Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

Shuangshui Village, in the sweet potato fields.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally arranged for professionals to carry out accurate measurements of the sweet potato fields in Meiyin.

Every acre of land is marked with a boundary and demarcated.

The reason for doing so was not that Zhu Yuanzhang particularly attached importance to the bet between Mei Yin and Zhu Liangzu.

Well, wait a minute, Zhu Liangzu accepted his defeat with all his heart and had no way of denying it.

The most important purpose is to obtain very accurate sweet potato production data.

In this way, we will have a basis to rely on when promoting sweet potato planting and many other things in the future.

I know what I know.

They had previously estimated the data by using sweet potatoes.

It was simply estimated by peeling a portion of the sweet potato.

After all, there is still a certain gap between the output obtained by directly digging sweet potatoes and the output obtained now.

Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor, so how could he be so bored as to make bets with others like Mei Yin, a bastard, and Zhu Liangzu?

Still betting on eating cow dung?
Too low-level!

He would never get involved in such things.

I won't even look at it twice.

He asked people to accurately measure an acre of land and determine the scope before digging the sweet potatoes.

This is to know exactly how much sweet potato can be produced per acre of land.

Really!

There is no other idea besides this!
It’s really not for the purpose of making Zhu Liangzu eat cow dung willingly next!
……

The thirty acres of sweet potatoes were quickly measured one by one.

Every acre has boundaries.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his men to divide the civil and military officials in the court into groups.

Eight or nine people are divided into a group and have to dig up sweet potatoes from one acre of land.

He himself was not idle either.

He and his sons were responsible for harvesting one acre of sweet potatoes.

For every acre of land, a dedicated person is assigned to monitor and record.

Make sure the sweet potatoes are harvested as cleanly as possible. Nothing is left out.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt extremely sad that such good things were left in the fields and could not be retrieved.

“Everyone is interested in how to harvest sweet potatoes.

First, use a sickle to cut off the sweet potato vines from the roots, roll them up, and tie them into bundles.

Then he took the hoe and started digging.

When digging downwards, the hoe must be kept away from the roots of the sweet potatoes.

So as not to damage the sweet potatoes below.

When harvesting sweet potatoes, you must be as careful as possible so as not to break or damage them.

Because next, these sweet potatoes will be stored.

Once it is broken or cracked.

It is difficult to store and will go bad easily.

It will be a huge waste.

So when you peel sweet potatoes next time, you can't just follow the demand speed.

We also need to pursue quality.”

Mei Yin, the sweet potato grower, followed Zhu Yuanzhang's signal and went down to the field with a sickle, cut some sweet potato vines and cleared some space.

He picked up a hoe and dug up a dozen sweet potatoes to demonstrate to everyone.

Tell these people how to harvest sweet potatoes.

It was very necessary for him to give a simple teaching on this matter.

Otherwise, faced with such a new crop, these people really wouldn’t know what to do for a moment.

"Did you hear that? Remember it clearly!

This thing is so valuable!
If we can promote it in the future, the national strength of our Ming Dynasty will grow substantially!

Many people will not starve to death!

What we are harvesting now are seeds!

Especially precious!
Don't mess around here and ruin the sweet potatoes!
It's normal to have some minor bumps, but if you damage it too much, I'll whip you!
Today is a happy day, and I don't want to whip anyone on such a happy day!"

After Mei Yin said this, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and raised his voice to give instructions to the ministers present.

The voice was full of solemnity.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, all the civil and military officials present responded.

Show that you understand.

"Well, in that case, let's continue working!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and asked everyone to go to work.

At this time, Zhu Liangzu, his son, and some other people were assigned to a group responsible for harvesting sweet potatoes from one acre of land.

At this time, we were heading towards the sweet potato field.

Zhu Liangzu's expression did not look good at all at this time.

Originally, after making such a bet with Mei Yin, Zhu Liangzu was not too worried about it.

I feel that there is still a great possibility that I can win.

