Chapter 108 Xu Guangqi (Sixth)

It's evening.

Yang Jie was so excited that he couldn't sleep and was nagging repeatedly.

"Steamed sweet potatoes..."

Yang Jie raised the bamboo pen and wrote it on paper.

"Roasted sweet potatoes..."

Written on paper again.

"Cook sweet potatoes..."

Keep it on paper.

"Fried sweet potatoes..."

Write it on paper again.

"Sweet potato candy..."

There are already a lot of records on the paper.

"Sweet potato vermicelli..."

"Feed the pig..."

The paper is already densely packed. This is the use of all the sweet potatoes that Yang Jing remembers. I am very happy to think that sweet potatoes can have so many uses. The greater the use, the higher the value, the greater the demand, the larger the area of ​​this planting, the more reserves, the stronger the ability to resist natural disasters, the less likely it was to capsize in the Ming Dynasty, the safer it was.

At night, I dreamed of returning to Baidu and continued to search for sweet potatoes and their uses.

"Dried sweet potatoes..."

“Sweet potato flour…”

"Sweet potato wine..."

"Sweet potato starch..."

Yang Jie got up the bed the next day and ordered Wang Chengen.

"Big companion, go and invite Sun and Master Xu to see me in Donghunting Pavilion. I will invite the two masters to have breakfast." Yang Jingai said this to Wang Chengen without any thoughts.

Wang Chengen went to do the job for no reason.

Yang Jie sat upright at the table and based on yesterday, he added the content he had worked hard to search for overnight.

Soon, Wang Chengen came back and reported: "Your Majesty, I have sent someone to invite two masters. I guess it will be here in half an hour. What will you eat for breakfast today?"

Yang Jie put down the bamboo pen and said, "Daban, I heard that there is a kind of rice noodles in the south, which is very delicious. Today I want to invite two masters to eat rice noodles. Daban asked the people from the imperial kitchen to prepare it."

Emperor Chongzhen Yang Jie said this again without any thoughts. Wang Chengen almost threw his feet and fell to the ground. Where are they? Mi fans? What is that?

Wang Chengen was a little nervous. He didn't know what happened to the emperor today. He asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this rice fan..."

Seeing Wang Chengen's confused look, Yang Jie thought for a while and explained: "Rice noodles? Don't understand? Maybe it should be called rice noodles, right?"

Speaking of rice noodles, Wang Chengen understood a little bit. People do have rice pulp, made into silk, supplemented with self-made ingredients such as chicken, fish, and boiled in boiling water to cook and eat ready-to-eat. This is also called rice flour, not powder like wheat flour.

"I understand." Wang Chengen understood that the emperor wanted to eat this thing, and immediately withdrew and was about to instruct the people in the imperial kitchen to do it.

"Big partner, remember, only three portions, one portion of me, one portion of masters Sun and Xu, don't waste it, do you understand?... Oh, by the way, I need four portions, give the queen a bowl of steamed pork..." Yang Jing said halfway, remembering that he ate Zhou Wan'er's bowl of steamed pork yesterday, and therefore the huge economic value of sweet potatoes. Today, it would be like to invite the queen to a meal.

"I understand." Wang Chengen went out.

The East Warm Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Both the old men, Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi, were a little confused. So early, the emperor sent someone to come and said that they were treating them to breakfast. He didn't know what was going on here. The two of them were in the East Warehouse, looking at each other, but they didn't know what medicine the emperor was showing off.

"It's early for two masters!" Yang Jie was in a very good mood and took the lead in saying hello to the two.

The two of them quickly knelt down to pay their respects.

"Get up quickly, two masters, don't be so, bring a chair for the two masters." Yang Jing enthusiastically "entered" his right-hand man.

Sitting down.

"Today, I invite two masters to have breakfast, my partner..." Yang Jingwei said to Sun and Xu, and then said to Wang Chengen, meaning that Wang Chengen should quickly serve rice noodles.

