"The sea of the Ming Dynasty is forbidden to flow in, and the imperial court has ordered it to be seized, although the ports everywhere have turned a blind eye, and now that it has reached the capital, Your Majesty will not care."

"Now that Chang Ningbo has 'poisoned' the Queen Mother with Fanwu, Your Majesty is afraid that he will be furious."

Xiao Jing said in a low voice.

"Who is the imperial physician in the temple?"

"Tai Hospital's hospital sentenced Dr. Liu."

The Queen Mother has great trust in Imperial Physician Liu, and has already accepted Veterinarian Liu as her personal doctor, Yan Chengjin guessed a few points.

After a while, the little eunuch summoned him in.

When Yan Chengjin entered the dormitory, he saw that half of the roasted corn that had been eaten on the side had been eaten by half of it......

"Where's the prince?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the prince is still in Liangxiang, and he should be there in a while."

Zhu Houzhao didn't know that the Queen Mother was sick, and this guy did everything possible to rush to Liangxiang, but he had to take a Ferris waterwheel before he was willing to go.

He rushed back to the palace because he was afraid that Zhou Yu would spoil the corn, but he didn't expect that it was still a step too late.

"The minister has a way, maybe let the Queen Mother try ......"

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up, and Yan Chengjin ordered someone to find more than a dozen eggs, beat all the egg whites into a bowl, and brought them to Liu Wentai: "Please also ask Imperial Doctor Liu to try the toxicity." ”

Raw egg whites are not poisonous, but for the sake of prudence, let Liu Wentai try it first.

Liu Wentai took a sip of the golden spoon and nodded.

"Yan Qing's family wants to use this thing as medicine?"

Yan Chengjin felt that it was necessary to popularize the knowledge of heavy metal poisoning, so that someone would eat it by mistake and not know how to solve it.

"Corn is not toxic, what is toxic is dansha and copper, and taking egg white liquid may be able to solve it."

The concept of heavy metals, Emperor Hongzhi and others did not understand, Yan Chengjin was concise and to the point.

Liu Wentai fed the egg whites to the Queen Mother, the taste was extremely fishy, and the Queen Mother couldn't help retching after two sips.

"The medicine is bitter, please take it all."

The Queen Mother held her breath and drank it all, her face was much more relieved, Empress Zhang helped her lie down, and fell asleep after a while.

Emperor Hongzhi said to Yan Chengjin and Zhou Yu: "You two come to Fengtian Hall with me." ”

Fengtian Temple,

Emperor Hongzhi sat quietly on the throne, and placed a piece of corn on the imperial case, which was what the Queen Mother had eaten before.

Yan Chengjin stood aside, and the cabinet ministers and the six ministries were there.

Zhou Yu and Lao Dao knelt on the ground.

"I heard that this golden fruit is from Liangxiang, and the Yan Qing family allows the big cannibals to trade in Liangxiang?"

"Yes."

Fanbang people and Daming trade needs to be compatible, Francois and cannibals are not among them, under the strict implementation of the Daming sea ban, Francos and cannibals go to the capital to do business, too blatant.

"Why is that?"

Yan Chengjin naturally wants to make Liangxiang the righteous bird of the Ming Dynasty, so that the world's businessmen will gather in Liangxiang, bring a dazzling array of goods, and make the Ming Dynasty more prosperous.

"The minister naturally wants to feed more people, although the big cannibals and the Franji people are hateful, but they have brought many exotic goods, the golden fruit is called corn, which is the same staple food as rice, but the old way added cinnabar and copper and other things, and the queen mother was poisoned after taking it."

Rice?

Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang and others are in full bloom.

Anyone with the word "rice" can be eaten.

In this world, there is polished rice, brown rice, and broken rice.

This is the first time I've heard of corn.

Lao Dao hurriedly kowtowed, and Zhou Yu was aggrieved: "But the minister was tried by the minister, and he was dedicated to the queen mother, and he didn't hide it from His Majesty, it was the minister who tried it, and the minister knelt here well......"

