The setting sun cast a warm and bright red light at the end of the sky. The fertile soil on the ground was fragrant, and half of the earthworm was moving under the sweet potato leaves.
Old Zhao excitedly followed Zhao Yu to the sweet potato field. Zhao Yu found the thickest roots of the sweet potato and pulled them out!
The soil broke open, and seven or eight sweet potatoes were pulled out along with their roots. They were still stained with yellow soil.
Old Zhao immediately took a piece of half-ripe sweet potato and weighed it in his hand. It weighed about one catty.
The sweet potatoes on this stem and leaf added up to at least seven to eight catties!
In fact, if the sweet potato was fully ripe, it would weigh at least seven to eight catties!
Seeing this, Old Zhao looked at the sweet potatoes in the sweet potato field, and his eyes instantly turned red!
At this moment, he completely believed that this thing could produce 5,000 catties per mu!
Zhao Yu dug out a few more potatoes. These potatoes were stunted, but they were huge!
Each of them was at least half a catty!
Zhao Yu estimated that two thousand Jin per mu was still too little.
He saw that the production of sweet potatoes and potatoes was indeed so abundant!
Qin Shihuang's eyes seemed to have a few drops of sand in them, and he couldn't wipe them clean.
Great Qin placed great importance on agriculture!
Each of Great Qin's residents cultivated about 100 Mu of land, which was 200 catties per mu. Each of Great Qin's residents could produce 20,000 catties of food.
Excluding the effects of natural disasters such as droughts and floods, the annual yield of a hundred mu of fertile land for each citizen was only about fifteen thousand catties.
This was under the most ideal situation.
But now, with this sweet potato, a hundred mu of fertile land could produce 5,000 catties per mu. A commoner could farm for two seasons and the annual grain production could reach a million catties!
How terrifying was this?
Even if the sweet potatoes were only planted in two or three of Great Qin's Commandery Cities, they would be enough to provide for all of Great Qin's residents!
In this way, there will be no more famine in the world!
When Lao Wang saw the production of sweet potatoes and potatoes with his own eyes, his eyes turned red. He gave up on his sword to avoid hurting Auspicious.
He squatted in the soil and dug with his hands as if he had lost his mind. He did not even care about the blood that he dug out from the gaps of his nails.
After a while, Lao Wang dug out a few half-ripe sweet potatoes. Under the setting sun, a few tears silently fell from his wrinkled face.
"This thing…it really does produce 5,000 catties per mu!”
Wang Jian's voice was choked with sobs, but he still tried his best to maintain his composure." This item can be said to be an auspicious sign of the celestial family!”
Meng Yi's situation was not any better. He was holding onto the sweet potatoes and potatoes that Zhao Yu and Wang Jian had dug out. His clothes were covered in mud.
Even so, he could not hide the excitement in his eyes!
Old Wang looked at the sweet potatoes and potatoes. His voice was unusually firm as he said to Zhao Yu,""Old Yu, if you give these sweet potatoes and potatoes to His Majesty, in less than three years, Great Qin will be able to wipe out the Xiongnu!”
When he thought of the barbarian on the horse, Wang Jian's eyes were filled with blood!
Once upon a time, he had fought with the Xiongnu at the border of Zhao. The brutality of the Xiongnu people was still fresh in Wang Jian's memory!
Qin Shi Huang walked in front of Zhao Yu and suddenly bowed to him respectfully. He said in a deep voice,"With these crops, in less than a year, our Great Qin will no longer have hungry people! I thank you on behalf of the people of the world!"
Qin Shihuang's bow shocked Wang Jian and Meng Tian!
But when they wanted to stop him, it was already too late!
Qin Shihuang's bow could be said to be extremely honorable!
Those who had not made great contributions were not qualified to be worshipped!
Wang Jian and Meng Yi thought about the achievements that the sweet potatoes and potatoes had made for Great Qin, and they finally calmed down.
Zhao Yu was able to bear the weight of Qin Shi Huang's bow!
Seeing how polite Old Zhao was, Zhao Yu quickly said,""Old Zhao, you don't have to be so polite. When this thing matures, we can think of a way to send it to Qin Shihuang.”
Looking at the vast fields, Zhao Yu's back seemed a little lonely under the dusk. He sighed," It's a pity that my fields are still too little. If only I had more fields.”
Zhao Yu's words were unintentional, but in the ears of Great Qin's three leaders, it was not as simple as it seemed!
Great Qin's three magnates were extremely intelligent!
Naturally, they were certain that Zhao Yu was hinting to them that he wanted the land!
Privately buying and selling land was a crime in Great Qin!
Although the Qin Dynasty had a private land ownership system, every farmer had to pay taxes to the country.
The land system of the Qin Dynasty was actually state-owned land.
Especially in a place like Xianyang where every inch of land was worth gold, it was almost impossible for civilians to buy and sell privately!
However, what shocked Qin Shihuang, Wang Jian, and Meng Yi was that Zhao Yu's land was neither big nor small!
It was more than a hundred acres!
The problem was that Zhao Yu seemed to be alone at the moment. If he was given more land, would he be able to finish farming?
Qin Shi Huang was still doubtful. He took a step closer to Zhao Yu and said slowly,"Old Yu, I still have some connections in Xianyang. I can help you get land.”
Hearing this, Zhao Yu was stunned. How difficult was it to obtain land in Great Qin?
This could be seen from the fact that the soldiers would rather carry their heads to the battlefield to fight for official titles!
The best way to obtain Great Qin's territory was to use one's life to gamble!
Moreover, this was Xianyang City, the capital of Great Qin, under the feet of the emperor!
Old Zhao actually said that he could get land?
At this moment, Old Yu could not help but look at Old Zhao in a new light.
"It seems that Old Zhao is quite capable.”"I don't need too much. Just give me another 100 mu." Zhao Yu smiled.”
"One hundred mu?" Hearing up to this point, not only Old Zhao, even Wang Jian was also surprised.
Zhao Yu only needed one person to farm more than 200 acres of land. Could he really handle it?
Qin Shi Huang lowered his voice and said," I can also help you get 100 mu of land. However, Old Yu, you want so much land. Can you farm it all by yourself?"”
Hearing this, Zhao Yu smiled and took out a curved plow from the corner of the field. He said,"Let alone a hundred mu, even if I have another thousand mu, with this Quyuan Li, I can still be busy!”
"Qu Yuanli?" Seeing the Qu Yuanli in Zhao Yu's hands, Old Zhao and the other two stared at it with confusion.
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