In the grass hut.
Lin Ziyun was sleeping.
Zhu Yuanzhang came too early.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there was no sign of the Iron Mouth Divination outside the thatched cottage, the door was tightly shut.
He decided to wait at the same spot.
Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor of Ming Dynasty.
In the entire Great Ming Dynasty, no one had the right to make Zhu Yuanzhang wait.
However, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Lin Ziyun was no longer a human. He was clearly an immortal!
Wasn't it natural for the emperor to wait for immortals?
The commotion outside the straw hut was quickly discovered by Xiao Yu, who had woken up early to cook.
When Lin Zi Yun woke up, Xiao Yu served him a bowl of egg soup noodles and a plate of scallion pancakes,""Young Master, there are people waiting outside. Are we opening today?!”
"Hmm?"
Lin Zi Yun, who had just raised his cup of noodles, was slightly taken aback. He then asked,"Is the person who came an old man? That old man seemed to be in high spirits and had an extraordinary bearing?”
"There's a very energetic old man, and there's a young master beside him!”
Xiao Yu answered truthfully.
"Mm, let them come in after I finish eating. Also, Xiao Yu, go cook some corn and sweet potatoes and steam a pot of rice!”
"Hey!"
Xiao Yu immediately went to the kitchen to work.
Even though Lin Zi Yun's servants included women who could cook, Xiao Yu was always in charge of his meals.
As Lin Zi Yun's personal servant.
Xiao Yu also had the qualifications to give orders to Uncle Fu and the others.
After Lin Ziyun finished his breakfast.
Uncle Fu, who had received Xiao Yu's orders, opened the door of the straw hut and invited Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao in.
Lin Zi Yun had already put down the curtains.
He poured himself a cup of milk tea.
"The two esteemed guests are here today."
"You're not here to read my fortune, are you?"
Through the curtains, he watched Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao walk in.
Lin Zi Yun took a sip of his milk tea and asked.
"Yes, sir!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sat down on the stool and went straight to the point."I heard that Master has a divine item with a high yield per mu here. On the way here, I saw many crops that I've never seen before in the fields.”
"I have no doubt about Master's abilities!”
"I just don't know what the yield of these divine items is. How was it compared to potatoes? Can it replace the main grain?"
"And those paddy fields, I really don't understand. Why are the ears of rice here so spectacular?!!”
Hearing this, Lin Zi Yun's lips curled up.
After all, seeing was believing!
The sweet potatoes, hybrid rice, and corn were in the fields.
It was not strange that Zhu Yuanzhang would notice.
"The new crops that you saw earlier are potatoes, corn, and hybrid rice."
"In terms of yield per mu, the yield per mu of potatoes is already very high. The yield per mu of sweet potatoes can be compared to it. The yield per mu of corn can be 800 to 1000 catties, and the yield per mu of hybrid rice can be 2,000 to 3,000 catties!”
"It can replace the main grain!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's entire body trembled.
Zhu Biao was also surprised.
They had already seen sweet potatoes, corn, and hybrid rice along the way.
He could already estimate the yield of sweet potatoes.
However, the yield of corn and hybrid rice was so large.
However, it still exceeded their expectations!!
"Master, Master, is what you said true?!”
Zhu Yuanzhang still found it hard to believe.
Forget about the sweet potatoes, there were indeed many ears of hybrid rice, but the yield could actually reach 3000 catties per mu?
This was too unbelievable!
Great Ming's ordinary rice was only three to four hundred catties per mu.
This was a tenfold increase!
And the corn.
It could also produce more than 1000 catties per mu?
Compared to hybrid rice, the production of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn was much lower.
But compared to Da Ming's ordinary rice, the yield was three to four times greater!
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not know what this corn was. How could it be used as a staple food?!
"If you don't believe me, you can go to a professional agricultural official to calculate.”
"In addition, I've already asked someone to cook some sweet potatoes, corn, and steamed some rice. You can try it later and see if you can eat your fill.”
As long as they could eat their fill, they would definitely be able to become the main food.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw Lin Ziyun say so.
He was already 70 - 80% convinced.
A smile immediately appeared on his face.
However, he forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart and said,"Master, you said you have a lot of potatoes?”
"Yes."
"Master, I was just worrying about not having enough potatoes to promote to Big Ming. Can you give me these potatoes?”
"You can give it to me, but you can't give it to me for free."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned.
"Master, what do you mean?"
" Two tons of potatoes for one million taels!"
"Seeing that everyone is so familiar with each other, I can give you a 20% discount.”
Two tons of potatoes, one million taels.
A ton of potatoes was worth 500,000 taels.
Such a price, although it was very low, was already a price that Lin Zi Yun could offer with conscience.
Lin Zi Yun's previous asking price was 1000 taels per catty.
If not for the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang already had potatoes in his hands.
If it wasn't for the fact that Lin Zi Yun still had a large amount of corn, sweet potatoes, and hybrid rice to sell.
He would never ask for such a low price!
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
The entire Great Ming's annual tax was only a few million to tens of millions of taels.
Lin Ziyun asked for one million taels.
It was indeed very high.
However, after obtaining a large number of potatoes, he could immediately implement a system reform.
He then thought about how Lin Zi Yun was able to get so many potatoes. He must have paid a huge price for it.
There was nothing wrong with asking for more money.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.
"Master, how many potatoes do you have now?”
"Eight to nine tons."
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked again.
Zhu Biao, who was behind him, gaped in shock.
Eight or nine tons?
F * ck!
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face."Master, to be honest, even if we empty the national treasury, I'm afraid we won't be able to give you so much money.”
Behind him, Zhu Biao also smiled bitterly.
"That's right, Master. The national treasury really can't take out a few million taels!”
Even though Da Ming's annual taxes were close to 10 million taels.
However, when the commoners paid taxes, most of them still used grain.
Moreover, the annual salary of the officials.
Military expenses.
The daily expenses of the imperial court.
It would consume more than half of the taxes.
In a year of famine, they might not be able to make ends meet.
According to the price that Lin Zi Yun had given, eight to nine tons of potatoes would cost at least four million taels of silver.
If Zhu Yuanzhang really gave this money, then wouldn't his days be over?
"Give me a million first, then write an IOU.”
"I'll allow you to pay back the money in installments."
Lin Ziyun sighed.
It seemed that the emperor's family did not have any surplus food.
One million taels then.
Anyway, those potatoes would only feed the pigs if they continued to pile up.
Lin Zi Yun decided to take a loss.
"Thank you, Master!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up.
He immediately stood up and bowed to Lin Ziyun.
In his opinion, it was useless for Lin Ziyun to ask for so much money as an immortal.
It was very likely because Lin Ziyun had paid a certain price to plant so many potatoes. He needed money.
Lin Zi Yun had easily compromised.
This clearly showed the difficulties of the Great Ming Dynasty.
He was willing to pay the price himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very touched by this.
His respect for Lin Zi Yun grew.
"By the way, Master, we've observed that there are many sweet potatoes, corn, and hybrid rice planted in this field. How many do you have now?”
"Not much, about 20 tons in total.”
“……！！”
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