Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

And in the palace.

Zhu Di also received the eunuch's report, and his face suddenly became overjoyed.

Afterwards, I looked at him and lost my sight.

"Go and summon Duke Dingguo into the palace!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Yi Shiha responded hurriedly and walked out quickly.

Dingguo Gongfu.

Commanding Xu Yong, Guo Ang and others, they had just taken back the corn in the back garden, sat down and hadn't rested for a while.

Guo An looked up and found that Yi Shiha actually appeared in front of him.

There was a bit of surprise on his face.

"A companion?"

"My lord, Your Majesty has summoned you!"

"Why has your Majesty summoned me?"

"Master, it should be about the experimental field..."

"..."

Half an hour later.

Guo An stood in front of Zhu Di.

"Guo An, a humble minister, comes to see His Majesty!"

"Guo Aiqing, please forgive me!"

Seeing Guo An, Zhu Di was filled with joy.

"I dare to ask, Your Majesty, you are so anxious to summon your ministers, but what's the emergency?"

Zhu Di said: "Guo Qing, you should also know that the corn in the experimental field outside the city will mature in ten days and be ready for harvest!"

Guo An replied: "Report to Your Majesty, I know!"

Zhu Di asked again: "Does Guo Qing know that how many days will it take to harvest sweet potatoes compared to corn?"

"This……"

Guo An frowned slightly. He felt that Zhu Di seemed to have some plans.

But... thinking about it, Guo An bowed his hands in shame.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have let your Majesty down. I have not been to the Jiangjun Mountain test field for a while, and I don't know how the sweet potatoes are growing, so I don't know!

However, according to the growth cycle of sweet potatoes, although it is later in winter than in hot weather, but with a glass greenhouse and floor heating around the greenhouse, the cycle will not be much longer!

At most, it's only one month, or more than half a month? "

"so long?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at Guo An again.

"Guo Qing, after the corn is mature, can it be allowed to grow in a glass greenhouse for a while? Is it harmful to harvest it after a few days in the evening?"

Guo An nodded, "Report to Your Majesty, yes!"

"Very good!"

A hint of joy flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and he said directly: "Guo Qing, if you go to the experimental field and take a look, can you determine the harvest time?"

"can!"

Guo An nodded directly.

"go!"

Zhu Di didn't hesitate at all. After telling Yi Shiha to prepare the carriage, he took Guo An and went straight to the Jiangjun Mountain Experimental Field outside the city.

Along the way, Guo An didn't ask any questions.

Jiangjun Mountain Experimental Field.

Looking at Zhu Di and Guo An appearing in front of them, Guo Bingyong and others also had a flash of surprise in their eyes.

However, few people asked any more questions.

He directly led Zhu Di and Guo An to the corn glass greenhouse.

Guo An directly opened a corn, revealing the full yellow corn kernels inside.

On the side, Zhu Di, Guo Bingyong and others suddenly became happy. With just one glance, they could tell that this corn harvest was definitely going to be a bumper harvest.

The yield per mu will certainly not be low.

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Majesty, these corns are indeed ready to be harvested!"

Zhu Di said: "Go to the sweet potato greenhouse!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Guo Bingyong and others responded and hurried to the sweet potato greenhouse next door.

The entire greenhouse has long been occupied by dark green sweet potato vines, and the aisles that were specially reserved in the past are also tightly covered by sweet potato vines.

“These sweet potatoes are growing so well?”

Looking at the sweet potato vines all over the ground, Zhu Di looked surprised.

"Yes!"

Guo An was also a little surprised. He did not expect that even the sweet potato vines in the greenhouse could grow so lushly in winter.

Then, he turned to Guo Bingyong and said, "Please bring me a small shovel, brother four!"

Guo Bingyong glanced at Zhu Di and found that Zhu Di had no objection, turned around and walked out.

Soon, when I came in, two small iron catalpas were brought in.

Guo An took one, squatted down, picked up the sweet potato vine, and found the root of a sweet potato.

Then, under the astonished eyes of Guo Bingyong and others, he directly cut off all the vines on the roots of the sweet potato.

Then use an iron catalpa to dig along the roots of the sweet potato.

just.

No matter how careful Guo An is, he can't see how the sweet potatoes grow.

Then, with a crisp sound, half of the sweet potato was exposed.

"The dig is broken!"

"Break it, break it!"

Zhu Di, Bao Zhao and others suddenly felt distressed.

Guo An had no choice but to expand the scope.

Fortunately, when planting, the spaces between the sweet potatoes were relatively large. No matter how much Guo An expanded the area, he could not dig out other sweet potatoes.

When they were all dug out, the roots of the sweet potatoes were revealed, and the densely packed sweet potatoes as big as a fist were revealed.

"One, two, three...seven?"

On the side, Bao Zhao, Guo Bingyong and others were already counting spontaneously.

Even Zhu Di was counting silently.

