He instructed the Ministry of Works to send the ore to the kiln outside the city to be crushed. Ren Baqian made an appointment the next day to go to the Department of Agriculture and Livestock to look for Ge Yihong. He instructed him on how to germinate sweet potatoes, how to plant them, and where to plant them.
At present, they had already tried the yield and taste of sweet potatoes. Therefore, they didn't have any doubts about this new product. All Ren Baqian had to do was to recite the information and let them memorize it. He didn't need to worry about anything else as they would naturally do it.
Furthermore, even if all the sweet potatoes germinated, they could only be sown on 100 mu of land. After generations of cultivation and a small amount of sweet potatoes were put on the market, the ordinary people in Dayao would gradually accept it. When the yield of sweet potatoes increased, they would then take out sweet potato wine and sweet potato vermicelli.
There were also some things to pay attention to. For example, sweet potatoes could only be planted once a year on the same plot of land. After that, other crops had to be planted. For example, eating too many sweet potatoes would cause heartburn.
At the same time, Ren Baqian also brought two other crops. One was potatoes. The yield was lower than sweet potatoes. It could yield about two to three thousand catties per mu. The other was pumpkin seeds. The yield was similar to that of potatoes.
These two crops and sweet potatoes had a high starch content. They could be used as a vegetable or as a rice. Furthermore, the yield wasn't low. They were excellent as a non-staple food.
It could be said that with these three crops, Dayao would no longer have to worry about food shortages in a few years. In fact, ten years later, the grain production of the other countries would increase greatly. After all, these few countries were close to each other. These crops could easily drift to other countries.
To Ren Baqian, two to three thousand catties per mu wasn't a shocking number. However, when Ge Yihong heard that these two crops could produce two to three thousand catties per mu, he opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a long time. Then, he looked up to the sky and laughed endlessly. He shook the dust off the beam and landed on both of their heads.
A few days ago, if someone said that the crops could produce a few thousand catties per mu, he would probably laugh three times and get someone to chase the person out. It was simply a fantasy. However, after seeing the sweet potatoes being dug out from the ground and weighing more than six thousand catties, he would attach great importance to anything that Ren Baqian took out.
"Bah!" Ren Baqian patted the dust off his head with all his might. Just now, his entire head and face were covered with dust, but the main culprit, Ge Yihong, was already at the door in a flash, leaving Ren Baqian to dig himself out from the ground.
Ren Baqian did not look much better after dusting off most of the dust on his body. He was so angry that he glared at Ge Yihong. Even though Ge Yihong was a Secondary class, Rank 3 martial artist and he was only a Secondary class, Rank 5 martial artist, Ren Baqian was not afraid of him.
There was still a woman standing behind him.
There was a saying that a successful man had the shadow of a woman behind him. Ren Baqian felt that this saying wasn't wrong at all. Even though he wasn't successful yet, there was still a shadow behind him.
Ge Yihong didn't care, and his expression didn't change. Ren Baqian kept staring at him, but he acted as if he did not see it. Instead, he asked Ren Baqian how to grow potatoes and pumpkins and what he needed to pay attention to.
Even though Ren Baqian was angry, he still had to finish what he had to say. Otherwise, he would have to make another trip back.
Ren Baqian explained the main points and precautions for growing potatoes and pumpkins. One of the most important points was that Dayao often ate mutton, and pumpkins couldn't be consumed together with mutton.
After he finished explaining, Ren Baqian didn't stay any longer and quickly bade farewell.
"Deputy Prefect Ren, why don't you come to the Department of Agriculture and Livestock? It just so happens that we are still lacking a junior official. Deputy Prefect Ren is the most suitable for this position. " Ge Yihong still wanted to persuade Ren Baqian. At the door, an official wearing a Secondary class, Rank 4 official uniform looked at him with a hidden bitterness, just like an abandoned wife.
"Not interested, goodbye." Ren Baqian left without another word. Even now, he still felt that there was dirt in his mouth.
"Sir!" After Ren Baqian left, the junior official of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock still looked at Ge Yihong with a hidden bitterness.
"Sigh, if he can come to the Department of Agriculture and Livestock, I can resign from my position and hand it over to you." Ge Yihong didn't look ashamed at all. Instead, he patiently tried to persuade the junior official of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock.
The junior official of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock rolled his eyes. As if you can decide.
At this position, you can't just recommend someone.
In the morning, Ren Baqian came out of the palace clean and tidy. In the afternoon, he returned to the palace dejected. He hurriedly took a bath and went to Qingxin Palace Hall to learn how to read.
At night, he stayed in his room and strolled around the courtyard. He raised his head and looked at the two moons in the sky, one big and one small. The big one was slightly bigger than the one on Earth. Its color was slightly red. With the naked eye, not only could he see the traces of craters, but he could also see a small dot in the middle.
"What's that?" Ren Baqian was puzzled.
In the past, he didn't notice it when he occasionally raised his head. Today, he took a closer look and discovered the small dot. He quickly ran into his room to take a look again. The 10x binoculars allowed him to see more clearly.
He raised his binoculars and looked up. Indeed, it was much clearer and the moon was much bigger. He carefully searched for the dot that he saw just now. It was an oval object on the moon. He didn't notice it before. Now that he used the binoculars to look at it, it was as if there was an eye there. It made him feel a little weird, as if someone was looking at him.
However, Ren Baqian also knew that this was impossible. He reckoned that it was some strange landform.
If he had the opportunity, he should get an astronomical telescope to see what the moon in this world looked like.
Of course, this idea was only on a whim. He would completely forget about it the next morning.
Sitting on a stone bench in the garden, Ren Baqian took out his walkie-talkie and called the empress. After a while, he heard some noise. The other party had picked up the walkie-talkie, but the empress didn't speak. Instead, she waited for him to speak.
"Your Majesty … I see that the moon tonight is really beautiful, so I want to tell you." Ren Baqian thought for a long time and finally came up with this sentence. If one were to describe his current behavior, it was similar to a primary school student who liked to secretly pull the braids of a girl sitting in front of him. However, it became harassment through the walkie-talkie at night. In the end, he was still too free now.
After all, on Earth, he could still watch movies or surf the internet. In this world, he had nothing to do. At this time, he didn't want to cultivate, so he simply used the walkie-talkie to idle around.
After he finished speaking, he was still waiting for the empress to reply when he realized that the other party had directly turned off the walkie-talkie.
Ren Baqian looked bored. Finally, he looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle and said, "This is life!"
After standing in the courtyard for a while, he turned around and returned to the house to cultivate.
Meanwhile, on the roof of Yangxin Palace Hall, the empress was lying on it. She held a wine pot in one hand and poured it into her mouth from time to time. Looking at the two full moons in the sky, her face was slightly red. It seemed that the alcohol had gotten to her head, and her eyes were slightly blurred.
"What is Her Majesty looking at?" Qing Yuan and Hong Luan were looking at the roof at a 45-degree angle.
"I don't know. Recently, Her Majesty has been getting weirder."
"But recently, Her Majesty rarely gets angry." Qing Yuan's words made Hong Luan nod her head incessantly. Furthermore, recently, Her Majesty wasn't as cold as before. Sometimes, she would even reveal a trace of a smile. This kind of change made the two of them very happy.
"Bang!" Half a tile directly fell on the ground near the two of them, giving them a shock. They quickly covered their mouths and didn't say anything. They looked at each other and their eyes curved.
The empress looked at the moon for a long time, but she couldn't tell what was so beautiful about it. However, her mood wasn't bad. There was a kind of warm feeling, and at the same time, something was surging in her heart.
This made her like it very much.
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