Listening to Emperor Hongzhi's inquiry, Xiao Jing smiled.

But he felt extremely uncomfortable.

As the palm print eunuch of the celebrant and the factory director of the East Detective Factory, what he is most afraid of is that His Majesty explicitly ordered him to go to check the details of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Why was Xiao Jing ignorant about potatoes at the beginning? In fact, the fundamental reason is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in Xishan.

Therefore, the East Factory tried its best to avoid going to Xishan for secret investigation.

There are so many taboos about this kind of thing!

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the future Son of Heaven. You Dongchang actually dare to secretly investigate the prince, in the future, anyone who secretly makes a small report, His Royal Highness the Prince, the future emperor, how will he imagine?

No matter what associations will eventually arise, Xiao Jing's trouble is not small.

Therefore, he had to pretend to be confused, and Dongchang would never dare to set up any secret agents in Xishan, because as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew in the future, no matter what was found or not, and whether he found out whether it was reported to His Majesty, this may be the handle of Xiao Jing's bad death in the future.

The factory guards are pervasive, but they must be clear about who can be investigated, and who you have to hide away from, and you can't ask half a sentence about what you shouldn't ask, even if someone sends these news to the lobby of your East Investigation Factory, Xiao Jing will definitely not dare to look at it.

In the past, His Majesty the Emperor at most asked the prince what he was doing, and Xiao Jing's answer was very simple, this did not need a secret visit at all, just let the individual blatantly go to the Zhan Mansion and ask His Royal Highness's itinerary, this is not an unsightly thing, everything is recorded and checked, but now, it is equivalent to inquiring into the privacy of His Royal Highness the Prince, which ...... It's hard to guarantee that there will be no hidden dangers in the future.

But since His Majesty asked, and pointed out that Dongchang wanted to find out, if he didn't go, His Majesty would not be able to explain here, and if there was the slightest concealment in front of His Majesty today, it would be even more serious.

So...... Although Xiao Jing was smiling and groaning, he was aggrieved in his heart. It's really hard to be caught between this pair of royal father and son.

At this time, Xiao Jing could only say truthfully: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the East Palace, walked around, and went to Xishan again. ”

"Oh." Emperor Hongzhi held the spoon and still ate mashed potatoes without a match, which seemed to be insignificant, but under this silence, he was obviously particularly concerned about what Xiao Jing was secretly playing.

"And then?"

Seeing that Xiao Jing did not continue, Emperor Hongzhi asked.

"His Highness went to Xishan and ate potatoes."

"Really?" Emperor Hongzhi lowered his head and looked at the mashed potatoes on the plate, this kid still has this hobby?

But...... Is it just because of this, so why don't you talk to me? And why is it so sneaky?

"And what?"

Emperor Hongzhi always felt that it was not so simple, he raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Jing with a smile.

He knew there must be something inside.

What the prince is like, if he, as a father, doesn't know, it will be a real failure.

Xiao Jing was furious when Emperor Hongzhi saw it, and said with a bitter face: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince eats...... What is eaten is ...... It's potato roast beef. ”

“……”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he subconsciously looked at the mashed potatoes on the plate, and his stomach was full of potato smell, which made him burp......

Potato...... Roast beef......

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, and continued to ask nonchalantly, "Where did the beef come from?" ”

"It's dead, so Fang Jifan bought it and slaughtered it for cooking." Xiao Jing said.

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi stiffened his face and said in a deep voice: "It was bought by the crown prince, don't count it all as the successors, I know some things, you don't dare to say it." ”

"This ......" Xiao Jing felt that his palms were sweating, and his heart even trembled, but he had to nod and say, "It seems to be so." ”

"How did this cow die?"

The more His Majesty asks the truth, the greater the pressure on Xiao Jing becomes, because he knows that maybe His Majesty already has the answer in his heart, which is called watching the fire, if he hides something, it may make His Majesty doubt himself, and his good days will really come to an end.

Xiao Jing stiffened his head and said: "Judging from the investigation of Shuntian Mansion, the local armor chief and the local gentry, this cow was smashed to death by a boulder falling from the sky. ”

"Click, falling from the sky?" Emperor Hongzhi's lips hooked up a smile, but this smile was obviously a little mocking: "If you walk on the street, will the sky snap and fall off the boulder?" ”

"Slave maid......" Xiao Jing hurriedly bowed down and said: "Actually, I have also checked, this kind of thing is not unfounded, in the past hundred years, there have been many records about flying stones outside the sky, such as in the third year of Hongzhi......"

"Don't talk about that." Emperor Hongzhi glared at Xiao Jing and directly interrupted him.

Xiao Jing smacked his lips, and seemed to feel that his explanation was a little pale, and he laughed hard: "That...... Your Majesty, they have a book on cattle slaughter. ”

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes, thoughtfully, was silent for a moment, and said: "Pay attention again, from today onwards, whether the cattle raised by the farmers near Xishan are still lost and abnormal, how many have died, how many have been lost, and all have been reported." ”

"This ...... Your Majesty, isn't it ......?"

