Manager Hua and his group stayed overnight, preparing to pack vegetables and set off early the next morning.
After lunch, Han Shunde took them to visit the vegetable greenhouses.
Manager Hua and his group listened to his introduction while watching.
We were all shocked!
In this freezing weather, they can still grow vegetables like this, and there are several varieties of vegetables that they have never seen in the capital!
It was early winter outside, but inside the greenhouse it was warm as spring.
"Village Chief Han, who came up with this idea? To be able to grow vegetables this way in the dead of winter, that's truly ingenious!"
Han Shunde said proudly, "Oh! This idea was come from Lanzhen!"
She roughly drew a diagram on the ground for us of how to build the walls of a vegetable greenhouse and how to construct the roof.
How to ensure adequate lighting? This includes information on temperature, humidity, and pest control when growing vegetables in greenhouses.
Then let's slowly explore the experiment.
To our surprise, we succeeded on our first try.
Manager Hua was shocked by what he said.
He hadn't expected that Li Lanzhen, a peasant woman, would have such insight. Not only had she saved Silver Fox several times, but this alone made Manager Hua admire and be grateful to Li Lanzhen.
Now that he has seen the vegetable greenhouses, he feels even more that Li Lanzhen is a legendary woman!
In the vegetable greenhouse, Manager Hua saw the same vegetables he had seen before, as well as tomatoes and cucumbers that he had never seen before.
Han Shunde saw him standing in the tomato field and next to the cucumber trellis without moving, so he introduced him to him.
"Manager Hua, this time you can take the tomatoes and cucumbers with you."
As she spoke, she picked a bright red tomato and handed it to him.
"Come on, have a taste. It's sweet and sour, and the sandy texture is especially delicious!"
Manager Hua held the bright red tomato in his palm, so tightly that his five fingers couldn't hold it.
It was a little bigger than his fist, and it looked really pleasing. In the freezing winter, this red fruit was truly festive.
If we take it directly to the capital, we should be able to make a fortune!
Later, Zhang Deshui invited him to see the sweet potatoes and potatoes they had planted.
Manager Hua followed him into the greenhouse where grains were grown.
The entire greenhouse was lush and green, with sweet potato vines growing very vigorously.
"Brother Zhang, this is the stir-fried sweet potato tips we eat. It's sweet, crisp, and has a great texture."
Zhang Deshui stroked his beard and chuckled proudly.
"Yes, this is a sweet potato. Sweet potatoes are a treasure. After the vines grow up, you can cut them down and plant them in the soil. Water them and let them bask in the sun, and they will grow vigorously."
Once the sweet potato vines have grown long enough, you can keep picking the tips and stir-frying them. Even the vine stems can be pickled into sauerkraut, which is great with a porridge-like consistency and goes very well with rice.
Looking at the bright green sweet potatoes, Zhang Deshui felt a great sense of accomplishment.
"Manager Hua, the sweet potatoes will be ready in a little over a month and then we can dig them up. You must come then, Manager Hua!"
Our cafeteria will prepare a sweet potato feast for you; it'll be delicious no matter how it's cooked!
Manager Hua stretched out his large hand and gently stroked the lush green sweet potato vines. This entire greenhouse was planted with sweet potatoes.
The sweet potato vines were lush and vigorous, with every leaf a vibrant green.
When we arrived at the greenhouse where the potatoes were planted, the potato vines were already in bloom.
Manager Hua asked, "Brother Zhang, is this a potato? Does it also grow underground?"
"Yes, it grows underground. When planting, you build ridges one by one, and the potatoes grow under the potato ridges."
"Look how pretty the potato flowers are!"
Looking at the lush green potato flowers with their creamy-white petals and yellow stamens, Manager Hua said, "Potato flowers are indeed beautiful!"
Thinking of the braised pheasant and rabbit stew with potatoes he had today, he added.
"Potatoes are delicious too!"
Zhang Deshui stood with his hands behind his back, head held high with pride, and said.
"Potatoes and sweet potatoes are both delicious and filling; they're really good things."
The girl from Lanzhou said that she plans to plant several hundred acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes in Taohuayuan next year.
Then, give the seeds to Silver Fox and see how to spread them so that all the people of our Li Dynasty can have enough to eat and not go hungry!
Zhang Deshui's words made Manager Hua admire Li Lanzhen even more!
Li Lanzhen, a woman, had a greater mind than many officials in the imperial court!
Li Lanzhen has the people in her heart!
This time, Manager Hua took away a lot of vegetables. To ensure the freshness of the vegetables, everyone came to the vegetable greenhouse in the middle of the night to start picking them.
The younger children were already asleep, but the older children also joined in the work.
Manager Hua had his men take out a lot of cotton quilts and oilcloth from the large ship.
They carefully wrapped all the baskets of vegetables tightly and carried them one by one into the cabin of the large ship.
After seeing it, Li Lanzhen thought to herself that her guess was right; the large ship really did have a warehouse at the bottom.
"Manager Hua, if the temperature in the cabin is too low, it will be bad for the vegetables. I think we should take a few basins of charcoal down with us."
Manager Hua smiled and said, "We brought a charcoal brazier with us."
By this time, the charcoal in the charcoal brazier had already been lit.
The temperature inside the ship's hold was just right, preventing the vegetables from freezing.
"That's good, as long as you don't get cold."
This time, Li Lanzhen did not take out any vegetables from her spatial storage for him.
However, they took out sweet potatoes and potatoes from the space, each weighing about 500 jin (250 catties).
Li Lanzhen pointed to the sacks and said.
"Manager Hua, these potatoes and sweet potatoes are mine. I'm giving them to you as a gift. This time, I won't exchange them for silver."
Thank you so much for sending so many supplies to Peach Blossom Spring and even a boat to us.
Have your men move it into the cabin quickly.
"Don't let the village chief and the others know about this."
Manager Hua originally wanted to decline, but he really liked the taste of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
I heard Li Lanzhen say this,
He glanced at the silver fox, who nodded at him.
Manager Hua immediately waved to his subordinates to carry the sacks onto the boat and put them into the cabin.
All the vegetables were packed into baskets, and the quantity of each basket was recorded and categorized.
Finally, the amount of silver was calculated based on the vegetable prices listed in the contract.
Once all the vegetables were loaded into the cabin, everyone went home to wash up.
At this time, the sky was just beginning to lighten, and breakfast was ready in the dining hall.
Li Lanzhen and Han Shunde invited Manager Hua and the others to go to the dining hall to wash up, have a meal, and settle the bill before setting off.
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