It was late at night after sending Song Lian back, but Zhu Yunxi was not in a hurry to return to the palace, but jumped out of the carriage.

"Third master, who are you?"

Jiang Xuan asked with a yawn.

"I want to go."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand at Jiang Xuan: "You go, I want to go alone." ”

Jiang Xuan looked at the dark sky, rubbed his face vigorously, and then jumped out of the carriage as well.

At this moment, the long street was empty, there was silence all around, and the footsteps of the two people were particularly clear in the night sky.

Jiang Xuan waved his hand to let the carriage leave on its own, and then followed behind Zhu Yunxi unhurriedly.

Zhu Yunxi didn't speak, he knew that Jiang Zhen would not let himself walk back to the palace alone in the silent and uninhabited long street no matter what.

Jiang Xuan looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was silent, and finally couldn't help asking:

"Third Master, do you have something on your mind?"

Zhu Yunxi looked up at the night sky, he looked at the blinking stars in the night sky, and said to himself:

"I wonder why I came to this world?"

Jiang Xuan was taken aback, and a complicated emotion surged in his heart.

He looked at the current situation clearly, first Zhu Yunxi was named the King of Huai, and then the bigwigs behind Zhu Yunxi were transferred out of Kyoto one by one, Zhu Yunxi at this moment is isolated and helpless, and it is inevitable to sigh like this.

"It's really hard for this teenager."

Jiang Zhen thought silently in his heart, feeling a little distressed, but more deeply helpless.

After all, he is just a former commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he can do some small things, but when it comes to major matters related to the battle for the country, he can't intervene at all.

"Third master, maybe things are not as bad as imagined."

Jiang Zhen comforted loudly, and he felt that this comfort was a little pale and powerless.

Zhu Yunxi smiled, he turned his head to look at Jiang Xuan and said:

"Lao Jiang, I'm actually thinking, what am I coming to Daming for?"

Jiang Xuan couldn't understand the meaning of Zhu Yunxi's words, he looked at Zhu Yunxi in amazement, and felt more and more anxious in his heart.

"What do you mean that I came to Daming? Concubine Yuan gave birth to you, didn't you just come to Daming? ”

He thought in his heart, feeling that the little third master tonight was a little abnormal, and his speech was simply inexplicable, which was incomprehensible at all.

Zhu Yunxi stopped talking, just walked silently.

When the two returned to the palace, they were already close to Zishi, and Zhu Yunxi used to sneak to see Xu Miaojin, so he always let Luan Yu fly over the palace wall with him on his back, and today he went to do business, so he walked in directly.

When he returned to the Qianqing Palace, he found that Liuli and Wen He were both staring at him with a pair of big black eyes, yawning in their mouths, and they were both looking at him.

"Why haven't you slept yet?"

Zhu Yunxi asked.

Wen He glanced at him, and shouted: "People have wanted to sleep for a long time, but Liuli said that you can't sleep if you don't come back, so I can only wait for you here." ”

"Oh, what a silly girl."

Zhu Yunxi patted Wen He: "You don't have to wait for me in the future." ”

After a while, Liuli brought warm water, washed him up, made the bed for him, and looked at Zhu Yunxi lying on the couch, then turned around and prepared to wash himself.

"Xiao Liuli, you will come over in a moment."

Zhu Yunxi beckoned to Liuli: "I want to sleep with you today." ”

Liuli's face turned red suddenly, he hadn't been intimate with Zhu Yunxi, but after all, he hadn't taken the last step yet, it was already late at night at the moment, Zhu Yunxi suddenly made this request, which immediately made her blush.

"Could it be that the little third master went to heaven and earth again today?"

She thought in her heart, although she had never been to heaven and earth, she also knew that there were many famous prostitutes in the world at this moment, naturally it was Yingying Yanyan, the little third master was probably stimulated, and some couldn't hold it back.

Thinking of this, her face turned even redder, and she stretched out her finger and pointed outside, meaning that Wen He was still outside.

"It's okay, I just want to sleep with you in my arms and do nothing."

