Storage of sweet potatoes, Yang Gai saw the cellar where sweet potatoes were stored in the countryside when he was a child. It is not difficult to save it for the winter.

However, that is also the storage method of ordinary people's homes, and if the government stores it on a large scale, it is really a troublesome problem. Yang Reform has never seen how modern national-level sweet potato reserves are made.

As for the distribution of sweet potatoes to officials and soldiers, this is still a problem.

It shouldn't be a problem to fold the sweet potatoes up, but how to send them is a problem. If you give sweet potatoes to those officials, I'm afraid they will jump up and scold your mother.

Yang Gengai used his brain to think about this problem. Thinking about how the sweet potato was stored and how it became a cash crop.

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Xu Guangqi stood up and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is feasible to harvest sweet potatoes with folded colors, and it is also feasible to distribute some sweet potatoes to officials, soldiers, and soldiers, this sweet potato, replenishing deficiency, invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and strengthening the kidney and yin, is a first-class tonic, it is said that overseas longevity is all thanks to the long food of this thing, hundreds of officials, all for the Ming Dynasty's hard work, exhaustion, is in need of this thing to supplement, sent to the officials sweet potatoes, it shows His Majesty's love for the officials...... "Xu Guangqi started from the level of pharmacology, Starting from the theory that sweet potatoes belong to tonics, he gave an explanation to the emperor for distributing sweet potatoes, which is really a "strong man".

Yang Reform himself couldn't help laughing, this Xu Guangqi is also a brute, and it can be regarded as whimsical to be able to come up with this kind of theory.

"Your Majesty, this is pure nonsense, how can sweet potatoes be a tonic? Or the elixir of longevity? This is obviously a deception, the elixir of longevity has always been used to coax the emperor to be deceived, and the purpose of approaching the emperor by despicable means will only mislead the country and bad things, please don't misbelieve it. "It's not a good thing to talk about the elixir, immortality, and the emperor, many ministers are naturally disgusted with the emperor looking for some elixir, so that some liars are more used by the emperor than their ministers, and what they say is more effective than what they say these officials, and the officials are of course quite unhappy.

Yang Reform smiled, I don't know if this sweet potato is a tonic, Yang Reform only remembers that this sweet potato will fart if you eat too much, and when I think of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty coming to work after eating sweet potatoes in the morning, they are all lame fart, it's funny.

Xu Guangqi was also unambiguous, and immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, the minister is not a prodigal speech, according to the "Compendium ......of Materia Medica", this southerner uses sweet potatoes as rice and fruit meals, steamed and scorched are fragrant and beautiful, and the people in the sea live longer, and they also eat sweet and sweet root instead of eating grains. Why not? Your Majesty, this is well documented. This Xu Guangqi is obviously erudite and talented, and he is very sharp when he debates.

The person who opposed it just now is obviously not Xu Guangqi's opponent, and he died down, this "Compendium of Materia Medica" is a masterpiece in pharmacology, but it belongs to the extracurricular level, not the Four Books and Five Classics that everyone reads, if it is the Four Books and Five Classics, the officials can still talk a few words, when it comes to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", if they are not interested, there are not many people who read it.

"Compendium of Materia Medica"? Yang Gai was attracted by this Dongdong. This is a bull book in Chinese history! The achievement is huge. Li Shizhen, who studied it when he was in elementary school, will not forget his name until now. This "Compendium of Materia Medica" also records this sweet potato? He also wrote about his medicinal value and longevity. To put it this way, the sweet potatoes that are harvested in this folded color can really be distributed as the welfare of hundreds of officials, and they can be used to offset Lu.

The emperor gave you food and tonic for longevity, do you dare to say that it is not good? Yang Gengai thought of the messy reason for this tough Wagyu B, and wanted to laugh, just like after this, he used golden partners, brain platinum and the like to pay those civil servants salaries.

That's a very strong reason. Yang Gai felt that if it was really not possible to promote sweet potatoes, he could do so. At least the scale of this sweet potato planting has gone up. When those droughts break out later, people will find that this sweet potato is a good thing to save lives, and when the time comes, they will actively plant sweet potatoes without their own efforts to promote it.

Thinking of this, Yang Reform's tense nerves were somewhat relaxed, at least, this matter was a bit settled. This "Compendium of Materia Medica" and his author Li Shizhen, Yang Reform felt that he still needed to ask, but he was a cow man and a cow book!

