The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 144 Geng Ruqi’s decision

"The yield of ten acres of sweet potatoes." The estimator was shocked, and he quickly handed the paper recording the data to Liu Zhenhua.

Liu Zhenhua's eyes swept over the paper. His heart moved and the corners of his mouth curved slightly. The sweet potato seedlings provided by the system seemed to be of extremely high quality. Even in this situation of water shortage, the yield exceeded his estimate.

Looking up at the people who were looking at him expectantly, Liu Zhenhua slowly spoke.

"The total weight of ten acres of sweet potatoes is: one hundred and fifty shi! The average yield per acre: ten shi!"

Liu Zhenhua's voice gradually became louder, and by the last two words, he was almost shouting.

Ten stones, that’s ten stones! More than [-] kilograms.

The people around him were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then their faces showed expressions of astonishment and disbelief.

"Wu Laowu, why are you pinching me?"

"Well, let's see if you're dreaming."

The people around were talking about it. This number was so shocking. The yield per mu was fifteen stones.

You must know that in ordinary fields, after fertilizing, watering and pulling weeds, the harvest in the end will be good for every stone. But now, for these sweet potatoes, they just applied a little fertilizer, watered a little, and beat a little. It's just a little tidying up, and the energy consumed is not even as much as walking here from the city every day to watch.

But the final output was frighteningly high, with one acre of land equivalent to fifteen acres.

The most important thing is that these sweet potatoes mature very quickly, only taking about [-] days.

What kind of famine is there? They can even lie down on a pile of sweet potatoes and eat until they die!

Some people had tears in their eyes. They stared at the sweet potatoes and moved their mouths. If they were closer, they could hear it clearly.

"It would be great if we had these sweet potatoes earlier, and the child wouldn't have died."

"Mom, look at this sweet potato. An acre of sweet potato can cost fifteen dan, which is enough for us to eat for a long, long time."

At the end of the first year of Chongzhen, the famine disaster in the Ming Dynasty was not that serious, but compared to the entire Ming Dynasty, northern Shaanxi had already suffered a disaster, and many people starved to death.

These people who are weeping bitterly now are all people who have suffered from hunger and are extremely hungry. They all know what it means to produce fifteen stones per mu and crops that are ripe every season. It means that there will no longer be hunger, and no one will be hungry anymore. die.

People who have never been hungry cannot understand it. They only know that it is a number, just like modern people do not understand why the greeting in some places in the north is "Have you eaten?"

"Long live the Kitchen King!"

"Long live the Kitchen King!"

The people knelt on the ground and cheered, saying these words that even if they were said ten thousand times were not enough.

The Kitchen King not only distributed grain and fields to them, liberating them from the oppression of officials and landlords, but also brought them miraculous crops like sweet potatoes, completely driving away famine from the land of Shaanxi.

Liu Zhenhua calmly accepted everyone's kneeling and shouting.

After a while, when the voice gradually subsided, he raised the palms of his hands upward and said, "Folks, get up quickly."

"I have two more things to do next."

Looking at the people who were gradually standing up, Liu Zhenhua said slowly.

"First, these sweet potato leaves are just as delicious when steamed and eaten after being wrapped in them. However, the leaves are not easy to preserve. It is best to eat them in the near future. As for the preservation of sweet potatoes, I will send someone to tell you how to do it in the future. , Eating too much sweet potatoes will cause bloating and acid reflux, but it won’t do much harm to the body.”

Bloating and acid reflux are better than starving to death. The first two are not fatal, but the latter one is really fatal.

"The second thing."

Liu Zhenhua clapped his hands, and a group of people came out from behind. They divided into two sides and looked towards the road in the middle. The people also looked towards the separated road.

Two heavenly soldiers escorted one person out.

Some people recognized this person, "Isn't this Officer Xu? Why is he being held captive?"

"No need to ask, he must have done something bad."

"How dare you do bad things when you work under the Kitchen King?"

The people all shouted, followed by resentment, that someone actually did bad things under the Kitchen King's hands.

Xu Deliang's face was bloodless. He seemed to have lost his soul. After seeing the mountains of sacks filled with sweet potatoes, his face turned slightly red, but what followed was overwhelming regret.

He was also listening to what happened just now. Fifteen stones per mu, overwhelming wealth, what a beautiful and prosperous age this was, a prosperous age under the rule of the Stove King, but he could no longer see it.

He had already reached a height that was difficult for ordinary people to reach, but he lost everything because of greed.

regret.

