And inside the palace.

Zhu Di also received the eunuch's report, and his face was immediately overjoyed.

Then, he looked at Yishiha.

"Go and summon Dingguo Gong into the palace!"

"Slave obeys!"

Yisha hurriedly answered, and walked out quickly.

Dingguo Mansion.

commanded Xu Yong, Guo Ang and the others, who had just taken back the little corn in the back garden, and had just sat down without resting for a moment.

Guo An looked up and found that Yizha had actually appeared in front of him.

I couldn't help but be a little surprised on my face.

"Otomo?"

"Grandpa, Your Majesty has summoned you!"

"What did Your Majesty call me for?"

"Grandpa, it should be the test field......

“……”

Half an hour later.

Guo An stood in front of Zhu Di.

"Weichen Guo An, see Your Majesty!"

"Guo Aiqing, hurry up and be exempt!"

Seeing Guo An, Zhu Di's face was full of joy.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, summoning Weichen in such a hurry, but what is the urgency?"

Zhu Di said: "Guo Qing, you should also know that the corn in the experimental field outside the city will mature in ten days and can be harvested!" ”

Guo An replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen knows!" ”

Zhu Di asked again: "Then Guo Qing does you know how many days later than corn can sweet potatoes be harvested?" ”

"This ......"

Guo An's brows furrowed slightly, and he felt that Zhu Di seemed to have some plans.

But...... Thinking about it, Guo An bowed with some shame.

"Please also ask Your Majesty for forgiveness, the minister disappointed His Majesty, the minister has not gone to the General Mountain to test the field for a period of time, and I don't know how the sweet potatoes are growing, so I don't know!

However, according to the sweet potato growth cycle, although in winter, it is later than a hot day, but there is a glass greenhouse, and there is floor heating around the greenhouse, and the cycle is not long!

At most, only a month, or more than half a month? ”

"So long?"

Zhu Di's brows furrowed slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at Guo An again.

"Guo Qing, after the corn is ripe, can it be allowed to grow in the glass greenhouse for a while, and is there an obstacle to harvesting it in the evening?"

Guo An nodded, "Returning to Your Majesty, you can!" ”

"Very good!"

A hint of joy flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and he said directly: "Guo Qing, if you go to the experimental field to take a look, can you determine the harvest time?" ”

"Yes!"

Guo An nodded directly.

"Let's go!"

Zhu Di didn't drag the mud and water at all, and ordered Yishu to go to prepare the carriage, and then took Guo An and went straight to the test field of General Mountain outside the city.

Along the way, Guo An didn't ask much.

General Hill Experimental Field.

Looking at Zhu Di and Guo An who appeared in front of them, a trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of Guo Bingyong and the others.

However, several people did not ask much.

directly led Zhu Di and Guo An, and first came to the corn glass greenhouse.

Guo An directly picked up a piece of corn, revealing the full yellow and clear corn kernels inside.

On the side, Zhu Di, Guo Bingyong and others suddenly looked happy, and they only needed to take a look at it, and they could see that this corn was definitely going to be a bumper harvest.

The yield per mu must not be low.

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Majesty, it's indeed time for these corns to be harvested!" ”

Zhu Di said: "Go to the sweet potato greenhouse!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Guo Bingyong and the others responded, and hurriedly went to the sweet potato greenhouse next door.

The entire greenhouse has long been occupied by dark green sweet potato vines, and the aisles specially left in the past have also been covered tightly by sweet potato vines.

"These sweet potatoes are growing so well?"

Looking at the sweet potato vines all over the ground, Zhu Di was surprised.

"yes!"

Guo An was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that even the sweet potato vines in the greenhouse in winter could grow so lushly.

Then, he turned his head to Guo Bingyong and said, "Please also ask the fourth brother to bring a small shovel!" ”

Guo Bingyong glanced at Zhu Di and found that Zhu Di had no intention of objecting, so he turned around and walked out.

Soon, when he came in, he brought in two small iron catalpa.

Guo An took one, squatted down directly, pulled up the sweet potato vines, and found the roots of a sweet potato plant.

Then, under the surprised gaze of Guo Bingyong and others, the vines on the roots of the sweet potatoes were directly cut off.

Then use the iron catalpa to dig along the sweet potato roots.

It's just that.

No matter how careful Guo An is, he can't see how sweet potatoes grow.

So, with a crisp sound, half of the sweet potato was revealed.

"Cut off!"

"It's broken, it's broken!"

Zhu Di, Bang Zhao and others suddenly felt distressed.

Guo An had no choice but to expand the scope.

Fortunately, when planting, the empty spacing between sweet potatoes is relatively large, and no matter how much Guo An expands the range, he can't dig other sweet potatoes.

When all of them are dug out, they reveal the dense fist-sized sweet potatoes on the root system of the sweet potato.

