Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 79 The Problem of New Crops and High Yield Grain Seeds
Auntie Zhu knew very early on that the reason why the world was in chaos and people raised flags to rebel was because there was no food to eat.

Therefore, on Hao Guangming's side, she had already learned about food issues.

She knew that the future Great China has a population of 14 billion, which is at most several times that of the Ming Dynasty, but the food is still abundant, and there is basically no food shortage.

That's why when she was answering questions (speech) for the soldiers just now, she would say that she brought high-yielding grain seeds with great supernatural powers.

Listening to Li Yan's question at this time, she should give an affirmative answer.

But suddenly Hao Guangming said seriously through the earphones: "You can stop talking about high-yield grain seeds. The seeds from our side may not be able to be planted in your side!"

Auntie Zhu frowned and thought, what does this mean?
In front of so many people, it was difficult for her to ask Hao Guangming directly through a Bluetooth headset.

However, Hao Guangming continued: "Although high-yield food seeds cannot be guaranteed, new crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes brought from America by Xiyi can be said.

These three crops are not only drought-resistant, easy to live, and easy to grow, but also have a large yield, which is enough to greatly increase the grain output of Daming.

As far as I know, although the later Qing Dynasty was not as good to the people as the Ming Dynasty, it also supported more than 4 million people by virtue of these new crops and taxation reforms brought from abroad. "

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After Li Yan's questioning, seeing Auntie Zhu smiling and opening her mouth to speak, she thought that the matter of high-yield grain seeds was almost inseparable.

Unexpectedly, Auntie Zhu's expression changed slightly again, and she frowned.

He noticed the bluetooth headset in Aimi Zhu's cochlea.

He guessed that this should be the strange item that Aimee Zhu had connected with the future son-in-law, so he couldn't help thinking anxiously: Is it because the future generations don't have any high-yielding grain seeds, or the son-in-law can't get it, or simply doesn't want to give it to Daming?

It's not easy for him to ask right now, so he can only wait patiently.

Finally, Auntie Zhu looked over and said, "The food seeds I'm talking about are indeed from later generations, but if they are brought to Daming, they may not be able to grow alive."

Hearing this, Li Yan's heart sank.

At this moment, Liu Xiaolian couldn't help asking: "Your Highness said that there are indeed food seeds for the future generations, so why can't they be planted in my Ming Dynasty? Could it be because there are too many natural disasters in my Da Ming, and there are not many natural disasters in future generations?"

"That's not the case." Auntie Zhu shook her head, "It will take me and my son-in-law to find out what is going on in the future, and I can't tell you too much now."

Fang Zhenghua said solemnly after hearing the words: "If this is the case, this matter must not be spread, otherwise the soldiers may think that His Highness is talking nonsense and deceive them, which will greatly damage His Highness's reputation."

Holding the handle of the whip, the red lady glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "There are only a few people in the tent. If this story gets out, I will definitely find out the leaker for the princess and punish severely."

Although Hong Niangzi said this with a smile, it made many people's hearts tremble.

They knew that the red lady was not joking.

You can see that her long whip made of unknown material is dark red in color, it is not the original color, but it has been soaked in blood for a long time.

Auntie Zhu originally thought that everyone would be disappointed and even blame her when they knew that the high-yield grain seeds were not promising.

Unexpectedly, instead of blaming her, everyone immediately thought of her and helped to deal with the aftermath.

This moved her quite a bit.

Taking a deep breath, she smiled again, and said: "You don't need to do this, although I can't guarantee to bring usable high-yielding grain seeds, I know that we can find several new varieties that can greatly increase the grain production of Daming. crop.

There are mainly three kinds of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, all of which come from overseas America, and have even begun to be planted in some places in the south of my Ming Dynasty.

As long as we have a stable land, we can find these three crops and teach the people how to plant them in the future, which will greatly increase the grain production! "

In fact, Xu Guangqi once wrote "Sweet Potatoes" and played it to the court, hoping to promote sweet potatoes, but unfortunately the court didn't take it seriously at that time.

