Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 631: In a few days, we will bring the queen and eldest grandson here

Another moment passed.

Guo Ang brought in a plate of steaming corn, exuding a rich aroma.

As soon as he entered, he attracted everyone's attention.

"Gulu!"

A sound came directly from Zhu Di's belly.

Staring at the corn closely, I couldn't help but exclaim: "How does this kind of corn smell so fragrant?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di, who was about to use these words to cover up his embarrassment, didn't hear Guo An reply to him for a long time. He frowned and looked at Guo An aside.

"Woooo..."

Guo An, who was munching on corn, saw Zhu Di looking at him, and immediately tapped his chin, asking Zhu Di to eat some too.

However, with my mouth full of corn, I couldn't make any sound at all, I could only moan...

As for Zhu Di, naturally he didn't understand.

After a while, Guo An swallowed all the corn in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, please eat quickly, it's so delicious...it won't taste good if it's cold!"

Indeed, although these first-generation corns are not as delicious and sweet as the fruit corns and waxy corns of later generations.

But yes, for this body that has never eaten boiled corn for nearly forty years since birth, these corns are the sweetest and most tender food.

See this.

Zhu Di didn't waste any time, picked up one and started chewing it.

After one sip, Zhu Di's whole body suddenly became excited.

He suddenly had a feeling that this kind of corn was more delicious than sweet potatoes.

Once you eat it, you can't stop.

Yi Shiha on the side looked eagerly at the remaining stick in the basin.

This should be the corn that His Majesty asked for him.

However, His Majesty did not speak, and he, a slave, simply took action.

Moreover, looking at the expressions of His Majesty and Duke Dingguo, there is a high possibility that these corns will not be his turn in the end...

As for Zhu Di.

He was eating and thinking wildly.

No wonder Guo An is so actively looking for these overseas corns and sweet potatoes...

Everything is so delicious.

According to Guo An's way of eating, the corn in the back garden of Duke Dingguo's mansion was not enough for Guo An.

In this way, the corn in the Jiangjun Mountain experimental field...

Zhu Di was heartbroken!

Such delicious corn, should he bring some to his sister and grandson so that they can taste it too...

However, if brought into the palace, the news that the corn in the Jiangjun Mountain experimental field is edible can no longer be concealed.

In addition...

Thinking about it, Zhu Di suddenly felt that his teeth were empty.

Looking down, he saw that a whole corn had been chewed cleanly by him.

This……

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look at the one in the basin.

Coincidentally.

At this moment, Guo An also finished eating.

"Your Majesty, this kind of boiled tender corn is delicious!"

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, with a very satisfied look on his face.

"Guo Qing is indeed the best eater in the Ming Dynasty. Every time he prepares delicious food, it surprises us, but it is extremely delicious... Compared with Guo Qing, the cooks in the imperial kitchen are all mediocre!"

Guo An: "..."

He didn't know whether to be happy or angry.

He actually compared him with the group of cooks in the palace who were subject to various rules and recipes every day!

he……

Ok?
Suddenly, Guo An noticed from the corner of his eye that Zhu Di looked at the corn on the table from time to time.

Guo An looked surprised and said: "Hey, this isn't the corn your Majesty prepared for Yi Daban. Why didn't Yi Daban eat it?"

Yi Shiha suddenly had never been so grateful to Dingguo Gong Guo An.

Zhu Di's eyelids twitched slightly, "Yishiha, why don't you eat quickly?"

"In front of His Majesty, I dare not be rude!"

Yi Shiha said hurriedly.

Guo An made another cut, "If you don't eat it, it won't taste good when it gets cold!"

Zhu Di said directly: "Go and eat it quickly!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yi Shiha said hurriedly.

Then, taking the corn, he walked to a corner and started eating slowly, making very little noise.

If you look closely, you can see that although Yishiha eats softly and moves cautiously, the speed at which Yishiha eats is not slow at all.

However, no matter how quiet Yi Shiha's eating sound was, Zhu Di could still hear it.

This is even more torture for Zhu Di, who has just tasted it and is still greedy.

Within a moment, Zhu Di couldn't bear it anymore.

"Guo Qing, how much edible corn is there in your back garden?"

Guo An was startled and looked at Zhu Di in surprise.

"Your Majesty, no more, no more corn... You just saw that I and Xu Yong were in that cornfield, but it took me a long time to pick out just these few corns!"

