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

Chapter 55: Can you gather enough food and fodder for an army of ?

Song Lian, who was standing aside, felt that Zhu Kai was not pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at him, and wanted to confront Zhu Kai no matter what. When he heard Zhu Kai say that he didn't know, he immediately asked Zhu Kai, "Second Prince, the auspicious sign came from your hands, how could you not know how to plant an auspicious sign? Could it be that... this auspicious sign was not created by you? You just borrowed someone else's name?"

"..."

This is just nitpicking - looking for trouble.

Zhu Kai never tolerated people who were looking for trouble, so he asked directly, "Mr. Song, you were born by your mother, but do you know how your mother gave birth to you? Why do you call your father your father? Since you were born by your mother, you have nothing to do with your father, right?"

"You, you... are vulgar!"

Song Lian was so confused by Zhu Kai's series of questions that he said "your mother" when he opened his mouth and "you're boring" when he closed his mouth.

father.

I'm a liberal arts student, how can I understand your science stuff?
Song Lian shouted angrily: "Second Prince, this is the Jinshen Palace, where the emperor works, don't be so rude!"

"Vulgar? Old Song, you are still too short-sighted."

Zhu Kai shook his head and said, "I know how your mother and father gave birth to you. Old Song, you only know that sex is dirty, but there is also knowledge in it. This subject is called biology..."

"Shut up!"

Not only Song Lian, but also Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stand it anymore.

Why is my son so rude? Can't we discuss the question of how Song Lian was born in private?

After scolding Zhu Kai to shut up, Song Lian was also very rational and did not press on the opportunity. Instead, he stood aside and thought: I was born by my mother, what does this have to do with my father?

Also, what kind of subject is the "biology" that the second prince mentioned?
He had to be understood. Song Lian felt that only by understanding what Zhu Kai knew could he subdue Zhu Kai.

In terms of military strategy, this is called knowing yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat!
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Kai angrily, then looked at Wang Guangyang: "Chao Zong, tell me what you have come up with."

"Since potatoes can be used as seeds, then that's fine."

After hearing Zhu Kai's answer, Wang Guangyang said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Your Majesty, the wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty still have grain in their homes. We can use potatoes as an inducement to redeem them for grain and fodder for the northern expedition."

Well, what Wang Guangyang said makes some sense.

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao heard Wang Guangyang's proposal, they both thought it was a good one.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that the rich families in the city also had grain, but now it was different from before. When he was the Red Turban and the King of Wu, if others did not give him grain, he could take it by force, and at most he would write an IOU; but now he knew that those rich families had grain at home, but he could not take it at will, which really made Zhu Yuanzhang very uncomfortable.

Those rich people should all be killed!

However, Zhu Kai expressed a different opinion: "No! Rich families must not get potato seeds."

In Jinshen Hall, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Kai. They didn't understand why Zhu Kai disagreed.

"Why do the rich have food? That's because they have land. How did they get their land? I don't need to explain, everyone knows it."

Zhu Kai gave a look that everyone understood, "To put it mildly, one mu of land can produce 20 dan of potatoes, and these five mu of land can feed a family of five. The land in the hands of the rich is worthless now, so will they be willing to allow potatoes to be grown on a large scale?"

After Zhu Kai said this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao immediately understood!

After hearing this, Wang Guangyang, Zhao Yong and Song Lian also understood what Zhu Kai meant.

Land is valuable because the grain yield per mu is not high.

When the yield per mu is high, the land is worthless. No matter how much land the rich families have, no matter how much grain they have, they can only keep it in their hands if they can't sell it. Zhu Kai said the key to this, and Song Lian was so angry that he kept humming beside him: "Second Prince, don't judge others by their own standards. The rich families in the Ming Dynasty are not as dark as you think."

"is it?"

Zhu Kai grinned and said, "Old Song, your housekeeper sold me seven grain shops two days ago..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Song Lian's eyes widened, "There is absolutely no way my family would engage in business."

After saying this, Song Lian said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the Second Prince has slandered me. Please investigate this matter."

"Look, I said the grain shop was yours, and you immediately denied it, which means it was based on facts, unless the person doing the business was not your family." Zhu Kai looked at Song Lian with a smile, "If that's the case, then Old Song, why do you call your father dad? Can you explain it clearly?"

"you……"

Song Lian glared at Zhu Kai, and then cried out to Zhu Yuanzhang again: "Your Majesty, I…"

Before Song Lian finished speaking, Zhu Biao helped Zhu Kai explain: "Mr. Song, what my second brother meant is that since you can say something you are sure of, there are at least 8,000 wealthy people in the world, and you can't know all of them clearly. Mr. Song taught me to seek truth from facts, but have you ever sought truth from facts?"

With such an explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even need to say a word, Song Lian had already been defeated.

"Okay, Mr. Song's father... ah no, ahem!"

Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and then pretended to be calm and continued: "We will talk about other things later. I called you here today to discuss the matter of grain and grass for the northern expedition."

Zhu Yuanzhang almost let the cat out of the bag and glared at Zhu Kai fiercely.

It's all your fault. You've led your father into this bad situation.

Zhu Kaize didn't care about all this. He just smiled and then became absent-minded.

After Zhu Kai's reminder, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew that the method of using potatoes to exchange grain from wealthy merchants was no longer feasible. When he looked at other people, he suddenly felt that no matter who it was, there was no solution to this problem.

Our only solution now is to rely on the young tiger of our Zhu family.

Today, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw potatoes, he realized what true auspiciousness was, so he thought of Zhu Kai.

Mr. Zhu Biao said that no matter what difficulties he encountered, as long as he found Zhu Kai, he could solve them smoothly.

Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to try and see if there was any solution for the Zhu family's cub tiger.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no reason to be polite to Zhu Kai, and asked directly: "Kai'er, since you think that Prime Minister Wang's plan is not working, tell me, what method do you have to quickly raise enough food and fodder for the 200,000 soldiers to march north?"

Today, when transportation is still inconvenient, transporting food and supplies to the front line is a huge task.

Not only did they have to prepare food and fodder for the 200,000-strong army, they were also responsible for providing food, clothing and other necessities for the civilians who transported the food and fodder along the way.

The 200,000-strong army is used for fighting, and other matters basically have to be handled by the civilians.

When Zhu Kai heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said, he laughed and said, "Of course I have a way. Not to mention the food and grass for an army of 200,000, even if it's for an army of 400,000, I can gather enough."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other five people in Jinshen Hall were all shocked.

Can you gather enough food and fodder for an army of 400,000?

Are you kidding me?
(End of this chapter)