During this period, Scrophularia did not have time to go out.
The search for his father's coffin was put on hold.
Li Lanzhen also devoted herself wholeheartedly to the planting and harvesting of greenhouse vegetables.
Now, more than 40 greenhouses have been fully built, and the last two greenhouses to be built are filled with sweet potato vines and potatoes that have already grown two leaves.
Looking at the weather, with the temperature getting lower and lower, Li Lanzhen was worried. Sweet potatoes and potatoes are susceptible to freezing during long-distance transport.
Once frostbite occurs, the person is essentially ruined, so she wanted to send out a batch of grain as soon as possible.
The sweet potatoes and potatoes planted in the first five greenhouses should be ready to be harvested in the next couple of days. She silently calculated that the greenhouses should yield about 30,000 jin of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
The space has already harvested and stored about 50,000 catties of sweet potatoes and potatoes. The sweet potatoes and potatoes in the ten acres of land in the space should also be ready to be dug up. In addition, there are about 50,000 catties of pumpkins and winter melons stored in the space.
In this way, the first batch of grain shipped out to the border garrison camp could reach more than 200,000 catties.
With that thought in mind, she walked into the first five greenhouses.
Originally, there were ten vegetable greenhouses, which were divided into two parts. Five greenhouses were used to grow vegetables, and the other five were used to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes.
When she went in, she ran into Zhang Deshui, who was walking happily through the sweet potato and potato fields with his hands behind his back.
Li Lanzhen knew that sweet potatoes and potatoes should yield a bumper harvest.
Upon seeing her enter, Zhang Deshui greeted her warmly, "My dear sister-in-law, you've arrived! Come and see!"
After walking a few quick steps, Li Lanzhen reached him and looked in the direction he was pointing.
There were two sweet potatoes and three or five potatoes there, but they were all unusually large!
Li Lanzhen grabbed a sweet potato and exclaimed, "My God! Did you just dig this out? This sweet potato is huge!" She couldn't hold it in one hand and had to use both hands to hold it.
Zhang Deshui chuckled proudly. "The land here is fantastic, so fertile! It's fertile and yields amazing results! I reckon this time, the yield per mu (unit of land area) can reach around 6,000 jin (unit of weight)."
Li Lanzhen bent down and picked up another potato. The potato was not as big as a sweet potato, but it was still much bigger than the ones commonly seen.
"Brother-in-law, look at these sweet potatoes and potatoes, when are we going to dig them up?"
Zhang Deshui, with his hands behind his back and a smile, said, "We can dig now, or we can dig it out in a couple more days!"
He looked around and said happily, "After we dig out the potatoes and sweet potatoes, we should quickly level the land and prepare the planting beds so we can continue planting. The soil here is fertile, so we don't need to plant in the same spot repeatedly."
"Okay, I'll go and discuss with Xuan Shen when to move them away."
That evening, Xiao Wu took Shi Tou to the Sifang Restaurant in Youzhou City to discuss things with Manager Hua.
Shi Tou was personally chosen by Xiao Wu, who has always kept him by his side and taught him. He said that Shi Tou is calm and composed in the face of adversity, and has a clever and quick mind.
So Stone became Xiao Wu's little follower.
They don't like rowing; instead, they run through the mountains and forests, saying that this helps them build physical strength.
They returned more than two hours later.
She told Manager Li Lanzhen that he would bring a boat to pick up the grain tomorrow.
So the next morning at breakfast, Han Shunde arranged for people to dig sweet potatoes and potatoes.
They were almost all able-bodied men and young people aged sixteen or seventeen.
When Master Xu and Lu Boyan found out, they also suspended their classes for half a day and joined the team digging potatoes and sweet potatoes.
One of them was in charge of keeping accounts, and the other was in charge of weighing the items.
The initial decision was to use five greenhouses for growing grain.
Zhang Deshui decided to plant sweet potatoes in three greenhouses and potatoes in two other greenhouses.
