I immediately asked Wang Dahu about matters related to sweet potatoes.
It was Wang Dahu's first time to see an official. Although Lord Yu was smiling, his legs were shaking like sieves.
Yu Tingzhang asked him to sit down, and Wang Dahu knelt down with a thud.
He lowered his head and didn't dare to look.
His mouth seemed to be out of control, and he explained everything clearly, from seedling cultivation, to sowing, to field management, to harvesting.
"My Lord, these sweet potatoes are soft and sweet, very delicious. The yield per mu is over a thousand kilograms, enough to fill our stomachs."
Yu Tingzhang nodded and tapped the table lightly with his fingers.
After thinking about and screening several nearby villages again and again, we finally decided to divide each one into some areas to see which land is suitable for farming.
That's right, one point doesn't leave much room for improvement. It feels like it's not even enough to fill the gaps between our teeth.
Yu Tingzhang asked, "Do you still have sweet potato seedlings in your village?"
Wang Dahu had been taught by Ling Jiheng before he came, and he knew the lines by heart: "My Lord, these sweet potatoes were originally found in the deep mountains and old forests, there are not many.
Our village planted for a whole year and only harvested a few hundred thousand kilograms, and all of it was used to grow seedlings.
Your Majesty is merciful and hopes that the people of the Great Zhou can have enough food and drink.
However, Qingshan Village has limited capacity, so we can only rely on the joint efforts of the people in the prefecture to plant sweet potatoes all over Youzhou as soon as possible."
"Oh, how hard?"
“First plant these seedlings, wait for the vines to grow, and then cut off some for cuttings.
As long as we have patience and confidence, and gather small things to make a big tower, and collect small things to make a coat, the people of Da Zhou will have no problem eating sweet potatoes."
Yu Tingzhang was amused and asked him, "Who taught you to shout slogans?"
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