MTL - The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn-Chapter 491 492 Treasure

   Chapter 491 492 Offering Treasures

  Li Yu took Zhou Bo and Jixiang and planted sweet potato stems into the ground.

After a few people had planted the sweet potatoes and returned to the kitchen, Mrs. Liu and Aunt He had already cooked the sweet potatoes. Li Yu picked up a piece of sweet potato and broke it into two pieces to reveal the yellow core. After taking a bite, it still tasted the same. The same sweet and glutinous and a little powdery.

   The little loach and the edamame also took it and ate it, and the little loach shouted in surprise while eating: "Wow! It's delicious! It's still sweet."

   After eating their portion, everyone felt unsatisfied.

   Zhou Bo said: "It's delicious! It's a bit like boiled chestnuts, but not as dry. It has more water and is sweeter than chestnuts."

   "Bo Zhou is right." Everyone nodded in agreement with Bo Zhou.

  Li Yu thought to himself: I can't eat too much, it will cause abdominal distension, hiccups, and heartburn.

   After Zhou Jia returned from the yaxia, Li Yu took him and Yang Yang to the back garden, and let the father and son plan out the box of sweet potatoes left to Zhou Jia.

   Zhou Jia witnessed the production of sweet potatoes with his own eyes, and his heart became hot. After tasting the taste, he was even more satisfied.

   "Fish, the output of two boxes of sweet potatoes is 70 to 80 kilograms. The output is really high! In the future, I won't worry about the drought and no food, and people will starve to death."

  Li Yu nodded, "Yeah! I think so too, but unfortunately there are too few seeds at the moment."

   Zhou Jia smiled with satisfaction, "It's a good thing to have seeds."

   "It's so sweet!" Yangyang took a few bites of sweet potatoes and asked Li Yu strangely, "Mother, why do you have sweet potatoes, so you won't be afraid of running out of food when there is a drought? Why is there no food to eat in a drought?"

   "Because sweet potatoes are not afraid of drought, they can be planted even if there is a drought and lack of water. When the people have a harvest, they can fill their stomachs even if they are a little less, and they will not starve to death if they have something in their stomachs."

  Yangyang looked at Li Yu curiously, unable to imagine what it would be like to be hungry.

Li Yu looked at him and continued: "Farmers are worried about drought and no water. Without water, farmers can't grow crops. Without food, they will starve. If the drought is severe, it will cause a locust plague. Your father and I were also because of the locust plague... ..., this year is busy with farming, and you and your mother will go to Zhuangzi to help with the farm work."

   "Got it!" Yangyang still couldn't imagine the situation where all the locusts came into his eyes, but he just thought it was terrifying, and felt that the pores were standing up.

   "So many bugs, it's scary to think about! Mother, can we eat locusts?"

  Li Yu patted him lightly and said with a smile, "Yes, it can be fried or grilled, it's quite fragrant."

   "Then why are you running away? Just fry the locusts and eat them!"

   "Fool, without water, you can't live just by eating locusts!"

   "Mother, are we going to flee again when the locusts come again?"

   "There is no escape. Before the locust plague happens, we can control locusts by raising more chickens and ducks."

   "Mother, let's feed more chickens and ducks on Zhuangzi, and eat them all when the locusts come."

   "Well! This year, we will feed more chickens, ducks, and geese on the back mountain. Then we will eat braised goose, roast duck with taro seeds, pepper chicken, and beggar chicken."

  Yangyang's saliva was drooling, "Mother, you've made me greedy."

   "Alas!" Li Yu sighed, "Mother is greedy, she ate something with little salt and tasteless for two months."

   Zhou Jia looked at his daughter-in-law and son, "Look at your mother-in-law, talking about the drought, but actually talking about delicious food. In two days, Dad will take a rest and take you to Zuixianlou to eat delicious food."

  Yangyang rubbed his stomach, "Dad, I want to eat mutton buns, roast chicken, and fish from Boss Liu's house. Let's bring my uncle, grandpa, and seven pounds."

