Emperor Hongzhi arrived at the East Palace as early as when Zhu Houzhao said that Abu Saeed Mirza had been dead for almost 20 years, but he did not alarm Zhu Houzhao, who was "trying" the case, but went to the side hall next to him, and he planned to listen carefully to what Zhu Houzhao and Li Zhaotong were doing.

Emperor Hongzhi was of course very angry when he heard that Ahmad Azam and others were envoys from the Timurid Empire who came to Daming to deceive them into receiving gifts, but he did not rush in excitedly, he wanted to see how his son dealt with the situation.

However, before Zhu Hou could show the results of the treatment, he heard that Ahmad Azamu had grain crop seeds in his hand with a yield of up to fifteen stones per mu.

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi, who loved the people like a son and cherished the world, could no longer sit still, and he rushed to the main hall in a hurry, stared at Ahmad Azam very excitedly, and then asked in a very serious tone:

"I ask you seriously, can you take what you say seriously? If it is true, I can forgive you without sin! But if you deceive me again, I will let you experience the punishment of Ling Chi of my Great Ming! ”

Ahmad Azam, a Chinese man who has been living in the Ming Dynasty for some time, understands that this is the emperor's self-proclaim.

Therefore, Ahmad Azam knew that the middle-aged man in front of him was His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Ling Chi, Ahmad Azam had also heard, and even heard people carefully describe this cruel punishment, which made Ahmad Azam shudder, but Ahmad Azam was confident in what he said, he straightened his waist and replied seriously:

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Ahmad Azam is willing to assure the Great Lord of Merciful Mercy that Ahmad Azam really has the seeds of grain crops that yield up to fifteen stones per mu, and if Ahmad Azam deceives His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Ahmad Azam is willing to fall into Hell forever!"

Emperor Hongji did not know which god the Lord of the Most Merciful was, nor did he know if Hell was hell, but the Ahmad Azam in front of him was willing to swear to the god he believed in, which made Emperor Hongji believe his words.

As a result, Emperor Hongzhi's tone softened a lot:

"You show it to me?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, please take a look."

Ahmad Azam took out a palm-sized bag from his body, and then he poured out a dozen golden fruits from the bag, placed them in the palm of his hand, and showed them to Emperor Hongzhi.

"Your Majesty, this is corn."

In fact, Li Zhaotong had already guessed that the seed owned by the Ottomans was corn through the yield per mu mentioned by Ahmad Azam, because in this era, whether it is potatoes or sweet potatoes, these have not yet been bred and cultivated, and their yield cannot reach 15 stone per mu.

Only corn, which has been domesticated by the Indians of Central and South America for tens of thousands of years and carefully cultivated, can achieve the effect of producing fifteen stones per mu.

Therefore, when Ahmad Azam poured out the corn kernels, Li Zhaotong did not feel surprised.

"Corn?!"

Emperor Hongzhi lost his voice, he opened his mouth for a long time before he came back to his senses, looked at Li Zhaotong, and muttered:

"This is what you call a fetish from the Golden Continent?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is the corn from the Golden Continent, which can indeed achieve the effect of fifteen stones per mu, but, Your Majesty, I have questions, I want to ask this Ahmad Azamu, is it okay?"

"Well, you ask."

Emperor Hongzhi's mind has been completely attracted by the corn with a yield of fifteen stones per mu, and he is already imagining the wonderful scene of himself competing with Yao Shun and becoming a generation of holy emperors.

Therefore, he didn't care what Li Zhaotong wanted to ask Ahmad Azamu.

With the approval of Emperor Hongzhi, Li Zhaotong came to Ahmad Azam's side and looked seriously into Ahmad Azamu's eyes and asked:

"Ahmet, if I'm not mistaken, it has only been more than five years since Columbus, a Genoese native of Spain, was financed by Queen Isabella I of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain and discovered San Salvador.

Of course, Columbus was able to bring back corn seeds from San Salvador, and even corn was already grown in Europa.

However, you did not go to Europa, and it took you a lot of time to smuggle from your Ottoman Empire to the Timurid Empire, and then from the Persian Gulf of the Timurid Empire to the Ming Dynasty.

So, how do you get your corn seeds and know the yield of corn seeds in such a short period of time?

Don't tell me it's a divine guide, I don't believe in these things. ”

According to his "memory", Columbus was discovered in the early morning of October 12, 1492 in the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea of Central America, that is, Li Zhaotong's San Salvaldo, which is Columbus's name for the discovered land.

It took two or three months for Columbus to return to Europe.

