In the Jinshen Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the box with half of the sweet potato seedlings missing, and scolded the rabbit cub.

But he didn't send someone to chase back the sweet potato seedlings that Zhu Fan had taken.

The truth that eggs can't be put in one basket.

Zhu Yuanzhang still understands.

If all the sweet potato seedlings are planted together.

If there is an accident, then you can only wait for the inspection and find new sweet potato seedlings from Qiongzhou.

Besides, Zhu Fan followed Lin Che and learned the method of planting sweet potatoes.

I can't think of anything wrong with it.

Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang found the eunuch who managed the flowers in the palace.

Let him find a few of the most proficient in planting.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in front of them, according to the planting method given by Lin Che.

I personally planted sweet potato seedlings one by one in the Imperial Garden, a newly opened experimental field.

Zhu Yuanzhang used a solemn tone to instruct those eunuchs who were a little confused.

"If you are in charge of a sweet potato seedling, remember to take care of it!

"This thing can be used as a staple food, and its yield is several times higher than that of all grains today, and it is not difficult to produce thousands of catties per mu." ”

"If it is cultivated well, in the future, my Ming people will no longer have to worry about hunger, and my Ming Dynasty's national honor will also be extended, and you will all be meritorious ministers."

As soon as these words came out, the few eunuchs who were standing on the side in a daze were all dumbfounded.

The weed-like thing that His Majesty planted turned out to be a staple food with a high yield.

Can you extend the Ming Dynasty after planting?

Among them, there were a few eunuchs with pale faces and a little timidity, and they immediately had plans to retreat.

You know, they haven't grown this kind of crop called sweet potatoes.

If it is not planted well, His Majesty will directly cut off his head as damaging to the Ming Dynasty.

That's too unjust!

However, there were a few eunuchs left, although they were also a little afraid.

But what they thought of was that if the sweet potato seedlings were successfully planted, they would enjoy endless prosperity and wealth in the future.

So these eunuchs glanced at each other, and they all knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty will give such a heavy responsibility to the slaves and maids, who are willing to sacrifice their lives and plant sweet potatoes for me."

The timid eunuchs were left to say such things when they saw their companions.

Knowing that if I kneel with it, I'm afraid it won't end too well.

He also knelt down and accepted Zhu Yuanzhang's dictation.

I followed His Majesty and learned how to take care of sweet potato seedlings.

……

Two days later.

Five hundred armed with wolves, and three hundred elite soldiers armed with birds.

There were also two hundred sword and shield men who cooperated with the wolf.

When the sun was rising, he boarded the Ming warship at the dock of Yingtianfu.

This time to explore Zodo Gold Mountain and Honshu Silver Mountain Island.

As if it couldn't be fanfare, so the fleet had only three large ships in addition to supply ships.

Traveling lightly, Hu Yunqiang without armor.

Standing at the bow of the ship and waiting, the elite of the Ming Dynasty equipped with new weapons.

After all of them boarded the battleship, Hu Yunqiang waved his hand and said:

"Let's go!"

The sailors on the ship hoisted their sails and anchors one after another in accordance with Hu Yunqiang's orders.

However, in addition to Hu Yunqiang's high morale.

The other soldiers, after getting on board, all found their own corners to hide.

The staggered appearance is inferior to the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Hu Yunqiang stood at the bow of the ship and swept around, and found that the soldiers of the three ships were all like this.

He couldn't help but ask the stout middle-aged man beside him with a gloomy face:

"General Lin, why are these soldiers acting like this?"

"Could it be that the reward they went out of the expedition was filled by some people?"

Lin Bi will be a veteran who followed Tang He to fight the Japanese in Fujian and Zhejiang, and followed the general Xu Da to fight against the Northern Yuan.

He has a calm personality and is quite familiar with military affairs.

It is a partial general specially equipped by Tang He for Hu Yunqiang.

Faced with Hu Yunqiang's words that he didn't ask the reason for the matter, he directly deducted his hat.

General Lin sighed helplessly:

"General Hu, you can't talk nonsense, the silver taels are distributed by you and me together, where is the opportunity to fill your pockets?"

There is another sentence that General Lin did not say explicitly.

That's if he really fills his pocket.

Hu Yunqiang, who distributed the levy silver together, must have also taken a copy of it.

Regardless of the facts, if this word gets out.

In the eyes of others, both of them are corrupt people who drink the blood of soldiers.

Hu Yunqiang was full of thoughts, and with a thousand elite soldiers, he swept through Zuodu and the two islands of Honshu.

So seeing that the morale of the soldiers was not high, he said something brainless in a hurry.

When he realized this, he immediately apologized:

"General Lin Bi, I'm just worried that the morale of the soldiers is low and I will miss His Majesty's plan."

"I lost my words in a hurry, please forgive me!"

Hu Yunqiang put his posture so low.

General Lin didn't care too much, just sighed and said:

"General Hu doesn't know that these soldiers were originally carefully selected to clean up the coastal pirates."

"But I suddenly received an order from Your Majesty to explore the island of Narauszi, a Japanese coward."

"It doesn't matter if the sea route is dangerous, but the soldiers are not very satisfied with the new wolf and bird guns."

"You know. The swords of the Japanese are extremely sharp, and these bamboos can resist it, although the bird guns are more powerful than the previous fire guns, how many shots can they be fired at the battle? ”

In just a few words, Hu Yunqiang knew.

Why is the morale of these elite divisions on the ship not as good as the remnants of the Northern Yuan.

Because of the folk's false rumors.

The Japanese are still in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty, forming a terrifying image of a small stature, but fast in action, infinite strength, and a sharp blade with short hair.

Even with it, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were a little afraid of the Japanese in their hearts.

But these bloody elites also know that no matter how brave they are, they are flesh and blood.

As long as they are armed with familiar weapons, they also have the confidence to fight the Japanese invaders.

However.

But Your Majesty did not know whose slander it had heard.

They actually gave up the spear that they had been using for an unknown amount of time.

Replace the bamboo that hasn't even shaved clean...

In the case of having fought with the Japanese Invaders.

No one believed that this guy called the wolf could block the sharp long knife that cut off the head and bones of the wolf.

The Bird Gun for the Fire Gun Soldier, although the reload speed, also has power and accuracy.

It's a lot better than before.

But their melee saber was gone.

Instead, they were issued, a short bayonet with a wooden handle.

It is said that this thing is called a sleeve bayonet.

In close combat, it is inserted into the spear head of a firebolt, and it is more useful than a long knife in combat.

If it weren't for the strict discipline of the Ming army.

There were quite a few musketeers who wanted to take their broadswords themselves, so let the quartermaster take the bayonet with a bird's gun and fight him well.

The only weapon that was not replaced was two hundred sword and shield men.

But they were cooperating with the wolf soldiers.

Now the main attackers are rotten.

It is also reasonable that the morale of these sword and shield bearers has plummeted.

(End of chapter)