Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Upon hearing that the per-mu yield was true, Emperor Hongzhi felt as if something huge had suddenly fallen to the ground, and even his heart seemed to have stopped.

"When the slaves arrived in the eastern suburbs, they were asked to dig another acre of land again and weigh it. After the final weighing, they learned that the yield of this acre of land was more than 25 dan, which was more than the previous 24 dan.

There can be more stones.”

"You saw it with your own eyes. Is it true?" It's not that he suspected anything, but Emperor Hongzhi asked this subconsciously.

"If you tell me back to the emperor, it's true. Whether it's digging sweet potatoes or weighing them, the servants are always watching. This is absolutely true."

Having said this, Xiao Jing paused, and then added: "And there are Master Xia and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince there. The sweet potatoes from the one acre of land dug out earlier should be worth twenty-four stones."

"Based on this, the yield of these sweet potatoes is more than 20 dan per mu, which is no accident."

"More than that, this is just a trial planting. I have no experience in growing sweet potatoes, so I just planted them randomly. If we promote this to the world and let the common people plant it, the common people will definitely find better planting methods.

The yield per mu of land is thirty dan, and forty dan is also possible."

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes suddenly turned to him, and then he stared straight at him, "You said you want to promote the world?"

Xia Yuan was looked at with such eyes and felt inexplicably panicked. His voice could not help but become weak, and he asked weakly: "Does your Majesty think this thing should not be promoted to the world?"

"If we want to promote such a magical thing, we should promote it all over the world."

Zhu Youtang's eyes seemed to be in a trance, and he didn't know what he was thinking of. He just whispered so softly. Hearing these whispers, Xia Yuan gained confidence again, and then directly threw out his trump card,

"Your Majesty, actually the most amazing thing about this sweet potato is not its yield, but its adaptability."

"adaptability?"

"Yes, adaptability. Normally, wheat and rice have to be grown in good fields, which consumes land resources. But this sweet potato can be grown almost anywhere, even those wastelands where wheat and rice cannot be grown.

, can also be planted.”

"To put it simply, sweet potatoes do not have high land requirements or even very little requirements. As long as there is a piece of land, they can be grown. As long as they are planted, they will survive!"

Zhu Youtang's head buzzed, and he stood up from his seat suddenly, but then he sat back softly as if he had exerted too much force.

My mind was still buzzing, and it seemed like the only thing left in my mind was: As long as there is a piece of land, it can be planted, and as long as it is planted, it will survive.

What a divine thing this is. It's not that he lacks language or that he has a small vocabulary. It's just that he can't find a more suitable word to describe this sweet potato other than a divine thing.

It has high yield, can fill the stomach, can be used as a supplementary food, and can be grown anywhere.

Could this be a divine artifact given to me by God from the Ming Dynasty?

If Xia Yuan knew what Emperor Hongzhi was thinking at this time, he would be extremely sad and angry. I, Xia, worked hard to send people to Southeast Asia and found it after hard work. This is my contribution.

When the result reaches your heart, it becomes a gift from God.

Is there any credit left?

Of course, Xia Yuan felt that he was a person who had escaped from vulgar tastes. He didn't care about rewards. If the emperor granted him a title of Duke, a Marquis, etc., he would accept it.

The most important thing is, the world.

With this sweet potato, although it cannot replace the staple food, it can completely replace the staple food.

Especially in years of great disaster, people can live their lives eating sweet potatoes.

How did the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong come about? It was not the prosperous age of sweet potatoes, when ordinary people lived with sweet potatoes.

Once there is a famine, people can survive through sweet potatoes. In good years, they can dig a cellar and store sweet potatoes in case of emergency needs.

Taking the current population of more than 60 million in the Ming Dynasty, plus the number of hidden households, it is calculated as 70 million people. If this sweet potato can be promoted all over the world, and people will plant it in their own fields, I dare not say It can completely solve the famine problem, but it can definitely solve part of it.

At least it has greatly reduced the casualties among the people during disaster years.

The more the hunger problem is solved, the more productivity will be released and then invested in other areas.

If the hunger problem is completely solved, a new era will usher in, an era of technological advancement.

All dynasties have attached great importance to agriculture, not because of how advanced the farming civilization is, but because it is the optimal solution.

Compared with nomadic herding, and compared with fishing and hunting, farming can support a larger population, that's all.

All in all, it is all about feeding the population and food.

Therefore, before sweet potatoes and potatoes entered the West, the West had always lived a much worse life than the East. The so-called civilization was not worth mentioning compared to the East. The so-called city-state scale was small and pitiful compared to the East, and productivity was even lower. .

But after the introduction of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the food problem was greatly solved, and a large amount of labor and productivity were released from farmland and entered industry and commerce. Only then did the subsequent industrial revolution arise.

Although it is not a direct cause, it definitely has some influence.

After all, only when people are full can they have the energy to think about other things.

Only when the output of food is high, and can provide for everyone in the world without everyone having to work, can we support some people who are not engaged in production. In this world, only these people who are not engaged in production have time to think and think about how to lead With the progress of civilization.

The more people who are not engaged in production and the more people who have time to think, the more rapid the progress of civilization will be.

Very simple truth.

Emperor Hongzhi never expected that he had thought about such a far-reaching aspect. Only then did he seem to come back from his trance, "If this thing is really as magical as you said, no, even if it can't be planted anywhere, Just like wheat and rice, it generally requires good land, and such a yield per mu is enough."

"Your Majesty, these sweet potatoes can indeed be grown anywhere."

"Listen to what I have to say, I will definitely spread this sweet potato to the world."

After planting the flag, Emperor Hongzhi continued: "How do you think this thing should be promoted?"

"What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"I think it should be implemented along with the reform."

Xia Yuan smiled, "I think so too."

If it is to be promoted, of course it must be promoted along with the reform of sharing every acre into every acre. This is the fastest and fastest.

"Your Majesty, without further ado, please summon the elders of the cabinet and all the lords from the six ministries to the palace now. Let us settle this matter today."

Emperor Hongzhi also felt that it was not too late. Just when he was about to nod, he remembered that now was an extraordinary period. Of course, compared with the promotion of this kind of food, lying around and rotting seemed insignificant, but he still asked, "Then What you said earlier was lying flat and rotten."

"The two can be solved together."

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Zhu Youtang looked at him deeply, then turned his eyes after a moment, looked at Xiao and said respectfully: "Go and summon the three cabinet ministers and the officials from the six ministries to the palace."
Chapter completed!