Watching the sprouts emerge from the soil a little bit, almost equivalent to a little green sesame seed sprinkled on the ground. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Guang had an urge to cry with joy, especially if he wanted to send it.

To be honest, even when he invented the multi-spindle spinning machine, he was not so excited, and when he got a large amount of dividends from the sale of the spinning machine and gauze, he didn't seem to be as excited as he is now.

The things that grow out of this land have a special meaning to him.

As the saying goes, the people take food as the sky, and everything they do, such as invention and creation, such as reading and writing, must be on the premise that they can eat enough, and you can't let everyone go hungry and make a revolution with you.

A writer once said that any rule is actually a pastime after a full meal.

This shows how important it is for rulers to be able to feed everyone.

First, when he has enough to eat, he has the strength to work, so that the value created is greater, and the more taxes the court can collect.

Second, if the court can let him have enough to eat, he will not rebel. Rebellion is all a business with the head pinned to the waistband of the trousers, and if the head falls to the ground if it is not good, who is willing to take risks unless it is absolutely necessary?

To sum up, it is really important to be able to let the people eat everything.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are undoubtedly two such high-yield crops that can feed the people.

Not to mention white rice, this thing was at least a high-end product in ancient times, and non-middle-class families basically couldn't afford it.

You may be asking, don't so many farmers all farm? What about their rice?

First of all, the yield is low, which is the deadliest, and the rice that you grow after a year of exhaustion is just enough to eat yourself - if you don't pay taxes.

But this is impossible, agricultural taxes have been collected for thousands of years, as the first major tax, how can it not be collected?

Well, it's collected, this proportion is not low, sometimes half of it is collected, you see, the grain grown by a family of four is enough to feed these four people, and half of the state tax will be collected, so isn't it only possible to feed two? But this is not a game, after all, the farmers I have mentioned are still very few, most of the farmers don't even have land, what to do, then find the landlord's house to rent, rent of course to rent, so in the remaining half of the grain, and then collect half of him as rent, okay, you still have a quarter in your own hands, eat less at each meal, five points full, and you can only feed two, what about the other two? I can only go to work for other people, as a part-time job - so I see so many dream young people working a few jobs in modern society, and the people in ancient times were their ancestors.

Therefore, not having enough to eat is a big problem, and Chen Guang now has the idea and confidence to solve this problem.

The yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is so high that it is not known how many times higher than rice.

And they are much easier to grow and cultivate than rice, for example, on the slopes of the mountains, there are some places where there is not too much rain, can be planted, if it is popularized in a large area, then I don't know how much food will be produced.

That's why Chen Guang is so concerned about these things.

was watching the seedlings distracted, but Chen Ang didn't know when he appeared in the courtyard, he was standing behind Chen Guang, and when Chen Guang stood up, the top of his head almost hit Chen Ang's chin.

"Father, when did you come over, I didn't give you a word in advance, and my son could go outside to pick you up." Chen Guang hurriedly said.

In fact, after Chen Guang entered the East Palace, he was already in the same big room as Chen Ang, and Chen Guang said this just out of politeness.

"I've heard that all the grain you planted has sprouted, so I want to come and have a look." Chen Ang said with a smile.

He looked down and saw that the little bit of land on the ground really had a little bit of tender green buds, and it looked very cute.

What kind of person is Chen Ang, that is the emperor, the highest person in the temple, naturally he has never farmed, and he has never had the opportunity to see these cute little things, at this moment, he immediately felt happy.

"It's so pretty." He said.

Chen Guang smiled, in fact, these shoots are really good-looking, the color of the buds that just emerged is slightly yellowish, and the edges seem to be a little transparent, like very small and very small succulents, which can be said to be cute and cute.

Even Chen Guang, who had raised a lot of succulents in his previous life, felt that these shoots were not inferior to those succulents, let alone Chen Ang, who had never seen these things.

Chen Ang then said, "These crops should have a name. ”

Chen Guangdao: "Please also ask my father to give me a name." ”

In fact, the names of these plants are in Chen Guang's heart, but he can't say it, these things are naturally going to be passed down through the ages, and whoever took the name will naturally be recorded in history, such a good thing, Chen Guang naturally did not dare to steal Chen Ang's limelight. As the crown prince, it should be his responsibility to make the emperor happy.

If some emperors who were very happy with their achievements, such as Qianlong, were people who would have been on the scene when they had the opportunity and had no chance to create the opportunity, if there had been such an opportunity in front of him, he would have been able to give ten or eight names in a minute.

But Chen Ang is not such a person, he said: "These crops will be planted by the people of the whole country in the future, and the name is naturally very important, so that the people don't know what it is after hearing it." I haven't seen them before, and I'm afraid that it will make people laugh at random names, and you say you've seen them, so why don't you give them a name. ”

Chen Guangdao: "My father is so thoughtful, my son is ashamed of himself. In this case, the ministers were emboldened. ”

He pointed to the sprouts of the sweet potato and said, "This plant uses potatoes. And the skin is red, so it's better to call it a sweet potato. They are one fruit, larger than my fist. It's just that now is not the most suitable season for planting, so even if it is produced this time, it may not be large, and it will be sown in the spring of the next year and harvested in the autumn, so such a shoot, there may be dozens of sweet potatoes below, enough for an ordinary family of three to eat for several days. ”

Potatoes are terrestrial crops with edible roots or underground stems. There are roots, tubers, such as sweet potatoes, and that's it.

Chen Ang was shocked by the yield Chen Guang described, he really couldn't understand what kind of thing it was, and why it produced so many fruits.

Of course, he couldn't understand that when this kind of imported product was first introduced, everyone was shocked, and later, they favored it.

"Sweet potato." He muttered again, then pointed to the young shoots next to him and said, "What about this?" (To be continued.) )