Xie Linmao is a student of the first phase of the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy. He also followed the Turkic immigration team to Ezhou to guide the cultivation of Nanyang rice. He can be said to be a relatively famous expert in the Agricultural College.

After returning from Ezhou, the Agricultural College hired him as a teacher and had been engaged in research on rice cultivation.

This time, Li Yixie's fleet brought back potatoes from the Americas. In fact, no one has any experience in how to cultivate and plant them.

Xie Linmao, who felt the benefits of increasing grain production to the people, took the initiative to propose that he should be responsible for presiding over the cultivation and research of potatoes.

Although His Highness of the King of Chu also briefly introduced some of the simple habits of potatoes, he also learned from the seamen where these potatoes were dug out and what the local climate was about.

However, Xie Linmao didn't think this was enough.

When is the most suitable time to start planting?

What type of soil is best for growing potatoes?

What kind of climate is best for potato growth?

What mainly depends on the yield of potatoes?

How to make every potato grow bigger?

These problems are all researched in a short period of time by Xie Linmao.

I brought back so many potato seeds this year, and basically after a year of planting, I will meet the conditions for large-scale promotion next year.

So the burden on Xie Linmao's shoulders is actually very heavy.

"Lin Yi, you do a set of comparison experiments in the greenhouse, cut potatoes of the same size into two pieces, four pieces, six pieces and eight pieces, and buried them in the soil of the same situation, and observe their germination.

The seeding of this potato is somewhat similar to that of yam. It doesn’t need to be buried as a whole underground as a seed, it only needs to be buried with a skinned potato.”

When Tudou entered Guanshishan Academy Agricultural College, Li Kuan sent some precautions for potato planting, and Xie Linmao kept these precautions in mind.

"Well, Xie Zhizhi, I think it is possible to conduct several sets of tests in the warm shop of different temperatures to better confirm the optimal growth temperature of potatoes?

Spring is about to begin, so we may have to consider the problem of potato planting. If we cannot come up with a feasible sowing plan in the shortest time, we may miss the best farming time at that time."

Lin Yi is Lin Goudan's son and the heir to Lin's black tea.

However, he did not study tea, but instead followed Xie Linmao to study rice cultivation, and now he is doing potato cultivation research.

Considering Lin Yi's background, Xie Linmao was quite polite when communicating with him.

This is also a very realistic situation.

Even in a later company, an employee with a strong background or rich family, his leaders often speak politely to him and generally do not curse easily.

"Yes! We will continue to improve this experimental plan. We will stay in the academy these days and prepare the potato planting instruction manual as soon as possible. Li Langjun and his team traveled thousands of miles to America to retrieve such important high-yield crops. We must give full play to its importance, otherwise we will be sorry for the seafarers who died on the way."

Although the fleet has made very sufficient preparations, Chang'an City is 20,000 miles away from South America, and it is impossible for a seaman to lose no loss on the road.

Xie Linmao left Chang'an City to support immigration himself, and was considered a poverty alleviation cadre, so he cherished the achievements of the expedition team members.

"Okay, then I will stay in the greenhouse tonight so that I can record all kinds of relevant data in a timely manner."

Although Lin Yi is now a rich second generation, he lived a very difficult life a few years ago when he wanted to eat a piece of meat.

So staying up late to do experiments is nothing to him.

...

In the first month of Chang'an City, the weather is still very cold.

After seven or eight o'clock in the evening, there were no pedestrians on the street even outside the city without a curfew.

Occasionally, a few carriages walked on the road, and the sound of wheel hubs turning made the night look even more silent.

A carriage was parked on the small road west of Guanshishan Academy, quietly as if waiting for something.

"General Jin, the potatoes from Guanshishan Academy are stored here, and many students from Guanshishan Academy know that. The greenhouse in front of them is used by the teaching staff and students of the Agricultural College for experiments.

In order to facilitate the experiment, we also store several baskets of potatoes here, which is the easiest thing we can get."