Among the people present, although Li Yan, Fang Zhenghua, Liu Xiaolian and others have read a lot of books, they have not been involved in this kind of "miscellaneous knowledge", so they don't know about it.

Although Li Yan still feels that overseas crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes are not as good as high-yielding grain seeds, he also knows that this cannot be forced.

Besides, since Auntie Zhu said that sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes can greatly increase grain production, it should be true.

At this time Liu Xiaolian asked: "I saw in the movie that there are 3000 million people in Henan. It's unbelievable. Could it be that new crops such as sweet potatoes can support so many people?"

Zhu Yu said: "This is indeed the main reason, but there are also other reasons, such as the development of transportation and industry and commerce."

Hearing this, Liu Xiaolian was thoughtful.

The red lady then asked questions.

"Princess, does the big iron bird exist in future generations? Can you find a way to bring it here? Or we can build one ourselves? If there is such a big iron bird, who are we afraid of?"

Auntie Zhu couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this.

She followed Hao Guangming's explanation: "How could I bring something as big as an airplane? As for us making it ourselves, it's not impossible, but... maybe we won't be able to see it until we are old.

The premise is that we will bring peace to the world as soon as possible, so that all walks of life can develop rapidly under our arrangement. "

Hearing this, Gao Shengqi also had the courage to ask: "Your Highness, the bird guns in the movie are also much more powerful than ours at this time, can they be brought from future generations?"

Auntie Zhu shook her head first, and then said: "Although I can't get the muskets in the movie from later generations, I can bring better technology, so that my Ming craftsmen can make better muskets."

Hearing this, Gao Shengqi, Li Zhenwu and others couldn't help but feel excited.

Li Zhenwu even smiled and said: "If our Daming's musket has [-]% of the power in the movie, it will be enough to calm the world!"

Then, the crowd asked some other questions.

Auntie Zhu who could answer them all answered one by one.

At the same time, ordinary soldiers who had watched half of "[-]" were also discussing the events in the movie.

What they noticed was somewhat different from Li Yan and others.

"Hey, let me tell you, my boss, Lao Fan, is either a bad person, or too stingy. If there is food, he doesn't know how to feed his helpers first. If bandits come to rob the village, they will definitely not be able to keep the food."

"Old Fan is not bad, but Young Master Fan is really bad. The woman who actually wants to take advantage of a blind deer is as bad as that Young Master Hu in our village. She deserves to be beaten to death. It's a pleasure to watch."

"Let me tell you, there are poor people in this famine. As far as we have seen in these years, there is no food everywhere. Whether you are a landlord or a tenant farmer, you will all starve to death. Thieves will not let people live ah."

"I see that the famine there is not as good as that of Daming. It says that they escaped famine and went to Shaanxi, which means that there is no famine in Shaanxi. Where is there no famine in the north of our Ming Dynasty? I even heard that droughts, locust plagues, and floods have occurred in the south. It's still a child's life."

"Don't say that bad thing is okay? Even if I starve to death, I won't be a beast."

"Well, the princess said that she will not be afraid of natural disasters in the future, and that everyone will have enough to eat. I don't know if it is true."

"It has to be real, who is the princess? Not only is she the princess of our Daming, but she has also been enlightened by the gods and has great supernatural powers. Otherwise, can she bring things like lanterns and movies?"

"That's right, I also believe in the princess, she is as kind and powerful as Hong Niangzi."

"Haha, I dare say, Hong Niangzi will be the female general in the future, and the princess might become that Wu Zetian."

"Hey, you really dare to think about it."

"Why don't you dare to think about it? Maybe we can have a hereditary military officer in the guard. Just like the drama said, those soldiers who followed Hongwu Emperor to conquer the world are not all well-developed."

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Auntie Zhu answered the questions of Li Yan and the others, and then asked them to disperse. Then she greeted Fei Zhen'e and returned to the old house in Zhulin.

Hao Guangming was waiting in the hall.

When they met, Auntie Zhu didn't beat around the bush, she pulled a chair and sat next to Hao Guangming and asked, "Why aren't the high-yielding grain seeds here not necessarily viable in Daming?"

(End of this chapter)