Emperor Hongzhi had a look of enjoyment.
The delicacy in his hand was sticky and sweet, and the fragrance assailed his nostrils.
Emperor Hongzhi swallowed the sweet potato in a few bites.
After finishing one, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the food box at the side and asked.
"Pin 'er, what did zhen eat just now?”
"Sweet potatoes! Father, you haven't eaten it before, right?"
Emperor Hongzhi was stunned. He frowned and thought for a moment.
He recalled that he had never heard of sweet potatoes before.
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi turned to ask the few beloved ministers of His Highness.
"Dear ministers, who has heard of sweet potatoes?”
"Sweet potatoes?"
The three elders looked at each other.
They were shocked that the emperor actually dared to eat the soil.
After hearing the emperor's question, he immediately understood that this piece of soil actually had a name, it was called sweet potato.
However, they had heard of Guanyin soil, red soil, and black soil.
However, they had never heard of a piece of soil called a sweet potato even though they had read a lot of books.
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the confused three cabinet elders and turned his gaze back to Zhu Houzhao.
"Pin 'er, what's a sweet potato?"
"Sweet potatoes?" Zhu Houzhao also frowned. He took out a roasted sweet potato from the food box and said while eating,
"Imperial Father, how do you expect your son to answer this? A sweet potato is a sweet potato!”
After answering, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the food box and saw that there were still three roasted sweet potatoes left.
He took out two of them and handed one to Emperor Hongzhi. As for the other, he waved at Liu Jian.
When he walked closer, he directly handed over the roasted sweet potato in his hand.
As for the last one in the food box, Zhu Houzhao directly instructed Xiao Jing,
"Send it to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility and let mother have a taste.”
Hearing this, Xiao Jing didn't understand the secret of this piece of soil.
However, looking at the emperor's expression, it seemed like the sweet potato was not that bad.
So Xiao Jing took the food box, turned around, and ran to make arrangements.
Liu Jian, who was below the hall.
At this moment, he was holding the hot roasted sweet potato in his hand with a curious expression.
"Roasted sweet potatoes?"
Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, who were behind him, also quickly came over and stared at the sweet potato in Liu Jian's hand.
After seeing the Emperor and the Crown Prince eating with relish, the three of them began to follow suit.
He grabbed the sweet potato with both hands and pulled it apart.
As the skin of the sweet potato cracked, the fragrance hidden inside began to spread.
The sticky yellow flesh of the sweet potato appeared in front of the three Pavilion Elders.
The three elders swallowed their saliva and carefully bit into the sweet potato.
"Hmm?"
"Delicious!"
"So sweet!"
"So soft and sticky!"
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said,"
"Of course it's delicious. It's only roasted. If it's eaten raw, it's crisp and delicious, and it has a different flavor.
Moreover, it can also be dried and fried to eat. It can also be used to cook, make pancakes, and make vermicelli. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Anyway, the harvest will be in two days. When the time comes, I'll make some for you to taste.”
The few people who were wolfing down the food in the imperial court were originally shocked by the deliciousness of the sweet potatoes in their hands.
However, after hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, everyone suddenly stopped and focused their gazes on Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and asked when he saw their expressions.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Liu Jian, who was the first to regain his senses, swallowed the sweet potato in his mouth and hurriedly bowed to ask.
"Your Highness, according to what you said just now, this sweet potato is food?”
"Yes! That's right, it's food!"
"It's food!"
Liu Jian suddenly cried out in surprise. He was so excited that he did not realize his rudeness at all. Instead, he continued to ask,
"Then may I ask, Your Highness, how much per mu…how much per mu can this sweet potato produce?”
"Mu yield? Bengong can't say for sure now, but I can definitely guarantee five thousand jin.
If those farmers follow BenGong's instructions and take care of everything properly, it's not impossible to reach more than seven thousand jin.”
Thud!
When Xie Qian, who had just finished his last bite, heard this, his face was filled with shock. His legs went weak and he directly collapsed to the ground.
The remaining two Pavilion Elders weren't in such a sorry state, but they were petrified on the spot.
The two of them widened their eyes in shock. They didn't even notice that the sweet potatoes in their hands had fallen to the ground.
The entire hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity fell into silence in an instant.
Cough! * Cough *
Suddenly, a violent cough broke the silence in the hall.
Emperor Hongzhi's face was flushed red. Because of the shock, he swallowed the sweet potato and choked. He coughed as he looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked,"
"Cough! Pin 'er! Mu…How much per mu? Cough…how much? Cough…Jin?"
Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao quickly went forward and gently patted Emperor Hongzhi's back. He repeated himself after the emperor stopped coughing.
"Your son said that the yield of sweet potatoes is at least five thousand catties per mu! If it was properly taken care of, the yield per mu could exceed 7,000 jin!”
"Cough cough cough…"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard Zhu Houzhao's words, his coughing intensified.
Xie Qian, who was sitting on the ground, crawled on the ground and ran towards Zhu Houzhao after hearing this.
When Zhu Houzhao saw Xie Qian's deranged appearance, he subconsciously wanted to raise his leg and kick him.
However, he only hugged her thigh and did nothing else.
Zhu Houzhao's raised foot slowly landed.
"Your Highness, don't lie to me! This matter can't be joked about!"
Zhu Houzhao pulled his thigh with disgust.
However, Xie Qian hugged her too tightly and did not pull her out at all. She simply replied with an unhappy expression.
"What good is there in lying to you? The West Mountain Imperial Manor is about to harvest. If you don't believe me, just go and take a look.
Grand Elder Xie, is it alright for you to hug BenGong's thigh like this?”
"I don't care. As long as the production of sweet potatoes is real, so what if I hug Your Highness 'thigh every day?”
Xie Qian said it righteously and righteously.
However, Zhu Houzhao was disgusted. He swung his leg and used hidden force to swing Xie Qian to the side. He pointed at Xie Qian and cursed,
"Xie Qian! Are you crazy? Why are you hugging me every day?
If you talk about such a small matter again, bengong will not be able to deceive you!”
Zhu Houzhao said.
Everyone in the hall immediately began to panic.
Emperor Hongzhi, who was about to reprimand Xie Qian, was also stunned.
Small matter?
This was not a small matter!
The current yield of rice and chestnuts was only about 300 catties per mu.
To be able to produce more than 5,000 catties of sweet potatoes was actually a small matter?
This was a f * cking big deal!
Xie Qian, who was thrown to the side, did not have the slightest anger on his face.
After he got up, he quickly walked forward and knelt down in front of Zhu Houzhao. He was the first to speak out the thoughts of the crowd.
"Your Highness!
People's livelihood was no small matter!
If this was just a small matter, then there would be no big matter in the world!”
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