Zhu Yunxi said what was in his heart, he thought a lot along the way just now, and felt a little haggard, and wanted to find a place to rely on.

But when these words are heard in Liuli's ears, it is completely the big bad wolf deceiving the little white sheep.

She hummed softly, washed up after a while, and came to Zhu Yunxi's bed.

Looking at Liuli's hesitant expression, Zhu Yunxi confessed again: "I really just hold you and promise not to do anything." ”

Liuli lay silently beside him, and said quietly: "Liuli is the third master's person, and the third master can do whatever he wants." ”

Hey, that's really hard to explain...... Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand to hug Liuli into his arms, and there was a faint fragrance between his noses, and a gentle and down-to-earth feeling surrounded him, as if it was just a moment, and he made an even breathing sound, and fell asleep deeply.

Liuli raised her head and looked at Zhu Yunxi's handsome face, and couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke it, with a trace of inexplicable distress in her heart.

She has grown up with Zhu Yunxi since she was a child, and naturally remembers the scene when Zhu Yunxi was treated coldly in the early years. "He may not have had an easy life!"

Liuli thought silently in her heart, she is not a stupid girl who doesn't understand anything, and now all the difficulties and pressures that Zhu Yunxi is facing, she is actually clear in her heart, but she never says it.

Wen He outside the house was lying on the couch, and seeing that Liuli had not come out, he couldn't help but get up, and looked at the probe brain, and was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of him.

"My God, what Liuli said is really true, when the maid really wants to be hugged by Zhu Yunxi to sleep." She grew her mouth, her face suddenly had a fever, and her heart was pounding.

Next.

When Zhu Yunxi woke up, there was no glass in his arms, and he remembered the scene last night, and suddenly regretted it.

It's not that I regret sleeping with Liuli, but I regret that I really didn't do anything.

Yesterday he was too tired, he was tired.

On the way from Song Lian's mansion to the palace, he thought a lot.

What did you come to Daming for?

Is it really just to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from killing Lan Yu and these people?

No!

What he wants to do is more to bring something to this era, such as to let the people be fed and clothed, live and work in peace and contentment, and to make the Ming Dynasty stronger and more prosperous, and even push this era one step further.

He thought of the Eight-Nation Coalition hundreds of years later, and even more so of the eight-year invasion of the small Japanese Kingdom.......

In short, he thought a lot.

He wanted to make this great country of the East stronger, never to experience the suffering of the Hereafter again.

After breakfast, he went directly to the household department and said to Zhan Hui, the secretary of the household department:

"Prepare a plot of land for me, and get two top agricultural experts to come over."

Zhan Hui asked a little strangely: "Third Master, is this going to farm?" ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "Do you know what the yield of rice is today?" ”

Zhan Hui is a household secretary, so he is naturally clear about this problem, he nodded and said:

"Two or three hundred pounds."

"Then I'm going to double that production."

When Zhan Hui heard this, he immediately laughed dryly.

He knew that Zhu Yunxi liked to invent, and he also invented a quasi, such as what kind of chicken essence, perfume, and even cement, and I heard that he was now improving the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, but this crop is different from those things after all.

Crops are alive, and if you want them to produce as much as you want, you can have an excessive yield.

"Little Third Master, you don't want to pull out seedlings to help grow, right?"

He said with a dry smile, thinking that Zhu Yunxi was joking.

"Then you don't care."

Zhu Yunxi also smiled, he had long expected that no one would believe this.

Because he didn't really believe it, he just wanted to try.

He thought about it last night, if it can bring benefits to the people of the Ming Dynasty, and make the Ming Dynasty rich and strong, it is the most feasible way to increase grain production.

Corn, potatoes and the like are not thought of for the time being, although these things are good, but they will not be introduced to the Ming Dynasty until Columbus discovered America, that is, more than a hundred years later.

Of course, if he has this strength in the future, it is not impossible to discover the American continent first, after all, Zheng He will lead the Ming fleet to the ocean a few decades later.

However, the most feasible thing at the moment is to increase rice yields.

