Large amounts of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are constantly piled together.
The officials from the Ministry of Works stared intently, not daring to relax at all. Even the patrolling soldiers moved much faster.
From the conversations of officials from the Ministry of Industry, these soldiers also knew very well that these crops and grains could produce thousands of kilograms per mu.
Therefore, it must not be ignored at all.
"Grandpa, when these high-yielding grain varieties are promoted across the country, many things will be possible."
Looking at the harvest in front of her, Zhu Ying sighed.
Although there are no chemical fertilizers, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn require far less land than rice and wheat.
There is no need to benchmark against future generations too much, because the current population of the entire Ming Dynasty is only over 60 million people registered.
Even in the Qing Dynasty, there were 40 million people.
Relying on the sweet potato, it also became known as the sweet potato era.
What's more, these are three major types of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn.
"In two years' time, when the people of our Ming Dynasty will be able to eat a mouthful of food, even if there is a slight famine, it will have little impact, and the threat on the grassland will be eliminated."
"By the way, Timur's grandson, that one is called Pi Heima. Is there any news about the eldest grandson?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
According to the information from the Jin Yiwei, Timur is currently attacking the Golden Horde, and the situation on the grasslands is also very serious.
At this time of the year, scattered teams on the grasslands have begun to appear on the Ming border, breaking through the Ming border to fight the autumn wind.
"The people under Sun'er's command have already come into contact with Pi'erma Heima. The relationship is currently going well. Many situations regarding Timur's side are being continuously recorded."
"Pierma Heima is, after all, Timur's biological grandson. He is very familiar with Timur's current situation. It shouldn't take long to fully understand the situation on Timur's side."
"Judging from recent feedback, although Timur has surrendered to our Ming Dynasty, his wolfish ambitions are clearly revealed."
"These people have no credibility at all. They must have been eyeing our Ming Dynasty for a long time. This time Pirma Heima came here, probably with the instructions of Timur, to check the reality of our Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Ying analyzed directly.
Recently, news about Timur's situation has begun to arrive one after another.
After having a few sips of wine, Pi'erma Heima didn't have the sense of confidentiality as a diplomatic envoy, and he said whatever he asked.
Some things related to the military are explained in detail for fear that you may not know them clearly enough.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, he smiled and nodded.
He has always been very confident when it comes to Da Sun's work.
Currently, he has carefully read the first chapter of the memorials that Da Sun is dealing with, but almost not the last ones.
The main reason is that Da Sun's way of handling things is almost very fair, and even some of the ways of handling things made Zhu Yuanzhang sigh.
"In that case, how will Dasun prepare to deal with him?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Zhu Ying pondered slightly and said: "Currently, Pirma Heima is very proud of his own army. In his eyes, it seems that Timur's army is the strongest army in the world."
"If you want to eliminate Timur's ambitions for the Ming Dynasty and reduce friction on the border, the best way is to let you, Pierma Heima, see the might of the Ming Dynasty's military."
"Only when he understands that the Ming Dynasty's soldiers cannot be resisted by Timur's army, he will be afraid."
"These fears will be brought to Timur by Pirma Heima."
In this regard, Zhu Ying has already made a good plan, and it will be enough to just give him the entire military parade when the time comes.
In this case, he must be frightened into a daze.
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied.
Zhu Yuanzhang has obviously always been very interested in things like promoting our country's prestige.
This can be seen in the tribute.
Soon, all the grain seeds had been harvested.
Half of these grain seeds will first be distributed to the people around the capital for planting.
The other half will be used as storage, and most of it will be kept in the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry for backup.
A small part will be sent to Zhu Ju of the Agricultural School for him to study.
These specific matters will naturally be handled by officials from the Ministry of Industry.
...
Ever since Zhu Ying was declared the grandson heir, the status of Liang Guogong Lan Yu has been rising with the tide.
The Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army has great power, but in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army in the capital, there is not much going on every day and it is very leisurely.
