Speaking of this lack of food, Zhang Bin couldn't help but think of his life in the orphanage in his previous life.

At that time, he often couldn't eat enough, especially when he was in his teens, when he grew up, he had a surprisingly large amount of food, and he couldn't eat enough.

It's not that I'll starve to death at that time, the main reason why I'm hungry is because my body digests too quickly, and the orphanage is not my home after all, so I can eat whatever I want, and I can eat whenever I want.

What should I do if I'm hungry?

The friends often go to the back mountain of the orphanage to steal sweet potatoes, then dig a big pit in the ground, and then steal the dried straw in the pit and burn it, and then throw the sweet potatoes in, after about half an hour, the sweet potatoes are baked, and the taste is drooling when I think about it now.

Zhang Bin subconsciously touched the corner of his mouth, fortunately, there was no saliva.

He looked at his hand, and he froze for a moment.

The yield of sweet potatoes seems to be very high, and there are potatoes, the yield is also high and scary, as long as the planting method is no problem, the yield per mu is several thousand catties normal.

As for this planting method, Zhang Bin knows it, because he has planted it himself.

That is, the orphanage was complained by the nearby villagers that there was no way, so they had to open a few plots of land in the back mountain, plant sweet potatoes, and by the way, also planted some potatoes, and their little tricksters who often steal sweet potatoes were punished to plant sweet potatoes and potatoes.

How did it come to be planted, Zhang Bin recalled it vigorously.

The scenes of the past came to his mind, and the scenes of the farmer uncle teaching them to divide into blocks, cultivate seedlings, plant, and fertilize were played back like a movie, and he couldn't help but smile happily when he remembered the joy of the last harvest.

Wu Shiqi, who was sitting on the side, was dumbfounded, what is wrong with the county magistrate, he didn't speak for a long time, and he wiped his mouth and laughed, so weird!

After a while, Zhang Bin finally came to his senses, and he couldn't care about Wu Shiqi's surprised expression, so he beckoned directly: "Mr. Wu, come here, the official will draw you two things, do you know each other." ”

He had the impression that at this time, sweet potatoes and potatoes should have been passed down to the people, and the earliest planting was in the coastal areas of Fujian.

Wu Shiqi saw the county commander waving, and quickly stood up and walked to the desk.

Zhang Bin quickly took out a piece of white paper, picked up the brush and drew a few potatoes and a bunch of sweet potatoes, and then explained: "The official doesn't know what the names of these two things are, only that they are dug out of the ground, that is, some kind of rhizome." This round, like a horse bell, has a yellow skin and a yellow inside, and there will be a lot of powder in the water after chopping, and it will be dug out in a pile. This one is round and long, red on the surface and white on the inside, and when you dig it out, it is a bunch and can be eaten raw, and it tastes slightly sweet. Mr. Wu, have you ever seen these two things? ”

As soon as his words fell, Wu Shiqi said without hesitation: "The adults are talking about sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes, right?" ”

Sweet potato, yes, sweet potato is called sweet potato, as for the potato, it should be a potato, Zhang Bin said excitedly: "Yes, yes, this long one is called sweet potato, and this round one is called Yangshan potato, Mr. Wu has seen it?" ”

Wu Shiqi nodded and said: "These two things are being planted by many people in Yuegang, I heard that they were brought by foreigners, and the villain also went to taste them, this potato has no taste, and this sweet potato is okay." ”

Yuegang is when Longqing opened the sea, Ming Muzong set down the only foreign trade port in the Ming Dynasty, there are indeed a lot of foreigners there, and potatoes and sweet potatoes are brought into the Ming Dynasty by foreigners.

Zhang Bin can already determine that the potatoes and sweet potatoes that Wu Shiqi mentioned are potatoes and sweet potatoes.

He said excitedly: "Mr. Wu, immediately send someone to inform my father and ask him to help go to Yuegang to buy a batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes and send them to Pingyang, the sooner the better!" ”

Wu Shiqi wondered, could it be that the county magistrate wanted to eat two dishes?

It is not surprising that he has this idea, at this time potatoes and sweet potatoes have not begun to be planted on a large scale, and the planting method is not very proper, and the yield is not very high, the people of Daming still think that these two things are used to make vegetables and eat!

Of course, strange is strange, as soon as Zhang Bin opened his mouth, he immediately withdrew to arrange it.

As for Dajin's side, he is not worried that this bizarre request will be criticized, it is famous for the five girls who spoil this fifth girl, not to mention the sweet potato and sweet potato, even if it is a dragon liver and phoenix gall, as long as you get it, it is estimated that the thousand households will not hesitate to get it!

Zhang Bin asked people to buy potatoes and sweet potatoes immediately, naturally not for himself, although the taste of roasted sweet potatoes is nostalgic, but he is not hungry to this extent.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are grain crops with a yield of several thousand catties per mu, and the requirements for the environment are not high, so they do not need to occupy farmland at all, and barren mountains with slightly better soil quality can be planted.

He could have organized the common people to open up the wasteland, plant potatoes and sweet potatoes on the hillsides, and each household only needed to plant one or two acres, and the problem of not having enough to eat would be solved.

Even, you can organize ordinary people to sell roasted sweet potatoes everywhere, so that the problem of poor clothing is also solved!

Why did he think that?

Actually, a simple calculation will make you understand.

At this time, the yield of grain per mu was about two stones, and the price of grain was eight to one tael of silver per stone, that is, the price of rice per catty was about six yuan.

And the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes, as long as they are planted according to the methods of later generations, even if they are worse, they will not be less than two thousand catties per mu, and a one-pound roasted sweet potato sells for three yuan, half the price, the same amount, the taste is good, and there will definitely be business.

That is to say, after planting sweet potatoes, the output value per mu will become 6,000 Wen, that is, six taels of silver, which is equivalent to increasing the average output value per mu by three times, and it is not counting the mountainous land that has been cultivated.

In this way, won't the problem of food and clothing for the common people be solved!

The more Zhang Bin thought about it, the more excited he became, and he even began to think about the tools for baking sweet potatoes.

In the previous life, there were more people selling roasted sweet potatoes on the street, and they generally used waste oil drums to make a simple oven, and then pulled them by a tricycle, and found a lively street to roast the sweet potatoes, and they could sell them directly.

Waste oil drums, there is no at this time, but you can let people knock a little iron stove out, anyway, there are many craftsmen at this time, and it is difficult to make money, so find a way for them to make money, and solve the problem of food and clothing for them together.

There are no tricycles at this time, but you can let people make a small flatbed car, and there are also special craftsmen who make cars and boats at this time, and it is difficult to make money, so they will definitely not be able to ask for a way to make money.

In the end, the most important issue is money.

This set of tricks, to say the least, will cost a few taels of silver, and it is definitely unrealistic for the people to pay for themselves, and it is impossible for them to have this balance at all.

It is not realistic to pay it yourself, to solve the problem of food and clothing for all the people in Pingyang, such a line will require at least tens of thousands of sets, tens of thousands of taels of silver, I am afraid that his father will not be able to pay it out for a while.

What to do?

It's very simple, fundraising, he, the county order, lowered his face to raise money with all the squires and tyrants in Pingyang, and he can do as many sets as he can, and use it for the poorest part of the people first.

However, this thing is not provided for free, and when they make the money for this set, they must order a set for other people's use.

This slowly spreads, and soon, all ordinary people in Pingyang can have such a routine, and when the time comes, Pingyang baked sweet potatoes are afraid to become a well-known snack in Daming!