"so much?"

"Still so big?"

Immediately, Zhu Di, Guo Bingyong and others' faces were filled with joy.

These sweet potatoes are comparable to the three large boxes of sweet potatoes dug in the back garden of Duke Dingguo's mansion.

Harvest!
However, Bao Zhao looked suspicious.

"May I ask Duke Ding, are these sweet potatoes ripe?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di also stared at Guo An closely.

"Not really!"

Guo An frowned, picked up the broken sweet potato, pinched it with his hands, and even licked it curiously.

"Your Majesty, these sweet potatoes are still a little tender and will need at least twenty days to grow!"

"On the 20th?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but ponder.

However, Bao Zhao was furious.

"Since it's not ripe, why did Duke Ding dig it out? Isn't this a waste of sweet potatoes?"

Guo An responded without any politeness: "If you don't dig it out, how do you know if the sweet potato is ripe?"

"..."

Bao Zhao was startled.

"Then twenty-five days later!"

Zhu Di said directly and loudly, "Twenty-five days later, I will bring all the kings and hundreds of officials to harvest corn and sweet potatoes!"

"Carry all the kings and officials?"

Hearing this, Bao Zhao, Guo Bingyong and others were all shocked, and then responded with excitement on their faces.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Guo An was also impressed. He somewhat understood what Zhu Di was planning.

However, this is fine.

Let the feudal kings and officials come over and harvest corn and sweet potatoes together.

Let them see with their own eyes the yield of corn and sweet potatoes per acre.

By that time, corn and sweet potatoes will be completely famous throughout the Ming Dynasty.

And Zhu Di, the Hong Ding Emperor, completely became the Ming Sage King.

……

After returning to the palace.

Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair, thought for a moment, and then ordered.

"Yi Shiha, tell all the vassal kings in the capital to follow me to the Jiangjun Mountain Experimental Field in twenty-five days!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

"Also, call the etiquette department again!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Zhu Di had no other instructions, Yi Shiha walked quickly.

One by one, under Yi Shiha's instructions, the eunuchs headed towards the residences of various vassals in the capital.

He also lost his temper and went to the Ministry of Rites. soon.

Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, followed Yi Shiha into the Fengtian Hall.

"The humble minister Zheng Yi is here to see your majesty!"

"Zheng Aiqing, in twenty-five days, the corn and sweet potatoes in the Jiangjun Mountain experimental field outside the city will be harvested.

After harvesting such blessed food, we decided to pray to the mountains and rivers, pay homage to our ancestors, and take the vassal kings and officials from the capital to harvest corn and sweet potatoes.

Your etiquette department must prepare these regulations for us! "

"Your Majesty, are the corn and sweet potatoes ready to be harvested?"

Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, was overjoyed.

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

"Congratulations to your majesty, please rest assured that your majesty will definitely make complete preparations for this matter!"

Zheng Yi responded hurriedly.

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Later, after asking Zhu Di for some details, Zheng Yi left quickly.

"Your Majesty, are you going to take the kings and officials with you to harvest corn and sweet potatoes?"

"Do you still want to pray for the mountains and rivers and sacrifice to your ancestors?"

"Your Majesty, you actually have such confidence in those corns and sweet potatoes?"

In the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, all the officials were full of surprise.

Afterwards, everyone had different expressions.

Praying to the mountains and rivers and offering sacrifices to the ancestors, His Majesty is trying to build momentum and thoroughly inform the whole country about the yields of corn and sweet potatoes per mu!
In this way, the yield per mu of corn and sweet potatoes must be extremely high!

I don’t know if having this blessed thing is a good thing or a bad thing for Ming Dynasty?

soon.

Less than two days.

The entire capital knew about this.

Everyone was talking about this matter with excitement.

All the vassal kings were also excited.

Simultaneously.

This matter was also spread crazily towards the various capitals of the Ming Dynasty directly through various channels.

Before the New Year's Day, this incident had already spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

This year's New Year's Eve brings great joy to everyone in Ming Dynasty.

The hearts of all the people are full of expectations.

Although this matter caused the Ming Dynasty to pass very slowly this year.

However, it was also extremely lively.

Even in the north, the affected provinces are full of joy.

Although they were affected by the disaster, they still had food to eat and would not go hungry.

and.

Now there is news that the grains of Ming Dynasty Furui, corn and sweet potatoes that Duke Ding Guo has retrieved from overseas, are about to begin their first harvest.

soon.

The New Year passed in an atmosphere of joy and expectation, and in a blink of an eye it was the day for harvesting corn and sweet potatoes as Zhu Di had mentioned.

This day.

All the vassal kings, dignitaries and officials in the capital arrived at the palace early.

At the meeting.

It’s a new year, and the main purpose of today is to harvest corn and sweet potatoes, which are blessed foods.

therefore.