The reason why it is rice is because he admired a scientist surnamed Yuan in his previous life, and the new type of rice he cultivated allowed the people of all China to eat enough, which can be said to be the world's most popular.

He still remembers the report about Grandpa Yuan, although he does not have the conditions to breed Grandpa Yuan's rice varieties at this moment, it is very possible to increase the yield of Daming rice by a big step.

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi was so determined, Zhan Hui didn't say anything anymore and walked out immediately.

After a while, Zhan Hui called the two officials in charge of agriculture in the household department and said to Zhu Yunxi;

"These two are the most famous agricultural experts in my Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ming and Li Quan."

Zhu Yunxi nodded slightly, said hello, and said directly:

"I'm going to build a new type of rice, hoping to double the yield per mu, so please help me."

Zhao Ming and Li Quan are both senior agricultural experts, and when they heard this, they immediately frowned.

Obviously, they didn't believe Zhu Yunxi's words.

The two of them looked at Zhan Hui, and their faces showed a look of embarrassment, which means that Zhu Yunxi is obviously messing around, you won't be so messing around, right?

Zhan Hui smiled a little awkwardly and shrugged helplessly.

Zhao Ming and Li Quan sighed secretly, Zhan Hui obviously let himself be perfunctory to Zhu Yunxi, thinking of this, the two glanced at each other, and asked patiently:

"Third master, any crop has its own characteristics, just like a child, no matter how much you cultivate, it is impossible for him to become a bear or something else, this is against common sense."

"Anything else?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at the two of them and asked with a smile.

Zhao Ming pondered for a long time, and then said thoughtfully: "The method that the little third master said is a way to increase nutrients and improve fertilizers? ”

Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said, "If that doesn't call it an invention, I want to breed a brand new seed that can double the yield through natural growth." ”

After listening to this, the two looked at each other and felt that this was a fantasy.

But I heard Zhu Yunxi continue: "As far as I know, there are many varieties of Daming rice, but the yield is about the same, my idea is to cross various varieties of rice, so as to select a variety with the highest yield for breeding." ”

This sentence made the eyes of the two agricultural experts suddenly light up, and Li Quan shouted in a lost voice:

"Could it be that the third master is talking about the principle of grafting?"

Zhu Yunxi stretched out his thumb at Li Quan and said with a smile: "Since fruit trees can grow better-tasting fruits through grafting, why can't rice?" ”

Zhao Ming nodded thoughtfully, "What the third master said has some truth, but how to graft this rice?" ”

At the same time, this question also made Li Quan feel puzzled, because it was almost impossible to operate.

Is it possible to cut the stalks of rice and insert them into the stalks of other varieties of rice?

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said leisurely: "So in a strict sense, what we have to do is not grafting, but cultivating." ”

He stood up, paced a few steps around the room, and said confidently:

"You are going to prepare five acres of land, plant different varieties of rice, and then remove all the male stamens of one of the rices, keep only the female stamens, and when it is time for flowering and pollination, use artificial methods to pollinate these rice that have lost their male stamens, so that you can get rice seedlings of unknown varieties?"

Zhao Ming and Li Quan were obviously shocked by Zhu Yunxi's words, they had never thought of this method.

Let's not talk about whether it is useful or not, this method alone is refreshing.

"Little Third Master is really a genius!"

The two of them thought in their hearts at the same time, and the eyes that looked at Zhu Yunxi were no longer the same as before.

But Zhu Yunxi continued: "If this batch of rice is pollinated, it can be based on their growth and survival of the fittest, and then the remaining varieties will be pollinated for the second time, and within three years, a variety with double yield can definitely be cultivated." ”

Listening to Zhu Yunxi's words, a flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of Zhao Zhaoming and Li Quan.

They naturally knew that if Zhu Yunxi's idea could be established or succeeded, then the two of them would definitely be a great achievement.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the appearance of the two, and immediately guessed what the two were thinking, and said with a smile:

"This is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, if it is really successful, the names of the two will definitely go down in history!"

