"Come on, let me say a few words first."

After Zhu Yili raised his hand and asked Zhang Jing to get up, he turned around and said to the ministers.

Nearly a hundred internal and external ministers stood upright and listened with their ears.

Zhu Yiliu coughed, cleared his throat, and then began: "Today I will take you to visit, which is the large land in front of you. The ones planted are sweet potatoes. This was retrieved by a partner from the Fanbian Luzon. I believe everyone has heard of sweet potatoes before. Today, in addition to introducing sweet potatoes to you, I will also give each of you a gift."

I heard that there were gifts when I came to visit, and everyone was even more excited, wondering if it was sweet potatoes?

"What you see now is the stems and leaves of sweet potatoes, not the fruits of sweet potatoes. The fruits of sweet potatoes are still growing under the ground. But don't underestimate the stems and leaves of these sweet potatoes, especially sweet potato leaves, which are known as the "Queen of Vegetables."

Zhu Yiliu introduced this, but it was not intentionally that the effect of sweet potatoes is extremely high in stems and leaves. The Asian Vegetable Research Center did list sweet potato leaves as a high-nutrition vegetable variety and called it the "Queen of Vegetables".

Sweet potato leaves naturally refer to the leaves that grow on the stems during the growth of sweet potatoes. We generally eat the tender leaves at the top of the stems of sweet potatoes.

Research shows that every 100 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves contain 2.28 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 4.1 grams of sugar, 16 mg of mineral potassium, 2.3 mg of iron, 34 mg of phosphorus, 6.42 mg of carotene, and 0.32 mg of vitamin C. Compared with common vegetables, the minerals and vitamin content is superior, and the carotene content is even higher than that of carrots.

Hearing the four words "Vegetable Queen", except for Zhang Jing, everyone present was surprised. Looking at the large area of ​​water green in front of him, he couldn't help but be very curious and whispered while Zhu Yili was pausing.

"Queen Vegetable?"

"Why call it the Vegetable Queen?"

"It looks quite ordinary, I don't know if it's delicious or because it's high in nutrition?"

"I just heard that sweet potatoes are magical. Could it be that the stems and leaves of sweet potatoes are so magical?"

“…”

Seeing that all the ministers looked curious, Zhu Yiliu was actually determined to pause for a moment.

Only Zhang Jing smiled in his face.

After everyone's interest in sweet potato leaves became more and more intense, Zhu Yiliu began to say slowly:

"Don't think I'm fooling you. This sweet potato leaf has many uses. It can improve human immunity, protect our vision, and also delay aging, clear heat and detoxify. As for the taste, little whale."

Zhu Yili suddenly shouted.

"Master, I'm here." Zhang Jing responded quickly.

"You said, how does sweet potato leaves taste?"

"It smells good, it tastes great when stir-frying." Zhang Jing replied with a salivating expression.

"The gift I will give you later is to pick a small bundle and try it on a plate. Not to mention the nutritional value, but how it tastes?"

Zhu Yiliu said slowly.

The scene immediately became boiling.

"Didn't your Majesty just say that the sweet potatoes are not yet ripe? Can the leaves be picked now?"

"There are so many people coming today. If each person picks a small bundle and goes back, will it not affect the growth of sweet potatoes?"

“…”

Faced with the questions from all the ministers, Zhu Yili smiled slightly, raised his hand to Zhang Jing and ordered:

"Little Whale, let's talk about it."

"Yes, Master." Zhang Jing hurriedly continued, "For many other species, when they are not yet mature but pick their stems and leaves, it will indeed affect their reproduction and growth, but sweet potatoes are different."

"Look." Zhang Jing raised his hand, "When the sweet potatoes reproduce rapidly, their stems and leaves grow wildly. When we pick a part of it, it will absorb the fruits underground more fully and grow more vigorously. So you don't have to worry about affecting the growth of sweet potatoes. Instead, this is an indispensable procedure we take during the growth of sweet potatoes."