"What Master Xu said is from the "Compendium of Materia Medica"? But the one written by Li Shizhen? How long has it been since the book was written? Yang Reform is also not sure when the "Compendium of Materia Medica" was written, but he only remembers that Li Shizhen was a person in the late Ming Dynasty, and he doesn't remember what year and month it is. If it was the same period as himself, Li Shizhen was still alive, and Yang Reform would not mind accepting such a great talent. There is one more person in his talent pool.

"Your Majesty, exactly, this book is from the hand of Li Dongbi, this book was written about fifty years ago, and it is a treasure book of pharmacology, and what is said above is naturally not fake." Xu Guangqi's knowledge is obviously quite rich, and he answered Chongzhen's words accurately.

Yang Gai sighed, sure enough, it was almost as he expected, he originally estimated that this Li Shizhen could not be a character in the same period as Chongzhen, it should be earlier than this time, and now that the book has been written for fifty years, this person is estimated to have died early. This Li Shizhen, he has no chance to see him again, thinking of this, Yang Reform sighed again.

"Yes, this "Compendium of Materia Medica" is a huge work on pharmacology, I have heard of it before, I didn't pay attention to it before, since I talked about this book today, then, I want to publish some and send it to the medical centers in various states and counties, so as to increase the knowledge, increase experience, or for inquiries of the doctors who save lives and help the wounded, so that the doctors can better serve the people of our Ming Dynasty, and it can be regarded as a virtue for the people of the world......"

On a whim, Yang decided to print the book, and the "Compendium of Materia Medica", as a huge work, should really be promoted, and its value should not be buried. Since he crossed over to be Chongzhen, then these treasures of the Chinese nation should not be buried, but should be carried forward and attracted to the attention of the world.

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"Your Majesty is benevolent......" I heard that the emperor wants to print the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and send it to the doctors of the world, this is really a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good, and it is also a measure to gather the hearts of the people in the world. This is a big taboo!

Won the praise of the ministers, Yang Reform was a little proud, and the problem of sweet potatoes could barely be regarded as having a solution, and Yang Reform was also a lot easier.

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"Then the promotion of sweet potatoes, even if it is decided, do you have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask, where did the seeds of this sweet potato come from? How will it be distributed to the people? How to plant? How to defend against pests and diseases? ”

Some ministers immediately raised the question of what to do.

"This ......" Yang Reform was dumbfounded, he really hadn't thought about this problem, he had been thinking about how to promote it, and he had forgotten about the seed problem of this sweet potato.

Fortunately, Xu Guangqi was prepared: "Your Majesty, the minister has already been prepared for this matter, in the early years, the minister tried to plant a lot of good seeds in Tianjin, and planted a lot of sweet potatoes in the barren mountains, just to provide seeds after large-scale promotion in the future." ”

"This, Master Xu is really ......" Yang Reform didn't know how to thank this respectable old man, he thought about it too thoughtfully, and even the seeds of the sweet potato were ready. This right-hand man is really not called in vain, this is for the country and the people, it is really painstaking!

"Your Majesty, I want to ask, Xu Shaobao, how many seeds does Lord Xu have, once this is promoted, but it will be promoted in the entire Ming Dynasty! Even if Xu Shaobao and Lord Xu prepare seeds, it may not be enough! "Here comes a man who finds fault.

Yang reform is also difficult, yes! This promotion, not to mention the entire Ming Dynasty, at least the northern provinces, how large is the area? How many seeds do you get? Is Xu Guangqi ready?

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in order to promote sweet potatoes, it is advisable to select a few counties in one or two provinces in the north as trial seeds, one as the production area for seed production, the other is to be familiar with the surname of the sweet potato, and the third is to be familiar with the storage of sweet potatoes, so as to prepare for the large-scale promotion in the north next year." ”

Xu Guangqi is really thoughtful, and he doesn't show a drop of water! Plan, base, promote. Step by step, layer by layer.

"Good! Good! Good! Master Xu is really well-calculated! Of course, Master Xu doesn't have to run to be responsible himself, I can't do without Master Xu, and there are more important things for Master Xu to do in the imperial court, so just command remotely in the capital, and Master Xu can send some trustworthy people to do it. ”

Yang Genghe said three good things in a row, and the promotion of sweet potatoes was settled, and now, he could breathe a sigh of relief, and the rope around his neck was loosened a lot. is better off for his own words.

Xu Guangqi is really a cow.

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