In mid-June, it's time to harvest sweet potatoes.

There are only thirty acres of sweet potatoes, which is not valued by Zheng Fugui, but Zheng Xunrui attaches great importance to it and personally participates in the harvest.

It makes sense that Zheng Fugui doesn't pay attention to it, maize has earned him more than 6,000 taels of silver, for a businessman at his level, no business can earn so much silver, as for the remaining thirty acres of sweet potatoes, even if there is no harvest, it doesn't matter, in fact, at this time, Zheng Fugui is a little regretful, the investment in sweet potatoes is much larger, one acre of land needs five sweet potato seeds, which is equivalent to half of the yield per mu of grain in the north, such a large investment, ordinary farmers are unbearable, even those gentry and rich households, I'm afraid I won't choose.

Zheng Xunrui's great attention made Zheng Fugui feel strange, although the county school has been on vacation, but the county test will be held at the end of the month, Zheng Xunrui's main task at this time is to study hard at home, and strive to achieve the best results in the county examination, the youngest son Zheng Kaihua also went to the county school to study, according to the rules, two years later, he will also participate in the county examination, if the two sons of the family, the county examination can pass guò, then the status of the family in Guli Town is completely different.

Early in the morning, Zheng Xunrui came to the field, not only personally commanding the tenants to dig out sweet potatoes, but also personally making a demonstration.

Thirty acres of sweet potatoes is not much, but it is also concentrated together, more than 300 people harvest in the field, and the number of people working in each acre of field reaches 10, it should be said that the speed of harvest is very fast.

All the tools for measuring the yield per mu are placed in the open space on the edge of the field.

Because of the success of maize, this harvest also attracted the attention of most of the gentry and wealthy households, who also rushed over early in the morning to watch the harvest.

An hour passed, Zheng Fugui's eyes widened, and his face became pale.

All the sweet potatoes in an acre of land were dug up and piled up into a hill.

The work of the measurement is carried out randomly.

The sweet potato yield on the first acre of the day soon came out, eighteen stones.

Zheng Fugui was a little dizzy, what the hell is this, can you eat it, why is the yield so high.

There was a brief silence around him, and the sound of discussion immediately appeared.

A tenant set up a cauldron and lit a fire to boil water, and Zheng Xunrui dug a big pit in front of the fire and put some sweet potatoes in it.

A lot of sweet potatoes were put in the cauldron, and as the fire got stronger, the water was quickly boiled.

Everyone's eyes widened.

After a while, a rich fragrance wafted out, and everyone inhaled the fragrance, they had never smelled such a fragrance, could it be that the fragrance came from sweet potatoes.

A quarter of an hour later, Zheng Xunrui instructed the tenants that the fire could be extinguished.

When the lid of the cauldron was lifted, an even stronger fragrance came out.

Zheng Xunrui took out a sweet potato from the pot and kept blowing it with his mouth, the sweet potato at this time is the hottest, you must pay attention to it, otherwise you can't draw it if your mouth is hot.

Everyone watched Zheng Xunrui's movements, including Zheng Fugui, and everyone didn't speak.

Zheng Xunrui slowly peeled off the skin of the sweet potato and ate the sweet potato in small bites.

There was an instant sensation around him, is this thing so easy to eat, just boil it in clean water and eat it.

Zheng Xunrui motioned for his family to take out sweet potatoes from the pot and eat them like himself.

The scream was the first to come from Yuhuan.

"Young master, this sweet potato is so delicious, so sweet......"

The fastest to eat is Zheng Jinhong, Zheng Kaihua is not to be outdone, Zheng Xunrui advised them not to worry, this thing is easy to eat, at most four sweet potatoes, they can be completely full.

When he said this, the sweet potatoes buried in the ground were also dug out, and a richer fragrance came, this time Zheng Jinhong and Zheng Kaihua and others were not polite, and immediately went to get the roasted sweet potatoes.

Zheng Jinhong peeled off the first roasted sweet potato and hurriedly handed it to Zheng Xunrui.

After Zheng Kaihua took a bite, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's delicious, it's really delicious, it's better than boiled sweet potatoes."

Zheng Fugui became a little mechanical and dizzy, the output of eighteen stones, what does this mean, he knows very well, although it is said that the seeds put in are five buckets, but the harvest is eighteen stones of sweet potatoes, the taste of this sweet potato is no less than maize, and even more delicious than maize, it can fill the stomach, isn't this food.

Many gentry and wealthy families, with complicated expressions, came up, after Zheng Fugui's invitation, they took out the sweet potatoes from the pot to taste, soft and sweet sweet potatoes, and soon made their faces change.

This stuff is really delicious.

After eating the sweet potatoes in the pot, many gentry and wealthy families tasted the roasted sweet potatoes again, and the fresh fragrance fascinated them, and the roasted sweet potatoes tasted even better.