Especially after arriving at this so-called sweet potato field.

Confidence will be even stronger.

Because after arriving here, he looked around and saw that the field was covered with vines and there was no so-called fruit at all.

There was no food in sight.

How to harvest food?

How high can the yield of sweet potatoes be?

At that time, he felt even more confident of winning.

But after Mei Yin demonstrated to the civil and military officials how to harvest sweet potatoes.

Zhu Liangzu's mood suddenly changed like a roller coaster.

Sunk to the bottom.

It was only after watching Mei Yin's demonstration that he realized that sweet potatoes are actually the same as other crops.

The edible parts do not grow outside, but are buried underground.

Especially after seeing how many sweet potatoes had grown under the dozen or so sweet potato plants, he was so happy.

I dug up about ten sweet potatoes and found that much.

If we were to harvest an acre of land, I'm afraid things would not be so nice.

It is definitely over a thousand pounds.

Even if it exceeds two thousand kilograms, there is a great possibility.

I might actually lose this time...

The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel.

Suddenly I felt like I had been cheated.

These bastards like Mei Yin dare to make such a bet with me.

That must have been known in advance, the astonishing yield of the sweet potatoes.

Otherwise, it would never be like this...

Too much! unacceptable!
How dare this bastard do this?
"Dad, how about... we go find our superior and talk to him about not making this bet?"

Zhu Xian looked at his father and whispered.

He was originally a little unconfident about this matter.

Now, after watching Mei Yin's demonstration and seeing how many sweet potatoes he had dug out from the ground, he suddenly became even less confident.

I think his father will most likely lose in this matter.

So I want to think about it in advance to avoid making it too ugly later.

Zhu Liangzu snorted when he heard this and said, “No! I’ll spit on you like a pit!”

What you say must count!
This matter has not yet come to a complete conclusion, and it is still unknown who will win! "

As he spoke, he pointed to the three or four mu of sloping land in the distance where sweet potatoes were planted and said, "See? There is still sloping land there.

The sweet potatoes in these good fields may weigh more than two thousand kilograms.

However, it is not easy to grow more than 2,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes on the slope.

Your father used to farm.

Know what food is like to grow.

No matter how good the seeds are, there won’t be much harvest on that slope!

The bet we made before was that if the yield of one acre of land exceeded two thousand kilograms, I would lose.

But he did not say where the weight exceeded two thousand kilograms.

When the time comes, we will only talk about the sweet potatoes, which have the lowest yield.

I don’t believe I can’t win!”

When Zhu Liangzu said this, a smile appeared on his face again.

But this smile seems somewhat treacherous.

Since Mei Yin is a guy who doesn't know how to live or die and wants to trap himself.

Then I will think of some ways to deal with it.

Do you really think you are a brainless reckless man who dares to bet on anything?

The yield from that sloping land could be over 2,000 kilograms.

Then just eat these two pieces of cow dung.
But...how is that possible!

There has never been such food before!

After hearing what his father said, Zhu Xian, who originally seemed a little worried, followed his father's gaze and looked in that direction.

Sure enough, sweet potatoes planted on the slope were discovered.

There is a piece of sweet potato, which is steeper than the average slope.

Even less fertile.

At that moment, I felt that there was no need to worry so much.

My father is right.

Just do what your father says?
Since people like Li Jinglong, Mei Yin, and Liu Bowen were plotting underhanded tactics to trick their own father.

As for my father's side, it's not impossible to use the land with the least yield as an example!

This is what is called you do the first day and I do the fifteenth!
While thinking this, his heart was filled with resentment towards Mei Yin, Li Jinglong and others.

This bridge is finally settled!

I will definitely find a way to repay you generously in the future!
While thinking this, I completely forgot what caused this incident.

It seemed as if this matter, from beginning to end, was all Mei Yin's fault.

It's like I have nothing to do with these people...

There were many people working in the field where Zhu Yuanzhang was.

