On the main road leading to the Ying Tian Prefecture, a man and a horse were rushing over.
"Da da."
The soldier on the horse raised his whip and whipped the horse's butt.
"Hyah, hyah."
Soon, he disappeared from sight.
A man and a horse galloped over from the entrance of Yingtian Prefecture's Imperial Palace.
"800 li is urgent."
"800 li is urgent."
The soldier got off his horse and showed his waist tag.
Immediately, a soldier went forward and held onto the horse.
The palace gates opened.
The soldier hurried towards Taihe Palace.
……
In Taihe Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang was resting with his eyes closed. Crown Prince Zhu Di was helping him read the memorials.
"Your Majesty. Eight hundred miles, urgent."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly opened his eyes and said hurriedly.
"Xuan."
The soldier went forward and entered the hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang only took a glance and felt a headache.
"Food, it's food again. Sigh, they all came to ask for it. Where are we going to get food for him?”
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, his head started to hurt again. He handed the letter to Zhu Biao.
"Boss. Take a look. He turned back to see how much grain there was in the national treasury.”
"Currently, the army is marching straight in, and the situation is tense. The lack of food was a big matter, and he had to take it seriously.”
Zhu Biao also frowned.
"You should pay attention to it. But father, it's not the harvest season yet, and the grain won't appear out of thin air.”
"Sigh, it's difficult. Everyone said that being an emperor was the most comfortable. No one believed that being an emperor was more difficult than being an ordinary citizen.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was not the only one who was worried.
Zhu Biao, the Crown Prince, wished he could share his father's burden.
"Father, if it really doesn't work, let the commoners donate more food.”
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
"Boss, you can't have such thoughts.”
"It's not harvest season yet. The commoners were also very short on food. If you ask them to donate food at this time, wouldn't you be asking for their lives?”
Zhu Biao nodded.
"But, Father, according to what I know, the national treasury is not full either.”
"However, this letter says that the rations can still be delayed for ten days.”
"Take this opportunity to think of a way.”
He said so.
Both father and son knew that there was no other way.
"Sigh, Boss, accompany us to the Imperial Garden.”
This was the fifth year of Hongwu.
The second northern expedition.
It was already April, and the imperial garden was lush.
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, he felt that something was wrong.
"Boss, I remember that there are quite a few flowers planted in this imperial garden. Why are there no more trees?"
"Also, what are these strange things?”
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at some plants in the garden and asked Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao said with a bitter smile.
Father, have you forgotten? The flowers and plants in the imperial garden had all been plucked by Old Fifth and planted with these strange plants.”
At the mention of Fifth Brother, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile.
"Haha, fifth brother…in the past, he was a little naughty. He was the same as Fourth Brother. But did the flowers and plants in the imperial garden provoke him? Why did you pluck them all?"
Zhu Biao felt even more helpless.
"Father, have you forgotten? Last time, you beat him up because he pulled out all the flowers and plants in the imperial garden.”
"But this kid would rather be beaten up to keep these plants.”
"I just don't know what these plants are for.”
At this moment, a young eunuch was sneaking around not far away.
Zhu Biao caught sight of him and immediately waved at him to come over.
"Come here, which palace are you from? What are you doing here?"
The young eunuch could only answer truthfully.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, this one is in front of Prince Zhou. This lowly one is following the orders of Prince Zhou to guard these plants.”
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"Look at these plants? What kind of treasure was this? Old Fifth actually cares about this?"
The young eunuch stammered.
Zhu Biao panicked.
"Hurry up and tell me the truth. Otherwise, I'll take your head.”
The young eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Highness, please spare my life. I told you everything."
"His Highness Prince Zhou said that this is a sweet potato. After it is cooked in the future, it can be eaten.”
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at the shape of the plant and asked curiously.
"Nonsense. There's no fruit on it, so how can we eat it?”
The young eunuch made up his mind.
"Your Highness Zhou Wang, I'm sorry.”
He pushed the ground away, and an oval-shaped piece appeared.
He dug out the oval piece and handed it to Zhu Biao.
"Your Highness, this is a sweet potato. Prince Zhou said that in a few months, after it matured, it could be eaten.”
Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang were very interested in it. They peeled the sweet potato with a knife and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but take a bite.
Although it wasn't the ripening season yet, there was a slight sweetness to it.
"Boss. Try it. It's really edible."
"Anything else? One more."
The young eunuch dug away the soil and saw a pile of sweet potatoes under the sweet potato seedling.
"Boss, this thing is quite high-yield.”
The speaker was not serious, but the listener was serious.
A thought flashed through Zhu Biao's mind.
"Father. If this thing could be eaten, could it be transported to the battlefield?”
Her words woke him up from his dream.
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh and said happily.
"Boss, this is a good idea.”
"However, this sweet potato hasn't reached the ripe season yet. Even if he wanted to use it on the battlefield, it was too late.”
Zhu Biao, on the other hand, was a cunning person. When he saw the young eunuch's flickering eyes, he knew that there was something fishy going on.
"You, honestly, did Zhou Wang plant these sweet potatoes in other places?”
This little eunuch was Zhu Xiong's trusted aide.
The little eunuch tried his best to cover it up at first.
"No, Prince Zhou planted sweet potatoes here.”
"I didn't hear that there are sweet potatoes in other places.”
Zhu Biao looked at his eyes and knew that he was lying. He immediately went forward and grabbed the young eunuch's neck.
"If you lie again, I'll break your neck.”
The young eunuch was so frightened that he begged for mercy.
"Crown Prince, please spare my life.”
"In a courtyard in the Ying Tian Prefecture, Prince Zhou hid many sweet potatoes. This lowly one has confessed everything. Please spare my life, Your Highness.”
………
Two hours later.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao led their troops and rushed to the courtyard.
As expected, they found the sweet potatoes hidden by Zhu Rong in the cellar dug in the courtyard.
It was a total of eighty to ninety thousand pounds.
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his men to cook the sweet potato and took a bite.
"Boss, try it. This thing is so sweet.”
"Haha, now we have our rations.”
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