Shi Kefa still has to look outside the city every day, the rice is about to be harvested, and the rice in this field where Zhang Laohan's family has applied urea is obviously different from other paddy fields, but how high the yield is, Shi Kefa is also anxious to know.

The rice harvest will take a few days, and the rain will continue in the past few days, which is very bad for the crops, and everyone is looking forward to the sunny weather soon.

According to the investigation of the Yangzhou government and the situation reported by several other governments, this year's grain output is much higher than last year's, and some time ago, the sweet potatoes planted by various divisions have already obtained a bumper harvest, and this year's grain self-sufficiency in Yangzhou is no longer a problem.

The yield of corn in this area is not high, and the farmers' enthusiasm for planting is not high, Luo Jian remembers that there are many sweet potatoes in his hometown, and there is very little corn, and it seems that the current corn varieties are not suitable for growing in the Jianghuai area.

The fact that the grain is completely self-sufficient has added a lot of confidence to Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, and when the sweet potatoes are popularized on a large scale in the second half of the year, there will definitely be a surplus of grain in Yangzhou, and if the imperial court cuts off the supply of the Yangzhou army at this time, the problem will not be big.

Although Yangzhou's development momentum is good, the recent news from the two lakes has made Luo Jian worried again.

Although the Manchu court tried its best to maintain peace in Yangzhou, it took an extremely strong offensive in Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan in the name of exterminating the Dashun and Daxi regimes, and the Qing army's offensive against Sichuan was much earlier than in history, He Luohui and Hao Ge led two large armies from Hanzhong and Chongqing to Sichuan quickly, Zhang Xianzhong was still killed in the battle against the Qing as in history.

In history, although Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo and others were defeated, they still brought many people into Yunnan, and these people and horses were also repeatedly defeated by the Qing army, and even maintained it for more than ten years.

But now, although Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo and others have escaped the pursuit of the Qing soldiers, their men and horses have almost lost all casualties, and it is impossible to have historical achievements again.

Yangzhou's intelligence system has not yet been able to develop to this area, and Luo Jian also heard the news.

Just when Luo Jian was about to discuss with Shi Kefa and others, he suddenly received a report that Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, had come to Yangzhou from Hangzhou.

Under normal circumstances, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty could not leave the fiefdom, unless there were very special circumstances, and they had to be reported to the imperial court for approval.

Tang King Zhu Yujian's fief was in Nanyang, but because he privately brought thousands of troops into Beijing, King Qin was robbed of the title of King of Tang, demoted to a concubine, and was imprisoned in Fengyang. When the Hongguang Dynasty was first established, the amnesty was granted to the world, Zhu Yujian was also released, and he was renamed the king of Nanyang.

The Southern Ming court ordered Zhu Yujian to move to Pingle Mansion in Guangxi (now south of Guilin), but Zhu Yujian was unable to make the trip due to illness and stayed in Hangzhou.

Luo Jian has a good impression of Zhu Yujian, the second emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty is not a little stronger than Zhu Youxiang, Zhu Yujian, who is forty-two years old this year, can be said to have gone through ups and downs, and the experience of many disasters and hardships has made him tempered by other vassal kings that he has not been tempered, and has also increased the experience that many other vassal kings cannot have.

It's just why Zhu Yujian came to Yangzhou, but Luo Jian was puzzled.

Luo Jian met Zhu Yujian at the princess's mansion, and it turned out that Zhu Yujian came to Yangzhou in the name of visiting the princess.

When Luo Jian took Zhu Cihuan to the princess's mansion, everyone in the hall was talking happily, and when they saw Luo Jian coming, except for Shi Kefa, everyone got up accordingly, and even Zhu Yujiao took the initiative to get up and salute, which made Zhu Yujian a little surprised.

"Welcome King Tang to Yangzhou, I can't greet you, and I hope to forgive my sins!" Luo Jian bowed to Zhu Yujian and said.

"Zhu Yujian came uninvited, please forgive me for the disturbance!" Zhu Yujian stood up and said in return, Luo Jian noticed that he did not call himself "this king".