There are the old Zhu, Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di, all the way to the eighth prince, as well as Mei Yin and Princess Ningguo and her husband.

All together, there are eleven.

Among these people, the fifth one is basically almost an adult.

The remaining six, seven, and eight are young...

Zhu Yuanzhang swung a hoe and dug up sweet potatoes again and again.

Looking at the sweet potatoes he dug out from the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a very good mood.

His face was filled with joy, and he couldn't help but let it flow out.

The yield of sweet potatoes is really gratifying.

Although it is a late sweet potato, its growth period is relatively short and cannot be compared with the early sweet potato.

However, such an output was enough to make Zhu Yuanzhang very happy.

He planed very carefully and seriously.

Try not to hurt a single sweet potato.

And every time you dig up a plant, dig up all the sweet potatoes underneath it.

Try to avoid leaving anything out.

His movements were serious and careful.

I can’t get enough of looking at these sweet potatoes.

"Dad, can I dig for a while?"

Zhu Di spoke out, fearing that Zhu Yuanzhang would be tired.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "No, go get some sweet potato vines.

Your father still has energy now.

Let’s talk about it later.”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he continued to swing his hoe and dig sweet potatoes.

Even though sweat was streaming down his face, he was still reluctant to stop.

There were several people digging sweet potatoes. The eldest, second and third sons of Zhu Yuanzhang's family were all digging with hoes.

As for Mei Yin, Zhu Di and others, they were also not idle.

They were cutting the sweet potato vines in front and tying them into bundles on the roadside.

Used as fodder.

To prepare for Zhu Yuanzhang and his team to dig sweet potatoes more conveniently.
As for the sixth, seventh and eighth brothers, they followed behind with baskets and picked up the sweet potatoes dug out by Zhu Yuanzhang and the others into their baskets.

Lao Liu did it very seriously.

The seventh and eighth brothers were also very serious.

But this seriousness did not last long.

After about two minutes, Lao Qi couldn't stand it anymore.

I feel like harvesting crops in the fields is not fun at all.

It was far from what he had imagined.

It's hard, tiring and the weather is hot.

After picking sweet potatoes for a while, I felt sore in my back and waist.

He doesn't want to do this anymore.

But this was arranged by my father, so I could only endure it and continue working.

After another half an hour, Lao Qi couldn't stand it anymore.

Looking at those so many sweet potatoes, I felt particularly disgusted.

It’s all because of this thing that I’m suffering here!

He is a prince and the emperor's own son. How noble is his status?

Now, I have to do the rough work in the fields like those lowly people.

He got his clothes and shoes dirty.

My hands got really dirty too.

He was extremely disgusted...

At this time, Mei Yin was already in the front and had finished harvesting all the sweet potato vines over there.

So Zhu Biao, who was swinging the hoe, was replaced.

He was digging sweet potatoes with a hoe.

When it comes to physical work, Zhu Biao's health is still not good enough.

As for the seventh prince, Zhu Gui, the Prince of Qi, he already hated Mei Yin at this time.

It’s all my fault, my useless brother-in-law.

If he hadn't gotten some sweet potatoes, he wouldn't have sent a letter to invite his elder brother and father to come and pick them up.

How could the emperor bring them out of the palace to do such rough work?

How could he possibly suffer such a great crime?

Therefore, this second brother-in-law Mei Yin, the pig feeder, is really hateful!
This was completely different from his feeling when he learned that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to take them out of the palace to harvest sweet potatoes.

At that time, he was particularly grateful to Mei Yin.

They felt that Mei Yin was a very good person and gave them a chance to go out of the palace and have fun.

All that was left was deep impatience and hatred.

I feel that I have been badly harmed by my brother-in-law Mei Yin.

When such emotions accumulate more and more, they will be reflected in behavior.

He was originally a child of about eleven years old, even though he was taught by Concubine Da Ding on a daily basis.

But how much cunning can one be?
So soon, he began to lose interest in picking sweet potatoes.

