Chapter 988: The Queen Does Not Know Numbers

Gu Fei thought about it when Xiao Yu asked her to supervise the country.

Since she is now the rule maker, why doesn't she do something when she has the opportunity to make the world a better place?

Everyone wants to live in a better world.

Gu Fei doesn't need to cross the river by feeling the stones. In her previous life, China was able to leap from a poor and blank state to a world power in just a few decades, not only relying on the demographic dividend, but more on the benefits brought by policies.

Even if many policies cannot be implemented at the technical level, the general direction is the same, which is to make the majority of people in this country live a good life.

Many things can be feasible as long as they are changed.

At this time, Minister Wang of the Ministry of Rites thought about what the two said, and finally couldn't help it, and stepped out and said: "I think that if we over-reward childbirth, it will not be a good thing in the long run."

"The amount of arable land is almost unchanged. With more people and no more output, how can we feed the increased population?"

Gu Fei said slowly: "First, the court's policies and laws are not static and will be adjusted according to the current situation."

"Second, the drought-resistant crop brought back from overseas, sweet potatoes, can be promoted in the north. Sweet potatoes can be planted for two seasons, and the yield per mu of land can reach thousands of kilograms per year. As long as sweet potato planting can be promoted, solving the basic food and clothing of the people will not be a problem."

Since sweet potatoes were introduced into the Central Plains, they have been the main crop for solving food and clothing in the north for a long time.

In the previous life, after the founding of China, even in the 1970s, sweet potatoes were the staple food of most people in many poor places.

Most court officials didn't know what sweet potatoes were.

Sweet potatoes are sweet potatoes. The introduction of sweet potatoes was when Gu Erlang went to sea two years ago. He remembered what his sister said, that he should bring more local crop seeds back to the Middle Earth, so he brought sweet potato vines and several bags of sweet potatoes.

There are also several varieties of peppers.

When this was said, the whole court was in an uproar.

"How many thousand catties per mu? Where is such a thing in the world?"

"Does the queen not know how to count? How many thousand catties? Does the queen know how much one mu of land can produce now?"

"That's right, even the best paddy fields in Jiangnan can only produce three or four hundred catties of grain per mu. I'm afraid you are talking in your sleep if you produce thousands of catties per mu."

"Women are just long-haired and short-sighted!"

Gu Fei did not say anything, let them talk.

Master Su stroked his beard and said nothing.

Xiao Yu had already informed him about the promotion of sweet potato planting.

After the court officials quarreled for a while, Master Su said, "I have something to say."

The court was quiet.

Prime Minister Su said slowly: "The promotion of sweet potato planting is imperative."

"Two years ago, the Marquis of Changping sent people to plant dozens of acres of sweet potatoes in the north. Now it has been harvested for four seasons, and the average yield per acre has reached 4,000 kilograms. If you don't believe it, now is the season for sweet potato harvesting. You can send people to Xiqin County to check it out."

Everyone had to believe it when Su Taishi said it.

Su Taishi's character and status are here. Everyone will question the queen, not Su Taishi.

The ministers who were still arguing and thought Gu Fei was a fool were silent.

Xiao Yu made the final decision, "The queen just made a few suggestions. Except for the disarmament, which needs to be discussed, the rest are all good in my opinion. Do you have any objections?"

The ministers thought about it in their hearts. Remarriage of widows, rewarding childbirth, promoting the planting of sweet potatoes, and raising taxes on overseas trade are not big things. If they are implemented, they will have some effect, so they didn't say anything.