After Luo Jian sat down, Zhu Yujian expressed his intention to Luo Jian, coming to Yangzhou to visit the princess was only one aspect, he had heard too many rumors about Yangzhou in Hangzhou, and the main purpose was to come and see it in person.

After saying a few words, Zhu Yujian noticed that the boy sitting next to Luo Jian stared at him for a long time, as if he was a little familiar, and he wanted to ask but didn't know where to start.

After Zhu Cihuan sat down, he was not interested in everyone's conversation at all, so he took out a book and a pencil from his arms, took notes while reading, and after a while, he lay down on the table next to him to write and draw.

Zhu Yujian stared at Zhu Cihuan for a long time, and finally couldn't help but stand up and ask, "Dare to ask Wei Guogong, who is this son?" Why is it so familiar? ”

Luo Jian brought Zhu Cihuan today out of a good impression of Zhu Yujian, and Luo Jian was also prepared not to hide from King Yong in Yangzhou.

"Hehe, Tang Wang, do you really want to know who he is? Now I can tell you, but I don't admit it when I get out of here. Luo Jian smiled and said.

"Tang King Chitose, this is His Royal Highness King Yong." Shi Kefa said beside him.

In addition to Shi Kefa, there were only the princess and Ren Minyu, Ren Minyu didn't know the news in advance, and when he heard Shi Kefa's words, he also stood up.

Zhu Yujian had already stood up, walked in front of Zhu Cihuan in a few steps, and was about to kneel down towards Zhu Cihuan with his shirt lifted, Ren Minyu was also shocked.

"King Tang, our Yangzhou has abolished the kneeling ceremony, and King Tang doesn't have to do this to Cihuan." Luo Jian hurriedly stopped Zhu Yujian.

"Etiquette must not be wasted! Zhu Yujian has seen His Royal Highness King Yong! Zhu Yujian insisted on bowing to Zhu Cihuan.

Ren Minyu also stepped forward to bow to Zhu Cihuan, saying that he had "seen His Royal Highness King Yong".

Under Luo Jian's greeting, Zhu Cihuan reluctantly put down the book in his hand, and stepped forward to bow to Zhu Yujian, this is according to the generation, Zhu Yujian is the ninth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Cihuan is the thirteenth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the seniority is much higher than Zhu Cihuan.

Zhu Cihuan reluctantly recounted his experience of escaping from Beijing, and then stood beside Luo Jian and never spoke again.

"Has His Royal Highness the Yongwang ever opened a mansion?" Zhu Yujian asked.

"Does King Tang think it's appropriate for King Yong to open the mansion now? At present, the news of Cihuan in Yangzhou is still tightly sealed, and I hope that Tang Wang will never leak it out. Luo Jian said.

Zhu Yujian is also a smart person, as soon as he heard Luo Jian's words, he immediately reacted, and he stopped mentioning this topic.

Zhu Cihuan saw that everyone's topic was finally no longer on him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, ran to the table and continued to read the book.

"Dare to ask the governor and the superintendent, will Yangzhou maintain the status quo as it is now?" Zhu Yujian pondered for a long time before asking this question.

"Hehe, King Tang doesn't seem to be asking this question properly? Yangzhou is still under the Ming Dynasty, and we don't count whether to maintain the status quo, it has to be decided by the imperial court. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Dadu Governor, the Ming people don't say dark words, pointing to the people in the small court in Nanjing, can the Ming still have hope? I, Zhu Yujian, heard everything about Yangzhou, so I came to Yangzhou at the risk of being punished again by the imperial court, but I didn't come to listen to the governor of the capital to say this. Zhu Yujian also said with a smile.

"Thick accumulation and thin hair, Yangzhou needs time to develop, and when the Yangzhou army draws its sword out of the sheath, Tang Wang will understand everything." When Luo Jian heard Zhu Yujian say this, he also said simply.

"Haha, this is the angel governor I heard about! Zhu Yujian is a person who is not willing to be lonely, can I also contribute to the development of Yangzhou? Zhu Yujian listened to Luo Jian's words, his heart was open, he smiled, and then he spoke.

Hearing Zhu Yujian's words, Luo Jian was a little surprised, he thought that Zhu Yujian was coming to Yangzhou to have a look, but he didn't expect that he didn't want to leave in Yangzhou, which made Luo Jian a little embarrassed.