The more I pick up, the slower I get.

Even Lao Ba, who is much older than him, is about to surpass him.

After a while, he became even more impatient.

Instead of handling the sweet potatoes with care as before, he began to throw the dug sweet potatoes into the basket one by one.

It takes a lot of force.

Soon, some sweet potatoes fell out of the basket due to his operation, and some had their skins broken.

Some even broke off directly.

"Seventh brother, what are you doing?
Work hard, this is sweet potato!"

Also following behind picking sweet potatoes was the sixth son, King Chu Zhu Zhen.

After seeing the seventh brother Zhu Yu, who was only one year younger than him, being so careless and wasting the sweet potatoes, he couldn't help but remind him in a low voice.

Before this, my father had specifically said that sweet potatoes should be taken very seriously.

The sweet potatoes should not be bumped or scratched, causing too many scars.

It’s not a good idea for Lao Qi to do this now.

On the other hand, he was also worried that if the seventh son did this, his father would see him and scold him.

When the seventh brother heard what his sixth brother, Prince of Chu Zhu Zhen, said to him, he immediately felt very dissatisfied.

This Old Six is ​​just a little older than me.

How dare you talk to me like that?
Act like an older brother?

He really couldn't stand this.

"I want you to take care of it?"

The seventh brother talked back to the sixth brother.

"Seventh Brother, if you do this, father will scold you if he sees you."

The sixth brother then tried to persuade the seventh brother, with some concern.

"Just scold me, it's none of your business!"

Lao Qi responded, and although his voice was not loud, his tone seemed particularly unfriendly.

Obviously, a lot of resentment was directed at Lao Liu.

As he spoke, he became more aggressive and threw the sweet potatoes into the basket with greater force.

It cannot be said that it was lost; it would be more appropriate to describe it as smashed.

The freshly dug sweet potatoes are very juicy and crispy.

Especially late sweet potatoes, most of them are long strips.

Different from early sweet potatoes.

There are many early sweet potatoes, most of which are irregularly round in shape.

In this situation, sweet potatoes are more likely to break.

Lao Qi threw seven or eight sweet potatoes in a row, and several of them broke into pieces in the basket.

Such noise naturally startled Zhu Yuanzhang, who was working hard in front, holding a hoe, digging sweet potatoes hard, and immersed in the great joy of the harvest.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and looked behind him.

Just then I saw Lao Qi holding a sweet potato and throwing it into the basket with force.

The sweet potato fell into the basket and broke into two or three pieces.

After doing this, Zhu Gui picked up another sweet potato and was about to throw it into the basket.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment.

My eyes turned red afterwards!
The anger suddenly surged to the top of his head.

"Fuck you! You little bastard! What the hell are you doing?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang cursed angrily, extremely angry!

Sweet potatoes are such a wonderful thing!
He cherishes it so much!

When peeling, I was very careful, for fear of bumping and damaging the sweet potatoes.

Mei Yin explained very clearly that the sweet potatoes would then be stored in cellars for seeds.

Once it is broken, it can no longer be used to produce seeds.

For this reason, he was very careful and tried to make every sweet potato as intact as possible.

When peeling sweet potatoes, I feel so sad every time I accidentally break the skin or one of them breaks.

I wish I could give myself two slaps.

The results are better now.

How dare that little beast Lao Qi treat sweet potatoes like this?
I really don’t want to live anymore!
How could Zhu Yuanzhang tolerate such a thing?

He cursed angrily and rushed to Lao Qi in two steps.

He raised his foot and kicked Lao Qi hard in the chest.

He was kicked out with one kick!

It flew more than half a foot away before falling to the ground.

It rolled nearly ten feet before stopping.

"Fuck you! I'm going to beat you to death today!!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang kicked him out, he still felt unsatisfied.

He cursed loudly and continued walking forward!
He is going to beat this bastard to death today!
This is food!
It concerns the future of so many people and can save many people from hunger.