This sentence was like a shot of chicken blood for Zhao Mian and Li Quan, and the two looked at Zhu Yunxi with an unbelievable look and muttered:

"Really? If it succeeds, will there really be a name for both of us? ”

"Of course, I just made a suggestion, and it's all thanks to the two of you."

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Ming and Li Quan fell to their knees with a thud, kowtowed heavily to Zhu Yunxi, and then didn't look back, and immediately ran out.

This scene simply made Zhan Hui is dumbfounded, until Zhao Ming and Li Quan were gone, he didn't react, he looked Zhu Yunxi up and down with a suspicious look, and asked strangely:

"Little third master, the old man is very strange, what else in this world you can't do?"

"You won't have a baby."

Zhu Yunxi said with a smile and patted Zhan Hui: "If this matter is successful, your old Zhan will be a great achievement." ”

Zhan Hui was suddenly excited, he was an old man like him, and he could naturally hear that Zhu Yunxi was ready to share the credit with himself.

It didn't take long for the news that the third master, Zhu Yunxi, took the household department Shangshu and the two household officials to farm the land in Yingtianfu.

They were no longer surprised that the third master was engaged in inventions and creations, but what was surprising was that Zhan Hui was successfully brainwashed by Zhu Yunxi, and he took two officials to those acres of land every day.

Zhu Yunwen naturally heard the news, he couldn't help but pout, and said disdainfully:

"A fool is still a fool after all, and he wants to do such a fantastical thing."

Li Jinglong, who was on the side, said with a worried face: "If he really succeeds, this is a great achievement." ”

Huang Zicheng smiled weirdly:

"This is impossible in any way, I have carefully asked the agricultural officials of the household department, and they all say that this is wishful thinking and cannot succeed."

"Then Zhu Yunxi's move is just to win His Majesty's favor and attention."

"Okay, this kid really has a bad heart."

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he immediately sneered and said:

"My old Zhu family is a farmer, and the imperial grandfather sometimes grows land in the palace and plays with flowers, Zhu Yunxi is what he likes, but it is very ridiculous."

Liu Sanwu said: "King Huai's current business is to do a good job in the government, don't worry about this kind of trivial matter, that kid can toss as much as he likes, after all, he can't make any big waves." ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded approvingly, in their hearts, Zhu Yunxi at this moment was already poor in donkey skills, and he could only rely on this boring little trick to attract the emperor's attention.

The matter naturally reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, he was just a little curious, what kind of thing was this kid doing, why did he start farming?

Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally clear about farming, and he also thinks that Zhu Yunxi is just fooling around, but with his understanding of Zhu Yunxi, this kid will never do anything without a purpose.

So what the hell is he doing this kind of thing for?

...... Zhu Yuanzhang patted his head: "No, I have to go and see it myself." ”

Thinking of this, he said to Wang Jinghong: "Let's go, let's go and see how he planted this land." ”

So he immediately took Wang Jinghong, dressed in ordinary people's clothes, out of the palace, and went straight to Zhu Yunxi's land.

The place chosen by Zhao Ming and Li Quan is not far from the imperial city, which is also convenient for Zhu Yunxi to come over at any time to guide.

They wouldn't be stupid enough to think that Zhu Yunxi was just making a suggestion, since Zhu Yunxi was able to make such a suggestion, it was obvious that he had thought about it for a long time, and there would definitely be something they hadn't thought of.

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Jinghong came here, they saw Zhu Yunxi holding his high trouser leg from a distance, standing in the field and talking to the two household officials.

On the edge of the field, there was a pergola, and Zhan Hui, the head of the household, was still naturally sipping tea inside.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhan Hui immediately bounced up from the chair and trotted all the way over.

He really didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to come here in person, otherwise he would have to stand in the field with his trousers rolled up anyway.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother to pay attention to him, reached out and tucked the hem of the robe into his waist and walked down the field.

At this moment, Zhu Yunxi and the three of them also saw Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Ming and Li Quan looked surprised, and hurriedly knelt down to salute, but Zhu Yuanzhang beckoned to Zhu Yunxi, and shouted:

"What are you doing kid doing?"

