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Chapter 133 Scaring the Ancients Stupid
  The high yield of corn per acre not only frightened the common people, but even the emperors of various dynasties were horrified.

Just thinking about the staple food that produces twenty shi per mu makes one’s scalp numb.

This corn is more powerful than high-yielding rice and wheat. If you can grab it, why worry about the country not being rich and powerful?

What's more important is that corn does not compete with rice and wheat for land, and can be grown on any soil.

In this way, these high-yielding staple foods can be grown at the same time. By then, the grain harvested nationwide will be 30 to 40 times more than before.

When they thought of such a huge gap, the hearts of the emperors of each dynasty beat wildly, and they couldn't stop smiling.

Ying Zheng: The yield of corn is twenty stones per mu. If all the land in Da Qin were planted with corn, Da Qin would be unimaginably rich and powerful. I can’t wait now. I must grab the corn.

Liu Heng: Rice, wheat, corn, these are all good things. As long as they can be promoted throughout the Han Dynasty, the country's wealth will be endless. In this way, grandson Liu Che will fight against the Huns all his life without shaking the country's foundation.

Cao Cao: If you only have corn, you will have countless wealth. Why do you need to bear the infamy of robbing the emperor's tomb?

Yang Jian: The high yields of rice and wheat are enough to shock me. I didn’t expect that there is also corn with a yield of twenty shi per mu. If I can get these high-yield grains, there should be no problem in extending the Sui Dynasty to Zuo for two to three hundred years.

Li Shimin: Whether it’s rice, wheat, or corn, I want them all. With these, I can create a more glorious Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao: I didn’t even know that such treasures were introduced into the Ming Dynasty, but if the output is low, it won’t be of much use. Let’s try our best to buy the anchor’s corn later!
  "The anchor will introduce sweet potatoes to you next. Let's first show you a short video to understand what sweet potatoes are."

In the picture, after a sweet potato is planted, it quickly takes root and sprouts. Then the vines grow rapidly and cover a large area. When the sweet potato matures, huge sweet potatoes are dug out from the ground.

Ancient people from all dynasties watched it with relish. They didn't expect that planting sweet potatoes was so easy. It didn't matter the soil quality, it didn't require much care, and it didn't require much fertilization.

After ripening, the large pieces of sweet potatoes are very pleasing to see, but I don’t know how much sweet potatoes can be produced per acre.

"Sweet potato cultivation is relatively drought-resistant and highly adaptable to soil. It can be planted in all soil types, even sandy soil and hillside soil."

“In addition to the sweet potatoes themselves being used as seeds for propagation, they can also be propagated by cutting sweet potato seedlings, and the survival rate is extremely high.”

"In addition to being a staple food, sweet potatoes can also be used as vegetables. There are many ways to eat them. You can try them as much as you like. However, the anchor does not recommend that you eat too much. Eating too much can lead to bloating."

"After the sweet potato matures, its stems and leaves can be used as feed for raising pigs, sheep, cattle and other livestock. It can be said that the whole body is a treasure."

"The yield per acre of sweet potato is also extremely high, up to 5000 kilograms, which has fed hundreds of millions of people in our era of food shortages."

The ancient people from all dynasties were listening attentively, but suddenly they heard the anchor say that the yield of sweet potatoes per mu was 5000 kilograms. They were all horrified and looked incredulous.

The yield per mu is 5000 kilograms, which is eighty shi per mu. How can it be so high? It is too outrageous!

No one dared to believe it, thinking that either they heard it wrong or the anchor said it wrong.

Ying Zheng: Anchor, you just said the yield per mu is 5000 kilograms. How is this possible? Anchor, are you sure you are right?
  He didn't blame Ying Zheng for questioning, it was mainly because it was so outrageous that he couldn't believe it.

Not only Ying Zheng, but no emperor of all dynasties dared to believe it.

Su Chen also knew that the ancients couldn't accept the sweet potato yield of 5000 kilograms per mu, but this was the fact and he was not making it up.

So Su Chen could only patiently explain to everyone, trying to make everyone understand the facts and expand the picture.

"The yield per mu of sweet potatoes is as high as 5000 kilograms. This is absolutely true and no one needs to question it."

"The anchor also knows that it is hard for everyone to believe, but the yield per mu of sweet potatoes is indeed so high. The Qing Dynasty can feed 3000 million people, and the contribution of sweet potatoes is second to none." Kangxi: The anchor is right, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes is indeed very high. The yield of sweet potatoes per mu in the Qing Dynasty was 5000 kilograms. After such a long period of improvement in later generations, it is not surprising that the yield per mu is as high as kilograms.

Seeing the anchor's words being categorical and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty personally testifying, the ancients from all dynasties accepted it.

Thinking of the sweet potato yield of eighty shi per acre, ancient people from all dynasties breathed quickly and their eyes turned red. This was due to excessive excitement caused by soaring blood pressure.

The yield of twenty shimu of corn is enough to shock people, but who would have imagined that twenty shimu is just a younger brother, and the real elder brother is the yield of eighty shimu of sweet potatoes.

The people of all dynasties were particularly excited, trembling all over, as if they were possessed by a demon.

They have been cultivating the land all their lives, and the amount of food they can produce from two stone acres can only be obtained if the weather is good.

As for the yield of eighty shi per mu, they dare not even dream of it.

They have never thought that such a heaven-defying yield per acre exists in this world. I am afraid that only the immortal seeds in the sky can achieve this.

Ying Zheng: The yield per mu is eighty shi. I can’t believe this is true.

Liu Che: Sweet potatoes are the lifeblood of the country. With sweet potatoes, the population of Han Dynasty will grow explosively, whether it is ten times or twenty times.

Cao Cao: If I can grab the sweet potatoes, no one in the world will be my opponent.

Li Shimin: You don’t have to have corn, but you have to grab sweet potatoes. My great Tang Dynasty cannot be without sweet potatoes.

Zhu Yuanzhang: If there had been sweet potatoes, our parents, brothers and sisters would not have starved to death.

Chongzhen was originally shocked when he heard that the sweet potato yield was eighty shi per mu, but when he heard that sweet potatoes were also produced in the Qing Dynasty, he looked indignant.

It was sad enough that the Qing Dynasty had usurped his Ming Dynasty, but now that he knew that a treasure like Sweet Potato had appeared in the Qing Dynasty, it made him wonder if God was biased towards the Qing Dynasty.

And more importantly, he knew Kangxi.

I remember that Kangxi was the second emperor to take over the Central Plains, and it was only twenty or thirty years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

He does not believe that sweet potatoes were introduced to China during the past 20 to 30 years. The most likely sweet potatoes were introduced during the Ming Dynasty, but he does not know why they were not popularized and made the Qing Dynasty cheaper.

Chongzhen: Anchor, I would like to ask when sweet potatoes were introduced to China.

After Su Chen saw the problem, he couldn't help but sympathize with Chongzhen.

If sweet potatoes could be promoted in the Ming Dynasty, maybe there would be no rebellion among the people, and the Ming Dynasty would not perish so quickly.

"According to historical records, sweet potatoes were introduced to Guangdong from South Vietnam during the Wanli Period."

When Chongzhen heard this, he sighed sadly. It was indeed what he thought.

But knowing this, he didn't have to worry too much even if he didn't get the sweet potatoes later.

As long as the sweet potatoes from Guangdong are promoted throughout the Ming Dynasty, the current situation in the Ming Dynasty will be greatly improved.

(End of this chapter)