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Chapter 166 The Peace and Prosperity Are Just Sweet Potatoes (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Promote!

The introduction of any new crop requires a process of promotion and dissemination!

However, this process was extremely slow. It took 200 years from the introduction of sweet potatoes by Chen Zhenlong to the sale of sweet potatoes by Zheng Banqiao. Until the 20s, North China was still sparing no effort to promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes and non-staple food. Processing is still dominated by the government to promote the popularity of sweet potatoes grown and eaten by the whole people.

In the natural disasters that will last for decades in the future, if you want to save people as much as possible, you can only rely on sweet potatoes, and if you want people to grow sweet potatoes, you must rely on government means to promote them.

This is also the reason why Shi Yiwen proposed this "reward".

"The yield per mu is five or six thousand catties. If this is the case, the people of the world will no longer have to worry about hunger..."

Looking at the sweet potato in his hand, Zhu Youxiao sighed and asked again.

"Then how does it taste?"

"Your Majesty, when I was in court, I asked my servants to carry a bag. If Your Majesty is interested, you might as well ask someone to cook it and try it. This thing is easy to cook. It can be boiled or sliced ​​and steamed. When the time comes, please Everyone should try it."

As soon as Shi Yiwen's voice fell, Zhu Youxiao said.

"Quasi-playing,"

Then he looked at the ministers again and said.

"When I went to court today, everyone must have eaten nothing, so let's try something new with me."

All the ministers naturally thanked Shi Yiwen one after another, and when they were thanking, they naturally became curious about sweet potatoes, especially the ministers who lived in the north, like Feng Quan, who had several times of friendship with Shi Yiwen, hurried forward and asked .

"Master Shi, what kind of sweet potato is this, can it really produce a thousand catties per mu?"

"real,"

"Really not picky?"

"Don't choose the land, you can plant it in the yard, under the corner of the wall, or in the field beside the ditch. If there is a severe drought, the people only need to plant one or two acres, which is enough to ensure that the family will not go hungry."

Shi Yiwen's words were not too loud, and they reached everyone's ears. When everyone was surprised, Zhu Youxiao asked.

"This sweet potato looks like a radish. How do ordinary people store it?"

I have to say that Shi Yiwen was a little surprised by Zhu Youxiao's question, why?
Because this is the time when sweet potatoes became popular in China, and potatoes that were introduced to China at the same time or later were not popular among the people because of storage problems, and they never became popular as a staple food.Of course, potatoes failed to become a staple food. The most fundamental reason is the degradation of potatoes. Some farmers call its degradation "one year old, two years old, and three years gone." Even until the 21st century, this is inevitable. of.Compared with potatoes that need cellars for long-term storage, sweet potatoes are very simple to store, which is why Shi Yiwen chose it. After all, in history, people also chose sweet potatoes.

"Returning to Your Majesty, after harvesting, you can slice it directly and spread it on the ground to dry. After drying, it can be stored for a long time like ordinary grain. Even if it is stored for two or three years, there is no problem. When you eat it, you can also eat it. It’s the same as ordinary grain. In addition, you can dig the cellar to store some fresh ones, and you can eat fresh sweet potatoes throughout the winter, just like the sweet potatoes we will eat later..."

Finally, the sweet potatoes came up.

Dozens of tables were just placed on the square in front of the hall. Although there were simple meals on the tables, the most anticipated thing was sweet potatoes.

How does it taste?

When the fragrant sweet potatoes were on the table, Zhu Youxiao directly picked up a piece of steamed sweet potato chips with his chopsticks while looking at the steamed sweet potato chips on the plate.

After eating it in his mouth, the sweet and soft taste made his eyes light up, and he said in surprise.

"This...is so sweet!"

"This tastes really good!"

They didn't eat for a long time, and the already hungry people seemed to have eaten some delicacies from mountains and seas. They were all surprised by the taste of sweet potatoes.

This taste is simple and not too good!
Indeed, not to mention ordinary people who seldom eat sweets, even in the 21st century, sweet potatoes can still conquer many people with its sweet taste.

Dozens of catties of sweet potatoes is a lot to say, but it can be distributed to everyone, and it is not even enough to fill the gaps between the teeth. It is only one piece per person. Seeing that everyone still has something to say, Shi Yiwen said.

"I don't know what the adults think of the taste of sweet potatoes?"

The answer is naturally a lot of praise, not only because the taste is really good, they are really hungry.Even after complimenting them, they simply asked if there were any sweet potatoes.

Not enough.

But when everyone was still unsure, Huang Kezan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, took the initiative to ask Shi Yiwen.

"Master Shi, how do you grow this sweet potato? I wonder if there are still seeds left by Master Shi?"

As the governor of Shandong Province, he naturally knows what such a thing that does not pick the land and is drought-resistant means to the people.

Means no more starvation, no more starving to death!
"If Mr. Shi still has seeds, you might as well give some to Mr. Huang. Mr. Huang will give it to colleagues in Shandong to promote it. Mr. Shi doesn't know that the people in Shandong have lived a hard life these years! With such a mu yield With several thousand catties of sweet potatoes, even a poor family can have enough to eat, so they don’t have to go hungry any more.”

The common people in the world, everyone can eat to their full stomach, this is the prosperous age!
In an instant, whether the emperor or the minister, the sweet potato mash left in his mouth became even more fragrant. Could it not be delicious!

Prosperity!
How stupid is the emperor?

It is a prosperous age when the people can eat enough!
What's wrong with all the ministers being treacherous?
The people are not hungry, and there is no starvation on the road. This is a proper prosperous age.

Not to mention, what was the standard for evaluating prosperity in ancient China?This is the standard, as long as the people can eat enough, as long as they are not hungry, it will be a prosperous age. As for Liaodong?But it is ringworm and scabies.

Not to mention them, even Wei Zhongxian's eyes were shining when he looked at the mashed sweet potato on the plate. He was born in poverty, so of course he knew what it meant to the people to have enough to eat.

The sweet potato was promoted to all parts of the country under the promotion of his nine thousand years old, so Wei Zhongxian is not a virtuous minister with countless living people.

Even if it's the Donglin Party who don't open their eyes, and those who sympathize with them, no matter how much they fool the common people in the world, as long as the common people can eat enough, as long as the common people know and know the credit of Wei Zhongxian, then he will be number one in the world virtuous minister.

Anxious for such a rare opportunity to become famous, Wei Zhongxian said anxiously aside.

"My lord, the water wells and sweet potatoes are good things for countless living people, so the local government should persuade the people to dig water wells and grow sweet potatoes."

His suggestion naturally aroused a burst of agreement. They didn't agree with Wei Zhongxian, and these two things were really delicious, especially sweet potatoes, which made them a little carried away.

(End of this chapter)