Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 389 High Yield
For the next period of time, the director of the Ming Dynasty introduced Japan in lengthy articles every day, and called on the people of Ming Dynasty to immigrate to Japan.

Unlike Taiwan and Ryukyu, Japan Island has been developed by the Japanese for more than 1000 years, and many places have been developed and matured. The people of the Ming Dynasty can pick up ready-made wealth when they immigrate to the past.

At the same time, the Ming Daily also called on many businessmen to do business in Japan. At this time, Japan was already controlled by Ming. Zhang Qingfeng naturally hoped that countless businessmen from Ming would come to Japan to do business, and then they could control the Japanese economy.

In addition, the Daming Royal Institute of Technology also expanded its enrollment again, from 5000 students per year to 1.

Moreover, the college has launched a Japanese major, which specializes in cultivating talents who are proficient in Japanese.

Only when there are more people who are proficient in Japanese can Ming Dynasty better control Japan.

On this day, thousands of mighty horses and chariots and guard troops came out from the palace.

The front and back of the team were the soldiers of the Jingying Habayashi Guard, and the one in the middle was the car protected by the Jin Yiwei.

Among all the carriages, the chariot with a huge yellow umbrella is the most conspicuous. This is the imperial chariot of Emperor Wanli.

Following behind the emperor's chariot, there were also a group of small chariots and countless ordinary carriages and sedan chairs.

Today, under Zhang Qingfeng's instigation, Emperor Wanli took the nobles in the palace and all the civil and military officials to travel.

The destination of this trip is not a scenic spot or a famous mountain or river, but an imperial mansion covering an area of ​​several hundred acres.

The purpose of going to Huangzhuang is very simple, that is, Zhang Qingfeng wants to take everyone to see several kinds of crops that can produce thousands of catties per mu.

"Hooray, these three crops were brought by the Spaniards from America, namely potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn."

"After several years of cultivation, these crops have fully adapted to my land in Ming Dynasty, and they all have a high yield." Zhang Qingfeng introduced to Emperor Wanli while walking around.

"The potatoes were harvested a month ago, and each mu of land can produce almost [-] catties."

A catty in the Ming Dynasty was almost 400 grams, and [-] catties was equivalent to more than [-] catties.

This is incomparable with the high-yield potatoes cultivated in later generations. The average yield of potatoes in later generations is more than [-] catties per mu, and the high yield is even more than [-] catties.

Zhang Qingfeng introduced while walking: "However, in order to let you see the harvest of potatoes with your own eyes, there are still a few acres of potatoes that have not been dug out. When the time comes, people will know how the harvest will be."

Later, a large group of people came to a cornfield.

Zhang Qingfeng introduced again: "This is corn, and the middle of September happens to be the harvest season."

While talking, he even jumped into the corn field and broke some corn back.

"Long live, look, this is corn. It is currently planted in a small amount in the coastal areas of Daming, but it has not been popularized."

Zhang Qingfeng handed Emperor Wanli a piece of corn and said: "The corn grown here is specially cultivated corn. It is much better than the ordinary corn grown in coastal areas, and the yield is higher. It is mainly reserved for seeds."

"Zhou Qingfeng, what is the yield per mu of this corn?" Empress Dowager Li who was beside Emperor Wanli asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, at present, 150 mu of such corn has been planted in Huangzhuang, and the yield per mu is about [-] catties." Zhang Qingfeng said to the Empress Dowager Li.

"Eight hundred catties, not bad, not bad." Upon hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Empress Dowager Li nodded repeatedly: "Compared with wheat, the yield of this corn is several times that of wheat."

Soon, a large group of people came to the sweet potato planting area again.

Zhang Qingfeng introduced to everyone again: "Here, sweet potatoes are grown. Speaking of this sweet potato, I would also like to thank a man named Chen Zhenlong in Changle, Fujian Province. More than ten years ago, he quietly stole sweet potato seedlings from the Spaniards. Planted in Fuzhou, the harvest is quite good."

"In addition to Chen Zhenlong, there are also Lin Huailan from Wuchuan and Chen Yi from Humen. They have introduced sweet potatoes from various sources. They are all quite remarkable people."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "At present, only a small amount of this kind of sweet potato is planted in coastal areas, and it has not been widely promoted. The yield of this kind of sweet potato is higher than that of potatoes, and the yield per mu can reach about [-] to [-] jin." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"The yields of these three crops are so high. If they are popularized in Daming, the people of Daming will not be afraid of starvation." Ye Xianggao, the capital of the cabinet, said in admiration.

"Yes, I have people cultivating these crops in this imperial village mainly to adapt the crops to the weather in the north. As long as the imperial court decides to promote it, I believe it will be fully promoted in the north in a few years." Zhang Qingfeng Chaoye Xiang Gao said.

The reason why Zhang Qingfeng wants to cultivate these kinds of crops is mainly because in the next few decades, natural disasters in the north of the Ming Dynasty will continue to appear.

If these kinds of drought-tolerant crops were extended to the northern provinces, there would be no shortage of wheat grains due to drought in the late Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is potatoes, corn or sweet potatoes, as long as they are planted in the ground, even if there is a drought, there will always be some harvest.

Wheat is different. If the drought is severe, there may be no harvest.

Everyone knows about the death of the late Ming Dynasty and the chaos of refugees.

However, refugees are born of natural disasters and man-made disasters. If the people can eat enough, they will not become refugees and rebel.

"Long live, you are ready, do you want to start now?" Zhang Qingfeng asked Emperor Wanli for instructions.

"Let's get started, let me see how much food these crops can harvest." Emperor Wanli said in an order.

As the order was issued, hundreds of farmers immediately became busy in the several plots that had been divided.

These people are all farmers arranged by Zhang Qingfeng in advance.

Under Zhang Qingfeng's arrangement, these people dug one mu of potatoes, one mu of sweet potatoes, and one mu of corn.

After these crops are harvested, the weight is weighed with a scale, which is the harvest of one mu of land.

Hundreds of people work at the same time, and the strength of the number of people is great. It only took more than ten minutes, and all the grain crops on the several acres of land have been harvested.

Only corn is a little slower because it has to be peeled to get the seeds.

But even so, it only took less than half an hour to complete.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are washed and dried on a cement drying yard.

Because the corn has been peeled, it is packed in bamboo baskets.

Next, is the weighing process.

Under the watchful eyes of Emperor Wanli and a group of civil and military ministers, all the crops were weighed soon.

"Long live, the output of potatoes is 340 jins, the output of sweet potatoes is 650 jins, and the output of corn is less, but still 930 jins." Zhang Qingfeng said to Emperor Wanli and a group of officials and dignitaries.

"Okay, okay." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Emperor Wanli couldn't help applauding loudly.

Others were also talking about it, and everyone was shocked by the yield of these three crops.

"Long live, Empress Dowager, ladies and lords, it's getting late, let's go to Huangzhuang to have a rest. I have already prepared delicious dishes made from these crops, and I want everyone to taste them." Zhang Qingfeng said to everyone.

(End of this chapter)