One month later.
Finally, the crops that had been planted for two months were ripe.
When Cao Cao heard the news, he hurriedly brought two or three guards to Bai Feng's residence.
The crops were ripe!
Cao Cao was originally full of expectations for these crops. After waiting for two months, they were finally ripe.
Logically speaking, the five crops that Bai Feng planted should have different maturity periods.
However, the seeds given by the system seemed to have been mixed and improved.
The five different crops all had the same maturity period, which was two months.
Of course, they were not on the same day. Basically, there was only a difference of one or two days.
The last one to ripen was the corn.
The difference of two days was negligible.
Cao Cao looked at the ripened crops in the field with great interest.
Soon, Cheng Yu came with the General of Agriculture and started to harvest and calculate the yield per mu.
However, it was not difficult for Cao Cao to see.
The yield per mu of these crops could easily reach 20,000 catties!
Such huge crops were arranged densely in the field, making people feel dizzy just by looking at them.
Especially the corn. The corn stalks were as tall as two people and were covered with corn.
It wouldn't take a long time to harvest them.
After all, the five crops added up to only five mu.
This time, Old Cao paid too much attention to it and brought forty to fifty people to harvest.
"Sir, you didn't deceive me!"
"Such a production rate, it's amazing!"
Cao Cao could no longer control his expression and praised from the bottom of his heart.
Bai Feng smiled faintly and said slowly,
"The more crops you plant, the more you can harvest."
"Five mu of land next to each other and different crops are planted. The yield will definitely be affected, but it should not be much different from what I expected."
"When we reach Hanzhong and unify the land, the yield per mu will definitely increase."
Cao Cao smiled and said,
"Previously, I thought that Sir only knew how to fight. Today, I did not expect you to be so knowledgeable about agriculture!"
Bai Feng smiled faintly and said,
"It's just a small trick. It's not worth mentioning."
"Hanzhong's terrain is good and there is plenty of rain. Moreover, there have not been many disasters since ancient times."
"If we use Hanzhong as a base for agriculture, it will definitely work."
Bai Feng also had a plan. After all, when Zhang Lu was in Hanzhong, he was in charge of agriculture.
There was no problem with this plan, and Zhang Lu had done a good job.
However, Zhang Lu only had one subordinate, Hanzhong, which made him seem very weak.
If Zhang Lu had the ability to occupy Bashu or Western Liang, he would have become a powerful duke....
Putting aside the others, just Sun Quan alone was more or less on par with him.
Sun Quan was also content with managing the whole of Jiangdong.
Although Jiangdong was rich, it was not necessarily comparable to Zhang Lu in terms of crops.
Hanzhong's natural advantage was there, and it was hard to shake it.
However, Hanzhong's terrain could not be compared to Jiangdong's.
Although Hanzhong was surrounded by mountains, it also limited this prefecture city.
Once the enemy surrounded it, Hanzhong would not be able to resist.
However, Jiangdong was different.
A long moat blocked Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Cao Fang, Cao Gui, and Cao Huan.
If not for the last emperor, Sun Hao, they would not have been destroyed by the Jin Dynasty.
Otherwise, if they had continued to be as prosperous as Sun Quan was, although they would not be able to continue expanding, they would definitely not lose an inch of land in Jiangdong.
Even if the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, Jiangdong might not be destroyed.
This was Jiangdong's advantage.
On the other hand, Hanzhong did not have a geographical advantage and was easy to attack.
This meant that the area around Hanzhong had to be his own city.
In other words, if he wanted to develop Hanzhong, he had to unify the north or the world.
Only then would Hanzhong be able to display its greatest advantage.
Zhang Lu lost because there was only one Hanzhong, and he couldn't defend it at all.
The reason why Bai Feng chose to persuade Cao Cao to settle the north and Sichuan was because of this.
With food in Hanzhong, Cao Wei's strength would definitely surpass Jiangdong.
Jiangdong had two advantages. One was archery, the other was the abundance of food.
Archery? Do they have firearms and grenades?
Food? More than Hanzhong?
If they were crushed in these two areas, Jiangdong would lose its advantage.
Even if they did not attack, they could exhaust them.
Just as Cao Cao and Bai Feng were chatting happily, Cheng Yu walked over excitedly.
"Prime Minister, Governor Bai!"
"This … this is unbelievable!"
Cheng Yu had always been calm and steady. He was the kind of person who would not bat an eyelid even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.
However, today's matter had completely broken his worldview. Even he could not hold it in anymore.
"Are you done counting?"
Cao Cao glanced at him and said.
Cheng Yu excitedly pulled open the silk cloth used for recording.
"Corn, 24,000 catties per mu!"
"Potatoes, 28,000 catties per mu!"
"Chili, 21,000 catties per mu!"
"Sugarcane, 25,000 catties per mu!"
"Sweet potatoes, … 35,000 catties per mu!"
Cheng Yu had spouted every word out of his mouth.
This was not just 20,000 catties.
The lowest yield of chili was 21,000 catties per mu!
Sweet potatoes, on the other hand, actually reached 35,000 catties per mu!
Cheng Yu did not know how these things were eaten. After all, he had never seen them before.
However, Cheng Yu knew very well that even if this terrifying yield was reduced by half, it was still much higher than the current highest yield of rice per mu!
This was more than doubling!
If it was 35,000 catties of rice, it would be a blessing for the country!
Even though Cao Cao had mentally prepared himself, he had only expected the highest yield of 20,000 catties.
Now, it was almost doubled?
Bai Feng only smiled faintly.
In fact, this was very normal.
The system only said that there was a minimum yield of 20,000 catties per mu. It did not say that it had to be 20,000 catties.
The highest yield could easily exceed 100,000 catties per mu.
However, that would only appear if it was carefully cultivated and planted in large quantities.
Moreover, it had to be environmentally friendly.
Everyone knew that Xuchang's environment was not suitable for agricultural production.
However, under such circumstances, how could they not be shocked that Xuchang's land could produce such an astonishing yield?!
"Sir, you did not deceive me!"
"Excellent, excellent!"
Cao Cao did not expect that Bai Feng would give him two big gifts as soon as he returned.
Coupled with the fact that he had just conquered Bashu and Hanzhong, Cao Cao suddenly felt that he was about to fly.
"Sir, thank you for the agricultural production in Hanzhong."
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At this moment, Cheng Yu immediately put aside his previous prejudice and said respectfully to Bai Feng.
Bai Feng smiled.
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