A moment later.

Guo Ang brought in a plate of steaming corn, exuding a rich fragrance.

As soon as I entered, I attracted everyone's attention.

"Gollum!"

In Zhu Di's belly, there was a sound directly.

Staring at the corn tightly, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This kind of corn, it's actually so fragrant?" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di, who was about to use these words to hide his embarrassment, didn't hear Guo An reply to him for a long time, frowned, and looked at Guo An on the side.

"Woo ......"

Guo An, who was munching on corn, saw Zhu Di looking at him, and immediately nodded his chin again and again, asking Zhu Di to eat a little.

It's just that his mouth is stuffed with corn, and he can't make a sound at all, so he can only whine......

And Zhu Di naturally didn't understand.

After a while, Guo An swallowed all the corn in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, eat quickly, it's so delicious...... It's not good when it's cold! ”

Indeed, although these first generations of corn are not as delicious and sweet as the fruit corn and waxy corn of later generations.

But yes, for this body, which has not eaten boiled corn once since birth and has not eaten it once for nearly forty years, these corns are the sweetest and tenderest food.

See here.

Zhu Di didn't delay, he picked one up directly and nibbled on it.

After one bite, Zhu Di's whole person was directly excited.

He suddenly had the feeling that this corn was even better than sweet potatoes.

As soon as you eat it, you can't stop.

And the one on the side is looking at the remaining one in the basin with two eyes.

This should be the corn that His Majesty asked him for.

However, His Majesty did not speak, he was a slave, and he was fundamentally started.

Moreover, looking at the expressions of His Majesty and Dingguo Gong, there is a great possibility that these corns will not be his turn in the end......

As for Zhu Di.

It's eating while thinking nonsense.

No wonder Guo An is so actively looking for these overseas corn and sweet potatoes......

Everything is so delicious.

According to Guo An's way of eating, the corn in the back garden of the Dingguo Mansion is not enough for Guo An to eat.

In this way, those corn in the test field of General Mountain ......

Zhu Di was in his heart!

Such delicious corn, do you want to bring some to his sister and grandson, so that they can taste it too......

However, if it is brought into the palace, the news that the corn in the test field of Jiangjun Mountain can be eaten can no longer be hidden.

Other than that......

Thinking about it, Zhu Di suddenly felt his teeth gnaw.

When he looked down, he saw that a whole piece of corn had been gnawed clean for him.

This......

Zhu Di was stunned and couldn't help but look at the one in the basin.

Happened.

This will, Guo An also finished eating.

"Your Majesty, this kind of boiled tender corn is delicious!"

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, his face was very satisfied.

"Guo Qing really deserves to be the best person in the Ming Dynasty, every time he prepares the food, it will surprise us, but it is extremely delicious...... Compared with Guo Qing, the cooks in the palace dining room are all a group of mediocre talents! ”

Guo An: "......"

He didn't know whether to be happy or angry.

Compare him to the group of dead cooks in the palace who are prescribed by various rules and recipes every day!

He......

Well?

Suddenly, Guo An noticed that Zhu Di actually looked at the corn on the table from time to time.

Guo An looked surprised and said, "Hey, this is not the corn that His Majesty prepared for Yi Daban, why didn't Yi Daban eat it?" ”

Yisha suddenly never had been so grateful to Guo An, the Duke of Dingguo.

Zhu Di's eyelids twitched slightly, "Yishuha, why don't you hurry up and eat?" ”

"Your Majesty in person, the slave doesn't dare to be rude!"

Yisha said hurriedly.

Guo An made up again, "If you don't eat it again, it won't taste good when it's cold!" ”

Zhu Di said directly: "Go and take it and eat it!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yisha said hurriedly.

Immediately, taking the corn, he walked to the corner and ate it slowly, with a very small sound.

If you look closely, although the sound of eating is small and the movements are cautious, the speed of eating is not slow at all.

It's just that no matter how small the sound of Yi Yi Ha eating, Zhu Di can still hear it.

This is even more torture for Zhu Di, who has just tasted it and is still full of greed.

In less than a moment, Zhu Di couldn't hold back anymore.

"Guo Qing, how much edible corn do you have in your back garden?"

Guo An was taken aback, and looked at Zhu Di with a surprised face.

"Your Majesty, it's gone, it's gone...... You also saw it just now, I took Xu Yong in that corn field, but it took a long time to pick out such a few corns! ”

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An and continued: "Is there anything to eat in the cornfield in the test field of General Mountain outside the city? ”

"This ......"

