tasted the sweetness brought by going to sea, and the eyes of the sub-officials in the household department were green. The harvest of going to sea once is worth three years of tax revenue from the state treasury, but they can only stare dryly.

This was not the day after the fleet had just returned, and the officials of the household department were on the fold, to the effect that the profits of going to sea were huge, and more arrangements should be made.

Jiang Chan laughed at this, and of course the fold of the household department was also beaten back by her. They only see the huge profits brought by going to sea, but they do not see the hidden risks behind it.

Nowadays, technology is not developed, and everyone almost hangs their heads on their trouser belts when they go to sea, which can be said to be extremely risky.

No matter how the officials of the household department jumped, Jiang Cicada bit to death, and he could only go to sea once a year, and everyone was not allowed to go to sea without permission. Even if wealthy businessmen want to go to sea, they must file with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and go through all the formalities.

With Han Yao going to the north, the Zuo Xiang line almost disappeared from the court, and no one dared to disagree with Jiang Chan. Even if the household department is red-eyed, he can only swallow his anger.

In the past, they were complacent because they controlled the money bags of the treasury, but when they thought of the piles of gold, silver and jewels in the palace's private treasury, they were all kinds of unhappy.

Jiang Chan is not used to them, these people in the household department are all masters who kick their noses and faces. You indulge them for a minute, and they get out of control.

The impact of going to sea gradually dissipated, and the promotion of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other crops began quietly near the capital.

Jiang Chan deliberately assigned the royal experimental fields to a few officials who were skilled in agriculture when they went to sea, and after getting these seeds, they wanted to sleep in the fields at night.

"Niangniang, Dasi Nong Hui said that today is the time for the sweet potato harvest, please go to the field to have a look. ”

Jiang Chan put down the pen and glanced at Father-in-law Xu: "Then let's go together, let's go over and have a look to see how the overseas crop yield is." ”

By the time Jiang Chan and Qingzhu Xu Gonggong and others arrived at the ground, the civil and military officials were basically gathered in the ground. They are also curious about what to say about the crop production overseas, and how many people have brought it back?

Seeing that the Queen Mother had arrived, Dasi Nong waved his hand, and the peasants waved their heads, and a fist-sized mud ball rolled out. Jiang Chan raised his eyebrows slightly, sweet potatoes are indeed abundant, but the seeds of later generations have been improved a lot, and I don't know how much sweet potatoes can yield per mu today.

But as long as it exceeds 800, it is worth promoting nationwide, because it is not picky about the environment, cold and barren, although it cannot be used as a staple food, but with these, it can also make everyone's life better.

Today's main thing is an acre of sweet potatoes, and with more and more sweet potatoes between the bowed heads, the eyes of An Guogong and other generals are getting brighter and brighter. It's those ministers, all of them are a little short of breath.

Originally, it was just nonsense, but now I know that if it is promoted, the people will no longer be afraid of hunger.

With the help of the guards, in less than an hour, all the sweet potatoes in an acre of land came up. Looking at the sweet potatoes piled up into small mountain bags, Jiang Chan took a deep breath: "Count the output." ”

Da Si Nong was also overjoyed, looking at these sweet potatoes is closer than looking at his son, these are all real achievements.

When they heard that the yield per mu exceeded one hundred and fifty stones, An Guogong and other veterans laughed loudly. The ministers were all dumbfounded, and in a blink of an eye, they stared at these mud balls with fiery eyes.

Jiang Chan frowned slightly: "If it is promoted, the water and soil are different in different places, and the output will definitely be discounted." ”

Dasi Nong respectfully said: "Niang Niang said that the ground is, this time the experimental field planting, we are always observing, careful care, so we have so much yield." But even if it is planted on barren land, Weichen dares to guarantee that there will be at least an output of fifty stones per mu. ”

According to the Hanshu records, one stone is about 27 catties now, and 50 stones is almost 1,300 catties. This yield is very high in modern times, but in ancient times it was unimaginable.

At this time, the yield of rice per mu is only 500 catties, and after everyone pays the tax, they leave the seeds of the next year, and there are very few left.

The people eat the most on weekdays are coarse grains, and fine grains are unimaginable.

"Niangniang, this thing should be promoted nationwide, and Weichen suggested starting from the more barren places such as the north. A minister bowed down at Jiang Chan, and his tone was solemn.

Jiang Chan raised his eyebrows: "According to what Lord Chen said, it will be promoted from the northern counties first, and since this matter was raised by Lord Chen, let it be handed over to Lord Chen." ”

"Dasi Nong should write down the precautions for sweet potato planting, so that the government can promote it to the people. After walking around with his head down, Jiang Chan tried to take all aspects into account.

"Bring some sweet potatoes to the imperial dining room, let the imperial chef ponder the recipe of sweet potatoes, and pass on these dishes together by the way. ”

Jiang Chan has several recipes for sweet potatoes in her mind, but she can't explain how she knows this, so she can only let the imperial chef bother a lot.

Lunch is naturally sweet potatoes, and the imperial chef deserves to be the imperial chef, although he has never seen sweet potatoes as an ingredient, he has also made a few dishes.

In addition to roasted sweet potatoes and shredded sweet potatoes, sweet potato cakes, sweet potato rice, etc., are also made, and there is a sweet smell when you smell it.

When you think of sweet potatoes, they are full of treasures, and sweet potato leaves are also good vegetables. Sweet potatoes can be made into vermicelli, dried sweet potatoes, etc., which can be stored for a long time.

Jiang Chan rarely entertained hundreds of officials, and this was the first time since she lowered the curtain to listen to politics. Looking at the few sweet potato dishes on the table, no one will object, just smelling this sweet fragrance can't help it, okay?

The two princesses, Zhao Runbing and Zhao Runqing, sat down under Jiang Chan, Jiang Chan did not deliberately detain them, she would find someone to teach them whatever they wanted to learn.

Two years have passed, and the two have long since faded from their petty family spirit, and they have become down-and-out, with good upbringing.

Glancing at Zhao Runbing's body, it seemed that the eldest princess was about to turn sixteen, and it was time to consider the choice of a husband. Since she is in this position, she has to take responsibility for what she should do.

Looking at Zhao Yi who was trying to straighten his calves, a smile appeared in Jiang Chan's eyes. Xiao Tuanzi kept a straight face, trying to make a little adult appearance, which was indeed a little funny.

The court is smiling and smiling, but the north is not so calm. Since Liu Cheng and Ye Yunluo went to the north together, the road was called a difficult one.

Not only did they suffer several assassinations, but thanks to Ye Yunlong and the guards, the group arrived in the north safely. But when he arrived in the north, he was not at ease, and first there were officials who wooed him, and if he failed to win over, he immediately began to stumble.