My Backyard is the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 176: sweet potato

When he arrived at the Iron and Steel Workshop, Li Yin inquired about the production situation of the Iron and Steel Workshop. Since he assigned Ou Yewang the production task, Li Yin decided to expand the scale of the Iron and Steel Workshop. So far, three new factories have been built, and a large number of slaves have been purchased to stuff them in. This is also the reason why 9,000 sets of equipment can be completed ahead of schedule. When he learned that Li Yin would continue to produce armor and weapons, Ou Yewang did not face any difficulties this time, and his staff expanded from a few hundred to thousands. People, this gave him a lot of confidence.

Li Yin expanded the steel workshop not only for armor and weapons. With the development of Yizhou, more and more things using steel will be used. This expansion is only the first step. He will also expand the steel workshop on a larger scale , because the things and equipment in other workshops will be produced from here in the future.

Leaving Iron and Steel Workshop, Li Yin went to the barracks again at the invitation of Qin Huaiyu. This group of recruits had been training for two months. Modern military training methods not only pay attention to physical training and combat skills, but also pay great attention to the discipline of the army. This is a very important content and an integral part of combat effectiveness.

Seeing Li Yin, the soldiers all stood still and saluted the military salute. This military salute is the military salute of the modern army, and Li Yin followed suit. Nowadays, military students and cadets also perform this way. It is necessary to face higher-level officers. Marching salute.

?? "What is the bounden duty of a soldier!" When another soldier saluted Li Yin, Li Yin asked abruptly.

??The soldier didn't look sideways, and said: "The bounden duty of a soldier is to obey orders!"

?? "Well, very good!" Li Yin praised the soldiers a few words.

??Qin Huaiyu was also slightly proud, and said: "Your Highness, the soldiers I trained are not bad."

?? "You still have some skills." Li Yin laughed.

??Leaving the school grounds, Li Yin went to the barracks to look around. The barracks here are all brick houses, and they all have two floors. Twenty soldiers live in each room. They are bunk beds.

Li Yin went into several rooms and turned around, and found that the inside was very clean, and the quilts and pillows were neatly folded. These things were bought by Li Yin from modern times and placed in the barracks. Such a large amount of things came from the Tang Dynasty You can't buy it at all, and there is no cotton fabric in Tang Dynasty now, these quilts and pillows are all cotton fabric.

"Your Highness, the active training of these soldiers is also inseparable from the living conditions in the barracks. They live well and eat well. They are all afraid of being sent home, so they train hard." Qin Huaiyu followed Li Yin said later.

?? Li Yin felt very comfortable hearing these words, just as Qin Huaiyu said. The conditions of this military camp are not much different from those of modern military camps. There are also special canteens and public bathrooms.

?? "Are they satisfied with the food?" Li Yin asked as he remembered.

Qin Huaiyu said: "It's not just satisfaction? In the morning, steamed buns, rice porridge, pickled vegetables, at noon it's either rice or noodles, and celery. Amaranth, potatoes, and occasionally broth, and in the evening, steamed buns and chestnut porridge. It’s comparable, so what’s not to like, many soldiers who used to be skinny have gained weight…”

??Li Yin entered the canteen of the barracks while listening. The canteen of the barracks was divided into four, one for the east, one for the east, one for the north, and one for the north, and one for the south, to separate the people. It was too crowded for five thousand people to squeeze together.

?? Copying the advantages of the current barracks, this barracks has set up a cooking class and a logistics class, which are responsible for the transportation of soldiers' food and military supplies.

?? When Li Yin entered the kitchen, more than a dozen cooks were steaming steamed buns. The inside of the room was filled with steam, and Li Yin simply retreated, "The soldiers and horses will go before the food and grass are moved. You can't ignore the cooking and logistics, and you must strictly manage it."

??Qin Huaiyu replied yes, and continued: "There is no problem with these, but the life in the barracks is too boring. During the rest time after training, these soldiers don't know what to do?"

?? "Isn't there a football field and a basketball field here? Just teach them how to play." Li Yin said.

?? "Yes, why did I forget this, but what is basketball?" Qin Huaiyu said.

??Li Yin remembered bringing a lot of basketballs and footballs over, and he asked, "Where is the football now?"

?? "In the back warehouse."

When the two arrived at the warehouse, Li Yin found the basketball next to the football, and then took Qin Huaiyu to the basketball court. He asked Qin Huaiyu to call three captains over. The function of each white line on the field was explained to them.

What the four people heard was cloudy, but they still understood the basics of dribbling and pitching. No matter how good the theory is, it must be combined with practice. So Li Yin explained the rules of basketball while playing. After playing for two hours, the four still half understood. I don't understand, Li Yin sees that it's getting late and plans to go back, and teach slowly in the future, just play a few more times.

??When Li Yin returned to the palace, the sun had just set, Rong Da was walking in with a basket of red things, and Jin Daqian was talking beside him.

"Your Highness, these are newly harvested sweet potatoes." Seeing that Li Min had returned, Jin Daqian pointed to the piles of sweet potatoes in the bamboo basket, and there were more than a dozen baskets on the ground beside him, "The yield of sweet potatoes per mu is higher than that of potatoes." There are more, I let someone weigh it, there are thirty stones in one mu of land, and this is another bumper harvest." Jin Daqian was very happy from the bottom of his heart, since such earth-shaking changes have taken place in the palace in just one year, it has never been so tight. He has become so rich, how can he, the housekeeper, be unhappy?

