The rest of the second year of the Apocalypse passed quietly, and the third year of the Apocalypse came quietly.

In a few months, Zhu Youzhen has become taller again, except for the youthful childishness on his face, he is already completely like an adult.

The people who Chu Tianxing arranged to go to the south came back, and Zhu Youzhen brought back all the seeds he wanted. The person who went to the south was called He Fei, and he was also Chu Tianxing's brother.

He Fei is very careful and organized. After knowing the meaning of King Xin's thirst for seeds, he ran to Yangzhou as his first stop. He believes that Yangzhou, where a large number of salt merchants gather, will definitely be able to find all kinds of rare and exotic species. Even if you can't see the real thing for a while, it's easy to find the news.

He Fei guessed half right, there are three kinds of seeds in Yangzhou. But he never expected that the sweet potatoes that King Xin diligently sought were everywhere in Yangzhou, and they were worthless at all. Potatoes and corn are a little rarer than sweet potatoes, but they are not uncommon.

"Is this the precious seed that the king wants?" He Fei looked at the large number of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes and muttered. He couldn't figure out how King Shin could be so hungry for these popular things. "These are the crops, right?"

He Fei resolutely decided that whether it was what King Xin wanted or not, he would bring back a few hundred catties of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes. There's nothing wrong with being careful.

However, since His Royal Highness King Xin likes novelty things, and this kind of crop of a few hundred catties does not cost much money. Looking at the remaining silver on his body, He Fei decided: as long as it is novel, he will not take the silver back.

He Fei went on a shopping spree in the south for novel seeds. On the return trip, in addition to the three crops of a few hundred catties each, He Fei really collected a lot of strange seeds and brought them back.

Seeing hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes piled up in three piles in front of him, Zhu Youzhen was a little stunned. He didn't expect that these high-yield crops had already been planted in large quantities in the south.

Zhu Youzhen originally thought that sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn were still rare varieties that had just been introduced from the West. It is probably difficult to find them on the market, and you may only get a few from European sailors who have come to China to pan for gold.

Before He Fei came back, Zhu Youzhen was still thinking, "If God blesses you, you can find a few seeds on this trip, you must cultivate them carefully, and you must not let the seeds die." "But I didn't expect ......, no wonder there were people in the north in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, but the people in the south have been fine.

Looking at a large pile, a large pile of seeds in front of him, Zhu Youzhen patted his thigh happily, "Haha, you don't need to cultivate carefully now, just let them go and ask them to plant." That's right, how could I be so careless, Xu Guangqi is obviously the author of "Sweet Potato Shu", isn't sweet potato just sweet potato! ”

Zhu Youzhen blamed himself, "It seems that I really underestimated the Ming Dynasty." It's not that there are no talents in this era, and it's not that there are no good things, it's just that the officials of the imperial court can't do it. With such a good crop, there is no movement at all in the north. It is clear that the promotion of agriculture by officials is not good, at least in the north. ”

"Hey, I'm still a vassal king now, I can't care about this, let's look at something else, right?" Zhu Youzhen was very interested in the other seeds He Fei brought back. Let's take a look, what other surprises will there be?

"Hehe, hehe" Zhu Youzhen smirked, he didn't expect that He Fei was really capable. Looking at the peppers, pumpkins, sunflower seeds, and peanuts that could be recognized in front of him, Zhu Youzhen was really pleasantly surprised.

Zhu Youzhen swallowed in his mouth, and swallowed back the gluttonous liquid that came to his mouth, "Haha, the recipe has expanded a lot now." I must have a sour and spicy shredded potato first, I really miss that taste. This He Fei must be rewarded heavily. ”

The tenants in the Imperial Estate are now very frightened. The nobles from the city insisted that they plant something they had never seen before.

It is said that the one called corn can produce 5 or 6 stones per mu. The one called sweet potato and potato can even produce 20 stone per mu.

It was obviously a noble man who had never done farm work, and I didn't know who was bragging. How can there be such a high-yielding crop in the world? That's not a fetish.

What if the nobles have to replant, what if the seedlings can't emerge, or the grains are not harvested?

However, the fertilizer sent by the noble man is really a good fertilizer.

The tenants couldn't help but fantasize that if these crops could really reach the level that the nobleman said, it would be great, and the family would finally be able to fill their stomachs in the future.

Ignoring the fierce opposition of the tenants, Zhu Youzhen forcibly set aside dozens of acres of land to grow corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Because sweet potatoes have Xu Guangqi's "Sweet Potato Shu" as a guide, sweet potatoes are the most planted.

Zhu Youzhen has never planted potatoes either, but he has the impression that there is not much difference between potatoes and sweet potatoes. Let the tenants plant sweet potatoes and corn the same way as sorghum.

Peppers, pumpkin, sunflower seeds, and peanuts are used as vegetable seeds. There is no clear planting method for these, so Zhu Youzhen specially explained that he was looking for the best vegetable farmers to slowly try planting. For other unknown seeds, open up another piece of land and try to plant them slowly.

Of course, with good things, Zhu Youzhen will not wronged himself, and he must always leave something to improve his food. "Well, this is a seed, you can't keep too much, and you won't give it to others for the time being." Zhu Youzhen naturally thinks so. "Well, you can only grow up by eating alone."

Back at the palace of King Xin, Zhu Youzhen forcibly commanded the kitchen of the palace, boiled a few corn and sweet potatoes brought back, and prepared to fight for tooth sacrifices.

"There are too many rules in the palace, it's better to have your own home, and the cooks are easy to command." Watching the kitchen obediently cook corn and sweet potatoes, Zhu Youzhen thought happily.

Seeing a ripe new crop, "the good things still have to be shared." "In essence, Zhu Youzhen is not the kind of stingy person." Hey, let's send a few to the palace. I have to communicate more with my eldest brother Zhu Youxiao, if I don't see each other for too long, the relationship will be estranged. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked Wang Chengen to pack the boiled corn and sweet potatoes in a food box and take them to the palace.

Although Zhu Youzhen now lives in the palace of King Xin, nominally Zhu Youxiao did not let him out of the palace, and the residence in the palace has not been taken back.

Therefore, now Zhu Youzhen can enter and leave the palace freely. Of course, the queen and the concubines are in the back court, and he can't break in.

Zhu Youzhen came to Changchun Palace well-informed, and if Zhu Youxiao didn't go to the court during the day, he would generally be here. This is his carpenter's workshop, where Zhu Youxiao, who is obsessed with carpenter's skills, will create his favorite works.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen entered the main hall, he saw that Zhu Youzhen was concentrating on carving something. Zhu Youzhen didn't care about him, and shouted loudly: "Big brother, I'll bring you something delicious." ”

Zhu Youxiao was obviously taken aback, and his hand shook and almost threw everything out of his hand. He raised his head and said angrily: "Little Wu, what are you calling nonsense?" Almost ruined my work. ”

"What's that?" Zhu Youzhen looked at it curiously, Zhu Youxiao was a small thing in his hand, it was not fully formed, and he couldn't tell what it was.

"What did you just say?" Zhu Youxiao did not answer his question, but asked him a question.

"I'm here to bring you something to eat." Zhu Youzhen said happily, beckoning Wang Chengen to bring the food box.