There are no officials who would impeach others without the sense of humor, or go to Zhu Di to report any major events!
However, due to the severe cold weather outside, many officials subconsciously reported some trivial matters to delay the process.

When the sun rose, the sky became bright, and the temperature began to warm, there were no more officials reporting to the court.

Seeing this, Zhu Di also made a tacit agreement to go to the Jiangjun Mountain test field.

Zhu Di took Prince Zhu Gaochi to the front.

Behind them, a group of Ming vassal kings.

After that, there were Guo An, Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu and other princes, nobles, six ministers, censors on the left and right... and other important ministers.

At the end, there is a group of officials.

On both sides, a group of guards wearing shining armor stood guard.

A group of people left the palace gate in a mighty manner, got on their own carriages, and headed to the Jiangjun Mountain Experimental Field.

First of all, Jin Yiwei naturally opened the way.

Behind him was the guard of honor, followed by Zhu Di's chariot.

Next, there is the prince Zhu Gaochi, as well as the vassal kings, princes, officials and others.

Zhu Di's guard of honor alone occupies more than half of the entire team.

In full force, we headed to the Jiangjun Mountain Experimental Field.

Along the way, on both sides of the street, there were horse-drawn carriages or people from time to time, following directly behind the team regardless of the cold weather.

When we arrived at the experimental field, there were already imperial guards and imperial guards waiting for us. In addition, there were officials from the Ministry of Etiquette who had arranged the venue early.

Zhu Di got off the chariot, and there was a commotion behind the team. A group of vassal kings and powerful officials also got down, lined up, and followed Ou Zhu Di.

As for the common people, they followed behind one by one.

In front of the corn and sweet potato glass greenhouse, there are various memorial tablets. In front of the tablets,

There were three animals, various fruits, and dozens of plates of snacks on display.

There is also a big cauldron!
On both sides, there are rows of incense burners, in which incense smoke slowly lingers!
Guo An glanced at it curiously, then looked around.

Looking, looking, his eyes narrowed.

He actually saw that some of the people gathered outside were holding telescopes in their hands.

One by one, they put their long telescopes in front of their eyes and looked at Zhu Di.

Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward, holding the imperial edict in his hand, and began to play to heaven and earth.

"Your Majesty has a plan, and he is going to test the Emperor of Heaven and Earth..."

As Zheng Yi's voice sounded, the kings and ministers knelt down on the ground.

The whole memorial is very long. It is to represent heaven and earth, to praise the virtues of heaven and earth, and to tell the late emperor about Zhu Di's achievements. In order to comfort the spirits of the ancestors, it is best to pray to the mountains and rivers to thank the mountains and rivers for their legacy.

Finally, it seemed that the God of Agriculture also prayed.

Guo An was below, already kneeling down and feeling cold all over.

Therefore, I listened to it in a daze.

However, I understood one thing.

It seems that in the front row of tablets, there seems to be Lao Zhu’s tablet!
Even the ancestors of Lao Zhu's family were also there.

While sighing that Zhu Di was thick-skinned, he also lamented that Zhu Di was indeed a person who could do great things with such a thick skin!

After the table playing, there are the ritual and musical instruments.

There are also loud gongs and drums!

By the time all this was completed, it was already mid-morning.

Guo An stood and didn't feel so cold anymore.

We can finally get down to business today!

Under the attention of all the vassal kings and powerful officials, Zhu Di took Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, and Guo An into the corn glass greenhouse.

Then, break off two corns.

Peel off the corn husks to reveal the golden corn.

Yi Shiha on the side quickly picked up the tray padded with bright yellow silk and took it.

then.

Zhu Di walked out of the corn greenhouse and came to the sweet potato greenhouse.

He took the iron catalpa handed over by Zhu Gaochi.

The sweet potatoes were dug out and placed on the tray held by Yishiha.

After coming out.

After washing the corn and sweet potatoes in the tray, separate them into two portions.

One portion is offered on the incense table.

I don’t know whether it is for heaven and earth to enjoy, or whether it is for his ancestors of the Zhu family to taste.

then.

The other portion was put into the cauldron.

In the big cauldron, a cauldron of water had already been poured into it and boiled.

After Zhu Di.

The prince Zhu Gaochi also imitated Zhu Di's actions, breaking off the corn and digging out the sweet potatoes.

One part is enshrined on the incense table, and the other part is placed in the big cauldron.

Next, it was supposed to be the kings and a group of princes and ministers.

However, with such a small amount of corn and sweet potatoes, if you really want to eat them one by one.

These corns and sweet potatoes were all wasted.

therefore.

Zhu Di directly asked the kings, princes, and officials to enter the glass greenhouse in batches to break corn and peel sweet potatoes.

Moreover, people have already prepared baskets.

The corn that was broken off was placed in a batch of baskets, one acre at a time.

Similarly, the sweet potatoes dug out are also placed in their own baskets according to their respective acres.

...(End of chapter)