Chapter 298 - Chapter 298: Chapter 298 The Excited Emperor (1)
Chapter 298: Chapter 298 The Excited Emperor (1)
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“You’re sure meticulous. I’ll remember this, and I’ll personally prepare it for them.” Chang Shun nodded.
“Also, tell them to pack their clothes well. Although it’s hot in the south, it’s cold here. They should wear cotton-padded clothes on the way back.”
“That’s true. Is there anything else?”
“I can’t think of anything more at the moment. I guess I’ll ask Chengrui to make some medicine for them later.” After Zhou Ying finished speaking, she found Uncle Nian and asked him to butcher two cows for tomorrow.
She went home after that.
At night, Zhou Ying told Gu Chengrui about the Third Prince’s departure the day after tomorrow. “When the time comes, the old farmers in the manor will also follow. Just in case, you should prepare some medicine for them.”
“I don’t know if there’s a flood in the place they’re heading to. I’ll go and ask Brother Zhou myself later.”
“You’re right. I’ll leave this to you then.”
“Oh, right; when I was returning, I heard that more refugees were coming over. I don’t know where they came from, so try not to go out alone in the future.” “More refugees? It seems that the coming days will not be easy.”
“Indeed. I hope that the food that the Third Prince mentioned will come soon. Otherwise, our villages that have water will be in trouble.”
The following day, the two of them went to the manor.
Zhou Ying directly asked two women to help. One of the cattle was made into braised beef, and the other was made into beef jerky.
In the afternoon, she turned the cattle’s blood into blood tofu and distributed it to the people in the manor.
As for the beef offal, Zhou Ying mixed it with the beef tendons and made it into a beef offal soup, and it came out thick. It was the kind that could be mixed with water and served with vegetables.
About 5,000 well-trained soldiers with knives, bows, and arrows rushed over in the middle of the afternoon. They also brought a long line of grain carriages.
As soon as the carriages arrived, the group began to load the dried white sweet potatoes and wheat straw. They were busy until after midnight.
Gu Chengrui also learned from Zhou Huaiming that there was no flood at the place they were going. They were the only two prefectures in the Ming Dynasty that weren’t affected by any natural disasters.
Therefore, he gave the old farmers some medicine to treat rheumatism.
In the end, he brought some chili to the Third Prince and the others.
Early the next morning, County Magistrate Kong and the others rushed to send off the Third Prince.
Before they left, the Third Prince instructed everyone to promote the white sweet potatoes as soon as possible, then got into the carriage.
Zhou Ying handed over the manor to Chang Shun and Manager Liu as soon as the Third Prince left, while she stayed home like a cat.
Five days later.
The capital city.
In the Imperial study.
When the Emperor, dressed in a purple dragon robe, saw the number of white sweet potatoes mentioned in the letter that the Third Prince had submitted through secret channels, his first reaction was disbelief.
Although he didn’t know much about farming, he, too, had a royal manor. From the annual reports, he knew that the highest output of taro could only reach 1,000 pounds.
No matter how good the year was, winter wheat, grains, and the like would never exceed 200 pounds.
How could there be a crop with a production of at least 5,000 pounds?
What kind of concept was this?
If there were really such high-production crops, then the people of the Ming Dynasty would no longer have to suffer from hunger and cold.
He would also be remembered for thousands of years for this outstanding achievement.
Thinking of this, he was getting excited. He was willing to believe the news this time.
He looked at the guards and asked, “Chief Xiao, did the Third Prince give you anything else other than this letter?”
“Yes, it’s just a few dirt lumps, so I didn’t bring them.” Chief Xiao was stunned for a moment, bowed, and answered the question.
“Dirt lumps…
“It’s very likely a treasured crop. Hurry up and bring it to me.” The Emperor immediately stood up and shouted in excitement..