"Congratulations to Your Highness, on this trip to Songjiang Mansion, Your Highness directly pickled a major case in Songjiang Mansion!"

On the river, a fleet of ships is moving forward.

On the ship, looking at the young and strong laborers who were still working both sides of the river, Guo An chuckled.

Zhu Gaochi's eyelids trembled slightly, but his face was expressionless and joyless, "Teacher, I didn't expect that these officials would be so unbearable!"

Especially those officials in Jingshi, there are so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials!"

"It's better for those officials to bite each other and report each other!"

Guo An smiled, "In this way, from now on, there will be a lot fewer corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up.

"The teacher also thinks that my corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty have almost been caught?"

"No!"

Guo An shook his head slowly.

Zhu Gaochi's expression froze.

Guo An said: "Because, with the Songjiang Mansion, these officials have taken a precedent. Since then, official inspections have prevailed.

Those officials will no longer dare to trust each other."

「……」

Zhu Gaochi was silent.

After a while, Zhu Gaochi slowly spoke: "Teacher, these officials are still reading the books of sages and sages when they behave like this?"

Guo An said lightly: "Your Highness, when they exploited and oppressed the people like that, and used the people as dogs, they were no longer worthy of being saint disciples!"

"Teacher, this time the involvement is so extensive, so many officials will be killed, even in the Hongwu period, there are only a few big cases......

"Your Highness, do you remember the words of those people and grain chiefs in Jiading County? During the Hongwu period, those grain chiefs and officials did not dare to set up so many nominal taxes!"

"This ......"

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Guo An was extremely satisfied with the results of this trip.

Although he is tired, he can at least add hundreds of households to his Guozhou, and most of them are still literate people.

Of course, so many corrupt officials were arrested, at least hundreds of corrupt officials were copied, and the gold, silver and jewelry seized were transported to 16 large ships.

As for the grain, there are more than 600,000 stone of grain!

With this grain, the north is worry-free!

On the side, Zhu Gaochi stared at Guo An for a long time, and then said quietly, "Teacher, it seems that he is in a good mood?"

Guo An smiled directly: "Your Highness, I will wait for two more days before I can return to Jingshi."

"yes, I can finally go back!"

Zhu Gaochi also showed a slight smile on his face.

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, there are three boxes of sweet potatoes in my house, they should be ripe!"

Zhu Gaochi was immediately overjoyed.

"Sweet potatoes ripe?"

Guo An said, "Your Highness, do you want to eat one and taste it?"

Zhu Gaochi's face was suddenly startled, and his eyelids trembled slightly.

"Teacher, I don't know how many catties of sweet potatoes can be harvested in those three boxes?"

"Three boxes of ......"

Guo An subconsciously pondered for a moment, "There are nine plants planted in one box, one plant is about two or three catties, and three boxes are about fifty or sixty catties?"

"Fifty or sixty pounds?"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened, "Teacher, can you really harvest so many sweet potatoes? How many catties of rice can be laid in a cluster of rice?"

"Probably so!"

Guo An smiled lightly, "Your Highness, I don't know how many sweet potatoes I can harvest!"

However, even if you don't have sixty pounds, you should have fifty pounds! Anyway, we'll have to dig out those sweet potatoes and see again!"

However, Guo Anzhong directly affirmed that he would definitely be able to dig out a hundred catties.

Although it is placed in a wooden box, the soil in the wooden box is small, and the nutrients are relatively small, but there is a special person to take care of it every day, and every half month, there is a special fertilizer brought back from the farm outside the city.

These sweet potatoes are not lacking in any nutrients.

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly asked again, "Teacher

If it is fifty catties, how many sweet potato seedlings can be cultivated? How many acres of sweet potatoes can be planted?"

"Fifty pounds......

Guo An pondered for a moment, and said helplessly: "Your Highness, these sweet potato cultivation are all about burying the sweet potato in the fertile soil, and after a few days, sweet potato seedlings will grow, and a sweet potato seedling can be planted alone into a sweet potato.

