Emperor Hongzhi was worried that something would happen to the East Palace, so he hurried over, but when he arrived, he saw Zhu Houzhao shaking an object in his hand and turning it over the fire.

"Father came just in time to open."

Zhu Houzhao was about to pry the plug, and Yan Chengjin said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, please cover your ears and exit a few times outside the main hall." ”

"Since it's so dangerous, how can you let the prince come here, come here, and escort the prince over!" Emperor Hongzhi shouted loudly.

Zhu Houzhao ignored it, and said hurriedly: "If you don't open it, it will be scorched, get out of the way!" ”

Boom!

There was a loud bang, and the cover bullet flew several meters away.

Liu Jian jumped up in fright, and Ma Wensheng and others were also frightened to varying degrees.

Emperor Hongzhi had Xiao Jing to help cover his ears, and the situation was better.

Yan Chengjin hid outside the palace gate, and waited for the loud noise to pass before running back to the palace.

"This thing is called a hand-cranked popcorn machine, which was made by Xie Pi when he was studying physics, and somehow was bought back to the palace by His Royal Highness."

There were a lot of rice flowers scattered on the ground, and Zhu Houzhao was busy asking the guards to pick them up, and looked at Emperor Hongzhi with some weakness.

Yan Chengjin once said that science is a discipline that can change the world.

Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian and others were unimpressed.

I can see the hand-cranked popcorn machine, and I feel curious, this sound is as powerful as the letter cannon.

Xie Qian lowered his head slightly, his son is tossing these things in Liangxiang, what is the difference between him and the prince messing around?

"It's too dangerous, how can you let it circulate."

Li Dongyang and the others nodded fearfully, obviously being frightened just now.

Emperor Hongzhi's reproachful eyes stared directly at Zhu Houzhao.

"Your Majesty, it's just a louder voice, it can't hurt people, if you want to promote corn, this thing is a good choice." Yan Chengjin looked at Zhu Houzhao and sighed lightly in his heart.

If nothing else, this thing is going to be beaten again.

Although the hand-cranked popcorn machine is a small invention, it greatly encourages the enthusiasm of Liangxiang engineers.

They are constantly turning their knowledge into small objects.

Improving all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty.

It's a revival, like the Renaissance in the West.

At this time, the Renaissance in the West is nearing its peak, and it will not be long before various scientific sprouts will appear.

If the Ming Dynasty stifles this fledgling momentum, I am afraid that it will lag behind an industrial revolution.

It's like in the history books.

It was from here that the backwardness of the closed country began, when the Renaissance broke out in the West, followed by the Industrial Revolution.

The countries of the West have risen one after another.

With a cautious hand, the Ming Dynasty cannot be slower than the West.

"What does this have to do with the promotion of corn?"

Emperor Hongzhi was concerned about the promotion of corn, and the small half bag of corn flour that Yan Chengjin left for him had already been eaten.

The Queen Mother muttered every day when she would have golden porridge to eat.

He sympathized with the Queen Mother, but the corn was used as seeds and planted in the ground.

"Your Majesty, you might as well try that popcorn."

Yan Chengjin looked at the two little eunuchs in the East Palace, holding a large bowl in his hand, and the caramel-flavored aroma of popcorn filled the courtyard.

Zhu Houzhao still wanted to hide it privately, so he stood forward.

"Bring it here!" Emperor Hongzhi pretended to be fierce.

"It's good for my father to taste it alone, and the palace spent two taels of silver to buy corn, and I want to send it to the queen mother and the queen mother."

Zhu Houzhao counted it, the cabinet and the six ministries, plus Lao Gao, there were ten people.

One person stretches out his hand once, and two more bowls are not enough.

Xiao Jing picked up one and prepared to test the poison.

Zhu Houzhao snatched it and stuffed it into his mouth, "Let Bengong come." ”

"......" Xiao Jing.

It's really not a single grain that is wasted.

Zhu Houzhao ate it as if no one else was there, and the popcorn collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally a small half bowl was left.

Emperor Hongzhi reached out and picked up a piece, chewed it gently, and when he bit it, it was crispy, and the sweetness exploded in his mouth, and he couldn't help but reach out again.

Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and others looked at it, a little greedy, but they were embarrassed to speak.

