While he was thinking about Shengguo's future blueprint, Jiang Beiran suddenly heard a ringing sound in his ears. This kind of ringing sound was extremely special and could only be emitted by the bells he made himself.
The next second, Jiang Beiran's figure disappeared from the study and came outside the palace.
Under a rockery, Luo Wenzhou looked at the master who suddenly appeared in front of him, quickly bowed and saluted: "Meet the master."
"Yes." Jiang Beiran nodded and asked, "Is the matter done?"
"Yes, my disciple discovered what Master painted in Jia Kingdom." Luo Wenzhou said and took out an object that looked like a clod of earth from the Qiankun Ring.
Reaching out to take the big clod of soil, Jiang Beiran broke it apart with all his strength, and couldn't help but reveal a smile on his face.
'I didn't expect it to happen.'
The clod of soil in Jiang Beiran's hand is a potato! Yes, that kind is a big lump of potato! In several historical online articles that Jiang Beiran has read, these potatoes are national artifacts and can greatly alleviate the pain.
The problem of people not having enough to eat.
So when he became emperor, Jiang Beiran thought of it immediately.
In addition, corn is also very good. After drawing them separately, Jiang Beiran asked Luo Wenzhou, who was good at gathering intelligence, to travel around the country to look for them.
I hope that there have been potatoes on this continent for a long time, but people have not yet discovered their edible value.
Luo Wenzhou also regarded this as a good experience. He had been searching for it for several months and finally found it in a mountain village in Jiaguo.
Both the appearance and taste are very similar to what Master said.
Putting the potatoes into the Qiankun Ring, Jiang Beiran nodded and said: "It's done well. Is there any news about the corn?"
"Not yet... because Master said that I would bring it to you as soon as I found it, so my disciple rushed back in a hurry."
"Okay, don't worry, are there any other gains from this experience?"
After hearing this, Luo Wenzhou immediately began to tell his master what he had seen and heard along the way, and said that his alchemy skills had improved again, and he could already control the spiritual energy of the medicine in the alchemy furnace as the master said.
'You are really a fucking genius...'
Jiang Beiran was confused when he heard that Luo Wenzhou could control medicinal spiritual energy. This was a special skill that could only be mastered by fourth-level alchemists. Many alchemists could not realize this level in their entire lives. This kid had only used it in less than half a year.
The time is under control.
'As expected of an innate green scale body, the top talent of an alchemist, even more powerful than my cheating.'
Although he was full of emotions in his heart, on the surface Jiang Beiran still nodded calmly and said: "Very good, go back and continue to consolidate. When you can skillfully distinguish the various types of medicinal spiritual energy in the alchemy furnace, I will teach you as a teacher."
The art of sealing fire."
Luo Wenzhou was overjoyed to receive the master's approval. He quickly raised his hands and said, "Disciple, I will obey the master's orders."
"Well, go ahead."
"Yes, disciple, take your leave." After Luo Wenzhou said this, he bowed and quickly disappeared into the night.
Throwing away several Qiankun rings filled with potatoes in his hand, Jiang Beiran felt that an important piece of his blueprint had been filled.
Jiang Beiran returned to the palace unnoticed and was about to enter the study when he suddenly heard a heated discussion coming from next door.
"You can't be fooled by the court phenomenon. Although officials from all over Fengzhou are now frightened by the emperor's personal conquests, they can't rule out that they won't violate the rules in the future. After all, the emperor can't patrol like this every day."
"You are too pessimistic. Now the emperor not only inspects various states and counties, but also personally visits villages that are hard to find on the map. With such power, how can those local officials dare to take bribes and bend the law?"
"This is because the emperor has gone deep into villages for the first time, catching those officials off guard. He will definitely come up with countermeasures in the future..."
"Then we'll think of ways to deal with it."
Mu Yao and Deng Xianghan, who were arguing, saw the emperor coming in and quickly saluted: "Your Majesty."
Then other eunuchs and maids also quickly saluted and shouted: "Your Majesty."
Because Jiang Beiran liked to correct memorials alone, he would transfer the palace maids and eunuchs to this room when correcting memorials.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Beiran turned his back and said, "Mu Yao, Deng Xianghan, come out with me."
"According to the decree."
The two women didn't hesitate and immediately followed.
When the door was closed again, Kong Qianqian, who was standing in the corner with bulging cheeks, let out a long sigh of relief.
"Kong Qianqian, go to Guang Luxun and get fifty boards yourself."