At this time, five or six figures wearing black night clothes, with flexible figures hid in a corner of the Agricultural College.

Although the Agricultural College is not the highest-ranking college in Guanshishan Academy, it is the largest college.

Half of the west side of the academy is classified as a management in the agricultural college, which can be said to be a place with a vast area of ​​land and sparse population.

Except for the occasionally patrols of the escorts in the academy, at night, there are basically not many people moving outside.

Even students who stayed in the academy during the winter vacation either sleep in the dormitory or read books in the library.

Jin Dabang has already found out about this situation.

"Okay, then let's go to a few greenhouses separately and see where there are potatoes."

Jin Dabang did not hesitate and immediately arranged for everyone to start working.

Although he didn't think there was any risk in his actions tonight, he was afraid that there would be more dreams in the night and cause any accidents.

It's nothing if he loses his own life. If he ruins his husband's big business, it will be a big trouble.

...

In a room next to the greenhouse, Lin Yi carefully recorded the relevant situation with strokes and strokes.

Every twenty minutes, he would check the thermometer and check the situation in the greenhouse.

He took out a Hamedi pocket watch from his arms, and saw that the pointer was already half past nine, so he got up again and went to the greenhouse with a lantern.

However, this time, as soon as he arrived near the greenhouse, he felt that someone seemed to be busy inside.

Is it true that I am alone in my vigilance?

Do you also have to come here to check the situation in person?

It is also possible that the cultivation of potatoes is very important after all.

"Teacher Xie, are you there?"

Lin Yi's life shouting made Jin Dabang and others who were searching for the traces of potatoes immediately become stiff all over.

How could anyone come so late?

Wasn't there no one yesterday?

Has your behavior been discovered?

It shouldn't be. If it were discovered, the guards of Guanshishan Academy would have come long ago.

"Teacher, I have recorded the situation in every greenhouse, so you can rest with confidence."

There is only tranquility waiting for Lin Yi.

The rustling sound just now disappeared without a trace.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the sound of "gu, coo" owl sounded, which made Lin Yi feel goosebumps.

What's going on?

Did you encounter a ghost?

During this period, ghost novels have become quite popular in Chang'an City, and Lin Yi has naturally read a lot of them.

What scholar met a vixen at night? A beautiful woman turned into a ghost after she died unjustly, and a woman who fell into the water...

Various scenes flashed through Lin Yi's mind.

He couldn't help swallowing.

"Who...who is inside?"

Lin Yi plucked up his courage and shouted again.

But no response was received.

At this time, he wanted to turn around and go back to the room, close the door, get into the quilt, and cover his head, so that he could feel a sense of security.

However, his strong sense of responsibility drove him to continue to go to the greenhouse to confirm the temperature data.

"The wolf smoke rises, the country looks north. My heart is like the Yellow River, the water is vast, and I hate you. Why should I cherish the death of a hundred times when I go to the sword? I will repay my family and country..."

Lin Yi sang his favorite song while heading towards the greenhouse.

However, this did not change his ending.

When he stepped into the greenhouse with one foot, a black shadow appeared in front of him, and then he felt a pain in his neck, darkness in front of him, and fainted.

"Everyone, hurry up and take action. I'll go to this person's room to see if there is any gain!"

Jin Dabang breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there was no danger.

When he came to Lin Yi's room, he saw the farm books placed on the table, and his eyes felt hot and he took them away.

Although Xinhua Bookstore and other bookstores can also buy some agricultural-related books, the most core books are not available in other places except for the library in various academies.

Obviously, some of the agricultural books in Lin Yifang are not published to the public.

These things should be quite useful for the improvement of Silla's agricultural technology, so the golden stick was taken away.

The next action will be much simpler.

After finding a few baskets of potatoes, each of them immediately carried a basket and quickly headed outside Guanshishan Academy. After climbing over a small wall, they disappeared into the vast night.
To be continued...