Today is a good day and auspicious day, Zhu Su, the king of Zhou, got up early in the morning, and didn't even bother to freshen up, so he went out of the tent to the two small fields in the mountains. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoNow this place is no longer a simple fence, there is a circle of military tents in the distance, and then it is surrounded by yellow cloth, and a group of soldiers are always on the defensive, and even birds have to shoot a few arrows with a bow when they fly, and this place has become a forbidden place.

When he came to the field, Zhu Su saw that Ping Dayong and the Dashan brothers were already busy in the field, and the weeds in the field had already been cleared.

When the officers and soldiers arrived here, the two brothers were frightened, but they refused to flee while protecting the fields, and actually confronted each other with hoes, until Gao Sheng stood up and coaxed them to say that these officers and soldiers were invited by Shen Yue to help take care of them, and the two were relieved that they had been guided by Shen Yue and were more familiar with the cultivation of these crops than others, so they were left to take care of them.

"His Royal Highness King Zhou, will the Shen Dong family come over today? This potato and corn are almost ripe, and the sweet potato is not easy to see, so please ask Shen Dongjia to come and check it. ”

Zhu Su was also a little anxious about the two of them asking Shen Yue every day, although he was well-read, but he had never heard of these novel crops, that Shen Yue was really, what was more important than these crops.

"Don't worry, your host will come over today, and if he agrees to harvest later, you must be careful not to hurt the grain." Although these two brothers are tiger-headed, Zhu Su can see that they are simple and hardworking, and they are good at growing crops.

Looking at it, the leaves of the tall corn plant have been a little yellow, Zhu Su stroked the full bud in the middle, the tip has broken through the bract to reveal the full particles, the name of the corn is really commensurate, the grain is golden like jade. However, the name of the potato is a bit vulgar, the low stems and leaves have been completely yellowed, this crop is somewhat similar to taro, the grain should be the rhizome in the ground, I don't know what it looks like, the sweet potato is probably similar, but it is still lush and crawling all over the ground of the seedlings, it is estimated that it will take a while to harvest.

When he was in a daze, there was a commotion in the distance, Zhu Su guessed that Shen Yue had arrived, and he didn't care about his identity, so he hurriedly pulled the two brothers out to greet him.

Shen Yue followed Mu Ying to meet Zhu Di, the king of Yan, but saw the Ping Dashan brothers running over with a sloppy scholar, maybe they were too anxious to come and be disheveled and covered with dew, but they could see that they were dressed very luxuriously, could this person be Zhu Su, the king of Zhou?

"Are you Shen Yue? You are so miserable that this king is waiting, come with me to the field and have a look. The sloppy scholar grabbed Shen Yue's sleeve, pulled it up and left.

Shen Yue didn't expect his idol to look like this, he was still wondering, and he didn't have time to salute, so he had to walk towards the ground by him.

Although he knew that these crops would take about four or five months to mature, Shen Yue didn't know the specific cycle, but looking at the appearance of these crops, except for sweet potatoes, the other two should be ready to be harvested. raised his hand to break off the corn, but was hurriedly stopped by Mu Ying.

"What are you in a hurry, since it has matured, you still have to wait for the heaven sacrifice ceremony, this is still waiting for His Royal Highness King Yan to come and pick it up personally."

Shen Yue smiled bitterly, he was indeed too reckless, and he forgot to give face to the leader at the critical moment, no wonder he was unsatisfactory in his later life.

At noon, the officers and soldiers set up a wooden platform for the grass hut nearby, and Mu Ying, Chang Mao and all the generals of more than 100 households changed into full body armor and stood respectfully on both sides of the grass hut early. There is a nine-foot-long incense table on the wooden platform, on which there are three animal sacrifices of cows, sheep and pigs, and a huge three-legged bronze incense burner in the center.

Shen Yue didn't know what rank he was now, so he had to lead Pinglan and Shen Xiangyun to stand behind Mu Ying, wearing a military attache uniform given by Chang Mao, which was probably his own regular clothes, and there was a heavy smell of sweat, so he knew that he hadn't washed it at a glance.

Shen Yue was about to turn his head to ask Chang Mao, but he heard Mu Ying cough lightly and quickly shut up.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness King Yan and King Zhou, setting up an altar to worship the sky."

With a sharp roar of eunuchs, Zhu Di and Zhu Su stepped forward and back, wearing a crown of heaven, a dragon coiled on their chests, dressed in purple robes, and slowly walked out of the tent with square steps, and stood still in front of the incense case.

In the middle of the sun, Mu Ying shouted: "The auspicious time has arrived, and the sacrifice to the sky has begun." ”

Zhu Su picked up three thick sandalwood sticks from the incense table, lit them on the candle, turned around and handed them to Zhu Di, and bowed to the side.

