A Petty Official Chapter 102

In the blink of an eye, it was March, and the delegation sent by the Song Dynasty to congratulate the Liao emperor on his birthday returned, bringing with them a large number of items they had purchased from the Liao Dynasty.

Through the relationship between Yelu Niaolu and Zheng Ling, Ethan Yun's needs were also brought back by the delegation, which was a considerable number of watermelon seeds and some northern pearls. Yelu Niaolu was also particularly thoughtful and asked the melon farmers there to write down the planting precautions and translate them into Chinese.

Emma Yun looked back and saw that the seeds were yellow, black, red and white. It is said that after they grow out, the flesh will also be red and white. According to the melon farmer, the quantity sent is enough to plant about 80 acres.

At that time, the per-acre yield of watermelons in the Liao Dynasty was about 4,000 kilograms, which was more than half less than today. Ethan Yun had interviewed agricultural product sales before, and he knew that today's per-acre yield of watermelons can be 10,000 kilograms.

There are many differences, for example, modern watermelons have been improved, so they are definitely more fleshy, but also more susceptible to disease. Ancient watermelons are more resilient, less susceptible to disease, and have less flesh and are not as red.