Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sweet Potatoes, Planting!
Li Zicheng sat on the ground, his eyes blank.
On the way to the rebellion, he was also defeated and almost died.
But for the first time, he felt powerless, as if he had no chance of winning.
"Could it be that the destiny is not mine, but in Daming?"
Li Zicheng sat paralyzed on the ground and didn't say a word.
At this time, Song Xiance walked in embarrassment, and was immediately startled when he saw King Chuang's appearance.
It was the first time he had seen Li Zicheng so decadent.
"King Chuang, what's wrong with you?" Song Xiance exclaimed.
Li Zicheng only felt that his throat was astringent, and muttered: "Our grain and grass have been cut off, so the remaining army may not be able to hold out for long!" ”
"Alas! I, Li Zicheng, have switched to the north and south, and I have never encountered such a hard bone to gnaw. ”
"Advice, do you think Da Ming is really angry." Li Zicheng muttered.
Song Xiance was silent, he grabbed Li Zicheng, his voice excited.
"King Chuang! This is just a temporary success or failure, even if Chongzhen guards the outer city, now most of the world is still ours, what is the use of him only having one capital! ”
"It's a big deal for us to go back, and dragging him to death can be dragged to death!"
Song Xiance said this, which instantly gave Li Zicheng a little more confidence.
That's right!
Even if he can't capture the capital, the army behind him is still there, and he is still the king of Chuang.
"Advice is right, but it's just a temporary success or failure!" Li Zicheng's eyes once again burned with the fire of ambition. "We can lose countless times, but as long as the capital is breached, Chongzhen will be finished!"
Li Zicheng gritted his teeth, put his hands on the table, looked at the map of the capital on the table, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a cold smile.
"I can also see that Chongzhen has a lot of opportunities to leave in the past two days, but Chongzhen doesn't seem to want to abandon the capital."
"In that case! Then we will divide our troops into four ways and crush them from all sides, our number is at least five times more than that of Chongzhen, and I want to see how many soldiers and horses he still has to defend the capital. ”
Li Zicheng smashed his fist on the table, with a fierce momentum.
"It's a pity that Zong Min is dead, his subordinates are our elite!" Li Zicheng couldn't help but sigh.
Immediately afterwards, he thought of his nephew Li Guo and his godson Li Shuangxi.
Both of them were killed by Chongzhen, and Li Shuangxi was blown to pieces by the city's artillery.
Thinking of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be angry.
Song Xiance saw King Chuang cheer up, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "King Chuang, isn't this easy to do?" General Kwon's strongest point is that he has the most veterans under his command. ”
"Now that these people are all deployed near Chaoyangmen, these troops can be disrupted and mixed into the hands of other generals, and the combat effectiveness can be greatly increased."
When Li Zicheng heard his words, he couldn't help but nodded.
That's right! Just do as you say! ”
……
Day 2.
Chongzhen strolled through the palace, with Empress Zhou and Chen Yuanyuan by his side.
Chen Yuanyuan was so happy that she couldn't imagine it at this time, she never expected that her intended person would be the Ming Emperor.
And the queen was also very kind to her, and she felt at home for the first time.
"Your Majesty, where are you going to take us?" Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen curiously.
Chongzhen had a mysterious smile on his face, his hands behind his back, and he walked with a golden sword.
"You'll find out later!" Chongzhen smiled but did not speak.
The two women glanced at each other, and their hearts were even more curious.
After a short time, the three of them came to the Imperial Garden.
At this moment, a strong aroma came to her, and Queen Zhou's nose moved lightly, and her eyes immediately lit up.
"What is this, it smells so good!" Empress Zhou said with curiosity.
"Hahaha, just go and take a look!"
Chongzhen was quite proud, strode forward, and walked around a corner.
Empress Zhou and Chen Yuanyuan also followed, and in a blink of an eye, they saw a small pavilion.
At this time, there was a stove in the pavilion, and Empress Zhang was sitting next to her, poking her head into the stove, while Wang Chengen was holding a small fan and fanning the wind towards the stove.
"Imperial sister-in-law!" Chongzhen and Empress Zhang shouted.
Chen Yuanyuan was a little cramped and said, "See the queen!" ”
"Hey, my sister doesn't have to be like this!" Empress Zhang smiled and helped Chen Yuanyuan up.
A few people around chatted, and the topic then fell to Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, what do you want us to see!" Empress Zhang was the most curious about this, the deployment of troops in the capital had been busy these days, and she had rarely seen the emperor so happy.
"Yes! Your Majesty, what is a good thing? ”
"Let's see?"
Empress Zhou and Chen Yuanyuan were also very curious.
Chongzhen smiled mysteriously and gave Wang Chengen a look.
"You go and turn on the stove." Chongzhen Road.
"Obey the order!"
Wang Chengen replied and carefully turned on the stove.
Burst!
Suddenly, a wisp of fire burst out below, carrying a rich aroma, rolling out.
Then Wang Chengen picked up the tongs and took out a plate of roasted sweet potatoes and baked potatoes from it.
"What is this?"
The tip of Empress Zhou's nose moved slightly, she had not yet smelled this fragrance, giving people a sense of food satisfaction.
"Sweet potatoes and potatoes can yield more than ten stones per mu a year!"
The corners of Chongzhen's mouth hooked slightly, and the heat in it couldn't hurt his fingers at all.
He took a bite and there was a smell of aroma coming out of his face.
What the!
Several people around were stunned.
The yield per mu is more than 10 stones!
Is this still the food of the world?
Among them, Empress Zhang was the most shocked, although he didn't know how much a piece of farmland produced per mu, but under the influence of his ears and eyes, he also knew that a piece of land could have three stones to be the top fertile land.
This mu yields ten stones, which is simply a miracle.
At this time, Queen Zhou carefully picked up a piece of sweet potato and took a small bite.
Suddenly, Queen Zhou was stunned.
Soft and glutinous, the aroma is rich, and it is mouth-watering.
"Delicious!"
Hearing what Queen Zhou said, Empress Zhang and Chen Yuanyuan also immediately came to the front and took a small bite.
Chongzhen smiled faintly, these potatoes and sweet potatoes are the heroes of the population explosion.
Not only does he fill your stomach, but it's also delicious.
Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen on the side and said, "Now distribute these potatoes and sweet potatoes to plant, and there will be no shortage of food in the capital at that time!" ”
"Obey the order!" Wang Chengen said.
Not much.
Chongzhen sat on the dragon chariot and came to a ridge.
Now that spring has arrived, the capital has also been snatched back, and the top priority is to grow food.
Otherwise, there will be no food in the capital, and it will definitely cause chaos.
"Come, bring all the food." Chongzhen beckoned.
Suddenly, several carriages dragged bags of sweet potatoes and potatoes to Chongzhen's side.
The people around were all looking not far away at this time, very curious.
"This seems to be the food that the emperor prayed for to heaven, what does the emperor want to do?"
"I don't know, let's take a look!"
"What is the emperor going to do!"