Zhu Di took the incense, knelt down three times and then inserted the incense into the furnace, and everyone in the audience knelt down to worship the sky. After Zhu Di finished the incense, he turned around and took a shaft of yellow silk from Zhu Su's hand and unfolded it, and read in a high-pitched voice:

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says, the emperor respectfully sends the emperor's son, Yanwang Zhu Di, to dare to tell Emperor Yan Shennong's clan:

I am born in the next generation, and the people are among the grass and fields; When there is a loss of control, the world is divided, it is to take advantage of the autumn of the chaos of the heroes, gather the crowd to use force. The Dutch Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have quelled the riots, so that they have the world and dominate the common people, and it has been 12 years now. Although he admires his heart, he is born with foolishness, frustration, pride, hardship, and fighting spirit; Self-improvement, hard work.

The monarch was born in ancient times, followed the heavens and established the pole, and became a democracy; Divine merit and holy virtue, the law has been perpetuated to this day. The ancestor of Hehe, Yandi Shennong; Feeling the life of the sheep, bathing in Kowloon. Long than ginger water, only hard work and diligence; Lead my ancestors, pioneering and innovative. The first system of the plow, Jiahe grain people; Pity my world, sorrow and suffering, through the Shen family, give me the three treasures of Ming corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, thank the Holy Spirit, the law of eternity, the descendants of Yan and Huang, morality and sincerity, the great cause of unification, it is bound to be successful, the prince of the special mission to worship the heavens, the Holy Spirit is not ignorant, and its appreciation is acceptable! Feasting. ”

The lengthy sacrificial text made Shen Yue feel bitter in his heart, but when he heard the exploits of the Shen family mentioned in it, he was overjoyed, and it seemed that Zhu Yuanzhang still had some human feelings.

"Brother Shen, you are most familiar with Xiangrui, so you can harvest it by yourself." Zhu Di put away the holy decree and walked off the wooden platform.

Shen Yue didn't dare to get started this time, and respectfully explained to Zhu Di and others the harvesting method of corn and potatoes, and asked the two princes to pick them first.

Zhu Su couldn't wait for a long time, watching Zhu Di go to pick corn, turned around and walked towards the potato seedlings, reached out and grabbed the stems and leaves on it, and pulled it up as soon as he used his strength.

Everyone looked at the potatoes in Zhu Su's hands nervously, took a breath of cool air, and saw that the potato root was carrying four potatoes the size of an adult's fist, Mu Ying eagerly stepped forward to pick it up, it was enough to weigh two catties, this is worth it, one plant will produce two catties, looking at the planting situation in the ground, if one acre of land can be planted enough to plant more than a thousand plants, then there are two thousand catties. Although these potatoes have some moisture and are not as good as dry foods such as corn, the yield is amazing.

Looking at Zhu Di on the side, he has broken a huge corn, torn the layers of bud husks, and the dense corn kernels are full and full, although the yield is not as good as potatoes, but it is a real grain grain.

Mu Ying hammered Shen Yue's shoulder with a fist and said with a smile. "You kid is cautious, I'm worried in vain, I'm afraid this output is far more than three hundred catties."

Shen Yue secretly complained, after all, the Ming Dynasty did not have any chemical fertilizers and fine management, and he was not sure how much he could harvest, it seems that the land in the mountains is quite fertile, although the yield is not as good as that of later generations, but far more than other crops today. Turning her head to Pinglan and Shen Xiangyun, the two daughters took the hoe from the carriage and walked to the potato field to dig up the soil.

Everyone stepped forward to see what the two little girls were going to do, but when they saw that under the potato seedlings pulled out by Zhu Su just now, three bigger potatoes were cut out by the two, and Mu Ying couldn't calm down anymore.

"Oh my God, I'm afraid this potato can produce three or four thousand catties per mu!"

Zhu Su was even more crazy, and regardless of the persuasion of the eunuchs around him, he rolled up his sleeves and pulled up the potato seedlings one by one, looked at the potato pieces that gradually filled the bamboo basket, and danced happily.

Zhu Di knew this brother's temperament very well, and he didn't care, turned around and walked in front of Shen Yue, and said with a smile,

"Brother Shen has made a lot of contributions this time, with these high-yield crops, why don't I worry, let's go, follow me to the account and drink a few cups, let's celebrate."

The previous misunderstanding of Zhu Di has been solved by Mu Ying, Shen Yue admires his calm and unhurried bearing, it is estimated that the next thing is to talk about the reward of the imperial court, I don't know what arrangements I have for myself, so I walked back to the tent with Zhu Di.