Chapter 2: From four stone per mu
"Bah!" A middle-aged man spat hard at Mr. Mu San who was moving away, then turned around and said to Qin Chao: "Dalang, don't believe that guy's words, otherwise he would be swallowed sooner or later and not even left with bones."
"Uncle Yong, don't worry, I know what's going on." Qin Chao responded to the middle-aged man with a smile.
"Dark Lang, don't forget the lessons of Qilang and Hachiro. Speaking of which, Qilang and Hachiro are nothing but pitiful. They are helpless and have no choice but to be humiliated by the guy named Mu. If they could hold it back at that time, they would not have died later on for the Mu. This Mu person in our Qinhe Village would be a disaster." Uncle Yong continued to whisper.
"Uncle Yong, Shiro and Hachiro's lessons are deeply remembered, and they all dare not forget them. They are not the kind of person who cannot resist temptation. In the future, it is better not to say this. If Mr. Mu knows it, it will probably implicate Uncle Yong's family." Qin Chao was a little moved. Uncle Yong's persuasion was heard more than once, and the origin of it was clear, but Uncle Yong kept reminding Qin Chao not to be fooled, and even offended Mr. Mu San.
After all, the Mu Sanye’s family is a big family in the village. If it encounters a famine, the villagers have to rely on the Mu Sanye’s family to provide relief, so they only dare to remind him as an outsider in secret. However, even if it is a reminder, there will be no one who is almost obsessed with the advice like Uncle Yong.
The villagers have a pretty good sense of Qin Chao, and Qin Chao promises to teach children in the village to read, so they don’t want Qin Chao to be fooled by Mu Sanye.
"Anyway, you should pay more attention, but don't be fooled. I'll go down the ground." Uncle Yong nodded, and saw that Qin Chao did not take his reminder as a wind in his ears, he felt a little happy in his heart.
As a foreign household, Qin Chao has not yet become a junior. Although he has settled in Henan Prefecture, he can only count as a middle-aged man. He has not yet reached the age of equal land and has no responsibility for paying taxes for service.
Qin Chao's current situation, if the whole village had not helped him one by one, as a high-tech talent in the 21st century, he would have starved to death in a foreign land in the ancient times...
Outside the thatched hut is a courtyard of three parts in size, surrounded by dry firewood branches, which forms a courtyard wall. It is so poor that it can't afford rammed earth, and there is no one else.
The yard was expanded into a vegetable garden by Qin Chao. There was no farmland, and at least it was a three-quarter-sized yard. When Qin Chao traveled through time, he happened to have a few potatoes bought from the vegetable market. So after coming to the Tang Dynasty, Qin Chao planted the potatoes.
As an exotic substance, potatoes have not been introduced to the Tang Dynasty during this period, but Qin Chao knew very well what potatoes mean in this era?
Maybe Li Er even wants to chase Qin Chao and give him a title.
Well, let’s make a promise first. We can give up the title, but we don’t want to be an official. It’s not easy to be an official in the feudal era. If one day it makes the emperor unhappy, wouldn’t it be speculated?
However, as a good young man from later generations, Qin Chao should theoretically use his advantages to show his strengths in this era, but Qin Chao did not want to be an official or fight.
Just be a rich businessman quietly. Although the merchants were a low-ranking family in the Tang Dynasty, and their equal land had to be halved, and their social status was low, before that, Qin Chao had to become a landlord first and then sent someone to operate it. This model is the most popular business model for the nobles of the Tang Dynasty. It does not have to lower their identity, but can quickly earn a lot of money.
So, it’s better to make a good job and get a good position as much as possible, so that you can avoid labor and class, and then you can think of some ideas to do business, just be the richest man in the Tang Dynasty. Then you can buy a mountain, build a villa, and have a lot of wives and concubines...
Looking at the green potato seedlings with a hint of yellow, there were only thirty-two.
However, it was these 32 potatoes that were about to be unearthed that allowed Qin Chao to see the hope that the mountains, villas, and wives and concubines were about to be realized.
"After raising it for three months, the potatoes have matured. Let's see how the potatoes are produced in the Tang Dynasty!" Qin Chao sighed secretly. He also planted potatoes at home when he was a child. At this time, the potatoes grown by Qin Chao looked similar to those of the ripe potatoes at home, so Qin Chao judged that the potatoes were ripe and could be harvested.
Qin Chao made a fork, which was a few wooden sticks tied together, and the bottom end was sharpened.
There were not many thirty-two potatoes. Qin Chao only took about half an hour to dig out all the potatoes. If there were suitable tools, it would be enough at most ten minutes.
Looking at the palm-sized potato, it was very gratifying, and Qin Chao did not hide the excitement on his face at all.
"Dalang? What is this?" Qin Chao had just dug out the potatoes. Before he could even store them in order, Uncle Yong happened to pass by outside the courtyard wall. He looked at the fruits all over the ground and asked in surprise.
"Uncle Yong, this thing is called potatoes. It can be eaten as a staple food or as a vegetable. It is crispy and refreshing. Different methods can also produce different tastes." Qin Chao looked at the potatoes all over the floor, but still could not hide his excitement. Uncle Yong, who was weeding in the field outside the courtyard wall.
"Look at this head, three or four of them weigh about one pound, right?" Uncle Yong didn't know what potatoes were called. No matter how good Qin Chao said, he had never tasted it, but looking at this head, it was indeed not small.
Uncle Yong also noticed a problem. He had only seen twenty or thirty blue and slightly yellow plants in Qin Chao's home, but at this moment there were about hundreds of potatoes on the ground, and they were even in size, and each one was half a pound of size. These potatoes weighed about twenty or thirty pounds in total.
Just twenty or thirty pieces can produce half a stone of grain. What if there is more?
Taste is irrelevant to the people at this time, just fill your stomach. Besides, the taste of potatoes is not bad either.
Uncle Yong hesitated a little, thought about it, and finally continued to ask: "Dalang, how is the yield of these potatoes?"
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"Well? You said Qin Dalang has grains with more than four stones per mu?" In the Mu family courtyard, Mr. Mu San was sitting on a chair, drinking tea beautifully. When he heard the servant's report, he was shocked and spitting out the tea in his mouth.
"Boss, what Qin Dalang said, and I read it too. Qin Dalang only planted thirty or forty pieces in the courtyard, but had a yield of at least thirty kilograms. Qin Dalang also said that it is best to plant 5,000 plants per acre, and the yield per acre is at least four stones per acre in one season." The servant of the Mu family reported truthfully.
Qin Dalang had grains with a yield of at least four stones per mu. This news instantly shocked the entire Qinhe Village. Now the vicinity of Qin Chao's house is surrounded by people, and there are fun everywhere, but most of them want to ask for some seeds from Qin Dalang to plant them at home.
Chapter completed!