Three months later!
Mid-June.
160,000 mu of potatoes ripened, and Liu Xuan harvested 4.5 million stone potatoes in one go.
In order to store these potatoes, Liu Xuan had specially built nearly a dozen cement granaries near the eleven counties of Dai County.
The granary was huge.
On average, each granary occupied nearly a hundred acres.
4.5 million stones of potatoes was not a lot. It was only enough to fill two granaries.
"Not bad, keep up the good work!"
Looking at the potatoes piled up like a mountain in the granary, the corners of Liu Xuan's mouth curled up.
It was now June 181, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in March 184.
After the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Eastern Han court completely declined.
At that time, it would be the time for Liu Xuan to truly make his debut and become famous in this era.
Two and a half years!
Liu Xuan still had two and a half years to develop.
In these two and a half years, Liu Xuan could still harvest potatoes five times.
"Zi Tai!"
Liu Xuan suddenly called out.
"Lord County Governor!" Tian Chou quickly replied.
"How's the progress of expanding the wasteland?" Liu Xuan said.
The expansion of the wasteland was a decree issued by Liu Xuan a month ago.
Currently, there were a total of 160,000 mu of farmland in Dai County.
However!
Through Liu Xuan's observation, he discovered that Dai County had a lot of land that could be reclaimed into farmland.
Moreover, the fertility of the land was not bad, not inferior to the current 160,000 mu of land.
According to the current progress, Dai County could harvest 4.5 million dans of grain every season, which was close to 10 million dans a year.
But?
Who would complain about having too much food?
Liu Xuan wished that Dai County could have as many farmlands as possible, so that they could harvest more grain every season!
"Reporting to the county governor, the reclamation of the barren fields is already in full swing. Because of the county governor's so-called subsidies, the participation of the commoners is very high!”
Tian Chou continued," At present, the eleven counties of Dai County have reclaimed a total of about 2,000 mu of fertile land. It is estimated that when the potatoes are sown again in August, 10,000 mu of new fertile land will be opened up!”
Yes, it was.
In order to encourage the commoners to actively open up wasteland, Liu Xuan gave a very high reward.
Every mu of fertile land reclaimed would be rewarded with ten stones of grain and a catty of salt!
……
"It's actually true! It was actually true! The yield of potatoes per mu was actually close to 30 dan!”
Three months ago.
Cheng Yu had just arrived in Dai County. This was the first time he heard about potatoes from Tian Chou and the others. When he heard that the yield of potatoes per mu was close to 30 dan, he refused to believe it no matter what!
However!
He looked at Liu Xuan's expression, Tian Chou Jian Yong's expression, Guan Yu's, Zhang Fei's, and the others 'expressions.
Everyone's expression was extremely serious. They had no intention of joking at all. This made him have no choice but to try to accept and believe this matter.
However!
Cheng Yu's heart had always been filled with suspicion.
He found it hard to believe that there were such high-yield crops in this world.
But today.
When he personally dug out the potatoes from the field one after another, he really believed it, sincerely!
During this period, although the Eastern Han was still rotten, the hearts of the people were still there!
This led to Cheng Yu's question after the incident. Why didn't they supply the Imperial Court with such a high yield of potatoes?
Actually, it wasn't just Cheng Yu.
A few months ago, when the potatoes were harvested for the first time, Tian Chou, Jian Yong, Guan Yu, Zhang Ren, and the others all came to ask Liu Xuan this question.
How could Liu Xuan not have thought of offering potatoes, a high-yield crop, to the imperial court? Then, through the hands of the imperial court, he would spread this crop throughout the world so that the people of the world could have enough to eat?
He had tried it when he first met Liu Hong.
The first time Liu Xuan met Liu Hong, he actually prepared two things.
The same was the glass cup with the exquisite carving of dragon and phoenix.
The second item was an unattractive potato.
Moreover, the first thing Liu Xuan presented was that potato.
At that time, he was very naive, really naive!
He naively thought that when he took out potatoes, a crop that was like a divine item in ancient times, the lives of the commoners would slowly improve.
However!
He was too naive!
When Liu Xuan told Liu Hong that the yield of potatoes per mu could reach 20 dan or more, Liu Hong did not believe it at all. He thought that Liu Xuan was just teasing him, and his expression turned ugly.
If Liu Xuan hadn't bribed Zhang Rang in advance, Zhang Rang would have hurriedly said many good things about Li Xuan when he saw the dire situation. If Liu Xuan hadn't offered the glass cup at the first moment, Liu Xuan would probably have been beheaded by the angry Liu Hong.
Since then, Liu Xuan had completely given up on the idea of saving the Eastern Han court.
Because he had come to his senses!
The entire Eastern Han court was corrupted from the very roots.
Even if he took out the potatoes, he could only forcefully extend its life for a few years. It wouldn't last long.
At that time, war would break out everywhere, and the people would still be displaced.
There was only one way to ensure the long-term stability of the people, and that was the birth of a new dynasty.
Moreover, he had to be careful.
Afterwards.
When Liu Xuan gradually put away his naive heart, he came to this conclusion.
He didn't think that before Dong Zhuo's chaos, the aristocratic families would have allowed potatoes, a high-yield crop, to spread smoothly in the Eastern Han.
This was because once potatoes were widely promoted, the huge amount of food they had hoarded would become worthless.
This was only one of the reasons.
The second reason was that once potatoes were widely promoted and the commoners could afford to eat, who would buy their own life (land) to the aristocratic families?
The reason why it was before Dong Zhuo's chaos was because after Dong Zhuo's chaos, the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty over the Central Plains completely collapsed. The goal of the major aristocratic families and ambitious people was no longer money!
Because at that time, they had already found something more attractive than money, and that was the throne!
In order to fight for the world, they had to recruit a large number of soldiers.
Recruiting a large number of soldiers would definitely require a large amount of food.
At that time, the potatoes that could produce 20 to 30 piculs per mu would definitely be promoted by them.
But that was 190 years later.
At that time!
Liu Xuan, who had occupied a province long ago, had been silently hoarding food for seven to eight years. Moreover, he had already won the hearts of countless people with food.
At that time.
It was already too late for those aristocratic families to plant potatoes!
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