OBS Chapter 222 The Emperor Finds a Farming Expert
Chapter 222 The Emperor Finds a Farming Expert
Since high-yield rice, prickly cucumbers, tomatoes and other things were made by Ye Tang, Emperor Yuanwu appointed Ye Tang as the instructor of the Grand Minister of Agriculture, responsible for guiding the agricultural officials here to raise crops.
Ye Tang didn't want people to know that it was she who grew the high-yield rice, so she asked Emperor Yuanwu to conceal her identity. She dressed like this because she didn't want to be recognized.
People in the Grand Ministry of Agriculture only knew that Ye Tang's surname was Ye, and that she was protected by the emperor's decree and people appointed by the emperor. Everyone had to respectfully address her as Lady Ye, and the others really knew nothing.
"Who on earth is this Lord Ye? How could he be so favored by the emperor? Although I am only a farming official, I am still an official after all. How could I have to obey the orders of a person without an official position?"
Many people were dissatisfied with the emperor's order, but they did not dare to say anything and could only keep it to themselves.
"Although I can't see what Lord Ye looks like, judging by his figure, he should be a young man. We are all senior officials of the Grand Minister of Agriculture, and we actually want a young girl like her to teach us how to farm. What does she know? Looking at her white fingers, I'm afraid she can't even lift a hoe."
There was a lot of discussion in the field.
The farmers whispered to each other and expressed their dissatisfaction.
Ye Tang heard these voices, but she didn't have any special reaction. She just followed Lei Hongsheng to an experimental site.
Two other agricultural officials were planting potatoes in the experimental field. The potatoes had been cut into pieces and wrapped in wood ash for sprouting.
The temperature in Beijing started to rise after the New Year, and now the climate is suitable for growing potatoes.
Emperor Wu of Yuan attached great importance to agriculture. After the founding of the country, he immediately built the Grand Minister of Agriculture and recruited planting talents from all over the world. Over the years, many people in the Grand Minister of Agriculture have been replaced.
Lei Hongsheng was promoted from the first batch of agricultural officials. He had been educated but had never taken the imperial examinations. He had average knowledge but was extremely good at farming.
Many agricultural officials in the Ministry of Agriculture had not received much education and could only recognize a few words.
But this will not delay their farming or affect their farming ability at all.
Ye Tang only took a quick look and found that the abilities of these two agricultural officials were very good.
Lei Hongsheng said, "Master Ye, do you know what this is?"
Potatoes had not yet become popular in the capital, and many people were not familiar with them. Because the number of seeds was limited, they had not yet been widely distributed to the people for planting. Only a few people had the right to plant potatoes.
I don’t know if Lord Ye knows potatoes.
"Potatoes." Ye Tang said calmly, "Lord Lei, don't test me. You should trust the emperor's decision. If I don't even know potatoes, how can I enter the Great Minister of Agriculture Temple?"
Lei Hongsheng smiled and said, "Then Lord Ye knows how to grow potatoes."
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Ye Tang's answer made Lei Hongsheng's eyes light up, and the two agricultural officials who were busy also looked at Ye Tang.
Lei Hongsheng said excitedly, "So you can grow potatoes, that's great, then Lord Ye, can you teach us how to grow potatoes well? To be honest, we started planting potatoes last year, but no matter how carefully we took care of them, the potatoes just didn't grow as expected. They were very small and there were few of them. Let alone a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu, we didn't even get a thousand kilograms."
Ye Tang looked at him in disbelief, then looked at the two agricultural officials: "How is that possible? How do you grow crops?"
When she handed the potatoes to Prince Xian, she also wrote a detailed method of growing potatoes. Anyone who knows how to farm will be sure that they can grow potatoes with a good yield after reading this. Is the Grand Minister of Agriculture so incompetent?
Lei Hongsheng told Ye Tang about the method of growing potatoes in the Ministry of Agriculture. Thinking that Ye Tang was sent by the emperor, he did not hesitate too much. He believed that the emperor would not send people randomly.
Ye Tang listened to him and said: "Your planting method is correct! What's the problem?"
She walked into the experimental field, picked up the potatoes and took a look. There was no problem with the germination and the seeds were good and not rotten.
She looked at the soil: "There is nothing wrong with the soil either."
She said to the two agricultural officials, "Grow them for me to see."
The two agricultural officials immediately looked at Lei Hongsheng.
Lei Hongsheng immediately said, "You should do whatever Lord Ye tells you to do."
The two agricultural officials then picked up hoes, dug holes, and planted the potatoes.
Ye Tang shouted, "Stop! Stop planting!"
The two farm officials stopped immediately.
Lei Hongsheng asked hurriedly: "Master Ye, what's the problem?"
"You dug the pit too deep, and planted too densely..." Ye Tang accurately pointed out the problems they encountered in planting potatoes as soon as he opened his mouth: "Potatoes like light and cannot tolerate drought, so the soil should be loose and the depth should be moderate."
As she spoke, she took the hoe and demonstrated it to Lei Hongsheng and the other two.
When seeing her farming movements, Lei Hongsheng and the other two knew immediately that this person was not just a show-off and was not just talking big, but really knew how to farm.
Seeing Ye Tang's actions, Lei Hongsheng and the other two knew where their problem lay.
Ye Tang stopped and asked, "Did you see it clearly?"
Lei Hongsheng and the other two nodded repeatedly: "I see it clearly."
Ye Tang returned the hoe to them: "Since you understand, then continue planting. I'll keep an eye on you."
The two agricultural officials immediately started working.
Lei Hongsheng also started planting potatoes.
Ye Tang looked for a while and when he saw that they had made no mistakes, he nodded with satisfaction and turned to go to other experimental fields and dry land.
Lei Hongsheng put down his hoe and followed.
At this moment, he no longer dared to underestimate Lord Ye.
I just don’t understand why the emperor doesn’t give Lord Ye an official position.
Ye Tang came to the experimental site for growing tomatoes and pointed out two small problems.
Lei Hongsheng immediately asked the agricultural officials to correct the mistake.
Wherever Ye Tang went, he gave instructions without any nonsense.
She knows all the crops grown in the Da Sinong Temple and can tell you how to grow them. She is like a walking agricultural encyclopedia.
In addition to giving instructions verbally, she would also go down to the fields to demonstrate. Her farming movements were as fast as flowing water and she was even more powerful than the farm officials.
Lei Hongsheng and other officials felt they had benefited greatly.
The emperor has found a master in farming!
An hour and a half later, Ye Tang went to the rest room, which was prepared for her by Lei Hongsheng. All agricultural officials above the seventh rank in the Grand Minister of Agriculture had separate resting places, and there were experimental fields and dry lands exclusively for them in the resting places. The fields and dry lands together were less than half an acre, which was small, but very useful, and could facilitate the agricultural officials in their farming work.
If you have any special ideas for planting, you can implement them first in your own small experimental fields and dry land, and then use them in other experimental fields and dry land.
Ye Tang was very satisfied with the place where he rested: "It's pretty good."
She rested for a quarter of an hour, and then a clerk brought her food.
"Sir Ye, Sir Lei heard that you have the habit of eating lunch, so he asked me to bring the food over. The food here is simple, I hope you don't mind." The clerk's surname is Zhang, and he was assigned to her by Lei Hongsheng. In addition to clerk Zhang, there is also clerk Yang.