Chapter 407: High Yield
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With that order, Kui Wu led over a thousand slaves rushing into the potato fields.
Harvesting potatoes was simple—just dig open the raised soil ridges, and inside were the yellow-orange potatoes.
In modern times, potatoes are called mǎlíngshǔ, also known as dìdàn. When he was young, Xiao Ming often mixed up potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are actually a different high-yield crop not yet introduced from overseas.
Modern agriculture was part of his plans too, so he aimed to collect crops from all over the world.
Meanwhile, the three warships Yue Yun took south had nearly finished repairs. The expanded Dengzhou shipyard had been producing galleys all year, and by year-end it could launch at least twelve.
According to Zhang Liang’s report, these twelve galleys included one flagship (a first-class sailing warship), three second-class, four third-class, and four fourth-class sailing warships.
If these ships were finished by year-end, his navy would have fifteen galleys. Though this number was far less than Western naval powers with hundreds of ships, for Xiao Ming, this fleet was enough to confront colonizers already reaching into Asia.
From his experience, the West was not united. Their main colonies were in the Americas, and they did not commit many troops to the East.
Plus, the long journey far from home meant even if war broke out, messages and reinforcements would take months to arrive, and supply lines would be difficult.