Hearing this, Guo An's brows furrowed slightly.

"Your Majesty, the corn in the experimental field outside the city is planted a few days later than the corn in my house, and it should not be as early as the corn in my house......

However, there are a lot of corns, and there may be some edible corn, so you have to look for it carefully! ”

After a pause, Guo An asked again, "Your Majesty still wants to continue eating?" ”

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An and said, "Let's bring some for the queen and eldest grandson, so that they can taste it too!" ”

"There is a lot of corn in the experimental field, so you can eat it as you like......

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Majesty, it's just that there are still a number of concubines, princes, princesses, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the palace...... So many people, if they want to continue to eat after eating once, Weichen is worried, the corn in the experimental field may not be enough to eat for a few days! ”

“……”

Zhu Di was directly stunned.

Yes, his harem is not comparable to the Dingguo Mansion, if it is to share the corn, there are at least dozens of them each time, otherwise, it will make a fuss......

Moreover, if the palace knows, then those nobles and important ministers of the Beijing division will also have to change their methods to beg for it!

Thinking about it, Zhu Di looked at Guo An's gaze and couldn't help but be full of indignation.

"Okay, Guo An, this is all calculated, right?"

"Your Majesty Mingjian!"

Guo An suddenly looked aggrieved.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has always been generous to food. It's just that there are too few of these corn and sweet potatoes, so I can only taste them first! ”

"Then you still give food to your wife and concubine?"

"Your Majesty, they just gave birth to two children for Weichen...... Moreover, Weichen spent so much effort to find these corns just to let his family eat! ”

"Then why can't I ......?"

"Your Majesty, in fact, you can also quietly give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen a taste.

As for the rest of the people, they can still hide it, as long as the corn in the experimental field outside the city is successfully harvested, the corn planted in the future will be enough, and they can eat at will! ”

"Hmmm......"

Zhu Di nodded subconsciously.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An hurriedly said.

Zhu Di glared at Guo An angrily again, "In two days, we will bring the eldest grandson and the queen to your house to eat corn!" ”

Immediately, under Guo An's stunned expression, he left with Yi Lost and his eyes full of pride.

If you want to fight with him Zhu Di, you Guo An is still far away!

Soon after Zhu Di left, Guo An sighed helplessly, and then slowly got up from the chair and walked towards the back house.

Over here.

Liu Baiwei and Yuelan, as well as Guo Shen, Guo Han, and Guo Lu, have just finished eating corn.

Each one, with a face full of longing.

In this regard, Guo An can only comfort him.

After a few days, when the corn is ripe again, they will break some and boil it again.

Subsequently.

Rested for a day.

Guo An took Xu Yong and went to the Jiangjun Mountain Workshop again.

First, I went to inspect the corn and sweet potato fields in the experimental field.

Subsequently, I went to the Medical Hall, the Craftsman School, and the Jiangjunshan Workshop.

He didn't deceive Zhu Di either.

The medical hall and the craftsman school are the places where Guo An has been most attentive in recent years.

Every day, there are some merchants who look for some medical books for him, books on craftsmen, as well as children and adults who like to study medicine and craftsmen.

After that, they will bring those people to the medical hall and the craftsman school.

And Guo An, who has long been here, has built a medical research institute and a craftsman research institute!

Its scale is already about the same as that of the innermost military science.

However, the entire Ming Dynasty does not know much about these two places.

Even Zhu Di has only heard about it, but he has never been here.

"How's it going?"

After coming to a huge courtyard that was extremely well guarded, Guo An asked Tao Yizhen on the side.

Tao Yizhen hurriedly replied: "Returning to Grandpa, the villain and others have already built the kind of big iron car you said, and even made a large section of the car body, but it is too small here to be tested!" ”

"Too small?"

Guo An frowned slightly, "Then continue to expand, this mountainous area, you can expand at will, and then pave the track."

To test this car, you only need to lay a 1,000-step long track, so that it can be connected from end to end, and you can run! ”

"Which village will be affected by many things, tell us, let's let all the villages move out of General Mountain!"

"Yes, Grandpa!"

This time, Tao Yizhen learned to be obedient and did not say anything about the shortage of steel materials or the waste of steel materials again.

Here in General Hill.

The craftsman school is much richer than their potters, and there will be no lack of opportunities for these steel materials!

Even, let them waste every day at will, let them waste a year, and they can't waste it all.

Next year, more steel will be added.

