"Eight stones per mu." Li Yi gave a number.
He was using the soup from the stir-fried shredded potatoes. He added soy sauce and left a lot of soup, which became a thicker soup with potato starch.
He picked up a few pieces of shredded potatoes and chili and stuffed them into his mouth. It was the most delicious.
The little guy sat on a high stool and scooped up the soup with a bigger spoon. He took a sip and then scooped up some potato and eggplant with a smaller spoon. He ate with a grin.
"Eight stones?" Li Dan suddenly shouted. Li Tan, who had just finished drawing a picture, was so scared that he shivered and the drawing fell to the ground.
"Wash your hands and come over for dinner," Empress Wang instructed Li Tan.
Li Tan didn't know the situation. He drew a key part and said that he would eat later.
He had just finished drawing and ran over to eat.
When he went to wash his hands, Li Yi introduced, "Eight stones. Cultivate them well. They can produce more than 30 stones per mu."
Li Yi was referring to Shaanxi in his time. One mu produced 6,000 to 7,000 catties of potatoes per mu.
It was a specially cultivated breed. It was big.
In addition, Inner Mongolia and Gansu had high yields of potatoes. Heilongjiang was also good. Heilongjiang potatoes were delicious. Later, they changed the breed and tasted bad.
Now that they were going to America to get potatoes, the size should be uneven. The big ones could be as big as a baseball, and the small ones could be as small as a ping pong ball or a glass ball.
"Let's not think about 30 stones first. Eight stones will definitely be enough," Li Yi promised.
If the yield was low, why did everyone plant it and keep cultivating new varieties?
Other places used potatoes as a staple food. Only people in his time used potatoes as vegetables. Potato powder was not a normal dish.
"Actually, potatoes can be roasted and eaten. Light a fire, throw it in, control the heat, roast it, peel it, and eat it. At most, dip it in salt or sauce."
After Li Yi finished speaking, he quickly ate a mouthful of rice. He was hungry.
"We have to send a fleet out next year. The people are waiting."
Noble Consort Lu was anxious. She didn't expect such delicious food to be produced in such a high volume.
Li Yi nodded. "There are many good things over there. Gold and silver are secondary. Bring back all kinds of crops to meet the needs of the people …"
He introduced the American crop, the kidney bean. Nowadays, the kidney bean should be classified as a string bean. It was just that it had a large grain size, a lot of starch, and a low yield.
But it was delicious. Stewed dishes were the most fragrant.
In addition, corn was the best material for making silage, especially for feeding cattle.
Corn seedlings, corn cobs, and corn kernels were made into silage. The starch, protein, and fiber were all good.
He could also break them off before they were ripe, boil them, or roast them.
Sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes can be turned into vermicelli, roasted in winter, sweet and fragrant.
Li Yi talked for a while. Except for the little fellow, everyone, including Li Tan who was sitting there, stopped eating and listened together.
They began to yearn for that place. Like Li Yi, they did not care about gold and silver.
Food was what the commoners needed the most. Once the commoners had their fill, they would be able to accept the printing of paper money.
The Tang dynasty often got things from outside, such as mare milk grapes.
Now that there was a new type of long-grain rice, in addition to other things, the commoners would be able to eat more than they could eat.
"Everyone, eat. Next year, my steam engine will come out and take the coal out.
I will draw a map of the local area, indicating the location of the open coal mine and other mines.
I will continue to make coal locally and then come back. It will be faster and be used together with the sail. "
Li Yi actually wanted to go with them. With him, the team would not have any problems.
He was experienced in sailing at sea. He used to have his own yacht.
And when he arrived at the place, he could recognize everything. When others went out, he could only draw the map of the crops.
"When will you come back?" Empress Wang thought of the long journey.
Li Yi thought for a moment and replied, "I have to build a good relationship with the locals and teach them something. I will leave at the beginning of spring next year and come back at the beginning of spring."
"So fast?" Li Tan could not help but ask. After that, he quickly lowered his head. He was not qualified to speak here.
"The main thing is that there are many boats. Go east and go ashore. No, send two teams out. The other fleet will circle around and go west. "
Li Yi considered the terrain and wanted to send people in both directions at the same time.
Because there was no Panama Canal, there was also no Suez Canal.
To go west, they had to go around the African continent and see if they could not make contact with the Africans and bring back tropical fruit seeds, coffee and other things.
For example, in Ghana, where he lived next to the sea, there was a mysterious fruit. After eating it, other sour things would become sweet.
"Then I will have to trouble you, Brother Yi." Li Longji believed in Li Yi's words.
For others, distant places were full of unknowns and dangers.
It felt like Brother Yi already knew the whole plan.
Presumably, when he finished writing about the voyage, there would be information about what the place was like, what there was, how to replenish and other methods.
Then, he would provide the tools to calculate the position at sea. The fleet would just follow the instructions.
The unexpected situation was a storm at sea. That depended on luck.
Princess Yongmu took care of the little guy and also took care of Li Tan.
If it was in the palace, Princess Yongmu was good to Li Tan and helped him with some food during meals, Li Tan would be angry.
He thought that others pitied him and he did not need other people's help.
Now, he would respond to his sister and take care of the little guy.
He was confident that the wound on his face could be treated by Brother Li Yi, no, Brother-in-law. Moreover, Brother-in-law was really powerful and knew everything.
He helped the people live a good life and provided weapons and supplies to the soldiers at the front. Every time, he would transport things in units of ten thousand.
Before a big battle was over, he had already thrown out a million.
If he threw a tantrum with his sister, what if he hit me? I can't beat him and others won't help me.
The key was that he did not dare to fight back. If he fought back, he would be beaten even more ruthlessly.
"I don't want to eat, I want to drink soup." The little guy finished the big plate of potato and eggplant in front of him.
Li Tan pulled the plate down and brought the small bowl of soup to his brother.
"Thank you, Brother." The little guy wiped his mouth with the napkin around his neck and thanked him.
Others also had napkins, but they did not put them around their necks but on their legs to prevent things from falling and dirtying their pants.
Another one was on the table to wipe their mouths.
The little guy's napkin was a big one that covered his entire body.
Of course, if the soup spilled, he had to quickly pick it up to see if it was scalded.
Noble Consort Lu's eyes revealed a loving look. She liked the current atmosphere of eating together as a family.
Li Dan exhaled comfortably and ate slowly. He felt that he was the most blessed person.
There was no longer any fear or intrigue. All of the problems in the Li family's farmstead seemed very calm.
No one dared to find trouble in the Li Family Zhuangzi. There was no situation of husband and wife quarreling in the Li Family Zhuangzi.
The Li Family Zhuangzi was usually lively. He could find people to play chess and see a group of children running around.
"Tomorrow, Wen Tian Lan Xiang Pavilion will add new things to provide customers with more choices." Li Yi suddenly talked about small things in life.
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