"What kind of nonsense are you?"

Zhu Yunxi said angrily: "Now the yield of our Daming rice is only two or three hundred catties, and I want to double it, and the yield per mu will reach five or six hundred catties." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunxi with a look of indifference, and suddenly slapped Zhu Yunxi's head, and scolded with a smile:

"I won't talk about you if you do anything else, but our old Zhu family is a farmer who has been farming since childhood, and I know this kind of thing better than you, I bet that if you want to double this yield, it's completely a toad that wants to eat swan meat!"

This is a misnomer...... Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "Grandpa Huang, you said that every time we bet, which time didn't I win, you cheated?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, his old face was a little red, but he kicked it over, and scolded in his mouth:

"Stinky boy, what do you mean by cheating?

Your second brother hasn't married yet, of course I can't give you a marriage, can you blame me for this matter? ”

You're grandpa, you have the final say...... Zhu Yunxi pulled Zhu Yuanzhang to sit on the ridge, and said with a smile:

"Yun Xi is just talking about it, in fact, you are really cheating, then no one can do anything about you."

Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately amused by Zhu Yunxi, he patted the ridge beside him and said:

"Sit down and tell Grandpa Huang what's going on?"

At this moment, Wang Jinghong and Zhan Hui had already retreated to the pergola, looking at the pair of grandchildren from a distance, sitting on the ridge like an ordinary farmer and chatting.

Zhu Yunxi did not answer Zhu Yuanzhang directly, but asked rhetorically:

"Why did the imperial grandfather raise the banner of righteousness and oppose the Great Yuan Dynasty in the first place?"

"Naturally, the people are struggling to make a living, and we can't even afford to eat, can we not rebel?"

Zhu Yuanzhang replied without thinking about it.

"That's right."

Zhu Yunxi slapped his face and said: "So we must let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, eat and dress warmly and live a good life, only in this way will our Ming Dynasty be forever." ”

The subtext of this sentence, how can Zhu Yuanzhang not understand that if the people are not happy, there will naturally be people in the world who will jump out and rebel like they were at the beginning.

"That's why you're thinking about increasing rice yields?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhu Yunxi and asked.

Zhu Yunxi shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "Could it be that I have a brain disease and come here to find guilt by myself?" ”

Although this sentence was a little unreasonable, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care at all, but fell into contemplation.

After a long time, he stared at Zhu Yunxi and said, "Then tell the imperial grandfather, do you think the imperial grandfather is a good emperor?" ”

Zhu Yunxi thought about it and said very solemnly:

"Of course it is, the emperor's grandfather is the Hongwu Emperor, throughout history, from a commoner to the emperor, you are the only one, even the Han Gaozu Liu Bang was also a small official of the imperial court at the beginning, from this point of view, it must be unprecedented!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, but listened to Zhu Yunxi continue:

"It's just that since ancient times, it has been difficult to fight the country, and it is even more difficult to defend the country, and there are still many difficulties for their Ming to become the Ming of eternity."

He took a deep breath, looked at the field in front of him and said:

"The Ming Dynasty was founded for only a few decades, and the consequences of the long-term war have not been completely eliminated, coupled with the natural disasters for many years, the people's lives are actually not easy, if this problem is not solved, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos sooner or later."

When he said this, Zhu Yunxi remembered Zhu Youzhen, who hanged himself in the coal mountain many years later.

His face also became solemn.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly asked:

"Child, what do you think is the mission of being an emperor?"

Zhu Yunxi was stunned, he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to suddenly ask this question.

He lowered his head in deep thought, and after a moment looked up and said:

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the young man in front of him without blinking, his face was expressionless, and after a while, he suddenly laughed and said:

"Good boy, if you succeed in this, Grandpa Huang will definitely reward you."

Zhu Yunxi pursed his lips and muttered, "Who can't draw a big cake?" If you want to reward me, you might as well teach me how to grow rice. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "Okay, a word is a certainty, the imperial grandfather will come to farm with you when he is free!" ”