Xu Deliang said with a trembling mouth, "Kitchen King. Kitchen King, I am still useful, please spare me."

He didn't know how many times he said such meaningless words.

People who are dying always have the last bit of hope.

It's a pity that Liu Zhenhua didn't even look back.

He looked at the people, and then looked away from the officials standing on both sides of Yanchuan City. When Liu Zhenhua glanced at them, some lowered their heads and some raised their heads.

Everyone who raised his head felt clear in his heart and dared to face the Kitchen King's glance.

Those who bowed their heads include Ren Zhuozhou and Zhao Shicheng. One of them was the acting manager of Yanchuan, and the other was Xu Deliang's superior. With this man under their command, their faces were not bright, and they felt ashamed of the Stove King. .

The rest had greed in their hearts, and the Stove King's eyes were blazing, as if he had ripped out their hearts and exposed the darkest side to the sun, turning the black and moldy hearts into a bright red again.

"This man, Xu Deliang, embezzled thirteen shi of grain, ten acres of farmland, and thirty taels of silver."

Liu Zhenhua spoke slowly, his voice was not high, but it was clearly transmitted to the ears of every official. The common people also heard it, and those further away knew about it through word of mouth.

The joy of the harvest collided with this news, making the people even more angry.

This man is actually greedy, and he is still greedy even when he is under the Kitchen King! He is still greedy even when he is eating the food of the heavenly soldiers, and he is still greedy when he is eating the heavenly salary!

"kill him!"

"Thousands of knives!"

"Chop him!"

The people were filled with indignation and shouted.

Xu Deliang looked pale and wanted to beg for mercy, but as soon as he spoke his words, he was drowned in the angry cries of the people.

Liu Zhenhua waved his hands to signal everyone to quiet down.

With his prestige here, the voices of the people quickly subsided, just like the sea was still rough one second, and then became calm and sunny the next.

Liu Zhenhua suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Deliang, with an inexplicable smile on his face, which made Xu Deliang seem to see some hope.     “Whether you want to live or not.”

Liu Zhenhua walked up to him and spoke almost in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

Xu Deliang's eyes shone even brighter, and he nodded desperately.

"Come and tell us why you want to live."

"Louder, let everyone listen."

Liu Zhenhua's voice was like the whisper of a devil.

But Xu Deliang didn't care about so much at the moment. He almost cried and shouted: "I want to live, I want to continue working under the Kitchen King, and I also want to eat the meal of the heavenly soldiers."

Xu Deliang talked a lot in general, most of which talked about his huge psychological gap.

Let some officials who have been accustomed to eating the Heavenly Soldiers' Meal discover how valuable the Heavenly Soldiers' Meal they have almost become accustomed to is.

Now that this dying man mentioned this, they suddenly woke up.

Liu Zhenhua waved his hand, and a heavenly soldier behind him immediately took out a cloth and blocked Xu Deliang's mouth.

"The criminal Xu Deliang is guilty of corruption and will be executed immediately!"

Someone else shouted, and the executioner holding a big knife ignored Xu Deliang's horrified eyes and slashed directly at the back of Xu Deliang's neck.

Heads rolled down and blood spurted out.

Xu Deliang used his last remaining energy and did the last thing under the Stove King, killing chickens to scare monkeys and waking up all the officials.

They can indeed enjoy all this, but after making a mistake, they will lose all these things, including their own lives.

Starting from Yanchuan County and then extending to Yanchang, sweet potatoes are being dug out one after another. It is the end of the year, which means that these people do not have to be homeless on New Year's Eve, but they can eat hot roasted sweet potatoes one by one. Drink noodle soup, eat steamed vegetables, and live a happy New Year.

These are the gifts of the Kitchen King, and every household worships the Kitchen King with more heart.

Maybe if there really is a Kitchen King in the sky, he would be curious about why his incense suddenly increased so much, and he would not know.

"Dad, look."

Geng Zhangguang was holding a mineral water bottle in his hand, with half a bottle of mineral water still inside. He couldn't help but take a few sips on the way. It was so delicious, much clearer and cleaner than well water.

"Huh? Why did you come back all night for this? Where did this come from?"

Geng Ruchi took the mineral water bottle.

He was a little surprised by the touch on his hand. The water inside was still sloshing. "This thing looks like a glass bottle."

"But I have never seen such clear glass, and it is so light."

Geng Ruqi clicked his tongue in surprise.