"Taste it." Emperor Hongzhi said to Zhu Houzhao: "The remaining bowl will be sent to the Empress Dowager and the Empress." ”

Zhu Houzhao was naturally reluctant, but he did not dare to disobey the will of Emperor Hongzhi.

Ordered two little eunuchs to send them to the two palaces.

The aroma of popcorn is overflowing, and Liu Jian and others have long wanted to taste it.

"Try it."

"Try it too."

The reaction of the cabinet and the six ministries was the same as that of Emperor Hongji, savoring it and wanting to eat it.

Yan Chengjin said: "Sugar is expensive, if the merchant walks the streets and alleys to sell popcorn and earn silver, corn will be like silk and cotton, and everyone will compete to plant it." ”

There are more ways to eat corn, and it will gradually become a staple food from a niche food.

After it becomes the main beam, it is followed by the reclamation of wasteland.

Expand the cultivated territory of the Ming Dynasty.

"I remember that Xie Pi was going to Liangxiang to study science, but Xie Qing's family didn't allow it, and now it seems that it is not necessarily a bad thing." Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile.

I don't know if it's praise or scolding, Xie Qian's face is green.

What's a good thing about studying science?

Seeing that it was about to be autumn, he felt the need to go to Liangxiang, call Xie Pi back, and open a small stove.

"The military fields in Yansui are uncultivated, which is just the right time to promote corn to Yansui." Liu Jian said.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

He remembered that Yan Chengjin said that this corn can survive if it is planted on dry land, and when it was promoted for the first time, it was only promoted in two capitals and thirteen provinces.

But he forgot about the nine sides.

Nine border towns, fertile land is scarce, but there is a lot of wasteland, if the corn is extended to the nine sides, wouldn't it be able to make use of the military fields in the borderlands.

"Your Majesty thinks about it, I'm afraid it's too early." Yan Chengjin said: "Of course, corn can be planted on the nine sides, but as soon as a war breaks out, these lands will become wasteland, and if you want to grow corn, you must be stable on the nine sides." ”

A large area of land in the northwest is not suitable for growing rice, but it is suitable for growing corn.

It is not easy to be stable on the nine sides.

Flies do not lick eggs that have not cracked.

As soon as the northwest is planted with corn, the Tatars will be recruited.

The nine sides were too vast, and the Tatars found weak defensive points and were able to attack them quickly.

"Yan Qing's family is right, the top priority at the moment is to settle down and recover the Hetao."

Emperor Hongzhi let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, with the Nine Palaces tactics of this palace, Master Yan will definitely be able to find the Tatars."

Zhu Houzhao said this, just like he promised all day long that "Erchen will never be again next time", which was unconvincing.

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian and others not only didn't believe it when they heard it, but they even felt a little disgusted.

"Your Highness trusts you."

Anyway, I believe that Zhu Houzhao doesn't have to lose his head, Yan Chengjin simply responded.

Zhu Houzhao was elated.

……

Northwest Yansui, the wind and sand are full of sky.

Yan Kesong rushed from Xuanfu to Yansui, and with the imperial decree of His Majesty, when passing through Ningxia, he transferred 10,000 troops in the border army.

Go to the rendezvous with the Baoguo Gong and take charge of the general's seal.

In the barracks tent of the Hetao.

"The wind and sand in the Hetao are not stopped, and the Tatars are hard to find, and Your Majesty actually sent a Hanlin to replace the general's general seal?" Zhu Hui's face was grim.

Changing the coach before the battle is a big taboo, and it is even more humiliating for him.

"Yan Kesong was originally from Hanlin, and he stayed in Hanyuan for more than ten years, but he only won the battle with Wang Yue and won the military merit.

I don't know why, in the first battle of Helan Mountain, Wang Yue gave him all his military exploits, speaking of which, this person was really lucky, and he was promoted all the way. ”

Admiral Slynn sighed in her heart.

"His son Yan Chengjin also has the trust of His Majesty, and this change of generals may be related to Yan Chengjin."

They don't know what is going on in the DPRK and China, but they can guess a few points.

The superintendent Miao Kui stared at Bao Guogong and said sadly: "Bao Guogong still wants to resist the decree and not hand over the seal?" ”

What is a prison guard?

will not be subject to military orders abroad,

He is to supervise the will of the imperial court and be able to carry it out in a timely manner.

It was the eyes and ears of Emperor Hongji.