Chapter 250:

Zhu Di was relieved when he saw Qiu Song leaving.

Then, he stared at Zhang Anshi and said, "Where is that thing?" ”

"Received it in the warehouse."

"Take me to see it."

Zhu Di is resolute and resolute, and he does not rub shoulders with Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi took Zhu Di to the cellar.

Zhu Di went down in person, looked at things like pimples, and then showed a suspicious look.

Looking back at Zhang Anshi, he said, "This thing...... How is it like a lump of dirt? ”

Zhang Anshi said as a matter of course: "That's why it's called potatoes, soil, and beans." ”

Zhu Di was speechless.

He looked back at Xia Yuanji: "This is the yield of one acre of land?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty." Xia Yuanji said: "Exactly." ”

Zhu Di thought for a moment and said, "Can you eat it?" ”

"Yes." Xia Yuanji said directly.

Zhu Di said: "Take a few, cook them, and give them to me to taste." ”

Zhang Anshi did not hesitate, and ordered someone to take a few potatoes to eat.

Of course, the ones that are picked are all crooked, and the fat potatoes should be kept for seeding.

A moment later, a plate of potato steamed cakes was delivered to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took it and ate it, tasted the taste, and said, "The taste is acceptable." ”

Zhang Anshi smiled and didn't speak.

Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi again and said, "Zhang Qing seems to have something to say?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty's words, let the ministers ...... Minister...... Forget it, don't say anything. ”

"If you have something to say, say it." Zhu Di frowned and said, "I won't blame. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "A few days ago, there were displaced people from Jiujiang Mansion who were displaced to Qixia, and the minister's side was just trying to resettle ...... As...... The minister invited two to come. ”

Zhu Di saw that he was selling Guanzi again, but he was very interested.

He was actually trying to suppress the passion in his heart now, so his face was extraordinarily calm.

At that moment, the crowd walked out of the cellar.

Zhang Anshi welcomed Zhu Di to the hall in Zhuangzi.

After two more incense sticks, two ragged men were timidly 'invited'.

As soon as they entered, they cried out, "Spare your life, spare your life, we have not sinned...... We have wronged ......"

Zhang Anshi stepped forward and said, "Who said you have sinned? ”

"Isn't it a crime for officials to take me?"

This sentence actually makes a lot of sense.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Old cousin, it's not that I'm guilty of arresting you, I'm inviting you to have a good meal." ”

The two of them were unkempt and trembling, but they didn't dare to agree rashly.

Zhang Anshi asked people to heat the cake again, and asked, "Escaped from Jiujiang Mansion?" Was it farming in the past? ”

"Yes, yes...... Farming for a living. One was more talkative, and said vaguely in a local accent: "I have two acres of land at home, but it's a pity that I ...... There was a disaster, there was no rice, I saw that the situation was not good, so I ran out early, and if I hesitated one step, I don't know what would happen. ”

It seems that this is still a doomsday expert.

You know, it is not easy for a person to see that something is wrong and immediately leave his hometown.

There's a lot of determination here.

And the reason why they are trembling is actually because they are homeless, and the government treats them as criminals.

However, under normal circumstances, during a catastrophe, there is no way to restrain them one by one, so they can only turn a blind eye.

But after all, the law is like this, who can guarantee that there are not officials who deliberately bully people and come forward to make things difficult in the name of this?

Zhang Anshi said: "Speaking of which, you are smart. ”

"Not smart." The man said with a bitter face: "In the genealogy, my Taizu died of famine, Gaozu and great-ancestor also starved to death by the catastrophe, my mother also starved to death the year before last, my ancestors were eighteen generations, and the ancestors who starved to death were not a hundred but sixty or seventy, and when they came to me, how could they not know how powerful this was?" ”

Zhang Anshi: "......"

When Zhu Di heard it, he felt both pathetic and ridiculous.

Yang Rong, Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji kept shaking their heads on the side.

Zhang Anshi smiled dryly: "I understand this truth when I have been sick for a long time, has the family escaped?" ”

"They all escaped, only a child, who got sick and died on the way." There is not much sadness on this person's face, after all...... This 'loss' is already blessed by God for him.

Zhang Anshi said: "Qixia here, how is it settled?" ”

"It's okay, I use two meals of porridge a day, the porridge water is quite thick, and my eldest son has now found a job with foot strength, so he can get some money...... It is...... It's going to be autumn, I'm afraid that it will be cold by then, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to survive this winter. ”

Zhang Anshi said magnificently: "Don't worry about this, the place where you live may not be able to be properly settled for you immediately, but...... When the time comes, I will teach you coal, and add a few more jackets to you, and find a way to add some bedding. ”

"Ah......" The man looked surprised, and the sadness on his face was seven or eight points less.