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, "You don't understand, there will be two in everything, and there will be three if there is two, so keep an eye on me." ”

"Yes."

Xiao Jingshi didn't want to give Emperor Hongzhi a stalk about this, he ...... I was afraid of death, but there was no way, so I had to make a salute and say that I obeyed the order.

………………

The whole Jingshi is already in turmoil, and countless people want to see what this potato is.

In fact, in the vicinity of Jingshi, some land prices have begun to waver, and more people go to Xishan to find out.

Like a monkey, in the densely planted potato field, the greenhouse has been dismantled, and the inner and outer three layers are full of scholars and local gentry.

The lieutenants and wrestlers were all in good spirits, and today they changed into new clothes and surrounded the potato field, and then the lieutenants began to cut the potatoes.

One stone, two stones...... Ten stones, the people excitedly reported one amazing number after another, and there were old men, although their beards were white, but at this moment they were crying loudly.

"Heaven has mercy on our people......" the old man said with tears streaming down his eyes.

In this life, seeing such a scene is not in vain.

In fact, this old gentry also has some fields near Gyeonggi, and he is an old talent, and after repeated failures, he simply did not take the test, and guarded his family business well, and teased his grandson.

The drop in land prices is a bit painful for him.

It's strange to say, he himself doesn't know whether to cry or laugh, after reading books all his life, isn't what he asks for is to be full of cang, and the people know the etiquette? Isn't all you want is that there will be no hunger in the world?

Seeing the potatoes being dug out one by one, and people reporting the number one by one, the old Xiucai's heart was trembling, it was over, the land was definitely worthless, but ...... People like them, with oil mills and some livestock, can still maintain their former dignity.

In fact, the land is still these lands, and if more food can grow in this land, the days will only be richer, and the falling land price will only be a number on paper after all.

Lao Xiucai was in tears, like a dream, and when he reported thirty stones, he exhaled a long breath and his eyes lit up.

"Okay, it's good, it's peaceful and prosperous, what's wrong." Lao Xiucai shook his head, excitedly and with a little ugly face around him, or excited, or a little painful in his heart, but after all, he was still happy: "In the past, we had food, but some people were hungry, but now everyone is not short of food, what's wrong?" This potato is well planted, we are the disciples of the saints, what we want, isn't that what we want? Some people, Ye Gong is a good dragon, usually, Zhen Zhen has words, and he considers himself a saint every day, but because the potatoes came out, the land price shook a little, so he had to stomp his feet and scold NIANG, everyone in the world has food, the wife is peaceful, this land is naturally not scarce, and it is natural to fall a little silver, it is a matter of course, such people, shameless, the old man is ashamed to be with such people! ”

The curse made many people feel the same way and nodded their heads.

The book of saints is still beneficial, the gentry have all read it, after all, the appearance of this potato will not completely ruin their family business, but compared to ordinary people, they will lose some interests. Therefore, Lao Xiucai's righteous and awe-inspiring words made everyone's interest high again.

In the crowd, there was a humane: "Let's go, go and taste this potato, think it's good, the grain seeds issued by the thousand households in Tuntian, whoever wants to plant, can take it back and sow it, Zhang Xin, the deputy thousand households, has published his sweet potato, potato sowing and eating method......"

"Let's go, taste it."

In the cafeteria, there was a lot of noise.

A cow has been skinned in the back kitchen.

Zhu Houzhao is stupid to this cow, it's really lucky, I don't know why recently, there are always cows who don't have long eyes, and they don't even look at the yellow calendar when they go out to graze, and unexpected disasters will always come suddenly.

Fang Jifan was drenched in cold sweat, watching the men holding cattle knives and peeling off the cowhides, Fang Jifan already understood in his heart that next, the beef cattle breeding plan was urgent, otherwise, it would ...... Sooner or later, I will be killed.

In the dining hall, a group of people sang yellow rice porridge first, all of them complained, and then half a bowl of mashed potatoes came up, and everyone tasted it, so they all shouted happily.

But immediately, a signboard hung out: 'Potato Roast Beef: One Tael', 'Hot and Sour Shredded Potatoes, Three Hundred Yuan'.

“……”

The crowd chewed on the mashed potatoes in their mouths...... Suddenly, there was a feeling of being forcibly snatched off.

"Come, taste it." Lao Xiucai slapped the table and said very proudly: "Give the old man a roast beef and a shredded potato." ”

Beef is a luxury, and potato roast beef is a delicacy that everyone has never tried in their lives.

Silver...... It's a trifle!

The land price has lost so much, do you care about being slaughtered for another one or two taels of silver?

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Sorry, today's situation is special and the update is relatively late, I hope you understand!