The West Garden is stable, and at the same time, it is also comfortable and peaceful.

It's really comfortable to stay here, but it seems a little lazy, but it's also good.

But this is not the case in the court outside, it can be said that it is full of troubles.

Dongchang has been arresting people for a while, and everyone knows that it was the result of the last time the literary people made trouble at the gate of Xiyuan.

Wei Zhongxian was majestic and seemed to make a big deal.

The court's secret memorial system was also in an orderly manner. Zhao Bingzhong, who was in charge of the government, had already gone to pick people, and there was another chaos.

Some people want to stuff their people in, while others are worried and scared.

The attacks on Zhao Bingzhong gradually increased, but they were of little use. Neither the cabinet nor the palace responded, and seemed to turn a blind eye to Zhao Bingzhong's actions.

In addition, there are also storms brewing in the cabinet.

The question books of four cabinet ministers led by Han Du finally broke out, and they wanted to reform the Ming Dynasty.

After the topic of innovation came out, it instantly occupied the mainstream of public opinion, and other public opinion had no way to compete with it.

The innovation is so big that everyone reacts differently when they hear these two words.

Some people agree, some people are excited because innovation represents opportunities; some people are afraid and afraid because it will violate their own interests; and some people feel that the world is in chaos again.

Some people think of Zhang Juzheng and think of the imperial court's rehabilitation of Zhang Juzheng, and they instantly have an association.

So the whole court became chaotic and everyone was busy standing in line.

Sometimes it’s not that people force you to take sides, but that you have to do this. If you don’t do this, you will not have your place.

While there were a lot of trouble outside, Zhu Youxiao was still caring about his own affairs.

Zhu Youxiao is going to the imperial village because today is the day to dig potatoes, so Zhu Youxiao has been looking forward to this for a long time.

After having potatoes, many things are easy to handle. As the saying goes, you are not panic when you have food in your pocket.

Potatoes have high yields, short growth periods, and low land requirements, making them very good food to resist famine.

You should know that the earth is now in an ice age, the weather will get colder and geological disasters will increase. Crops with growing seasons will definitely not have a good harvest and their ability to resist natural disasters is weak.

Unlike potatoes, they can be grown anywhere, with a short growth period and a high yield enough to support people. This is the magic weapon to win in this era.

Because he was going to the imperial village and no one wanted to meet him, Zhu Youxiao wore casual clothes today.

After meeting Xu Guangqi, the group headed towards the imperial village.

Today, Xu Guangqi did not wear official uniforms. In order to cooperate with Zhu Youxiao, he dressed up like an old pedan.

When the group came to the imperial village, there were already people waiting here. Li Zhizao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was waiting at the gate, which was Xu Guangqi's confidant.

The matter at the Imperial Village is big enough, so Xu Guangqi handed over this matter to his confidant, and Li Zhizao is naturally the most suitable candidate.

"My minister Li Zhizao, please see Your Majesty." After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Li Zhizao hurriedly bowed and bowed.

"Okay, don't give me a gift!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand with a smile, and said to Li Zhizao: "Take me and have a look. Today I came here to see these things to see if they can have high yields."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Zhizao quickly agreed, then turned around and led the way.

The group soon arrived next to the field.

Looking around, it was all ripe potatoes, and the potato seedlings were already a little yellow, which was really good.

Zhu Youxiao didn't find it novel, because he had seen it a lot in later generations. But at this time he was still a little excited. This is the hope of the Ming Dynasty!

Saying that nothing else is of great use, this is the most important thing. Zhu Youxiao said: "Okay, let's take action."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Zhizao agreed and went to greet someone.

Zhu Youxiao was still very familiar with potatoes, so he nodded when he saw their operations.

These people are quite professional. The people in front directly pull out the potato seedlings, while the people in the back are digging with pickaxes.

Be careful when digging, otherwise the potatoes will be split in half once they are done.

Zhu Youxiao knew very well that any potatoes that were broken or peeled off would be difficult to store; intact potatoes can only be kept for a long time.

These people did a great job.

After the potatoes were dug out, many people followed behind to pick them up. They put the potatoes in bamboo baskets, filled them and carried them to the side and placed them there.

Then there are professionals who weigh there and want to see how high the yield per mu is.

Zhu Youxiao walked over, reached out to pick up a potato the size of a fist, and nodded with satisfaction.

As time went by, and with more people working, the potatoes on acre of land were quickly lifted out, and then the other side was weighed.

Li Zhizao walked over with the result excitedly.

Zhu Youxiao is also looking forward to the results. You should know that in later generations, potatoes were famous for their high yields.

