newbobooks Chapter 960 They didn’t turn the tables!
Chapter 960 They didn’t turn the tables!
Su Yueyao sighed. Something happened again and she hadn’t rested enough at home yet!
"My dear wife, I will ask the Killing Pavilion to investigate how that person entered Fengdu." Xingchen said.
"Okay! Will you be back for dinner later?"
"My wife, you don't have to wait for me. I'm not sure."
"Okay then, go get busy!"
After Xingchen left, only Su Yueyao and Yang Qianxun were left in the room.
“Don’t worry, Yao. The Gongyang family is a century-old family. Nothing will happen.”
"Well, Qianqian, how many crops have matured in our farm? Has anyone reported it?"
"Yes, a batch of corn has matured. The people below estimate that there will be tens of thousands of kilograms, and they will prepare to harvest it in the next few days."
"So many? Just corn?" Su Yueyao was a little surprised.
"Well, all of our farms near Fengdu have planted them. Potatoes and sweet potatoes will mature in the last half of the month, but the people down below have dug them up and seen that the yield is quite amazing. The yield should be hundreds of thousands of kilograms."
“It looks like this year’s harvest will be great!”
After Su Yueyao finished speaking, she thought of something and immediately said, "I have to go to court tomorrow. Your Majesty and the ministers in the court should go to the farm together to harvest corn!"
"What does Ayao want? If they see such high grain yields, they will voluntarily agree to the reform?"
"I do have this idea, and I also want Your Majesty to see with your own eyes the yield of this high-yield crop. In the future, the entire Fengluan Kingdom will no longer be short of food."
"Let's settle it on Gongyang's dowry farm. How many acres of land have we planted on Gongyang's farm?"
"We have more than 20 acres of corn, and more than 30 acres of potatoes and sweet potatoes combined!"
"Does Gongyang's manor have so much land?"
"Yes! This is some land that Gongyang has reserved for himself. From what he said, more than half of the land is planted with corn, wheat and the like. Gongyang gave me more than 100 mu of land as a dowry, which was divided into three or four farms."
Su Yueyao: “…”
"Ayao, is this an expression of envy? No need to be. According to the rules, his dowry is yours!" Yang Qianxun said with a smile as he looked at Su Yueyao's surprised expression.
"You are indeed a landowner!"
"The harvest from Gongyang's farm is expected to be close to 10,000 catties of grain this time? Can it reach 100,000 catties?"
"It's about the same. When we planted corn before, according to the fertilization methods provided by A Yao, the yield per mu was about 600 kilograms, potatoes were about 2,000 kilograms, and sweet potatoes were the highest, more than 3,000 kilograms." Yang Qianxun said excitedly.
Su Yueyao was a little disappointed when she heard this data. After all, the highest yield of modern corn can reach 1,000 kilograms per mu, and potatoes can reach 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms, not to mention sweet potatoes which can reach 5,000 kilograms.
It seems that the quality of fertilizer and seeds will have an impact, but the yield here is already the best.
"Ayao is not satisfied with the output?"
"Satisfied, when you visit Gongyang Manor, give Gongyang 50% of his harvest and let him send it back to the Gongyang family for planting. The remaining 30% will be directly transported to the south for planting, and the remaining 20% will be given to Your Majesty."
"Isn't it too little to give His Majesty 20%?"
"It's a lot. Most of it needs to be saved for seeds. I also need to take out some for promotion, so that it can be distributed to the people in the harvest season."
"Ayao, just think it through. Those ministers will probably be jealous to death if you leave so much grain for Gongyang. That's tens of thousands of kilograms of grain. If they are used as seeds, how much will the harvest be next year?" Yang Qianxun said with a smile. He was a little jealous, but it was a pity that he didn't have a farm with so much land.
"Just to make them jealous, the grain grown on other people's farms should be distributed in this way!" Su Yueyao said after thinking for a while.
"Ayao, you don't have to do this. If you do this, the food you have will not be as good as the family behind us."
"I'll give it to you. Your mother clan is now on the same side as me, so they won't let me down. And it will also be good for you if they see how closely I work with your mother clan."
"I have so much grain that it won't be very useful. The restaurant will only consume a portion of it, and the rest will be sold to the people. But next year, you have to give me 30% of the grain your family grows."
Yang Qianxun heard Su Yueyao's words and smiled: "I think they are very happy about it."
"Since we are promoting the planting on such a large scale, I have to provide their corresponding recipes and methods. We have achieved some results last year. There are so many things that can be made from sweet potatoes and potatoes. Should we open a processing plant?"
"What does Ayao want to process?"
"Sweet potatoes can be made into vermicelli, which is very convenient to store and can be cooked directly when eating. There are also many things that can be done with potatoes..."
"Ayao said it's easy to store, how long can it be stored?"
“As long as it’s dry, there won’t be a problem within a year.”
"Ayao, is this vermicelli easy to make?"
Su Yueyao saw Yang Qianxun asking excitedly, "Qianqian, you are curious about vermicelli!"
"Ayao, if vermicelli can really be preserved for that long, it can be used in the army."
"Yes, you can, but I'm not very clear about the specific production method. I can only give you a rough idea, and you can study it yourself when the time comes." Su Yueyao said after thinking for a while.
She only saw it once when she was looking at her phone in modern times, and her memory of it was a little blurry.
"As long as A-Yao has an idea, it's fine. We have Cheng Shi, and he can cook many dishes. Recently, the chefs in the mansion have been communicating with him! Even the chefs in Xingchen Courtyard have gone there."
Su Yueyao: “…”
“Did they come up with any new dishes?”
"Chun Shuang hasn't come to report yet, so I don't know the details."
"I want to go and have a look!" Su Yueyao said with a smile.
"When they come up with a new dish, I'll ask them to send one to A-Yao. I think it will taste good."
"Great! I'm looking forward to this. The people in Yunsheng's hands are really good! There are all kinds of people!"
"Ayao, indeed. These people are outstanding in their respective areas of responsibility and their martial arts skills are also very high. Sometimes I wonder how they train these people."
"Let's go to Xiangshan when we have a chance. I'm curious too."
"I'll write down the general method of making vermicelli, and we'll try it out tomorrow when we dig up some sweet potatoes."
"Okay, I'll grind ink for A Yao."
Su Yueyao picked up a pen and wrote down the steps she knew, and then wrote some other recipes for sweet potatoes and potatoes. The methods were almost all general, and one could only hope that Chengshi and others could figure out the specifics.
After they finished their work, Xingchen had not come back yet. Su Yueyao was still a little disappointed as she hadn't had a meal with Xingchen for a long time.
"It looks like Xingchen will be back late today!"
"Qianqian, where are the others? Are they still busy? Don't they want to eat?" Su Yueyao asked in confusion as she saw no one coming to the dining room.
"They've been busy lately, so I'll accompany A-Yao today!"
Su Yueyao thought of something: "Qianqian, did you really push everything onto them? They didn't turn the tables!"
"They can't turn over, they are all in my hands! Who told me to be the master? Ah Yao, I feel that the position of master is so comfortable now."
Su Yueyao: “…”
"Ayao, are you feeling sorry for them and letting them have it easy without caring about my life or death?" Yang Qianxun looked at Su Yueyao's surprised expression and asked with a smile with narrowed eyes.
Su Yueyao suddenly felt a little cold on her body. She met Yang Qianxun's gaze and said with a strong desire to survive, "Of course not. They have been here for so long, they should share the burden with you. You did the right thing."
After hearing what Su Yueyao said, Yang Qianxun felt as if he was bathed in a cool breeze and looked at Su Yueyao happily.
"I'm really happy that Ayao thinks so!"