Traveling through time with a house, I teach people all over the country how to farm

Chapter 131: Planting Corn in the Imperial Garden

Zheng Sisi explained as she knocked: "Crushed soil is more conducive to the germination of seeds."

The third prince also joined in with new farm tools for digging.

Zheng Sisi thought the land was very fertile. It must be because the gardener had applied fertilizer regularly, so there was no need to apply fertilizer when growing corn now.

When a section of the land was cleared, Zheng Sisi went back and dug a row of small holes at the starting point, with each hole a little distance apart.

Zheng Sisi said: "These small holes are for planting corn. There must be some distance between them. If the corn is planted too densely, the corn stalks will not grow strong and the yield will also decrease."

Then Zheng Sisi encouraged Emperor Yongshun to scatter the corn himself: "Your Majesty, now you scatter the corn, just scatter two kernels in each pit."

Emperor Yongshun found it very novel and grabbed a handful of corns from the bag. But as he was afraid that his hands would shake and some of the corns would spill, he held the corns in one hand and with the other hand he took two corns from his palm and carefully placed them in the center of the small pit.

He placed the second and third bead until he had finished the first row. His movements became faster and he became more interested.

The second row was some distance away from the road, and since there was no water in the fields anyway, he simply went down to the fields as well.

After he got faster, he even joked: "See? This is the corn I planted myself. When it's ripe, I'll treat you to some corn. Hahaha!"

Zheng Sisi dug the hole and came back, using a hoe to pick up some soil to cover the corn. Her movements and techniques were very skillful, and she covered the corn with just the right amount of soil.

Emperor Yongshun saw it and said to Zheng Sisi, "Sisi girl, leave it here and wait for the emperor to come."

Zheng Sisi had no choice but to go and dig another small hole.

Before she even got there, Duke Zheng stopped her and said, "Granddaughter, let grandpa dig a little too."

Zheng Sisi did not refuse and handed the hoe to Duke Zheng: "Grandpa, don't dig the pit too deep."

Duke Zheng said, "Okay, tell me when you have dug deeper."

Duke Zheng picked up his hoe and went down to the field. As expected of a military commander, he was used to wielding swords and spears, and had a good control of strength. The pits he dug were all the same depth and size, which made Zheng Sisi envious.

Zheng Sisi has achieved her goal today. She wanted to plant corn in the imperial garden and have the emperor advertise for her so that she could get a good price when selling the corn seeds in the future.

Of course, she only makes money from the rich. When the common people have a certain amount of seeds, she will ask the emperor to make them available for free.

The field was not large, and it was dug in a short while. Everyone stood by and watched Emperor Yongshun sowing corn seeds. Emperor Yongshun was very happy, and he didn't care that he was alone in the field, and he was very happy.

After the sowing was finished, Emperor Yongshun stood by the road and watched, and said proudly: "Look, my dear ministers, how well I sowed the seeds!"

The ministers hurried to flatter him.

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"Good good..."

"The emperor is wise and brave. He can fight on the battlefield, govern the country, and grow crops in his spare time."

This series of flattery made Emperor Yongshun even happier.

I covered the soil in one go, and followed Zheng Sisi's example to add some mud. At the beginning, I didn't add enough each time, so I had to add each hole twice. Gradually I mastered the technique and became very skillful.

After covering up this piece of land, he was still not satisfied and pointed to the piece next to it and said, "There's another piece over there, plant some too!"

Zheng Sisi said, "Uncle Emperor, we don't have many corn kernels left. Can we keep that piece of land to grow sweet potatoes?"

Emperor Yongshun glared at him and asked, "You mean the sweet potatoes that can produce more than 3,000 kilograms per mu and can be roasted and eaten?"

Zheng Sisi: "Yes, it will take some time for the sweet potatoes to grow well."

Emperor Yongshun laughed: "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say."

Emperor Yongshun saw that the ministers around him wanted to ask something again, so he interrupted them and said, "It's late today, and you all have official duties. Let's go first."

Emperor Yongshun had his own little thoughts. He also wanted to whet the appetite of these ministers.

Only Duke Zheng, Minister Li and Minister Zhong looked calm and composed.

The two ministers had heard of sweet potatoes a long time ago. After his grandson returned home, Duke Zheng told his family everything he had seen, heard, and experienced in the past few days.

So they were not surprised at all!