"Is it seized from the Kitchen King?"

Seeing Geng Zhangguang not speaking, but looking a little strange, Geng Ruqi asked.

The latter didn't know how to say it, "It was the Kitchen King who conjured it up."

"Oh, is it really captured from the Kitchen King? Where is the Kitchen King? Is he in the back? He hasn't been detained yet." Seeing Geng Zhangguang's expression getting even weirder, almost to the point of being difficult to hide, Geng Ruqi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. wonderful.

His hand moved towards the table beside him.

"Dad no, dad, I said."

Geng Zhangguang quickly took away the ruler, then walked around and looked at Geng Ruqi.

"The Kitchen King gave it to me."

"Send it to you? Tell me carefully."

Geng Ruqi stared at his son, not believing that his son would collude with the rebels and there must be something hidden.

Geng Zhangguang had no choice but to start from the time he met Liu Zhenhua on the road, hoping that his father would not beat him after hearing this.

Geng Ruqi stroked his beard and listened carefully to his son's story.

After hearing this, Geng Zhangguang looked at his father carefully, but the latter did not move at all. He just stroked his beard and suddenly said, "I didn't expect that you and the rebel have such a connection."

"You have grown up and dare to go deep into the tiger's den. As your father, I want to praise you because you are brave and dare to be the first. You have not disgraced our Geng family," Geng Ruqi said with a smile, but then His face became serious, "However, as a governor, I want to criticize you for taking such a risk and going deep into the city just because of a chance meeting. You have a special status. If he was originally at a disadvantage, you used this as a blackmail." You, what do you want General Zhang to do?"

"But the result this time is still good."

"The next thing is about the Kitchen King. Are you sure that he can transform into food and weapons? The extra two thousand cavalry may also be transformed by him?"

"Others can be determined, but the cavalry cannot be determined, but there is no other explanation. We have scouts on all roads entering Yonghe. We have never seen a large number of troops entering Yonghe."

Geng Zhangguang answered truthfully.

His answer really subverted the books that Geng Ruchi had read for half his life.

There really is a god in the world who can transform things without any fuss.

"Are you sure there are no traps?"

"The first time I conjured a mineral water bottle, it appeared in a flip of my hand. It was full of traps and traps. The second time, it was an Eight Immortals table with nothing else underneath and nothing on top. There was no other movement and the table was filled with fragrance. The food is in front of you, it can't be a trap."

Geng Ruqi was pacing back and forth with a mineral water bottle in his hand. He lowered his head and glanced at the bottle in his hand and the water inside. "I will make the decision on this matter. You can go and rest first."

"Dad, why don't we take this bottle to the capital? The Stove King is developing extremely fast. If we don't eliminate him as soon as possible, Shaanxi and Shanxi will be in danger, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger."

Geng Zhangguang couldn't help but ask.

"There is no reason for a governor of a province to come to Beijing casually and send people eight hundred miles away to hurry up and present the memorial, bottle and your Overlord Spear to the Holy One. As for sending troops to encircle and suppress, I am thinking about it."

Geng Ruqi quickly thought of what to do.

Geng Zhangguang was helpless, and his father made a decision. He had already said what he needed to say and had no choice but to say something. He could only nod in agreement, then turned around and left, leaving Geng Ruxi alone with a frown on his face, thinking about what to do. , are you waiting for news from the court, or are you planning to send troops to encircle and suppress the Kitchen King immediately?

"In four months, the Kitchen King grew to ten thousand people and had two thousand cavalry. The soldiers were not transformed, and the horses were uncertain. It took at least a month for the court to go back and forth and send out troops. There were more than twelve thousand people and two thousand cavalry. Thousands and five hundred cavalry, even if they develop faster because of their strength, and there are one thousand more before and after, they are not enemies that the Ming Dynasty cannot deal with. If they change and send troops and horses, ten thousand soldiers and two thousand cavalry, if they want to annihilate them, It also requires tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the matter is so important that it is beyond our ability, and we need to wait for the judgment of the Holy One."

Geng Ruqi considered the rapid development of the Kitchen King's power in his mind, and even thought that the Kitchen King would gradually develop faster as his power became larger. After some calculations, he found that waiting for the court to make a decision would not delay much.

So he decided to go to the court first, and sent people eight hundred miles away to hurry up and submit the bottle, the Overlord Spear and the memorial to the Holy One, waiting for His Majesty's decision.

(End of this chapter)