Zhang Anshi said: "Come on, come on, steamed cakes are here, come and eat." ”

Hot steamed cakes were delivered to the two men.

But the man didn't move.

Zhang Anshi said: "Eat, eat quickly." ”

Zhang Anshi was willing to be hungry for this person, and he couldn't help it when he saw the food, but this person still didn't move.

"Is it too hot?" Zhang Anshi put it on the back of his hand and tested the temperature, but it was not to the point that people couldn't tolerate it.

At this time, he heard this person hesitantly say: "Official, your cake won't be poisonous, right?" ”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he was furious and said, "What are these words!" What do I do when I poison me, do you see me like that? ”

"I don't know, I always think...... There is no such good thing in the world, and there may be some bad intentions. ”

He looked wary.

The other was struggling to swallow the spit, his eyes staring at the hash brown, but he didn't dare reach for it.

Zhang Anshi sighed: "Don't think of me like this, let's change the angle, if I want to kill you, think about it carefully, isn't there a hundred ways?" Why go to all the trouble of poisoning? You can insult my character, but you can't insult my intelligence. ”

This person has a peasant-like cunning in his body, and this way of survival has also been honed after life and death again and again.

Anyone who is stupid and has a teacher will starve to death a long time ago. Even if he didn't starve to death, it is estimated that he would have been killed by someone.

If Zhang Anshi told him about benevolence, righteousness and morality, he really didn't dare to eat it.

But Zhang Anshi's words, he thought about it carefully and felt that it was very right, so he carefully picked up a cake and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Immediately after that, he put it in his mouth and chewed desperately.

The other also began to gnaw.

Everyone looked at the two.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "What's the matter, is it delicious?" ”

The man was still chewing, as if reluctant to swallow immediately.

After a long time, he finally swallowed the cake completely, licked his mouth unsatisfied, and said, "It's so delicious." ”

The other also said: "Delicious, delicious......"

Zhu Di probably understood what Zhang Anshi meant, and he knew what he could say in one sentence, but he sold a big pass.

But when I think about it, I feel that it makes sense.

The diet of the emperor and the princes and nobles is already rich, and there is no difference whether there is this potato or not.

This thing, from the beginning, was not intended to be eaten by the kings and grandchildren.

Zhu Di stared at the man, as if he wanted to continue to observe this person's words and deeds.

Zhang Anshi continued to ask: "You tell the truth, is it really so delicious?" ”

"Of course it's delicious!" The man said with a retrospective face: "This taste is the same as fine grain." ”

The so-called fine grains, in fact, white rice and white flour, and ordinary people, all year round, are not able to eat a few meals of white rice and white noodles, later generations may be accustomed to eating fine grains, but the pursuit of the so-called coarse grains.

In this era, fine grains themselves are luxuries, and people's imagination of great wealth and nobility is probably to be able to eat fine grains every day.

Zhang Anshi said: "What if you eat this every day in the future?" ”

"Eat this?" The man's eyes were open, and his eyes flashed with anticipation, and he said: "There are such good things in the world, if someone gives me food every day, then it is a bodhisattva who saves the suffering." ”

The other also nodded like a chick pecking rice, deeply agreed.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad, okay, you can go." ”

As if they had been pardoned, they hurried away.

Zhu Di stood up at this time and said, "This grain ...... Can you plant 1,300 catties in the future? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Minister...... No, Father-in-law Deng is now breeding, the grain planted this year is uneven, if it is the coming year, strive to increase the yield some, after several selections, Father-in-law Deng's side, efforts to achieve a yield of 2,000 catties per mu. ”

2,000 pounds......

If Zhang Anshi said such things before, everyone might think that this guy was bragging.

But if it's now...... When he said it, everyone was convinced.

Zhu Di couldn't help muttering: "The yield per mu is two thousand catties, and it is still dry land, which is seven times that of ordinary dry land...... Good...... Very good...... Ok and ......."

As he spoke, he looked thoughtful, and subconsciously said: "In this way, within a few decades, there will be no food shortage, I ...... I ......"

He paced, his hands behind his back, and fell into deep thought.

In ancient times, the so-called prosperous era was the population, and the more the population, the more prosperous the dynasty was.

But in fact, this kind of population growth, to the limit, often means the beginning of the weakening of the dynasty.

Because the carrying capacity of land, after all, is limited, and with the annexation of land, it will catalyze this process.

But once the production increases significantly, then this trend will be curbed instantly.

