"Food?"
Everyone looked at Jiang Yuan with question marks.
"Immortal Elder, you don't know the current situation in Jiangnan and other places. If the people wait until spring to sow, the crops will also suffer from floods."”
Now, in places like Jiangnan under Chongzhen's rule, the crops planted by farmers would soon suffer huge losses due to floods and other natural disasters.
If it had only happened once or twice, the farmers could still remedy it when spring came and plant other things to stop the loss.
However, in the past few years, floods had occurred almost every year.
The crops planted by the farmers after spring suffered losses again.
As a result, the grain production in Jiangnan and other places had decreased severely.
This was what Chongzhen was most concerned about.
Although he borrowed money and grain from Old Zhu, Zhu Di, and the others, it was only a temporary solution.
After hearing Chongzhen talk about the situation in Jiangnan and other places, Jiang Yuan frowned slightly, but then his brows relaxed.
"I have four kinds of seeds here that can temporarily alleviate the reduction in grain production.”
"Even in places like the beach during droughts and floods, it can be sown. The lowest can be 500 kilograms, and the highest can be 5000 kilograms.”
"There's no need for too much management. You just need to sow the seeds in the soil.”
All the emperors in the surroundings widened their eyes when they heard Jiang Yuan's words.
All of them were shocked.
Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zheng De exclaimed loudly,""Impossible! That was impossible! A yield of 4,000 catties per mu was a divine weapon that could save the country!”
Although he loved to play, he knew about food species.
Even the most advanced Jiaozhi rice from the Ming Dynasty was only about 300 to 400 catties.
Moreover, it would take a lot of time to manage it.
Once the management was neglected, it would lead to a decrease in production.
The weight system of the Ming Dynasty was different, and it was about two taels more than in modern times.
However, Jiang Yuan's yield of 4,000 catties per mu was also very shocking.
Moreover, it could be planted on flood-resistant and drought-resistant beaches and wasteland!
4,000 catties per mu, and it didn't take too much time to manage it. What kind of concept was this? This was a life-saving divine item.
"Immortal Elder, is there really such a thing?”
"How's the taste? Can it be used as a main grain?"
In an instant, the surrounding emperors asked excitedly.
One had to know that this was thousands of catties of grain per mu.
Moreover, it was resistant to drought and flood, and could even be planted on the beach.
Wasn't this a divine item? What was a divine item?
He looked at the excited expressions of the people around him, as if they were fanatics.
Jiang Yuan spoke again." You'll know when you buy it and try it. This thing can be steamed or fried. It tastes soft, sticky, sweet, and delicious."”
After saying that, he uploaded the remaining sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and other food at home.
Earlier, Jiang Yuan had been cooking at home and had not finished buying some ingredients.
Now, it just so happened to be useful. More than ten catties of sweet potatoes and corn were uploaded to the communication space.
Seeing this, everyone hurriedly took out their silver and bought a small portion of it before leaving the Emperor Communication Space.
……
Ming Dynasty, Forbidden City.
Dark clouds floated in the dim yellow sky, giving people a sense of pressure.
Even the air became heavy.
Over the years, the north suffered from droughts every year, and floods often occurred in the south. The people did not have enough to eat.
Hundreds of thousands of people starved to death every year.
Everyone knew that a storm was coming for the Darming Dynasty.
At this moment.
Forbidden City, Taihe Palace.
Emperor Chongzhen, who had just finished dealing with government affairs, looked at the orange-yellow grain and two red-skinned sweet potatoes on the table in front of him.
They were all palm-sized.
"This is the thousand jin of grain per mu that the immortal elder mentioned?”Chong Zhen looked at the sweet potatoes and potatoes in his hands in confusion.
This was passed down to the Ming Dynasty as early as the Wanli period.
Just now, it was only planted in the coastal areas.
However, they were much smaller than the ones in Chongzhen's hands.
Moreover, it did not taste good.
The commoners were also unwilling to plant it.
It was just like the rice in Champa during the Song Dynasty. Although it matured two or three times a year and had a large yield, it did not taste good.
Very few commoners were willing to plant that thing.
He summoned two young eunuchs and brought the sweet potatoes and potatoes to the imperial kitchen.
Before long, two young eunuchs came in with cooked sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Seeing the two steaming foods, Chong Zhen slowly peeled them and put them into his mouth.
As soon as it entered his mouth, a sweet and soft taste exploded in Chongzhen's mouth.
"When did sweet potatoes become so delicious?”
Chong Zhen, who was puzzled, ate the sweet potato in his hand in big mouthfuls.
It was sweet, big, and tasted good.
In an instant, Chong Zhen felt that this sweet potato could even be used as a staple food.
One was bigger than a palm.
Eating one pill at a time was almost enough to fill his stomach.
However, what surprised him even more was that the production of these two things actually reached three to four thousand catties!
(Although corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes were introduced during the Wanli and Taichang period of the Ming Dynasty, they were difficult to grow due to limited technology at that time. They were small in size, low in yield, and did not taste good. The planting scale was small. It was not until the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty that planting techniques improved, and the yield and taste increased. Only then did they begin to be promoted on a large scale.)）
When Chong Zhen finished eating a palm-sized sweet potato, the feeling of fullness came from his stomach. His breathing quickened as he looked at the grains on the table, his eyes filled with excitement.
"The heavens are not blind!"
"Thank you, Immortal Elder!"
“……”
On this day, the eunuchs and serving girls in the palace heard the Emperor's happy voice resound throughout Taihe Palace.
When Chong Zhen returned to the communication space, he realized that everyone else was surprised.
The emperors after Wanli were still fine. After all, they knew about sweet potatoes.
But the ten emperors before Wanli had never even seen it.
After tasting the taste of the two for the first time, he fell deeply in love with the sweet and sticky feeling.
Looking at the people who were discussing animatedly, Jiang Yuan slowly appeared and said,"The seed has been uploaded to the communication space. Anyone who wants the seed can buy it yourself.”
While these people were tasting the sweet potatoes, Jiang Yuan went to the market overnight and bought all the sweet potatoes and potatoes.
corn seeds, rice seeds, drought-resistant wheat…
He bought several.
All of them were uploaded into the Emperor Communication Space.
As expected, when the others heard Jiang Yuan's words, they all looked over.
[Sweet potato: Normal yield of 4,000 catties per mu, no need for management, can live as soon as seedlings are inserted, drought-resistant…(1 tael: 1 jin)
[Potato: Normal yield of 3,000 catties per mu, drought-resistant, flood-resistant…(1 tael: 1 jin)
Seeing this price, everyone flinched.
One tael of silver could only buy one catty.
At this time, one tael of silver could buy dozens of catties of rice.
After struggling for a moment, Chong Zhen borrowed money from Old Zhu and Zhu Di.
In the end, he borrowed 100,000 taels of silver and bought everything that Jiang Yuan had stored in the Emperor Communication Space.
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