The widowed sister-in-law is embarrassed, she criticizes the villain like he only wants to be a love

Today, Yan Shu is going down the mountain with Jiang Ci and the others. This matter is a temporary decision and a bit sudden, so she still has some things to arrange before leaving.

Yan Shu invited the seventh uncle, Yan Fugui, Zhao San, and Wang Daneng to his home to discuss the matter of land reclamation.

"Although the villagers can currently rely on kudzu and winter bamboo shoots to survive, these things will always be eaten out. With so many people in our village, we must plan for our future livelihood."

The seventh uncle thought for a while and looked at Yan Shu with his wise eyes.

"Fourth girl, what do you have in mind?"

Since this girl took the initiative to bring them together, she must have some ideas.

Yan Shu said truthfully: "The cultivated land near the back mountain of Banpo Village is limited. If it is divided into the hands of each household, it is estimated that it will only be one acre of good land. The current situation will not be very good in a few years. The crop harvest is not as good as in previous years." Comparatively, if after handing over the public grain, the surplus grain in hand will not be enough to make ends meet, let alone sell it for money, so I want a few villagers to organize the villagers to go to the mountains to open up wasteland. Although the fields on the mountains cannot be compared with fertile fields, they are still suitable for planting. Some miscellaneous grains can also be considered an extra harvest, what do you think?"

Several people looked at each other after hearing this.

Zhao Sandao: "It's not that we haven't thought of this method, but it's not easy to open up wasteland in the mountains. Even if we open up a piece of wasteland, we may not be able to grow crops."

Yan Fugui followed closely and said: "There are many weeds and trees on the mountain, and the land that can be cultivated is relatively fragmented. As Brother Zhao said, it is not easy to reclaim wasteland. When I was in Xinghua Village, many villagers tried to go up the mountain to reclaim wasteland. But watering, cultivating, and fertilizing are all troublesome. There are so many trees on the mountain and there is not enough sunlight, so the situation of the farmers is really bad."

Uncle Seventh and Wang Daneng also nodded in agreement. They were both farmers and were naturally good at growing crops. Yan Shu's suggestion seemed good, but it didn't work that way.

Yan Shu nodded: "I understand what you mean. Ordinary crops in the mountains do affect the harvest, so I want to organize everyone to plant a new crop."

The seventh uncle's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up.

"New crops?"

Yan Shu took out the potatoes from the bamboo basket and said, "This is a potato. It is a food that Erlang saw in an ancient book. We happened to find some on the mountains near Lingquan Town some time ago."

Jiang Ci is a scholar. He has read many books and has a wide range of knowledge, so it is most appropriate to introduce him at this time.

"Let me see."

The seventh uncle stood up excitedly and walked to the table, took out a potato from the basket and looked at it carefully.

Yan Fugui, Zhao San, and Wang Daneng also came forward to check.

"Fourth girl, how can you eat this food when it's so gray?"

Yan Shu smiled and said: "This has been cooked and can be eaten directly. You can try it."

Yan Fugui broke the potatoes in his hand into four parts and gave a piece to each of Uncle Qi, Zhao San and Wang Daneng.

The four of them tasted it carefully and were very satisfied with the taste of the potatoes.

"It's much more delicious than kudzu root. It's sweet and soft."

The seventh uncle smiled and said: "This stuff makes you feel full after eating it, but it can be used as a staple food. I wonder what the yield is?"

Yan Shu coughed lightly, and the key point came.

She held out two fingers.

"Two hundred catties? That's a pretty good yield."

Ordinary crops can only produce two to three hundred kilograms in one season, of which fifty or sixty kilograms of public grain must be handed over, and some are sold to supplement the family's income. The food left by the family is not enough to eat. If it can be cultivated in the mountains, If they grow something called potatoes in the wasteland, they can increase their food rations a lot.

"It's two thousand pounds!"

When they heard the figure of two thousand kilograms, the four of them felt as if they were struck by lightning, their expressions were extremely shocked.

"Fourth girl, are you kidding us? Do you mean the yield of this thing is two thousand catties per mu?"

Yan Shu laughed: "You are all elders, how dare I make such a joke in front of you? As long as the planting is done properly, there will be no problem in producing two thousand catties per mu."

This is still the lowest output value. If cultivated scientifically, the maximum output per mu can reach 8,000 kilograms. But at this time, she has to consider the mountainous area, lighting, sunshine and planting technology.

The seventh uncle took a deep breath, and the fingers holding the crutch trembled slightly.

"If this thing really has a yield of two thousand catties per mu as you said, it will definitely attract the attention of the imperial court once word spreads."

Jiang Ci walked in from outside.

"If this thing can be popularized in the Sui Dynasty in the future, it will naturally benefit the country and the people. However, how to cultivate it and how the harvest will be will not be known until we try it ourselves. Therefore, in the past two years, we have opened up wasteland to plant this thing in the mountains for the time being. It cannot be spread outside."

The seventh uncle looked at Jiang Ci and nodded: "It is true that it is not easy to spread the word before we determine the actual yield of this potato. However, if the yield per mu is really two thousand kilograms, the villagers in our village will not be able to eat all the harvest every year. How should we solve the marketing problem? ?”

Jiang Ci handed a handwritten deed to the seventh uncle with both hands.

"This is a deed. If Uncle Seven thinks it is feasible after reading it, he can ask the villagers to sign on it, and the deed will be effective."

The seventh uncle reached out and took the deed. The general content of it was that the villagers teamed up to reclaim the barren hills. The fields finally reclaimed were owned by the collective villagers of Banpo Village. The seeds were provided by the Yan family for free. The Yan family would take 20% of the final harvest and the rest. Eighty percent was distributed equally to each household. If the villagers wanted to sell potatoes, the Yan family could buy them for two cents per catty. The contract clearly stipulated that potatoes grown on the mountain could not be sold to outsiders within two years. If anyone violated the contract, the whole family would be driven out of Banpo Village.

After reading the deed, the seventh uncle nodded repeatedly and reclaimed the barren hills to plant potatoes, which not only solved the villagers' food problem, but if it was true that one acre could produce two thousand kilograms of potatoes as Si Yatou said, how much money could each family make every year just from potatoes? Two silver coins.

"On the contrary, everyone took advantage of this deed. Erlang and Fourth Girl, how many potatoes do you have in your hands right now?"

Yan Shu said: "Uncle Qi, don't worry, the beginning of spring and the end of March will be the season for planting potatoes. We will send all the seeds back to the village by then, and we will teach everyone how to plant them."

"Okay, okay, there are still two months left. If our whole village works together, we will definitely be able to reclaim a lot of mountainous land. Then it's decided. I will call the villagers to inform the matter."

The seventh uncle and others left Yan's house excitedly.

Yan Shu looked at Jiang Ci: "Not all the villagers here are reliable. In addition to my parents, Er Zhu and the others, a few people must be left to keep an eye on them."

Jiang Ci said softly: "Don't worry, I have arranged for someone to stay."