Wang Yangming went to participate in the research and creation of the cultivation system, and Zhu Houzhao's workload was even greater, and he kept dealing with various affairs all day and night.

the grain, grass, and ordnance needed for the expedition to Annam; The restructuring of health centers in various places ...... Everything will pass through his hands.

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The mood is extremely unhappy!

Zhang Yong's urgent delivery of good news from eight hundred miles in Liaodong made him feel a little better.

Potatoes are grown!

Grain production has always been a big problem that plagues the Ming Dynasty, although Suhu is ripe, the world is full, but how many people in the world can afford to eat rice.

So a long time ago, Zhu Houzhao ordered Zhang Yong to go to Liaodong to supervise the group of criminals to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and what they planted was potatoes.

Potatoes only appeared in the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, but potatoes are not unique overseas, in the Ming Dynasty, there are also many places where potatoes exist, but the appearance is weird, and few people will eat it.

In the depths of the mountains of Yunnan, there are not a lot of wild potatoes, and after Zhu Houzhao got them, he let people try to plant them, but the results were very small, either the fruits were small, the harvest was little, or they simply rotted in the soil.

Farming is also technical, and if you don't bury the seeds in the soil, you will have a big harvest, even potatoes with very low soil requirements.

Today, after the continuous planting and experimentation of the group of convicts in Liaodong, a complete set of planting methods has finally been summed up.

How to cut the seeds, how much manure to put when planting, there is a set of practical solutions.

"Good good ......."

Looking at the dirt covered by the washed surface in his hands, the skin is golden yellow, and the oval potatoes, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be overjoyed.

With this thing in hand, the progress of reform and reform will be increased several times, and the enthusiasm of the people of the world to support the imperial court will be greatly increased.

"Liu Jin, quickly, pass on the second assistant of the cabinet Yang Yiqing, and the six Shangshu and others to come to see me quickly."

Playing with the potatoes in his hand, Zhu Houzhao burned a lot of pride in his heart, Liaodong planted potatoes, and the next thing is to promote them to all parts of the country, solve the problem of food and clothing for the people everywhere, and continue to expand the comprehensive national strength.

Liu Jin was a little curious, what kind of magic did this thing called a potato have that could make Zhu Houzhao so happy.

He didn't dare to disobey Zhu Houzhao's order, so he could only suppress his curiosity for the time being, and quickly went to notify Yang Yiqing and others to come to see Zhu Houzhao.

"The slave obeys."

After a while, Yang Yiqing, Liang Chu, Wang Zuo and others arrived!

After some red tape, Zhu Hou ordered the little eunuch to give everyone a potato, and asked mysteriously: "Do you know what this is?" ”

Everyone casually glanced at the potatoes in their hands, looked left and right, looked up and down, no matter how they looked, they couldn't see anything special, so they had to shake their heads and said: "The old minister doesn't know, I beg Your Majesty to give advice." ”

"This thing is called potato, and it is a high-yield crop that does not require much of a growing environment......

Zhu Houzhao introduced potatoes to everyone, and his tone was quite proud, if it weren't for his foresight, I am afraid that potatoes would have to wait many years before they appeared in the territory of Daming.

"What ......"

Yang Yiqing, Liang Chu and the others widened their eyes, and they couldn't believe it.

It is too exaggerated to have such a small potato yield per mu that can reach thousands of catties or even more.

It's not that they don't believe Zhu Houzhao's words, but it's incredible.

What's more, potatoes do not have much requirements for the growth environment, and they can survive and grow in the bitter cold places of Liaodong, and other places will naturally not be a problem!

If what Zhu Houzhao said is true, then the Ming Dynasty will no longer worry about food in the future.

"Is what Your Majesty said true?"

Hubu Shangshu Wang Zuo's mouth is trembling, if the potatoes really have a high yield and can fill the stomach, it will be a great blessing for the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yiqing, Liang Chu and others were also excited, staring at Zhu Houzhao with their eyes, for fear that the potatoes would be fleeting.

They are all people who stand at the top of the power of the Ming Dynasty, and they have a great understanding of the situation of the Ming Dynasty, and they say unceremoniously that with potatoes, the comprehensive national strength of the Ming Dynasty will skyrocket several times.

The people of their own country no longer have to endure hunger, not to mention, they have to attack other countries, they no longer have to worry about the shortage of food and grass, and they can even be used to appease the hearts of the people of those destroyed countries.

Its strategic significance is incomparably enormous.

"Zhang Yong has already shipped the first batch of potatoes back to the capital, which is naturally true."

Zhu Houzhao bowed slightly.

After confirming that the potatoes really have a high yield, everyone's excitement is about to go crazy!

"God-given gods, God-given gods......"

"With this artifact, why don't I worry......

"I am truly blessed by God......"

One by one, they danced excitedly, like crazy.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, and it was really funny that the important ministers of the court who were about to tremble three times in the court when they stomped their feet together were so excited that they couldn't help themselves because of such an ordinary thing as potatoes.

However, he can also understand everyone's feelings, potatoes are indeed ordinary and ordinary after a few hundred years, but in this era, potatoes definitely deserve to be called "divine objects".

With potatoes, I wonder how many poor families will have hope to live because of it.

"Wang Aiqing, I will give you full authority to promote potatoes to all parts of the country, and you must distribute potato seeds to every household in the country before planting them in the spring of next year."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the Hubu Shangshu Wang Zuo, and said with an unusually serious expression.

"Minister, take the order!"

Wang Zuo is also extremely serious, all over the country, a few rich places may not need potatoes, but in most places, potatoes are life-saving artifacts, the sooner it is promoted, the more beneficial it will be to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

......

The appearance of potatoes is no less than a major earthquake, and its influence is more shocking than Zhu Houzhao's reform and reform, cleaning Jiangnan, and establishing the Sun and Moon School Palace, and it swept the country in a short period of time.

Some people rejoiced and felt that they saw hope of survival, but many more were still skeptical.

With very low requirements for the growing environment, high yield, and anti-hunger, there is no such comprehensive crop in the world.

Most of the people who are skeptical are scholars who do not touch the spring water with their fingers and do not know civil affairs with their eyes.

On the contrary, it was those people who showed an extremely enthusiastic attitude towards potatoes, they did not doubt the authenticity of the high yield of potatoes, but compared with unnecessary doubts, they were willing to believe in the imperial court once, just because the high-yield potatoes represented "hope".

"Damn Dog Emperor......"

The storm caused by potatoes swept across the Ming Dynasty, and Liaodong was no exception, and when those convicts learned that the emperor was going to promote potatoes to all parts of the country, they were so angry that they scolded.

They continue to cultivate land and open up wasteland in Liaodong, and they are tired and tired every day, but the potatoes they grow have become a tool for the emperor to buy the hearts of the people in the world, how can they accept it, it is even more uncomfortable than killing them.

"What are you yelling about?"

The soldiers in charge of the overseer were whipped with two whips, and the prisoners stopped scolding and continued to farm honestly, but they still cursed in their hearts, which was too bullying.

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