"Brothers, this is the eldest companion of His Majesty's side!"

Guo An said slowly.

Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others were shocked, the henchmen and eunuchs beside His Majesty?

Yisha also greeted with a smile on his face, "Our family has seen all Di Gonglang!" ”

"I've seen Otomo!"

Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi also hurriedly bowed their hands.

After a salute, Guo An directly said the intention of this visit.

"Brothers, I'm here today to ask you brothers to cultivate some more food!"

"Cultivating food?"

Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi were all puzzled.

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and motioned to Xu Yong on the side to take out a piece of corn.

"This is it!"

"Huh?"

Seeing the corn, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi instantly widened their eyes and their faces were full of surprise.

"Ning Yi, what is this, why is it so huge?"

"Corn!"

Guo An smiled slightly and said, "This is the grain found from the overseas barbarians, which can be ground into flour and eaten like wheat." ”

Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Guo An added: "The most important thing is that these corns are not only drought tolerant, but also very simple to grow, just like wheat.

However, this ear of corn is much larger than wheat, and the yield should be higher than that of wheat.

Moreover, if the corn is planted in the north, it can be planted directly after the wheat harvest in June, and it will mature in October......"

"This?"

Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi looked at the ears of corn again, directly glowing with green light.

They are all from Shunde Mansion, and they understand that if it is really as Guo An said, how important is this corn to the people in the north?

"Ning Yi's meaning, this kind of corn is most suitable for planting in the north, and the people in the north can plant wheat and then corn and harvest grain twice a year?"

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

"I didn't expect that there is still this kind of food in the world!"

"If all the people in my north had planted this corn, they would never go hungry again every year.

I will not borrow money from those gentry and merchants because I can't eat food, so as to lose all the land and ruin my own family......"

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

"Ning Yi Dade!"

Complimenting, Guo Bingyong couldn't help but look proud.

"What the fourth brother said is extremely true!"

Guo Zhi and Guo Changchen also nodded again and again.

"Brothers, you have praised it!"

Guo An smiled slowly, and said, "Your Majesty attaches great importance to the cultivation of corn.

Moreover, there is only so much corn collected from overseas, and you need to work hard to make your brothers! ”

"Please rest assured that Ning Yi will not disappoint His Majesty's love, and I will not let you down!"

Hearing this, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi suddenly looked solemn.

At the same time, his face is full of confidence.

They have been cultivating good seeds for so many years, and they are confident that in the whole Ming Dynasty, no one is better at cultivating good seeds than them!

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Majesty and I are relieved of your brothers' skills."

It's just that these corns must have been planted for the first time in my Daming field, and there is no experience to say, so I don't know if anything will happen.

However, these corns seem to be taboo from waterlogging......"

"Don't be waterlogged!"

Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others couldn't help but think thoughtfully.

"Ning Yi, how are these corn planted at a distance?"

Guo An said: "Let's plant a distance half a step wide first!" ”

Guo Bingyong said: "In this way, then you have to pull out two or three acres of rice fields!" ”

"Pluck!"

Guo An looked firm, "Cultivating corn is the most important!" ”

"Hmm!"

Guo Bingyong nodded slowly, "Ning Yi wait a while, I'll go and call for people, pull out the rice, and reclaim the fields!" ”

"I'm tired!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others began to instruct a group of disciples to go to the easternmost side of the field.

Here, far from the Qinhuai River, it is the most arid.

However, even in the midst of drought, the soil is fertile.

In addition, they often water and fertilize here.

Now, the rice here is also growing very strong.

Therefore, some disciples who cultivated the fields were very puzzled.

"Now that there is a drought in the north of my Daming Dynasty, there will inevitably be a shortage of food this year, and several teachers will have to pull out these rice?"

"These paddies are still growing so well, what a pity to pull them up?"

"What are you talking about? What does the teacher want to do, and I still need to tell you? ”

"The fields here are not your fields, they belong to Dingguogong, but Dingguo Gong is watching from the sidelines, and he is not allowed to be lazy!"

