Chapter 52 The Special Songming City
"That's exactly what should happen." Huang Yueying followed suit, "Before the Lord built the Wengcheng, he specially designed tunnels leading out of the city. Yueying supervised the construction of all the tunnels, and they are extremely well hidden. We can use them in this battle as a surprise attack to catch the enemy off guard."
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Gong nodded repeatedly. He decided to defend the city walls, send elite troops to roam outside, and deploy special forces at the same time. This way, he would be more confident in dealing with the aggressive Ming court.
Sure enough, these women are quite capable. No wonder the lord asked me to listen to their opinions before leaving. Compared with these women, the male generals seem too careless.
Yuchi Gong secretly praised Zhu Chong's foresight, then put on a stern face and began to deploy his troops. With the arrival of the Ming army, the war machine of Songming City also began to operate.
At this time, fifty miles away from Songming City, Fu Youde and others had already led their troops into Songming's territory. When they saw the bare fields outside Songming City, everyone was shocked.
Many of the Ming army were ordinary people. When they saw the vast expanse of land before them, they could tell at a glance that it was fertile farmland that had been cultivated, and they couldn't help but look surprised.
Before coming, many people in the Ming army thought that Songming and Qujing Prefecture were similar, both barren lands, but when they saw the fertile fields before them, everyone was greatly shocked.
Because of scenes like this, apart from Yingtian Prefecture, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, there are not many places in the country that can achieve such planned layout of fertile farmland as the one in front of us.
But what surprised everyone even more was that among these fertile fields, except for the rice fields that had already been harvested, no one recognized the crops in the other fields.
"What are they planting here? Why does it look like there's nothing there?" Yan Wang Zhu Di was a curious child. He casually called out to a soldier, "Go, go down and take a look. What are they planting in this field?"
The soldier followed the order and went down to the field. He looked left and right but didn't see any fruits. So he simply grabbed a seedling and pulled it up. Unexpectedly, when he pulled out the seedling, he pulled up a series of things underneath.
Looking at the potatoes of different sizes hanging below the seedlings, everyone was stunned. No one could recognize what the crops the soldier had pulled out were.
The soldier used to be a farmer. He picked up a big potato and washed it in a puddle of water beside the ridge of the field. When they saw the bright yellow potato, everyone was even more dumbfounded.
"What the hell is this? Is it edible?" Zhu Di took the potato from the soldier, looked at it left and right, and finally pulled out a dagger to peel the potato. When he saw the milk-like juice on the dagger, his eyes lit up and he actually took a bite.
"Fourth brother, be careful, it's poisonous!" King Zhou Zhu Su saw that Zhu Di did not allow anyone to test the poison and took the risk himself, so he couldn't help but speak out a warning.
"Too poisonous! This thing is delicious. Try it." Zhu Di casually handed the potato he had bitten to his brother, then looked around and saw fields like this almost everywhere. His heart couldn't help but move.
At this time, many people saw the scene on Zhu Di's side and found that the potatoes in the fields in front of them were shining after tasting them.
"Your Highness, this thing will be of great use to our dynasty." At this time, a scholar wearing soft armor came behind Zhu Di and whispered.
"Hmm? Old Jin, what did you figure out?" Zhu Di looked at the person behind him and asked with a frown.
The person behind Zhu Di was named Jin Zhong, who was Zhu Di's most trusted military advisor. He was good at tactics and making decisions on the spot, and would be a close minister when Zhu Di became emperor in the future. Basically, everything he discovered was beneficial to Zhu Di.
"Your Highness, look! There are at least a thousand of these seedlings per mu of land. Assuming each plant produces seven fruits, seven fruits can weigh at least six or seven kilograms. Thousands of seedlings mean a harvest of six or seven thousand kilograms."
"Hmm?" Zhu Di's eyes lit up, but he was also frightened by Jin Zhong's words. A harvest of six or seven thousand kilograms per acre of land, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, which crop could have such a harvest?
The most important thing is that Zhu Di had just eaten potatoes. With his vision, he could naturally see that potatoes could be used as food. So for the Ming Dynasty, which had always been short of food, this thing could undoubtedly bring about a major food revolution!
"Someone, come here and bring me some writing materials!" Zhu Di became more and more excited as he thought about it. He wanted to report this matter to Old Zhu in Yingtian Prefecture as soon as possible and ask Old Zhu to take action quickly.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Jin Zhong was surprised when he heard Zhu Di's order.
"Hurry up and tell my father about this, this thing is really a treasure!" Zhu Di was surprised. At this moment, he was not the Zhu Di in the future Jingnan Campaign. He was still thinking about serving the country and the people.
Jin Zhong almost fainted upon hearing Zhu Di's words and quickly tried to dissuade him, "Your Highness, this matter should not be submitted by you. General Fu is still here, and this plant has only appeared near Songming City. We don't even know if it's edible."
"If this is some kind of poison, if we rashly report it, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the prince in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Di's excitement was immediately extinguished, but he was unwilling to give up. "Then, in your opinion, what should we do next?"
Jin Zhong smiled faintly, "Your Highness, you can secretly gather some intelligence about Songming City. The most important thing is to follow General Fu to capture Songming City and then find out all the secrets about Songming City from the people in the city. That would be the best strategy for Your Highness."
Hearing Jin Zhong say this, Zhu Di immediately understood that as a prince, and a direct descendant of the old Zhu, it was inevitable that the people under him would think too much, even if he didn't think about it.
Zhu Di smiled and said nothing more. He looked forward for a long time before asking, "Old Jin, do you think we can successfully capture Songming City this time?"
Upon hearing Zhu Di's question, Jin Zhong revealed a mysterious smile, then asked, "Your Highness, the Marquis of Xiping already has the answer to your question. Has Your Highness ever wondered why His Majesty sent you and the young prince together?"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment when he heard this. "Xiao Wu also asked me about this. Isn't it that Father is exercising..."
At the end of the conversation, Zhu Di stopped talking because the smile on Jin Zhong's face made him realize that his thoughts were too naive.
"Is there something special about Songming City?" Zhu Di asked in disbelief. "What could be so special about such a shabby place?"
"Whether Songming City is special or not, I don't know, but I know that once Your Majesty sees Songming City, he will know everything." Zhu Di was a little confused by Jin Zhong's words, but just when he wanted to ask in detail, the military bugle call urging the march came from the front army, so he had to give up.
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