Even if Columbus brought back corn seeds, it would take time for Europe to plant corn and harvest it, and to know the yield.

It took time for the corn to reach the Ottoman Empire and then to Ahmad Azam.

Ahmad Azam was smuggled into the Timurid Empire, which took time.

Ahmad Azam got a ship in the Timurid Empire and then came to Daming, which took time.

Ahmad Azam lived in Daming for another time.

Therefore, it is basically impossible for Ahmad Azamu to get corn seeds and know the yield of corn in more than five years!

Unless, unless, it really is the chosen son of the gods who guided him to send the corn seeds to the East, or he is still lying!

"Okay! Li Gongzi, you are worthy of being the descendant of your Ming gods, and you know a lot more than others! But there are some things that you just need to know one result, so why do you have to pursue the process? Corn can yield fifteen stones per mu, I didn't lie to you, did I?! ”

Ahmad Azam could be sure that the yield of corn per mu could reach fifteen stones, and Emperor Hongji had already said that if it was true, he could be pardoned for his innocence.

Ahmad Azamu, a Chinese expert, knows very well that the words spoken by Emperor Ming are all Chrysostom words, which can have the effect of exporting into a constitution, and he also saw the intoxicated appearance of Emperor Hongzhi, so he believes that his life is worry-free, so his courage has become bigger.

"Wow! You're so arrogant! ”

Zhu Houzhao jumped up,

"This palace is not as arrogant as you, hurry up and say, what are you hiding?"

Ahmad Azamu was still unmoved: "Really, His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming, Li Gongzi, you know a result, isn't it good, why do you have to know the process?" ”

"But what if I wanted to know?"

Li Zhaotong is already ready to pay for the life of the system, and once he takes this step, the fate of Ahmad Azam will definitely not be good.

Li Zhaotong is not a generous gentleman.

Of course, Li Zhaotong felt that he was still quite generous, so he decided to give this Ahmad Azam one last chance:

"Ahmad Azam shouldn't be your real name, right? Even, you're not an Ottoman yet. ”

In the case of excluding the chosen son, Li Zhaotong only thought of one situation that could explain why this "Ahmad Azam" could be so sure of the yield of corn, and that was -

This Ahmed Azam, whose name is fake, is not from the Ottoman Empire, but from Columbus's fleet!

It was only with Columbus's fleet that he could get corn seeds and know the yield of corn in just over five years.

"Li Gongzi, you are very smart, and you know a lot! I don't know, but do you know Uruz Reis? ”

"Ahmad Azamu", who felt that his life had been saved, was still very bold, and he began to ask Li Zhaotong to get up.

"Uruz Reis?"

Li Zhaotong thought for a while, he really knew this person, this person, in his memory, was a very famous pirate, he was the founder of the Barbary Pirate Kingdom, and the Redbeard Brothers, which he formed with his brothers, were one of the top ten pirates in human history.

But this is not enough to make Li Zhaotong's "memory" have this person, he can let Li Zhaotong's "memory" have this person, because he is the prototype of Urki, one of the eleven supernovas in the famous manga "One Piece" hundreds of years later!

It is precisely because of this that Li Zhaotong's "memory" remembers this person.

"You're a pirate?" Li Zhaotong asked rhetorically.

"Li Gongzi, you really deserve to be a person who is favored by the gods, Uruz Reis, you are willing to bow down, and you have seen Li Gongzi here!"

Ahmed Azam, no, it should be said that Uruz Reis, has finally revealed his true face.

"Dog, you are really full of lies, and now you have been exposed by Li Er!"

Zhu Houzhao jumped up, and then, he stared at Uruz Reis very seriously, and asked:

"Tell me, how many identities do you have?"

Emperor Hongzhi's attention was also attracted, and he also wanted to know what the identity of this Hu Shang who offered the sacred object of corn seeds was worthy of the attention of Li Zhaotong, a saint's son.

"There is another identity, I can be regarded as an envoy sent by His Majesty the Sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty, because my fleet is funded by His Majesty the Sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty."

Uruz Reis believed that Li Zhaotong knew that he was a pirate, so he felt that it was impossible for Li Zhaotong not to know that he was sent by the Mamluk Sultan Ghaithbey.

Therefore, he also calmed down.

However, Li Zhaotong really did not know that Uruz Reis was sponsored by the Mamluk sultans.

All he knew was that Uruz Reis had been financed by Selim I, the ninth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, which made him so powerful that he could rival the navies of Europe, thus usurping the power of the Hafs dynasty and creating the Barbary Pirate Kingdom, which proclaimed himself the Sultan of Algiers, also known as Barbarossa I.