At that time, I am afraid that the population of the world will increase greatly. At least for the Ming Dynasty, there is no harm in the population increase, because it is ...... Zhu Di is really a little short of people.

Let's just say that Luzon and Annam, who are now urging to exile some criminals and prisoners there, for the simple reason that their need for manpower is too great.

Zhu Di said: "Father-in-law Deng? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten again? It's ......"

"I remembered, so where is Mr. Deng?"

Deng Jian had been standing in the corner before, he had always been inconspicuous, but when he heard the word sir, he was startled, and hurriedly stood up, bowed, and groveled: "Slave maid...... The slave deserves death, and the slave and the maid can't afford to be a gentleman...... The slave is a eunuch......"

Zhu Di stared at Deng Jian, he vaguely remembered that when he came back from going to sea, Deng Jian was also so down, but he didn't expect that this time they met, this Deng Jian was even more depressed than when he came back from going to sea.

Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "What a strong man, the husband should be like this." ”

Deng Jian: "......"

For anyone, what you say about a big husband in front of a eunuch is almost equivalent to scolding.

But Deng Jian understood this sentence, this is a compliment, and it is also a praise for the emperor.

He hurriedly kowtowed excitedly, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Slave maid...... Slave ......"

Zhu Di stepped forward, personally helped him up, stared at Deng Jian carefully, and then said to the left and right: "The grain was brought back by him after nine deaths, and the grain was also planted by him." I want to ask you, who is equal to him in the whole world and who benefits the people of the world? ”

At this time, Hu Guang and others were stumped.

Xia Yuanji said excitedly: "Your Majesty, according to the minister, Guan Zhong can ......"

Zhang Anshi said: "Shennong." ”

As soon as I heard Shennong, Hu Guang had something to say, Zhang Anshi, who entered your mother, in the Confucian system, Shennong is at the level of the three emperors and five emperors, okay!

Hu Guang immediately said: "The ministers are sparse and shallow, but they don't realize that in the past dynasties, there are people who can be like Mr. Deng." ”

Zhu Di thought about it hard, but he didn't seem to think of it, so he said: "It also makes sense, I look at such a credit...... Be rewarded. ”

Zhu Di is so simple to those who have merit, and he will be rewarded for his merit!

Yishu looked at Zhu Di with a smile, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Shangshan Supervisor Palm Print, there is a vacancy ......"

Zhu Di didn't look at it, but he said: "Such a hero, the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, where are they qualified to be placed?" Among my ministers, there are scholars and monks, can't there be a single Deng Jian? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other.

But...... There was no objection.

Even Yang Rong and Hu Guang took it for granted.

Xia Yuanji said: "It's better to ...... Let's come to the house......"

But what he didn't expect was that Zhu Di muttered: "Feng Hou ......"

After a sudden pause, Zhu Di continued: "No, Feng Shihou, give 5,000 households in the food town, be wronged, hang a household squire title, be responsible for farming, this farm is inseparable from Mr. Deng...... Let him recruit the displaced people here and continue to bring in new grain. and the farmer who accompanied him to try to plant here, each of them was given a thousand taels of silver......

As he spoke, Zhu Di glanced back at Yang Rong and Hu Guang, and then said, "This is what I mean, the Holy See will discuss it." There won't be any objections from the court council, right? ”

Yang Rong and Hu Guang did not hesitate, this Yang Rong said: "The minister can be a guarantee!" ”

Zhu Di bowed.

Deng Jian was taken aback when he heard it, and froze directly in place, not daring to come out.

Feng Shihou!

Isn't this the same as Zhang Anshi?

And also hung a household squire title, the Ming Dynasty has never had a record of eunuchs knighted and officials in foreign courts, which is really unheard of.

His body trembled, and for a moment, he didn't know how to respond.

It's really worth it to be able to get the eunuch to his level.

Even if he was standing aside, he couldn't help but be angry.

"Slave maid...... Slave maid ......" Deng Jian choked up, and suddenly bowed down at Zhu Di's feet: "Slave and maid thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

Zhu Di turned cold and said solemnly: "In the future, you can no longer be called a slave or maid, you must call yourself a minister, and if you are a minister, you must have the appearance of a minister." Do you have a son? ”

Deng Jian said: "Slave ...... Minister...... Chan has a nephew. ”

Zhu Di didn't think about it, so he said: "I made an order and passed the ...... From now on, it will be your son, leaving you an incense stick. ”

Deng Jian burst into tears and said gratefully: "Yes, yes......"

Zhu Di said very cautiously: "This place must be well protected...... Zhang Anshi......"

