"Soybean oil? We haven't heard of it..." the farmer said carefully, and he didn't dare to increase the volume.

"Okay, let's go!" Li Jia shook her head in disappointment and left immediately.

It seems that Lingnan agriculture is still too backward. I am afraid that the Central Plains will get used to making soybean oil and eat soybean oil.

The history of eating oil has been in China for a long time, and ancient books record that different oils must be used in different seasons.

Fry lambs and suckling pigs in spring; fry pheasants and dried fish in dog oil in summer; fry lard calves and deer in autumn; fry fresh fish and geese in winter; fry sheep oil in winter; eat animal oil at this time.

Only after eating vegetable oil was obtained from the Tang Dynasty, historical books clearly recorded it. In fact, vegetable oil was found in the Western Han Dynasty, but it was not eaten, but was only used to make silk cloth.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, the vegetable oil consumed was just sesame oil, and it was also the people of Central Plains, that is, people of Hedong liked to eat it.

Li Jia also likes to eat sesame oil because it is a cash crop that is equal to rural cotton.

However, soybeans have more benefits. They not only can fertilize the land, but also can fill their stomachs during famine, but sesame seeds can hardly fill their stomachs.

The army's oil is most suitable for eating, but whale oil is really demanding too much. The nobles like it very much and can also be used to make candles. The price is really inconvenient. A pound of oil has exceeded 100 yuan, which has promoted the fishing of whales.

If the army was allowed to eat whale oil, he, the emperor, could not afford it.

"Your Majesty, this soybean is a low-class crop. It is not much planted in the folk. A pound of beans is only five cents. It choked on the throat when eaten, so there is not much for everyone!" said the manager.

"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded, frowned, and thought carefully, "You go down!"

"promise--"

"Go back!" The emperor got on the carriage and fell into thinking again.

Soybeans are really a good thing. They can be squeezed oil, bean dregs and bean cakes, eaten, fed cows, horses, tofu, fermented black bean paste, soy milk, and can also be fattened. It is really a treasure.

This is much more money than simply farming.

If soybean cultivation is popularized among the people, it will not only provide the army with a large amount of vegetable oil, but also lead the people to become rich.

Lingnan is not short of food, ripening twice a year and ripening three years. Now it is reclaiming wastelands, with a variety of soybeans and oil pressing, which can also make the people afford to eat, make them better, improve the physical fitness of our Chinese nation, and improve the genes of short people in Lingnan.

After all, lard is too expensive and vegetable oil is tolerated, and ordinary people can still afford it.

Soybeans, oil pressing, and sales are a whole industrial chain, which benefit much more than simple whale oil.

"It's a pity that compared with later generations, these soybeans are too small and short, and need to be hybridized to make the oil production rate higher!"

Li Jia leaned against the window and murmured, thinking deeper and deeper, and already felt that if the development was good, it could drive the economy, make the finances richer, and have more military resources.

"But it doesn't matter. Today's soybeans can be squeezed first, just like the Chameng rice before, it can be popularized in the imperial villages and then spread to the people. It is important to provide them to the army!"

"These soldiers, even if they have no oil and water in their stomachs, they will not be hungry no matter how much they eat. If they eat more oil, they will at least reduce their appetite by half. In this way, the logistics will be much easier!"

"Soldiers are used to eating oil. When they get home, they will definitely take their families to eat. In this way, isn't the soybean oil industry chain established? When the market is cultivated, everything will come naturally."

When he returned to the palace, the emperor became more and more interested. He found a lot of things and could test it to see how much oil production rate could be.

The stone mill was built in an instant.

Soybeans are the first to start. One stone of soybean produces only about ten kilograms of oil.

Then there is flax, that is, sesame seeds, one stone of sesame seeds, which produces 40 kilograms of oil, and the oil pressing rate of three to one.

Then, radish, 27 kilograms of oil per stone.

For ginger and amaranth seeds, you get thirty kilograms per stone, and even tea seeds, you get 15 kilograms.

Seeing this result, Li Jia was silent.

After working for a long time, the oil pressing rate of soybeans is the lowest.

"No, soybeans have the greatest advantage. After squeezing oil, you can still eat it. Moreover, growing soybeans can also fatten the fields. If you don't press oil, you can also get tofu, bean paste, etc. Bean cakes are also important foods for horses. They are much better than simply transporting forage. This is a whole industrial chain!"

After thinking for a while, excluding the function of oil pressing, soybeans have extremely significant other effects, especially as foods, their compressive resistance is particularly important.

For farmers, pure cash crops, adjustments in supply and demand relationships and lower prices are a catastrophe for them and a difficult time destroying their families.

Soybeans are different. Oil pressing is worthless. It can be sold as grain or made into tofu. It is stable and reliable, and is most suitable.

"Sure enough, I am really a good emperor for the country and the people!" Li Jia shook her head, and admired herself very much.

However, it is still better for our country's education, and people-oriented, water also carries boats, and water also capsizes boats. It is too profound.

"Come here, inform Shaofu Temple that 100,000 acres of land will be vacant and all soybeans will be planted!"

"No--" Tian Zhong twitched his mouth and the emperor went to the farm. Why did he fall in love with soybeans? And it was still 100,000 acres, which was too exaggerated.

This is a cheap crop, so who can eat it?

I remember reading history books. Didn’t Guan Zhong take advantage of Duke Huan of Qi to control the economy? This is to use the hearts of herds!

Li Jia was instantly at a loss. He felt that the guidance was still too slow and needed a dose of strong medicine.

"Let Shaofu Temple buy soybeans again, ten yuan per catty, the more it is better, and there is no limit to the quantity!" The emperor said another sentence, and Tian Zhong was stunned in an instant.

"Hmm?" Seeing Tian Zhong not speaking, Li Jia was a little angry.

"Your Majesty, I know my mistake!" Tian Zhong immediately knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "I have a short-sighted look. I hope Your Majesty forgives my crime!"

"Get up, I don't blame you!" Li Jia waved his hand and said proudly: "This matter is also very abrupt and ordinary people cannot understand it. Just give me instructions!"

"How can I get your majesty if I am a lowly servant?" Tian Zhong stood up and smiled apologized.

"By the way, do you know cotton?" Li Jia asked suddenly.

"No, it's Bai Diezi. Have you seen it?" Li Jia asked, seeing his puzzled look.

Because I discovered cinnamon in Yongzhou before, it is no less warm than cotton, and it is too hot in Lingnan, and the presence in winter is very low, although it is sometimes cold, Li Jia has always ignored it.

But now, we are preparing to move the capital and rule the north, and the people also need to keep warm!

More importantly, cotton is also a cash crop, which can make farmers rich and increase risk resistance and will not easily go bankrupt.
Chapter completed!