Chapter 296 Eating Watermelon in Winter

"Men's daughter, see His Highness Qiansheng."

When they saw Li Chen, Liu Sichun and others immediately put down what they had and came to pay their respects.

Looking at a young man behind Liu Sichun who looked respectfully and excited, lowered his head and did not dare to look at him, Li Chen said, "Everyone is exempt from politeness."

"Your Highness, this second brother Liu Sida, who is a civilian girl, went to Zhejiang and Fujian to buy sweet potato seedlings this time, which was all his hard work."

With Liu Sichun's introduction, Liu Sida came to Li Chen, bowed respectfully and said excitedly: "Liu Sida, the grass-roots, has seen His Highness, His Highness, His Highness, Thousand-Second, Thousand-Second."

"No gift."

Li Chen looked at Liu Sichun thoughtfully and said, "How many seedlings have been purchased this time?"

Liu Sida hurriedly replied: "There are more than 400 seedlings in total. Apart from the loss along the way, there are more than 380 that survive now. The grass people have also invited farmers who have planting experience from the local area to sow the seeds themselves."

Li Chen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad."

Although it was just two words, it had already made Liu Sida very excited.

"But Your Highness, it's cold and cold, can you really plant it?" Liu Sichun asked.

Li Chen smiled and said, "Of course, it can be done, otherwise I will ask you to prepare for such things."

As he said that, Li Chen brought Su Jinpa to Tianbian.

Although it has been cleaned up, the snow is muddy and the fields are bordered by the fields, so the ground is naturally not much clean.

After a few seconds, Li Chen's boots and trousers were already covered with mud, and Su Jinpa around him was not much better.

But neither of them cared about these details.

Su Jinpa looked at the greenhouse on the field with curiosity, which had been constructed almost the same, and asked, "Your Highness, what does this mean?"

"This object is named greenhouse in this palace."

Li Chen pointed to the newly built frame on the field and said, "Use delicate, soft, but tough bamboo strips as the skeleton, tie them tightly and connect them to each other, and then cover them with a hand-polished glass bronze mirror."

"In this way, it can not block the sunlight, but also isolate the internal and external temperatures, providing a good and suitable ambient temperature for the plants inside."

"So, as long as you take proper care, it will no longer be impossible to eat watermelon in winter."

The more Su Jinpa heard the next to him, the more magic he felt.

Not only her, but no one even knew the real purpose of this thing, Li Keshou, who was in charge of the construction, Liu Sichun and others.

Now when Li Chen explained, everyone found it incredible.

Everyone knows that watermelon is a crop in summer and needs to grow hot weather. It is impossible to eat watermelon in winter.

But what happened to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could actually plant vegetables, fruits and melons in violation of the season, and there was such a magical thing?

Originally, the best material for making greenhouses was plastic film, but in this era, plastic was impossible to be produced, and Li Chen was not a chemical worker, so after thinking about it, he could only use a bronze mirror to polish it manually. Although it was time-consuming and laborious and expensive, fortunately, he was only temporarily reclaiming a test field, which didn't cost much.

When Li Chen came to the greenhouse, everyone followed him, feeling a little stuffy inside, but he could clearly feel that the inside was much warmer than the outside.

Taking out a handful of seedlings, Li Chen turned his head and said to Su Jinpa: "This thing is called sweet potato. Because it is a foreign country, it is also called sweet potato. It has dozens of stones per acre, which is twenty times better than the seedlings. It is moist and edible. It can be cooked or ground into powder. It is eaten raw like kudzu, and cooked like honey, and tastes like water chestnuts."

"It was originally an annual child, but if the fertilizer and care were properly applied, the harvesting period could be shortened to half a year. In addition, it is highly adaptable and can be planted in most parts of China. Brocade handkerchief. Do you think this thing is promoted on a large scale, will it be a blessing for the Qin Dynasty?"
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