The worst thing in this is Zhu Yuanzhang, and he can't help but moisten his eyes at this time.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Yuanzhang watched his father starve to death.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, his father's bones were not cold, and Zhu Yuanzhang watched his eldest brother being starved to death.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the eldest niece was starved to death in front of her.

On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, my mother kept the last bite of food in the family for herself, and was starved to death in front of her.

In about half a month, his family was starved to death one by one in front of him.

What a terrible thing this is!

Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang's original flesh has gradually turned into stone.

He secretly swore that if he didn't uproot Meng Yuan, he would not be a man!

He wants to make the world free of corrupt officials and corrupt officials!

He wants the people to never die of hunger and cold again!

"With such a divine object, no one in the world can endure hunger and cold!"

"That's right, with such a divine object, the original ration could only barely feed one or two people, but now it is doubled, no, three or four times is no problem!"

"If Daming cultivates such divine objects everywhere, why won't our Daming be prosperous in the future? The population of our Ming Dynasty is bound to multiply several times! ”

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After this group of people appeared about this kind of crop with a yield of thousands of catties per mu, the first thought in their hearts was that if the food of Daming was not worried, the national strength of Daming would flourish, and the population of Daming would also explode.

It's still small-scale farming, and population really comes first.

As long as the population rises, the national strength will rise.

Once the population is insufficient, it is only a matter of time before the country is close to extinction.

In the feudal period, the fundamental core of population rise or decline was whether there was enough food.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, at its peak, the population was only in the early 100 million, and in the Qing Dynasty, the population ushered in a blowout rise, which could basically be maintained at more than 200 million people, and even reached 40,000 people at the most.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Manchus were the masters of the house, and there were many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the emperor was even inferior to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The fundamental reason why there is such a large difference in population is that the emperor has met a good era.

When Nurhachi entered the Central Plains, the Xiaoice River period was basically over.

At this time, they had overseas trade with the Europa, so sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn were introduced to China.

With these things, plus the end of the Xiaoice period, basically no one will be starved to death anymore.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw these three crops at this time, he was sure that the future of the Ming Dynasty was bright, surpassing all dynasties in history, and it was only a matter of time.

Now it is a dynasty where food is the foundation of the country and the people take food as the sky.

As long as there is enough food, the remaining problems will not be a problem.

That's why this group of people is so excited.

"I said you guys, do you? Isn't it just a crop that yields thousands of catties per mu, why are you so excited? ”

Zhu Ying looked at the group of people with a puzzled face, her face full of puzzlement.

Lao Li of this group of people has already half of his body in the ground, and Lao Xu is also fifty or sixty people, all of them with tears in their eyes, crying bitterly, as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.

However, Zhu Ying has this reaction, which is normal.

I can understand it, but I can't empathize with it.

The thirst for food of the ancients is naturally impossible for a person in the 21st century to empathize.

As a descendant of China, his thirst for food has not stopped exploring for thousands of years.

Whether it is flying in the sky, running on the ground, or swimming in the water, as long as the poison does not kill people, people in China can eat it.

The population of the Ming Dynasty is not large, not even one-tenth of that of the 21st century, but in this era, it is enough to be called a big country.

It's just that the country's grain production can no longer feed so many people.

Therefore, there is not enough normal food to eat, and there is no choice but to think of other ways.

Therefore, it is not that Chinese people are delicious, but they really don't want to go hungry.

Fortunately, this group of people in front of him are all the core figures of Daming, and they are very comparable in terms of knowledge and concentration.

So after a moment of excitement, he quickly calmed down.

"Zhu Gongzi, dare to ask if the anchor objects of the Daming treasure banknote you said before are these divine objects in front of us?"

"But which of these three artifacts is better, is it a sweet potato?"

Xu Da wiped his tears, looked at the crops in his hand, looked at Zhu Ying again, and asked slowly.

Among these three crops, the best one is the sweet potato with the highest yield, so everyone subconsciously thinks that the substitute in Zhu Ying's mouth must be sweet potato.

"Sweet potatoes can't do it!"

Zhu Ying didn't think about it and vetoed it directly.

"Corn is OK!"

"Is corn okay, but sweet potatoes can't?"

"Of the three crops, sweet potatoes have the highest yield, and corn has the lowest yield, are you mistaken?"

"Is it because it tastes the best? But why do I think sweet potatoes are the best? ”

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Zhu Ying's voice landed, and everyone was immediately puzzled.

If Zhu Ying only took out corn as a crop, this group of people would be shocked, and they would not question whether this thing could be a substitute for the anchorage of the Ming treasure banknote.

But when Zhu Ying took out the three crops together, the yield per mu of corn, this group of people didn't pay attention to it at all.

Any of the rest would be enough to kill it in seconds.

"The advantages and disadvantages of these three crops are obvious, but when you compare them, you will find that the most suitable substitute is corn."

Zhu Ying explained slowly.

"You all think sweet potatoes are suitable, so I'll tell you about the advantages and disadvantages of sweet potatoes."

"First of all, I have to admit that the yield per mu of sweet potatoes is the highest, but at the same time its nutritional value is the lowest.

"Not only that, but it's the easiest thing to grow, but it's also the most destructive to the land. No matter how fertile the land is, if you keep growing sweet potatoes, within three years, the land will be wasted. ”

"In addition, after this thing is planted, it has to be built from time to time, otherwise it will affect the yield."

When Zhu Ying's voice landed, Wu Lin stood up.

"Gone?"

"That's it?"

Except for Wu Lin, the rest of the people also looked disdainful.

"That's it? Don't think it's bothersome enough? ”

Zhu Ying couldn't help but be stunned.

"That's a piece of!"

Xu Da rolled his eyes.

Don't say it's nothing, look at our descendants of Yan and Huang, for thousands of years, have there been fewer days of starvation?

Sometimes I'm so hungry that I even stuff soil in my mouth!

What kind of bark and grass roots, that's not a problem!

If you don't starve to death, you are lucky, although you are the eldest grandson of the emperor, but this is completely why not eat minced meat!

Listen, is this a human thing you said about the emperor's eldest grandson?

A large amount is enough, and it is better to be hungry than hungry, right?

Still dislike the trouble of pruning vines?

You go to the field and see, those farmers are now farming, isn't it more troublesome than this?

You call this a disadvantage?

That's why you eliminated it?

The emperor's eldest grandson, you deceive people too much!