However, in the end, it was not stopped.

With the expectation and nervousness of the crowd, Xuan Pingzi, who was standing beside him, lifted another potato seedling plant. On the roots under the potato seedling plant, there were five or six white potatoes slightly smaller than sweet potatoes hanging on the roots under the potato seedling.

Comparing the two, the yield is immediately distinguished.

Plant the same day, apply the same fields and fertilize them, and finally dig them out at the same time.

A nest of sweet potatoes can be eaten and enjoyed. However, a nest of potatoes is only enough to fill the teeth and taste the taste.

Fortunately, in this fertile field, less than half an acre of potatoes were planted slightly.

Zhu Zian did not take action again, but attacked other potatoes, which made Zhu Biao, who was beside him, breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after wandering to his own field, Zhu Biao looked at the green sweet potatoes planted in a corner of the field, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of jumping feeling and was ready to move.

"Second brother..."

Finally, Zhu Biao stood for a while, but still couldn't suppress the restless heart in his heart. He was embarrassed to shout softly at Zhu Zi'an.

"Um?"

Zhu Zi'an turned around and took a look, and suddenly became clear. After a slight smile, he handed over the shovel in his hand.

"this?"

Zhu Biao was stunned, took the shovel stiffly, and looked at Zhu Zian with some confusion, "Second brother, can I do it too?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Biao would be so expressionless. Zhu Zian laughed in silence and said, "Your Highness, you will do your land!"

"Then I'll give it a try!"

After hearing this, Zhu Biao's eyes flashed. Although he was still a little uncomfortable, he felt a little impulsive in his heart.

You know, this was the first time he picked up a shovel and worked in the fields.

Moreover, this is the first time that I have excavated sweet potatoes.

Thinking of it, under the gaze of Zhu Zi'an and others, he slowly grabbed the shovel in his hand, imitated Zhu Zi'an's actions just now, and first shoveled a circle around the sweet potato.

Then, we began to shovel soil into the center.

"Your Highness, the sweet potato is revealed!"

Soon, a purple-red sweet potato was exposed from the soil.

"I saw it!"

Zhu Biao was full of excitement. This was the first time he planted sweet potatoes in his own land, and the first time he dug them out.

Therefore, after responding to Wanxi casually, he was nervous and trembling again with a shovel, slowly dug out a nest of sweet potatoes.

"One, two, three, four, five, six!"

After cleaning up the soil on the entire sweet potato seedlings, Wanxi squatted aside with excitement and counted loudly, "Your Highness, the nest of sweet potatoes you dug has six sweet potatoes, and they all grow very large!"

"This great companion is right. The sweet potatoes that Your Highness dug up is indeed very large."

"Congratulations to Your Highness!"

The tenants following the side were all full of joy.

Zhu Biao was able to dig out such a large sweet potato, which can also prove from the side that they managed the fields very well!

This is all thanks!

At least, the sweet potatoes in the hands of the Taoist priest on the side can prove the contributions of his and others!

"You have made contributions to the fact that sweet potatoes can grow such a huge size in such a drought weather!"

Sure enough, after a while of joy, Zhu Biao looked at the tenants in front of him and praised him.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" "Thank you, Your Highness..."

The tenants were full of joy.

"Wanxi, take it, I will dig another nest and go back and offer it to my father later. If the yield of this kind of sweet potato is definitely a magical object of my Ming Dynasty, and my blessing for my Ming Dynasty!"

As he said that, Zhu Biao's face was full of excitement.

After handing the sweet potato to Wanxi, he cleaned out a sweet potato from the side again and started digging it with a shovel.

Seeing this, Zhu Zi'an was able to predict the next result.

In the same place, sweet potato seedlings grow one more lush than the other, so this sweet potato will naturally not be worse.

As expected, the second sweet potato plant dug out by Zhu Biao also had a nest of sweet potatoes growing well below.

There are five sweet potatoes, each one is very large, weighing at least two taels.

On the way back, looking at the two sweet potatoes in Yun Qi's hand, Zhu Biao instantly felt that the sweet potato he had just dug was no longer fragrant.