"You can eat sweet potato leaves and the stems can also be eaten." Zhang Jing picked one of them and introduced them while demonstrating to everyone. "Pick the leaves and cut the stems into pieces and stir-fry them. If the stems feel a little thick and old, you can peel them like this. In short, whether it is stems or leaves, they will taste fragrant, and the key is that they are nutritious. This gift is worth it, you will be the first group of people who enjoy sweet potato leaves besides me and my master."

After listening to the introduction of Zhu Yiliu and Zhang Jing, I wanted to pick a small bundle and stir-fry it and try it.

Zhu Yili continued: "In fact, the biggest magical thing about the stems and leaves of sweet potatoes is not that they have high nutrition and beautiful taste, but that they have super strong reproductive ability. In addition to this imperial garden, there are also plantings in Baiyun Temple, but there were not many species transported back from Fujian at the beginning, and some of them have rotted on the way. Do you know why there are so many now?"

Zhu Yili also picked one, but compared to the tender stems and leaves that Zhang Jing had just picked, the one that he picked was more than one meter long.

"Look, break the sweet potato stems and insert them into the soil, and they will reproduce and produce fruit."

Everyone looked unbelieving.

However, the reality in front of them forced them to believe, especially Feng Bao, who could see with his own eyes when the sweet potato species was transported back.

But now this large area... and I have heard of Baiyun Temple many times more than this.

Even sweet potato stems can reproduce, so this reproduction ability is so amazing, no wonder it is called a magical artifact.

Zhu Yiliu continued: "It can be said that sweet potatoes are full of treasures. The stems and leaves have just been introduced, let alone fruits. They are cooked, roasted, fried, fried, dried, squeezed out starch... Anyway, they are delicious, and the properties of potatoes are similar, and their reproduction ability and yield per mu are stronger than sweet potatoes."

As the head of all civil and military officials, Shen Shixing said with great joy: "Your Majesty, according to what you said, if you plant these two magical artifacts, then will I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, never have to go hungry again?"

"In theory," Zhu Yili nodded, "But sweet potatoes and potatoes are not like rice and wheat. Although they have super reproductive ability, do not pick on planting land, and have an amazing yield per mu, they all have a fatal weakness, that is, they are not easy to preserve for a long time, and they are prone to rot as long as they are broken."

"How did you do it from Luzon to Fujian and then from Fujian to Beijing?"

"It's just relative to the difficulty of preserving rice and wheat for one or two years. But sweet potatoes and potatoes are definitely not good, but as long as they are not cut and put in a proper environment, they can be stored for two or three months or even half a year."

"Oh, that's good." Shen Shixing was overjoyed and then asked, "Since both food crops are not selected for planting environments, does that mean that it can be planted in borders and even desert areas?"

"Of course." Zhu Yiliu said authentically. "Like potatoes, you can survive by throwing them on the ground or even in the water. When the potatoes are ripe and harvested, I will tell you something special."

Everyone was happy and excited after hearing this.

Especially the two keen questions raised by Shen Shixinggang are of no expression in the profound meaning.

Not to mention that there are no more hungry people in the Ming Dynasty, but at least there will not be so many, right?

"Everyone is waiting for a good harvest." Zhu Yili suddenly remembered another thing and reminded him solemnly, "Oh, by the way, I have praised sweet potatoes to the sky. I believe that no one in my imperial garden dares to make trouble and steal anything. Baiyun Temple is also my chosen planting base, and no one is allowed to interfere or destroy in any way."

"I dare not, I dare not."

“No, no.”

Everyone shook their heads and expressed their opinions.

Zhu Yiliu raised his hand and ordered: "Little Whale, give everyone a gift, let's have a small bundle for each person!"

"Yes, Master!" Zhang Jing rolled his sleeves, lifted his trousers up, and then started to take action.

Looking at Zhang Jing, the former celebrity, who has become a young master of work today, everyone can't help but sigh, but the content of the sigh is very different.

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Chapter completed!