The normal yield of potatoes per mu is about 3,000-5,000 kilograms. If you choose high-quality varieties of potatoes to grow, and with careful management in the later stage, the yield per mu can be as high as about 8,000 kilograms.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao also knew that this result was unlikely to be achieved in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zhizao said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the yield per mu is 1,652 kilograms."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was also excited. The output was beyond his expectations.

You should know that one pound of the Ming Dynasty was sixteen taels, which was equivalent to one and a half pounds in later generations. A rough estimate was that the yield of potatoes on this acre of land was equivalent to about 2,600 pounds in later generations.

What does this mean?

This means that a mu of land can produce 2,600 kilograms of grain.

You should know that the current Ming Dynasty's good irrigated land produced by rice is about three or four hundred kilograms in later generations.

Now this has increased by five or six times, and you can eat it without removing the shell.

Although the land in Huangzhuang is relatively fertile and the care here is more meticulous, it can achieve such a high yield. It may not be possible to achieve such a high yield outside, but it doesn’t matter. As long as it can be more than 1,500 kilograms or about 2,000 kilograms, that is enough.

Such output can feed many people and allow the entire Daming to spend this disaster year.

Thinking of this, how could Zhu Youxiao not be excited?

He laughed and said, "It's done well, it's so good! You have rewards, and everyone has rewards!"

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao turned to Xu Guangqi beside him and said, "Let's go back and report the credit."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Guangqi quickly agreed.

He was also very happy in his heart. He knew very well what this thing meant to him.

While Zhu Youxiao was happy, Xu Guangqi said again: "Your Majesty, there are other things over there. Do you want to go and have a look?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go and have a look."

You should know that this is the experimental field of the imperial village. Not only potatoes, but also sweet potatoes, but also some other fresh species and vegetables. These are all good things.

But sweet potatoes are not good yet, and they don’t have as good yield as potatoes.

However, after Zhu Youxiao took a walk around, he still felt that he was still unsatisfied.

This is the fundamental thing. Only by solving the problem of food and saturation and enriching grain output can industry and commerce be discussed.

Otherwise, a country will not have enough food to eat, and everything it does is a castle in the air.

Only after having enough food can we break away from the farming economy, reduce the price of land, and make it not the main means of production. Zhu Youxiao understands this.

After visiting for about a morning, Zhu Youxiao returned to Xiyuan.

Of course, I didn't leave empty-handed. Zhu Youxiao brought two big baskets of potatoes back and asked Chen Hong to prepare a car to pull it into the palace. On the one hand, it was for eating in the palace, and on the other hand, it was for promotion.

After Zhu Youxiao returned to Xiyuan, he went directly to Queen Zhang's place.

Chen Hong asked someone to make potatoes.

As for what to do, the chefs will study it themselves.

Zhu Youxiao told me that I would like to fry shredded potatoes and make potato slimming chicken nuggets, and I would like to eat rice bowls at night.

Seeing that his Majesty came back with a happy look, Queen Zhang also had a smile on her face and went straight to meet her, and said with a pretty smile: "Look at Your Majesty is so happy, but what good is there?"

"Of course there is a good thing." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, and at the same time reached out to hold Queen Zhang.

After pulling Empress Zhang down, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "Today I went to the imperial village, and Xu Guangqi made the matter. I am happy about the affairs in the imperial village!"

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao told Empress Zhang about the trial planting of the imperial village.

Queen Zhang's face was full of excitement, and she said in disbelief: "Can you produce so much food? Then no one in the world will go hungry from now on, it's really good!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said with a smile: "I also want to promote the potatoes as soon as possible. Plant the land around the capital first, so that those nobles and relatives can plant them."

"It just so happened that Baozhu is about to be born. I am going to have a banquet for the ministers in the palace to celebrate the birthday of the queen. In addition, Baozhu can summon some of the wives of the ministers in the harem. As for what to eat, I can only eat potatoes."

Queen Zhang smiled and said shyly: "Your Majesty, is it inappropriate to do this? Is it a little more disturbing to celebrate my birthday, let alone I am still young and afraid of being criticized."

"Who dares?" Zhu Youxiao said domineeringly: "Baozhu is beautiful and wise, you deserve it, and you can bear it with peace of mind."

Seeing that His Majesty was firm in his attitude, Queen Zhang didn't say anything else.

Zhu Youxiao is still looking forward to the upcoming banquet. As long as the news can be spread, he should make a lot of money.

Zhu Youxiao planned to sell potato seeds a little more expensive and get a handful of them from his ministers and nobles.
To be continued...