Hearing that the yield per mu was real, Emperor Hongzhi felt that suddenly in his heart, there seemed to be some behemoth slamming to the ground, and even his heart seemed to have gone into arrest.

"When the slave maid arrived in the eastern suburbs, even if they dug up a new acre of land again and weighed it, after the final weighing, they learned that the yield per mu of this acre of land was more than 25 stones, which was more than the previous 24 stones."

"You saw it with your own eyes. Really? It's not that he suspected anything, but Emperor Hongzhi subconsciously asked.

"Back to the emperor's words, it is true. Whether it is digging sweet potatoes or weighing, the slaves and maids are all staring at the side, and this matter is indeed true. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Jing paused, and added: "And there are also Master Xia and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince there, and the sweet potatoes in the acre of land dug up earlier should have twenty-four stones." ”

"Judging from this, the yield per mu of this sweet potato is more than 20 stones, which is not accidental."

"Not only that, this is just a trial planting, and the minister has no experience in growing sweet potatoes, so he planted them randomly. If this thing is promoted to the world and let the people plant, the people will definitely find a better planting method, and the yield of one acre of land will be thirty stones, and forty stones is also possible. ”

Emperor Hongzhi's gaze turned to him, and then he stared straight ahead, "You said you want to promote the world?" ”

Xia Yuan was looked at by such a gaze, and he felt panicked inexplicably, his voice couldn't help but be a little weaker, and he asked weakly: "Does Your Majesty think that this thing should not be promoted to the world?" ”

"To promote, such a divine thing, should be promoted to the world"

Zhu Youjiao's eyes seemed to be in a trance, and he didn't know what he thought, his mouth was just so soft, hearing these whispers, Xia Yuan had confidence again, and then directly threw out the killer idea,

"Your Majesty, in fact, the most powerful thing about this sweet potato is not the yield, but its adaptability."

"Resilience?"

"Yes, adaptability, if it is the usual wheat and rice, you have to find those good fields to grow, and it takes a lot of land. But this sweet potato can be grown almost anywhere, even in those wastelands where wheat and rice cannot be grown. ”

"To put it simply, sweet potatoes do not have high requirements for land, or even no requirements, as long as it is a piece of land, it can be planted, as long as it is planted, it can live!"

Zhu Youzhang's head buzzed, and he stood up from his seat suddenly, but he seemed to exert too much force, and sat back softly.

My mind is still buzzing, and my mind seems to be full of only that sentence: as long as it is a piece of land, it can be planted, as long as it is planted, it can live.

What a fetish this is, it's not that he lacks language, it's not that he has a small vocabulary, but in addition to the fetish, he can't find a more suitable word to describe this sweet potato.

High yield, full-stomached, can be used as supplementary food, and can be grown anywhere.

Could this be a divine artifact given to me by God in the Ming Dynasty?

If Xia Yuan knew what Emperor Hongzhi was thinking at this time, he would be sad and angry, this is what I Xia sent to Southeast Asia with great pains and worked hard to find it, this is my credit.

As a result, when it comes to your old man's heart, it becomes a gift from God.

Is there any credit for that?

Of course, Xia Yuan felt that he was a person who had detached himself from low-level interests, he didn't care about any reward, if the emperor gave him a duke, a marquis or something, he would follow.

The most important thing is that the world.

With this sweet potato, although it cannot replace the staple food, it can completely replace the staple food.

Especially in the year of the catastrophe, the people can live by nibbling on sweet potatoes.

How did the braids come to the so-called prosperous era of Kangqian, isn't it the prosperous era of sweet potatoes, and the common people live with sweet potatoes.

In the event of a famine, the people can survive through sweet potatoes, and in good years, they can dig a cellar and hoard sweet potatoes for emergencies.

With the population of more than 60 million in the Ming Dynasty today, plus the hidden households, it is calculated according to 70 million people, if this sweet potato can be popularized all over the world, the people are planting in their own fields, I dare not say that it can completely solve the problem of famine, but it can definitely solve part of it.

At the very least, it has greatly reduced the casualties of the people during the disaster year.

The more the hunger problem is solved, the more productive energy can be liberated, which can then be invested in other aspects.

If the problem of hunger is solved, it will usher in a new era, an era of technological take-off.

All dynasties have attached importance to agriculture, not how advanced the farming civilization is, but because this is the best solution.

Farming can feed a larger population than nomadism, fishing and hunting, and that's it.

In other words, it's all about feeding the population, it's all about food.

Therefore, before sweet potatoes and potatoes entered the West, the West had been much worse than the East, the so-called civilization was not worth mentioning compared to the East, and the so-called city-state was small and pitiful compared to the East, and the productivity was even lower.

However, after the introduction of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the food problem was greatly solved, and a large number of labor and productivity were liberated from the farmland and entered the industry and commerce, so that the industrial revolution arose later.

Although it is not a direct cause, there is definitely a certain reason for it.

After all, only when people are full can they have the energy to think about other things.

Only when the grain production is high, and everyone can meet the needs of all people in the world without everyone working, can we support a part of the people who are not producing, and only these people who are not productive in this world have time to think and think about how to lead the progress of civilization.

The more people who do not produce and the more people who have time to think, the more rapid the progress of civilization will be.

Very popular truth.

Emperor Hongzhi definitely didn't expect that he had thought about such a far-reaching aspect, and at this time he seemed to come back to his senses from a trance, "If this thing is really as strange as you say, no, even if it can't be planted anywhere, it needs good fields like wheat and rice, and it is enough to have such a yield per mu."

"Your Majesty, but this sweet potato can indeed be grown anywhere."

"After you listen to me, this sweet potato will definitely be promoted to the world."

After planting the flag, Emperor Hongzhi continued: "How do you think this thing should be promoted?" ”

"What does Your Majesty think?"

"I think that it should be carried out along with the changes."

Xia Yuan smiled, "The minister thinks the same way. ”

If you want to promote, of course, you must promote it along with the change of paving into the mu, which is the fastest and the fastest.

"Your Majesty, without further ado, summon all the elders of the cabinet and the lords of the six ministries into the palace, and settle this matter today."

Emperor Hongzhi also felt that it was not too late, just wanted to nod, and remembered that now is an extraordinary period, of course, compared with the promotion of this kind of food, this is insignificant, but he still asked, "Then what you said earlier is lying flat and rotten."

"The two can be solved together."

“.”

Zhu Youzhu looked at him deeply, and after a while, he turned his gaze, looked at Xiao Jing and said, "Go, summon the three ministers of the cabinet, as well as the officials of the six ministries into the palace." ”

(End of chapter)