If I had known this, he would have planted all the sweet potatoes closer to the ditches.

In this way, the sweet potatoes now can grow about the same size as those on Yunqi's hands. The taste will also be better.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

However, Zhu Zian was also somewhat satisfied that he could grow such a big size in severe drought.

As long as the next month, you will be able to have good weather and abundant rain.

According to the fertility of the land in the fertile fields, Zhu Zi'an felt that it was not impossible for these sweet potatoes to grow twice as big.

However, these speculations are very factual.

However, Zhu Zi'an still didn't say this to Zhu Biao.

...

Royal Palace.

"Ministry of Revenue, are the losses of the fertile land outside the city counted?"

In the imperial study room, Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing the memorial in his hand, and asked Yang Siyi, the Minister of Revenue below.

However, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's casual expression, he didn't really want Shan Anren to answer this question.

But unexpectedly, Yang Siyi didn't even think about it, just bowed and bowed, saying, "Go back to the emperor, I have already counted it."

"Um?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang paused slightly. After reacting, he quickly raised his head and looked at Yang Siyi.

"Let me tell me, after this severe drought, how many crops in the fertile fields outside the city have died of drought?"

"Back to the emperor, I almost died of about 70% of the drought!"

A trace of regret flashed in Yang Siyi's eyes, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Emperor, according to statistics from officials and officials of the Ministry of Revenue, there are now 100,000 mu of high-quality fertile land outside Nanjing. However, after this severe drought, at least 70% of the crops on each fertile land were withered.

As for the remaining 30% of the crops, at least because they are close to the ditches, tenants are watered every day, so that they can survive. However, half of these 30% of the crops are half dead. Fortunately, there is this heavy rain, and after it slows down for a few more days, you can recover!"

"There are 30% more?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked surprised.

"Back to the emperor, that's right!"

Yang Siyi quickly bowed and replied.

"Congratulations to the Emperor!" "Congratulations to the Emperor!" "There has been such a long drought, and there are still 30% of the crops. I survived. God really blessed me to the Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing this, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and other ministers were all full of joy.

Under this severe drought disaster that lasts more than a month, almost two months without a drop of rain, and is exposed to the sun, they are all ready, and all the crops in the fertile fields will die of drought.

Even if there are digging ditches, they just hope that there will be 10% of the crops and it will be good to survive.

Unexpectedly, he survived 30% directly.

Then, thinking of the data reported by Yang Siyi, a trace of doubt flashed in Li Shanchang's eyes, and he couldn't help but urged Shan Anren slightly and said, "Mr. Yang, I'm sorry for my suspicion."

"But, I really can't figure out the matter in some places. There are more than 100,000 acres of fertile land outside the city, and your Ministry of Revenue, in Nanjing, has at most less than 100 officials. I don't know that even under so many fields, even if every official of the Ministry of Revenue is inspected for a piece of fertile land outside the city, it will not be possible to check it out in a day and a half."

"The Prime Minister is a little over-concerned!"

Yang Siyi smiled softly and replied with a greeting.

"Return to the emperor, Prime Minister, all the lords, although there are less than 100 officials from the Ministry of Revenue. However, under the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works, there are more than 800 literate farmers. So many literate farmers can rush to all the fertile fields outside the city in one day."

Then, before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak to Li Shanchang and others, a hint of audacity flashed in his eyes and continued: "Besides, before it rained, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue took the farmers and the farmers to count the changes in the crops outside the city. Therefore, after the rain, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue and the farmers and the farmers just walked around the fields outside the city and found out how many crops there were still alive!"

"More than 800 literate farmers?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang and others directly threw the matter of the fields and crops behind their heads, and their faces were full of surprise and stared at Yang Siyi.

In this era, as long as you read, you will be in short supply of talents.

Not to mention not, they are all literate farmers.

If no such talent was released, it was all the talents that were fought for by government agencies in various places.

Although there is no fame.

However, now, there is no imperial examination yet, and it is still a way to recommend officials.
To be continued...