Zhang Anshi immediately said: "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Di instructed: "Your Annanwei, add another 300 posts and set up a thousand households, half of which ...... Hoarded here day and night, in charge of guarding this Zhuangzi, this Zhuangzi, but there are any idle people and so on, I ask you. ”

Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, is there less than six hundred?" ”

In fact, it is very inappropriate to say this.

On the edge of the capital, there are more than 600 private guards, you are not enough, what do you want to do?

But at this time, Zhang Anshi smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't you make up the whole and give eight hundred?" ”

Zhu Di was very arrogant: "Then eight hundred." ”

Zhang Anshi remained calm on his face, but in his heart, he had already begun to calculate, in addition to the three hundred people stationed here, there were two hundred, and his house was a little safer.

Zhu Di continued: "Tomorrow, I will order the prince to go to the filial piety tomb to pay tribute to the tomb, and I have to tell Emperor Taizu Gao about this matter...... Xu Huizu, Duke of Wei, and Hu Guang, a scholar of Wenyuange University, accompanied him. ”

This kind of good thing must be told to the ancestors.

In fact, Zhu Di himself has not dared to worship his ancestors, except for when Jing Nan succeeded, he went hard, and at other times, he asked the prince or some ministers to go.

He was afraid that Emperor Taizu Gao really had a spirit in the sky, so he got up and beat him.

But today...... He was full of energy.

I am afraid of a bird, Emperor Taizu Gao is not as good as me, this is called blue out of blue and better than blue, Emperor Taizu Gao has a spirit, so he will enjoy happiness in the sky, see how I add glory to his long face.

Seeing that Deng Jian was still sluggish and motionless.

Zhu Di said: "Deng Qingjia, is there anything else you want to say?" ”

Deng Jian's body trembled, and he came back to his senses suddenly, and then said, "Slave...... Minister...... Minister...... It is not a great achievement. ”

Zhu Di frowned slightly: "Huh? ”

Deng Jian said: "When I went to sea, I was the son of the minister...... No, it was instructed by the Marquis of Annan, the charts, and the route were also formulated by the Marquis of Annan, and the minister was just Xiao Gui Cao. ”

"It is to sow this grain...... It was also the Marquis of Annan who taught me to do this, I was so confused, the minister misunderstood him at first, thinking that it was ...... The minister offended him, and he still had resentment in his heart, and he always felt that he was not as close as before, right...... Deliberately trying to teach the minister...... The minister was embarrassed, and the minister wondered if he had done something unpleasant in the past that would make him ...... Cause...... But now I know that it turns out that Annan Hou took great pains...... He's ...... It's ......"

With that, Deng Jian howled in shame.

At this moment, all the grievances in the past were vented.

After tears rained down, Deng Jian said: "The minister should go back to the East Palace to be a slave, this credit is not the minister's...... The minister didn't dare to accept it...... Now, the minister has suffered so much, and he is content to have today, and the others ...... I don't dare to look at it......"

Only people who have really experienced pain will have such thoughts, which are all Deng Jian's heartfelt words.

Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, he is wronged!" Minister...... I told him some overseas information, and I also talked about this grain seed, but the minister was actually just hearsay, and what he said was also vague! ”

He can have today, the minister himself is also very surprised, he said that he has no great merit, but the minister dares to ask, if these words are said to anyone, this person is willing to pin his head to the belt of his trousers, nine deaths, and live a few years of life is worse than death, in exchange for today? In this world, I'm afraid that few people can do it. ”

Zhu Di listened and nodded constantly: "Yes, it's easy to move your mouth, but it's difficult to get things done." Of course, it's not that the person who made the plan was not important, at the beginning, Yao Guangxiao and Jin Gong were also planning for me, but having said that, how many people know the hardships of this Jingnan? ”

"What Zhang Qing said, it is very satisfying, Deng Qing's family, you don't have to be modest anymore, I have made up my mind, do you still want to resist the will?"

After a pause, Zhu Di said again: "But Zhang Qing...... Indeed, it is not a small credit, come and reward him with 100,000 ......"

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, forget it, it is right for the minister to serve His Majesty, this is nothing." I think that at the beginning, His Majesty made a bet with the minister, but the minister didn't take it to heart......"

"Did I make a bet?" Zhu Di glared at him.

Zhang Anshi hurriedly shook his head: "It may be that the minister is wrong, the minister is too stupid, and he has always forgotten things recently, ten thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths." ”

Zhu Di smiled and said: "Of course I remember, I just tried you, you have a lot of credit, I am naturally willing to gamble and lose." This matter shall also be added to the court. ”

Hu Guang and Yang Rong glanced at each other, but they both said, "Obey." ”

It's too big a matter today, to be honest, it's really nothing if you seal out a little knighthood.

