Above the court.
The ministers intensely discussed the issue of reduced food production caused by floods in Jianjiang River.
Jianjiang is the granary of the south. Under the impact of floods, countless granaries were scrapped, and more importantly, this year's harvest was affected.
There is no doubt that food shortages of all sizes in the south will be inevitable this year.
Emperor Jing also had a headache when he looked at the noisy ministers below.
Fang Zhengyi is actually here, he is in a good mood recently, everything is on track, and nothing has gone wrong.
Li Yuanzhao made great progress. As the boss of the health team, he often led the health team members around the streets to check for loopholes in their work.
At the same time, Li Yuanzhao is also responsible for scheduling.
You must know that the current size of the health team is nearly 4,000 people! In addition to Banshanfang, the business covers more than a dozen surrounding cities and towns.
Such a huge workload is very difficult, and most of the people in Li Yuanzhao's hands are still illiterate and cannot read.
Of course, at first I thought about asking the Military and Horse Division for help and needed some professional help, but Fang Zhengyi flatly refused.
How can anyone who has only been the boss for a few days ask for help from below and still be able to survive?
Li Yuanzhao didn't say much, and went back in anger. He picked a few veterans from the team to help him temporarily stabilize the situation. Of course, Fang Zhengyi secretly helped, and the progress is getting smoother.
The lottery activity in Bonfire Square was changed to once a week. The people's learning progress was gratifying. Basically, most of them could write from one to nine, and they also knew the rules of numbers from ten to one hundred.
After all, who wouldn’t want to participate in gambling without any cost?
After that, Fangzheng stopped as soon as he was ready to do two more rounds. After all, everyone had learned almost enough, and the hygiene habits of the people in the workshop had also improved. After that, they could change to other activities.
The most important thing is that the first batch of sweet potatoes were planted in Taoyuan County.
Moreover, he sent a batch of sweet potatoes to Fang Zhengyi along with the letter. The sweet potatoes were not big in size and were different from what he remembered, and the taste was not as sweet as the ones he had eaten in his previous life.
Probably the variety was too primitive, but fortunately, Taoyuan County stated in the letter that the yield per mu had reached one thousand catties, which made Fang Zheng breathe a sigh of relief.
Sweet potatoes are at stake, and there must be no room for error when it comes to yield.
Although Fang Zhengyi has repeatedly come up with new things and new business models in Taoyuan County, they can only benefit a small group of people.
Taoyuan County is developing well, but it is using high-end products to suck the blood of the rich.
Blindly developing industry and commerce is just deceiving oneself and others, sucking the blood of the rich to create new wealth, and the rich will suck the blood of the poor.
If the cake cannot be made bigger, it will become a zero-sum game, and the world will still be a hell.
The development of society must first ensure that people have full stomachs. With high-yielding sweet potatoes, the pig industry will also take advantage of this opportunity to develop.
It's not that Fang Zhengyi has never planned to promote Taoyuan County's pig-raising methods, but that doesn't make any sense.
If the people themselves have no food, how can they have food to feed the pigs?
But with sweet potatoes, everything is different. Pig and chicken raising can even take advantage of this opportunity to get a big boost. People who only eat carbohydrates are helpless.
People must eat more fat and protein to strengthen their bodies.
Only then will the soldiers and civilians of the world have the strength to explore unimaginable places, vast oceans, and endless treasures.
Food is the basis of everything! The poor are also living, flesh-and-blood people. Farming has already consumed everything, and diverting manpower to industry and commerce when exhausted is tantamount to death.
Fang Zhengyi dared to play like this in Taoyuan County. After all, there were only so many people, and he planned to stay in Taoyuan County for the rest of his life.
How can Fang Zhengyi still lie down now that he has sweet potato?
I originally sent someone to look for sweet potatoes, but I couldn't find any, so I could deceive my conscience.
Now that they have been planted, can I, the Moral Heavenly Venerable Fang Zhengyi, still see the poor starving?
The discussion in the court was so intense this time, which was a good opportunity for promotion.
Although the food disaster in the south is inevitable, sweet potatoes cannot solve the food disaster in Jianjiang this year, but they can solve the urgent need next year. It will take several years to fully promote it.
However, many wealthy dog owners have a lot of food in their homes. If everyone tightens their belts, they can live together and not too many people will die.
I’m just worried that big investors are waiting for the price! And this is bound to happen.
It doesn't matter if you keep saving it for yourself, but you are ready to take this opportunity to drink the blood of the poor.
In fact, according to Fang Zhengyi's idea, it doesn't matter if the price of food increases, the market will adjust itself back after all.
But this was ancient times, and people would really starve to death! , those people who starved to death were only a number in the imperial court.
If we had waited for the market to adjust on its own, I am afraid that a large number of people would have died first, starving to death everywhere!
We must force them with sweet potatoes!
It seems that the discussion has reached a fever pitch.
Fang Zheng walked out in one stride and said loudly: "Your Majesty!"
"There is a high-yield crop in Taoyuan County! This crop has extremely high yield and grows extremely fast! It has been successfully cultivated in the near future! The problem of food disaster may be solved!"
In an instant, the hall fell silent, and everyone's suspicious eyes focused on Fang Zhengyi.
You kid usually doesn't talk, and when he does, he just flatters you. Now you dare to say auspicious things?
Emperor Jing was also shocked and said seriously: "Fang Qing, please tell me in detail!"
"Yes, Your Majesty"
"This thing is called Shengshi potato! The yield per mu can reach 800 kilograms! And it can be eaten in one to two months. Everything from stems, leaves to fruits can be eaten!"
"The most important thing is that the Shengshi potato is drought-resistant and barren, which means that this magical product is not picky about the land at all."
"Even if it is thrown into the mountains, it will still produce something."
"The existence of this magical thing is all due to your majesty's hard work and dedication. He worked hard to govern and the people listened to the government diligently. It is really a blessing to the people and a blessing to all peoples!!"
Guo Tianyang's eyes widened when he heard this, and the hands in his sleeves began to shake crazily again.
As soon as these words came out, all the officials were shocked!
Li Yansong lost his voice on the spot: "Fang Zhengyi! Are you telling the truth!? This can't be nonsense!"
Although Emperor Jing was skeptical, he couldn't help but feel hopeful when he thought that Fang Zhengyi could always come up with something novel.
He said eagerly: "Fang Qing! Where is this thing! Bring it over quickly!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
A huge wave of resentment instantly filled the entire court, and everyone's eyes turned into knives, piercing Fang Zhengyi.
Damn stuff! How dare you joke about this? !
"Back to Your Majesty! This thing is in Taoyuan County! I don't have it with me! But I can guarantee that what I just said is true! The prince has also seen this thing!"
Li Yuanzhao has been too tired recently and is a little drowsy after getting up so early.
As soon as he heard Fang Zheng speak, he immediately became energetic and agreed, "That's right! Master Fang is right!"
Everyone's eyes turned back to Fang Zhengyi again.
Fang Zheng had some time to rest and slowly said, "Your Majesty! I have a heartfelt request. Tomorrow is the day of rest. Why don't you ask Your Majesty and the other gentlemen to go and witness the birth of the divine object in person?"
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