Jing Hedi is still very capable of adjusting his strategy.

The day after Liu Mingqi gave the tribute and persuasion, he issued an edict, admitting that he was too anxious before and would never mention the enthronement of the crown prince in recent years.

This made the ministers look at Jing Hedi with admiration, and they were even more shocked at Liu Mingqi's influence.

With so many people and so much time spent, Liu Mingqi convinced him after only one hour of secret talk with the emperor.

It is really conceivable that King De’s influence on the emperor.

The royal family is very pleased with the best of both worlds.

King Zhengsu of Zongrenfu also specially praised his nephew, who was the one who prevented the conflict from happening.

The matter of the emperor enthroning the crown prince is small or big, but it is always a trouble.

Now that the emperor makes a compromise, everyone can get decent, and this is the best result.

Emperor Jinghe didn't take the praise and admiration of the ministers at all.

Through the result of the opposition of the crown prince being voted against, Emperor Jing and Emperor deeply realized that their authority was still insufficient, and that the ministers could not listen to them at critical moments.

So you must increase your authority.

The "sweet potato" that Liu Mingqi mentioned is the most suitable weapon for establishing authority.

Think about it!

What a great honor it would be if he became the first emperor from ancient times to the present who could make the people eat well every year, and how popular it would be?

At that time, I think who dares to object to me!!

Therefore, Emperor Jing He directly took Liu Mingqi to the sweet potato experiment site.

It's October now.

The sweet potato has entered the harvesting period.

Because of the importance of sweet potatoes, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the Imperial Court Office, and the Nine Guards of the Imperial Guards all sent people to observe and protect each planting base.

This year marks the third year of sweet potato planting, and it is basically the first year of officially starting large-scale planting.

Last year, a total of 400 acres of land in the imperial village were allocated to plant sweet potatoes, and the total harvest reached 1.2 million kilograms.

This year, 240,000 mu of land were allocated to plant in the entire Jingji area, and it was concentrated in the seven best and most fertile planting areas for planting, which also facilitates management.

For them, the Prince Yu Mansion, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Revenue, the Imperial Court Office, etc., all worked together to plant them strictly according to the experience and lessons learned in the previous two years.

In addition to the good weather this year, the yield per mu has been improved by 240,000 mu of sweet potatoes.

As we all know, our country has always been called the Central Plains dynasty.

The Central Plains is the current Jingji area, which is also the root cause of the development of our country's civilization, because it conforms to all the planting characteristics of the north and south. No matter what crops are planted in the north and south, they can be planted here, and the land is extremely fertile.

It is precisely with such advantages that our Chinese nation can grow and grow, thus unifying the entire land of China.

Therefore, there is a reason why Dakang Taizu established the capital here.

Sweet potatoes themselves are high-yield crops. Under the treatment of Liu Mingqi's modern fertilizer field measures and the careful care of farmers, they have high yields and increased income. That is a matter of course.

Today, Jing Hedi took Liu Mingqi to a sweet potato harvesting site and saw the busy harvesting scene.

The Ministry of Revenue and the Imperial Government Office mobilized a large amount of labor to harvest sweet potatoes.

Even in early winter, the big guys were still sweating profusely.

Sweet potatoes are stacked in piles according to the designated area, weighed, and then transported to a fixed place for proper storage.

When the emperor saw the mountain of sweet potatoes, the smile on his face bloomed like flowers.

Zhao Shou went to convene a head of the Ministry of Revenue.

He was so busy that he was sweating that he came to pay his respects and said, "I have met Your Majesty, Your Highness, King De."

"No gift."

The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm very busy today?"

"Report to Your Majesty, we are not only busy today, we have been busy for almost five days." Yu Su replied: "It is expected that there will be about ten days before we can harvest all such a large piece of land. We are busy from morning to night, and the farmers and the workers are extremely tired."

"How much is the wage?" asked Emperor Jing He.

"The normal wage is 300 million yuan a day. After the whole work is completed, if it is done well, you will have to pay an additional three-day salary as a bonus." Yu Su glanced at Liu Mingqi and said, "The price of this wage was set by His Highness De Wang last year."

Emperor Jing He turned to the boy and turned around and asked Yu Su: "Which price is of medium and high?"

"It is already very high for odd jobs to earn five taels of silver in half a month." Yu Su said: "We are not only young and middle-aged people here, but even the elderly and children can do something within their ability and can achieve half of the normal reward."

"Well, that's not bad."

