Chapter 601: Corn and Potatoes

"What? Are you going to send someone to the kingdom of the sun god? ”

Zhu Di almost stood up, holding the dragon chair tightly with both hands, although he didn't know where the Sun God Kingdom was, but to be able to get so much attention from Hu Ye, it was definitely not an ordinary place.

Over the years, he has also sent people to inquire about the Sun God Kingdom, but he has found nothing, even more mysterious than the Far North. He also thought about asking Hu Ye to call someone to go to the Sun God Kingdom, but Hu Ye didn't mention it, and he didn't mention it, after all, only Hu Ye knew that the Sun God Kingdom was in the upper place.

"Yes, now it's time to go to the Sun God Kingdom." Hu Ye said with certainty.

After confirming it, Zhu Di suddenly stood up and said to the people around him, "You can retreat." ”

Liu Ren, Nie Yuan and others knew that this might involve some confidential matters, so they hurriedly retired and left, Liu Guan, Sun Hang, Zhao Kuo and others also left the palace and rushed towards the academy, while Zhu Neng and Zheng San stayed.

"A few of you, and you, go out too."

Zhu Di pointed at Zhu Ming, Zheng San, and the eunuch next to him, and said loudly.

"Your Majesty, what's so mysterious that even I can't listen to it?" Zhu Neng was a little reluctant, when he followed Zhu Di to fight the world in the early years, he didn't know where Hu Ye was still playing with mud.

"Get out of here!"

Zhu Di roared angrily, and Zhu Neng immediately withered and left immediately.

"Dare to ask the emperor, who is this father-in-law next to you?" Hu Ye asked suddenly, he remembered that when Zheng He went to the West, he was accompanied by a few deputies, all of whom were eunuchs, all of whom were people Zhu Di trusted very much.

"Master Hou, our Wang Jinghong."

The eunuch replied.

"It turned out to be the prince of the prince, since this is the case, you and the father-in-law of Zheng should stay." Hu Ye said.

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Neng, who had just taken two steps, almost didn't fall to the ground. turned around and stared at Hu Ye with murderous eyes, hating to divide Hu Ye's five horses, isn't he as good as two eunuchs?

But when he saw Zhu Di's eyes, he still walked out obediently, and he would definitely give Hu Ye oral food in the future, and dare to look down on his father-in-law?

Zhu Di was very curious about why Hu Ye wanted Zheng San and Wang Jinghong to stay, and then remembered that when Hu Ye went on this expedition, he asked Zheng San to accompany him by name, and thought that Hu Ye might want these two eunuchs to go to the Sun God Kingdom.

Soon. There were only four people left in the huge palace, and Zhu Di asked, "Anyway, what do you know about the Sun God Kingdom?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Sun God Kingdom can be said to be in the east or in the west, but they are tens of thousands of miles apart." Hu Ye said.

"You mean there are two kingdoms of the Sun God?" Zhu Di frowned.

Hu Ye smiled, it was naturally impossible for the ancients to know that the earth was round, so his explanation was naturally understood as two sun god kingdoms.

"Your Majesty. In fact, the place where we are is is a big round thing, and I have told Grandpa Ruan many times about this before. Presumably he can explain it more clearly to the emperor, so I won't say more. Hu Ye said casually, let him tell Zhu Di that the earth is round, which is equivalent to a professor giving a high school student a high number of mathematics. There is only a little bit of understanding, but what if you let a college student do it? You can get a different effect.

"I want to say that the Sun God Kingdom is tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to get there, so the emperor has to start preparing now. Hu Ye said.

"Tens of thousands of miles? Are they all waterways? Zheng San muttered.

He now understands what Hu Ye said to him when he left Kyushu, saying that it was given to him in language, thousands of miles away from Wusongkou on Kyushu Island, compared to thousands of miles, it can be described as a small thing, if he is directly asked to sail thousands of miles, he will be directly scared and faint.

But now that he has two months of non-stop sailing experience, and there are thousands of miles to sail, he is not too shocked by Wanli.

"Yes, not only waterways, but also waterways with strong winds and waves, it is very likely that there will be dragons absorbing water, and there will be a large tsunami, and if you encounter any of them, you will lose your troops at the least, and destroy the ship and kill people at the worst."

"So dangerous?" Zhu Di also frowned when he heard this, hearing Hu Ye say this, this seems to be a point of no return.

"Not only that, but in the sea, there are huge sharks, bloodthirsty, as long as a drop of blood drops into the sea, it can attract countless flying sharks to attack. There is also a huge Kunpeng, even bigger than an entire boat, which can swallow hundreds of catties of fish in one bite. Hu Ye continued.

Zheng San's neck was cold when he heard this, what kind of road is this, there are so many things, why have I never heard of it before?

Wang Jinghong was even more frightened, could it be that this Fanchang Marquis left behind to let himself explore the way? Isn't that sending yourself to hell?

"Things on this road can be encountered and avoided, but once you arrive at the Sun God Kingdom, there are many things that cannot be avoided." Hu Ye said again.

"What's that?" Zhu Di asked, although Hu Ye hadn't said it yet, he knew that it was definitely not a good thing.

