Chapter 54: High-Yielding Potatoes
This time, everyone listened clearly with their ears pricked up, and after confirming that they had heard correctly, the ministers became excited. Hu Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, reacted even faster, knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried in the direction of Yingzong, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, with this thing, our Ming Dynasty will not be disturbed by hunger, and the next step should be the peace of the country and the people, and the prosperity of the country and the people." ”
"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." For a while, all the ministers except Yang Chendong fell to their knees, and even more of them cried with snot and tears, laughing, as if they were having a nervous attack.
Yingzong on the dragon chair finally knew what was going on. After being an emperor for so many years, of course he knows the importance of food, and he is naturally overjoyed to hear that there is a solution. When he looked at Yang Chendong, he was also happy, and he was not angry at all because this person did not kneel, but asked with kindness in his voice, "But I don't know where the grain that Yang Aiqing said has so much per mu is located?" ”
As soon as the holy words came out, all the ministers looked at each other one by one. They were so happy that they forgot where it was. Don't say it's hard to say that it's at sea. After all, everyone knows that Yang Chendong brought three divine mirrors to the palace from the sea. There are even many ministers who have visited them, so it is really possible to show their hair clearly, and it is not too much to say that it is a fetish.
Fortunately, Yang Chendong didn't stimulate everyone's nerves next, and replied very confidently, "The thing is in Yangjiazhuang, fifteen miles south of the city, but because most of them are still in the growth period and have not yet fully matured, it is not suitable to harvest now." ”
I heard that the thing is fifteen miles away from Jingshi, where can Yingzong and his ministers wait. "This can't be harvested, but it's always okay to see, right?" Naturally, this was asked by Wang Zuo.
"Of course, you can, not only can you see it, but you can also harvest some in small quantities, and you can even make some for everyone to taste, and just experience what this new grain tastes like." immediately decided to sacrifice the potatoes, naturally, Yang Chendong did not have the slightest intention of hiding it. Regardless of whether he will be disappointed in Daming or not, whether he will replace it, but there is always one thing that is not wrong, that is, this thing is for the benefit of the people, and with it, more people can avoid dying of hunger.
Hearing that you can not only harvest some, but also taste the taste, the crowd is excited at the moment, that is, even Yingzong has become a dragon-faced joy. "Okay, that's the case, the ministers and I will go to Yangjiazhuang to have a look and see our real mascot of the Ming Dynasty."
The emperor made a will, and naturally, the ministers agreed in unison. Then the Jinyi guard and the eunuch got busy. The emperor wants to leave the palace, this is not a trivial matter, the problem of the line, and the responsibility for safety must be prepared one by one to understand.
Wang Zuo and other important ministers knew the location, where could they wait, and urged vigorously, so they even turned a blind eye to Wang Zhen's opinions on the side squeezing his eyebrows and reminding the ministers to be calm in case of trouble.
Yingzong is twenty years old, and he is also a person who can't sit still, seeing that he is preparing like this, he doesn't know how long it will take, so he immediately waved his hand, "Don't make such a big fanfare, I follow the ministers, how can there be danger." Let Jinyiwei and Dongchang each arrange about 500 people to escort them. ”
A thousand people were dispatched in a small fight, which made Yang Chendong stunned. But the ministers did kneel on the ground again and call the emperor sage.
Yang Chendong can see it, no matter what the emperor does, as long as he doesn't cut off the minister's head, just say the last sentence is a holy word. No wonder most emperors will be fooled, under such a situation of daily praise, few people must be able to bear it.
The ministers were anxious, and Yingzong was also very anxious, so he just changed into a set of golden dragon clothes that were more convenient to walk in, and followed everyone to the outside of the palace.
For a while, the street was cleaned, and the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division also followed suit to maintain law and order in the city. And a group of people came out of the Forbidden City, passed through Chengtianmen, Daming Gate, and Zhengyangmen to the outer city, and hurried away from Yongding Gate to Yangjiazhuang.
The team of people and horses was mighty, and the people on the side of the road were curious, what happened to this, why did the emperor leave the palace. And look at the civil and military officials who are followed by Long Yuan, and everyone is still in a hurry, and the pace is hurried, giving people the feeling that they are afraid that they will not be able to keep up with the team if they are slow.
"Could it be that something is going on? Did Warat come over? ”
The people were still suspicious, but the team did go faster and faster, until they disappeared into the capital, leaving behind a vast cloud of smoke and dust along the way...
Yangjiazhuang. According to the orders of the sixth young master, Hu Mang had already made preparations, and several cauldrons were supported next to the manor. The chef Yi Qiu'er's excited face was like a red apple.
Just now, Hu Mang told her that he was going to cook here for others today. It's just that this diner is not a bystander, it is likely to be the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and it is even possible that the emperor will appear.
