Hearing Yang Guang's question, the ministers looked at each other.
Yu Wenshu rolled his eyes.
Based on his understanding of Yang Guang, if the yield of these divine seeds was only two to three hundred catties per mu, it was definitely not worth asking.
Looking at his expression.
The yield per mu could only be higher.
Yu Wenshu stepped forward and said,""This old minister believes that these divine seeds should produce at least 600 catties per mu!”
"600 pounds?"
The surroundings were in an uproar. Yu Wenshu really dared to guess.
Yang Guang smiled and nodded.”
Guo Yan, who was standing not far behind Yang Guang, chuckled,""Your Majesty, I think we should at least produce 1000 catties per mu!”
"1000 pounds? Oh my god…"
"This bootlicker is really shameless…"
Many of the court officials revealed looks of disdain.
Everyone knew that Guo Yan was Yang Guang's loyal lackey, so his words could not be taken seriously.
The commoners were also whispering.
They didn't know what was going on in the imperial court.
They only felt that even the officials of the imperial court said 600 pounds.
Someone said 1000 pounds.
Could it be that these divine seeds could really achieve such a yield?
Yang Guang saw that it was about time and decided not to keep him in suspense.
In fact, these seeds were all improved high-yield varieties that he found on Taobao.
Among them, potatoes (8000 catties per mu)
High-yield corn (Zheng Dan 985)(1500 catties per mu)
Sweet potatoes (4600 catties per mu)
Pumpkin (6000 catties per mu)
If this number was mentioned, it would probably scare a group of people to death.
Taking into account the planting techniques at the beginning, as well as the fertilizer application, it was better to be conservative.
Yes, speak less.
Yang Guang grabbed a handful of corn and introduced.
"The corn can be ground to make porridge, or it can be ground into powder to steam bread. I've eaten it before and it tastes pretty good. This kind of high-yield corn can reach an average yield of 1000 catties per mu!”
"How much?"
"1000 catties per mu?"
Everyone was dumbfounded. They suspected that there was something wrong with their ears.
Did he hear wrongly?
1000 catties per mu.
Even Guo Yan was stunned. When he said that he could produce 1000 catties per mu, he didn't believe it himself.
He was exaggerating to support Yang Guang.
He did not expect Yang Guang to really announce that this corn could produce 1000 catties per mu.
Everyone widened their eyes.
They stared at the corn in Yang Guang's hand with burning eyes.
The golden corn was like a lump of gold.
Could it really produce 1000 catties per mu?
One had to know that the previous grain yield was at most 80 catties per mu.
This was a difference of more than ten times!
Yang Guang laughed in his heart.
I'm still missing 500 pounds!
Especially among the four varieties of pumpkin, sweet potato, potato, and corn, the yield of corn was the lowest.
Yang Guang continued to introduce. He picked up a sweet potato.
"This is a sweet potato. It tastes sweet and can be steamed, boiled, or eaten raw.”
"If you slice it and dry it, it can be stored for several years!”
"The yield of corn per mu can reach 3000 jin!”
The crowd exploded.
"Three thousand catties per mu?"
" Are you crazy? How is this possible?"
"That's what His Majesty said!”
"My God, this is unbelievable.”
Yang Guang smiled and grabbed another handful of pumpkin seeds.
"This thing is called pumpkin. Strictly speaking, it's not a staple food. It can be used to make porridge or pumpkin pie.”
"Pumpkins are rich in nutrients and are a rare delicacy.”
"The pumpkin yield is 5000 catties per mu!”
The eyes of the surrounding officials trembled violently."5000 catties per mu? It's getting higher and higher!"
"What is His Majesty playing at?"
"If we can't reach the production volume by then, that would be embarrassing!”
Yang Guang did not care what these officials thought.
He grabbed a potato and continued,""This is called potato, and it has the highest yield among the four types of food!”
Yang Guang looked around and saw the shocked gazes around him.
"Potato is also an all-rounded food that can be used as a staple food and a vegetable among them.”
"Its yield per mu is as high as 7000 jin!”
"It's the one with the highest yield among all the grains!”
"Boom!"
Following Yang Guang's last sentence, everyone knelt on the ground at the same time.
Countless commoners were in tears.
"7000 pounds!"
This was 100 times more than what they could produce now!
If these words had not come out of the Emperor's mouth.
They would never believe it!
However, the emperor's golden words would not be false.
Moreover, they had seen with their own eyes that the Emperor was praying to the heavens.
A divine seed descended from the sky!
This was something that happened in front of everyone's eyes.
Gao Wei rushed forward like a madman and fell beside the potato seed.
Gao Wei's eyes were red.
"Your Majesty, can this divine seed called potatoes really produce 7000 catties per mu?" he asked Yang Guang with a hoarse voice.”
Gao Wei sounded nervous.
He was afraid that Yang Guang would tell him that it was a joke.
Yang Guang looked at the white-haired Prime Minister in front of him, who had worked hard for the Great Sui Dynasty all his life.
"I promise you that as long as the planting method is appropriate, the yield of potatoes per mu will be at least 7000 jin!"”
At this point, Yang Guang looked at the court officials who were still suspicious.
"If any of you have doubts, why don't you make a bet with me?" He smiled.”
"The growing period of these grains is usually three months.”
"Whether or not we can reach the production I mentioned, we will know in three months.”
"Who is willing to bet with me?”
The court officials shuddered.
She subconsciously looked at Cui Junsu and Pei Yun.
He even dared to bet with His Majesty?
These two fellows were a good example.
Cui Junsu and Pei Yun's faces were filled with resentment as they took the lead to express their stance.
"We are willing to believe in Your Majesty!"
"God bless the people of Great Sui!"
"With divine seeds like potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins, our Great Sui Dynasty will never be hungry again!”
"Your Majesty, please give me the cultivation method of the divine seed.”
"For the next three months, this old minister is willing to live and eat in the fields of Lantian County and watch these grain seeds germinate and bear fruit with my own eyes!”
"In addition, I request Your Majesty to send a troop here to protect the divine seed!”
As the elder of the two dynasties.
Gao Wei knew better than anyone else how important this grain was to the Great Sui Dynasty.
If what Yang Guang said about the grain production was true.
The Great Sui Dynasty would enter an unprecedented period of prosperity!
"It's approved. We'll use 200,000 mu of land in Lantian County as an experimental plot to plant potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and corn.”
"I will send someone to guide the planting!"
"Whether or not we can achieve the production that Zhen said, we will see in three months!”
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