Chapter 358

Truly, he felt a bit unconvinced!

At this very moment, he only wanted to find some fault!

However, the moment he asked that question, Zheng He burst into loud laughter:

"Is it edible?"

With a grand wave of his hand, he directly said:

"Come, bring out some sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. We will demonstrate roasting sweet potatoes and potatoes before the Emperor right here!"

And as his words left his mouth, instantly, a large group of people carried out a huge crate full of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn! Even... there was wheat!

Under the operation of Zheng He's subordinates, before long, firewood was lit!

Zheng He mixed mud on the spot, wrapped the sweet potatoes, potatoes, and other items entirely, and threw them into the fire!

Before long, waves of fragrance rushed toward their faces!

Seeing Ying Zheng merely sniffed it once and could not help but swallow his saliva!

It was so fragrant!

It was truly so fragrant!

Even those court officials, after sniffing it, could not help but start swallowing their saliva!

And when these things were roasted, Zheng He knocked the mud off them!

As he casually handed a peeled sweet potato before Seeing Ying Zheng's eyes, Seeing Ying Zheng was almost drooling himself into a faint!

The others could not help but crowd closer and closer!

It was so fragrant!

It was truly so fragrant!

Everyone could not help but swallow their saliva!

Looking at those golden-yellow sweet potatoes, they really wished they could take a bite and taste what flavor it was!

But... this sweet potato was in Seeing Ying Zheng's hands. Seeing Ying Zheng had not even tasted it yet; who dared to go up and bite first!

Thus, under the expectant gazes of everyone, Seeing Ying Zheng took a small bite of the sweet potato!

And with that bite, his eyes lit up!

Soft, glutinous, sweet, and fragrant!

How could it be merely edible?

It was simply delicious!

It was a flavor completely never tasted before!

Simply... simply a divine object!

He was infinitely shocked!

At that moment, he could not help but take another huge bite!

And this time, because the bite was too large, it directly burned his mouth.

"Ouch... f-f-f!"

Seeing Ying Zheng's mouth trembled as he slowly chewed!

But at the same time, because this bite was too large, that feeling of fullness from the soft, glutinous, sweet fragrance directly enveloped his entire taste buds!

The door to a new world was completely opened!

Even... he could not help but cry!

It was purely because it was too delicious that he cried!

At that moment, he endured the heat while eating huge bites!

After he finished the entire sweet potato, everyone could not help but ask Seeing Ying Zheng whether this thing was truly delicious or not!

But actually... there was no need to ask!

Just seeing Seeing Ying Zheng cry from eating it was enough to explain everything!

At this very moment, they only wished they could taste it themselves!

However, Zheng He gave them no chance at all!

After the sweet potato was finished, Zheng He directly handed the roasted potato to him!

Although this potato thing was delicious!

After the stimulation of the sweet potato, Seeing Ying Zheng did not feel such a strong impact.

But with this bite, he still could not help but smack his lips!

In a few quick motions, a whole potato, skin and flesh included, was swallowed by him!

"This... this..."

Seeing Seeing Ying Zheng eat like that instantly made everyone present crave it badly!

Even Zhuge Liang could not help but want to crowd closer!

He could not help but ask Zuo Zuo Zongtang: "Does this thing... really taste that good?"

He frowned heavily!

And the moment he asked this, Zuo Zuo Zongtang directly laughed: "Just look at the way he is eating; how could it not be delicious?"

"Not only is it delicious, but it also has high yields!"

"Before this thing appeared, the peak population of Huaxia was merely fifty million!"

"But once this thing was introduced, it directly made the peak population of Huaxia break one hundred million!"

"How much?"

The moment those words left his mouth, Zhuge Liang was utterly stunned!

Ying Zheng, who had just finished eating sweet potatoes and potatoes, was equally utterly stunned!

He looked at Zuo Zuo Zongtang with a face full of disbelief:

"You... what did you just say?"

"The population... has exceeded one hundred million?"

He was shocked to the extreme!

Remember... that is one hundred million!

What concept is one hundred million!

You must know, the population of the Shang Dynasty was only eight million!

The population of the Xia Dynasty was merely two or three million!

The current Great Qin has a population of over thirty million!

Even during the peak period of the Great Zhou!

The population count was only forty-six or forty-seven million!

This population count simply never reached fifty million!

But what did Zuo Zuo Zongtang say?

Exceed one hundred million?

Because of the appearance of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the population directly exceeded one hundred million?

That is equivalent to three Great Qins, two Great Zhus, eleven Great Shangs, and more than a dozen Xia Dynasties!

At that moment, Ying Zheng's head buzzed!

He was simply utterly stunned!

158, Good News! The Xiongnu are destroyed! Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao died in battle!

At this very moment, Ying Zheng was truly stunned by Zuo Zuo Zongtang's single sentence about the population exceeding one hundred million!...

The population exceeding one hundred million! 、

This represents not merely the population count!

It also means powerful national strength!

Otherwise, why do so many people miss the Great Zhou!

Just because the Great Zhou had a huge population count!

So huge that even after enfeoffing so many feudal states, the population did not seem scarce!

All of this was the foundation laid by Zhou Gongdan!

And now, is the Great Qin also heading towards developing in this direction?