The black soil of eastern Liaodong ushered in a bumper harvest, and the grain was piled up in the granaries of the peasants, and there was even so much that there was no place to pile it up, and the grain was harvested.

Of course, not only Liaodong, the whole Ming Dynasty in the fourteenth year of Hongzhi can be said to be smooth in the wind and rain, and in the autumn, the north and south of the Ming Dynasty have entered the harvest season.

Rice in the south, wheat in the north, and corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes brought back from the Golden Continent have all begun to enter the harvest season.

The bumper harvest of grain, the happiest people are not the peasants at the bottom, but the ruler of this empire, Emperor Hongzhi.

Next to a farmland road on the outskirts of the capital, Emperor Hongzhi took the crown prince Zhu Houzhao and the three cabinet elders in civilian clothes, walking very leisurely on the road in the field.

"Your Majesty, congratulations, good news has come from the north and south of the river, from the north and south provinces to the north and south, and we have a bumper harvest of grain in the entire Ming Dynasty!"

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, said to Emperor Hongzhi with a smile.

A bumper grain harvest seems to be a normal thing in later generations, but in this era, a bumper grain harvest is a major event for the entire imperial court, a major event worthy of joy.

Only when there is food can the common people have enough to eat, and only when the common people have enough to eat can the country and the imperial court be stable.

However, in this era of relying on the sky for food, it is extremely difficult to get a bumper grain harvest, and in previous years, droughts and floods were often staged in turn, and occasionally there was a locust plague or something.

Whenever there is a famine, there will often be a huge turmoil, the imperial court can provide disaster relief in time and can quickly stabilize, if natural disasters and man-made disasters are added, there will inevitably be smoke everywhere, there will be great turmoil.

A few years ago, there was a famine in the three northern provinces, and there was turmoil, and many people died, if it wasn't for Liu Jin's disaster relief through fishing at that time, I don't know how many people would have died.

Of course, a large part of this is due to man-made disasters, since ancient times, natural disasters are not terrible, the most terrible is man-made disasters.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is indeed gratifying~"

"All provinces and state capitals have reported a bumper grain harvest this year, and even here in Liaodong Province, it is said that there is so much grain that even the granaries cannot be piled up, so some temporary granaries have to be built outdoors."

"There are also Ryukyu and Nanyang provinces, although they are mainly planted with sugarcane, but the grain is still bumper harvest, even if we immigrate to these places for millions more, there is no need to transport grain from the Ming Dynasty, but can also support a large amount of grain to our homeland."

Li Dongyang also said with a smile.

"Not only the wheat and rice harvest, the sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes introduced from the Golden Continent have also had a bumper harvest, and the grain prices in our Daming country are falling, and they have fallen to a price that has never been seen in history.

"If it's sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes and other miscellaneous grains, two pennies and one pound are expensive, and three pennies can generally buy two catties."

"How cheap?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh immediately.

He still remembers in his mind that when there was a famine here in Beizhili a few years ago, the price of grain rose to a sky-high price of 150 wen a catty when it was the most expensive.

"Yes, there is too much food, and the high-yielding crops brought back from the Golden Continent have very high yields, and they are all relatively drought-tolerant, with a lot of dry land used to grow corn and sweet potatoes, and fertile land used to grow rice and wheat."

"In addition, this year, I Daming built a lot of water conservancy, built a lot of reservoirs, dams, rivers, irrigation canals, etc., of course, more importantly, I Daming has continued to open up overseas colonies in recent years, encourage immigrants, and reclaim a large number of fields overseas, which has greatly alleviated the problem of land resource shortage."

"That's why we've had a bumper grain harvest this year."

"It is said that on the Liaodong side, every household has reclaimed hundreds of acres of land, and His Majesty has exempted the Liaodong region from taxes for three years.

"There are also four provinces of Ryukyu, Jiaozhi, Xianglin, Zhenghe, and Nanyang, where you can grow three times a year, seven crops in two years, and the yield is very high, although the plantations are basically planted with sugarcane, but the grain output is still very high, and the grain produced by these provinces is enough to supply our entire Ming Dynasty."

"And as more and more people move in and more land is cleared, food production in these places will be even higher."

"In these provinces of my Ming Dynasty, because of the large-scale promotion of corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes by the Ministry of Agriculture, coupled with the promotion of new agricultural tools, the use of a large number of cattle and horses from the grassland has greatly increased the output."

"According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture, my Daming's grain output this year is enough for my Daming to eat for three years."

When he said this, Li Dongyang couldn't help but get excited.

Such a rich battle has never been fought.

According to the data reported from various places, the granaries of the government have burst and cannot be filled, and the people's homes are full of grain, and they can't finish eating.

The price of grain in various places is falling again and again, the grain merchants are going to cry, this is the most difficult moment they have ever experienced, the grain is really not easy to sell, I used to make a lot of money from food, but now it is good to be able not to starve to death.

"Enough for me to eat for three years?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his eyes immediately widened slightly.

For a long time, it has been difficult for the people of Daming to be full, especially the people at the bottom, who are tired and tired all year round, but they can't even eat a few full meals.

Now it is unbelievable that this year's food is enough for the Ming people to eat with their open stomachs for three years.

"Yes, Your Majesty~"

"It's enough to eat for three years, and it's three meals a day, and it's enough to eat at once."

"This is the real world!"

Xie Qian also nodded solemnly.

"Okay~"

"Just eat well and dress warmly."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded happily, looking at the endless field in front of him, and at a glance there were golden waves of wheat, and the peasants were working hard.

He was happy about how much money he earned, but what really made Emperor Hongzhi happy was that he was able to let the people of the Ming Dynasty have enough to eat.

A few people walked and walked to a wheat field, and Emperor Hongzhi looked at the old farmers working in the fields and asked with a smile: "Old man, how is this year's harvest okay?" ”

The old peasant raised his head and looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and then looked at the few people next to him, although a few people were wearing civilian clothes, but the clothes in this body were not something that ordinary people could afford to wear, not to mention, this bearing was extraordinary, and he was a noble person at a glance.

He hurriedly said respectfully: "Back to the words of the nobles, thanks to the blessing of today's son, this year's grain harvest is bumper, and I can finally eat a full meal." ”

"That's good, that's good~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the old farmers working in the fields, but he couldn't see the young people, so he asked strangely: "Old man, what about your son, why are you always working?" ”

"My son has entered the factory to do things, the moon is high in the factory, this kind of field is not profitable, the grain is harvested, but if you can't sell it, you will eat it yourself."

The old farmer replied.

It is close to the capital, and the young people have basically gone to work in the factory, and the rest of the old people are farming at home.

"Are you too busy to do it alone?"

"How can Tada, this is tiring."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the field, the field was very vast, but there were not many people farming, and most of them were the same as the old farmers, some old people and children were busy, and it was rare to see young adults.

"It's just a matter of getting busy slowly~"

"It's too busy, let them come back for a few more days."

"In the past, everyone was scrambling and rushing to farm for the landlord, because if there was less of this kind of land, the whole family would starve, but now it is different."

"Everybody doesn't want to farm anymore, all