Kong Qianqian, who was just about to swallow the mung bean cake, suddenly heard the emperor's voice outside the door. Her little face suddenly fell, and she shouted towards the door: "I obey the order."
Looking at Mu Yao who was trying her best to hold back her laughter, Jiang Beiran glanced at her and said, "You're so embarrassed. I asked you to discipline her, but why can't you get rid of this habit of stealing words?"
Mu Yao, who was scolded, immediately lowered her head and said: "I will take good care of that girl next time..."
With an expression of disbelief, Jiang Beiran opened the door and took the two women into the imperial study.
He took out some firewood from the Qiankun Ring and spread it on the ground. He also took out a small pot and placed it on top. Jiang Beiran said, "Mu Yao, go get some water."
Although she didn't know what the emperor wanted to do, Mu Yao immediately said "obey" and ran out to get water.
After a while, Mu Yao came back with a bucket and poured all the water into the small pot.
When the water was boiled, Jiang Beiran took out a potato from the Qiankun Ring and put it in.
"Gudu, Gudu, Gudu."
It was very quiet in the royal study, except for the sound of hot water boiling in the pot.
Not long after, Jiang Beiran took out the potatoes from the pot, broke them in half and handed them to the two women: "Try them."
Taking the potato in confusion, Mu Yao took a bite, chewed it twice and said, "Hmm... it's soft and has a strange aroma, it's not bad."
Having been with Jiang Beiran for a long time, Mu Yao has naturally eaten all kinds of delicacies. She really doesn't think this strange thing is worth Jiang Beiran setting up a small stove to cook for her.
On the side, Deng Xianghan, who had tasted potatoes, also said: "Although it is only half a piece, I already feel full. Your Majesty, may I ask what this is?"
"Yes, that's right." Jiang Beiran nodded, "What you are eating is called potatoes. If you plant them simply, the yield will be about thirty shi per mu."
"Thirty... stones?" Deng Xianghan was shocked and looked at the potatoes in his hand with extremely surprised eyes, "This..."
Seeing Deng Xianghan's shocked eyes, Mu Yao thought for a long time before showing the same shocked eyes.
"If all the people grow this, wouldn't it mean that they would die of hunger a lot less!?"
In the Sheng Kingdom, where the coinage system is extremely imperfect and bad coins are rampant, officials' salaries are often replaced by grain. After all, grain is the real hard currency on this continent, and copper coins and silk cannot compare.
It can be said that if you have food, you won't have to worry about having nowhere to buy what you want.
In the imperial court, the salary of the highest-ranking official was two thousand dan, an amount that ordinary people could not imagine.
Translated into modern units, one stone is 120 kilograms, two thousand kilograms is 240,000 kilograms, and the yield of potatoes per mu reaches a terrifying 2,000 to 4,000 kilograms. That is, one hundred acres of land can pay the salary of a top official. This can be said to be subversive.
What the people think.
You must know that the current yield of rice per mu is only two stones, while the yield of potatoes has increased more than ten times.
Just highlight one outrageous thing.
"Your Majesty...did you find this...did you find this?" Deng Xianghan asked with a trembling voice.
Some time ago, she followed Jiang Beiran into various villages and saw too many people who starved to death for various reasons. These people obviously had their own land, but they were all so skinny that it made people feel like they would collapse if a gust of wind blew.
These pictures greatly shocked Deng Xianghan, who had lived in fine clothes since he was a child, and he also remembered the matter of finding ways to feed more people.
Now that I saw the emperor suddenly taking out such a sacred object, I was extremely excited for a moment.
"It doesn't matter how it came about. You just need to know that it will be planted in Shengguo's fields soon. Do you know what changes this will bring?"
"I'm sorry that my knowledge is shallow and I can't imagine it." Deng Xianghan said, shaking his head.
"Productivity will be greatly improved, and many changes that were previously powerless can now be attempted."
After hearing this, Mu Yao couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, do you have more ways to change the current situation of Sheng Kingdom?"
Putting out the fire, Jiang Beiran put away the small pot and said, "Of course, or the change has just begun. Come to the table."
Walking to the Long Case, Jiang Beiran laid out all the reform plans he had considered on the table for them to watch.
Jiang Beiran naturally had his own considerations as to why he let these two women watch it.
To show it to Mu Yao, it was natural to use her mouth to tell her eldest father that such a drastic reform plan would naturally require the support of his Xuanzong.
Showing it to Deng Xianghan is because after getting in touch with her during this period, Jiang Beiran found that it was not tiring to be with Deng Xianghan. Although this girl had many worries hidden in her heart, her behavior was in line with Jiang Beiran's wishes.
