The Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, here is the list of all the students who have passed the exam..."

Wang Yuan handed over the list of more than 3,000 people to Guo Tianyi.

The number of places passed in the second round of the imperial examination was much less than Guo Tianyi expected.

"Not bad." Guo Tianyi took the list and looked at it, and said casually, "The captain has worked hard." ”

"No, no, no, the minister is not hard, the minister does not dare to be..."

Wang Yuan was so frightened that his legs were a little swinging.

is a handful of years old, but he still can't stand the praise of the Son of Heaven.

This is the way to be an official.

He knows that he can't show credit in front of the Son of Heaven.

Besides, as the chief person in charge and the chief examiner, I didn't have much hard work.

"You're so polite."

"Just continue to trouble you to prepare for the third round of imperial examinations in ten days."

"I don't think there will be more than a hundred people in the third round."

Guo Tianyi looked at Wang Yuan and said lightly.

It's a big wave process.

The difficulty of the third round of the imperial examination has increased tenfold compared with the second round.

If it's a mule or a horse, it's going to be pulled out in the third round.

Those who can pass the second round of examinations are more than enough to be adjutant officials in the local area, and more than enough to be a grassroots clerk in the major yamen.

Isn't that the Celestial Empire of the next generation?

Grassroots employees are recruited every year.

But those who can climb up, in addition to excellent personal ability, must also have an interpersonal circle.

There are even some leaders who are straw bales at all, but people can become leaders.

In ancient times, the same was true.

Guo Tianyi will not push the noble class too hard.

It is not wrong to promote students from poor families and poor people, but Xungui's circle has a lot of social resources, and they have to be given some way to live.

"Your Majesty, Lord Qiu asks to see you."

"Xuan!"

"Minister, Qiu Yu, see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live..."

"Get up, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the first batch of specialties of the Nanyi Princes has arrived, and there are more than three hundred cars..."

"Huh?" Guo Tianyi's eyes lit up, and he got up and said, "Let's go, let's go with me and have a look." ”

A specialty of the Nanyi countries.

In addition to having excellent rice.

There are also crops such as purple potatoes.

With the food supply of the Nanyi countries, the food crisis can be greatly alleviated.

Don't look at Dabong as a big agricultural country.

But there are people in many places who can't afford to eat.

In ancient times, due to the backwardness of science and technology and the construction industry, floods, droughts, and locust plagues occurred from time to time.

In the future, Dabong will fight in all directions, and the grain reserves must be sufficient.

Purple potatoes, because the people of the Nanyi countries have enough rice, so few people eat it.

Some people even have diarrhea after eating it.

Guo Tianyi knew that it was not that there was a problem with the specialties of the Nanyi countries, but that they would not eat it.

Inside the Ministry of Engineering compound.

Three hundred large carriages were neatly parked.

Among them, most of the carriages were filled with purple potatoes.

"Your Majesty, how should this thing be eaten?"

Some ministers were puzzled, looking at a basket of purple potatoes and said curiously.

"Simple."

"Call a few chefs."

"I'm going to try this thing with my servants today."

Guo Tianyi's eyes lit up and commanded.

With purple potatoes, the food crisis can be alleviated by a large part.

Today, the population of Daebong is skyrocketing.

After he ascended the throne, he was also exempted from most taxes.

But if everyone wants to have a full stomach, they need high-yielding crops.

Ordinary rice and flour yields are not very good.

But purple potatoes are different, huh?

Although there are no sweet potatoes now, there are purple potatoes that can solve a lot of problems.

After the arrival of the Imperial Chef.

Guo Tianyi immediately instructed the production method.

Immediately, the kitchen chefs in the Ministry of Industry were busy.

Purple potato porridge.

Purple sweet potato soup.

Purple sweet potato balls.

Purple sweet potato glutinous rice crackers.

Purple sweet potato bean paste cake...

Purple sweet potato and red bean cake...

It can be said that Guo Tianyi told all the methods he knew.

The imperial chefs also understood after listening, and immediately brought up plates of delicacies made of purple potatoes.

Ministry of Works.

After Guo Tianyi and the accompanying ministers tasted the delicacies made of purple potatoes one by one, everyone was amazed.

"Your Majesty, this thing tastes good, and it has a strong sense of satiety, no worse than rice noodles?"

"Your Majesty is really the reincarnation of a god, if this thing is promoted and planted, the yield will be extremely high?"

"Your Majesty, this thing is really a divine object..."

"Your Majesty, the Nanyi countries have the highest yield, and their group of barbarians really have treasures and don't know it..."

"This brute is just spoiling this crop..."

"I heard that they brought purple potatoes to feed the livestock..."

"Hahaha." Guo Tianyi said with a smile, "What you think is good, but our Dafeng can only be planted in the south, and the north is not suitable for planting, and the south is mostly rice, and it is barely enough to be planted in the southern Yi countries." ”

Guo Tianyi can know.

The so-called Kangqian prosperous era in ancient China.

It is also the prosperous age of sweet potatoes.

Because of the introduction of sweet potatoes in this era, many people can eat their stomachs.

This is still the case today.

Not everyone can eat white flour steamed buns every day.

The yield of purple potatoes in the Nanyi countries is very high.

Moreover, the purchase price on Daebon's side is extremely low.

Even after excluding the cost, the price in the hands of the common people is cheaper than ordinary rice.

Once the way of eating is promoted, purple potatoes are also one of the most popular staple foods.

If it is possible to introduce sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes and other crops in the future.

That is to lay the foundation for prosperity.

Then, an order was issued.

All restaurants in the capital must serve purple potato dishes.

Through restaurants and markets in the capital, this crop can be popularized.

Someone who wants to plant can also grow their own.

Although this stuff is cheaper than rice, it is extremely productive.

A few days later.

A storm of purple potato delicacies blew in the capital.

Because it is cheap, it can also fill the stomach, so that many people see business opportunities.

The first batch of purple potatoes from the Nanyi countries were snatched up.

The second shipment was booked out before it arrived.

There were even many merchants who took the initiative to go to the Nanyi countries.

Guo Tianyi wants such an effect.

The imperial court alone is not enough.

The merchants of the world are profit-seeking.

Once they act.

These crops will then be taken to all parts of the country.

Moreover, now the Silk Road to the south has been opened, and the imperial court is also contributing money and efforts to overhaul the road.

As long as the road is good.

Merchants will keep coming.

This is a healthy and normal economic system.

and so that the business develops.

Commercial taxes can also be collected.

In ancient times, it was outrageous to rely solely on agricultural taxes instead of collecting commercial taxes.

The collection of commercial tax is part of Guo Tianyi's plan.

One more thing.

made Guo Tianyi cry and laugh.

Because the second round of exams added a large number of arithmetic questions.

Originally, the value of some gentlemen and officials in the capital who were proficient in arithmetic skyrocketed.

The noble families and the nobles paid for the gentlemen to come home and teach.

Therefore, there is also the case of Mr. Auctioneer.

Whoever bids high will go to his tutor.

Except for students who take the exam normally.

Some of the nobles and students of the scholar family passed the second round of exams, and they thought that there was no hope for the third round of exams, so they began to play with the world with heavy gifts, wanting to see if they could get a good position for their children.

This kind of thing, Guo Tianyi can receive a lot of information from Jinyiwei every day.