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An and continued: "Is there anything edible in the corn fields in the Jiangjun Mountain experimental field outside the city?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Guo An frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, the corn in the experimental field outside the city is planted a few days later than the corn in my house, and it should not mature as early as the corn in my house...

However, there are a lot of corns, and there may be some edible corns. For details, you have to go and look for them carefully! "

After a pause, Guo An asked again: "Your Majesty, do you want to continue eating?"

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An and said, "We are going to bring some to the queen and eldest grandson so that they can taste it too!"

"There is a lot of corn in the experimental field, so you can eat whatever you want..."

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Majesty is wise, but there are still many concubines, princes, princesses, and His Royal Highness in the palace... With so many people, if they finish eating once and want to continue eating, I am worried about the corn in the experimental field. , I’m afraid it won’t be enough to eat for a few days!”

"..."

Zhu Di was stunned.

Yes, his harem is not as good as Dingguo's palace. If the corn is divided and moistened, there will be at least dozens of them every time, otherwise, it will cause a scene...

Moreover, if the palace knew about it, wouldn't the nobles and important ministers in the capital also have to use different methods to beg for it!

Thinking about it, Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Guo An with anger.

"Hey Guo An, this is all planned, right?"

"Your Majesty clearly shows you!"

Guo An suddenly looked aggrieved.

"Your Majesty, I have always been generous with my food. However, these corns and sweet potatoes are really too little, so I have to wait and taste them first!"

"Then you will give food to your wives and concubines?"

"Your Majesty, they just gave birth to two children for Wei Chen... Moreover, Wei Chen went to such great lengths to find all this corn just to feed his family!"

"Then why can't I..."

"Your Majesty, you can secretly give it to the Crown Prince and the Queen to taste.

As for the rest of the people, just hide it if you can. As long as the corn in the experimental field outside the city is successfully harvested, there will be enough corn planted later, and you can eat it at will! "

"Um……"

Zhu Di nodded subconsciously.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Guo An said quickly.

Zhu Di glared at Guo An angrily again, "In two days, we will bring our eldest grandson and the queen to your house to eat corn!"

Immediately, with a look of astonishment on Guo An's face, he left with Yi Shiha and his eyes filled with pride.

If you want to fight Zhu Di, you, Guo An, are still far behind!
Not long after Zhu Di left, Guo An sighed helplessly, then slowly got up from the chair and walked towards the back house.

it's here.

Liu Baiwei and Yue Lan, as well as Guo Shen, Guo Han, and Guo Lu, had also just finished eating corn.

Every one of them has a look of longing on their face.

In this regard, Guo An could only comfort him.

After a few days, when the corn is ripe again, break some for them to cook.

Subsequently.

Take a day off.

Guo An took Xu Yong to Jiangjunshan Workshop again.

First, I went to check out a circle of corn fields and sweet potato fields in the experimental field.

Afterwards, he went to the medical school, the craftsman school, and the Jiangjunshan workshop.

He didn't deceive Zhu Di either.

The Medical School and the Craftsman School are where Guo An has focused the most in the past few years.

Every day, some businessmen look for him some medical books and craftsman books, as well as children and adults who like to learn medicine and craftsmanship.

Afterwards, those people will be brought to the Medical School and Craftsman School.

And Guo An has also built a medical research institute and a craftsman research institute here long ago!
Its scale is almost the same as the innermost military science.

However, the entire Ming Dynasty did not know much about these two places.

Even Zhu Di has only heard some of it, but has never been here.

"How's the manufacturing going?"

After arriving in a huge and tightly guarded courtyard, Guo An asked Tao Yizhen on the side.

Tao Yizhen hurriedly replied: "Reporting to the Lord, the villain and others have already made the big iron car you mentioned, and have even made a large section of the car body, but this place is too small and cannot be tested!"

"Too small?"

Guo An frowned slightly, "Then continue to expand. You can expand this mountainous area at will and then lay tracks.

To test this car, you only need to lay out a section of track a thousand steps long, connect it end to end, and it can run! "

"Just tell us which village is affected by the trouble, and we can just move all the villages out of Jiangjun Mountain!"

"Yes, sir!"

This time, Tao Yizhen learned his lesson and did not say anything about the lack of steel materials or the waste of steel materials again.

Here at Jiangjun Mountain.

The Craftsman School is much richer than the Tao family, and there is no shortage of these steel materials!
Even if you let them waste it at will every day, let them waste it for a year, they will not be able to waste it all.