Zhu Di's eyes fell on Deng Jian's body at this time, and said, "Come, Deng Qing's family, you come to tell me, how are these potatoes grown?" ”

Deng Jian slowly calmed down, after all, he was born as a eunuch in the palace, and naturally knew how to serve the emperor, so he led Zhu Di to inspect all the experimental fields outside the Zhuangzi.

"An Nanhou said, let's do this, in fact, it's just continuous trial and error, so ...... What the minister does is to cultivate the seeds on different soils, according to different soil qualities and irrigation levels. Finally, at the time of the autumn harvest, we can determine which method is correct. ”

"Now, the minister has harvested the autumn grain, and plans to take out a batch of these potatoes, and strive to raise seedlings as soon as possible, these days will be planted, now it is only early autumn, maybe before the winter comes, see if you can plant another ripe ......"

"Two crops a year?" Zhu Di's eyes widened in surprise.

Deng Jian said with a bit of contempt: "I'm not sure yet, the main reason is that the spring ploughing is a little late, but the minister thinks that this potato is not as delicate as rice, and it is ...... for irrigation and weather Without so much attention, it should be easier to harvest twice a year than rice. ”

Zhu Di was overjoyed again, and smiled happily: "If I can grow twice a year, I can really sit back and relax." You farm...... Although it is under the jurisdiction of the household department, it is too important, and in the future, if you have any mistakes, you can report it at any time. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Yishu Hadao sharply, and said cautiously: "Yishu Ha...... You make a note that Deng Qing's family has a performance, and it must be sent to my desk in time. ”

Yisha couldn't help but glance at Deng Jian with envy, and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

Zhu Di said again: "This Zhuangzi, to expand, Deng Qing's family, how much land do you want, but anyway,"

Deng Jian said: "Here, there are all kinds of seeds brought back from overseas, there are several, I tried to plant some, but failed, but ...... Finally, there are still some leftover seeds, so the minister plans to continue to rotate potatoes and breed them continuously, other seeds. In the spring of the coming year, we will also plant it, and this land will ...... It is better to add a few hundred acres in case of future needs. ”

Zhang Anshi said on the side: "Your Majesty...... Marquis Deng is embarrassed, he means...... If you need more land in the future, you are afraid that you will ...... in the future Many crops, because there is no land, are not easy to play. ”

Zhu Di smiled: "Then I will merge another 10,000 acres of land, give this farm, hang it in the name of Qixia, if you need silver, ask for it from me, don't be afraid that I will be reluctant to spend silver, I have money inside." ”

Deng Jian said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Di was in a very good mood, and imagined in his mind that after the bumper harvest in the future, the grain production of Daming would be a good day.

Back in the main hall of the farmhouse, take a seat.

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to play." ”

Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi: "You say." ”

"Your Majesty...... These grains are all obtained from overseas, it can be seen that this overseas is abundant, I don't know how many treasures, Marquis Deng only took some, and solved a big problem for the world, therefore, there are always people outside the world, this to the West, is a great joy, but in the eyes of the minister, it is Your Majesty's far-sighted initiative. Since this is the case, then the minister suggested that the Western Ocean should naturally continue as before, but the development of the four seas, just like the Marquis Deng at the beginning, is also a very important matter, the minister thinks that the merchant can fund the development of the fleet, fund them to go to the sea, let them go to the oceans everywhere in the world......"

Before Zhang Anshi finished speaking, Zhu Di already understood what Zhang Anshi meant, and he was full of red face, after all, ...... This proves that Zhu Di is by no means a great achievement, he nodded and said: "This is very good, the business of the business house, you come to Zhang Luo, you don't have to report it." ”

Zhu Di said and looked at Hu Guang, Yang Rong and Xia Yuanji: "Zhu Qing has no opinions." ”

Xia Yuanji took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no objection. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Also, it's Annan's side...... The disaster in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has allowed people to buy grain in Annan...... Now the comptoirs are in Annam and Luzon...... Find a way to collect grain, the grain production over there is very rich, although it can't completely fill the vacancy in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but at least ...... It can also alleviate some of the disaster. However, although there is a lot of grain, it needs to be transported by ship, and now that Gonggong Zheng has led a fleet to the Western Ocean, the imperial court should levy all the sea ships that can be used to send grain to Annam and Luzon, and continue to transport grain in, so ...... The immediate urgency can also be alleviated. ”

(End of chapter)