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Chapter 200+1 The ultimate weapon that opens a new era

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    Beijing!

    Because the Little Ice Age is getting more and more serious, although it has just passed the Mid-Autumn Festival, a hint of chill has already appeared, but this chill brings the annual harvest season!

    Today, Zhu Youxiao took a rare day off from work and took Fang Congzhe, Liu Yishui, Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, as well as Wu Bingrui, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and an official named Wang Gui to an imperial village on the outskirts of Beijing!

    Wang Gui was the official who survived being stabbed in the Jinluan Hall and was sent by Zhu Youxiao to investigate the river works. He returned to the capital before the Mid-Autumn Festival and submitted a detailed river engineering investigation report to Zhu Youxiao, as well as three pills.  The head of the eunuch in charge of construction!

    After Zhu Youxiao read the memorial, he greatly appreciated Wang Gui and directly promoted him to the minister of the Ministry of Industry, in charge of river engineering and water conservancy repairs in the Ming Dynasty, and asked him to plan the water conservancy repair plan from the autumn of the first year of Tianqi to the spring of the second year of Tianqi!

    Originally, after Wang Gui got the decree, he planned a new round of water conservancy repair work based on the previous year's water conservancy repair situation. However, because he was really forgetting to sleep and eat, he was taken out by Zhu Youxiao to relax!

    In fact, Zhu Youxiao brought this group of important ministers out not only to relax, but mainly because the three new crops of corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes have reached the harvest season, and Zhu Youxiao asked them to verify the yield of the new crops!

    In fact, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes were basically introduced to China during the Wanli period, or earlier. Among them, the time and record of the introduction of sweet potatoes are the clearest!

    Speaking of the introduction of sweet potatoes to China, there is also a rather legendary experience. Sweet potatoes were originally brought to the Philippines by Spanish colonists. However, because of the high yield of sweet potatoes, the Spaniards strictly prohibited sweet potatoes from leaving the Philippines!

    Fujian businessmen Chen Zhenlong and his son went to the Philippines to do business. They found that this crop not only tasted sweet, but also had a huge yield, so they wanted to bring it back to the Ming Dynasty. However, the Spanish inspected it very strictly, so Chen and his son entangled the sweet potato vines in a cable.  , escaped the interrogation of the Spanish, and finally brought the sweet potatoes to the Ming Dynasty!

    After Chen Zhenlong and his son brought sweet potatoes back to the Ming Dynasty, they reported the benefits of sweet potatoes to Jin Xuezeng, who was then in Fujian Province. With the support of Jin Xuezeng, sweet potatoes finally took root in Fujian!

    In fact, Xu Guangqi also once gave Emperor Wanli a book called "Sweet Potato Sparing", in which he expounded the benefits of sweet potatoes and even said that as long as sweet potatoes are planted on a large scale across the country, people will no longer have to worry about hunger!

    It¡¯s just that Xu Guangqi was a low-key man at that time, and Emperor Wanli was not interested in these things, so the expansion of sweet potato planting was left alone.

    " However, Zhu Youxiao is a person from later generations. He is very clear about the benefits of these three treasures: corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, so he sent people to find the seeds early and tried planting them in Huangzhuang on the outskirts of Beijing!

    Now that all three crops are mature, Zhu Youxiao naturally wants to find several major figures from the DPRK and China to witness this historical moment, and at the same time, be prepared for the next step of promoting new crops!

    On the fields of Huangzhuang, Zhu Youxiao and these ministers were chatting while waiting for the farmers in the fields to harvest their crops!

    Fang Congzhe looked at the busy figures of the farmers in the fields and couldn't help but sigh: "The beauty of the farmhouses here is beyond the reach of the hard-working people like me!"

    Liu Yishen also twisted his beard and echoed: "What Mr. Fang Ge said was that the artistic conception of Mr. Jingjie picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountain was really enviable, but it is difficult for our generation to imitate it. It is really a pity!  "

    Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Tao Yuanming just planted the crops and didn't care about anything. As a result, he planted only a few bean sprouts with grass. His planting method will kill people!"

    Fang and Liu felt embarrassed when they heard this, and quickly leaned forward and said: "Old minister, I made a mistake. I hope your majesty will forgive me!"

