At the banquet, the officials listened to Shixi's narration and were amazed.

"King! The land of the East is indeed extremely rich, but it is a pity that the natives where they are dull, if they are in my hands, they should be able to feed the people without effort. ”

Stony Brook sighed.

"General Shi, is Dongfang really stupid?"

The waiter asked.

Stony Brook said: "This... What to say ... King! Dear colleagues, The Oriental natives didn't know what clothes were, and some of them weren't even as good as those Yue people in the south of the Yangtze River who couldn't even use fire, so they weren't humanoids, they were no different from beasts. ”

Listening to Stony Brook's words, the ministers sighed one after another, such a rich land was actually occupied by a group of wild people, it was simply a tyrannical thing.

Yang Hao said: "General Shi, how did this king do with the new agricultural products you asked you to look for earlier?" ”

"Back to the king! The minister did not disgrace his mission, the things that the king explained were basically found, although some were not found, but this return also brought other things, according to what the minister saw, these things should be very helpful to my Daqi, and the ministers found a large amount of stone nitrate in the east! ”

Hearing this, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu and the military couldn't sit still at all, and immediately got up from their seats, and said excitedly: "What General Shi said is true? ”

Shi Xi said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the lower officials dare not lie to say, the output of the stone nitrate mine is so much, it is really a certain jump of the stone, if I occupy this place, there is no worry about the lack of stone nitrate." ”

"Good! It is very good, my lord, and I beg you to send a fleet to occupy this place again. ”

The military department is still the book.

Yang Hao smiled and said, "Don't be too excited, although the land of the East Earth is good, but the distance is far away, and I don't have the ability to do this in a short period of time."

”

After that, he said to Shi Xi: "Shi Aiqing! There were four ships that went this time, but only three came back. ”

Shi Xi said: "King! This voyage is extremely dangerous, and our warships seem to be huge, but when they reach the endless sea, they are no different from the sampans in the river, and they are in danger of being destroyed in an instant.

The ship, shortly after my arrival in the East, was badly damaged, and although it was simply repaired, it could only sail offshore.

This time when he came back, there were more than 100 people who could only stay somewhere, and the minister failed to bring all the soldiers back this time, and asked the king to surrender.

”

"Shi Aiqing, get up, this is an inhuman sin, no matter how difficult it is for my Daqi, I will not let my Daqi warriors go overseas, Shi Aiqing can rest assured, one day we will take it back."

Shi Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, the meaning of Yang Hao's words was already certain that in the near future, the imperial court would organize a fleet to go to the east again.

"King Shengming!"

The ministers bowed.

After a night of feasting, the next day, Yang Hao couldn't wait to check what the fleet had brought back.

Compared with the beginning of the Age of Discovery, which was dominated by colonization, Yang Hao took away a clear purpose, and his receipt was naturally not comparable to that of later generations.

Look at a wide variety of well-preserved seeds or rhizomes.

Yang Hao's face was simply smiling.

"These are the future of Qi country, the future of Qi country! Tobe Shangshu! ”

"The minister is here!"

"You have to sort these seeds as soon as possible, build a greenhouse in Chang'an City, carefully cultivate these things, and make sure that these are promoted to the whole country within two years."

Yang Hao said excitedly.

What is a greenhouse, the household waiter naturally knows that in the past few years, Chang'an City can eat fresh vegetables, more than half of which is due to the credit of several nearby greenhouses.

"Command! Just the king! Are these seeds really so useful? ”

Yang Hao grabbed a handful of corn seeds that were slightly different from those in his memory, and said, "That's natural, with these things, within a few years, I can ensure that no one will starve to death in Daqi." ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were shocked, and their eyes on those seeds became different.

After Yang Hao carefully inspected the goods, he was extremely satisfied with Stony Brook's performance.

In addition to corn, potatoes, peppers, and other things that he is familiar with, there are always more than a hundred kinds of zero.

Yang Hao hadn't seen most of the plants, and since Stony Creek could bring them back, it was naturally useful.

In addition to these seeds, what Yang Hao values the most is those crystals.

Although Qi Guo is currently working hard to study the glass process, there is no breakthrough progress, and he can only fire some glass with extremely poor purity.

Colorless transparent glass, I don't know when it will appear.

With these crystals, glass can be temporarily replaced.

Some simple optical knowledge, Yang Hao has been compiled into a book, classified into the science of things.

It's just that the intellectuals of Qi State have very few people who study this area, and most of them just have a brief understanding.

But after having these crystals, Wang Hao estimated that Huang Yue's writing block would definitely have a big breakthrough.

The invention of the microscope and telescope will improve the fundamental physics of the country.

Yang Hao always believes that the IQ of people in this era is not worse than that of modern people, as long as those with super high IQ devote themselves to this, they will definitely be able to make a major breakthrough in a short period of time.

After all, Yang Hao had already paved the way for these people.

At the beginning of the twenty-first year of Hongwu.

Yang Hao held a grand ceremony to worship the heavens, indicating to the heavens that Daqi would lead the people to prosperity.

In February 21, outside the city of Chang'an.

Hundreds of acres of fertile land here have been requisitioned by the imperial court as experimental fields, and greenhouses made of red bricks are neatly arranged outside the city.

It has almost become one of the eight scenic spots of Chang'an.

In a greenhouse, Kong Jia, the agricultural officer, carefully inspected the plants that were growing well.

This crop, which Yang Hao named potatoes, is one of the tasks he is responsible for.

Summoned the personnel who were in charge of the place, and looked through the records.

"Judge, this is the third batch of dead potatoes, and according to these planting methods, it should be certain."

Kong Jia pondered for a moment and said: "Don't be careless, the imperial court attaches great importance to this matter, we have found a lot of problems in the past few months, before choosing a clear plan, the experiment continues, if something goes wrong, we are all serious crimes!" ”

Several people hurriedly said yes when they heard this.

Out of the potato greenhouse, Kong Jia entered the greenhouse with peanuts written on it.

Unlike potatoes, peanuts are grown underground, but they don't have any major problems growing them.

After a few months of planting, a batch has been received, and the yield is gratifying.

Kong Jia pulled out a peanut and looked at the bunches of peanuts, and nodded with satisfaction.

If a crop can be promoted this year, it will be of great benefit to his political achievements, and perhaps his official position, which has not changed for several years, will be promoted.