The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 684

[Chapter 684 I want a private visit incognito!]

In the Nuan Pavilion,

Emperor Chu and the three pavilion elders all focused on Fang Xiu.

It was Emperor Chu who spoke first.

A smile appeared on his face, he looked at Fang Xiu and asked: “What’s so important that you can’t wait even a moment?”

Fang Xiu cupped his hands and said respectfully: “Your Majesty, I do have a first-class request. Something!”

He looked up at Emperor Chu with a very serious expression and asked, “Your Majesty, do you still remember sweet potato?”

“Sweet potato?”

Emperor Chu was startled for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He remembered.

It seems that three or four months ago, Fang Xiu mentioned this kind of crop to him. It seems to have a high yield?

How many times more than wheat and rice?

Calculating the time, it seems that the harvest will be harvested recently.

Emperor Chu looked at Fang Xiu with a smile on his face and asked: “But when is the harvest time for the sweet potatoes? How much is the yield and how does it taste?”

Fang Xiu nodded and said respectfully: “To your Majesty, it is indeed harvest time. Time, yield, taste, these specific details, I will bring the person who cultivates and takes care of this sweet potato to answer for you.”

After saying this, he cupped his hands and looked at Qian Zheng behind him. motioning for him to come forward.

Qian Zheng glanced at his young master with some fear.

He looked timidly at the four people in the cabinet, feeling like his whole body was trembling.

Despite this, he still mustered up the courage to stand up and follow Fang Xiu’s example, bowing his hands in a salute.

“Little, little Qian Zheng, see your majesty.”

Emperor Chu felt a little funny when he heard this.

This was the first time that someone was small in front of him.

Even so, he didn’t say anything, he just waved his hand and said casually: “Did you cultivate these sweet potatoes?”

Qian Zheng was very nervous when he heard Emperor Chu’s question and took a deep breath.

Suppressing his emotions of nervousness and fear, he said: “To tell you your Majesty, these sweet potatoes were cultivated by my young master, and the younger one is only responsible for taking care of them.”

Although he said the complete words, his voice was still trembling, and he just lowered his head. , dare not raise his eyes.

When the Emperor of Chu saw this scene, he felt a little funny and asked: “Did you hear what I just asked the Marquis of Xin’an?”

Qian Zheng cupped his hands and replied: “I heard it.

Your Majesty just asked, how much sweet potato production is, according to the According to Xiao’s preliminary statistics, the yield of sweet potatoes is about 6,500 kilograms per acre. I don’t know the specific amount yet

because I only dug one acre of land, but I think it should be similar, or even possible. We need more.

There are some better fields, which should be able to reach seven thousand catties per acre.”

As soon as these words came out, the whole Nuange became quiet.

I don’t know how long it took.

A clear voice suddenly sounded in the Nuan Pavilion.

The sound was caused by Yan Zhuang, the chief academician of the cabinet, not holding the tea cup in his hand and falling to the ground.

He hurriedly said: “I am dead.”

However, Emperor Chu did not notice this at all.

At this moment, he was completely confused.

My mind was blank, and only three words ‘seven thousand catties’ echoed in my ears.

Seven thousand catties,

seven thousand catties!

What does that mean?

This means that the people of the entire Chu Kingdom no longer have to worry about not having enough to eat.

What an achievement!

It is comparable to the soup of Yao, Shun and Yu!

Of course, that’s not what he was thinking about.

Any achievements will be discussed later.

He wanted more than that.

Sufficient food can first solve the problems in the Central Plains.

Then, more manpower can be available.

With more manpower, more problems can be solved.

Because, in the end, most of the problems in this world can be attributed to food issues.

For a moment, Emperor Chu’s mind was confused and he didn’t know what to do or say.

He didn’t even know what to think.

After a long time.

He finally regained consciousness, raised his eyes, looked at Qian Zheng, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked: “Is it seven thousand catties, or seven hundred catties?”

He was afraid that he heard wrongly.

After all, seven thousand pounds is too exaggerated.

“Your Majesty, it’s seven thousand catties!”

Qian Zheng said firmly.

He had the experience of answering Fang Xiu before, but this time he was not too panicked by Emperor Chu’s reaction.

After all, after he finished the statistics, when he saw this number, he was in a similar state.

He understood how his young master and the emperor were feeling at this moment.

“Seriously?”

Emperor Chu’s eyes narrowed slightly, he looked at Qian Zheng and asked again.

It seems that this is a bit weak.

He paused and said coldly: “You must know that taking credit and deceiving the emperor are serious crimes!”

These words were a bit serious.

Qian Zheng was not frightened.

Because he dug many of the sweet potatoes in the field himself.

No one knows better than him how much the edible part weighs.

Even if it is less than six thousand five hundred catties, no matter how low the output is and how poor the quality of the land is, it will never be less than six thousand catties.

An error of one thousand kilograms is normal.

Although he had never met Emperor Chu, he had heard that Emperor Chu was a kind and kind king.

It is impossible to convict him because of the error of one thousand catties.

So, he cupped his hands and said in the firmest voice: “Reporting to Your Majesty, the yield per acre is indeed 6,500 kilograms. It can’t be wrong!”

As soon as these words came out, there was another silence.

Inside the Nuan Pavilion, it has never been like this.

There wasn’t even a sound.

Emperor Chu stared at Qian Zheng closely, trying to see something different on his face.

However, no.

From beginning to end, Qian Zheng’s performance was very magnanimous.

And very confident.

It’s not like taking credit at all.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to do.

His subconscious told him.

This seven thousand catties is very likely to be real.

However, on the other hand, he felt that this was taking credit.

There is absolutely no way in the world that an acre can produce so many crops.

Seven thousand pounds is too exaggerated.

I thought about it for a long time.

To be precise, I hesitated for a long time.

He finally made a decision.

He slapped the table, stood up, and said loudly: “Okay, I want to pay a private visit incognito. I want to go to the south of the Yangtze River to see for myself the yield of sweet potatoes!”

“This”

Fang Xiu and Qian Zheng looked at each other, both of them could There was a bit of surprise in each other’s eyes.

When they came, they thought about many possibilities.

I also thought about many of Emperor Chu’s possible reactions after hearing the news.

But I didn’t expect that Emperor Chu would go to Jiangnan in person for such a piece of news.

You know, even if you hurry up, it will take at least several days to get from Jiangnan to Gyeonggi.

Not to mention carriages.

In addition to the guards and arrangements along the way.

Not to mention how much money it costs to go back and forth, it takes a month to complete the trip.

Of course, it might be faster by water.

But it’s not going anywhere fast.

It was nothing in the past, but

Fang Xiu knew that Emperor Chu still had poison in his body!

(End of chapter)