Potatoes and Fertilizers
"Huh?" Bibi Dong couldn't hold back her expression.
Did she hear correctly just now?
Five thousand catties per mu?
[ 1 Catty equals 500 grams (approx) only for Chinese measurements. For Hong Kong, its 605 grams equals a catty.
1 mu equals 0.165 acres or 666.5 sq. meters]
(2500 kg Potatoes per 666.5 square meters)
What kind of crop is this?
The main crop on Douluo Continent is Wheat. With sufficient irrigation, it can produce four hundred catties per mu, which can already be called a bumper harvest.
And potatoes can actually produce five thousand catties per mu. Doesn't this mean that there will be no people starving in Douluo Continent from now on?
You must know that on the Douluo Continent, hundreds of thousands of people will starve to death due to the crops getting destroyed by drought or floods.
Agricultural disasters are also a problem that the two great empires and Spirit Hall have to face every year.
But what did Chen Jian say?
Five thousand catties of potatoes per mu!
Planting one acre of potatoes means that it can cover twelve acres of fertile land!
Bibi Dong was a little suffocated for a moment, this number is really terrifying.
Compared to Bibi Dong's inner shock, Hu Liena's performance was much more straightforward. She curled her lips and said,
"Mr. Chen is not lying to me and the teacher? Although I have never farmed before, I know that a field with a yield of even 500 catties per mu is very few in the whole continent. If you say that the yield per mu is one thousand catties, I can still believe it."
"But five thousand catties is too much, right? It is impossible to produce nearly five thousand catties per mu."
Chen Jian stroked his white beard and laughed,
"It's normal if you don't believe it. When Master Ye Tian told me, I also didn't believe it. How could there be such a high-yield crop in the world? But when I really saw after the potatoes were planted, I completely believed them."
On the side, Ye Tian walked towards Hu Liena, patted her on the shoulder, and said calmly, "When did I deceive you? Now is the season for potatoes, and the farm on the south is the potato planting area, if you don't believe me, you can go there and have a look."
These words not only attracted the attention of Hu Liena but also Bibi Dong.
The significance of potatoes is too great, if what Ye Tian said is true, the utilitarian value cannot be measured with an accurate number.
This can not only solve the problem of food for the people.
And it is beneficial to increase the tax revenue of Spirit Hall.
It means that Spirit Hall can recruit more powerful Spirit masters.
Seeing that little his sister was also quite interested in this, Ye Tian suggested,
"Why don't we dig out some potatoes ourselves and let the farm kitchen help us make potatoes for dinner!"
The crops harvested in person are the sweetest when eaten.
She has been cultivating in Spirit City and it is rare for her to experience such things
Now that she have the opportunity, She wanted to try whatever she couldn't there.
Hearing that Hu Liena agreed, Ye Tian cast his eyes on Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong also nodded slightly. Since she became the pope, she had to face various government affairs every day, not to mention entertainment, sometimes she can't even take care of the food.
She really misses the days when she was a child and helped her parents to harvest the crops.
It was one of the few warm moments hidden deep in her heart.
Under Ye Tian's leadership, everyone headed toward the south of the farm.
Hu Liena did not forget to trot to the road pick up her shoes and then returned to Ye Tian's side wearing them.
Soon, everyone walked to the south of the farm.
They saw large green and mature potato fields.
The tall potato seedlings stood upright, and many farmers are working hard to plan potatoes.
Bibi Dong stepped forward first and pulled up a potato seedling.
Potato seedlings are easily uprooted due to the sandy ground.
Then Bibi Dong was stunned.
The roots of the potato seedlings are covered with large and small potatoes, which together weigh five or six catties!
She stared at the potatoes and murmured: "It turned out to be true."
Hu Liena also widened her eyes when she saw this scene: "My God! There are really crops with such a high yield in the world."
Ye Tian came to Bibi Dong's side, smiled lightly, and said,
"How could I lie to you, sister? Do you believe it now, ?"
"The production is so high, will the taste be unpalatable?" Bibi Dong asked the question in her heart.
There are always advantages and disadvantages in everything. Since potatoes are a high-yield crop, there must be other disadvantages.
"It's not bad at all." Ye Tian shook his head and denied,
"Potatoes can not only be used as a staple food but also can be used for cooking. Not only that but if you cut them into strips and fry them in a frying pan to become golden brown French fries, then serve them with a secret sauce. It tastes extremely delicious!"
Chen Jian took over the topic and said: "Potatoes can be ground into flour, and can also be made into potato flour. Potato flour produced on farms has become popular on the coast of the East China Sea and is very popular with everyone. "
Hearing what Ye Tian said, Hu Liena almost started salivating, stepping forward and grabbing Ye Tian's lapel and said eagerly:
"Brother, are these potatoes really as delicious as you say?"
"You glutton you'll know after you try it tonight."
Ye Tian pressed Hu Liena's forehead, this girl really loves to eat.
"En!" Hu Liena didn't care about Ye Tian's movements at all and cheered solemnly.
This reminded her of the hot pot that she ate at Ye Tian's house earlier, it was the best dish she's ever tasted in her life!
She wanted to stay by Ye Tian's side forever.
That way she can eat all the delicious things for the rest of her life!
No, no, how could she have this idea?
Gluttony will make you fat.
What's more, I'm still the future saint of Spirit Hall, the teacher will definitely not let me stay.
Then... then it's better to persuade the teacher to stay together...
While Hu Liena was struggling, Bibi Dong, who was thinking, suddenly noticed the land next to the potatoes.
On the land next to it there is a long-stemmed plant with long seedlings, which do not have thick rhizomes like potatoes.
She looked at Ye Tian, pointed to the land next to her, and asked curiously, "Is this also a potato?"
Ye Tian shook his head, pointed, and said, "This is a sweet potato, but it's not fully ripe yet, and it needs to be fertilized again and then wait another month before harvesting."
"Fertilizer?" Bibi Dong was startled, following Ye Tian, she could always hear terms she never heard before.
The old man Chen Jian stood up and explained:
"Fertilizer is the nutrition that plants need for growth. Just like us, people who eat meat will become healthy and fat, the land that is fertilized can produce high yields."
Chen Jian also gave an example: "I once experimented on a farm. In the wheat field, the yield per mu of the wheat field without fertilizer was only 500 catties. The yield of the wheat field with fertilizer applied could reach 1,200 catties per mu."
" Can wheat produce 1,200 catties per mu?" Bibi Dong, who has always had a good grasp of expressions, was completely surprised.
You must know that increasing the yield of wheat has always been the research direction of the two empires and Spirit Hall.
Spirit Hall even has a department dedicated to researching related issues, which is full of food-type and auxiliary-type Spirit masters.
After years of research, this problem has not been solved.
Unexpectedly, it was solved by Ye Tian.
She couldn't help but wondered: "Mr. Chen, when you experimented earlier, you confirmed that the wheat variety did not mutate?"
If it was the wheat variety that has mutated, it would be understandable.
However, Chen Jian said categorically:
"I'm sure there is no mutation. This is actually very easy to explain. According to Master Ye Tian's theory, in addition to sunlight, plants also need nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other elements."
"So you know, Miss, If a crop is grown in the field where manure had applied, it will grow slightly better than the other fields."