At least enough food to keep many people alive!
What has become of the thing I cherish?
Before picking the sweet potatoes, they were specifically instructed to be careful.

But this little beast dared to do this!

How could this not make Zhu Yuanzhang angry?
It was truly a raging rage that kept rising.

Go straight to the top of the head!

He doesn't want this son anymore!
Although Zhu Yuanzhang also beat his children on weekdays, generally speaking, when beating them, even if he was a little heavy-handed, he would always be more or less restrained.

Generally, we choose the areas with thick meat.

But this time, he really couldn't help it.

He immediately made a heavy move.

This guy Zhu Yu is really too much!

We've only had a few days of good life, and you dare to waste food like this!

In the past, I have told my sons about the hard times our family has been through.

I want them to remember that my family had also experienced hardship and poverty before.

I've been hungry!

People are starving to death!

I just want them to not forget their roots.

But now, I find that all my previous explanations have no effect.

The beast Lao Qi actually wasted food like this!

Even if he wasted something else, it would make Zhu Yuanzhang less angry than wasting food!

Under such circumstances, how could Zhu Yuanzhang bear it?

"Let's beat you to death, you little bastard!

Let you not know what is precious!
This is food!
Life-saving stuff!
How dare you treat it so badly?
Do you know how it feels to be hungry?
Do you know how painful it is for people to starve to death? !

Enter your mother!
What did we tell you before?

Have I ever told you this?!

Now, I finally have something to save my life, but you dare to do this?
I will beat you to death today!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. He rushed forward and was about to kick the seventh brother Zhu Gui.

At this time, he was really dizzy.

I don't want to keep this son anymore and I want to beat him to death.

It would be the end of me if I kill him!
At this time, Prince Zhu Gui of Qi was completely confused.

He lay on the ground, curled up into a ball.

His face was full of pain.

He held his stomach, unable to speak.

I couldn't even breathe.

I just felt like I was about to suffocate to death.

My heart was filled with fear, disbelief and horror.

He really didn't expect that he would be treated like this by his father just because he threw away a few rotten sweet potatoes.

Without even a scolding, he just started beating me!

He looked like he was going to kill himself.

In his opinion, this thing is just so-so, not any fancy food.

Even if it was delicious fish and meat, he was not interested in it.

These sweet potatoes are not even as good as what he feeds the dog.

But now, my father came to beat me like this because of such things.

Is it really good?

Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden reaction stunned the people who were harvesting sweet potatoes in the field.

Absolutely unexpected.

It is said that Mei Yin had just seen Prince Zhu Gui of Qi throwing sweet potatoes and smashing them to pieces.

Just about to speak up to stop it.

But Lao Zhu had already taken action.

What King Zhu Gui of Qi did was indeed not acceptable.

But he didn't expect that Lao Zhu would be so harsh.

However, if you think about it again after the accident, it is understandable.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang almost starved to death back then.

I also think of Zhu Yuanzhang and his reaction when he first learned about the yield of sweet potatoes.

I suddenly felt that it was normal for Zhu Yuanzhang to take such a heavy hand at this time.

This is very Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Father, Father! Calm down! Calm down..."

Crown Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Chong and others also reacted at this time and stepped forward to hold Zhu Yuanzhang.

I'm advising here.

Among them, Crown Prince Zhu Biao stood in front of Zhu Gui.

It’s not that he is protecting his brother and doesn’t want to see him get beaten.

Because of Zhu Gui's behavior, Zhu Biao also wanted to beat him.

But how can I put it... my father was really too harsh at this time.
Obviously he's lost himself.

The seventh brother has touched his father's sore spot.

In this case, it would be a shame if you didn't give some advice.

Judging from his father's performance at this time, if things went wrong, the Seventh Brother might be beaten to death.

He must stop it at this time.

Can't really watch this happen.

Otherwise, it would turn into a human tragedy.

"Biao'er, don't stop us!
Today, we are going to beat this bastard to death!"