"Dingguo Gong ......"

The disciples and Qingzhuang were startled and hurriedly sped up their work.

Soon.

With the joint efforts of dozens of disciples, the three acres of rice fields were pulled out cleanly.

Immediately, there was no need to plough the ox, one hoe per person, and the flat and soft ridges were skillfully hooked up by these disciples and young people.

"Ning Yi, is this good?"

Guo Bingyong asked.

"Yes!"

Guo An nodded slightly and said, "Fourth brother, bury a corn seed every half step."

If these three acres of land cannot be planted, the remaining corn must be handed over and preserved.

In case anything happens to these fields, there are corn seeds to replant! ”

"Listen to Ning Yi!"

Guo Bingyong nodded slightly, and beckoned a group of disciples and young men, each with a piece of corn, and told how to break the corn kernels and how to plant them.

"Corn?"

"Such a huge and strange grain?"

"What kind of food is this?"

"Strange...... Could it be that this is the purpose of this Dingguo Gong coming in person? ”

"It's just, is this kind of grain worth destroying these three acres of rice?"

Looking at the corn in their hands, all the disciples and young men were full of surprise.

Guo Bingyong warned loudly: "These corns are all golden, not only Dingguo Gong is staring, but His Majesty is staring."

You and others are all honestly planted, and you are not allowed to play any tricks, otherwise you will be caught......

It is to bring disaster to your family, and when you get there, no one can save you! ”

"Your Majesty is also staring?"

Hearing this, the disciples who were originally preparing to make some small moves were suddenly shocked in their hearts and began to work honestly.

Guo Zhou was so far away and barren, he didn't want his whole family to be exiled there.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Ning Yi, it's all planted!"

Guo Bingyong walked up to Guo An again, and said with a strange expression, "It's just that only thirty-six corns have been planted in three acres of land, and there are still sixty corns left here!" ”

Although he said it to Guo An, Guo Bingyong actually reported it to the side of him.

"Hmm!"

Guo An and Yisha both nodded with satisfaction.

"Xu Yong, take the remaining sixty-four corns, take them back to the house, and let Guo Ang keep them!"

"Yes, Grandpa!"

Xu Yong answered and took the corn.

At this time, Yishaha on the side suddenly spoke: "Guo Di Gonglang, Your Majesty attaches great importance to corn, and there should be a hundred soldiers coming at night, taking care of these three acres of corn fields day and night, and please Guo Di Gonglang Don't panic!" ”

"A hundred soldiers will personally take care of it?"

Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others all changed their faces slightly.

Immediately, their faces were full of joy.

"Thank you for telling me!"

Yisha smiled lightly, and said: "Guo Di Gonglang and all Guo Jia Di Gonglang, as the children of the Guo family, can calm down and devote themselves to cultivating good seeds for the Ming Dynasty in the field, and the credit is very great, and Your Majesty also values it very much!"

This time, corn is such a big Ming Furui grain, and it will bother a few Guo Jiadi Gonglang! ”

"I'm going to do my best!"

……

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid has handed over the corn and sweet potatoes on the big ship to the Duke of Dingguo.

Ding Guogong threw away a few boxes of rotten and dried sweet potatoes directly...... Sweet potatoes grown in three large wooden boxes were moved into his back garden.

In the back garden, Dingguo Gong seems to have reclaimed three points of land for planting corn! ”

"There were a hundred corns on the big ship, and Dingguo Gong broke the corn, and let the corn stalks feed the cattle......

Subsequently, Dingguo Gong went to the fields of Jiangjun Mountain outside the city, and asked the four Guo Jiadi Gonglang to cultivate three acres of land in the fields and plant thirty corns.

There are still sixty-four corns left, and they will be taken back to the Dingguo Mansion for safekeeping......"

In the Fengtian Palace, he also lost 1510, and gave Zhu Di a detailed report on the processing of those sweet potatoes and corn.

"Sixty-four corn left?"