Next year, more steel will be added.

No wonder Tao Yiping is so reluctant to leave the Craftsman School.

After looking around, Guo An returned to Duke Dingguo's mansion with peace of mind.

Then, he lay down on the soft chair again, resting and thinking about something.

Zhu Di's anti-corruption campaign has already caused the gentry to resist.

Although Zhu Di said that they were all thieves close to Qian Yuan, Guo An would not believe it foolishly.

Those gentry are all closely connected with each other through teachers, students, classmates, hospitality... various relationships.

The gentry who were close to the Yuan Dynasty, the gentry who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, or the gentry who were neutral were not so clearly distinguished.

Moreover, the power of these gentry...

Wang Zhen led so many people to fight against corruption, killed so many people, exiled so many people, confiscated so much food, and sent it all to the people in the north for disaster relief...

These people secretly united and spoke out, trying to force Zhu Di to compromise. At the same time, they would not let go of the merchants.

"Guo Ang!"

Thinking about it, Guo An shouted outside.

"master!"

Guo Ang walked in quickly.

"Send someone to the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce and ask Shen Zhuang to come to your house when he comes back!"

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Ang responded and walked out quickly.

These two days.

Shen Zhuang is indeed not in the capital.

Nowadays, the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce is getting bigger and bigger. As the official boss of the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce, Shen Zhuang is also very busy.

Three days passed.

Shen Zhuangcai came to Duke Dingguo's mansion in a hurry.

"Young man, please see your father-in-law!"

"Sit down and talk!"

"Thank you sir!"

After a few pleasantries, Guo An went straight to the topic.

"In the past few days, have the merchants who are close to the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce encountered any malicious difficulties? Perhaps they were framed?"

Hearing this, Shen Zhuang looked shocked, then thought about it and said solemnly.

"My lord, during this period, two merchants seemed to have suddenly encountered some problems and were imprisoned by the local government!... Before, I thought it was just a normal situation. But now that my lord has said this, among them , there must be something wrong..."

"I dare to ask, sir, but what happened?"

Guo Andao said: "Have you heard that some merchants are now dissatisfied with the gentry because His Majesty sent royal guards to investigate those corrupt officials and gentry, and there are many rumors!"

"How dare they be so bold?"

Shen Zhuang's expression suddenly became serious.

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Those gentry are used to being arrogant. Emperor Hongwu has been killing them for so many years without fear of killing them. Now, of course, he has no scruples!"

After saying that, Guo An looked at Shen Zhuang, "You Shen family should also have a lot of experience with the difficulty of those gentry.

Moreover, it is impossible to eliminate them all.

We can only make good friends with good gentry and suppress evil gentry...

However, now that they have reacted so strongly and dared to threaten His Majesty, they should not let those merchants go! "

"After you go back, give instructions to the merchants on some normal occasions. The Chamber of Commerce and His Majesty have asked them to do their work. There will definitely be no reason to burn bridges across rivers.

If you encounter some frame-up, just seek help immediately. They can also join forces with each other, and do the same with each other! "

"Thank you sir for caring about us merchants!"

Shen Zhuang said with gratitude on his face.

"It doesn't have to be this way!"

Guo Andao said, "I only care about people with conscience. If there is collusion between government and businessmen among those businessmen, harming the people, and committing crimes, I will have no mercy!"

"Don't worry, sir, there will never be such a merchant among the merchants that the villain is looking for!"

Shen Zhuang said solemnly.

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "You don't have to be so sure if you know people, faces, but not hearts."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Shen Zhuang's face.

Guo An waved his hand.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do. Go and send someone to take a look. What's going on with those two merchants?
If you are really framed, you can report it to the eunuchs in the Chamber of Commerce, so that His Majesty can send out more royal guards, and you can also take the opportunity to arrest a few more corrupt officials and evil gentry! "

"Resign, villain!"

After saying that, Shen Zhuang left in a hurry.

However, Shen Zhuang did not do what Guo An said.

Instead, he reported it directly to the eunuchs in the Chamber of Commerce, saying that he was suspicious. It seemed that the two merchants were retaliated by some officials and gentry, framed and framed, and were imprisoned!

This kind of thing is very common in Ming Dynasty.

And among the eunuchs, one went to report to the palace, and the other directly led people to investigate!
……

(End of this chapter)