Chen Chen and Zhu Xie are not stupid. If this thing is really done, basically the two of them plus Xue Hong will have a talisman. As long as they don't rebel, there will be no problem in being a prime minister when they have nothing to do.
If this credit is heaped on one person, it would not be an exaggeration to make him a king with a different surname!
Although the current emperor is working hard to govern, the party disputes in the court are becoming more and more clear. The problem of private salt in various places in the south of the Yangtze River is becoming more and more serious. In addition, the rich have been annexing land and have been in trouble for a long time. No one can solve the mess for a while.
The most critical thing is the climate. From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present emperor, there have been more than 700 natural disasters recorded! Disasters occur almost every year!
Now, according to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the national average grain yield per mu is just over two hundred kilograms! What's more, the fields are all in the hands of the rich, and the situation of ordinary people's families is far worse than imagined!
Even if the emperor only took two hours of rest during a busy day, it would be difficult for him to change anything. At most, he would maintain the status quo.
If the yield of sweet potatoes can really reach more than 3,000 kilograms per mu, this will be a huge contribution to the people!
Although Chen Chen and Zhu Xie have noble status and are not short of money, wouldn't it be nice to have such a living person with countless achievements as a talisman?
Especially Zhu Tie, although he did not plan to compete for the throne, he was still worried that one of his brothers might not like him after he ascended the throne.
If Hongshu is true, Zhu Ji will take credit for this and wallow with the emperor. No one can touch him unless he really rebels!
So the two of them used their huge power to get 10,000 kilograms of seedlings back from Luzon! It is true that Luzon does not allow foreign shipments, but there is nothing that money cannot solve! If there is, then double the amount.
!!Huh? Not yet? Super double!! Well, that’s it!!
Chen Chen and Zhu Xie were not sure whether the sweet potatoes were as high-yield as Xue Hong said, and they were also worried that someone would destroy them, so they did not grow.
Even the sweet potatoes that were brought back were brought in by Zhu Jie and mixed with the royal tribute on the transport ship.
After two years of research by three people, it has been determined that because sweet potatoes grow underground, they are not afraid of hail, strong winds and other natural disasters.
At the same time, compared with traditional crops such as wheat and rice, it is more cold-resistant and drought-resistant!
Zhu Xie took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped his mouth, and then said: "Junchen, my father's people should also be here. Let's go to Zhuangzi!"
Junchen is the name given to Xue Hong by Xue Gong, and Gongzhi is Chen Chen's name.
The three of them went out, got into a carriage, and drove away.
The carriage was very big, but because it was not very breathable, within a short time, Xue Hong's light and elegant fragrance could be smelled in the entire carriage.
Zhu Xie said with an unhappy look on her face: "Really, you are a grown man, you are pretty, but you actually have body fragrance, you are not a man at all."
Xue Hong raised his eyebrows and said: "If the Sixth Prince is jealous, just say it directly, there is no need to beat around the bush."
Zhu Xie's appearance is also good, but it is more masculine. After all, the emperor chooses good-looking ones for each generation of harem. No matter how old his son is, he can't be too ugly! Unless the emperor is cheated...
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The carriage left the city gate and headed south. After walking for almost two hours, it finally arrived at Zhuangzi under Zhu Xie's banner.
Zhuangzi is quite large, with a population of about 200, and more than 800 acres of farmland under the village, all of which are upper fields. Think about it, how can the fields of the sixth prince be lower fields?
As soon as Zhu and the others got out of the car, a white-faced and beardless middle-aged man came over and saluted: "I have met His Highness the Sixth Prince. These two must be Mr. Chen's family and Mr. Xue Hong, the leader of the Jinling case."
Xue Hong and Chen Chen replied: "I have met my father-in-law."
Eunuch Li: "We are here to verify whether the sweet potato yield is true according to your majesty's order. I am acting under your majesty's orders. If there is anything wrong, I hope your highness and the two young masters will bear with it."
Zhu Xie waved his hand impatiently: "Come on! I didn't intend to lie in the first place, just tell my father the truth about what you saw."
Eunuch Li suddenly smiled and said: "In that case, I would like to thank Your Highness for your understanding."
Several guards led Zhuangtou over and saluted Zhu Jie: "Your Highness, everything is ready and can start acceptance at any time."