As for how many sweet potato seedlings can be cultivated and how many acres of land can be planted by these 50 catties of sweet potatoes, I don't know!"

"I see!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, and then ordered directly.

"Order, speed up the fleet, and rush back to Jingshi as soon as possible!"

"The last will obey!"

As a lieutenant gave up his hand, a moment later, the ship trembled slightly, three puffs of black smoke came out of the stern, and the speed of the ship suddenly doubled.

On the ship, all the soldiers and generals were full of joy.

Even, some soldiers let out some hearty shouts from their mouths!

Even though they have been on this kind of big boat that can be increased by burning fire many times, every time they feel the speed of the big boat under their feet, they still can't help but be extremely excited.

On both sides of the river, those businessmen and young men couldn't help but stop, looking at the big boat in the middle of the river, smoking and flying fast while smoking!

"This is the steam ship invented by the Duke of Dingguo?"

"It's all faster than a fast horse, isn't it?"

"Probably not......

……

On the third day, early in the morning.

The fleet had already docked at the Jingshi Wharf.

As soon as they got off the boat, Guo An and Zhu Gaochi went straight to the Dingguo Mansion.

"Sir?"

"The master is back!"

"The master is back!"

With a burst of cheers, Guo An took Zhu Gaochi directly to the back garden under the surprised gaze of those subordinates.

"See His Royal Highness the Prince, see Grandpa!"

Yan Shanwei, who had been guarding the back garden, hurriedly saluted.

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, came directly to the three boxes of sweet potatoes, and looked through the sweet potato vines with his hands.

These sweet potato vines have obviously become old, and even a little yellow.

On the side, Zhu Gaochi stared at Guo An nervously.

"It's ripe!"

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly said, "Teacher, will you dig it out now?"

"Well, gotta plane!"

Guo An nodded again.

Next to them, the two Yan Shanwei suddenly tensed up, and their faces were full of anticipation.

They have been guarding for so long, and these sweet potatoes can finally ripen!

Guo An instructed Guo Ang on the side, "Guo Ang, go and get two small axes......

"Forget it!"

As he spoke, Guo An looked directly at the steel knives on the waists of the two Yan Shanwei on the side.

"Give us a steel knife!"

"Yes, Grandpa!"

A Yan Shanwei hurriedly pulled out a steel knife and respectfully handed it to Guo An.

Guo An held the knife soldier tightly, made a gesture on the wooden box of the sweet potato, and said to Zhu Gaochi, "Your Highness, why don't you also take a steel knife and try what it is like to shave potatoes for the first time?"

"Good!"

Zhu Gaochi's heart moved, and he didn't shirk, looking at another Yan Shanwei.

"Your Highness, please!"

A trace of excitement flashed in Yan Shanwei's eyes, and he hurriedly and carefully untied the entire steel knife from his waist, and then slowly handed it to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi took the steel knife, and after pulling it out, he looked at Guo An on the side.

In an instant, the pupils shrank.

I saw that Guo An directly raised the steel knife in his hand and slashed towards the wooden box.

With a few bangs, the steel knife directly cut off the circle of sweet potato vines that hung down from the edge of the wooden box.

After a few more looks, the wooden box was on top

The wooden blocks that were in a circle on the side were also cut down.

With another pull by hand, the whole wooden box was torn apart, leaving only the pile of soil in the middle of the wooden box.

Subsequently.

Then swing the steel knife and slash at the bottom of the mound.

Brusque.

However, the effect is very obvious.

With a bang, the entire mound began to fall apart and collapse.

"Sweet potato?"

"So many ......"

With two exclamations, the sweet potatoes in the mound were revealed.

Pile upon pile, unusually conspicuous.

"Guo Ang, go get the scales!"

Guo An shouted as he squatted down and pulled out those sweet potatoes.

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Ang answered, and hurriedly ran out.

And Guo An, in the mound, has been picking sweet potatoes outside.

No matter how big or small, just take it out one litter at a time.