A series of palace maids and eunuchs came in one after another, setting up cases, setting up food, appetizers, and wiping mouths. A bowl of simple rice noodles has now become a high-end product with seven or eight cold dishes.

Sun and Xu didn't know what to do, and looked at each other for no reason.

"Two masters, please eat..." After saying that, Yang Jie took the lead in making the rice noodles with chopsticks, and then spread his arms and started eating.

Sun and Xu were even more confused. Seeing that the emperor had eaten, they also ate, sucking and sucking. In the East Warehouse, there was a sound of eating rice noodles, just like a roadside breakfast stall.

After eating, Yang Jinghui smiled and said, "Two masters, how about it?"

The two looked at each other and said together, "Delicious."

"Haha, two masters, I not only let you eat this rice noodles, but I thought of the place where the sweet potatoes are." After Yang Jing said that, he glanced at the empty rice noodles bowl.

When Sun and Xu saw the emperor signaling the rice noodles they had eaten just now, they thought to themselves, could there be something strange in this rice noodles?

"Where is the sweet potato? Emperor? Is it true?" Obviously, Xu Guangqi had a lot of thoughts about this sweet potato, so he immediately came to his senses.

Sun Chengzong was not slow either and said, "Is it because he just made this sweet potato into a fan?"

Yang Jing applauded and said, "Yes, the two masters are really smart. These sweet potatoes can be made into sweet potato vermicelli, so there is no need to worry about this sales. I have thought about it and can use sweet potatoes to fully offset taxes. I will make these sweet potatoes into sweet potato vermicelli and sell them back. The profit will be made between in and out. The promotion of these sweet potatoes will surely be very fast."

"It may be possible to make these sweet potatoes into vermicelli, but Your Majesty is sure that these sweet potato vermicelli will be easy to sell?" Xu Guangqi was very suspicious of the sales of these sweet potato vermicelli. If they could not be sold, wouldn't they want the emperor to be his pants?

"Haha, Master Xu, don't worry. I am sure of this matter. Everyone in the world will love to eat these sweet potato versatiles." Xu Guangqi obviously had never seen the scene of buying sweet potato versatiles for the New Year in later generations. If he had seen them, he would not doubt its sales.

A family bought five kilograms for the New Year. This Ming Dynasty had a population of over 100 million, and even a family of tens of millions of dollars, it still had sales of tens of millions of dollars. Of course, the actual sales volume would definitely not reach this number. But this is just the consumption of the New Year. If you include the whole year, plus the consumption of other sweet potato products, the taxes in the northern provinces can actually be fully compensated by sweet potatoes.

"Your Majesty is careful. Once this matter is fully taxed, the planting area of ​​sweet potatoes will be expanded rapidly. Your Majesty is better to be more stable." Sun Chengzong hurriedly advised Emperor Chongzhen not to be too aggressive. This is not a playhouse. Once things are out of control, there is no regret to take medicine.

"Haha, Master Sun, I have a solution to this matter, not only relying on sweet potato vermicelli." After saying that, Yang Jie handed the stack of paper that wrote many uses of sweet potatoes to Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi.

"Roasted sweet potatoes..."

"Steamed sweet potatoes..."

"Fried sweet potatoes..."

"Sweet potato candy..."

"Sweet potato vermicelli..."

"Dried sweet potatoes..."

“Sweet potato flour…”

"Sweet potato wine..."

Finally, there was a list of "Feed Pigs..."

Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi were stunned when they saw so many uses of sweet potatoes. Look at the emperor again, I wonder how the emperor came up with such many things and was born a saint? The emperor was so powerful that he listed such many uses in one night.

Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi were surprised for a while before they came to their senses.

Xu Guangqi was really curious and asked, "Your Majesty, how did Your Majesty know so many uses?" People who can write such multi-purpose are not ordinary people. They are not gods. Of course, you should ask curiously how the emperor made it. Does the emperor have other experts to give advice?

