Chapter 1851 Don’t Compete with Staple Crops for Farmland

Chapter 1833: Don’t compete with staple crops for farmland (first update)

The people from Sinong Temple tasted it carefully. They participated in the whole process and ate it for the first time today.

In the future, they will be responsible for cultivating better varieties and increasing production.

Princess Yongmu's mother Liu Jieyu looked at the table more than twenty meters away, becoming increasingly unhappy as she looked at it.

She muttered: "Bi Zaifu is sitting in the wrong place. He should be with the people in the political hall to discuss important matters in the court."

Her chief maid asked: "Shall I go and coax Bi Zaifu away?"

"That's all, I think I'm asking about something more important than the political hall. From now on, eat the potatoes open, and the soup in the fried shredded potatoes should be mixed with rice."

Liu Jieyu waved her hand to stop him, and forgave Bi Gou, who had no eyesight.

As soon as she finished speaking, she became angry again, and Song Jing and a group of people came over with plates.

Then Princess Yongmu and Xiaolan walked over with plates, obviously not wanting to stay with them to eat.

Then, Liu Jieyu saw Li Longji walking there again.

"Mom, I'll come here to accompany you." Princess Yongmu said with a smile. She was not like this before.

Liu Jieyu actually thinks that her daughter is good now, lively, and quiet at first. She talks little all day long and rarely smiles.

She lived as if others wanted her to live, not herself.

"Yuanyuan, how do you serve rice?" Liu Jieyu noticed something different.

“When eating braised pork, rice tastes good, and pumpkin potato pancakes go well with soup.

Rice beans should be cooked and eaten like other beans when mature, but in stews, they are more delicious than kidney beans with their skins on.

Like potatoes, it can be used as rice or as a vegetable. It is more filling than other vegetables. "

Princess Yongmu did not forget to "popularize science" and took a bite with a happy expression on her face.

"Give me a bowl of rice. I can't get used to pumpkin cakes." Liu Jieyu was greedy.

On the other side, Li Longji was eating pork ribs, stewed pumpkin and eating pancakes. He came over to see what everyone was talking about.

Yao Chong had a question: "Xiao Yi, according to what you said, when potatoes are dehydrated, the yield per mu is not much different from that of rice or wheat.

If you were an ordinary citizen, would you be willing to accept the cultivation of new crops? "

The people in the group and those at work nodded one after another, yes, they had just thought of this.

After discussion, research, and analysis, we found that it was difficult to solve.

I'm sure, there is no other way to solve the problem. Come and ask Li Yi, aren't you capable?

"Is Mr. Yao saying that you can't grow wheat or rice after growing potatoes? Are you trying to grab land?" Li Yi also asked.

"Of course!" Yao Chong nodded.

"Do people grow mustard? Do they grow cabbage? Do they grow sorghum? After harvesting the winter wheat, they always have to plant other things.

Plant potatoes as food crops and seize food land.

But when potatoes are grown as vegetables, they take over the vegetable land.

It is a vegetable in itself, and the yield per mu of Chinese mustard is not comparable to that of potatoes.

The potherb mustard, which is used to make pickles, is replaced by potatoes. I think the people will be very happy. "

After Li Yi finished speaking, what are you thinking about when eating vegetables? When did potatoes become a staple food?

"Huh?" The ministers were stunned, why didn't they analyze it? Potatoes as vegetables? It is not……

"It's vegetables!" Bi Gou agreed: "In the winter in the north, cabbages and radishes are gone."

Li Longji continued: "The emergence of greenhouses has increased the number of vegetables. It is not as good as glass greenhouses, but it can make vegetables grow.

Later, potatoes and pumpkins were added. Even dried vegetables, including dried beans, yes, peanuts and sweet potatoes are also vegetables.

Potatoes have a high yield and can be eaten all winter long in the spring. Why don't people plant them? "

"Yes, Zhong, minister... I didn't expect it." Yao Chong was depressed. He should let his thoughts spread out more.

"Yeah!" Li Longji nodded slightly, saying it didn't matter.

A group of people feel even more hurt that we are so useless in His Majesty's eyes? Your Majesty, are you used to it?

Song Jing quickly made amends: "After harvesting the winter wheat, it is appropriate to plant potatoes instead of sorghum."

"When corn is planted, corn will be the staple food. The yield of corn now is higher than that of current wheat and rice.

What to plant depends on the conditions of the land, people, and needs.

In addition to providing food, sorghum also provides sorghum stalks and weaving tools.

Corn stalks cannot be braided but can be used as feed. Corn is relatively drought-resistant, but not as good as sorghum. Sorghum can survive drought or flood. "

Li Yi compared crops and made it clear that what to plant is not what people are asked to plant, but what is suitable for planting.

People who live on the mountainside with water shortages and see people with plenty of water growing corn at the bottom of the mountain follow their example. Without water, they will all die of drought, so they can only grow sorghum.

One more crop, one more choice, and make the most of the land.

It also depends on manpower. The labor force is insufficient and crops that are easy to manage need to be grown.

There are many local cattle and sheep farmers, and they can grow sorghum and corn. Corn is grown naturally.

Li Yi took two bites of vegetables: "In addition, peanuts are a cash crop and can be squeezed for oil and eaten as vegetables and snacks.

Our pressing technology is too low-end. After the oil is squeezed out, the peanut meal can still be eaten by humans and given to livestock. It is a good concentrate.

Sunflowers will be harvested in a few days. Like peanuts, they are a cash crop that can be used to extract oil and be used as snacks.

People plant sunflowers in front of and behind their houses in places that are not blocked from the sun, and they have snacks to eat when they harvest. "

"Write it down, Xiao Yi, write it down, we can read the words better."

As Bi Gou listened, he found that these crops were planted together, and there were so many ways to do it. He probably wouldn't be able to finish talking about it in the evening.

By the end of the meal, everyone involved is satisfied and can always find something they like.

Some people don't like the fixed staple food of pumpkin and potato pancakes, some want to eat noodles, and some have the same idea as Princess Yongmu and eat rice.

Some people saw the dish and thought that water-cooked sorghum rice would be more suitable for them.

After dinner, Li Yi ate a little too much. He took a walk to eat and took Princess Yongmu and Xiaolan to the sunflower planting area.

There is no rule that sunflowers must mature on the same day. Some of them have their heads hanging down.

"The more fruitful you are, the more humble you are. Look, the plump head is the lowest when the fruit is ripe." Li Yi borrowed things to attract people.

"Why do dandelions fly flamboyantly when they are mature?" Xiaolan added another comment beside her. UU Reading www.uｕkanshu.net

"So everyone starts digging it before it matures, and digs out its roots when it matures. It is too public." Li Yi looked at Xiaolan.

"Li Lang, you are right. I like sunflowers. The main reason is that they follow the sun and have goals, just like I follow you."

Xiaolan agreed as quickly as possible, otherwise she would be gouged, which would be scary.

Princess Yongmu laughed beside her, pointed at one and said, "Can it be eaten?"

"Yes, cut it off. Cut two." Li Yi pulled the stalk.

Princess Yongmu took out the small sword used for decoration on Li Yi's waist and whittled it on the back of his head, causing the sunflower to fall down.

Just because the sword is used for decoration does not mean that it is not sharp. This sword was just given to Li Yi today. The officials knew the meaning and could kill people directly with the sword.

They thought it was unnecessary. What difference would it make if Li Yi killed someone with a sword or not?

The plates of two sunflowers were cut off. Li Yi took the sword and continued to cut them.

Cut them into pieces, pick them up and rub them together with each other, and the sunflower seeds on them will keep falling off.