and three thousand catties."

Chailin assigned a small piece of [-] catties to the gate of the East Village, and each group leader sent someone to take it away. Each group had [-] catties, and each household had [-] catties. They arranged for everyone to cook porridge.

"Okay, great." Everyone was very happy.

Old Liang asked, "What about the rest?"

"You can arrange for the rest to be dispatched to military camps and construction sites. The way to eat it is to wash and cut into pieces, and cook porridge with sorghum and millet. Remember to eat too much at one time, because eating too much will cause gas." Chailin said.

Old Liang said, "No more seeds?"

"The reserved seeds of spring potatoes are easy to rot, and it is easy to cause serious consequences of no harvest. Only the pruned potatoes from the branches can be reserved for seeds." Chailin said.

Lao Liang didn't understand, but pruning the branches to keep the seeds is actually a detoxification process, which reduces the amount of harmful bacteria carried.

In the afternoon, each family received two catties of sweet potatoes. No one had eaten this stuff before. Just as the team leader said, wash it, cut it into pieces and cook porridge with sorghum rice. This stuff is really good. , It can be eaten soon after opening the pot.

Poor households, the old fifth uncle's family, and the old fifth uncle has a job recently. He is responsible for cleaning the roads in the village.

Old Fifth Uncle also received two catties of sweet potatoes, all in small pieces, about half a catty, totaling four pieces.I chose two pieces and put them in the ashes under the pot to roast them. After a while, Uncle Wu could smell the fragrance.

The old fifth uncle was bored at home alone, so he took to the street with two roasted sweet potatoes, and a few old men were chatting there.

Uncle Wu said: "Sweet potatoes are so delicious when baked, and they taste better."

"Really, let me taste it." Another old man smelled the strong aroma of sweet potatoes and wanted to eat it, but the fifth uncle hurriedly took it away.

"It's not like your family doesn't have one, go home and eat by yourself."

"It's only two catties. I'm not willing to eat it. I'll give it to my grandson." The old man said.

"You glutton, well, I'll give you a bite."

"It's hot, it's hot, but it smells really good."

At this time, Lao Liang happened to pass by and said, "I'll eat it so soon."

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