"Your Majesty, how much per mu did you say just now?”Xun Yu asked again.
Liu Bian was not impatient. He repeated,""I said that sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn can be produced at a yield of more than 500 kilograms per mu, or even more!”
Everyone was stunned!
The celebratory banquet that was originally filled with laughter suddenly fell into a deathly silence!
"Your Majesty, you're so humorous…" Huangfu Song laughed.
He could tell that Liu Bian's expression was serious and serious. He didn't seem to be joking at all. Moreover, that decisive Emperor would not joke with them, right?!
"Your, Your Majesty, is this true?”Huangfu Song asked in disbelief.
Liu Bian nodded slightly!
Boom!
It was like a thunderbolt on a clear day, and everyone was shocked on the spot!
A thousand catties per mu?
Currently, the highest yield per mu was…300 catties per mu in Jizhou, which was in the East China Plain, and Runan, which was in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River!
This was still considered high!
The yield per mu of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn was actually more than three times the current grain production?!
Xun Yu couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He bowed and said,""Your Majesty! Please forgive me for my rudeness. Your Majesty, do you know how big an acre is? How heavy is one jin?"
All the officials also looked at Liu Bian with rapt attention. They felt that Liu Bian might be an emperor who could not distinguish between the four limbs and the five grains!
After Xun Yu's inquiry, Liu Bian pondered for a moment and suddenly woke up. He seemed to have forgotten something!
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, one catty weighed about 250 grams, while in the later generations, one catty weighed about 500 grams. In other words, a yield of 4,000 catties of sweet potatoes per mu in the future was equivalent to 8,000 catties in the Eastern Han Dynasty!
When he said that the yield per mu was 500 kilograms, he was actually several times less than that. Even in the Eastern Han Dynasty, where the soil was not fertile enough, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes could reach more than 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms.
"It was my oversight just now…" Liu Bian added.
The officials heaved a sigh of relief. As expected, the Emperor had made a mistake. However, weren't they slapping His Majesty's face?!
The officials immediately racked their brains, trying to think of a perfect excuse to give Liu Bian a way out.
However, before they could speak, Liu Bian continued,""Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are not produced per mu, but more than two to three thousand catties, or even more!”
“......”
The entire place fell into silence again!
All of them were high officials at the top of the food chain. They were also extremely intelligent, had a strong understanding of people's hearts, and were powerful officials with political awareness!
They could see the seriousness on Liu Bian's face at a glance! He could tell that it was serious! He could see his unquestionable sincerity!
Really?
Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, two to three thousand catties per mu?!
It was 10 times the current yield of 300 catties per mu?!
What kind of concept was this?
If it was easy to grow, there would be no more starving people in the world!!!
Xun Yu woke up with a start. As the finance minister, he was extremely excited and said rudely,""Your Majesty! Is that true?"
"You're not joking!" Liu Bian nodded.
Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, these three great divine artifacts, were indeed too far-fetched in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
No wonder Xun Yu would lose his composure!
Not to mention Xun Yu, when Liu Bian confirmed it again and again, the ministers were in an uproar!
" Two to three thousand catties per mu?!"
"Oh my god! If this continued, there would be no more starving people in Great Han!”
"Your Majesty, is it extremely difficult to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn? Was there a high requirement for land?!”
All the officials instantly looked over. This was also extremely crucial!
If the requirements were too high, it would be very expensive and difficult to promote!
" Sweet potatoes are very resilient," Liu Bian said lightly." They can be planted on hills or sand, but the yield is slightly reduced. The potatoes are also very adaptable, produce a lot, and are resistant to cold and frost…"
Whoosh--
The ministers were completely shocked. Their faces were filled with excitement and joy. Even Huangfu Song and the other old ministers were about to dance with joy!
Cao Cao had just been chewing on the corn, and there were still corn grains stuck to his beard. Now, he was in tears and sobbed,"God bless the burly man! The heavens bless the burly man!"
"The Great Han Dynasty's revival is unstoppable!!!”
Xun You looked at Liu Bian and recalled Liu Bian's decisiveness and foresight. Now, he had obtained divine artifacts such as sweet potatoes and corn. He felt that he had seen a bright future!
For an agricultural civilization, as long as the problem of food was solved. The country would be as stable as Mount Tai!
The ministers were overjoyed!
This was originally a celebration party. With the appearance of sweet potatoes and corn, the already festive mood became even more exciting!
Xun Yu was the finance minister, in charge of the finances and grain. He asked Liu Bian about the planting of sweet potatoes and corn.
Liu Bian had obtained all the information when he signed in, and now he was telling them everything, no matter how big or small.
Xun Yu was truly loyal to his country. He immediately ordered his soldiers to plant sweet potatoes and corn.
If they were to sit idle and eat everything, even if there were hundreds of millions of tons, they would still eat them up. They had to plant them and carry out a virtuous cycle to promote them to the world.
At this moment, the Jinyiwei suddenly received news. After Shen Lian heard it, he came to Liu Bian's side with a serious expression and reported,"
"Your Majesty! Yuan Shao captured Jizhou and claimed to be the herdsman of Jizhou. Han Fu, the former herdsman of Jizhou, is missing and may have been killed. Yuan Shao had already cut off trade between Jizhou and the capital! It seems like he's after something big!"
The ministers were in an uproar!
If not for the appearance of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, the food crisis in the capital, and Yuan Shao cutting off trade in Jizhou, there would have been civil strife!
Yuan Shao's timing was so accurate, the wolf's ambition was as clear as day!
Liu Bian's expression didn't change, as if he had expected this!
"Your Majesty!" Xun You cupped his hands and said. A few days ago, the Yuan and Yang Families were executed, and someone in the capital spread rumors to slander the Emperor's innocence.
"The Eastern Chamber has found out that it was the work of the aristocratic families. Now that Yuan Shao has seized Jizhou, he has cut off trade with the capital. Runan of Yuzhou was the ancestral land of the Yuan Family, and they were powerful.
"At that time, the Yuan Family will respond to each other from the south and the north. The aristocratic families will depend on each other, and the world will be in chaos. The heroes will take the opportunity to rise up, and the flames of war will be everywhere.”
Xun You was tactfully saying that the Yuan Family seemed to be rebelling!
At this moment, Cao Cao's eyes flashed. He hesitated for a moment before cupping his hands,"
"Your Majesty! Luoyang was protected by the eight passes, a hundred thousand Snowy Dragon Cavalry, and hundreds of thousands of Imperial Guards. It was safe! However, when Ding Yuan entered the capital and took away the Bingzhou Army, the border was empty. He had to make preparations early to prevent the foreign tribes from taking advantage of the situation!”
Cao Cao's words caused Liu Bian's eyes to freeze!
Even at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the Great Han Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, they still beat up the foreign races beyond the Great Wall.
However, these non-humankind beings were always looking for an opportunity to invade, like venomous snakes that chose people to eat, looking for an opportunity to attack.
Liu Bian vaguely remembered that the Xiongnu had once attacked Bingzhou. Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Yan and Cai Zhaoji, had also been robbed to the grasslands.
Even the daughter of a great scholar couldn't escape this misfortune, let alone ordinary people?!
"What do you think?" Liu Bian didn't make a one-man rule, but gathered the opinions of the officials and gathered the strengths of hundreds of schools.
"Your Majesty!" Cao Cao cupped his hands again. The Yuan Clan was a wolf with wild ambitions, and the garrison in the capital could not be moved! However, the border defense of Bingzhou has to be guarded. This subject boldly suggests…releasing the Bingzhou Army and giving them a chance to redeem themselves!”
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