The second and third pots of sweet potatoes began to boil, which were prepared for the many tenants who harvested the sweet potatoes.

Many tenants had already dug up, and they couldn't help but drool when they looked at the sweet potatoes that were being cooked.

A group of children received special care, each holding a sweet potato, peeling it while blowing it with a small mouth, and then couldn't wait to bite into it, these sweet potatoes are not very hot, Zheng Xunrui of course should pay attention to this, so the children eat very sweetly.

Zheng Fugui has already begun to personally measure the yield of sweet potatoes, 30 acres of sweet potatoes, each mu of harvest is more than 15 stones, in his opinion, this harvest is not sweet potatoes, the harvest is crazy.

All the gentry and wealthy families have gathered around Zheng Fugui, they thought more far-reaching, they used to prepare to plant maize on a large scale, and now it seems that sweet potatoes are going to be planted in large quantities, this thing is so delicious, and it can fill the stomach, if it is planted well, wouldn't it be a fortune.

Some gentry and wealthy families have already begun to talk to Zheng Fugui.

At this time, Zheng Xunrui calmed down, and he didn't need to worry about the rest of the matter, he had dug out two cellars at home, which were used to store sweet potatoes, he didn't want to sell this thing, he had to carefully select them, leave the seeds, and the rest could be sold.

There are not many people in the family, so there is no need to leave too much maize and sweet potatoes, and this thing cannot be eaten every day, after all, the nutrition of rice is still higher.

Late at night, the Zheng family was still brightly lit, and the tenants were putting the harvested sweet potatoes in the cellar, and they were very careful for fear of damaging the sweet potatoes.

In the hall, Zheng Fugui and Zheng Xunrui sat inside, and Zheng Jinhong stayed outside the hall and did not allow anyone else to enter.

Zheng Fugui was still a little dizzy, thirty acres of sweet potatoes, the harvest reached five hundred stones, this is indeed crazy, it is unimaginable, during the day, countless gentry and rich families followed, saying too many words, so that he could not answer, at this time finally quieted down.

"Father, these sweet potatoes must be selected, how to choose, the child has written out, you can choose according to the requirements above, and the rest can be sold, the price is the same as maize, the selected sweet potatoes can never be sold, they are all used to make seeds."

Zheng Fugui looked at Zheng Xunrui, and his face slowly became strict.

"Qingyang, how do you know so much, I don't dare to think about this sweet potato, the yield is so high, and I can fill my stomach, I ate three sweet potatoes in the afternoon, I am not hungry at all, if the yield of sweet potatoes is so high, then Fujian side, why can't it be planted in large quantities, according to such a yield, will there be hungry things."

"Father, how to plant maize and sweet potato, are strict requirements, a little careless, it is impossible to have so many harvests, and may not even be able to harvest anything, this year's climate is good, it is considered that the wind and rain are smooth, there will be such a high yield, this planting technology, the child also wrote down, only in strict accordance with the requirements of planting, in order to have a high harvest, this piece of paper please father to collect, how to do, how to make zuò seeds, the child has all written, the rest is the father to operate, The child has roughly calculated that the price of seeds is not high to promote maize and sweet potato this year, and the sweet potato seeds and maize seeds sold should be more than 40,000 taels of silver. ”

Zheng Fugui was petrified in an instant, he couldn't have imagined that selling seeds would have such a huge income, this was like a dream, and selling grain in front was nothing compared to it.

"How to grow maize and sweet potatoes, my father must teach the people around him, so that they can plant well so that the family can make money."

Hearing Zheng Xunrui say this, Zheng Fugui was anxious.

"No, everyone will plant, how to make money."

Zheng Xunrui smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"My father thought wrongly, we must teach the people to plant, so that the Zheng family can continue to sell seeds, this year's income can reach 40,000 taels of silver, and it can be doubled next year, my father thinks, if the people get a bumper harvest, don't they have to buy seeds at home every year, how to make seeds is top secret, and outsiders can't know."

Zheng Fugui nodded again and again.

"Yes, why didn't I think of it, it's still Qingyang, with this business, where do I need to go out to do business, it's good at home."

"No, the father may have to help the child do some things, within this year, the child wants to buy dozens of Arabian horses, the price of Arabian horses is about eighty taels, in addition to the family to expand the house."

"It's nothing, I'll do it, by the way, the county exam will start soon, you have to prepare well, you don't have to worry about things at home, let me do everything."

Zheng Xunrui nodded, time is indeed very tight, he must review his homework well, of course, he has already prepared for this county exam, and besides, there have been some changes in the situation, he must also do his best, no matter what, to gain fame, to be able to continue to move forward, to be able to gain a foothold at the end of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise nothing can be saved.