    Zhu Youxiao waved his hands and said: "You two pavilion elders don't have to be like this. Why don't I want to stay away from the documents and indulge in the mountains and rivers? It's a pity that the burden of the Ming Dynasty is on my shoulders. I really don't dare to slack off!"

    Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Your Majesty is the master of the ZTE, so it will naturally be harder. However, one year after your Majesty took the throne, the national power of the Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes. Your Majesty's martial arts skills are also admired by the people of the world, even among the former saints.  It¡¯s hard to compare with His Majesty!¡±

    Zhu Youxiao pointed at Sun Chengzong and said with a smile: "This is the first time I have heard Sun Aiqing flatter me. I must record this matter and write it down in the history books in the future!"

    Sun Chengzong couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he heard this, but everyone laughed heartily.

    At this time, an old eunuch in his sixties ran over with the support of two young farmers!

    The old eunuch arrived in front of Zhu Youxiao,Pulling the two young farmers to kneel down together, he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, we have harvested one acre of corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, and the yield has been calculated!"

    When Zhu Youxiao saw the results came out, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Although he knew that in later generations, the yield of potatoes per mu was generally three to four thousand kilograms, and sweet potatoes were around five thousand kilograms. Although the yield of corn was not as high as that of potatoes and sweet potatoes, it was still about one thousand, fourteen and five kilograms.  One hundred catties, but it¡¯s Ming Dynasty now, who knows if these three crops can achieve this yield now!

    However, Zhu Youxiao still asked in a deep voice: "How much?"

    The old eunuch said excitedly: "To tell you your Majesty, the yield of corn is five shi per mu, the yield of potatoes is ten shi per mu, and the sweet potatoes are the most abundant, with the yield of thirteen shi per mu!"

    Hiss¡ª¡ª

    After the old eunuch finished speaking, there was a sound of gasping. Although the people present were all high-ranking officials, they also knew that a yield of three shi per mu of wheat and rice was a good harvest. In general, the annual yield was around two shi per mu. Now,  Of these three crops, the lowest value for corn is five stones, and the cost for potatoes and sweet potatoes is even more than ten stones. What is the concept?

    One stone in the Ming Dynasty was about 153 kilograms. When wheat and rice were in high yield, the yield per mu was only about 400 kilograms. It was common for natural disasters to produce more than 200 kilograms per mu. Therefore, the people of the Ming Dynasty wanted to rely on the sky to have enough food.  That is a rare thing!

    But now the corn yield is five shi per mu, which is about 800 kilograms, the potato yield is ten shi per mu, which is 1,500 kilograms, and the sweet potatoes are even more astonishing, the yield is 13 shi per mu, reaching an astonishing 1,900 kilograms!

    Such a high yield shows that as long as these three crops are widely cultivated, hunger will be far away from the people of the Ming Dynasty. Having enough food for everyone will no longer be an unattainable dream!

    "Is everything you said true?" After a long silence, Fang Congzhe threw himself in front of the old eunuch very vigorously, grabbed his collar, stared into his eyes, and asked through gritted teeth!

    ¡°That old eunuch was just a minor boss in the palace, and he really had never seen much of the world. If he hadn¡¯t been taken into the palace as a steward, he might have died of starvation long ago!

    At this moment, seeing the chief minister of the dynasty staring at him so fiercely, he was naturally scared to death. However, the old eunuch also came from the palace. Although he was scared, he still replied: "Return to Mr. Fangge, what I said is absolutely true."  Indeed, if you don¡¯t believe me, Mr. Fang Ge can go check it out in person!¡±

    Before the old eunuch finished speaking, several figures rushed into the field like the wind, rushing towards the harvesting place.

    Zhu Youxiao took a look and saw that the leader was actually Liu Yishui, followed closely by Sun Chengzong, and the two young ones Wu Bingrui and Wang Gui were lagging behind!

    When Fang Congzhe saw a few of them running past, he didn't care about the old eunuch anymore. He picked up his robe and chased after him. At such a speed, it was impossible to tell that he was an old man in his sixties!

    Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao quickly shouted to the guards around him: "What are you still doing? Go and help the elders, don't throw them!"

    The guards took orders and chased after him. Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "This is the ultimate weapon to start a new era!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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