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Chapter 68: Exaggerated yield per acre! Water vegetables!

"Can it produce more than 1,000 kilograms per mu?"

“Crops grown in water?!”

Hear these words.

There was an uproar in the hall!
Especially the Minister of Agriculture.

He was still looking forward to it.

When will Chen Huaixin be able to go overseas to take away the crops that yield 1,000 kilograms per acre?

This way he can remember that thing and hope to find it one day!

But now.

That's the news from Dayu Research Institute.

But it made him unable to stand!
"because."

“This is a high-yield crop.”

"It is very likely in Dayu!"

“You don’t need to go overseas to find it!”

The Minister of Sinong Temple stared at the Mirror of Heaven with his eyes wide open.

In the future, there will be high-yield crops in Yu Country.

That basically also exists within the current territory of Cheng State!

If you can find it.

Then the people won’t have to suffer from food shortage!

Even Ji Qingluo, who was sitting on the dragon throne, immediately put aside his thoughts on the performance evaluation system and stared at the Heavenly Mirror without any hesitation, continuing to guide the country's destiny and deduce the future!

"If it is this kind of crop."

"It also exists within the borders of my country."

"Maybe more people can survive!"

……

【In Dayu Research Institute. 】

【Chen Huaixin stares at Ji Changxi.】

【He originally thought. 】

【I want to find high-yield crops. 】

【I want to find those potatoes and sweet potatoes. 】

[We need to wait until the large ship is built, or even until the steam engine is manufactured, before we can find it from overseas! ]

【Before.】

[He also sent people to contact merchants from other countries in the hope of discovering possible seeds from them.]

【However.】

[In the end, nothing was gained.]

[But just when he was waiting for the ship to be built and looking for high-yield crops after the great voyage. ]

【This news from Ji Changxi. 】

[It made him completely confused. ]

[“Within the current territory of Yu Country.”]

[“Are there crops that can produce 1,000 kilograms per mu?”]

【“And it’s aquatic?!”】

【Chen Huaixin was full of confusion.】

[This is the first time Ji Changxi has seen him like this! ]

[“In the past.”]

[“You act very confident.”]

[“Why are you confused this time?”]

[Ji Changxi rarely smiled. ]

[Not only because she was in a good mood, but also because of Chen Huaixin's reaction, which made her feel very satisfied! ]

【certainly. 】

[She also knows the limit.]

Before Chen Huaixin could continue to ask, she spoke again: "Aquatic crops are quite common on weekdays. You must have eaten them."

[“I’ve eaten it? It’s a very common aquatic crop?”]

[Chen Huaixin thought for a moment, then quickly said two names.]

[“Lotus root!”]

【"water chestnut!"】

……

"Lotus root?"

"water chestnut?"

“We’ve eaten both of these things.”

“But is its yield per acre really that much?!”

After Chen Huaixin mentioned the names of these two aquatic crops, one of the ministers immediately spoke up.

For everyone in this hall.

There are many kinds of things in the country. There is little that they have not eaten.

Like lotus root and water chestnut.

Because it tastes sweet and crispy.

Naturally, it is also a vegetable that can often be seen on their tables.

But regarding their yield per mu... not many people know!

The ministers turned their eyes to the Minister of Agriculture.

Even Ji Qingluo looked at him at this time.

But the Minister of Agriculture had a very bitter expression on his face. Feeling the gazes of His Majesty and his colleagues, he spoke with difficulty: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty...Your Majesty doesn't know either!"

For Sinong Temple, what they used to pay more attention to was naturally the crops produced in the fields.

Or.

Land complex.

It is deeply rooted in the bones of the people!

Except for those fishermen who rely on the ocean for their livelihood because they are close to the sea.

The other people basically make a living from the land, so they naturally focus on the land!
As for crops in water.

At most, you know that it is edible.

But I know nothing more!

After hearing that even the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture did not know about it, the eyes of all the ministers were once again focused on the Jiantian Mirror. Even those officials who were related to the aristocratic families wanted to know what the real situation was!

"The lotus roots and water chestnuts."

“Is the yield per mu really that exaggerated?!”

……

【After Ji Changxi's reminder. 】

[Chen Huaixin naturally thought of what the aquatic crops that he often ate were! ]

【“Or rather.”】

"Be more specific."

[“They should be called water vegetables!”]

[“But how come their yield per mu is so high?!”]

【Chen Huaixin looked at Ji Changxi.】

【Ji Changxi didn't say any more nonsense.】

[She led Chen Huaixin towards the flat ground behind the Dayu Research Institute.]

[“This is the area they created when they were assisting the Ministry of Industry in their fertilizer research.”]

[“Because I discovered by chance that the silt at the bottom of the river can make the fields fertile.”]

[“So we asked the Ministry of Industry to help build a pond here.”]

[Ji Changxi explained.]

【Chen Huaixin can naturally understand the reason behind this.】

[In the course of tens of millions of years of natural evolution, countless fish and shrimp have died at the bottom of the river, eventually rotting in the mud and rarely discovered. Using it as a fertilizer to increase production is naturally the most suitable.]

“There’s a pond.”

[“Of course, we need to raise some fish and shrimp to verify our hypothesis about the silt.”]

【“But later.”】

[“I found that just raising fish and shrimp was a bit of a waste of space.”]

[“So I threw in some lotus roots and water chestnuts to add some color to it.”]

【Ji Changxi's approach.】

[It fits the simple concept of today's era. ]

[It’s like finding a piece of land in your yard, and always thinking about what to plant there, and if there is still some space after planting, you will find ways to fill it up.]

【Anyway, it can’t be wasted! 】

[“This morning, I suddenly wanted to eat lotus roots, so I wanted to pick some.”]

[“But when I fished it out, I suddenly realized that the lotus root was quite heavy.”]

[“One lotus root section weighs at least one pound, and one lotus root has at least four or five sections.”]

[“In this one-acre pond, it is easy to grow hundreds of lotus roots.”]

【Speaking of this.】

【Ji Changxi did not continue.】

[Because the rest is just ordinary math! ]

[Even if we only take 400 plants as the median value, how many kilograms of lotus roots can be produced in that one-acre pond has already appeared in Chen Huaixin's mind.]

[Same.]

[The same is true for water chestnuts! 】

[Its yield per mu is just a little lower than lotus root! ]

【Standing on the edge of the pond.】

【Look at the lotus flowers inside. 】

【Chen Huaixin's face was full of astonishment! 】

[“Such a common aquatic vegetable, I had never noticed it before!”]

(End of this chapter)