In addition, last time this woman triggered two new special attribute points in one breath, Jiang Beiran saw the huge potential in her, so Jiang Beiran did not want to push her to the opposite side if they could cooperate.
As for cooperating with Deng Xianghan, the main prerequisite is to let Deng Xianghan tell her how much she knows about Liang Guo and what kind of contact she has with Liang Guo.
After all, mutual trust is the basis of cooperation. Now that Jiang Beiran has shared such a confidential matter with her, based on Jiang Beiran's understanding of her, she should reciprocate the favor and find an opportunity to reveal everything about Liang Guo.
But if she doesn't say anything like this... then Jiang Beiran can only admit that he made a mistake and adopted some methods that he didn't want to use in the first place.
After the shock, the two women lay on the table and carefully read the various plans written by Jiang Beiran. After a while, the shock of seeing the potato just now not only did not ease, but their eyes grew wider and wider.
Otherwise, what is written on these papers is far beyond their understanding, and even completely subverts their world view.
Of course, the worldview of these two people is not that big to begin with.
Just when the two of them were looking at each other seriously, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Jiang Beiran said, "Come in."
Opening the door, Kong Qianqian, who was rubbing her buttocks, walked in and saluted, "Your Majesty, this servant has completed fifty battles."
Jiang Beiran glanced at her and asked, "You smell the fragrance, right?"
"Ah..." Kong Qianqian was at a loss after being exposed, and finally had to show a naive smile and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty."
After saying that, he looked at the burned firewood on the ground, and his saliva couldn't help but well up.
Compared to any other royal chef, Kong Qianqian felt that the food prepared by the emperor was thousands of times better than theirs. When going to inspect various villages, what Kong Qianqian was most looking forward to was that the emperor would suddenly be in a mood and make random dishes.
And the taste of those dishes...Kong Qianqian's mouth is watering just thinking about it.
When she came back from receiving the board, Kong Qianqian smelled the smell of fireworks in the air and knew that the emperor must have started a small stove.
So at the risk of getting slapped again, Kong Qianqian knocked on the door of the imperial study room.
After all, compared to the food cooked by the emperor, what is a slap in the face?
"Close the door."
Hearing the emperor's words, Kong Qianqian was extremely happy and quickly turned around and closed the door.
"Come." Jiang Beiran waved to Kong Qianqian.
Kong Qianqian was so happy that snot bubbles were about to come out of her nose, and she ran to Jiang Beiran in a hurry.
And just when Kong Qianqian was about to ask what was delicious to eat today, Jiang Beiran said.
"Go and put away the firewood and mop the floor clean."
In an instant, the smile solidified on Kong Qianqian's face.
Kong Qianqian, who resisted crying, ran to wipe the floor. Deng Xianghan, who was in front of the dragon case, raised his head and slowly walked to Jiang Beiran, bowed deeply and said: "The emperor is thought of by the people and is beyond the reach of the slaves.
One in ten thousand.”
"Can you understand it?" Jiang Beiran asked.
"You can see a little bit of things, but just these superficial things are enough to make this slave enchanted."
"Then do you want to see the words on these papers become reality?"
"This slave is willing to do her best to assist Your Majesty in creating this prosperous age."
"Oh? Then do you know what I want to know most right now."
"My slave understands that I must know everything about the affairs of the Liang Kingdom."
"Okay, I'm very pleased."
At this time, Mu Yao also raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, can I ask a question?"
"explain."
"Is this all what you wrote down?"
"Of course not."
"The Emperor is truly a heavenly being..."
Compared to Deng Xianghan, Mu Yao, who had suffered a lot since childhood, knew how much changes these decrees written on paper would bring to people's lives, and could even be said to be earth-shaking.
And after she joined the Demon Cult, her main concern has been how to change the current situation of Sheng Kingdom so that the people can live a good life.
She once thought that only by overthrowing the hypocritical Zhengmen sect could this goal be truly achieved, but she did not expect that besides that, there was so much more they could do...
At the same time, Mu Yao's admiration for Jiang Beiran also reached its peak. They obviously read a lot of books in the same royal study room, but after reading the book, she only sighed and criticized. As for how to change, she didn't think much about it.
But after reading it, the emperor was able to write so many wonderful and eloquent decrees, which is really admirable.
At this time, Kong Qianqian, who was mopping the floor, felt even more aggrieved and couldn't help but think in her heart.
'Senior Sister, what did you eat that tasted so delicious that you praised the Emperor like this... Woo hoo hoo, I want to eat it too.'