"Chang Ningbo tried one?"

Zhou Yu nodded.

Yan Chengjin said: "That's it, Chang Ningbo Bo only tried one grain, and the Queen Mother took half of the corn, and the symptoms would be revealed faster." ”

The Queen Mother took the egg white after the symptoms were alleviated a lot, Yan Chengjin seemed to have a study of this thing, Emperor Hongzhi asked: "How to eat this thing, how much is the yield per mu, and how to cultivate?" ”

Yan Chengjin wanted to grind a piece of corn into flour and boil corn paste for Emperor Hongzhi to taste, but he only had six corns left on hand and couldn't waste it.

"This thing is the food of the Franji people, and corn is to them what rice is to the Han people."

Yan Chengjin hit the nail on the head, and the sentence "just like rice is to the Han people" deeply moved Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang and others.

Needless to say, how important rice is to the Han people.

Li Dongyang and the others looked solemn.

Yan Chengjin has always been cautious, and he will not say anything without evidence, this guy dares to conclude like this, it is eight or nine and ten.

"As for the yield per mu, the minister does not know, but corn can be cultivated on dry land, straw can be fed to farming cattle, and also used as firewood.

August is about to pass, the capital is freezing cold, and nothing can be planted.

Hainan is like spring all year round, known as the Silicon Valley of seeds, and is a natural greenhouse.

For Daming, who is facing the Xiaoice River period, reclamation is a treasure land.

There are three kinds of corn a year, and corn can also be planted in winter, and the yield is not low.

It is completely regarded as a grain production base, comparable to Suhu Lake.

It's a waste to leave it overseas.

Bring corn to Hainan for planting, and in the spring of the following year, a large number of seeds can be brought back to Daming, and then popularized in spring ploughing.

"It's just that Hainan is very barren now." Yan Chengjin thought secretly.

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a long time, although Hainan is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but it is no different from the Tusi, the imperial court rarely appoints officials to Hainan to take office, and most of them are managed by the local Tusi.

The predecessor of Wenyuange University, Qiu Rui, was from Hainan.

Even so, Hainan is still a wild land in his eyes.

Liu Jian said: "This person must not only be good at farming, but also deal with the local toast, and it also takes a lot of people to open up the wasteland. ”

Li Dongyang and the others nodded.

"The minister recommended Li Kang of Hanyuan, and the wasteland can be opened up for the displaced people in Liangxiang to go."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin directly, and said, "Yan Qingjia, I ask you, don't bully the king, how sure are you?" ”

"Fifty percent!" Yan Chengjin said against his heart.

This trip should be ninety percent sure, but he only reported fifty percent to Emperor Hongzhi.

Li Kang is different from others, he is not from a big family, he was born in a farmer's family, and like Li Dongyang, he is a poor talent, so that he will not be like other Hanlin, and he does not know anything about farming.

When he was in the Hanlin Academy, he copied the most agricultural books and understood the season.

Emperor Hongzhi secretly added two percent in his heart, that is, seventy percent, and said: "Spread my will, and order Li Kang to go to Hainan as a messenger!" ”

Li Kang was a little flattered when he received the decree, and it was the eunuch Xiao Gonggong who came to announce the decree, which made him feel even more reused, he was not afraid of being sent to Hainan, but he was hand-picked by His Majesty, which really made him feel like a dream.

"This is not exile."

Li Kang nodded heavily and took the holy decree.

Yan Chengjin went to Liangxiang with the imperial decree, asked Zhang Xian to collect 3,000 strong men, and went to Hainan with Li Kang to open up the wasteland.

The price is twice as much as the workshop, and it will be returned after April, and half of the salary will be paid first, and the second half will be settled after returning, and you can still work as a worker in the Liangxiang Workshop when you return.

This phenomenon is often found in the Cao Yun, after the merchant pays the wages, the ship is halfway open, and the sailors jump ship and run away, which is extremely common in the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Chengjin had to be cautious.

"The Tusi rebellion in Hainan is serious, and Li Kang, a civil official, may not be enough to do the job."