Zhu Xie was also a little excited. He waved his hand and shouted: "Start the acceptance!!"
Everyone was ordered to get busy, and Eunuch Li also ordered the two young eunuchs around him to follow and help settle the accounts. In fact, they were supervising to prevent fraud.
The guards brought a table to the four of them. There was chilled watermelon and some ice cubes on the table. Zhu Xie and Chen Chen rolled up their sleeves and started eating regardless of their appearance!
To be honest, Xue Hong has always been curious about how one who is a prince and the other who is a direct descendant of a thousand-year-old family developed such a casual personality.
Xue Hong looked away from Zhu Jie and Eunuch Li, and saw Eunuch Li's eyes never leaving the sweet potato field, full of tension and expectation, and even a hint of tears.
Xue Hong took out a piece of watermelon from the plate and handed it to Eunuch Li, asking: "Eunuch, it seems that you are very interested in these sweet potatoes?"
Eunuch Li turned around, and Xigua thanked him and started talking about his childhood.
It turns out that Eunuch Li was also the son of a farmer back then. He has been an honest farmer for generations and has never done anything illegal or harmful.
There are eight people in the family, including grandparents, parents, two younger brothers, and one younger sister.
My family has more than 30 acres of land, and one acre of land can produce more than 400 kilograms of grain on average. I can be considered a rich farmer.
But natural disasters will not pity anyone. Large-scale droughts lasted for three years, resulting in no harvest in Eunuch Li's hometown.
In the past three years, the government's land tax has never been paid less. In order to pay the land tax, Eunuch Li's father had to sell part of the land.
But who would have thought that after Dahao, there would be another large-scale locust plague! Another year of snow disaster!! The price of food has risen to sky-high prices. In the past five years, all the land in the family has been used for tax deductions or exchanged for food. Eunuch Li has witnessed it with his own eyes.
My sister was sold by her father, and she even saw Yi Zi eating it with my own eyes!
In just five years, in just five years, Eunuch Li’s family changed from rich farmers to tenants of someone else’s family! In addition to natural disasters, how can there be no man-made disasters?
It happened that the palace was accepting eunuchs, and Eunuch Li was quite upright, so in order to save his family, he entered the palace for ten taels of silver.
He also comes from a lower-class background, and Eunuch Li understands very well what it means to the people to produce thousands of kilograms of grain per mu! Not to mention three thousand kilograms, even one thousand kilograms, it is also life-saving grain!!
A total of five acres of sweet potatoes have been harvested, and everyone is counting them.
Not long after, a guard and two young eunuchs ran over with excitement on their faces: "Your Highness! I harvested a total of five acres of sweet potatoes, of which the lowest harvest only harvested 4,950 kilograms! The most.
One acre of land yielded a harvest of 6,500 jins!! An average harvest of 5,600 jins per acre!!"
Two young eunuchs also testified with excited expressions, proving that they had watched people pick up sweet potatoes from the fields and put them on the scales to record them, and there was no false reporting of the data.
Later, Zhu Jie told Eunuch Li how many kilograms of sweet potatoes she had in total and where they were planted.
Xue Hong also took out some sweet potato planting conditions, edible methods and medicinal values that he had written over the past two years based on his past life memories and practice. He handed a thick stack of books to Eunuch Li.
Eunuch Li excitedly bowed to Zhu Jie and the others, and then said: "I will return to Beijing right now to tell His Majesty the good news! I promise, even if I run away and scatter this set of bones, I will send the news back to Your Majesty."
!!Old slave, I’ll take my leave now.”
Eunuch Li stood up and led a group of guards directly onto their horses and galloped away.
Chen Chen: "Hey! This Eunuch Li is quite agile despite his age!"
Xue Hong: "Not only is he very skillful, but believe it or not, Eunuch Li can beat ten of you."
Chen Chen acted like "Don't lie to me, I haven't studied enough."
Zhu Xie: "Junchen is not joking. Eunuch Li is my father's right-hand man. He can't even get close to three or five of the best soldiers in the army. With your small body, Eunuch Li can hit you twenty times without any problem."
Xue Hong: "Okay, you two, stop playing tricks. There are still more than ten villages that we haven't gone to. There are many things waiting for us to solve."