"Oh my God!" This is cooking for the emperor, isn't that the imperial kitchen? At this moment, Yi Qiu'er's excitement can be imagined.
The old housekeeper Yang Hai took Yang Neng and looked forward to the outside of the village. From time to time, he would teach his son two sentences, "The Sixth Young Master is a powerful person, the kind of talent that will not produce one in hundreds of years, and he must do his best to follow the Sixth Young Master in the future." ”
Yang Neng is an honest-looking person, in fact, his temperament is also steady and honest, listening to his father's instructions that he didn't know how many times, he said as if he had heard it for the first time, "Father rest assured, Neng'er will definitely do his best to serve the sixth young master." ”
"No, it's the young master. Can'er, didn't you see that Qiaoyin, Humang, and the cook Yi Qiu'er are all called young masters? Tell you, the Yang family will rely on the sixth young master in the future, and it's not a shame to call the young master, do you know? Even if others want to call it, they don't have that qualification. Yang Hai turned around and reprimanded his son Yang Neng.
"But father, why do you still call the sixth young master?" Yang Neng looked incomprehensible.
"Yes. My father is a person who follows the master, and he is also old, so he can't and has no energy to serve other masters. I can't change the title of these six young masters, but you're different, understand. Yang Hai shook his head, if he was twenty years younger, why would he give up the opportunity to follow Yang Chendong to others? Fortunately, Yang Neng is the son who makes him the most satisfied, and it can be regarded as a benefit that has not flowed out, and the meat is still rotten in his own pot.
"Oh." Yang Neng didn't dare to refute this time, he didn't manage and didn't understand, but he still nodded to show that he understood.
While the two were talking, dozens of horses came running in the distance, and the leader of them was Hu Changning, the envoy of Jinyiwei.
At that time, when he heard that Yang Chendong said that the auspicious omen turned out to be that there was grain that could yield more than ten or twenty stones per mu, he was also shocked. Then he figured it out, this time it was stained with light, and when he was happy, he personally took the lead, wanting to come to Yangjiazhuang to arrange it first, not because the people in the village did not know how to do things to anger Long Yan, this is because of the small and the big.
"It's coming!" Yang Hai saw that there were officers and soldiers wearing flying fish suits in the distance, so he hurriedly said to his son Yang Neng, "Open the door of the village, and go to inform the people in the village that the family is small or something, don't go out and walk around." ”
Yang Neng ran to inform, leaving Yang Hai, Hu Mang and Yang Er to meet Hu Changning and his party.
didn't notice others, and saw Yang Er at a glance, Hu Changning's pupils tightened. Although it was a long time later, he still remembered that the other party cleaned up two subordinates, which was as easy as an adult beating a child.
"Phew!" caught Ma Jiang, Hu Changning took the lead and descended from the horse. "This official Jinyi Wei calms Hu Changning, who will answer inside?"
"I have seen adults in Yang Hai, the housekeeper of Xiayangjiazhuang." Yang Hai hugged his fists and greeted him.
"It turned out to be Steward Yang." Hu Changning also hugged his fists and saluted, and then said in a hurry: "The emperor and the civil and military officials will arrive soon, you should make some preparations quickly, everyone in the village is old and young..."
Without waiting for Hu Changning to finish speaking, Yang Hai had already replied with a smile, "Please rest assured, Lord Hu, the sixth young master has already made arrangements, and everything in the village has been prepared, please rest assured." ”
Raising his right hand and patting his head, Hu Changning smiled bitterly. In my heart, I think of Yang Chendong even more, this person has already calculated everything, I am afraid that the beating of Wang Gou in the morning is also in the plan. So young, there is such a strategy, and today will be a great achievement, if you look at it like this, I am afraid that the future will be limitless, if it is really a daughter married to such a man, it is also a good thing.
Next, Hu Changning still took a group of brocade clothes into the village to carefully inspect it, after all, the emperor is in person, and everything is not sloppy at all. And when he saw that the manor was really in order, that is, in front of the land used for early harvesting, ten farmers who were proficient in farming were ready to work, and at this moment he was completely relieved.
It was only half an hour later, and a group of mighty people came to the door of Yangjiazhuang. Everyone guarded the dragon chariot through the gate of the village, and finally stopped in front of the banker's land.
A group of Dongchang and Jinyi Weifanzi completely surrounded this place to ensure that not even a bird could fly in. Yingzong Zhu Qizhen walked out of Longran accompanied by Mr. Wang Zhen and came to the crops.
Seriously, this should be the first time that Yingzong has actually come to the crop field, and there is still a trace of curiosity on his face. Stretched out his hand and pointed to the dry soil in this place and asked, "Where is Yang Aiqing?" Are the grains you are talking about, which can yield more than fifteen stone per mu, here? ”