This sweet potato is undoubtedly a magic weapon.
The yield is extremely high and it is drought-resistant. It only takes two months for the plant to grow to the size of a thumb before it can be used.
In times of famine, it can undoubtedly serve as staple food. If you get tired of eating it, it can be made into starch products, and the residue can be processed into feed.
Even the stems and leaves are edible.
Fang Zhengyi had been craving sweet potatoes for years but couldn't get them.
If there is no major increase in grain production, it will be difficult to release the country's labor force.
No matter how many high-end products Taoyuan County produces, they will only be limited to the circle of wealthy people.
If we cannot involve most workers, there will be no prosperity...
Just like Taoyuan County’s high-end tea, wine, mirrors and other products, the people can’t even afford to eat, so how can they buy them?
If Taoyuan County only supplies wealthy businessmen and nobles, its production capacity will be enough and there is no way to expand production.
This is the core contradiction. Now with sweet potatoes, the problem can be solved in no time!
Moreover, with the sweet potatoes, Fang Zhengyi's confidence was greatly boosted, and he made up his mind to continue looking for potatoes and corn.
But looking at the soft patch of sweet potatoes on the ground, Fang Zhengyi's heart suddenly began to flutter.
I could faintly smell the fragrance of sweet potatoes, but the one on the ground was a little too thin and had some roots. No wonder Doctor Hu mistook it for ginseng.
It is better to taste it directly than to think too much. Fang Zhengyi picked up the sweet potato on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation, savoring it carefully...
Seeing this, Li Yuanzhao grinned, then hesitantly pinched a handful and put it in his mouth.
Fang Zheng tasted it carefully and found that the taste was fine, except that the sweetness was a little lighter.
But it’s not surprising that all the fruits and vegetables I’ve eaten since coming to Dajing are far inferior to modern fruits and vegetables in terms of sweetness and flavor.
Obviously, without artificial selection, domesticated things are not very good. After all, no animal or plant is born to be eaten by humans.
Even the watermelons grown in greenhouses in Taoyuan County are not very sweet, and there are huge cavities inside the watermelons, which is obviously a problem with the variety.
But it is certain that this is sweet potato!
Li Yuanzhao sipped the flavor and said, "Not bad... But what disease can this thing cure?"
"Cure diseases? Yes, it can indeed cure diseases, especially diseases caused by poverty and hunger!"
Fang Zheng glanced at Doctor Hu who was still pretending to be dead, then pulled him up again. Seeing that he had drooped his head, he pinched his hips.
Immediately, Doctor Hu screamed as if he had stepped on an electric wire, and then said in shame and anger: "Master Fang! A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Take me to the Imperial Hospital! Find all this ginseng for me! Also, tell me who bought it!"
After saying that, he pulled Doctor Hu out.
Li Yuanzhao said anxiously from behind: "Lao Fang, what about my sister..."
\"Put it aside for now!\"
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The three of them sped along the way. Fang Zhengyi and Li Yuanzhao were full of excitement, while Doctor Hu was shouting the whole time, attracting the attention of passers-by.
Soon the three of them arrived at the Imperial Hospital, and Doctor Hu began to look for medicinal herbs in humiliation.
When a box of three sweet potatoes was delivered to Fang Zhengyi, he finally felt relieved.
Pointing at the sweet potatoes in the box, he whispered to Li Yuanzhao: "This is called sweet potato, and it can produce more than 1,000 kilograms per mu! If it can be promoted, the world will be peaceful."
"Take it first. I'm afraid this quack doctor will find fault with me and something unexpected will happen..."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanzhao's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the three unremarkable sweet potatoes in the box in astonishment, obviously realizing their importance.
He took the box, stuffed it inside his clothes, and held it tightly in his arms.
Seeing Li Yuanzhao's dedication, Fang Zhengyi breathed a sigh of relief and pointed at Doctor Hu and asked, "Where is the person who bought this ginseng?"
Doctor Hu said with a sullen face: "I have sent someone to call them."
After waiting for a while, a young man who looked honest and simple came over and bowed to the prince.
Fang Zhengyi asked directly, "You are the one who bought ginseng from the foreign merchant? What's your name?"
The honest young man said, "My Lord, I am Song You, and I did buy that ginseng from a foreign merchant a few days ago."
"Where is that merchant now? Does he have anything else in his hand that you haven't seen?"
Song You hesitated and said, "The foreign merchant looked very rare. He must have come to our Dajing by accident. We don't speak the same language. In addition to the ginseng, he also sold me a lot of radishes. But... a lot of them were rotten, so I didn't want them. Then the foreign merchants left."
A radish that grows on the ground? Fang Zhengyi was a little puzzled. What on earth was this?
"What does the carrot look like?"
"It's a bit like a radish, with bumps all over it and whiskers..."
Fang Zheng was stunned. Isn't this just corn? What the hell is a carrot?
The people in the Imperial Hospital were blind, what bastards! How could Corn be missed like this?
After a long silence, Fang Zheng asked, "Where did you find those foreign merchants?" "Jiangling Port."
"You are in the palace, why do you want to go to Jiangling Port to buy medicinal herbs?"
"My Lord, many of the medicinal herbs may go bad, so it is faster to take the water route."
Then Fang Zhengyi asked some more questions, and Song You answered them one by one.
In short, those foreign merchants probably can’t be caught up...I don’t know when I will meet them again, but getting this information is already a huge gain.
If the other party doesn't come, I can still take the initiative to go out and look for it. At least I can be sure that there is corn in this world.
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