Each nest is made up of five or six sweet potatoes, the largest of which can be larger than the palm of a person's hand, and the smaller one is the size of a child's fist.

Nevertheless.

The nine nests of sweet potatoes were placed on the ground, which directly made Zhu Gaochi and the Yan Shanwei and servants on the side directly widen their eyes, their faces were full of excitement, and they were even trembling all over.

Especially Zhu Gaochi, he understands how important these sweet potatoes are to Daming.

"How can such a box of sweet potatoes grow so much food?"

"A fetish!"

"This sweet potato is really the food of my Ming Dynasty!"

"If I am a Ming Dynasty, all the people's land will be planted with such sweet potatoes, and the grain grown will not be eaten all?"

「……」

"Bang...... Bang ......"

Suddenly, there was a dull sound on the side.

Everyone hurriedly looked up and found that the crown prince Zhu Gaochi was already full of excitement with a large steel knife, learning Guo An's movements just now, and dealing with the box of sweet potatoes.

Chop vines, chop sticks, and mounds!

With a bang, the mound was torn apart, and the sweet potatoes in the mound were also directly exposed.

"Hiss......"

"So many again!"

Around, a group of people couldn't help but stare at Zhu Gaochi's movements again.

"Master, the scales are here!"

At this time, Guo Ang, as well as Liu Baiwei, Yuelan, Guo Shen and others, also rushed over.

Equally.

When they saw so many sweet potatoes on the ground, everyone's eyes widened and they froze in place.

Such a small wooden box can grow so many sweet potatoes?

Soon.

Zhu Gaochi also pulled out all the sweet potatoes in the mound.

The number of sweet potatoes is no less than the pile that Guo An pulled out.

"Scales!"

Guo An said directly.

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Ang hurriedly commanded the two subordinates, put the sweet potatoes into a basket, and began to weigh them.

Guo Ang took out an account book and counted it himself.

"This sweet potato is two catties and six taels!"

"This one is three pounds and one tael!"

"Three pounds, three taels......

"Two pounds, eight taels ......"

「……」

"A total of twenty-six pounds and three taels!"

"Twenty-six pounds and three taels?"

When Guo Ang calculated the total, everyone around suddenly widened their eyes and took a cold breath.

Then, he looked at the pile of sweet potatoes that Zhu Gaochi had just shaved out with excitement on his face.

"Scales!"

Zhu Gaochi said in a trembling voice.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Guo Ang hurriedly took the two subordinates and weighed them again

A bunch of sweet potatoes.

"Three pounds and three taels!"

"Two pounds and six taels!"

"Two pounds, nine taels ......"

"Three pounds and one tael......

"Twenty-six pounds and a tael!"

Guo Ang shouted out the total amount tremblingly, and looked at Zhu Gaochi with excitement on his face.

"Congratulations to Your Highness, my people are no longer short of food!"

"Twenty-six pounds and one tael?"

Zhu Gaochi stared at the ground tightly, the pile of sweet potatoes, trembling all over his body.

"Teacher, we just dug out two wooden boxes of sweet potatoes, and each wooden box can grow twenty-six catties of sweet potatoes!

If you plant one acre of sweet potatoes, won't you be able to harvest more than ten stones?"

After speaking, Zhu Gaochi still felt that he was in a state of dreaming.

With a grain yield of ten stones per mu, those people with a family of four only need to plant two acres of sweet potatoes, which is enough to eat for a year.

One more acre, one year of tax is enough to pay the full.

And if they planted two more acres, then the grain in their homes would be enough to pile up into a hill, and they would not be able to eat it all......

In this way, how happy will the people of Daming be?

And Daming, how strong will it be?

"Ten stones?"

Guo An was slightly distracted for a moment, and his eyes lit up, "Your Highness, the sweet potatoes in these three wooden boxes are all because of frequent watering and fertilization, and this is why they have grown so big.

If it is planted in an ordinary field, it will not be watered often, and it is not good to fertilize it frequently, it will be planted very loosely, and it is not certain how big it will grow!

In addition, although sweet potatoes can be eaten, they cannot replace wheat and rice, so wheat and rice need to be planted!"

