Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

"While sweet potatoes can be used as a food source to fill you up, they can't completely replace traditional grains. Eating too much can cause heartburn, bloating, and flatulence... They're not as comfortable as traditional grains."

"So the most suitable way to use it is actually to mix it with rice, wheat... and other traditional staple foods."

"That's one of its limitations as a food."

After saying this, Zhu Yunhuan glanced at the crowd. Currently, everyone only saw the benefits of sweet potatoes, and it was easy to take many things for granted. Zhu Yunhuan still needed to explain these shortcomings to them first. This would prevent them from promoting them too well in advance, only to find that the actual situation when planting them was completely different.

If you don't explain it in advance, you might end up causing resentment.

Upon hearing Zhu Yunhuan's words, both the court officials and the military heroes couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment on their faces.

"Calculated in this way... the effect of the sweet potato will indeed be greatly reduced. What a pity... what a pity..." The civil officials sighed with some disappointment.

But after accepting this.

The crowd wasn't too disappointed. "Even so, compared to the food production situation before this auspicious sign appeared, it's still a huge improvement. For people who can't even get enough food, they have to eat dirt, so why would they care about heartburn or bloating?"

"Although there are shortcomings, but... the flaws do not outweigh the merits!"

The main reason was that the previous famine was too severe. Every year, there were always people who died of starvation. Even if the sweet potatoes were to be split in half...

That saved my life.

At the same time, the dukes and marquises were also somewhat disappointed: "If that's the case, won't the army's food and fodder also be discounted? It's okay, it's okay... When marching and fighting, oftentimes, just having something to eat is a blessing."

Those who fought in the war had suffered too much from insufficient food and fodder. Even though sweet potatoes have these shortcomings, they are still useful!

While everyone is digesting the shortcomings of sweet potatoes.

The Imperial Censor of the Ministry of Rites stood up and said, in an out-of-place tone, "Your Majesty, I believe that since Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, you should use more refined words and manners."

Zhu Yunhuan remembered that he had just said "bullshit" and a helpless expression appeared on his face. This group of people were all stubborn and rigid... and they were still sticking to their so-called duties at this time.

But was Zhu Yunhuan the kind of person who listened to advice? Did he take these traditional etiquette seriously? He raised his eyebrows nonchalantly: "Oh, you mean I can't say 'fart', right? I reject your suggestion. Eating sweet potatoes will make you fart. It's a fact. Those of you who ate too much just now will fart later. Believe it or not? As long as you are a human being, you will fart. What's there to say?"

Zhu Yunhuan, who was a rebellious person, repeated the "obscene words" several times with a bad taste.

Then the Jieshizhong would like to say something more.

But he was immediately restrained by several people nearby, even covering his mouth. With a nervous look on his face, he said to the Secretary in a low voice: "Your Majesty has already created auspicious signs, why are you remonstrating with him over such a trivial matter?"

"Besides, His Majesty won't listen to you even if you advise him!"

"Don't go back and provoke His Majesty at this critical moment. If His Majesty is unhappy and just walks away, you'll be happy!"

They were still waiting to hear what greater benefits this auspicious sign could bring to the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yunhuan noticed that the Jieshi Zhong who caused this little incident was held down by someone.

But they whispered something.

Zhu Yunhuan didn't know and was too lazy to investigate. He then returned to the point, put down the sweet potato in his hand, and picked up a sweet potato vine that had been discarded by everyone. "I just talked about the limitations of sweet potatoes. The greatest benefit of this auspicious sign is not in the sweet potato, but in this sweet potato vine!"

"Sweet potato vine?"

Everyone's faces were once again filled with confusion. "Can sweet potato vines be eaten? But some vine stems and leaves can't compare to the sweet and filling sweet potatoes, right?"

Not to mention the court officials and military heroes who knew nothing about this before.

Even Ma Sanbao, who stood beside Zhu Yunhuan and single-handedly nurtured this sweet potato vine, was a little confused at this time.

This so-called greater benefit...even he doesn't know!

Zhu Yunhuan smiled calmly, "Not really, but it's close! It's not about eating sweet potato vines, but about letting the people and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty eat meat!"

“Eat…eat meat?”

What Zhu Yunhuan said sounded even more puzzling - sweet potato vines are a bunch of unappetizing tubes and leaves; sweet potatoes are delicious, but they have nothing to do with eating meat, right?

Therefore, everyone had an expression on their faces as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.

I obviously want to complain but I don’t know where to start. I’m speechless.

The doubt was almost written on everyone's face.

Zhu Yunhuan knew what they were thinking and calmly explained, "Sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes aren't meat, but once they grow, they become dense and boundless, seemingly endless... If you feed them to pigs, when the pigs grow up, won't they become meat?"

In fact, he just remembered this when he saw the Huaixi nobles ready to lead the Ming army to the north to conquer the barbarians.

In this era.

Even basic food rations are a big problem, let alone protein like meat.

Those who are better off only have a small meal of meat during the Chinese New Year, and most people cannot even have meat.

As for the soldiers in the army, they don't often get to eat meat.

This naturally leads to the fact that most soldiers in the army are far from reaching their physical and strength limits.

If only pork could become a regular food for Ming Dynasty soldiers and common people...

The quality of the soldiers of the entire Ming Dynasty... and even the ordinary people, was incomparable.

Why did the Mongol Tartars soar above the Central Plains warriors in height, physique, strength, endurance, and so on, allowing everyone to serve as a soldier? Besides their nomadic nature, the biggest reason was that they frequently slaughtered cattle and sheep for food, and their constant high protein intake naturally led to high physical fitness.

at this point……

The Ming Dynasty was difficult to match in the past, but this shortcoming will be made up in the future.

The nobles of Huaixi were thinking about the supply of food and fodder.

Zhu Yunhuan suddenly thought of developing and utilizing sweet potatoes... which allowed the physical fitness and combat effectiveness of the soldiers and common people of the entire Ming Dynasty to gradually double!

"I vaguely remember hearing the older generation talk about it in my previous life. They talked about the difficult times after the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the population exploded and hybrid rice was not yet developed. Sweet potatoes were one of the most important crops. The fields might not produce sweet potatoes, but if the sweet potato vines didn't grow well, that would be a real disaster."

"This is based on the experience of the older generation, who lived through an era of large populations and food scarcity. It can't be wrong!"

"From now on, my troops, while not necessarily surpassing those Mongolian Tartars, will at least be able to develop into an incomparably elite force! And the Ming Dynasty's millions of soldiers..."

"Haha! Starting a conquest in the future will be a huge advantage!"

When Zhu Yunhuan gave this answer, he was secretly calculating in his mind. For a moment, his hands hidden in his wide sleeves clenched into fists.

My heart surged...

At the same time, when the extremely curious and puzzled people heard Zhu Yunhuan's answer, their eyes immediately lit up: "Feeding sweet potato vines to pigs to make them grow meat... This sounds... feasible!"