"That's great! With potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, I, Big Ming, won't have to worry about starving to death in the future!”
"That's right! In the past, it was already good enough for a family to raise two or three children. Now that I have three divine items, I think it won't be a problem to feed five or six of them.”
"I'm afraid that in less than ten years, the population of my Great Ming will increase by a lot.”
"Hahaha! At that time, my Great Ming will really prosper!”
“……”
Almost everyone immediately thought that once there was enough food, the population of Great Ming would increase explosively.
In ancient times, population was the foundation of a country!
Without someone, you can't do anything.
There was only one factor that limited the population of a country.
That was food!
Why was the population of Great Ming at its peak only a little over a hundred million? However, the Qing Dynasty could easily feed 200 million people, and at its peak, it could even feed 450 million people?
Do you really think that all the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are kings of Yao and Shun, and all the officials of the Qing Dynasty are wise officials?
Wrong!
That was entirely because they were lucky.
When the Eight Banners had settled down in the Central Plains, the Little Ice River that had ravaged China for more than a hundred years had entered its final phase.
But the most important thing was that they were extremely lucky to get potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn from South America through smuggling trade with the Europeans.
If not for these three divine items, it would be good enough if no one starved to death, let alone the prosperous era of the Kang and Qian Dynasties.
However, now that Da Ming also had these three divine items, the phenomenon of crops not being harvested during the Little Ice Age was probably extinct.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, it was only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty's national strength surpassed that of the previous dynasties.
After all, in the current world...
With food, there would be people!
With people, there was everything!
How could this not make the Great Ming monarch and minister extremely excited?
"This…old friends, aren't they just crops?”
"Do you have to be so excited?"
Fang Yunfei said awkwardly.
Looking at the group of old men crying and laughing in front of him, Fang Yunfei realized that he had put on a big show!
He originally thought that Old Zhu and the others would be shocked when they saw the three great divine items. He did not expect their reaction to be so intense. It was really far beyond his expectations.
However, this was not because Fang Yunfei was ignorant. It was because modern people could not understand the ancient people's desire for food.
Food was the most important thing for the people!
Why did China's pursuit of food never stop?
All kinds of water, claws, and wild vegetables could be made into delicious dishes?
It was all because of the large population of ancient China. Normal food and meat were not enough to eat.
People had no choice but to work on the leftovers of these foods?
They were all scared of hunger!
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang and the Crown Prince were the top figures of the Ming Dynasty and had strong willpower!
Even though the three divine items were extremely excited at first glance, they quickly regained their composure.
"Benefactor, is the anchor of the Great Ming Treasure Notes the sweet potato?”
The Crown Prince asked Fang Yunfei.
Among the three divine items, sweet potatoes had the highest yield, which could completely satisfy the demand for banknotes to be exchanged at any time. Therefore, Zhu Biao felt that sweet potatoes were the most suitable food to be used as anchors for banknotes.
"Wrong! The most suitable banknote anchor was not sweet potatoes, but corn.”
Fang Yunfei pointed at the corn and said.
"What is it? It's actually corn?"
"Impossible! The yield of corn per mu was only about 1,000 catties. Why did they choose corn?”
"Is it because the corn is delicious? But I think potatoes are more delicious.”
“……”
Hearing Fang Yunfei's words, everyone was shocked.
If it was in the past, the yield of 1,000 or even 1,200 catties of corn per mu would definitely shock them.
However, after seeing the yield of 5,000 to 7,000 catties of sweet potatoes and potatoes, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others immediately felt that the corn was not fragrant.
"Because corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes all have their own advantages and disadvantages. In terms of their respective characteristics, corn was the best currency anchor.”
Fang Yunfei explained.
"Benefactor, can you explain in detail?”
Zhu Biao said respectfully.
At this moment, Fang Yunfei had already risen to the height of Great Ming's savior in his heart!
Who knows when the benefactor would have a sudden impulse and casually take out an item that could change the situation of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only the Crown Prince, even Zhu Yuanzhang had this feeling.
"Alright, then I'll tell you the pros and cons of sweet potatoes first.”
"Although sweet potatoes have the highest yield per mu among the three, their nutritional value is the lowest. In layman's terms, it doesn't matter if you're full."
"And sweet potatoes are also very good at snatching fat. If a piece of land was planted with sweet potatoes, it would probably become barren in two or three years. It would need to be fallow to accumulate fertility.”
"Another thing is that planting sweet potatoes is more troublesome. You need to turn the vines frequently to prevent the leaves and roots of the sweet potatoes from competing for fertility.”
Fang Yunfei picked up a sweet potato and said.
"Just this?"
Before Fang Yunfei could say the opposite, Wu Lin exclaimed.
The others were also staring at each other, as if they had seen a ghost.
"Isn't this enough?"
Fang Yunfei asked curiously.
"What kind of trouble is this!"
Wu Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
In the past, when there were natural and man-made disasters, the common people were so hungry that they would eat tree bark, grass roots, and Guanyin clay.
It was not a lie to exchange sons for food!
It was already good enough that the commoners could survive, but he, Fang brat, actually thought that sweet potatoes were not nutritious enough to fill people up?
Moreover, he had just mentioned turning the sweet potatoes and fattening the ground.
Which farmer didn't serve his crops like this?
In the eyes of the Fang brat, it had actually become an unbearable dirty and tiring job.
Why not eat meat paste!
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