"Hahaha..." Yang Jing smiled proudly. This is of course due to his experience in the 21st century and his dream of searching on Baidu. Of course, it is impossible to tell them. He gave a reason casually and prepared to make excuses.

"This matter is actually very simple. I saw that this sweet potato is also eaten, so I thought about it carefully according to the cooking method, steamed, boiled, fryed, roasted, fried, fried, stuffed, and scalded, and wrote down the cooking method that I thought was possible, and so on. As for the wine behind, I saw that this sweet potato was similar to fruits and could also be eaten raw. It is rumored that monkeys can use fruits to make monkey wine, so why can't these sweet potatoes be made of sweet potato wine? As for sweet potato sugar, I think that since the sweet potatoes are sweet, they may be made into sugar..."

Yang Jing's nonsense was a joke, which made Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi look like they saw a treasure. If they were all as the emperor said, then it would not be impossible to fully offset the tax on the sweet potato. Of course, the premise is that what the emperor said is true.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that if all sweet potatoes have so many effects as Your Majesty said, then the proportion of sweet potatoes to pay taxes can be greatly increased. The key is how to prove that these are feasible?" Xu Guangqi expressed his concerns.

"Haha, Master Xu, there is no hurry to do this. After Master Xu returns, he can send someone to use sweet potatoes to explore gradually. I believe he can find a lot of uses. After all, this is a food that can fill his stomach, not a weed in the field. Didn't Master Xu say that? Nanyang is all feeding on this thing, so can he live a long life?" Yang Jing went with the flow and handed over the trial production of a package of sweet potato products to Xu Guangqi.

"This, obey your order, Your Majesty." Xu Guangqi was speechless and had to agree.

Xu Guangqi said again: "In this way, does Your Majesty plan to use the prosperity of these sweet potato products to pay taxes?"

Yang Jing's original idea was to use the money earned from sweet potatoes to offset the taxes that should be paid. According to Yang Jing's understanding, the taxes paid in some northern provinces are very limited, and they are even less than that in the south. Therefore, I imagine that the money they need is not much.

"Indeed, I want to use the money I earn from the finished sweet potato products to offset the tax. For example, opening a processing factory for sweet potato vermicelli, as long as the tax can be roughly offset. I don't expect this sweet potato to make much money. The purpose is to promote sweet potatoes on a large scale."

"I believe that since this is the case, the proportion of sweet potatoes to pay taxes should be 55 or 37, which is more appropriate."

"I also agree with Xu Shaobao's opinion. Your Majesty can make progress gradually. If the prosperity of sweet potatoes can make up for the taxes that should be paid, it will be gradually promoted. If the income is not enough, the proportion can be reduced."

Yang Jing thought about the words of these two masters and thought it made sense. He was deducting full tax at one time. The scale was a bit large. He thought the situation too ideally. Then it depends on the situation and increase the offset ratio step by step. The two masters still have to give their face.

"Since that's the case, then follow what the two masters said, starting from 55. If the situation is good, pay 307 yuan, or even pay full tax."

"Your Majesty is wise." The two of them said in unison.

"Oh, by the way, I have selected several places to try the sweet potatoes. When Master Xu tried to grow sweet potatoes, he could include these places... One is the Yulin area of ​​Shaanxi, especially Mizhi County. It is said that this place is extremely poor, so sweet potatoes should be promoted in these places as soon as possible. Shuntian Prefecture will also include at least one. For other places, Master Xu will arrange it yourself..."

The emperor designated two places to plant sweet potatoes? Xu Guangqi was confused. Why wasn't it other places? But since he was designated, let's plant it there. As for why, only Yang Jing knew that Li Zicheng, the famous historical figure, had just rebelled in Mizhi! How could he not guard against him?

The big strategy for promoting sweet potatoes was released. Even some details were taken into consideration. Emperor Chongzhen, who traveled through time, attached great importance to it. He regarded it as a golden finger fighting against the drought in the north. It was also considered a conclusion. Next, it depends on Xu Guangqi's actual operational ability.
Chapter completed!