PDLP Chapter 579 Overturns Everyone's Perception
Chapter 579 Overturns Everyone's Perception
"Young friend, are you making fun of us?"
Zheng Qing said incredulously, "Are there really crops in this world that can grow in ice and snow?"
"The world is so big, there are all sorts of wonders!"
Chen Dao responded: "Lord Zheng should know that even in winter, some trees can grow tenaciously, which means that not all plants are afraid of the cold. If that's the case, then why can't crops?"
That seems... kind of reasonable... my ass!
Trees are trees, and crops are crops. The people present were all middle-aged, with thirty or forty years of life experience, yet they had never heard of crops that could grow in the dead of winter, let alone...
The yield of this crop is as high as 1000 jin per mu.
If such a wheat variety truly exists, wouldn't that mean... even under the influence of the cold disaster, Qingzhou can still have two harvests a year, and the yield per mu for each harvest would be three or four times higher than before?
"If such a divine seed truly exists, then our Taicang County will probably no longer have to worry about food shortages."
Zheng Qing's gaze burned with fervor as he looked at the wheat in the field, eager to know the yield per acre. If the yield was indeed over 500 jin as Chen Dao had claimed, it would undoubtedly prove that Chen Dao possessed a miraculous grain seed. Then…
It is quite possible that wheat seeds that can grow in the cold winter and yield thousands of kilograms per mu are true!
Xu Zhiwen, Li Qingyun, Zhang Jun, and Cui Rong also stared intently at the wheat being harvested in the field, their eyes gleaming.
As time passed, the sun rose higher and the weather warmed up. The crowd that had been watching the wheat harvest all morning showed no signs of losing interest and lingered by the fields. Some even brought their own food and sat on the ground eating while watching the wheat harvest, as if they were having a picnic.
"This wheat looks so festive! It's golden and so appealing."
"Yes!"
"I wonder how much wheat can yield per acre?"
"Anyway, it won't be less! I've been farming for decades, and I've never seen wheat with such plump ears."
"It will definitely be a bumper harvest."
"..."
Seeing the harvested wheat piled up like small mountains on the edge of the field, every onlooker wore a look of joy.
These people are either villagers of Chenjia Village or migrant workers who came to Chenjia Village to make a living. Whether they are villagers or migrant workers, they are all beneficiaries of the bumper harvest in Chenjia Village, so they naturally hope that the fields can produce more grain.
As the sun began to set, the afternoon air grew slightly cooler, but this did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm in Zheng Qing and the others' hearts.
"Little friend."
Zheng Qing looked at Chen Dao and asked somewhat anxiously, "Has the yield per mu been calculated?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiwen and the others also focused their attention on Chen Dao.
"almost."
As soon as Chen Dao finished speaking, Li Zheng hurried over, bowed to Zheng Qing and the others, and reported to Chen Dao: "Brother Dao, we harvested a total of 300 mu of wheat today, yielding 2400 shi of grain!"
"what?!"
Zheng Qing, Xu Zhiwen and others stared wide-eyed. 2400 shi is 240,000 jin. 300 mu of land produced 240,000 jin of grain. 800 jin of grain per mu. What an amazing thing this is.
Are you sure it's 24 shi?
Zheng Qing stared intently at Li Zheng and asked, word by word.
"Reporting to Lord Zheng, I have repeatedly confirmed that it is indeed 24 jin without a doubt."
Li Zheng said with absolute certainty.
"hiss!"
Xu Zhiwen, Li Qingyun, and the others all gasped in shock.
Chen Dao's previous estimate of 500 jin per mu was already astonishing, but the actual yield per mu was even more terrifying than Chen Dao's estimate!
The yield of 800 jin per mu is more than twice the average yield per mu in Xia Country!
"Good good!"
Chen Dao repeatedly said "good" three times, feeling extremely excited.
Although he had always been confident about the yield per mu of high-yield wheat, Chen Dao could not suppress his joy when he learned that the yield per mu was 800 jin.
The biggest problem restricting the development of Chenjia Village has always been the food problem. Due to the lack of food, the number of poultry such as chickens and ducks in the village has not increased for a long time.
If Chen Dao hadn't received 70,000 shi of grain from the Wang family in the county town, the entire Chen family village would probably have been devoured by chickens and ducks long ago.
Now... with the bumper wheat harvest in Chenjia Village, feed for the village's chickens and ducks is no longer a problem.
Of course, even with the combined output of farmland in Chenjia Village and Xiahe Village, it would still be insufficient to meet the needs of the village's livestock.
But don't forget that besides Chenjia Village, Taiping County is also about to have a bumper harvest of grain.
Having wiped out the two major families in Taiping County and confiscated all the land of the last major family, Xu Zhiwen had already distributed a large amount of land to refugees and ordinary people for cultivation. It is not hard to imagine that Taiping County will also have a bumper harvest. Although the yield per mu will certainly not be as high as the wheat yield of Chenjia Village, the quantity is too large.
In addition to Taiping County, in Dingxing County, under Li Qingyun's governance, the land was no longer occupied by powerful families, but was distributed to the displaced people in the county for cultivation.
Under such circumstances, Dingxing County must have produced a considerable amount of grain.
The combined grain output of Taiping County and Dingxing County would definitely lead to a significant drop in grain prices. If sales to other regions were not considered, the grain prices in the two counties could very well fall to the level of 3-5 wen per jin (a unit of weight) in previous prosperous years.
In this way, the problem of food shortage in Chenjia Village will be solved, and Chendao rice can also be used to raise more yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks, allowing the village's breeding industry to develop further!
"Wow!"
Just as Chen Dao was getting excited, a commotion arose from the edge of the farmland.
The news that the yield per mu was 800 jin had already been heard by the onlookers, and everyone who heard about this yield showed a look of shock on their faces.
"Did I hear that right? 300 acres of land yielded 2400 bushels of wheat?"
"You heard right! 2400 koku!"
"Hiss! 2400 shi is 24 jin, doesn't that mean... one mu of land can produce 800 jin of wheat?"
"This is way too much! Where can you find wheat with such a high yield?"
"800 jin per mu, I never even dared to dream of that!"
"..."
The onlookers were stunned and somewhat dizzy. They had thought the wheat harvest would be bountiful, but they never expected it to be this good.
At a price where the average grain yield is around 300 jin per mu, a yield of 800 jin per mu is enough to overturn everyone's perception.
"Great! That's wonderful! With a bumper harvest, the price of grain we buy will definitely be lower in the future!"
"That's right! The best is yet to come!"
"Hahaha! 800 jin per mu, we'll never have to worry about food again!"
"Yes, yes! With Mr. Chen's personality, buying so much wheat will definitely drive down the price of grain."
"..."