Chapter 1816 Harvest
Qiao Xuan felt sweet inside, but she said something different, "Oh, my ears are almost callused from hearing this!"
Shao Yunduan laughed, hugged her and kissed her. Even when his wife was being pretentious, she was still so lovable that he couldn't help but want to touch her.
Since it was decided that potatoes would be used in the dishes of the banquet, and there were only a few days left, Qiao Xuan immediately gave instructions and asked people to start digging up the potatoes.
After more than half a year of development, reclamation and planting, the vast land and mountains have changed their appearance.
The road between the two places has been repaired. It is just the right width for two carriages to pass each other. The ground is very flat. In order to prevent pits from being easily formed by rain erosion, a layer of crushed pebbles is specially pressed on top.
Small stones embedded in the soil make it smoother and more durable, and will not be easily washed out by rain to form puddles.
The thousands of acres of land planted with medicinal herbs and potatoes are lush and growing well. Polygonatum, Pinellia, and Angelica are not medicinal herbs that can mature in the same year. Some need two years, some need three years. Honeysuckle can also be picked in the spring of next year. Two or three crops can be picked in a year.
The herbs with long growth cycles that Qiao Xuan deliberately selected were a clear signal to everyone in Anze Prefecture: Master Shao would really stay here for a long time, at least for two terms, or maybe three.
Next year she plans to plant some Panax notoginseng, Gastrodia elata, Scutellaria baicalensis, Pseudoradix pseudoginseng, etc. on the slopes on the other side of the forest.
The harvest season for the two thousand acres of potatoes has arrived. After publicity by Song Shi, Liu Fu, Mian Mian and others, although everyone has not tasted the potatoes yet, this new crop has become a hot topic among the people.
After An An's full-month banquet, Qiao Xuan plans to sell the potatoes in batches on the market, with limited purchases. They can be used for cooking, to fill stomachs, or to be taken home as seeds.
We will also teach everyone how to plant and manage for free.
As for the two thousand acres, after the special power of planting, the yield per acre is at least about four thousand kilograms, which is enough for supply.
After all, not everyone is so receptive and not everyone will buy it.
As for the forest, it's still too early to reach 50,000 acres. We should hire more people during the slack season this winter. It would be best if we can reclaim all the land and plant Sichuan pepper, star anise and pepper next year.
This year, the thousands of acres of pepper are growing well. The seedlings planted are two years old and will bear fruit next year.
Now, every move of Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan is very eye-catching. They dig potatoes with great fanfare and hire so many people, which has attracted a lot of attention.
There were many people digging, and many people came in groups to watch the fun.
Many people were shocked to see that the output was indeed astonishingly high!
I couldn't help but ask many questions: Does it taste terrible? Can it really fill my stomach? Can it really be used as both a meal and a dish?
Song Shi and others took the opportunity to promote it again.
He also told everyone that these potatoes would go on sale after his young master's full-month banquet, and everyone who was interested could go and buy them then.
The Fan family scoffed at this, and the wife of Prime Minister Guanzhou was also quite disdainful. The two families unanimously thought that Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan were crazy about money!
I don’t know what this thing growing in the field is or what it smells like, but they are selling it with great fanfare…
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Happy New Year! Wish you good fortune! Love you all, hug O(∩_∩)O~
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