Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

Chapter 53 Digging potatoes with my brothers
No, we have to find a way to get Zhu Yuanzhang to send Zhu Kai out of Yingtian Prefecture as soon as possible!
If this guy stays in the palace, he will only lead the prince into a ditch and will not have any positive effect on the Ming Dynasty or the prince.

Wang Guangyang, Zhao Yong and Song Lian all thought that Zhu Kai was talking nonsense and lying, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew that what Zhu Kai said might be true.

Song Lian couldn't help but persuade Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, you should think twice about what others say. How can you believe what the Second Prince is obviously deceiving you?"

Zhu Biao retorted: "My second brother would never lie to me!"

"伱......"

Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao with disappointment in his eyes, but he also became more determined to send Zhu Kai away.

The greatest scourge of the Ming Dynasty must be kept away from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
"Really?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't even stand still, his eyes widened: "Quick, take me to see it!"

The failed varieties all yielded 800 to 900 kilograms per mu. If they were successful, would the yield be... more than 1,000 kilograms?
Zhu Yuanzhang was a man who had never seen the world, and the highest yield per mu he could think of was no more than 2,000 kilograms.

But this is enough for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a commoner emperor. He also farmed when he was a child. Land that could produce two dan of grain per mu was already good farmland. Now... it can produce more than a thousand kilograms. More than a thousand kilograms per mu of land means it can feed ten more people. One mu of land can feed ten more people. What if it is 30,000 mu, 300,000 mu, or 3 million mu?

Zhu Yuanzhang's excitement was not without reason. If the grain yield per mu really reached more than 1,000 kilograms, he would create an unprecedented Ming Dynasty.

Wang Guangyang, Zhao Yong and Song Lian also planned to follow and expose Zhu Kai's lies on the spot.

……

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were also in Li Zhen's vegetable garden. They were looking for Zhu Kai.

Zhu Biao has already told them that Zhu Kai will take them out of the palace for a trip, and the two brothers are looking forward to where to go.

We got together to plan for several days, but there was no movement from Zhu Kai.

Both of them were anxious. Was Zhu Kai going to stop taking them out to play?

How can this be!

You clearly told your brother about it!
How can a real man go back on his word?
The two brothers couldn't hold back, and after some discussion they decided to go to Fengxian Hall to find Zhu Kai.

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were both mentally prepared to be insulted by Zhu Kai. So what if they were insulted? As long as they could go out and have fun, everything would be worth it.

However, when they arrived at Fengxian Hall, they realized that Zhu Kai had been living with Li Zhen for almost seven days.

Is there anything wrong?
Thinking of this, Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang immediately went to Li Zhen's vegetable garden. When they got there, they found that not only Zhu Kai and Li Zhen were there, but also Zhu Di, Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen... and other younger brothers were there, and there were also many imperial guards. They all rolled up their trouser legs and pulled things that looked like vegetables from the ground.

Zhu Chong was furious. What did Zhu Kai mean?
When there is something good going on, he calls his other brothers and ignores himself?

Zhu Gang was very curious. He liked the hustle and bustle. When he saw so many people, he immediately shouted to Zhu Kai who was working in the field, "Second brother, what are you doing?"

"Working."

After Zhu Kai finished speaking, he took out a potato he had dug out from the ground and threw it to Zhu Gang:

"You two, don't be idle now that you are here. Second brother will take you to experience farm fun."

What is a farm stay?
Is Yingtianfu a fun place?
Zhu Chong didn't care about being angry with Zhu Kai. He took off his shoes with Zhu Gang, rolled up his trouser legs, and stepped on the ground together.

The two are relatively old and have been bullied by Zhu Kai over the years. They have been training hard to wait for an opportunity to take revenge and have now gained enough strength.

Zhu Gang jumped onto the field and watched his brothers shoveling the soil with shovels. Then, they pulled out the round things and sneered, "You guys are all brothers. Look, your fourth brother is going to pull one up for you."

As he said that, Zhu Gang bent down and started pulling!

This one is a little bigger than the grass, so it shouldn't take much effort to pull it out.

However, Zhu Gang's face turned red, and he was unable to pull it out. Zhu Di standing next to him burst out laughing: "Barbarian! You are indeed a brainless barbarian! Did our ancestors make tools for us so that you can just use them as decoration?" Zhu Su, the sixth brother, looked at the proud Zhu Di with contempt in his eyes.

Aren’t these the same words that the second brother said when he scolded the stupid fifth brother just now?
He is indeed a follower, he even learns how to speak from his elder brother.

Zhu Gang was embarrassed in front of his brothers. He blushed and picked up a shovel to start digging. The more he dug, the more frightened he became: "Oh my god, how can this one be so deep? There are so many of these round things?"

"Second brother, what is this?"

"Potato!"

After Zhu Kai finished answering, he saw Zhu Chong digging along the roots with a shovel and burying all the potatoes in the soil. He shouted directly: "Old Three, don't dig like that. You two go over... and teach him how to dig potatoes."

The sweet potatoes haven’t been dug yet. They need to grow for another two days.

The only things that can be harvested today are corn and potatoes, but this is enough to keep them busy. There are more than a hundred acres of potatoes, and if it weren't for the imperial guards, the princes would not be able to dig them all in ten days.

Zhu Chong blushed and accepted Zhu Kai's contempt for him.

At the same time, I was blaming myself in my heart: How could I not even dig the ground properly? And I was laughed at by my second brother.

So, when the imperial guards came to teach Zhu Chong how to dig potatoes, he learned very seriously and carefully.

Then, Zhu Chong was stunned!

There are more than ten potatoes on this seedling, some of which are bigger than a fist. This is just the area below the seedling. How many of these seedlings are needed for an acre of land?

Although Zhu Chong still had the mentality of a naughty boy, he studied in the Wenhua Hall - although he never listened seriously, but through what he saw and heard, Zhu Chong still had a good understanding of the lives of the people.

After deducting taxes, a person needs at least five acres of land to support himself.

But these potatoes... can be grown on one acre of land, right?

Zhu Chong was very surprised. Seeing Li Zhen digging potatoes not far away, he immediately asked, "Uncle, can this person eat it?"

"Why not?"

Li Zhen raised her head, her big golden teeth gleaming in the sun: "This potato is edible, very delicious."

Can eat...

Zhu Chong seemed to understand something, but also seemed to understand nothing. He stopped talking, lowered his head and started digging, but when he was digging with the shovel, his movements were much gentler... a lot.

……

When Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Wang Guangyang, Zhao Yong and Song Lian arrived at Li Zhen's vegetable garden, a large pile of potatoes had already been dug out from the ground. His sons, the imperial guards, and his second brother-in-law were all busy working in the fields.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the pile of potatoes dug out of the soil and couldn't help but widen his eyes. Could this be the food that Biaoer told us was called potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes?
Zhu Yuanzhang hurried forward and saw that such a large pile of potatoes was dug from less than five acres of land.

Really... the yield per mu is 20 to 30 dan?

Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited that he shouted to his sons who were bending over to dig potatoes in the field:

"Second brother? Where's the second brother? Come here!"

"I'm digging potatoes. I don't have time."

The sound came from the field. Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Kai, with sweat on his face, waving at him with a smile: "Dad, come dig potatoes with us."

"Come on, come on!"

(End of this chapter)