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With an order, Kui Wu poured into the potato field with thousands of slaves.

Harvesting potatoes is as simple as digging open the ridges where the potatoes are grown, and inside are the yellow, orange and orange potatoes.

In modern times, the scientific name of potatoes is potato, also known as ground eggs, when he was a child, he often confused potatoes with sweet potatoes, in fact, sweet potatoes are another high-yield crop, but unfortunately not obtained from overseas.

But modern agriculture is also in his plans, so he will continue to collect crops from all over the world.

These days, it is estimated that the three warships repaired when Yue Yunnan went to the south are almost over, and the expanded Dengzhou shipyard has also been producing Galen ships this year, and now it is about to reach the end of the year, and at least twelve Galen ships can be launched at the scale of Dengzhou Shipyard.

According to the data reported by Zhang Liang, these twelve Galen ships include one flagship, which belongs to the first-class sail warship, three second-class sail warships, four third-class sail warships, and four fourth-class sail warships.

If these warships can be successfully completed by the end of the year, it means that his navy will have fifteen Galen ships, although this number is far less than the number of hundreds of ships that the Western maritime powers can easily use, but for Xiao Ming, this fleet is enough to deal with the colonists who have now extended their tentacles to Asia.

After all, according to his experience, the current West is not monolithic, their most important colony is the Americas, and in the East they will not invest a lot of troops.

And after a long journey, far from home, even if there is a war, it will be months before the news of reinforcements arrives, and even then they have to face the problem of supplies.

I want him to play at home, and the advantage is very obvious.

After recapturing Shanhaiguan this time, Xiao Ming was already thinking about the plan to recapture Ryukyu Island from the Dutch, after all, the status and location of this island were very important.

As long as he took Ryukyu Island, he would be able to completely block the trade routes between the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo to the south, of course, his purpose was not only Ryukyu Island, what he really needed was sulfur, gold and silver.

According to records, in the late 16th century, the Japanese province set off a mineral exploration boom, and silver mines were discovered in many areas, and for more than 400 years from 1562 to the Edo period, the Iwami Silver Mine in Ota City, Wakune Prefecture, was the largest silver mine in the Japanese Province and the world.

At this time, the Wa Kingdom was one of the few silver-producing countries in the world, and one-third of the world's silver was produced in the Wa Kingdom at that time, and the Wa Kingdom at that time was even called the "Silver Islands" by the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to silver, gold accounted for 5% of the world's gold at that time, and the most important resource of the Japanese was sulfur, one of the components of gunpowder.

During the Ming and Song dynasties, the Wa Kingdom had always been an important source of sulfur, and now most of the sulfur used by Xiao Ming to produce gunpowder is trafficked from the south.

He had investigated and found that the sulphur had also been trafficked by maritime merchants from the Wa Kingdom.

In the past, when the demand for gunpowder was not much, the price of sulfur was still more expensive than saltpeter, but now Qingzhou needs to produce a large amount of gunpowder, and the price of sulfur is even higher.

Because of this, Xiao Ming became more and more determined to drive away the Western colonizers to monopolize East Asian trade, and even colonize the Japanese state.

After all, this is an era of upgrading industry by plundering resources, and as long as one of these resources is missing, industry can stagnate.

While he was thinking, Pang Yukun was already patrolling the fields.

Turning out two fist-sized potatoes from the mound, Pang Yukun ran over excitedly, "Your Highness, this thing is really heavy." ”

Xiao Ming came back to his senses and looked at the field, now the ridges were full of turned potatoes, and the slaves were busy in full swing, but it seemed to be the joy of a good harvest, and each of them had a smile on their faces.

Taking the potatoes from Pang Yukun's hands, Xiao Ming picked them up and smelled them carefully, and a familiar smell came from the surface, which was moving.

"That's what it tastes like." Xiao Ming said excitedly, ignoring Pang Yukun's stunned eyes.

Pang Yukun couldn't help but be confused: "Your Highness seems to have eaten it?" ”

"No, but the king's Western teacher said it." Xiao Ming once again made up a reason, when a lie appeared, he could only keep using lies to make up for it.

Pang Yukun nodded and sighed: "It's a pity, if he is still alive, he will not have to ask for advice." ”

Ignoring the sympathy between literati like Pang Yukun, Xiao Ming took the potatoes and went directly to the village to find a briquette stove and clay pot.

Filling the clay pot with water, Xiao Ming washed the potatoes and put them in the clay pot, allowing them to heat up on the briquette stove.

After a while, as the water boiled, a faint fragrance wafted out of the clay pot.

Seeing this, Pang Yukun's eyes kept staring at the tumbling potatoes in the clay pot, waiting for the moment when the potatoes were ripe.

Now that the potatoes are cooked, it's a question of whether they can be eaten or not.

After boiling in boiling water for a while, Xiao Ming took chopsticks to fish out the potatoes from the clay pot.

The aroma of piping hot potatoes is pervasive, and the surface is concave when pinched, which is proof that it is cooked.

Swallowing his saliva, Xiao Ming soaked the potatoes in cold water for a while and picked them up and peeled them, and a smooth potato came out, and he took a bite on it.

"Incense!" Xiao Ming couldn't help but scream.

I have to say that there are really few vegetables that can be eaten in Dayu, so that Xiao Ming even thinks potatoes, something that modern people eat and want to vomit, are delicious.

Seeing Xiao Ming's demeanor, Pang Yukun immediately took out a potato from the clay pot.

After taking a bite, Pang Yukun's eyes straightened, this kind of taste was something he had never experienced, but I have to say that the boiled potatoes tasted really good.

Hurriedly ate a potato, Pang Yukun took out another potato and ate it, eating three potatoes in a row, he burped.

"Your Highness, this potato tastes really good, three potatoes in one meal are enough." Pang Yukun laughed, this potato is so delicious and hungry, if it is promoted in the fiefdom, why worry that the people will have nothing to eat in the future.

Xiao Ming also had a full meal, he was very satisfied, this was only part of his agricultural plan, and sweet potatoes would also be introduced in the future.

Touching his stomach, Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed, and he said, "There are many ways to eat this potato, and in a few days, this king will give you something better to eat." ”

Pang Yukun nodded heavily, holding the potatoes as if he were holding the whole world.

After experiencing a handful of potatoes, Xiao Ming asked Kui Wu to start weighing the potato yield of an acre of land, and in the evening, Kui Wu got the result.

"Your Highness, this acre of potatoes has a total of thirty-two stones." Kui Wu's face turned red with excitement.

(To be continued.) )