But people say that sweet potatoes cause heartburn, so they told him to plant more potatoes and fewer sweet potatoes.
He shook his head. "The most important thing is to fill your stomach. Who cares about heartburn? Sweet potatoes yield much more per acre than potatoes. If sweet potatoes cause heartburn, just mix in some wild vegetables and eat them together, won't that help?"
Everyone found his words insightful and felt secretly ashamed. They had just finished eating and were already complaining and being picky.
Two days later, all the sweet potatoes and potatoes were dug up!
The average yield of sweet potatoes per mu reached more than 6,000, and the yield of potatoes per mu reached more than 5,000.
Having witnessed the high yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes, Han Shunde and his team were overjoyed.
Not to mention Manager Hua, Bai Houpu, and the people of the small mountain village who were seeing the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes per mu for the first time.
Hua Zixi used up all the burlap sacks he brought, but it still wasn't enough.
Later, Han Shunde and the others took out all the baskets and lined them with thick straw to keep them warm.
This solved the loading problem.
As for the sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkins, and winter melons in the space...
It was estimated by Li Lanzhen and Xuan Shen in the space; the amount was at least 80,000 jin.
"Auntie, you should leave some in this secret place."
Xuan Shen knew that Li Lanzhen was going to take all the potatoes and sweet potatoes in her space and send them to the border, so he suggested this to her.
Li Lanzhen waved her hand, "It's alright, take them all. You see this ten-acre plot? It grows much faster than outside. By next spring, when we need to plant it on a large scale, we'll have enough seeds."
And so, the first batch of grain delivered from Peach Blossom Spring to the border garrison, totaling 200,000 jin, was all loaded onto the ship.
Bai Houpu also gathered more than 200 jin of medicinal herbs and took them with him.
Wu saw that Bai Houpu and his group had brought herbs.
He walked up to Li Lanzhen and whispered something to her.
"Lanzhen, would you like to take some of the herbs from the valley as well?"
Li Lanzhen shook her head, "No, keep all of these with you."
The population of Peach Blossom Spring is increasing, so we need to stockpile a large quantity of medicinal herbs for emergencies.
Li Lanzhen is selfless and wants to do something for this country that is in dire need of rebuilding.
However, that doesn't mean she can harm her own and her family's interests!
Her first priority was to ensure that she and her loved ones had enough to eat and were protected from disease.
Only under this premise can surplus food and other resources be contributed.
Li Lanzhen knew she wasn't that magnanimous!
In truth, Wu was also unwilling to hand over these medicinal herbs.
Li Lanzhen once told her to protect the medicinal herbs in that small valley and not to tell anyone else; it was enough for just a few people like them to know.
She harvests and processes the herbs seasonally, turning them into powders and pills, which are then stored away.
In response, Li Lanzhen gave her 1,000 small porcelain bottles to hold the medicine powder and pills.
Regarding who would deliver the supplies, Bai Houpu and the others later discussed it, and Xuan Shen also went with Manager Hua to the border to deliver this batch of grain and medicinal herbs.
Bai Houpu instructed Xuan Shen, "When you go to Youzhou Prefecture, don't forget to report to the prefectural government."
"Have the prefect write a letter, and ideally, have him send troops to protect you."
Li Lanzhen immediately understood what Bai Houpu meant.
That's why they say old ginger is spicier!
This would ensure the safety of Xuan Shen and Manager Hua, who were transporting food and medicine.
Secondly, this part of the credit was also handed over to the prefect of Youzhou City.
Li Lanzhen didn't want to get involved in these matters; all she wanted was to provide this batch of grain.
And she knew she had to do it!
Emperor Jingyuan granted her the land deed for this Peach Blossom Spring.
It wasn't just because she saved Su Chen and the princess, but also Xuan Shen and the crown prince.
Actually, what he valued most was that Li Lanzhen could provide grain with a yield of over 5,000 jin per mu!
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