The yield of more than 20 stones per mu means that the grain output can be increased by at least ten times.

As long as they are dried into dried sweet potatoes, they can be stored for several years and can also be used as dry food for marching.

And it's easy to grow, and what's even more shocking is that it can be grown almost anywhere, even in the barren and bad fields, so that a large number of bad fields can be planted with this kind of food.

The ministers present have already regarded this sweet potato as food in their hearts, and everyone has drunk porridge, and everyone has experienced the satiety of this sweet potato.

It is not inferior to staple foods such as wheat and rice.

The only drawback is that if you eat too much, you will fart. This is not a shortcoming at all, for them it may be, after all, they are ministers and nobles, but for the thousands of people in the world, this is not a disadvantage at all.

The yields are exceptionally high, the storage time is long, and it can be grown almost anywhere, with only one drawback, which is not a disadvantage at all.

This. Could it be that the immortal seed descended from the sky?

They can only think that it is an immortal seed descended from the sky, how can there be such a divine thing in the world?

Just a yield is dead to suppress all the crops in the world, only taro can be slightly comparable, taro per mu yield can reach two thousand catties, but taro can only be stored for one or two months, and it is picked, not any field can be planted, it is not resistant to low temperature, can only be planted in the south.

In today's extremely cold season, it can only be grown in the extreme south.

Every year of great disasters in the south, the victims rely on taro to feed themselves.

Now that there is this sweet potato, it means that in the years of famine in the future, the people can use this thing to relieve the disaster.

As the production of grain increases, the household department has a headache over where to allocate grain for disaster relief, and the court is arguing about it, and such things will be reduced or even no longer occur.

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, couldn't bear it anymore, stared at Xia Yuan and asked, "Xia Zhan, can sweet potatoes be extended?" ”

Hearing this, Xia Yuan couldn't help but smile, "Naturally." ”

Emperor Hongzhi replied at this time: "I want to promote this thing to the world, what do you mean?" ”

Liu Jian immediately left the table and walked to the center of the hall to bow down: "Your Majesty Mingren is practical, and the virtues are all over the world, and these crops should be promoted to the world and benefit thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty." ”

The rest of the people also got up, walked to the front of the hall and bowed down together: "The ministers seconded it." ”

This is a merit of the heavens, a merit in the present generation, and a merit that benefits the eternals, and no one has a reason to refuse, let alone want to refuse.

If these crops were to be popularized all over the world at this time, from the kings to their ministers, they would all leave a strong mark in the history books.

The long history, the Huanghuang annals will record that it is under their promotion that the Ming Dynasty has a prosperous era.

With such a god-given grain, is the prosperity still far away?

Everyone realizes that the prosperity is just around the corner.

Emperor Hongzhi stood up, looking extremely relieved and comfortable, "Ancestors bless, God bless me with such gods." ”

Xia Yuan's cheeks twitched, a godsend, I got it.

"I thought it was no later to do, and now I am implementing the law of apportioning the land into the mu, and I have decided to promote the sweet potato along with the change of the law, do you think it is okay?"

"The ministers are respectfully edicted."

"Good!" Zhu Youzhu shouted hello, and then looked at Xia Yuan, "Zhan Shifu, the young Zhan Shi, the land governor Xia Yuan, planted this thing to make a great contribution to the court, but to make the people of the world benefit this grace, and was entitled"

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi paused for a while, as if he was thinking, and then continued: "Named Changdehou." ”

Xia Yuan was stunned, he had seen this dog emperor a godsend, and a mouthful of ancestral blessings, and thought that he had forgotten his own merits.

It turned out that he didn't forget, and gave it directly to a marquis.

It's just that this Changdehou, Changde, Changde, I always feel almost meaningful, but let's make use of it, after all, no matter how you say it, this is also a title, and it is much more valuable than the official position.

Like an official position, you are an official yourself, and your son can't pass the imperial examination, Xu is emperor will still be kind and graceful to an idle official position, but when it comes to the grandson's generation, even the grandson can be favored, so what about the great-grandson and the great-grandson.

The gentleman's Ze is the fifth generation, not to mention this kind of grace, this kind of kindness between monarchs and ministers.

But the title can be passed on from generation to generation, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not die, it can be passed on forever and rest with the country.

Xia Yuan was about to thank him, but Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu Gao has already made a law, and he cannot be knighted unless he has military merits."

"This merit is no less than the expansion of the territory, or even far more than the expansion of the territory, how can I be willing to be stingy with a marquis?"

Emperor Hongzhi said that the righteousness was awe-inspiring, but he actually wanted to give Xia Yuan a knighthood for a long time, or to leave a title for his grandson to inherit in the future.

It's just that he cares about etiquette and law, and he really can't find an excuse, after all, Xia Yuan is a civil official, and as a civil official, it is really difficult to earn a knighthood by accumulating military merits.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there was only one civil official who was knighted through military merits.

The second is Wang Shouren.

But there are only two of them, which shows how difficult this kind of thing is.

And hearing the emperor say this, the rest of the ministers are not easy to say, not to mention, they actually have no intention of objecting, after all, this title is granted by the emperor, and the emperor has the final say, they just instinctively maintain the ancestral law, although this law has long collapsed.

said that he could not be knighted without military merits, but those relatives had no merit, and they could still receive a knighthood.

And the merit of planting such crops, as His Majesty said, is no less than the expansion of the territory, or even far beyond the expansion of the territory, and the land that has been beaten down is in vain if it cannot be defended.

But this food, once popularized, will last forever. The Ming Dynasty, the people of the world can benefit forever and ever.

However, it still makes people feel that it is not a taste in their hearts, and the sourness in their hearts is not because of this title, but because of this title.

The Ming Dynasty usually grants knighthoods, and the metropolis finds a corresponding place name, and has also directly given two words with beautiful meanings as knighthoods.

But this time, His Majesty gave Changdeok.

These two words are too big, and they come from the lyrics of the Holy Lord, the so-called Holy Emperor should be blessed first, and Changde Dongyou first.

The symbolism, and indeed the depth of meaning it contains, is absolutely extraordinary.

Emperor Hongzhi has the meaning of putting gold on his face, he is the Holy Emperor, and the beginning of his blessing is Changdeok.

Xia Yuan didn't think of this yet, but still felt that this title was a little less meaningful, so he just bowed to the ground: "Thank you for Your Majesty's grace!" ”

"In addition, pass on my will again, and set up a stone workshop for Xia Qing's family in Daxing County, the hometown of Xia Qing's family, to praise their achievements!"

Standing Stone Workshop..

This stone square is the same as the archway, to put it bluntly, it is the archway for men to erect, the brilliance of the building, there will be an article engraved on the table, and the owner of the archway has done something earth-shattering.

However, planting sweet potatoes is a bit difficult to write a singing and crying feeling.

And the marquis also set up the archway, how awkward this is to think, Xia Yuan plans to write a poem on the back, the marquis is not my will, I hope that the sea is flat, the archway will be completely erected.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi snorted, seeing that the promotion of sweet potatoes and the canonization of knighthoods were decided, his eyes looked at Liu Jian at this time, "Liu Qing's family, as soon as he entered the palace before, Qing said that there was something to play, what is the matter that you and I want to talk about?" ”

(End of chapter)