Large quantities of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn were constantly piled together.

The officials of the Ministry of Works stared intently, not daring to relax at all. Even the patrolling soldiers moved much faster.

From the conversations with the officials from the Ministry of Works, these soldiers knew very well that these crops and grains could produce 1,000 kilograms per mu.

Therefore, there must not be any neglect.

"Grandpa, when these high-yield grain varieties are promoted throughout the country, I believe many things can be done."

Looking at the harvest in front of him, Zhu Ying said with emotion.

Although there is no chemical fertilizer, the land requirements of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are much lower than those of rice and wheat.

There is no need to compare too much with future generations, because the current registered population of the entire Ming Dynasty is only over 60 million.

Even during the Qing Dynasty, the population was 40 million.

Thanks to sweet potatoes, the country has also earned the name of the Sweet Potato Golden Age.

What's more, these are potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, the three major types.

"In another two years, when the people of our Ming Dynasty can have enough food to eat, even if there are some disasters, the impact will not be significant. It will be time to eliminate the threat on the grassland."

"By the way, Timur's grandson, the one called Piheima, is there any news about the eldest grandson?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

According to the intelligence from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Timur is currently attacking the Golden Horde and the situation on the grassland is also very serious.

During this time of year, scattered troops from the grasslands had already begun to break through the borders of the Ming Dynasty to plunder.

"My grandson's men have already made contact with Pirmahemah, and the relationship is pretty good. We are already recording a lot of information about Timur."

"After all, Pirmahima is Timur's grandson and is very familiar with Timur's current situation. It shouldn't take long for him to completely understand the situation on Timur's side."

"From the latest feedback, it seems that although Timur has already surrendered to our Ming Dynasty, his evil ambitions are obvious."

"These people are the most untrustworthy. They must have been targeting our Ming Dynasty for a long time. This time, Pierma Hema came here probably with Timur's instructions to investigate the strength of our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Ying gave a direct analysis.

Recently, information about Timur's situation has been gradually reported to us.

After drinking a few sips of wine, Pierma Heima had no sense of confidentiality like a diplomatic envoy and told everything he was asked.

For some things related to the military, they are afraid that you don’t know enough about them, so they explain them in great detail.

After listening to this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded.

He has always been very confident in his eldest grandson's work.

At present, the eldest grandson reads the memorials handled by him carefully at the beginning, but hardly ever reads the end.

The main thing is that the eldest grandson's way of handling things is almost extremely fair, and some of his methods even made Zhu Yuanzhang sigh.

"In that case, what is Da Sun going to do with him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhu Ying hesitated for a moment and said, "At present, Pirmahem is very proud of his own army. In his eyes, it seems that Timur's army is the strongest army in the world."

"If we want to eliminate Timur's ambitions towards our Ming Dynasty and reduce friction on the border, the best way is to let you, Piermahemah, see the might of our Ming Dynasty's army."

"Only when he understands that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not something Timur's army can fight against, will he be afraid."

"These fears will be brought to Timur by Pirmahemah."

In this regard, Zhu Ying already had a good plan, and when the time comes, he can just give him the whole military parade.

Just this part must scare him to the point of being stunned.

After listening to it, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied.

It is obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very interested in things like enhancing the country's prestige.

This can be seen in the tribute.

Soon, all the grain seeds were harvested.

Half of these grain seeds will first be distributed to the people around the capital for planting.

The other half will be stored, and most of it will be kept in the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry as a backup.

A small part of it will be sent to Zhu Su of the Agricultural School for research.

These specific matters will naturally be handled by officials from the Ministry of Industry.

…

Ever since Zhu Ying was declared the Crown Prince, the status of Duke of Liang Lan Yu has risen accordingly.

The Five Military Commission had great power, but in the capital's Five Military Commission, there was actually not much to do every day and it was very quiet.

Although he is said to command the entire nation's army, in reality only the generals who are away for training have a lot to do.

Those who stayed in the capital had no business to attend except the morning court sessions.

Recently, after the morning court session, Lan Yu was often invited to drink by the generals of the Governor's Office.

Basically, there were various invitations from the generals every day. After Zhu Ying's identity was exposed, Lan Yu's position became stable again, and naturally many people tried to curry favor with him.

Lan Yu loved drinking, and now he was in high spirits, so how could he refuse? He was drunk almost all day long.

Today, there was another drinking party.

It was a plan set up by Ma Jun, a former subordinate of Lan Yu and the deputy governor.

Most of the participants were members of the Five Military Commanderies, and most of these people had once been under the command of Lan Yu, or Chang Yuchun.

As the saying goes, a general is like his soldiers.

Chang Yuchun was notoriously bad in the army, and naturally the soldiers who followed him had bad tempers too.

However, these people with hot tempers were still very brave in fighting, and they had made many contributions. Now that the Ming Dynasty had been founded, they had become rich.

"Xie Xiong, what's wrong with you today? The general is here, what's the point of looking so miserable?"

"I think you are itching for trouble, why don't you quickly toast to the general?"

Among the crowd, everyone was in a very happy mood, except Xie Xiong, who seemed to be drinking alone.

Such behavior is somewhat out of place in the eyes of many people.

As the host today, Ma Jun naturally did not want to make Lan Yu unhappy, so he quickly scolded him.

After hearing what Ma Jun said, Xie Xiong raised his wine glass and said to Lan Yu, "General, I am wrong. I will drink three cups as punishment. Please forgive me and don't let me ruin your mood."

After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then filled his own glass and drank two more glasses.

In this situation, anyone could see that Xie Xiong was hiding something.

Lan Yu watched, holding the wine in the glass, but did not drink it.

Instead, he said to Xie Xiong: “You little boy, you have been following me since you were sixteen years old. If there is anything, you can’t tell me.”