It is said that he is in charge of the army of the whole country, but in fact only the generals who go out to train troops are the ones who have more things to do.
Those who stayed in the capital had nothing to do except morning court every day.
Lan Yu has been invited to drink by the generals of the Governor's Palace recently after her morning court.
Basically, there are various invitations from the general every day. Zhu Ying's identity is exposed, Lan Yu's status becomes stable again, and naturally there are many people fawning over him.
Lan Yu is a good drinker, and now that she is so proud, how can she refuse? She is drunk almost all day long.
Today is another drinking party.
It was the bureau organized by Ma Jun, Lan Yu's former subordinate and the governor of Qianshi.
Most of those who participated were members of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. Most of these people had been under Lan Yu's command, or Chang Yuchun's command.
As the saying goes, what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers.
Chang Yuchun's temper was notoriously bad in the army, so naturally the tempers of the soldiers who followed him were not much better.
However, these hot-tempered people were still very brave in fighting, and they also made a lot of achievements. Now that the Ming Dynasty was founded, they can be regarded as rich and noble.
"Xie Xiong, what's going on with you boy today? The general is here. What do you mean by making a sour face?"
"I think your skin is itchy, kid. Why don't you give the General a drink quickly?"
Among the many people, everyone was very happy, except Xie Xiong, who seemed to be drinking alone.
Such behavior is somewhat out of place in the eyes of many people.
As today's host, Ma Jun naturally didn't want to make Lan Yu unhappy, so he quickly scolded her.
After hearing Ma Jun's words, Xie Xiong raised his glass and looked at Lan Yu, saying in a low voice: "General, it's my fault. I will punish myself with three drinks. Please forgive me, general, and don't do anything bad because of me." Interested."
After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then filled it up himself and drank two more glasses.
In this situation, anyone can see that Xie Xiong has something hidden in his heart.
Lan Yu looked at it, holding the wine in the glass, but did not drink it.
Instead, he said to Xie Xiong: "You kid, you followed me when you were sixteen years old. If something happens, you can't tell me."
"I still remember that when you followed me to the desert, the brothers almost had to stay there, but even then, you didn't bother me twice."
"Why, now that something has happened, you can't remember that my elder brother is here?"
Lan Yu's words immediately aroused everyone's agreement.
"That's right, now that eldest brother has spoken, if you have anything to do, just say it directly."
"Xie Xiong, what's going on? The general asked you directly, and you still want to hide it."
"Looking at the kid, maybe I'm holding my breath in my mother-in-law's place, so I don't dare to say anything, haha!!"
When Xie Xiong heard this, he suddenly became angry and said to the person who just spoke: "Your uncle, I can still feed and house my mother-in-law. You kid, watch your mouth. Don't talk nonsense. Be careful with me." Such a bad temper."
After listening to this, the man was not timid at all, nor was he angry because of Xie Xiong's words. He said jokingly: "Youngyouyou, you are so impatient. Since it has nothing to do with the mother-in-law at home, that's true."
"Or do you think that the brothers here can't settle anything for you."
"Besides, even if the brothers can't help, the general is still here. Although this capital is big, I'm afraid there's nothing that the general can't handle."
Hearing this, Xie Xiong was a little hesitant. He wanted to say something, but he was still a little hesitant.
"You are whining like a girl. You went out later. Don't say that you are my Lan Yu's brother, and don't tell others that you were with me. I can't afford to embarrass this person."
She was already a bit drunk, but when she saw Xie Xiong being so hesitant, Lan Yu immediately felt unhappy and scolded him directly.
After hearing this, Xie Xiong also knew that he had to say it, so he said directly: "General, forgive me, it's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that the relationship between this is indeed a bit big, and I don't want the general to do it for the sake of In the end, this little thing will make you unhappy."
The person next to him said: "You kid, who are you looking down on? I just made it clear. Is there anything that the general is worried about in this capital?"
