Just as Zhu Xiong was feeling happy that he had found a solution to the food crisis.
What Zhu Xiong didn't know was that the news of him sending a daughter-in-law to the soldiers of the Northwest Border Army had already reached Old Zhu's ears in Jinling.
Jinling, in the palace.
Old Zhu stared blankly at the report in his hand.
He looked at Eunuch Wang in disbelief and said,"
"Are you sure that this memorial is not written randomly? In less than a month, King Su had settled more than 20,000 marriages for the soldiers at the northwest border?”
Eunuch Wang bowed and said,
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true."
Old Zhu asked in disbelief,"
"Where did King Su get so many women? Previously, you said that they should be refugees from Henan and Shaanxi.”
"However, King Su has gone to Gan Province. Why are there still so many refugees seeking refuge with him?”
"Tens of thousands of refugees. Are all the local officials blind?”
"They can't see so many refugees crossing the border?”
Eunuch Wang heard this and said hesitantly,"
"This matter, this old servant is also puzzled. This old servant has also sent people to investigate, but there has been no result. These refugees seem to have appeared out of thin air.”、
Old Zhu frowned slightly, his displeasure obvious.
"Wang An, is this how you work for us?”
Eunuch Wang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.
"This old servant did not do his job well, so Your Majesty punishes me!”
Eunuch Wang knew that anything he said at this time was unnecessary because he had settled Old Zhu's matter. It would be more wrong to say more, so it was better to apologize.
Old Zhu looked coldly at Eunuch Wang and snorted. He said coldly,"
"Hmph, don't say that I'm not giving you a chance. I'll give you a month's time. You have to investigate the origins of these refugees for me. I want to know if these people are real refugees or someone else.”
Eunuch Wang said respectfully,"
"Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty. This old servant will definitely give Your Majesty an explanation.”
Old Zhu's expression softened a little. He looked at Eunuch Wang who was kneeling on the ground and said indifferently,
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Wang stood up.
"How's Hu Weiyong's case?”
Old Zhu picked up another memorial in his hand and asked as he read it.
Eunuch Wang bowed slightly.
"I'm almost done."
After he finished speaking, he took out a memorial from his bosom and respectfully handed it to Old Zhu.
Old Zhu took it and glanced at it casually. He nodded slightly.
"Since it's almost done, let's get started. We need to see conclusive evidence, understand?”
"Yes, this old servant understands!"
……
Half a month later.
In the fief of Gan Province's King Su.
Zhu Xiong stood in front of his 40,000 mu land, looking at the countless tender leaves growing in his land, his mood extremely good.
It was just as Zhu Xiong had predicted.
In half a month, Zhu Rong's fief had two waves of potatoes.
In the first wave of 33 Mu of land, they harvested nearly 330,000 catties of potatoes.
Then, he planted the second wave.
The planting area had reached 1,100 mu.
In the second wave, they harvested 11 million catties of potatoes.
The food crisis had finally come to an end.
This was the 60th day Zhu Xiong had waited for the system.
The number of subjects in the fief had already exceeded 100,000.
There were 54,000 male subjects and about the same number of female subjects.
This was because Zhu Xiong had sent away another 20,000 people in the past half a month.
In other words, Zhu Xiong had already provided more than 40,000 wives to the 180,000 bachelors of the Northwest Border Army in just a month.
In addition, there was a bumper harvest of potatoes.
The food production in the fief had already caught up with the increase in population.
For the time being, the issue of food was not something that Zhu Xiong had to consider.
After all, there were 40,000 mu of land here.
5.5 million catties of grain could at least guarantee that there would not be a food crisis in the fief for at least 20 days.
20 days was enough for Zhu Xiong to plant potatoes on the entire 40,000 mu of land.
As long as the population was consumed, it would not reach the production of 400 million catties of potatoes in seven days.
There would be no food crisis in the fief for the time being.
This made Zhu Xiong feel very good.
It wasn't easy!
In the past two months, Zhu Xiong had been unable to eat or sleep well in order to solve the food crisis brought about by the population growth.
Now, he was finally able to put down a huge rock in his heart.
Zhu Xiong, who was in a good mood, prepared to inspect his fief.
At this moment, a breeze blew.
An unpleasant smell instantly irritated Zhu Rong.
"F * ck, what's that smell?”
Zhu Rong pinched his nose and fanned the air.
"Butler! Butler!"
Zhu Rong subconsciously called out to his steward.
"Wangye, this one is here. What instructions do you have?”
Zhu Rong frowned and asked,"
"Don't you smell anything? What's this smell?"
The butler was slightly stunned. He subconsciously sniffed the air and then a foul smell assaulted his nose.
"Ugh…this smell…"
The butler subconsciously covered his nose.
At this moment, under a tree not far from Zhu Xiong and the others.
A figure stood up.
This person quickly pulled up his pants and turned around to look at Zhu Xiong and the others. His expression changed.
She lowered her head and wanted to run.
"Stop!"
Zhu Rong had sharp eyes and immediately called out to this person.
That person immediately did not dare to run and froze on the spot.
Zhu Rong frowned and shouted,"
"Come here!"
That person could only walk towards Zhu Rong and the others sulkily.
When he got closer, he saw that it was a border guard.
The soldier quickly stepped forward and said respectfully,
"This lowly one greets your highness."
Zhu Rong frowned and said,"
"What were you doing just now?"
The soldier's face turned red and he stammered, not daring to speak.
Seeing him like this, Zhu Rong immediately guessed what this person was doing.
No wonder he had smelled a foul stench earlier.
"There's a latrine in the field, but you don't go there. You came here to relieve yourself. Who do you want to disgust?”
"Didn't your superiors tell you before you came here that you're not allowed to go anywhere in the fief?”
Zhu Xiong said unhappily.
The soldier said shyly,"
"Your highness, it's not that I don't know, but there are too few latrines. There's a long queue to go to the latrine. This lowly one really couldn't hold it in and broke the rules.”
Zhu Rong was stunned."
"Less toilets? There were at least dozens of latrines of various sizes in the fief.”
The soldier nodded and said,"
"There are indeed few. Your Highness, there are so many people in the fief now. How can dozens of latrines be enough?”
"Not only are there not enough toilets, but there are also not enough wells. There is no place to wash clothes here, let alone a place to bathe.”
"Wangye, this place is only so big, but there are so many people living here.”
"There are many things that are really inconvenient!”
When Zhu Xiong heard this, he subconsciously glanced at the countless straw huts in the fief.
Then, he swept his gaze around the fief.
He immediately understood.
During this period of time, he had only been thinking about the food problem.
However, he forgot that outside of his fief, there were more than 100,000 subjects.
In addition, there were also border soldiers who wanted to come here to find wives.
Just this hastily built gathering place alone had a population of more than a hundred thousand!
In the northwest, there were more people than ordinary counties.
How could the facilities he had created accommodate the daily needs of hundreds of thousands of people?
It seemed that the next step was to solve the problem of land construction!
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