Ying Zheng was also good at accounting. The people did not have much food in the first place, and if they were to divide a portion of it to feed the livestock, it would be even less than enough.
Although Meng Fan's method doubled the yield of the pigs, the price was more food.
Compared to meat, Ying Zheng still hoped to let the people have more food.
After all, it was fine not to eat meat, but if they did not eat food, they would starve to death.
" Dolphins are omnivorous," Meng Fan explained." They eat everything and aren't picky."”
"Moreover, do you think that if sweet potatoes are popularized, the world will still be short of food?”Meng Fan asked back.
He had planned to use the method of raising pigs after promoting the sweet potatoes.
After eating their fill, they would definitely pursue eating well. If they wanted to eat well, they would have to increase their meat intake!
Compared to ordinary chickens, ducks, and sheep, pigs produced the most meat and were the most cost-effective choice.
Ying Zheng was taken aback upon hearing this.'That's right, if the sweet potato really has a yield of four to five thousand catties, would the world still be short of food if it were to be popularized?'
Obviously, there was no lack of it!
There might even be more than enough to eat!
" Although sweet potatoes are filling, they don't have much nutrition," Meng Fan continued." If you want to improve the people's physical fitness and make them healthier, you have to eat meat while filling your stomach."”
Hearing him say that sweet potatoes were not nutritious, Ying Zheng immediately rolled his eyes.
He was still thinking about how to let the people of the world eat their fill and not starve anymore, and this kid was already thinking about how to let them eat well.
Is it so simple to have a full meal in your eyes?
One had to know that letting the commoners live a life without worry was an ideal goal that many emperors dreamed of and could not even achieve in their entire lives!
But this kid…
Ying Zheng really wanted to dig his head out and see what was inside.
What puzzled him the most was the sweet potatoes and the like. Where did the seeds that he had never seen before come from?
After showing the two around the pigsty, Meng Fan returned to the house and continued to pick up the dishes.
Ying Zheng had wanted to discuss Meng Fan with Wang Jian, but the old man had fallen asleep under the influence of alcohol.
Under Meng Fan's arrangements, the two moved into a small room next to the main house.
Meng Fan had originally planned to use this place as a warehouse to store some things, so the environment was naturally a bit shabby.
Fortunately, although Ying Zheng was an emperor, he was not that picky about the environment since he was a hostage in the Zhao Country.
Besides, the environment here was not as good as Xianyang Palace.
In terms of food and drink, it was several streets ahead of Xianyang Palace.
Ying Zheng even suspected that those imperial chefs in the palace were not as good as the ones in the palace, and that they could not even catch up to the cooking skills of a commoner boy.
After making preparations to go back to Xianyang to change cooks, Ying Zheng shook the snoring Wang Jian awake.
"Hmm? Your Majesty, why is this old minister asleep?" Wang Jian opened his eyes with great difficulty and said to Ying Zheng in a hazy voice.
Ying Zheng was speechless.
"General, what do you think of Meng Fan?”Ying Zheng asked directly.
The confused Wang Jian subconsciously said,"The wine that kid brewed is really strong!"”
Ying Zheng was speechless.
"Zhen did not ask you about his wine! Zhen is asking how he is as a person!" Ying Zheng raised his voice.
Wang Jian reacted, and his sleepiness dissipated a little. He deliberated for a moment before opening his mouth and saying,"Your Majesty, this old minister thinks that this child can be of great use!”
" Whether it's sweet potatoes, pig-rearing techniques, iron casting, or the control of the battle situation, all of them have reached an amazing level," Wang Jian analyzed." After a short interaction, if I wasn't sure that this kid was indeed a member of the Meng family, I would have thought that he had inherited the methods of the Hundred Schools of Thought, such as the farmers and the militarists.”
"Hundred Schools of Philosophy?" After listening to Wang Jian's analysis, Ying Zheng gave a bitter smile." Even the head of the farming family would not be able to produce a grain yield of four to five thousand catties per mu like sweet potatoes, right?”
Wang Jian scratched his head. Whether the production is as that kid said is still unknown. What if that kid brags to us and the production is not so high?”
Ying Zheng shook his head. Meng Fan's subsequent demonstration of iron smelting, paper making, and pig rearing techniques made him feel that the sweet potato production could really reach four to five thousand Jin.
" Then let's wait for a month to witness it with our own eyes," Ying Zheng replied." By the way, did the old general just come into contact with the Black Ice Platform?”
Wang Jian nodded." Yes, Commander Dunruo is personally overseeing Beidi County. He has also sent a large number of Black Ice Platform members to lurk around the Meng family's manor. I have instructed that unless there are special circumstances, no one is allowed to enter the manor and interfere with the lives of the Meng family.”
The Dun Ruo he was talking about was the commander of Great Qin's most mysterious organization, the Black Ice Platform.
Great Qin had been able to successfully destroy the six countries because of the mysterious Black Ice Platform. It was all because of the Black Ice Platform that Great Qin had been able to sow discord and bribe the upper echelons of the six countries.
After the world was unified, the Black Ice Platform became Ying Zheng's bodyguard.
While protecting Ying Zheng in the dark, he was also responsible for gathering some intelligence.
It was the secret intelligence department under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor.
"Mhm, that's good." Ying Zheng nodded, expressing his satisfaction with Wang Jian's arrangement.
He was quite at ease with Dun Ruo.
As the sharp blade in his hand, he would do whatever he said without hesitation. This was the reason why Ying Zheng trusted him.
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