No wonder, Tao Yiping's kid would be so reluctant to the craftsman school.

After looking around, Guo An returned to the Dingguo Mansion with confidence.

Then he lay down in the soft chair again, resting and thinking about something.

Zhu Di's anti-corruption has made those gentry begin to resist.

Although Zhu Di said that they were all thieves who were close to Qianyuan, Guo An would not believe it stupidly.

Those gentry, one by one, have already used teachers and students, classmates, and courteous ...... All kinds of relationships are closely linked to each other.

The gentry who were close to the former Yuan, or the gentry who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, or the neutral gentry, anyway, one by one, had long been not so clear.

Moreover, the power of these gentry ......

Wang Zhen took so many people down to fight corruption and corruption, killed so many people, exiled so many people, and stole so much food, all of which were sent to the people in the north for disaster relief......

These people secretly united, released words, and tried to force Zhu Di to compromise, but they would definitely not let go of those businessmen.

"Guo Ang!"

Thinking about it, Guo An shouted outside.

"Sir!"

Guo Ang hurriedly walked in.

"Send someone to the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce, and let Shen Zhuang come back and come to the house!"

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Ang answered, and walked out quickly.

These two days.

Shen Zhuang is indeed not in Jingshi.

Now, the Chamber of Commerce is getting bigger and bigger, and as the big shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce, Shen Zhuang is also busy with his feet not touching the ground.

It took three days.

Shen Zhuang came to the Dingguo Mansion in a hurry.

"The villain sees the grandfather!"

"Sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

After a few pleasantries, Guo An went straight to the point.

"In the past few days, those businessmen who are close to the Chamber of Commerce have been subjected to any malicious troubles? Maybe framed? ”

Hearing this, Shen Zhuang's face was shocked, and then after thinking about it, he said with a solemn face.

"Grandpa, during this period of time, there are two businessmen who seem to have suddenly appeared in some situations and have been imprisoned by the local government! …… Before, the villain thought it was just a normal situation, but now that the grandfather says this, there must be something wrong with it......"

"Dare to ask grandpa, but what happened?"

Guo An said: "Have you ever heard that now there are businessmen because His Majesty sent Jinyi Wei to investigate and deal with those corrupt officials and gentry, which caused many gentry to be dissatisfied and there were many rumors!" ”

"How dare they be so bold?"

Shen Zhuang's expression suddenly became solemn.

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Those gentry are used to being arrogant, Emperor Hongwu has been killing them for so many years, and he has not been afraid of killing them, and now, naturally, he has no scruples!" ”

As he spoke, Guo An looked at Shen Zhuang, "For those gentry, your Shen family should also have a great understanding of the difficulties of the gentry."

Moreover, it is impossible to eliminate them all.

can only befriend the good gentry and suppress the bad gentry......

It's just that now they have reacted so much, they dare to threaten Your Majesty, and they shouldn't let go of those businessmen! ”

"After you go back, on some normal occasions, give instructions to those businessmen, and the Chamber of Commerce and His Majesty have asked them to do things, and there will definitely be no reason to cross the river and tear down the bridge.

If you encounter some frame-ups, hurry up and ask for help, and they can also unite with each other and do the same with each other! ”

"Thank you grandpa for caring about us businessmen!"

Shen Zhuang said with gratitude on his face.

"It doesn't have to be this way!"

Guo An said, "I only care about people with a conscience, if there is also collusion between officials and businessmen among those businessmen, who harm the people and commit adultery, I will not have any mercy!" ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, the businessman the villain is looking for, there will definitely be no such person!"

Shen Zhuang said with a solemn face.

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "You don't have to be so sure if you know people and faces, you don't have to be so sure." ”

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Shen Zhuang's face.

Guo An waved his hand.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do, you go and send someone to take a look, what's the situation with the two merchants?

If you are really framed, you can report it to those eunuchs in the Chamber of Commerce, let Your Majesty send another Jinyi guard, and you can also take the opportunity to arrest a few more corrupt officials and evil gentry! ”

"The villain retires!"

After speaking, Shen Zhuang hurriedly left.

However, Shen Zhuang did not do what Guo An said.

Instead, he directly reported to the eunuchs in the Chamber of Commerce, saying that they were suspicious, and the two businessmen seemed to have been retaliated against by some officials and gentry, framed and imprisoned!

This kind of thing is very common in Daming.

And those eunuchs, one of them went to report to the palace, and the other directly led people to investigate!

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(End of chapter)

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