After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 296 Potatoes Are Significant
People's food will no longer be a problem.

People can even use the endless potatoes to raise pigs, chickens and ducks.After raising poultry and livestock, the common people can earn extra money.That is to say, not only will the people not have to worry about not being able to eat enough in the future, but they will also have savings in every household!

Therefore, the significance of potatoes to the people of Ming Dynasty is self-evident.

At present, the improvement of the lives of the people of Ming Dynasty is due to the policy support of the imperial court, such as tax reduction and exemption.appropriation.That is to say, the lives of the people are supported by the imperial finances.

It is the benefit of winning battles outside the court.

The grain was mobilized from high-yielding areas in Koryo and returned to the country to feed the people of Ming Dynasty.The gold and silver brought back from Korea and earned from overseas merchants enabled the imperial court to implement policies that benefited the people.

The imperial treasury is doing 'losing money' business with the common people.

And once potatoes are planted across the country, the people can live a good life by themselves without the support of the court.

It will greatly slow down the imperial government's fiscal expenditure on benefiting the people.

Therefore, the significance of potatoes to the imperial court is also very important.

In addition, there are many remote places in Ming Dynasty, where the emperor's grace cannot benefit, and those places that are exploited by corrupt officials are still very poor.Once they grow potatoes, they will no longer be poor.

In other words, potatoes can completely eradicate poverty.

"This is simply a fairy crop!"

"Don't look at it as just a crop, but it can change the fate of the Ming Dynasty!"

"God bless Daming! No, it's Mr. Blessing me, Daming!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma thought in their hearts.

"Mr. Qin, you told us before that there is another fundamental reason for the demise of the dynasty, that is, the social productivity is too low. The carrying capacity of the land is not enough to support so many people..." Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma walked over and said.

"Yes." Qin Yu said, pointing to the potato basket next to him, and said, "If the people in the feudal dynasty of ancient China could plant this stuff, the carrying capacity of the land would be greatly improved. The land of China can feed more people."

"Not bad, not bad!" Zhu Yuanzhang said again and again.

"Okay." Qin Yu ignored Zhu Yuanzhang and the village chief's wife next to him, and said to the crowd, "I believe everyone has seen the production of potatoes. Starting from the next season, the whole village will switch to planting potatoes."

"We all listen to Mr. Qin." The crowd said one after another.

"Tonight, we will hold a Baba Banquet in the village. Braised potatoes, fried potatoes, mashed potatoes, potato cakes, cold potato shreds, potato chicken... Make a whole potato feast."

"Good! Good! Good!" The crowd was overjoyed and said one after another, "Our Lujia Village hasn't been this lively for a long time."

"Lu Family Village, it's time for a happy event."

"Sir, can the two of us participate?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Why can't you participate as the village head?" Qin Yu wondered.

"In addition, old patriarch, which villager in the village is an expert in rice cultivation?" Qin Yu asked again.

"The villagers in our Lujia Village have been farmers for generations, and basically every one of them is a master farmer. What Mr. Qin wants to do, just tell everyone." The old patriarch said.

"It's like this." Qin Yu said, "It's obviously not enough for the villagers to eat potatoes all year round. The food is too simple, and if they eat too much, they will get greasy. For the health of the villagers, they must pay attention to balanced nutrition."

"I plan to find a rice expert and ask him to cooperate with me in improving the rice varieties in my village."

"Improve the original low-yielding rice into hybrid rice."

"Hybrid rice?" This is the first time the crowd has heard of it.

"Hybrid rice refers to the selection of two rice varieties that have certain differences in genetics and can complement each other in their excellent traits. The first generation of hybrids is hybrid rice." Qin Yu said.

"Sir, we don't understand these things." The old patriarch said, "You just need to tell us the benefits of cultivating hybrid rice."

"To put it simply, the yield is high, about 1000 kilograms per mu." Qin Yu said, "Rice is a more common crop than potatoes, which means that potatoes cannot be eaten every day, but rice can."

"More than 1000 kilograms per mu!?" The crowd was speechless again.

"How about this, Lu Jinyan from Sanfang Township is an expert in this area, let him help you." The old patriarch said.

"It's an honor for me to cooperate with Mr. Qin in cultivating new varieties of hybrid rice for the benefit of the villagers!" Lu Jinyan was very excited. "I never thought I would be able to assist Mr. Qin in doing a great thing for the village."

"After being cultivated, the old man may be able to leave his name in the "Clan Chronicles."

The rest of the villagers were envious of what Elder Sanfang said.

Not only did they bring us potatoes with a yield of [-] catties per mu, but now they also help us cultivate rice with a yield of [-] catties per mu! ?Mr. Qin... This is to make my Ming Dynasty the most powerful dynasty in the ages!Neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Empress Ma knew what to say.

If hybrid rice is bred, it will bring more grain to the people of Ming Dynasty than potatoes.

Rice itself is one of the five grains.

Mr. Qin's achievements are comparable to the ancient sage Shennong!

"Sir, except for the potatoes left by the whole village for planting and eaten tonight, can the rest be sold to the village chief?" Queen Ma asked.I thought that these potatoes were all for the people of Daming to plant!

"The potatoes are grown in Da Zhuang's family's field. It stands to reason that the rest belong to him. You can discuss it with him." Qin Yu said.

"Brother Da Zhuang, can you sell all the potatoes left over today to our couple? We will pay a high price for them." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately walked up to Lu Da Zhuang and asked while licking his face.

"You want to buy all of them?" Lu Dazhuang looked at the two suspiciously, wondering if you already knew that potatoes are delicious?I still want to keep it.But he still said, "All right, for Mr. Qin's sake, I'll give it all to you."

"We Lujia Village people tell us a kindness, and we want you to take it away directly, don't say money or not."

"If it weren't for you, sir, he wouldn't have stayed in the village to teach."

"We must give money, we must give money!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We will never take advantage of the common people."

……

Qin Yu took the students back to school for class.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma stayed and prepared to participate in the "All Potato Banquet" with the villagers to have fun with the people.

In a villager's kitchen.

Zhu Yuanzhang helped the housewife of this family peel the potatoes by himself, holding the potatoes as if they were holding some kind of treasure.He was originally a farmer, so he is extremely skilled in peeling, and he still retains his previous skills.

I sighed in my heart: I didn't expect that we have been the emperor for five years, and today we once again started doing farm work and cooking at the peasant's house.

This can be regarded as not forgetting the original.

(End of this chapter)