Chapter 4: Chen Wenzhen is the cornerstone of Ming Dynasty
Chen Nianzhen was the war orphan adopted by Chen Wen when he led his troops to attack Jianning Mansion!
Although Chen Wen was only eighteen years old that year, he had long been both civil and military, and shining brightly under Zhu Yuanzhang!
Because he is from Jianning Prefecture, he was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to cooperate with Hu Tingmei and other generals to attack Chen Youding, the late Yuan general who occupied eight counties in Fujian!
It was Chen Youding, who was known as the three loyal ministers of Fujian at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, along with Bai Timur, a native of Yuan Dynasty, and Dilimishi!
After capturing Jianning Mansion, Chen Wen accidentally met Chen Nianzhen, who was an orphan in the war!
The Ming Dynasty had not yet been established, and the situation was still in a relatively chaotic situation!
In order to protect this seven-year-old little guy from other harm, Chen Wen took her back from Jianning to Yingtian!
Although Chen Nian is really his maid, in Chen Wen's eyes, this poor little guy is like his sister!
So Chen Wen can be said to be very caring about Chen Nianzhen for his nominal maid and actually his sister!
"Young Master! The crops you planted were all dug up by the adults of the Jinyiwei!"
"At that time, the maid stopped them, but was afraid that it would be detrimental to the young master, so she could only watch them do it freely!"
After following Chen Wen into the house, Chen Nianzhen looked at the bumpy fields in the distance and said to Chen Wen with some guilt.
When Chen Wen reclaimed this field and planted some plants, he told Chen Nianzhen that he should take good care of it!
And it is said that if these plants grow up, it will be a great blessing for the Ming Dynasty!
But now they are all dug up one by one, which makes Chen Nianzhen feel a little guilty, thinking that he has not taken care of and protected these crops!
"Silly girl! This is how Jinyiwei handles cases!"
"How could I blame you for these things?"
"I will clean up these crops later. If you can save them, continue to plant them. If you can't save them, find a way!"
Looking at the messy rhizomes of crops, Chen Wen couldn't help but thrust the corners of his mouth, but he still gently comforted Chen Nianzhen.
As for why his mouth twitched, it was because these crops were obtained from his system sign-in!
They are the potatoes and sweet potatoes from the previous life. Although they were not very prominent in the previous life, they were magical tools at this time!
You should know that there are still many people in the Ming Dynasty who live a hungry life!
If these crops with high yield per mu can be at least saved the lives of many people!
So this is why Chen Wen valued this field so much!
Fortunately, these plants are easy to feed, and as long as they are handled properly, I believe they can continue to grow!
After asking Chen Nianzhen to cook, Chen Wen temporarily put down his system charitable donation for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty, rolled up his trousers and ran to the farmland to save these potatoes and sweet potatoes!
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In the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang changed into clothes of ordinary people and hurried to the civilian area with the commander of the Jinyiwei.
I think he was a little curious about Chen Wen's living environment, so he wanted to go for a tour.
Mao Xiang, Chen Wen's mansion, had been here once. Under his leadership, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly came to the front of the house.
At this time, Chen Wen was busy saving the crops in the farmland, but did not find Lao Zhu and Mao Xiang outside the house!
Seeing Chen Wen busying around the field, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little curious about what he was fiddling with.
"Ahem!"
Zhu Yuanzhang coughed a few times and attracted Chen Wen from the field.
"I'm Chen Wen! Pay a visit to the emperor!"
When I turned around and saw Lao Zhu's Chen Wen, I was a little shocked for a moment, but the etiquette of the business was still needed!
"Boy Wen, don't be nervous!"
"We are just curious about your living environment, so we will come and take a look at you!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Chen Wen huddling in the field, he didn't look like a duke at all, he felt interesting.
"I'm Chen Wen! Thank you for your concern!"
When Chen Wen heard Zhu Yuanzhang's kind old man's appearance, he didn't think he was really so approachable!
You should know that after his later years, Lao Zhu killed many old subordinates. Chen Wen didn’t want to become one of them because of some trivial matters!
So after Zhu Yuanzhang's concerns fell, Chen Wen, a minister, hurriedly thanked him.
"Okay! We're going out for a private visit today!"
"Boy Wen, you don't need to be so reserved! Don't slap the emperor in one mouthful!"
"Just call me Zhu in private, you don't need to always call yourself a minister!"
Seeing Chen Wen's restrained look, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that it was caused by his identity.
He simply used this method to bring in the distance between him and Chen Wen because of the imperial status!
"Your Majesty, this..."
"Um?"
Just as Chen Wen wanted to say something, Old Zhu nodded lightly and asked Chen Wen to change his words and replied: "Yes! Uncle Zhu!"
"That's right!"
After watching Chen Wen answer, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.
"We've been watching you outside the yard for a long time. What are you busy with in the ground?"
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic just now and asked about this matter.
"Reply to Mr. Zhu!"
"These two types of crops, one is called potatoes! The other is called sweet potatoes!"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Chen Wen handed the potatoes and sweet potatoes in his hand to him and said.
"Oh! I haven't heard of the names of these two crops!"
"We are very curious! Let's talk to us in detail!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously curious about these two unheard of plants.
"yes!"
"These two crops are not products of my Ming Dynasty, but were obtained by a boy from overseas barbarians by chance!"
"According to the experiments and calculations of the boy over the past period of time, the potatoes can yield up to 1,500 kilograms per acre!"
"And this sweet potato is even more amazing, with a yield of more than 3,000 kilograms per mu!"
"And both of these crops can be temporarily replaced with rice and flour as the main food!"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was curious about these two crops, Chen Wen explained to him.
Since the pounds of the Ming Dynasty were similar to those of later generations, Chen Wen directly took out the data of later generations and told them.
"What! These two inconspicuous plants can actually achieve such high yield per mu!"
"And it can also be used as a staple food for the people!"
"Boy Wen! Are you lying to us?"
After listening to Chen Wen's introduction, Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned.
"When I say to Uncle Zhu, how dare you do that deceiving the king?"
"These two crops can indeed achieve such a per mu yield!"
"This crop will be fully mature in October at most!"
"Boy at that time, I will definitely send it to the palace and present it to you Bo Zhu!"
Chen Wen quickly answered.
"Okay! OK!"
"There are such a magical thing overseas people? It is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty to be able to obtain it!"
"Boy Wen! You are really a lucky star in our Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!