"The governor of the capital does not have to be embarrassed, when I arrive in Yangzhou, there is no Tang King and Nanyang King, some are just Zhu Yujian, and I can't do anything else, if the governor and the governor can trust me, let me take a walk in Yangzhou first, take a look, I will have a long insight, and when there is a suitable thing, it is not too late to arrange for me to do it."

Zhu Yujian saw Luo Jian's embarrassment and spoke.

"Okay, King Tang said this, which made Luo Jian a little embarrassed, some places in Yangzhou belong to the secret department, in addition to these places, King Tang can take a look around, and ask Brother Xian to send someone to accompany King Tang." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"That's nature, you can't just look at the places where you make guns and cannons." Zhu Yujian also said with a smile.

Luo Jian felt that Zhu Yujian was very cheerful, although Luo Jian had not seen other vassal kings, but he just felt that Zhu Yujian was not like a prince, but like an insightful scholar.

As for how to place Zhu Yujian, Luo Jian discussed with Shi Kefa for a long time, and he didn't know what position to arrange for him, it was inconvenient to give Zhu Yujian a specific position, his identity was a prince after all, even if his ability was good, it was unrealistic to let him take a mansion by himself.

It was Liu Lan who came up with an idea, saying that since the specific position could not be arranged, then give him a "political participation", and this idea was approved by Luo Jian and Shi Kefa.

After that, Zhu Yujian took the title of "participating in politics" and settled down in Yangzhou, although it caused the dissatisfaction of the Nanjing court, but Luo Jian did not speak, and the court did not dare to take Zhu Yujian, which also made Zhu Yujian live a very happy life in Yangzhou.

Zhu Yujian, who settled down, did not practice much, and almost ran all over the Yangzhou area, and Luo Jian almost forgot his existence in Yangzhou.

A series of new policies in Yangzhou made Zhu Yujian a little dizzy, while looking at it and also thinking, he felt that the fundamental reason for Yangzhou's new look in addition to the emergence of new technologies, the biggest reason is that the political affairs are clear, after watching for more than ten days, he felt that he had some experience, and went to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to find Zhu Cihuan.

Luo Jian was not in the mansion that day, he went with Shi Kefa to catch the autumn harvest.

Although the current grain output is not at all in Luo Jian's eyes, Shi Kefa and others are very satisfied, because the grain output of the entire Yangzhou area is more than double that of last year.

What made Shi Kefa even more excited was that the yield per mu of Zhang Laohan's experimental field was more than twice that of other paddy fields, reaching more than 600 catties.

"Xinghua, if the yield of rice is the same as this field, where does a family need so many fields?" Shi Kefa said excitedly to Luo Jian.

Zhang Laohan's family of five now has 23 acres of paddy fields and 4 or 5 acres of dry land, and the output of paddy fields is only 2560 catties.

If the output is as good as this field, Zhang Laohan's family will become a small rich family.

"Brother Xian, fertilizer also needs a cost, we can't produce this and provide it to farmers for free, you didn't take this into account, right?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Then Xinghua, what do you say is the value of that bag of fertilizer?" Shi Kefa asked suspiciously.

"The bag of fertilizer you use is worth a fortune, because there is only that bag, and there is nowhere to buy it when it runs out." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xinghua, I'll tell you seriously, fertilizer is too expensive for the people to use." Shi Kefa said solemnly.

"The price of fertilizer is related to the scale of production, the larger the output, the lower the cost will be, and the cheaper the price will be, so Xiao Liu is making a relatively large production line this time, just to overcome the problem of too high cost." Luo Jian said.

"It turns out that this fertilizer is the same as other factories, the more you produce, the cheaper it is. We will build more factories of this kind in the future, and we must make sure that the people can afford to use chemical fertilizers. Shi Kefa said.

Listening to Shi Kefa's words, Luo Jian smiled bitterly, it goes without saying that chemical fertilizers can increase yield, but chemical plants will not be popular anywhere, and the pollution is too great.

When Luo Jian returned to the mansion, on the sofa in the living room, Zhu Yujian's face was flushed.