Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

"Yes, this baby can be sold for a lot of money!" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh.

"Not only in Bashu and Dali, as long as more dishes using chili are developed, restaurants in the city will also need a lot of them. Those rich people have a large population and cannot go to restaurants every day, so they will definitely let their chefs learn to use chili!"

At that time, the more places that need peppers, the more people will be willing to grow peppers, which is an untold amount of money.

"No!" Zhu Yuanzhang quickly reacted: "If everyone grows chili peppers, it means that no one grows food. This is fundamentally broken!"

Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Tao curiously, wondering how he would answer this question.

In this day and age, if farmers don't grow food, there will be big problems.

"Then eat less food." Zhu Tao picked up a piece of meat: "There is a saying, why not eat minced meat?"

The atmosphere on the table was a bit silent, Zhu Yuanzhang scolded with staring eyes: "Tao'er, how can you say such nonsense?"

Why not eat minced meat is a famous saying of Emperor Hui of Jin. This person grew up in the hands of women in the deep palace and did not understand the sufferings of the people. When my son was eating, he said this, which can be called a joke from hell.

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want Zhu Tao to become the kind of person who doesn't know the suffering of the people.

"Father, you are a merchant and have traveled all over the world. You should know what the current situation in the village is like?"

"Every household grows food, but how many people die of starvation? Not to mention the time of famine."

"So, growing grain is important, but making money for farmers is more important."

"It's like our Zhuangzi. Every family raises poultry and livestock, and they have no money to buy cubs. I will lend them money without interest. After two days, it will be time to collect the meat again."

"At that time, every household could earn at least ten taels of silver. As long as they had money to eat meat, the demand for food was not so heavy."

"In Zhuangzi's cafeteria, there is rice left every day, so they can only make rice porridge the next day, and let them go to the surrounding villages to give porridge."

After hearing Zhu Tao's words, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen were all lost in thought. Zhu Biao was very happy. He had heard these words and believed them because he had seen how good the life of the people in the village was.

"But food is getting scarcer. Once the imperial court wants to use troops or a famine occurs, even if you have money, you can't buy food!" Liu Bowen raised different opinions.

"Father, doesn't Mr. Liu know about potatoes?" Zhu Tao asked Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang remember that he hadn't mentioned this to Liu Bowen yet.

"What potatoes?" Liu Bowen asked suspiciously. It sounds like some kind of dish?
"Liu Yi, I forgot to tell you." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "This potato is a kind of grain grown by our Taoer, which can produce a thousand catties per mu!"

"Impossible!" Liu Bowen stood up all of a sudden, and accidentally knocked down all the bowls on the table.

"A mu yields a thousand catties? Your Majesty...it's impossible, master, don't make such jokes with me!"

Liu Bowen trembled a little, and said it was impossible, but there was a trace of expectation in his eyes. He hoped that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was true.

The circles of Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were a little red. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe it. If there was this treasure back then, how could the family starve to death!
Zhu Biao also stopped his chopsticks: "It's true, Mr. Liu, my uncle and I saw it with our own eyes, otherwise, I wouldn't be in this place."

How could the majestic prince of a country really come to farm just because of recuperating his body?There is also a vegetable garden in the palace, where can I not exercise?

But this potato is too important!

Even, far more important than his prince!

Snapped!
"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing? Why hasn't it been promoted? Is it possible that only the soil here can be planted?" Liu Bowen said excitedly, even losing his dignity in front of the imperial court.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not accuse him, after all, he was more excited than Liu Bowen when he first found out.

Zhu Biao replied: "It hasn't been popularized yet because the experiment has not been completed, but it has been confirmed that even the land in Mobei can be planted! After half a month, the second batch of potatoes from the experimental field will come out. You can try it too."

Thinking of the dense vines in the ground, Zhu Biao's heart became very hot.

It's a pity that Zhu Tao cherishes the potatoes from the first batch of experimental fields very much, and he will continue to treat them as experimental products, and refuses to be eaten by others.

"Young proprietor, you are kind to the country and the people!" Liu Bowen suddenly bowed his hands to Zhu Tao and bowed heavily.

"Mr. Liu is serious!" Zhu Tao quickly helped Liu Bowen up, but he said in his heart that this scholar is different. He is obviously an accountant, but he has a look of taking the country as his own responsibility.

"However, if potatoes are popularized, even if most farmers grow peppers and green vegetables, there is nothing wrong with it." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "In this case, farmers' lives will be better."

"Father, how well a farmer lives has nothing to do with what he grows, but with the people in charge of the countryside!" Zhu Tao said helplessly.

"Look, the people in our village are living a good life. It's because of your son that I am willing to lead them to live a good life! In other villages, even if the villagers grow more peppers and vegetables, they will only be charged more land rent. In the end, maybe Can't even afford potatoes."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned tightly: "These landlords really deserve to be killed!"

But Liu Bowen saw something: "Young master, is there any way you can do it?"

Zhu Tao smiled and took a sip of beer: "Of course. I have a lot of methods, but unfortunately they may not be useful now, and the people above can't hear them. I'm not the emperor's son, he can still listen to me Is it not working?"

Zhu Biao curled his lips, you are not the real son of the emperor, but you, the young master, can speak better than me, the crown prince!
He knew that as long as the method Zhu Tao said today was feasible, Zhu Yuanzhang would let the ministers study it in Fengtian Temple tomorrow.

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes really brightened: "Tao Er, tell us quickly."

"First of all, it is rebellion. Pull down the biggest landlord, the emperor, and let the world belong to the public. The land belongs to the state. The people only need to pay part of it to the state, and the rest is their own."

“The state will subsidize what the farmers want to grow, and at the same time increase the price to buy and store in the name of the government! The farmers have made money, and the country has grain reserves. Except for the overthrown landlords, everyone is happy.”

Zhu Tao's words shocked the other three.

Zhu Yuanzhang even took a sip of wine to suppress his shock.

Good guy, you really deserve to talk about rebellion in front of me, the emperor, Tao'er!

But if you think about it carefully, this is really a way!