Yuan Xichen became excited when he heard the word "highly productive". God knows, he has been worried about the military pay lately.
Yu Qingqing chuckled, "Your Highness, this is of course true. I can also tell you how to make dried sweet potatoes. This way, they are easy to carry on the march and can save a lot of time."
Yu Qingqing also wanted to help improve the army's food supply. In this critical moment, she also hoped to do her best. Only when the whole country is stable can her family be together.
The people are also the foundation of a country, and everyone complements each other.
Afterwards, Yu Qingshu took Yuan Xichen and his group, carrying all kinds of tools and heading towards the sweet potato field.
This time, he even called the two servants he had bought, Hua Manhong and others to go along.
After passing the pond near Yu Qingqing's house, the group soon arrived at the sweet potato field.
Village chief Liu and others were digging sweet potatoes at this time, working hard. They stopped when they saw Yu Qingshu and his men coming.
Yu Qingshu briefly introduced Yuan Xichen to Village Chief Liu and others. When Village Chief Liu heard that he was the owner of the restaurant, the way he looked at others changed.
Yuan Xichen saw the ground covered with various vines and was very surprised when he learned that they were sweet potato vines.
It was the first time he had seen sweet potatoes, and the first time he had heard of fruits growing under the soil.
There is really everything in the world.
Yu Qingshu brought a bunch of freshly dug sweet potatoes. The big round sweet potatoes were hanging on the vines, which made Yuan Xichen and others feel very curious.
A gentle breeze blew by, and a whole piece of sweet potato leaves danced with the wind, which was a visual feast to watch.
Yuan Xichen observed carefully and found that there were at least five or six sweet potatoes on each vine. No wonder it had such a high yield.
After tasting the sweetness and deliciousness of sweet potatoes, Yuan Xichen became more confident and was looking forward to the dried sweet potatoes that Yu Qingqing mentioned.
Yuan Xichen looked at the sweet potato field in front of him and was greatly shocked. He picked up a hoe and started digging like Yu Qingshu.
But when he dug with the hoe, a large area of snow-white sweet potatoes was exposed, and he accidentally dug up one of the sweet potatoes and damaged it.
Yuan Xichen asked nervously, "Uncle Yu, I ruined this sweet potato. What should I do? If it's ruined, it won't last long."
Yu Qingshu turned around and saw the damaged sweet potato in the soil. He shook his head and said with amusement: "Master Yuan, this is still edible even if it is damaged.
However, spoiled sweet potatoes can’t be kept for long. But you can use spoiled sweet potatoes to make dried sweet potatoes and keep them for a long time without any problems.
"Master, you see, this sweet potato has been damaged by me. Fortunately, we can still eat it, otherwise it would be such a waste." Yuan Yi also took a sweet potato that was dug in half, which looked quite big.
"Well, then you keep digging, but be careful! If you damage it again, I will deduct money from your monthly salary." Yuan Xichen rolled his eyes at him and said suddenly.
Yuan Yi scratched his head and went back to working hard.
Yuan Xichen looked at the vast sweet potato field and made up his mind. He turned to look at Yu Qingshu's back and shouted, "We can buy these sweet potatoes.
But I don't think I can eat all of this. How about I buy them at a penny per pound? I'll arrange for people to come and dig the sweet potatoes myself."
The price Yuan Xichen offered was relatively fair. After all, other food could be bought for a penny.
Yu Qingshu glanced at the endless sweet potato field and remembered what his daughter said about Yuan Xichen spending money to maintain the army, so he readily agreed.
Yu Qingshu pulled a sweet potato off the vine and smiled brightly, "No problem, you can find someone to dig it up, and we'll charge one penny per pound. There are so many sweet potatoes here, we can help dig a few more now."
When I get back later, I'll tell you all about the various ways to eat sweet potatoes. You won't be wasting your money on these sweet potatoes."
The deal was finally done, and a smile appeared on Yu Qingshu's face.
He stood up, wiped the dirt off his hands, and walked towards the village chief Liu. When the village chief Liu learned that the sweet potatoes had been found, everyone began to cheer.
Village Chief Liu wanted to go over and thank Yuan Xichen, but Yu Qingshu stopped him in time, "Brother Liu, I can take care of Young Master Yuan. He doesn't like too many people disturbing him."
Yu Qingshu did this because he was worried that he would offend Yuan Xichen. If others didn't know his identity, he would be even more responsible.
Village Chief Liu stared at Yu Qingshu with gratitude, his hands clasped tightly together in excitement, "Brother Yu, we are so grateful to you for giving us a new way of living.
Now my life is getting more and more promising. I don't know how to thank you enough. I hope you can forgive me for any offense I may have caused you in the past and don't take it to heart. "
Village chief Liu also sincerely thanked Yu Qingshu, and he naturally made an indelible contribution to the better lives.
Yu Qingshu smiled shyly and continued to dig sweet potatoes.
At this time, Yu Qingqing and her friends had already dug a lot of sweet potatoes. Large pieces of sweet potatoes were lying on the ground in all directions, indicating the joy of the harvest.
While Yuan Xichen was digging sweet potatoes, he would talk to Yu Qingqing from time to time, while the guards he brought with him secretly covered their mouths and laughed.
After Yu Qingshu came over, he continued to dig sweet potatoes. The group enjoyed the work and did not feel tired at all.
After digging for about an hour, the cloth bag they brought was no longer full, so they stopped digging.
There is more work in numbers and more power. Yuan Xichen's guards were able to do the work of two men at a time and they quickly carried back the fruits of today's labor.
After weighing it at the end, they found that they had dug as much as 500 kilograms. Yuan Xichen gave Yu Qingshu 500 coins as payment on the spot.
After returning, Yu Qingqing asked someone to wash some of the sweet potatoes, and then began to teach the cook brought by Yuan Xichen how to make dried sweet potatoes.
Yuan Xichen and his guards were also watching with great interest, asking a few questions from time to time.
Yu Qingqing put the sliced sweet potatoes into the steamer. She pointed at the steamer and said seriously: "Actually, this is very simple. We steam it first and then put it in the sun to dry.
The sun is quite strong, so after the moisture has dried up, we take it back and steam it a second time, then air-dry it for two days. Then we take it back and steam it a third time, air-dry it for another day, and then we can pack it up and seal it.”
This is also dried sweet potato, a more traditional method, exactly as Yu Qingqing described.
Yuan Xichen looked as if he had suddenly realized something, and looked at Yu Qingqing with sparkling eyes, "So how long can this usually be stored?"
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