The yield of 30 shi per mu is indeed quite a lot. Li Yin also laughed when he heard the words, "That's right, it's a bumper harvest!" The 40,000 mu of sweet potatoes totaled 1.2 million shi, and Li Yin didn't Don't worry about the sweet potatoes not being sold, because the sweet potatoes can also be dried into dried sweet potatoes for long-term storage.

??Li Yan then said loudly: "Let the kitchen wash and cook these sweet potatoes, and everyone in the palace will taste them tonight."

?? "Yes, Your Highness." Rong Da and Jin Daqian smiled at each other, and immediately called the servants to carry the sweet potatoes to the kitchen.

??Li Yin returned to the room with a smile on his face, and Cui Yingying said happily, "What makes His Highness so happy."

"This year's sweet potatoes can be harvested at 1.2 million shi, and peanuts cost at least 7 shi per mu, and 700,000 shi for 100,000 mu of land. It's September now, and sugarcane can be harvested in two months. And autumn rice, if we plant winter wheat in winter, our granary will really not be enough for the coming year." The more Li Min thinks about it, the happier he is, people depend on food, and with these grains, he doesn't have to be afraid of anything.

Cui Yingying was delighted to hear that. When she first came to Yizhou, she thought she would live a hard life, but she never thought that Li Yin would change her life in a flash. Now she likes Yizhou, and she doesn't want to move. "Congratulations to Your Highness, Yingying."

?? "Congratulations, congratulations!" Li Yin said with a smile.

?? "Then it's time for Shangguanyi to hold another exhibition? I'll let the business daily also publish this matter." Cui Yingying immediately returned to her true self as the proprietress.

Li Yin thought for a while, and said, "Come on in a few days later, first transport a batch to Chang'an to the palace, and then publish in the newspaper." Li Yin did not handle the potato thing properly last time, so that Li Shimin got the potato. It didn't feel strange in the future, because he had heard about it before, so he couldn't do it this time. After all, Li Shimin was also the emperor, so he should be the first to send this good thing.

?? "Why?" Cui Yingying said.

??Li Yin told Cui Yingying what was in her heart, and she finally understood.

While the two were talking, the canteen in the North Campus became a mess. After the sweet potatoes were on the table, the servants rushed up, scrambling to grab them. They were afraid that they would be at a disadvantage when they got the small sweet potatoes. It was crowded and chaotic. One piece, Jin Daqian shook his head when he saw it.

But he didn't bother to care about it, because he took a large sweet potato in advance, he smiled, and he took a bite, and the sweetness and fragrance spread in his mouth, the taste was much stronger than boiled potatoes, and Rong Da, who was beside him, had already been stuffed into his stomach, and then joined the ranks of looting.

?? "Your Highness is really capable, you can get such delicious food." Jin Daqian took several bites in a row, and then sighed in satisfaction.

Rongda was a little depressed after the failed looting operation. The sweet potatoes had been snatched away by the servants. He looked at the extra-large sweet potatoes in Jin Daqian's hands and said unwillingly: "Butler Jin, it's not good to eat too much at night when you're old. Let Rongda do it for you."

?? "Get out!" Jin Daqian gave him a word and a kick.

The sweet potatoes on Li Yin's side have also been cooked. Zhang San asked the maid to bring them over. Li Yin saw the sweet potatoes on the plate. Chong Chong picked up one and stuffed it into his mouth.

??Li Yan snatched it empty-handed, and said: "Peel the skin and eat it." As he spoke, he peeled off the skin of the sweet potato and gave it to Cui Yingying.

??Laughing and taking it, Cui Yingying took a bite, chewed lightly, and said in her mouth: "Mmm, it's delicious!"

Li Yin also picked up a sweet potato and ate it. Like potatoes, sweet potatoes are a weapon to solve the famine. Once there is enough food, they will not be regarded as a staple food. Potatoes can be used as a dish, but sweet potatoes become a material for snacks , but compared to boiled sweet potatoes, Li Yin still likes roasted sweet potatoes, which are sweeter.

??Cui Yingying felt choked after eating half of it. She quickly drank a few sips of water. She felt very delicious when she ate it for the first time, but sweet potatoes, like potatoes, are more choking when eaten dry.

After tasting a few mouthfuls, Li Yin called a maidservant over and whispered something in her ear. The maidservant nodded, left the south courtyard, went to the kitchen, and left the palace with a plate of boiled sweet potatoes. Li Yin asked her to give Su Mo Send some to my son and let her have a taste.

?? Today, Su Morer stayed in bed all day, thinking of the tenderness during the day, and the loneliness at night made her feel a little melancholy. That woman didn't want the man she loved to be by her side every day, but she knew it was impossible.

"Sister, Your Highness brought you something to eat. He said it was freshly harvested sweet potatoes." When Su Mo'er was in a trance, Su Xiaoyan's voice sounded outside the door. Looking at her sister holding something in her hand, Su Mo'er would With a smile, there is warmth in my heart.