Zhu Yuanzhang roared angrily.

He struggled forward to continue beating Zhu Gui.

He didn't feel relieved at all after just that one kick.

"Father, use this to hit me as hard as you can!

This one hurts!"

Zhu Biao saw that his father was filled with rage, and he had to vent this anger.

He quickly asked Mei Yin to go to the side and get a tree branch.

He handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang and asked him to use it to fight.

Although it hurts to be hit by a tree branch, it will not hurt your bones.

No matter how hard you hit him, it's just a superficial injury.

Can't spare any big things.

Although the seventh child will suffer, his life will not be in danger.

After hearing what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Yuanzhang barely suppressed his anger and took the tree branch from Zhu Biao.

He walked up to Lao Qi and started cursing at him while beating him.

At this time, Zhu Gui was able to breathe a little. He was so scared that he knelt on the ground and kept begging for mercy.

And under Zhu Biao's reminder, he admitted his mistake.

But how could Zhu Yuanzhang care about this at this time?
Keep cursing and keep beating!
I just feel that my son is extremely disappointing and I am extremely disappointed.

What a fucking bastard!
How dare you do this!

It makes me furious just thinking about it.

He hit me on the head with twenty or thirty blows in a row.

Only after all the tree branches were broken did Zhu Yuanzhang stop temporarily.

At this time, Zhu Yu was already covered in blood from the beating.

"Get up! Keep picking sweet potatoes for us!
If you dare to let me find out about this again, I will beat you to death right here today!

What are you willing to destroy?
You are not afraid of being struck by lightning! ! "

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the seventh son Zhu Yu and snorted coldly.

Then he picked up the hoe and went to the front to dig sweet potatoes.

He was still somewhat restrained just now after all.

Otherwise, the kick he gave to Old Seven just now wouldn't have been a kick.

Instead, he just picked up the hoe and smashed it down!

If this thing falls down, someone will die instantly!

The seventh brother was grimacing, his body covered with wounds.

I cried so sadly and felt so wronged.

I just feel extremely miserable.

But he didn't dare cry loudly, for fear that if he cried too loudly, his father would hear him and beat him again.

While crying and enduring the burning pain, he continued to pick up sweet potatoes.

After being beaten like that, he was much more obedient when he picked up the sweet potatoes again.

I will never dare to waste things like I did before.

But deep down, I felt particularly unfair and aggrieved.

I feel that his father shouldn't beat him like that.

But he didn't dare to hate his father.

So the target of hatred soon shifted to Mei Yin.

I especially hate my second brother-in-law Mei Yin.

If it weren’t for that bastard Mei Yin, he would have made sweet potatoes.

No matter what, I would never be beaten like this by my father.

Damn brother-in-law Mei Yin!
When he got back, he told his mother about this...

The more I think about it, the sadder I feel. The more I think about it, the sadder I feel.

All the resentment was blamed on Mei Yin.

At this moment, he wanted to kill his second brother-in-law Mei Yin...

The commotion here was also seen by many people.

All the princes and ministers were shocked and frightened.

There were some people who had been digging sweet potatoes for a while.

I unconsciously relaxed and felt too tired.

The attitude started to become a little perfunctory.

But at this time, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang and saw how he beat his son.

All of a sudden, everyone became fully alert.

No one dared to slack off anymore.

Didn’t you see that Zhu Yuanzhang beat his own son to death so harshly because of the sweet potato issue?

If these people don't get things done, Your Majesty will kill them too.

He had said before that whoever failed to handle the matter properly would be whipped, but he was not joking.

But I really do that...

After some hard work, the sweet potatoes were dug up one by one.

There were baskets of sweet potatoes in the fields.

Just looking at it makes people feel particularly happy.

After all the sweet potatoes were harvested, Zhu Yuanzhang began to arrange people to weigh the sweet potatoes on each acre of land.

Next, it’s the exciting moment!

(End of this chapter)