Jing Hedi smiled with satisfaction.

He knew the sufferings of the people, but he didn't know where the sufferings lie.

He has no idea whether it is a wage of 300 pm per day or a wage of 300 pm per day.

But now I know that the people have gained a good harvest after working hard, so I feel very happy.

Liu Mingqi squatted down, touched the sweet potatoes dug out, and said, "How is the harvest this year?"

"Go back to Your Highness, the harvest this year is great!" Yu Su said excitedly, "Because the river canal irrigation has been completed, and the weather is good this year, the light and rain are moderate, so basically no problems encountered during the planting period. So compared to last year, the yield per mu has increased significantly. So far, the yield per mu in our area has reached about 3,600 kilograms."

"Three thousand six?"

Liu Mingqi was surprised, "It's another 20% higher than last year?"

"right!"

Yu Sudao, "If we can still harvest this amount next year, where can there be no food in the world?"

The boy smiled and shook his head.

Not to mention that in ancient times, many people in modern times cannot afford to eat.

This is not a problem with grain production at all, and there are many troubles of one kind or another.

The emperor was interested, "If 3,600 kilograms of sweet potatoes per acre are calculated based on the 240,000 mu this year, what is the total number?"

"It's close to 900 million jin!" Yu Su replied.

"So many!" Jing Hedi nodded repeatedly, "It's time to go!"

Liu Mingqi attacked him and said, "Dakang has 130 million people, 900 million jin, and only 7 jin per person... How many days can I eat seven jin of sweet potatoes? A strong man finished eating it in one day... What's so happy about this?"

"Get out!"

Emperor Jinghe directly cursed.

But anyone can tell that he is not really angry.

Because of the 240,000 mu of land, not even one percent of the arable land in the Imperial Palace, let alone the entire Gyeonggi area.

If it is planted nationwide, what is the yield?

I dare not say I have enough food, but I will definitely not starve to death.

Thinking of this, Jing Hedi was in a good mood and simply sat on a high place and watched everyone busy in the sweet potato field.

The depression and anger of this period of time have disappeared at this moment.

"Mingqi."

The emperor said leisurely: "Tell me honestly, have you ever thought of such a grain crop before that can have such a high yield?"

"No."

Liu Mingqi said honestly.

If we look at the current era in which Dakang is located, we would have never imagined it.

It is said that China is a country of heaven, but in the rich and diverse species, in the arable land, and in natural disasters... we are not as good as America and Africa.

Europe is a little bit bullying.

For example, the three silly sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, none of them are native to our Chinese, not even chili peppers, which is really a bit too much.

But it is strange that Europe and Asia, where the poorest materials and the hardest, have emerged the four strongest civilizations in the world and countless powerful countries.

The United States relies on its own stay away from these two continents, otherwise before the First World War, the top 20 powers could teach them to be human in minutes.

"I never thought it!" Jing Hedi stretched out: "I was worried about the food and drink of the people a few years ago. I even used things like bran porridge, and my entire ancestors were completely forgotten. I felt so guilty!

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, there were earth-shaking changes all at once. I could actually be the pride of Emperors of Dakang! Are such changes very wonderful?"

Liu Mingqi said seriously: "This is also the reason why you work hard and love the people and work hard to support this empire, which has led to the turning point now. If it were other emperors, they would probably not have achieved such achievements."

"You! You know how to flatter me all day long!" Jing Hedi pointed at him with a smile, "If you keep you by my side often, we will become foolish monarchs and jesters!"

The boy laughed and didn't pick him up again.

After a while, he looked at Jing He in the distance and said again: "Mingqi..."

"His Majesty."

"Don't worry, I'm not a person who doesn't know how to be grateful. I know that you have made great contributions. The current title and reward are too wronged. But the rules of our ancestors cannot change too much, and I dare not let the court and the royal family turmoil, so I can only wrong you!"

"It's okay, I'm not wronged. Now that my wives are pregnant, I feel even happier."

"Haha! We are so similar! I am very happy that my concubines have given birth to sons!"

“…”

Seeing these two uncles and nephews bragging and fucking here and talking and laughing, Zhao Shou nodded slightly in his heart.

It is rare for His Majesty to be so relaxed recently.

This is because His Highness King De is here, otherwise no one would be able to chat with His Majesty so happily.

Suddenly, Zhao Shou looked at the two of them and felt a sudden feeling in his heart.

It would be great if they were father and son!!
Chapter completed!