   Zhou Jia picked up Yangyang, "Okay, in the middle of the day, daddy will take buns with him."

   Zhou Jia decided to send the sweet potato to the palace early tomorrow morning to make Chu Yuhao happy.

  Li Yu told Zhou Jia how to grow sweet potatoes and how they should not eat too much, and let him record them and send them to the palace.

  Sweet potato won unanimous praise from the Zhou family, and Zhou Bo took over the task of taking care of the sweet potato in the back garden.

   Zhou Jia went out the next morning and faced forward, and explained Ruyi: "After an hour and a half, you will send the sweet potato outside the palace gate. After I ask to see Your Majesty, I will come to pull it."

  If Zhou Jia did not bring a sweet potato, he said with a smile, "Master, won't you bring a sweet potato into the palace to show your majesty?"

   Zhou Jia smiled, "I think it feels better to watch the sweet potatoes come out of the frame with my own eyes."

   After the master and servant agreed, they each left. Zhou Jia went to the main hall after the court to ask to see Chu Yuhao.

   Zhou Jia handed over the prepared pamphlet after seeing Chu Yuhao, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Chen found high-yielding grain seeds. Mrs. Chen said that this kind of grain is drought-resistant, and the roots and stems can be eaten."

   After reading the pages, Chu Yuhao looked at Zhou Jia with great excitement, "Jiahe, come and see, what kind of high-yield grains are?"

   Zhou Jia bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it is still in the car outside the palace gate, and Ruyi is guarding there!"

  Chu Yuhao became curious and wanted to see what kind of seeds he wanted to pull with a car.

   "Oh! Get someone to pull in."

   Zhou Jia led someone to pull the sweet potato frame into the palace and put it on the dam outside the door of the imperial study.

  Chu Yuhao looked at the big wooden frame placed there, stepped forward and fiddled with it, but found no fruit, only green vines.

   Shen Zhong asked strangely, "Master Zhou, you got it wrong! What kind of grain is this? It's clearly a flower."

  Chu Yuhao also asked the same question.

   Zhou Jia bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please give me a pair of scissors and a small flower hoe."

  Chu Yuhao instructed the servant, "Go and fetch it."

   After a while, the waiter brought scissors and a flower hoe. Zhou Jia, under a pair of curious eyes, cut out the sweet potato vine according to Li Yujiao's instructions, and cut it into a ruler.

   "Your Majesty, there are instructions in the booklet. This one can still be planted. You have to dig a piece of soft ground and plant it according to the method recorded by the minister."

   It can also be planted repeatedly. Chu Yuhao looked at the wooden frame with some anticipation, waved his hand, and asked the servant to go to the place.

   "Your Majesty, the grain grows in the soil, and the minister will dig it out for you to see."

   "Okay, I'll be waiting here."

  Chu Yuhao looked at Zhou Jia's movements and felt that it was too slow. He simply rolled up his sleeves, took the flower **** in Zhou Jia's hand, and bent over to plan it.

   When the two rulers and ministers worked together to dig out the first sweet potato, Chu Yuhao finally understood why Li Yu said that as long as it is planted properly, the yield will be very high.

   "Jiahe, according to what Mrs. Li said above, sweet potatoes can be steamed, grilled, and dried,..."

   Zhou Jia bowed and saluted: "It's Your Majesty, you can try it after you have it cooked."

  The maid took the sweet potatoes to the royal chef, and Shen Zhong also bent over to plan the sweet potatoes.

   After the whole box of sweet potatoes was dug out of the soil, Chu Yuhao looked at the sweet potatoes piled on the ground and shouted to the sky, "God bless Dayong."

   Shen Zhong and Zhou Jia all knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty Shengming, God bless Dayong."

  Chu Yuhao looked at Zhou Jia and smiled: "Jiahe, I thank Mrs. Li for the people of Dayong."

   (end of this chapter)