"I still remember when you followed us to the desert, we almost had to stay there. It was like that, but you didn't make any more mistakes."

"Why, now that something happened, you don't remember me as your big brother?"

Lan Yu's words immediately gained everyone's agreement.

"That's right. Now that Big Brother has spoken, if you have anything to say, just say it directly."

"Xie Xiong, what's the matter? The general has asked you directly, and you still want to hide it."

"I see that kid, maybe he is holding his anger against his wife, so he dare not say anything, haha!!"

When Xie Xiong heard this, he became furious and said to the man who had just spoken, "Fuck you, I can still let my wife at home provide me with food and shelter. Watch your mouth, kid, don't talk nonsense, be careful of my temper."

After hearing this, the man was not intimidated at all, nor was he angry at what Xie Xiong said. He teased, "Yo yo yo, you are still angry. Since it has nothing to do with the wife at home, then go ahead and say it."

"Or do you think that the brothers present here can't help you solve any problems."

"Besides, even if the brothers can't help, we still have the general. Although the capital is big, I'm afraid there is nothing that the general can't handle."

Hearing this, Xie Xiong hesitated and wanted to say something, but was still a little hesitant.

"You are so hesitant, just like a woman. When you leave, don't say you are my brother, Lan Yu. Don't tell anyone that you used to follow me. I can't afford to lose face."

Lan Yu was already a little drunk, and when he saw Xie Xiong hesitating, he immediately became unhappy and scolded him directly.

After hearing this, Xie Xiong knew he had to speak up, so he said directly: "General, please forgive me. It's not that I don't want to speak up, but the relationship is really big. I don't want the general to be unhappy because of this little thing of mine."

The person next to him said, "Who are you looking down on, kid? I just made it clear that in this capital, is there anything that the general is worried about?"

When Xie Xiong heard this, he glared at the person who spoke, and then said to Lan Yu: "General, I am ashamed to say this. This matter is somewhat related to the Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui."

"The elder brother of one of my brothers works in the Ministry of Personnel. I don't know how he offended Minister Zhan, but now he has been thrown into jail."

"Brothers, you all know what the prison is like. This man's health was not good to begin with, so how could he survive the prison? He died in the cell two days ago."

"My brother lost both his parents when he was young, and was brought up by his eldest brother. Now that he is about to die in prison, he came to me crying."

"I was upset, so I went to talk to Minister Zhan, but I didn't expect that he would scold me instead. He told me to be careful and not to get into trouble with him, otherwise no one would be able to save me."

"Zhan Hui is a second-rank minister. I cannot afford to offend him."

After Xie Xiong finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and took another big sip.

Of course, there is a key point that Xie Xiong did not mention. That subordinate was almost equivalent to his personal soldier. He had followed him for many years and had participated in all the wars in the south and the north.

Once in a battle, Xie Xiong was shot by an enemy arrow because he rushed too far forward. It was this man who carried Xie Xiong all the way and saved his life.

Xie Xiong, who always put loyalty first, was naturally deeply moved and treated the boy almost like his own brother.

Now his brother is in trouble and a relative of his has died, but he has no solution at all. How can he be happy?

"It turned out to be that old fellow Zhan Hui. I have disliked him for a long time, but I never had the chance to give him a good beating."

"Xie Xiong, you can rest assured, kid. How big a storm can a mere Shangshu stir up? Today, I want to see for myself what this guy is up to."

"By the way, you mentioned my name when you came into contact with this guy."

You asked directly after Lan Yu said that.

After Xie Xiong heard this, he said, "General, how could I not have mentioned it? The key is that I mentioned the general's name, but this guy didn't even give me the slightest bit of face."

"Just send someone to drive me out of there."

After hearing this, someone nearby was so angry that he threw his wine glass to the ground and said loudly: "Damn it, Zhan Hui, relying on his position as a minister, doesn't take my brothers seriously."

"That's fine, but he doesn't even take the general seriously."

"I'm so angry!!!"

Lan Yu hadn't said much at first, wanting to ask what the crime was and then see how to deal with the situation.

When the other person said this, the whole atmosphere suddenly became completely different.

Many generals began to roar.

They all took a few sips of wine, and when the roar came out, the whole restaurant seemed to be shaken.

Seeing this, Lan Yu lost his temper and scolded him directly: "You old bastard, you are bullying my brother."

After saying that, he looked at his former subordinates and said sternly, "Since someone is not letting my brothers have an easy life, then I naturally cannot let him have an easy life."

"I am too lazy to ask. I have wanted to beat up Zhan Hui for a long time. Now is the time. Brothers, come with me."

"Let's go find him now and let him know that he can't afford to offend our brothers."

"From now on, keep your eyes open."

After Lan Yu finished speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and then threw the glass hard to the ground.

With a loud shout, he led his subordinates and went out directly.

The waiter at the restaurant looked at Lan Yu and others leaving and did not dare to say anything.

Even generals like Lan Yu left without paying the bill, which was considered a free meal.

However, even if he was the shopkeeper, it was impossible for him to stop Duke Liang Lan Yu from asking for money.

This little bit of money can be considered as a way to ward off disaster.

If you really ask for money, you'll probably end up in trouble.

More than ten people, marched along the way in a mighty force, and headed straight for the Zhan residence.

Unlike other ministers, Zhan Hui also had his own house in the capital.

Zhan Huike was not a poor scholar. His father had previously served as the Minister of Personnel.

Now Zhan Hui is 58 years old, and his son Zhan Fu has been promoted to the position of Shangbao Cheng.

It can be said that for a wealthy family, a house is nothing.

What's more, Zhan Hui is now a popular figure in front of His Majesty.

If it were normal times, Lan Yu would have some concerns about him, but after drinking, especially after being stimulated by many brothers, Lan Yu no longer cared so much.