Zhu Gaochi stared at Guo An tightly, "Teacher, no matter what, eating sweet potatoes should be better than eating grass roots and insects!"

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded subconsciously.

Zhu Gaochi said again: "Teacher, such a great joy should be reported to my father!"

"What Your Highness said is very true, you should report it to Your Majesty!"

Guo An arched his hand at Zhu Gaochi and said, "This matter still needs to be bothered by His Highness!"

"The teacher won't enter the palace?"

Zhu Gaochi looked surprised.

Guo An said: "Your Highness, on this trip to Songjiang Mansion, I am only assisting Your Highness, and everything is for Your Highness.

In addition, His Royal Highness also personally dug out a box of these sweet potatoes, which is the clearest.

Therefore, I don't need anything to do at all!"

"Weichen has already left the house, and it's been more than half a month, and I really don't want to move.

In addition, Weichen has just come back, washed up, and will enter the palace tomorrow to report to His Majesty!"

Zhu Gaochi glanced at Guo An a little strangely, and then nodded slowly.

"In that case, then I'll enter the palace first!"

"Your Highness, please!"

"Uh-huh......

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, and prepared to walk out.

It's just that he just took two steps, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly looked back at Guo An.

"Teacher, sweet potatoes are such a blessing food, please be merciful to the teacher!"

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and nodded slightly, "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, I won't touch one of them!"

"The teacher is merciful!"

At this time, Zhu Gaochi left with some relief.

"Sir, these sweet potatoes?"

After Zhu Gaochi left, in the courtyard, Guo Ang and the others looked at the sweet potatoes on the ground with excitement on their faces, a little at a loss.

They have also seen all kinds of rare treasures, but those are not as precious as these sweet potatoes on the ground.

"Let's bask in the sun for a day, and before the sun sets in the afternoon, put these sweet potatoes in an iron box, store them, and wait for Your Majesty to come and check them!"

Guo An said helplessly.

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Ang hurriedly responded.

On the side, the look of surprise on Liu Baiwei's face has not yet gone down.

「

Master, these sweet potatoes can really yield ten stones per mu?"

Guo An smiled lightly, "If it is planted properly, it shouldn't be much worse!"

"In this way, these sweet potatoes were found by the old man in Daming, and when these sweet potatoes are completely planted in Daming, then the old man is in Daming, isn't it ......?"

"Sister, I forgot, and these corns!"

Guo An smiled slightly.

In the garden, those corn seedlings have grown to half a human height.

And Liu Baiwei was even more surprised.

On the side, Guo Ang and a group of subordinates had automatically a sentence in their minds.

If sweet potatoes and corn are planted in the Ming Dynasty, the master must be the sage of the Ming Dynasty!

Even, it can be said that he is a saint of the Ming Dynasty!

Guo An took another look at the growth of the corn, and then explained to Guo Ang, Xu Yong and others, and went to wash.

He didn't lie to Zhu Gaochi, and he was really tired in Songjiang Mansion for most of the month!

And at the Royal Palace.

Zhu Di listened to Wang Zhen's report.

Especially, after hearing how much gold, silver, jewelry and food he brought back, the joy in Zhu Di's eyes could no longer be hidden.

"Wang Zhen, all those gold, silver and jewels have been put into storage...... In addition, the grain must be stored well, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Wang Zhen hurriedly responded.

Zhu Di remembered something, his eyes flashed, and he asked again, "Where did the prince and Dingguo Gong go?" Why haven't you entered the palace yet?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the crown prince and the Duke of Dingguo got off the boat and went to the Mansion of the Duke of Dingguo!"

Wang Zhen replied.

"Went to the Dingguo Mansion?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di frowned slightly, "What are you going to do in the Dingguo Mansion?"

Wang Zhen replied, "Back to Your Majesty, it seems that the sweet potato is ripe!"

"Huh?"

Zhu Di's eyes narrowed and he stood up directly.

"Sweet potatoes ripe?"

…… (End of chapter)