When Xie Xiong heard this, he glared at the speaker, and then said to Lan Yu: "General, I'm ashamed to say this. This matter has something to do with Zhan Hui, the Minister of Civil Affairs."
"I have a brother under my command who is serving in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I don't know where he offended Shangshu Zhan. Now my brother's brother has been imprisoned."
"Brothers all know what kind of place that prison is. This man was not in good health to begin with. How could he survive the torture of prison? He died in the cell just two days ago."
"My brother's parents died when he was young, and he was raised by his elder brother. Seeing that he was about to die in prison, he came to me crying."
"I felt unhappy, so I went to him to argue with Zhan Shangshu. Unexpectedly, I was scolded and told to pay attention to myself and don't do anything wrong and get into his hands, otherwise no one can save me."
"Zhan Hui is a second-rank minister. I can't afford to offend him."
After Xie Xiong finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and took another sip.
Naturally, there is a key point that Xie Xiong did not mention. That subordinate was almost a personal soldier. He had followed him for many years and had participated in the wars between the south and the north.
Once in a battle, Xie Xiong was missed by the enemy's arrow because he rushed forward. It was this man who carried Xie Xiong all the way and managed to save his life.
Xie Xiong, who always puts loyalty first, was naturally moved and treated him almost like his own brother.
Now that his brother is in trouble, a relative of his own has died, but he has no way to do it, so how can he be happy?
"It turns out it's this old boy Zhan Hui. I've long disliked him, but I've never had the chance to give him a good beating."
"Xie Xiong, don't worry about this guy, but how big a storm a mere minister can stir up. Today, I want to see what this guy means."
"By the way, when you came into contact with this guy, you mentioned my name."
After Lan Yu said it, you asked directly.
After hearing this, Xie Xiong said, "General, how could I not mention it? The key is that I mentioned the general's name. This guy didn't even give me any face."
"Send someone directly and drive me out of there."
After hearing this, someone nearby was so angry that he threw his wine glass to the ground and said loudly: "Damn it, Zhan Hui, because of his status as minister, he doesn't take my brothers seriously."
"Forget it, even the general doesn't care about it."
“I’m so angry!!!”
Lan Yu hadn't said much at first. She wanted to ask what exactly she had committed and then see how the situation was dealt with.
When another person spoke like this, the whole atmosphere immediately became completely different.
Many generals began to express their filial piety.
They all drank a few sips of wine, and as soon as the roar of mourning came out, the whole restaurant seemed to be shaken.
Seeing this, Lan Yu lost her temper and scolded directly: "What an old boy, you have bullied my brother."
After saying that, he looked at his many former subordinates and said sternly: "Since someone doesn't want to make it easy for my brother, then naturally I can't make it easy for him."
"I'm too lazy to ask. I've wanted to beat Zhan Hui for a long time, but now, many brothers are coming with me."
"Let's go find him now and let him know that he cannot afford to offend our brothers."
"From now on, show me your skills."
After Lan Yu finished speaking, he drank the wine in one gulp and then slammed the glass to the ground.
With a loud shout, he led many of his subordinates and left directly.
The waiters in the restaurant did not dare to speak as they watched Lan Yu and others leaving.
Even generals like Lan Yu left before paying the bill, which was regarded as eating the Overlord's meal directly.
But even the shopkeeper couldn't stop Liang Guogong Lan Yu from asking for money.
This little money can be regarded as a waste of money to eliminate disasters.
If I really want to ask for money, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat and walk around.
More than ten people marched directly towards the Zhan Mansion in a mighty way.
Zhan Hui is different from other ministers in that he also has his own house in the capital.
Zhan Huike was not a poor scholar. His father had served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Now Zhan Hui is fifty-eight years old, and his son Zhan Fu is the official of Shang Baocheng.
It can be said that the family is wealthy, and a house is nothing.
What's more, Zhan Hui is still a famous person in front of His Majesty.
Normally, Lan Yu would have some concerns about him, but after drinking, especially after being provoked by many brothers, Lan Yu would not care so much.