"One, two, three...... Heptad? ”

On the side, Bang Zhao, Guo Bingyong and others had also spontaneously counted.

Even Zhu Di is silently counting.

"So much?"

"It's still that big?"

Immediately, Zhu Di, Guo Bingyong and others were full of joy.

These sweet potatoes are also comparable to the three big boxes of sweet potatoes planed in the back garden of the Dingguo Mansion.

Great harvest!

However, Storm Zhao looked suspicious.

"Dare to ask Ding Guogong, are these sweet potatoes ripe?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di also stared at Guo An closely.

"Not really!"

Guo An frowned, picked up the broken sweet potato, pinched it with his hand, and even licked it curiously.

"Your Majesty, these sweet potatoes are still a little tender, and they will need to grow for at least twenty days!"

"Twenty?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but groan.

However, Tyrant Zhao was furious.

"Since it is not mature, why did Dingguo Gong dig it out? Isn't this a bad sweet potato? ”

Guo An replied unceremoniously: "If you don't dig it out, how do you know if the sweet potatoes are ripe?" ”

“……”

Shocked.

"Twenty-five days later, then!"

Zhu Di said directly, "Twenty-five days later, I will bring all the kings and hundreds of officials to harvest corn and sweet potatoes here!" ”

"Carrying the kings and the hundred officials?"

Hearing this, Bang Zhao, Guo Bingyong and others were all shocked, and then responded with excitement on their faces.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Guo An also had a feeling in his heart, and he somewhat understood what Zhu Di was planning.

Still, that's fine.

Let those vassal kings and officials come and harvest corn and sweet potatoes together.

Let them see with their own eyes the yield per mu of corn and sweet potato.

At that time, corn and sweet potatoes will be completely famous.

And Zhu Di, Emperor Hongding, has completely become the Holy Monarch of the Ming Dynasty.

……

After returning to the palace.

Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair, thought for a moment, and then commanded.

"Yishiha, tell all the vassal kings in the capital that after twenty-five days, go with me to the General Mountain to test the field!"

"Slave obeys!"

"Also, re-summon the Ministry!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Zhu Di had no other instructions, he walked down quickly.

One by one, the eunuchs, under the orders of Yishaha, headed towards the residences of the various vassal kings in Beijing.

And if you lose it, you will go to the Ministry of Rites.

Soon.

Zheng Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, followed Yishu and walked into the Fengtian Palace.

"Weichen Zheng Yi see Your Majesty!"

"Zheng Aiqing, after the 25th, the corn and sweet potatoes in the experimental field of Jiangjun Mountain outside the city will be harvested.

To harvest such a blessed grain, we decided to pray for the mountains and rivers, pay homage to the ancestors, and bring the vassal kings and the hundred officials of the capital to harvest corn and sweet potatoes.

These regulations, your Ministry of Rites must prepare them for us! ”

"Your Majesty, corn and sweet potatoes can be harvested?"

Zheng Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was overjoyed.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, please rest assured that Weichen will definitely be ready for this matter!"

Zheng Yi hurriedly responded.

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Subsequently, after asking Zhu Di for some details, Zheng Yi left quickly.

"Your Majesty wants to bring the kings and hundreds of officials to harvest corn and sweet potatoes?"

"Do you still want to pray for the mountains and rivers and pay tribute to the ancestors?"

"Your Majesty has such confidence in the corn and sweet potato?"

In the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, all the officials were full of surprise.

Subsequently, they all had different expressions.

Pray for the mountains and rivers, and tell the ancestors, that Your Majesty is going to build momentum, and to completely inform the whole country of the yield of corn and sweet potatoes per mu!

In this way, the yield per mu of corn and sweet potatoes must be extremely high!

With this Furui thing, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for Da Ming?

Soon.

In less than two days.

The entire Jingshi knew about it.

Everyone is talking about it with excitement on their faces.

The vassal kings were also full of excitement one by one.

Meantime.

This matter was also directly transmitted to the state capitals of Daming through various channels.

Before the New Year's Day, this matter has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

This year's New Year's Festival, let the Ming Dynasty up and down, even more happy.

The hearts of all the people are full of expectations.

Although this incident has led to the New Year of Daming this year, it has passed very slowly.

However, it is also very lively.

Even in the north, the affected provinces were full of joy.

Although they were affected, they also had food to eat and would not go hungry.

And.

Now there is news that the grain of Daming Furui, corn and sweet potatoes, which Dingguo Gong found from overseas, will also start the first harvest.

Soon.

The New Year passed in an atmosphere of joy and anticipation, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day of harvesting corn and sweet potatoes as Zhu Di said.

this day.

All the vassal kings, magnates, and officials of the Jingshi arrived at the palace early.

At the morning meeting.

The main purpose of the new year, and today, is to harvest the rich grains of corn and sweet potatoes.

Therefore.

