As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, it is time to pick corn from the King of Chu's mansion.

Many people have been paying attention to the changes in this land before.

However, the Chu Palace specially arranged a pair of guards to patrol here day and night, and no one dared to try to pick some of them back.

"Your Majesty, the harvest of this corn will only be more and less than potatoes. The most important thing is that as long as the corn is dried, it can be stored like corn, and there is no need to be as troublesome as storing potatoes."

To pick corn, Li Shimin must be invited to watch it.

Although everyone has been stimulated by the high yield of potatoes, they are now very receptive.

Besides, this corn grows on the ground, not like potatoes. If it is not dug out, no one knows its yield.

So Li Shimin and his group were not so excited this time.

They have already predicted the high yield of corn, and now they just need to confirm how high the yield is.

"I heard that these corn poles can also be used as horse feed. If so, this corn is worthy of large-scale promotion in Guanzhong."

Fang Xuanling supported Li Kuan's previous plan to promote potatoes in Zhenbeidao.

But if corn continues to be promoted on the frontier, he will have some objections.

Mainly, there are also a large number of horses in Guanzhong. Solving the food problem of these horses, especially after the beginning of winter, is a big problem.

Now that he discovered that corn poles could be regarded as horse feed, he immediately realized the value of corn.

Planting corn can not only increase the grain output of the Tang Dynasty, but also solve the problem of horse feeding in Guanzhong.

This is definitely a matter of great significance.

After all, it would be a waste to free up the land alone to plant horse materials.

"Yes, this corn pole can be used as a good material for green storage feed. Even corn itself is actually a very good feed. If given to pigs or chickens and ducks, it will make them grow very fast, and then our Tang Dynasty meat will become cheaper."

In later generations, corn was one of the three major staple foods.

Compared with wheat and rice, it is mainly used as a staple food, and corn is more often used as a source of feed.

After more than ten years of development, the breeding industry in Datang has made great progress.

But compared with those in later generations, it is still very different.

Li Kuan believes that once corn is popularized, it is time to vigorously develop the breeding industry.

With the current population of the Tang Dynasty, with two high-yield crops, potatoes and corn, there is basically no need to worry about famine.

Why did the Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous eras appear after the Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains?

In fact, to a certain extent, it is the credit of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn.

In ancient times, as long as the people had food to eat, it was a prosperous era.

During the Kangxi and Qianlong period, it was the period when various high-yield crops began to become popular.

Otherwise, how could the population increase rapidly?

People can still have a bite of food.

"This corn can be eaten raw, right?"

Before the corn was officially started picking, Li Shimin first reached out and broke one.

Obviously I want to try it out.

"Yes, but the corn you chose is a little too old and is not suitable for raw food. Well, this one will be much better."

After Li Kuan finished speaking, he walked two steps forward and broke a tender corn.

Then he personally helped clean up the green straw raincoat and white beard outside the corn, and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was not polite at all. After taking it, he took it and took a bite.

"This tastes very good, with a sweet taste, like fruit."

Li Shimin, who had eaten raw corn for the first time, couldn't help but praise it after chewing it a few bites.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others next to him couldn't help but pick a corn and started eating it like that.

"Although corn can be eaten raw, I still recommend that you cook the corn before eating it, such as roasted corn, boiled corn, steamed corn, corn porridge, corn soup, and all kinds of meals are OK."

Li Kuan personally doesn’t have a special love for corn.

However, as a high-yield grain, Li Kuan particularly likes corn.

With it, the pace of the Tang Dynasty towards industrialization can be bolder and more stable.

Don’t worry about the fewer people farming, which leads to a shortage of food.

The emergence of high-yield crops will inevitably lead to a surplus of agricultural population, which will be transferred to industrial development, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"It's just like digging potatoes before, pick them one acre after another to see how the corn yield is."

Li Shimin quickly finished a corn and began to instruct everyone to pick the corn.

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"Second brother, the corn, potato and sweet potato you mentioned before have now been brought back to the Tang Dynasty. I wonder when sweet potatoes will be moved."

Li Zhi did not go to the field to show his show today, but instead stood beside Li Kuan and started chatting with Li Kuan on his own initiative.

Although the relationship between the two is no longer as close as it was back then, on the surface, everyone is still very harmonious.

"It's a matter of time before the discovery of sweet potatoes. Nowadays, there are more and more fleets going to America, one or two years later, and soon this year, sweet potatoes will be brought back to the Tang Dynasty.

However, this sweet potato is not like corn or potatoes. It is not very suitable as a staple food. It can only be used as a food supplement for poor families and solve the problem of hunger."

Eating too much sweet potatoes can easily bloat the belly.

It has been controversial whether promising potatoes can be used as staple food in later generations.

But I really didn't argue about whether sweet potatoes can be used as staple food.

Of course, this does not mean that sweet potatoes have lower meaning than potatoes or corn.

Relatively speaking, sweet potatoes have more tenacious vitality in the south.

Just simply handle it briefly and do not need special management, and you will be able to get a good harvest.

And it doesn't matter even if it is planted in dry land.

Li Kuan has now proposed to Li Shimin to develop Jiangnan Road and Lingnan Road. If sweet potatoes can be introduced into these places, it can solve the hunger problem of local mountain people.

"This America is really a treasure land, not only gold and silver, but also high-yield food. If you have the chance, I really want to go and take a look."

Li Zhi looked very moved.

However, Li Kuan was a little alert in his heart.

Li Zhi, who had been the crown prince for two years, had obviously deeper scheming than before.

Li Kuan didn't know whether Li Zhi knew that he was the eldest son, but even if he didn't know.

With the current influence of the Chu Prince's Mansion, Li Zhi must have some fear in his heart.

This is almost human nature.
Chapter completed!