8mi Chapter 388: It’S Another Potato Harvest Season, And The Monarch And His Ministers Enjoy The Harmony
Chapter 388: It’S Another Potato Harvest Season, And The Monarch And His Ministers Enjoy The Harmony
Although the small court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in northern Xinjiang decided to gamble with the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty with its few remaining national destiny.
However, whether it is to create a plague, or to say that Tianyuan Emperor Tuogusi Timur wants to fake his death and live in seclusion behind the scenes, or to recruit tens to two hundred thousand old, weak, women and children to disguise themselves as the Northern Yuan army, These all take time to prepare slowly.
After all, the more complete the preparation, the less likely it is that Da Ming will see through this plan.
Therefore, the original plan of Emperor Tuogusi Timur of Tianyuan to let Duke Tuohuochi and Privy Councilor Aizu lead more than 10,000 people to go south to invade the border of Ming Dynasty in March to defeat the autumn wind was temporarily shelved. Postponed.
And time also came to the beginning of July in the 13th year of Hongwu's life unknowingly, and it was the ripe harvest season of potatoes at Wanmin Agricultural College.
Last fall, Wanmin Agricultural College harvested 3,268 potatoes, five of which were used to make vinegared potato shreds and eaten, leaving about 1,200 potatoes.
These 3,263 potatoes were cut into pieces, cultivated, sprouted, and planted by Yan Changqing and a group of experienced farmers in February and March this year.
Now, more than 1,200 agricultural students who have studied for three months are now scattered evenly across 16 acres of potato fields under the guidance of a group of experienced farmers, carefully digging potatoes one by one.
Yan Changqing, Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and other civil and military officials were sitting in a temporary tent area set up next to the potato field, watching them dig potatoes.
Last year, there were not enough manpower and there were not many potatoes, so they, the emperor, the queen, and all the civil and military officials personally went to the potato fields to dig potatoes.
But now there are more potatoes, and the first batch of agricultural students from Wanmin Agricultural College have been recruited, so they, the emperor, queen, and dozens of civil and military officials no longer have to dig potatoes themselves.
However, in order to show the importance to potatoes, the first, second, and third potatoes of each acre of these sixteen acres of potato fields were all grown by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and contemporary Yan Changqing. Saint Shennong dug it out himself.
After Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and Yan Changqing finished digging, the remaining potato digging work was handed over to a group of agricultural students.
Of course, if any of the civil and military officials wanted to dig potatoes, Zhu Yuanzhang would not stop him, as long as the potatoes were not harmed.
So among the military generals, people like Wei Guogong Xu Da, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Xin Guogong Tang He, Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, Yongchang Hou Lanyu, Yingchuan Hou Fu Youde and others were all enjoying themselves in the potato fields under the scorching sun. Digging vigorously.
They even competed with each other to see who could dig out the thirteen heads with the largest score and the heaviest weight!
Even Song Lian, a seventy-year-old civil servant, was sweating profusely from the heat at the moment, but he walked happily from the potato field to the tent area with a bunch of potatoes in his arms.
"Your Majesty, look~!"
"These potatoes are all round and big, and each one is bigger than my fist!!"
"Especially this potato, I can guarantee that it weighs more than two kilograms!!!"
Song Lian carefully placed the pile of potatoes he dug in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, then picked up the largest potato and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang [said with a smile.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had the terrifying power of the Hongwu Emperor in the court in the past. He also had a rare hearty smile on his face, just like an ordinary old farmer, reaching out to take Song Lian's hand. I weighed the potatoes on the table and said with a smile:
"Hey, it's really heavy!!!"
"We estimate it should be about two or three taels!!!"
Then Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the chamberlain aside and said:
"Bring us a scale and weigh us!!!"
Today is a bumper potato harvest, so naturally weighing tools like scales have been prepared for a long time.
Almost as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the chamberlain on the side had already taken the scale and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang respectfully.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang put the potatoes in his hand on the scale, his eyes fell on the scale, his eyes narrowed slightly, and after a while, he said happily:
"Oh, it's heavier than we expected!!!"
"It's about two kilograms or so!!!"
Song Lian also looked delighted and said:
"The point is good! The point is good! The point is good!!!"
"This way the people will be able to eat more full!!!"
He, Zhu Yuanzhang and other founding heroes all came from the chaotic times of the late Yuan Dynasty. Naturally, they knew how important food was to the people, and they also knew how difficult it was for the people to truly eat enough.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Song Lian who was still standing, then waved his hand and said:
"Sit! Sit!!"
"Mr. Jing Lian, sit down and watch with us!!!"
He just likes to watch this kind of harvest scene, and he also likes to drag others to watch it together.
Seeing this, Song Lian did not shirk, and then sat next to Zhu Yuanzhang, watching the bustling harvest scene in the potato field with Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, and Yan Changqing.
When the civil and military ministers who were enjoying the cool air in the tent area saw the interaction between Zhu Yuanzhang and Song Lian just now, a look of thoughtfulness flashed in their eyes.
[It seems that His Majesty likes to see someone holding a big potato in front of him?!!]
In the past, they did not dare to flatter Zhu Yuanzhang, for fear that Zhu Yuanzhang would think that they were some treacherous minister and would drag them out and behead them.
But now, it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang does not resist when others dig up big potatoes and then bring them to him.
Thinking of this, all the civil and military officials who were still in the tent area rushed to the potato field, hoping to dig out a bigger and heavier potato to please Zhu Yuanzhang.
Soon, Wei Guogong Xu Da, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Xin Guogong Tang and a few others, also covered in mud and soil, were holding a lot of potatoes [walking hand in hand with Zhu Yuanzhang.
I want Zhu Yuanzhang to help them rank the potatoes and see which of them digs the largest and heaviest potatoes.
And Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have returned to the harmonious days when he and his old brothers worked together to conquer the world.
He immediately happily took the scale and weighed the potatoes dug by Wei Guogong Xu Da, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong and others one by one.
Every time a potato weighed more than two kilograms was weighed out, Zhu Yuanzhang, Song Lian, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Tang He would all cheer together, as if they were old children.
Queen Ma, who was sitting aside, held Zhu Xiongying's eldest grandson in one hand, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, Song Lian, Xu, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Tang He and others with a Yingying (Nuo Zhao) smile.
"Mr. Yan, tell me, how wonderful it would be if it could always be like this..."
"I haven't seen Chongba smiling so happily for a long time."
After a while, Queen Ma turned her head and looked at Yan Changqing on the other side. Her tone was filled with joy, relief, and a touch of regret.
Yan Changqing also replied with a gentle smile on his face:
"It may not be possible to keep doing this, but in the future we can try to make more scenes like this where the monarch, ministers and people enjoy themselves together, and it can still be done.
An even happier smile appeared on Queen Ma's face and she said:
"Then please leave it to Mr. Yan!!!"
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