Earlier, Zhu Di kept nodding, but after hearing this, a sound flashed in his eyes, and a strange light flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's exactly sixty-four!"

Yisha hurriedly replied.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Let Jiang Hu send a hundred households to the fields of General Mountain to guard those corns day and night!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

Two days.

In the capital division, a rumor suddenly came out.

Dingguo Gong found a new kind of grain, the yield per mu is extremely high, and it has been specially planted in the fields of Jiangjun Mountain, and handed over to the four peasant sages of the Guo family to cultivate.

Even His Majesty attached great importance to this grain, and sent a hundred guards to guard the corn field day and night.

The entire Jingshi is up and down, and it is directly coaxed!

"I heard that the new grain is as thick as a child's arm and half a foot long!"

"Hiss......"

"How much can one mu of this kind of grain produce?"

"If it is calculated according to rice, then one mu cannot produce three or four hundred stones?"

"Three or four hundred stones?"

"This is divine food!"

"Hmph, if it weren't for the divine food, why would Your Majesty send a hundred guards to guard around the grain field!"

"Yes, guard, this kind of divine food, if it is ruined by thieves or those animals, it will make people feel distressed!"

“……”

"Divine food with a yield of three or four hundred stones per mu?"

In the household, Yu Xin looked at the clerk in front of him with a surprised face, who was reporting excitedly.

Wang Chun and Xia Yuanji, the two waiters, also widened their eyes.

"In the world, how can there be grain with a yield of three or four hundred stones per mu, this news must be a rumor!"

"Back to Yu Gong, now this news has spread throughout the entire Jingshi! Moreover, in the fields of the Dingguo Gong of General Mountain, there is indeed a hundred guards, guarding day and night! ”

The officer hurriedly said.

"Really?"

Yu Xin, Wang Chun, and Xia Yuanji were suddenly full of surprise.

"It's true!"

The clerk nodded again and again.

Wang Chun and Xia Yuanji couldn't help but look at Yu Xin.

"If there is really such a divine food, then God bless me Daming!"

Yu Xin's eyes flickered, and he said slowly.

Immediately, he got up directly.

"Wait here, the old man enters the palace and asks His Majesty!"

"Yu Gong is wise!"

……

Half an hour later.

Yu Xin, who had just walked outside the Fengtian Temple, had a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

So many ministers came in a hurry to enter the palace?

Thinking about it, Yu Xin walked into the Fengtian Temple.

But I saw that the important ministers of the court, Shangshu Tyrant Zhao and Yang Jing, the imperial history of the left capital, actually came.

It's just that everyone's expressions are a little strange.

"Weichen Yuxin see Your Majesty!"

"Yu Aiqing is also here to ask about the divine food?"

Zhu Di asked expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Yu Xin hurriedly bowed, but he already had a guess in his heart.

Zhu Di said: "Yu Gong will wait on the side first, there should be more Aiqing to ask!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Yu Xin saluted respectfully, and then stood aside.

Less than a moment.

Outside the hall, a bunch of ministers came in one after another.

Zheng Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Tie Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, Sun Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Hou Tai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Hu Yan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple......

Six ministries and nine kings, as well as a number of nobles, and the important ministers of the entire court, are basically here!

And everyone is here for the divine food.

Seeing that everyone was almost here, Zhu Di said slowly: "The divine food that has suddenly spread in the Beijing division does have its food. ”

Hearing this, Yu Xin and the other important ministers couldn't help but widen their eyes and stare at Zhu Di tightly.

Zhu Di said again: "It's just that this rumor is exaggerated, although the divine food looks huge, the yield is not high, and there are absolutely no three or four hundred stones!"

Even, thirty or forty stones...... As for its output, it is still in the cultivation stage, and only when a few farmers of the Guo family in Jiangjun Mountain can we know how much its yield per mu is! ”

In the hall, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as my Ming minister, if you encounter this rumor in the future, you should be sensible, don't hear anything, just believe it......"

"Your Majesty is taught!"

"It's fake?"

"Scared the old man, those thieves who spread these rumors should be exiled to Guozhou!"

