All Hail Cousin Brother

Madam Yue thought about the eldest lady, and was worried about the young lady's future before her death, so she lowered her eyes secretly, and wanted to find an opportunity another day to talk to Madam Yu about it.

Although she is only a slave, but she is entrusted by the eldest lady on her deathbed, as long as it is not too excessive, some words can be said.

Yu Youyao nodded with a smile, and stopped talking about the sad topic: "Mummy took the time to come here today, but what's the important thing?"

Most of the dowry industry under her name is managed by Yue mama.

In the past few years, she has made a lot of rectifications to the industries under her banner, and it was only because of the support of Yue mama that it was able to proceed smoothly. She also encountered many problems, thanks to her many years of experience and methods, Help to solve one by one.

Now, most of the industries under her name have become bigger and bigger because of her relationship with the **** store, and she has also cooperated with her cousin in the Zhejiang maritime trade business.

All of this is due to Yue Ma's contribution.

Of course, there are also those loyal servants that my mother chose and left to her, all of which have contributed to her.

Madam Yue took the veil, pressed the corner of her eyes, and said, "It's about the trial planting of sweet potatoes. The young lady attaches great importance to the cultivation of sweet potatoes, and the people in the village didn't dare to neglect them. They cultivated them on different soils for two years. , Sweet potatoes do not choose the soil quality, and the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood. As long as you spend more attention on serving, the yield is also good, but the fruit that comes out is still a little smaller."

After she finished speaking, she ordered the person who brought it to open a small box.

There are more than a dozen sweet potatoes planted in different soils, and the soil quality is also marked on them.

Yu Youyao glanced at it, and there was not much difference in size. She wrapped her hands in a silk handkerchief, and picked up the sweet potatoes from various soils and looked at them: "They are similar in size, that is, they can adapt to various environments."

Yue mama nodded: "The soil is soft and sandy, or brine, and the yield is higher. One plant can bear up to 5 fruits, but most of them are three or four, and they should be larger. If the soil is harder, the yield will be reduced, a plant will bear at most 3 fruits, and the size should be too small, the soil is wet and fertile, but it is not conducive to growth.”

Can adapt to sandy soil and grow in brine, Yu Youyao's eyes lit up: "What about the taste? Is there any difference?"

Mother Yue said: "The softer soil will taste sweeter and more juicy. The rest of the soil is not bad. Whether it is eaten raw or cooked, the taste is good. The most important thing is to resist hunger."

It is precisely because of this that Yue Ma was very interested in the trial planting of sweet potatoes, and even took over the trial planting on Zhuangzi.

The past few years have not been good, and this year is another year of spring drought. The harvest of winter wheat is no longer expected. After two years of cultivation, the habits of sweet potatoes are also clear, but they can be planted on a large scale.

This thing, the yield is not the best, but the biggest advantage is that it does not pick the soil, the harvest is guaranteed during droughts and floods, and the fruit is still very hungry!

Madam Yue saw the benefits and benefits, so she came to look for the young lady.

Yu Youyao is really excited now. The dozen sweet potatoes are not big, even smaller than sweet potatoes. Although the yield is not low, it is actually not too high.

The biggest advantage is that it can adapt to all kinds of land.

Yu Youyao pondered for a while and said, "This year is the Spring Drought Festival again. It's already the end of February, and there hasn't been a drop of rain yet. I think the winter wheat harvest will not be able to come, and the early rice harvest will also be greatly reduced. Without the winter wheat harvest, From April to July, the green and yellow are not picking up. The people can only eat wild vegetables and swallow chaff. I don’t know how many people are starving. Even in July and August, the rice is harvested, but this harvest is not enough for the family to chew. Use, in the second half of the year, the weather is cold, and you can't even eat wild vegetables, I don't know how many people will starve to death!"

This was originally what Mother Yue wanted to say, but she unexpectedly let the lady say it.

If the young lady can say this, she is not the kind of young lady who is raised in a deep boudoir, does not understand the common affairs, and does not know the hardships of the people.

The lady is kind-hearted and more virtuous.

Therefore, what Yue Ma was thinking about, she simply stopped talking, and planned to listen to what the lady said first.

really!

Yu Youyao changed the subject and asked, "How many sweet potatoes are there on Zhuangzi?"

Mother Yue smiled: "I have tried a lot of plantings this past year, and they have dried the skins and put them in the ventilated cellar. It's rotten in a cellar, about 5,000 catties."

After planting sweet potatoes, she also knew that it was a good thing. The lady herself attached great importance to it, and naturally she wanted to have more varieties.

Yu Youyao nodded: "If you plant a large area, how many acres can you plant?"

After a little calculation, Yuemao said: "The best way to cultivate at present is to cut the sprouts of the sweet potatoes into pieces, then soak them in warm water, and coat the cut areas with a layer of ash to prevent pest damage. , and then bury the sprouts in the neat strips of Tianlong. The Tianlong should be sprinkled with plant ash to prevent pests in the soil. In this way, a sweet potato can be cut into about one to three pieces, five thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes, At least 10,000 acres of land can be planted."

This is to save the estimate, and to really plant it, it must be more than that.

The farmland under the lady's name is more than ten thousand mu. It's just some good fertile land, but the sandy land is inferior, and it is more than ten thousand mu.

Yu Youyao had a bottom line: "Didn't I arrange for my cousin's old servant to be responsible for the trial planting of new plants on Zhuangzi? Give them three thousand catties of sweet potatoes, and they will handle the other two thousand catties themselves. Just under my name, I picked a village suitable for planting."

They are responsible for the trial planting of new species, and they must know how to plant them.

The past two years have not been good, and life in the north has become more and more difficult. The promotion and cultivation of sweet potatoes are also urgent. Three thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes are nothing, but this is also a hope for survival.

Grandma Yue only assumed that the 3,000 catties of sweet potatoes were to be planted in the village under the name of Young Master Zhou Biao, and she didn't say much.

Yu Youyao frowned and looked at the sweet potato pieces in her hand: "The species of foreign countries will be somewhat unaccustomed to the soil and water in the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of them will not be able to grow, and a small part will be able to grow alive, but also half-dead, not very effective, sweet potatoes are regarded as The biggest exception is that one can survive on the land of Dazhou, and it can still bear fruit, without the slightest water and soil problem, and it can adapt to various climates and soils, which shows that the vitality of sweet potatoes is very tenacious.”

In this way, this sweet potato really does a lot.

This fruit is too small, and the yield is not bad or high. If we can increase the yield on the basis of not picking the soil quality, and then promote it on a large scale in China...

The trial planting of sweet potatoes requires more attempts.

But, it also takes time.

The most urgent task now is to expand the planting scale as much as possible on the limited sweet potato of 5,000 catties.