There are no officials who are ignorant and uninteresting to impeach others, or go to Zhu Di to report something big!

However, the weather tends to be severe outside, and all the officials also subconsciously report some trivial things to delay time.

When the sun rises, the sky is bright, and the temperature begins to warm up, there will be no more officials in the court.

Seeing this, Zhu Di also had a tacit understanding and made an order to go to the General Mountain test field.

Zhu Di took the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and walked in the forefront.

In the back, a group of Ming vassal kings.

After that, it was Guo An, Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu and other princes and nobles, six books, and left and right imperial history...... and other important ministers.

At the end, there is a group of hundred officials.

On either side, a group of Praetorian guards in glittering armor.

A group of people walked out of the palace gate, got into their respective carriages, and went to the test field of General Mountain.

First of all, it was naturally Jinyiwei who opened the way.

In the back, there is the guard of honor, followed by Zhu Di's chariot.

Next, it is the crown prince Zhu Gaochi in the back, as well as the vassal king, the prince, the hundred officials and others.

Just Zhu Di's guard of honor accounted for more than half of the entire team.

Mighty and mighty, go to the General Mountain test field.

Along the way, on both sides of the street, from time to time, there were horse-drawn carriages, or people, who did not care about the cold, followed directly behind the procession.

When they arrived at the test field, there were already guards and brocade guards waiting, and in addition, there were officials from the Ministry of Rites, who arranged the venue early.

Zhu Di got out of the car, and behind the line, there was a lot of uproar, and a group of vassal kings and powerful officials also followed, lined up, and followed Ou Zhudi.

As for the people, they are the ones who are behind.

In front of the corn and sweet potato glass greenhouse, there are actually various tablets, in front of the tablet,

There are three livestock and six animals, all kinds of melons and fruits, and dozens of plates of snacks.

There is also a big ding!

On both sides, there are rows of incense burners, and the cigarette smoke slowly lingers in the incense burners!

Guo An glanced at it with some curiosity, and then looked around.

Looking, looking, the eyeholes shrank.

He actually saw that some of the people gathered outside were still holding glasses in their hands.

One by one, they put the long glasses in front of them and looked at Zhu Di together.

Zheng Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward, held the holy decree in his hand, and began to play the heaven and earth.

"Your Majesty has a watch, play the ...... of the Emperor of Heaven and Earth"

With Zheng Yi's voice sounding, the kings and ministers knelt on the ground in an uproar.

The whole piece of music is very long, to play the table of heaven and earth, to praise the virtues of heaven and earth, but also to tell the emperor, his Zhu Di's exploits, in order to comfort the soul of the ancestors, it is best to pray for the mountains and rivers, in order to thank the mountains and rivers for their legacy.

In the end, it seems that the god of agriculture was also prayed.

Guo An was below, already kneeling and chilling.

Therefore, it is also a confusing sound.

However, I understood one thing.

It seems that on the front row of tablets, there seems to be Lao Zhu's tablet!

Even, the ancestors of the old Zhu family are also there.

While sighing that Zhu Di is thick-skinned, he also sighed with emotion, Zhu Di's cheekiness is really a person who does great things!

After the watch, it is the ceremonial instrument.

There are also gongs and drums!

By the time this was all done, it was already mid-morning.

Guo An stood and didn't feel very cold.

It's finally time to get down to business today!

Under the attention of all the vassal kings and powerful officials, Zhu Di took Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, and Guo An into the corn glass greenhouse.

Then, break off two pieces of corn.

Peel off the husk of the corn to reveal a golden brown corn.

Yishu on the side hurriedly picked up the tray with bright yellow silk and took it.

And then.

Zhu Di walked out of the corn greenhouse and came to the sweet potato greenhouse.

took the iron catalpa handed by Zhu Gaochi.

The sweet potatoes are also placed in the tray held by Yisha.

After coming out.

Wash the corn and sweet potatoes in the tray and divide them into two portions.

One copy, enshrined on the incense table.

I don't know if it's for heaven and earth to enjoy, or to give it to his ancestors of the Zhu family again.

Then.

The other is put into the big ding.

In the big ding, a tripod of clear water has already been poured into it, and it is boiled.

After Zhu Di.

It was the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, who also learned Zhu Di's movements, broke off the corn, and shaved out the sweet potatoes.

One is enshrined on the incense table, and the other is placed in the big ding.

Next, it should have been the kings, and a number of princes and ministers.

However, if you really come one after another with such corn and sweet potatoes.

These corn and sweet potatoes are all ruined.

Therefore.

Zhu Di directly asked the kings, princes, and officials to enter the glass greenhouse in batches, break corn, and shave sweet potatoes.

Moreover, the basket has already been prepared.

The broken corn is placed in a batch of baskets one acre at a time.

Similarly, the sweet potatoes that are planed out are also placed in their respective baskets according to their own acre.

…… (End of chapter)