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"Your Highness, could this be corn, this is pepper, this is tomato..."

Cen Xi, the director of the Agriculture Department, followed Zhao Xu. Every time he passed a bag, he grabbed a handful of seeds and inspected them in his hands. ReadМ

Zhao Xu showed a satisfied smile and said to Cen Xi, "That's right. Do you know in which month these seeds were planted and how to plant them?"

He was at Cowzen Creek.

Although Dasong does not have these plants, in the agricultural textbook of the Government Affairs School, he has included all the modern crops that Dasong has and does not have in Dasong.

Moreover, he also specially drew pictures of the corresponding crops, including the seeds of the crops and the appearance of the crop plants.

Of course, the planting months, methods and habits of crops are also indispensable.

The Department of Agriculture is specifically responsible for the agricultural development of Dasong, so the agricultural part of the textbook is naturally the focus of their study.

If an Agriculture Department official doesn’t even know crops, let alone how to cultivate them, he is not qualified to be an Agriculture Department official.

He doesn't want people who don't know all kinds of grains to mix into the current official team.

"Your Highness, corn can be planted in two seasons, spring and summer, spring in April, summer in July..." Cen Xi faced Zhao Xu's question without any panic.

Liu Fu and other officials nodded frequently when he spoke so eloquently like a treasure from his family.

"Well, he is worthy of being the person who came first in the agricultural officer examination." Zhao Xu gave Cen Xi a look of praise, "In this case, I feel relieved. It is July now, summer corn, summer pepper, They are all ready for sowing, I won’t talk about potatoes and sweet potatoes.”

After Zhou Yi obtained potatoes and sweet potatoes from Japanese warships for the first time, officials from the Department of Agriculture began to cultivate seedlings in accordance with his requirements.

Thinking of this, he asked Cen Xi to lead the way and inspect the potato and sweet potato seedlings.

After all, the next round of potato planting is still three months away.

Although, potatoes will not be popularized throughout Jiangbei in a short period of time.

But he hopes to get potatoes to meet the needs of the army as soon as possible.

In this way, at least some of the pressure on food can be alleviated.

"Your Highness, please come in." Following Cen Xi, everyone arrived in front of a long building.

This is the nursery built in Guanzhuang.

The style is similar to a contemporary vegetable greenhouse, but the main body is made of red bricks, the roof is red tiles, and there are glass windows at intervals on the roof.

Potatoes reproduce asexually. Due to infection with viruses in the soil, if potatoes are planted directly, the yield of the next generation of potatoes will inevitably be reduced.

Therefore, to maintain high yields of potatoes, one is to plant them in alpine areas.

Another is to detoxify potato seedlings when growing them.

The detoxification process is to bury the potatoes in the sand and let them germinate in a dimly lit space.

Because the growing buds, especially the tips of the buds, have the least amount of viruses.

Just dig out the sprouts from the potatoes, peel off the sprout tips like bamboo shoots, wash them with bleaching powder, and plant them to complete the detoxification.

In this way, there are several buds on one potato, and the buds grow into seedlings. Then they are cut and planted, and one potato can produce hundreds of potato seedlings.

It is for this reason that Guanzhuang has these long buildings.

The existence of glass windows is to keep the nursery room dimly lit without being too bright.

As for bleaching powder, after Qu Sheng established the three-acid-two-alkali industry, its preparation was no longer a problem.

In ancient times, there was a way to prepare bleaching powder using the bran method.

It is just as stuffy as retting with hydrochloric acid and lime milk.

At present, both chemicals can be industrially produced in Yanzhou.

Therefore, there is no problem in preparing bleaching powder in large quantities.

Originally, he placed the main potato production area in Ningjindusi.

Nowadays, due to the availability of detoxification technology, there will be no problem growing potatoes throughout Jiangbei.

The most important thing is to maintain production.

"How many potato seedlings are there in such a nursery?" Zhao Xu looked at the ground after entering the nursery.

I saw potato seedlings as long as fingers, covering the entire nursery from east to west, full of green.

Cen Xi said: "Back to Your Highness, this nursery has 80,000 seedlings. The larger nursery can hold 100,000 seedlings."

Zhao Xu nodded. Generally, one acre of land only requires four thousand potato seedlings, and the seedlings in one nursery can cover twenty acres of land.

Now, all the potatoes for cultivating potato seedlings were brought back by Zhou Yi last time, and a lot was harvested after one season of planting.

These harvested potatoes were not eaten, but were used to cultivate new seedlings.

Similar nurseries are distributed in eight official villages around Yancheng, with a total of forty-eight.

He estimates that there will be enough to plant eight to nine hundred acres this fall.

If the large amount of potatoes brought back by Dong An this time can be cultivated in time, it is estimated that it can be expanded to about 2,000 acres in October.

Potatoes grow twice a year, so there will be quite a lot of potatoes that can be planted next year.

It's not in vain that he is reluctant to order potatoes to stew for the sake of seedlings.

"Yes, yes, although Yancheng's industry is now booming, agriculture is already the foundation of the country. Your Agriculture Department should also keep this in mind." Zhao Xu warned.

Only when food is abundant will there be surplus food to feed livestock and promote the development of the breeding industry.

Although he asked the Agriculture Department to set up an ecological recycling farm, Yanzhou's breeding industry has initially developed, and the meat on the market has become richer.

But in order for every family to be able to eat meat, drink milk, and eat eggs every day, we must rely on large-scale farming.

After a pause, he added: "Also, the fields that have been planted with potatoes must be rotated to other fields, otherwise the fertility will be easily exhausted."

"Yes, Your Highness." Cen Xi responded.

After inspecting the official village, Zhao Xu led the officials away.

He believes that in a few years, crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, and corn will bloom everywhere in Jiangbei.

By then, with the support of industry, Jiangbei's material resources will be greatly enriched.

Separating from Liu Fu and other ministers on the way, Zhao Xu went straight back to the palace.

Thinking of something, he called Wang Chong to the study.

"I need a workshop specialized in the production of agricultural machinery. During this time, you will set aside a team to be responsible for this." Zhao Xu said.

To increase agricultural output, in addition to relying on large-yield crops, we also need agricultural machinery.

Currently Dasong has a sparse population and abundant land.

Especially places like Ningjin Dusi, Jinzhou, Qinzhou, and Yongzhou are thousands of miles into the wilderness.

This is an excellent time to promote a large farm economy.

Some time ago, he had pointed out the path of the Royal Pioneer Corps to the royal family.

It was they who built large farms in the wilderness.

Next, he will also ask the Secretary of Agriculture to establish official villages in these places.

Just running these large farms requires a lot of labor, or farming machinery is needed instead.