A hundred miles away from the Initial City.
Lan Yu led the army and marched majestically towards the direction of the Initial City.
The 500,000 strong army was split into three groups.
The middle army was personally led by Blue Jade.
The left army was led by the King of Yan, Zhu Di.
The right army was led by Ning Wang, Dai Wang, and Liao Wang.
The three armies responded to each other, and from three directions, they advanced in a carpet-like manner toward the Starting City.
At this moment, in front of the army on the left, Zhu Di's gaze was burning as he looked at the many fields outside the Initial City. His eyes were filled with astonishment.
He said to an old monk in his fifties beside him,
"Old monk, look at these fertile fields. Can you tell what they are planting?”
Yao Guangxiao, the old monk beside Zhu Di, looked at the endless fertile fields around the army and revealed a trace of surprise.
"Reporting to your highness, this poor monk has never seen such crops before.”
Zhu Di looked at Yao Guangxiao in surprise, then smiled and said,
"Old monk, there are things in this world that you don't know!”
Yao Guangxiao put his palms together and said,"
"Amitabha. Your Highness must be joking. There are too many things in this world that This Penniless Monk doesn't know. What This Penniless Monk has seen and heard is only about ten to twenty percent of this world.”
Zhu Di smiled and said,
"You are quite humble. However, this Starting City has cultivated so many fields. Why are all of them planted with these things?”
"It looks like a green seedling. Could it be that it grows underground like a radish?”
Yao Guangxiao agreed,
"That's how it should be."
Hearing this, Zhu Di reined in his horse and dismounted. He walked to the field and pulled out a potato seedling.
Then, string after string of potatoes were pulled out by Zhu Di.
The moment he pulled it out, Zhu Di was stunned.
"So many?"
Just the string of potatoes that Zhu Di casually pulled out weighed at least dozens of kilograms.
Zhu Di picked up a potato from the ground and looked at it. He said to Yao Guangxiao,"
"Old monk, come and see if this thing can be eaten.”
Yao Guangxiao came to Zhu Di's side and took the potato from him. He patted the soil on the potato and looked at it before saying,
"It should be similar to carrots."
With that, Yao Guangxiao got someone to take out a small knife and cut the potato in his hand into two halves, revealing the flesh inside.
Yao Guangxiao's eyes lit up when he saw the flesh. He quickly peeled off the skin on the surface of the potato and took a bite.
"It's edible. Yes, it's moist and actually has a hint of sweetness.”
Yao Guangxiao chewed the potato carefully. Slowly, his eyes lit up.
"Good stuff, really good stuff. Your highness, if this thing can be cooked and eaten, the taste will definitely be very good.”
When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes widened.
"Is that true?"
Yao Guangxiao nodded with certainty,
"Most likely, this kind of thing should be the main food of the Starting City. Looking at the production of this thing, it is very rare. Your Highness, we might have encountered a treasure!”
"If we can confirm the production of this thing, perhaps in the future, the entire Great Ming will not have to worry about famine.”
When Zhu Di heard this, he didn't even think and said to the soldiers behind him,"
"Send out a team of people and dig up the fields here. See how many of these things can be dug out.”
"Yes, sir!"
Not long after, thousands of people walked out from the team behind Zhu Di.
These people immediately dug up the surrounding fertile fields.
Then, piles of potatoes were dug out and piled up into a small mountain.
Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao watched from the side, their eyes wide open.
Zhu Di's eyes widened as he looked at the piles of potatoes around him. He said in a daze,
"Old monk, what, what is this? How can we dig out so much?”
Yao Guangxiao looked at the potatoes dug out from the soil in shock. He was completely speechless.
After a long time, Yao Guangxiao said,
"Amitabha. Buddha is merciful. Buddha has finally shown his spirit. This, this thing, the yield of this per mu is at least several thousand catties, or even ten thousand catties.”
Zhu Di was dumbfounded.
"What is it? How many catties or even tens of thousands of catties could be produced per mu?”
As the King of Yan, he knew better than anyone what this production meant.
If this thing could really be eaten and filled, it would be a great change for the entire Great Ming Dynasty!
As long as this thing could be popularized, from now on, no one in Great Ming would starve!
With Da Ming around, there would be no shortage of food.
Thinking of this, Zhu Di suddenly couldn't sit still. He immediately said,
"Quick, quick, someone, immediately write an urgent report for me. I want to tell my father about this!”
Zhu Di knew that this was a huge matter.
As long as he presented this thing to Old Zhu, it might even change his fate!
"Wait!"
Seeing Zhu Di's anxious look, Yao Guangxiao immediately stopped him.
"Your Highness, there's no need to rush this matter. Everything is based on this Penniless Monk's deductions. Furthermore, this crop was produced in the Initial City. As for how it was planted, and what taboos there are, we don't know anything.”
"It might not be a good thing to report it rashly like this!”
"In this poor monk's opinion, it's better to take it slow first. At the very least, we should follow Great General Lan Yu to take down this Starting City first. Only then can we find the method to grow this kind of crop.”
Yao Guangxiao's words immediately made Zhu Di's thoughts pause slightly.
Then, Zhu Di calmed down.
"Old monk, you are right. I was too hasty. No matter what, we should take down this Initial City first!”
Yao Guangxiao nodded slightly.
"That's right."
Zhu Di looked in the direction of the Starting City and suddenly asked,"
"Old monk, do you think we can successfully take down this Initial City this time?”
Yao Guangxiao looked in the direction of the Initial City. After looking carefully for a while, his expression changed slightly.
Zhu Di, who had been looking at Yao Guangxiao, felt a chill in his heart. He quickly asked,
"What's wrong? What did you see?"
Yao Guangxiao was silent for a while. He thought for a while and said,
"This penniless monk does not know. However, this penniless monk saw a wisp of dragon energy above the Initial City.”
Zhu Di was stunned.
"Dragon Qi? What do you mean?"
Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice,
"In today's world, the true dragon and son of heaven are the current Emperor. Therefore, those who gather dragon energy must be related to the Emperor.”
"It's just that this dragon energy isn't considered dense!”
"However, this Penniless Monk observed that the dragon energy in the Initial City has condensed and taken shape. I'm afraid that the owner of the Initial City has an unclear relationship with you and the current Emperor.”
Zhu Di frowned."
"Old monk, are you saying that the owner of this Starting City might be my brother?”
Yao Guangxiao shook his head slightly.
"This Penniless Monk doesn't know. Perhaps this Penniless Monk was mistaken. After all, this Penniless Monk's main knowledge is limited, and this technique of observing qi isn't very good.”
Zhu Di looked in the direction of the Starting City and said in a deep voice,"
"Whether it is right or wrong, we will know everything once we take down this Starting City.”
Yao Guangxiao nodded lightly.
However, he had a premonition.
It would not be so easy to take down the Starting City!
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