EBE Chapter 409: The Emperor is a bit mean
Chapter 409: The Emperor is a bit mean
In the sweet potato field, those who have experience in digging sweet potatoes have already developed a kind of immunity in their hearts, and they are not surprised by the scene before them.
However, for those who have never experienced digging sweet potatoes, they are filled with shock and surprise when they dig them out of the ground with their own hands.
"Oh my God! So this is a sweet potato! It's so much bigger than a potato! How heavy is this sweet potato? An adult would probably feel full after eating one!" exclaimed one of the people who was experiencing sweet potatoes for the first time.
Another person added: "There are actually several inside one sweet potato, which must weigh at least 10 kilograms in total! No wonder the Princess of Anping County said before that the yield per mu can reach 3,000 kilograms. Judging from this, the actual yield may be even higher!"
Several people swiftly scraped off the dirt on the sweet potatoes and put them into the baskets prepared nearby. As they were putting them in, they said, "Dig quickly and see how many sweet potatoes can fill a basket. Then we'll weigh them and see how heavy they are."
Everyone nodded, agreeing with him, and were curious about the weight of the sweet potato.
Those who dug sweet potatoes yesterday have not revealed it today, just to let everyone experience the shock and surprise for themselves!
Zheng Sisi saw that the emperor was busy digging sweet potatoes, and he didn't discuss it with the ministers or reveal any information, leaving them to guess blindly. Zheng Sisi felt that the emperor was mean.
Several people filled a basket and were excited to carry it to the road to weigh it. Two people tried twice but failed to lift it, and their faces turned red. It is really the saying that weak scholars cannot carry it on their shoulders or lift it with their hands. They can only watch and worry.
Just as he was about to call for help, two generals couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so they came over and one of them carried the body and walked to the side of the road, while several others followed behind happily.
People who usually looked down on each other in the court were getting along today. Civil officials looked down on military generals, saying they were ignorant and reckless men who only knew how to wield swords and guns. Military generals looked down on civil officials, saying they were weaklings who would fall at the slightest breeze and were hypocrites who could only talk big.
Today, it became "The two generals are very strong and look like they are going to do great things!"
"Okay, okay, you adults are really good at what you do. You have dug the sweet potatoes so beautifully!"
Emperor Yongshun felt cold when he heard this, and couldn't help but shiver. Are these people still the same as before? When did they change their nature?
When Master He saw the sweet potatoes being moved to the roadside, he happily took the notebook and pen given by Zheng Sisi and came to weigh them with two guards.
Seeing the scale bar tilted high, Steward Chen sang loudly: "The first basket of sweet potatoes weighs eighty kilograms."
A few people digging sweet potatoes laughed loudly and said crazily: "We are saved! We are saved! We will never be hungry again! Hahaha!"
"We only dug up six trees and they weighed 80 kilograms. How many kilograms can we dig from this piece of land?"
"I don't know, go dig!"
"Yes, yes, yes, let's go dig quickly. I really want to know how many pounds we can dig."
Then several people joined the army of digging sweet potatoes. All the ministers worked enthusiastically, and probably used the greatest enthusiasm of their lives to dig sweet potatoes.
Zheng Sisi only had one and a half acres of sweet potatoes in her field. Even with so many ministers and guards, they finished digging them up in half a morning.
The ministers were most interested in the final weight. As soon as they finished weighing, they shouted, "Master, how many pounds are there in total?"
Master He glared at them and said, "Can't you see that the weighing is not finished yet? Stop shouting, I'm more anxious than you." Then he wrote down a string of numbers in the notebook.
Everyone could only stand around and watch a few people being weighed in, talking about it in a buzzing manner.
After the last basket of sweet potatoes was weighed, everyone couldn't wait to ask, "How is it? Have you figured out the statistics?"
"Not yet, right? We have just finished weighing. We haven't started counting yet."
“Why does it feel so slow?”
"Be patient and wait for a while, it will be ready soon. Be careful that the master will scold you again."
Everyone was silent for a while, waiting for the eunuch to announce the answer.
Emperor Yongshun was also very curious whether the yield of this land would be higher than that of his own imperial garden.
He squeezed next to the tutor and stared intently at the strings of numbers on the notebook. He was very anxious, but he didn't want to rush him.
The Grand Master did not disappoint everyone. He held the notebook in his hand and said excitedly, "All the data has been compiled. It is something that no one could have imagined in their dreams."
Someone urged, "Master, please stop sighing and announce how much it weighs. We can't wait any longer."
Master He did not keep the secret any longer. Knowing that everyone was anxious, he said, "From one and a half acres of land, we dug 5,772 kilograms of sweet potatoes, which is ten times the rice we harvested in previous years!"