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

Of course, at this stage, sweet potatoes still play a very important role.

In the era when people could afford to eat, people could not accept sweet potatoes as their staple food, but in this era of extreme food shortage, people had no choice. Eating sweet potatoes every day was much better than eating tree bark or Guanyin soil.

Not to mention this era, even in the 1960s and 1970s, people could only eat shredded sweet potatoes with rice to barely fill their stomachs. How could they need bicycles?

Hearing what Zhu Yunhuan said.

Ma Sanbao also calmed down, stood up and said, "Your Majesty is naturally more thoughtful than anyone else, but for now, with the sacred object of sweet potatoes, the people's lives are at least much better than before. This is all thanks to Your Majesty!"

"With your majesty's foresight and talent, you will surely realize the eternal prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!" Ma Sanbao looked at Zhu Yunhuan with burning eyes and said in a firm tone.

Regarding this.

Zhu Yunhuan didn't correct anything, but instead curled his lips slightly, thinking to himself, "That's natural!"

A huge state machine is difficult, but people always have to face challenges head-on.

"Although sweet potatoes have certain limitations, you're right. As long as we continue to expand their cultivation and bring them to the Ming Dynasty, the people's lives will be much better. Sweet potatoes alone are not enough to be a staple food, but mixed with rice, wheat, and other foods, it can barely be enough to alleviate the first phase of the famine."

"As for this second stage..."

Having said that, Zhu Yunhuan paused for a moment and did not continue speaking. Instead, he showed a thoughtful expression.

"Famine in later generations was ultimately resolved only with the advent of hybrid rice... and also with the advent of potatoes and corn, which are superior to sweet potatoes."

"We had to go overseas to find potatoes and corn. Columbus hadn't even discovered America yet, so it was up to Ma Sanbao to sail the ship there..."

"Hybrid rice...will still require at least a lengthy period of seed selection, breeding, and even a combination of luck."

"Grandpa Yuan discovered naturally sterile male plants near the farm of the Hunan Anjiang Agricultural School. This allowed him to find a suitable female parent for hybrid rice... There are also technical challenges that shouldn't be overlooked. It might be even harder than obtaining potatoes or corn, but this line of work has been proven by later generations, so of course we can't give up..."

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yunhuan's gaze fell on Ma Sanbao, and he said solemnly: "The second stage depends on you."

Feeling Zhu Yunhuan's gaze.

Ma Sanbao seemed to have remembered something, his eyes brightening as he asked, "Your Majesty, are you talking about potatoes and corn? I remember Your Majesty saying that these two are high-yielding crops. Could it be that... they are also as high-yielding as sweet potatoes?"

He listened to it and took note of it in his mind.

However, Zhu Yunhuan did not elaborate at that time on the extent of the high yield. Even Ma Sanbao was not sure whether there would be such a thing on the other side of the ocean, so naturally he did not pay too much attention to it.

He had never imagined that the so-called high yield... could reach over 3,000 kilograms per mu! It had directly increased by an order of magnitude!

Now I hear Zhu Yunhuan mention it.

Of course Ma Sanbao reacted immediately.

Zhu Yunhuan nodded and said, "That's about right. Besides, these two things are more suitable as staple foods than sweet potatoes, and their nutritional value is also higher."

Hear this.

Ma Sanbao suddenly felt a heaviness on his shoulders. He looked at Zhu Yunhuan with an extremely determined gaze and said, "I will definitely get it back for Your Majesty! And... the chili peppers that Your Majesty likes." He did not forget about this.

Things like potatoes and corn were probably just names to him before.

But now that he has seen the sweet potato, these names have become concrete in Ma Sanbao's concept.

Zhu Yunhuan nodded with satisfaction and added, "So... Sanbao, you are not someone who can be easily lost. The Ming Dynasty needs me, and the Ming Dynasty also needs you."

Although his words had the intention of manipulating people's hearts to some extent, they were all sincere - Zheng He in history made seven voyages to the West, which was indeed a great achievement!

Ma Sanbao was slightly stunned at first.

Then, she immediately realized what her master had said, and her eyes immediately turned red. She had just thought her master was going to have a lump like charcoal, and the words she had said in a hurry were all remembered by her master! Her master had never treated her as an ordinary servant, not before he took the throne, and not after he took the throne!

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, you are too kind!"

"No matter what this servant can do or what he has done, it is all thanks to Your Majesty. Your Majesty's grace, this servant will never forget it! I will never let Your Majesty down!"

Two lines of tears instantly flowed from Ma Sanbao's tear-filled eyes. Both his expression and voice were filled with utmost sincerity.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled faintly.

He said, "Why are you crying? The Ming Dynasty still has a long way to go. For now... let's plant another crop of sweet potatoes! Let's go and dig up my grandfather's vegetable garden."