"It's extreme, it's extreme!"

"These thieves of the Ming Dynasty should be exiled to Guozhou!"

"Hahaha......"

……

"Are there any such rumors?"

In the Dingguo Mansion, after listening to Guo Ang's report, Guo An grinned with an inexplicable expression.

Then, he said: "You go to General Mountain and tell your brothers that those who can't keep their mouths shut are not suitable to keep!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Ang hurriedly answered, and hurriedly walked out.

He was also very resentful of those who spread those rumors.

Inside the village of Shogunyama Field.

Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi, Guo Changchen, and Guo Shanyuan stared at the disciples in the courtyard with solemn expressions.

Outside the crowd, there was also a team of janissaries.

"The rumors of Jingshi, you have also heard it, these corns have only been planted for two days, and they have become like this...... An acre yields three or four hundred stones, and you dare to think about it!

Also, this corn matter, Your Majesty and the Duke of Dingguo both value it so much, you dare to spread it, don't you want Your Majesty to condemn us and other peasant villages? ”

"Tell me, which long-mouthed woman passed it out, stand up honestly, the old man took you to the Dingguo Mansion to ask for guilt!

Otherwise, let Dingguo Gong or His Majesty find out, and the consequences will be borne by yourself......"

After speaking, Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others stared coldly at the crowd.

In the crowd, a group of disciples and young men suddenly looked around, shouting in their mouths, so that those few people who were not strict in their mouths consciously stood up.

It's a pity that for a long time, no one came forward.

Outside, the faces of Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others were gloomy again.

"Thinking about the friendship over the years, the old man will give you another chance. Don't think that these janissaries sent by His Majesty are really just taking care of those corn fields.

What did you say to outsiders in the past two days, or ran out and said something, really these guards don't know? ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the disciples and Qingzhuang suddenly changed slightly.

Especially the few disciples and young men in the crowd, their eyes were full of panic.

And coincidentally, the group of guards outside noticed this situation and stared at it directly.

Maybe it was because they sensed something, and those disciples and young men also looked at those guards.

Look at each other!

Those disciples and Qing Zhuang suddenly weakened their legs and their minds went blank, and these guards really knew that it was he who said it!

Thinking about it, my heart became more and more frightened, and a layer of sweat appeared on my forehead.

After a few moments, he stood out of the crowd tremblingly.

The entire crowd suddenly fell silent.

"Luo Dingkang, Miao Qiu, Shan Bin, Meng Qingde......"

Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others also flashed a trace of disappointment in their eyes.

"Teacher, I didn't mean to say it, but I didn't hold back for a while, so I said it!"

"Teacher Mingjian, I really didn't expect that these rumors would come out!"

"Please also ask the teacher to save me and wait for ......"

Luo Dingkang and Miao Qiu knelt down directly and begged bitterly.

"The villain has seen a few masters!"

At this time, Guo Ang walked in from outside and slowly bowed to Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi.

Then, when he saw Luo Dingkang, Miao Qiu and others kneeling on the ground, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Steward Guo, but what does Dingguo Gong command?"

Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi hurriedly returned the salute, and then asked.

Guo Ang nodded slightly, and said loudly: "The master has ordered, those who can't control their mouths are not suitable to keep!" ”

Hearing this, Luo Dingkang, Miao Qiu and others, who were kneeling on the ground, turned pale

However, I was relieved!

At least, they were not exiled!

Guo Bingyong shouted to a group of people on the ground: "Dingguo Gong is kind, don't you hurry up and thank Dingguo Gong!" ”

"Thank you Dingguo for your kindness!"

Luo Dingkang, Miao Qiu and others hurriedly thanked.

Guo Ang nodded slightly, then turned to leave.

In the afternoon of the same day, Luo Dingkang, Miao Qiu and others left with their respective belongings and dejected faces.

In the courtyard, a group of disciples were young and strong, looking at Luo Dingkang and Miao Qiu who were leaving, their eyes flashing!

…… (End of chapter)