"It's the things that cause the plague, those things are raging in the Sun God Kingdom, and the people and animals there are already immune, but once our people collapse, it is very likely that they will be infected, and once they are infected, they are almost incurable, and they will die for a lifetime." Hu Ye said loudly.

Hu Ye is not exaggerating, because when Spain and Portugal discovered South America, the people who went up were really infected with strange diseases and died, because they were not immune to those germs in South America, and finally lost their lives there.

And after hearing the word plague, even Zhu Di couldn't help but shrink his neck, this thing is a nightmare for thousands of years, anyone who hears it will change color, even the emperor is no exception.

Zheng San and Wang Jinghong were even more trembling, because they had already affirmed that the two of them would not be able to escape this trip to the Sun God Kingdom.

"If it's so dangerous, what's up there that is worth the risk?" Zhu Di asked the most critical question, in fact, there were many dangerous places in the Ming Dynasty, but there were no good things, so no one took risks. If there is nothing good in the kingdom of the sun god, there is no need to take risks.

"There are a lot of good things, and if you say one, it's worth the emperor's risk!" Hu Ye said loudly.

"What's that?" Zhu Di raised his eyebrows.

"A grain that yields dozens of stones per mu!" Hu Ye said.

"What!"

Zhu Di's buttocks slipped and he almost didn't slip off the dragon chair. Seeing this, Wang Jinghong hurriedly went up to support Zhu Di.

"Boy, you say it again."

After Zhu Di sat down, he asked Hu Ye with some trembling, this news was simply too shocking. What is the concept of tens of stones per mu? At present, the yield of wheat per mu is more than one stone at most, and if there is more rice, it will definitely not exceed five stones.

It is this kind of grain that can increase grain production several times!

The Ming Dynasty was based on agriculture, but the grain output in these years has not been able to rise, and there was a great drought in the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu. will lead to the victims everywhere. Think about it, if the grain production is increased several times, even if it is a major drought? So Hu Ye said that this thing is simply a very good thing, if this kind of thing really exists, Zhu Di thinks that it is something more important than a flintlock pistol, and he must get it.

"Your Majesty, that kind of grain is not only drought-tolerant. And the yield is amazing, even if it is a big drought, a mu can produce a minimum of ten stones. If it is a good season, it is not impossible to produce thirty or forty stones per mu. Hu Ye said.

This is Hu Ye's conservative estimate. After all, the current planting technology is not as advanced as that of the descendants, if it is in the later generations, the mu production capacity of potatoes is six or seven thousand catties, that is, sixty or seventy stones. Even if the technology is backward now, it is still not a problem to harvest thirty or forty stones.

"What...... Thirty or forty stones, what you say is true! ”

Zhu Di's mouth is dry. If Hu Ye is true, this thing will change the fate of the Ming Dynasty, once that thing is planted, the people's achievements will increase, the taxes will increase, and the soldiers will not have to be half soldiers and half farmers, they can devote themselves to training, which can be said to directly affect the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, my master taught me not to tell lies, does the emperor remember the peanuts? The things that were taken were handed down from the kingdom of the sun god. Hu Ye talked about his master who didn't have zĂ i again. However, since he planted the peanuts, that thing has become a tribute to the royal family, and Hu Ye originally wanted to promote it to the common people, but at that time, Zhu Yunwen said that this kind of thing can only be in the hands of the royal family.

Therefore, the people who can eat peanuts now, in addition to the people of the royal family, there are also people who are related to Qingtian Academy, because Luohua is the cultivation of peanuts that Qingtian Academy is responsible for.

"What's that thing's called, and what does it look like?" Zhu Di said tremblingly.

"Back to the emperor, that thing is called a potato, also called a potato, it is a round thing, about the same size as an orange, not too big can rise to two or three catties each, a soldier can eat one meal, and it can be stored for a long time, and it can be carried on the body after cooking, steaming, boiling, stir-frying, and frying."

The more Hu Ye said, the calmer Zhu Di's heart became, because he felt that the more Hu Ye said, the more false it became, how could there be such a thing in the world? Even if there is such a thing, how is it that no one has ever heard of it?

"Boy, you're not trying to trick me, are you?" Zhu Di froze and asked loudly.

"Your Majesty, before the flintlock pistol, did you ever think that there would be such a powerful weapon? Before the hot air balloon, did you see anything that could make people fly? And above the Sun God Kingdom, there is more than such a food, there is also a thing called corn, although the yield per mu cannot catch up with potatoes, but the nutritional value is extremely high, and it can be planted in two seasons to three levels a year, and more importantly, it is easy to store, even if it can be eaten after a few years. Hu Ye continued to put the big ingredients.

With the surprise of the potatoes before, after hearing about corn, Zhu Di was immune, these things are all good things, but they must be real.

"Boy, if this is true, what if I have made your kingdom a prince! But if it's fake, you're a liar! Zhu Di said very sternly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen dares to use his head as a guarantee!"

Hu Ye said loudly.

"Well, that's enough for you! This kingdom of the sun god is decided! Zhu Di slapped the dragon chair and stood up suddenly. (To be continued......)