Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Chen Zuqi smiled wryly, and said to Chongzhen: "My little grandpa, the student is indeed the son of the magistrate of Chang'an County. My father was indeed assassinated by those people just now. Now my Chen family is full, and only the student is left.

As for the reason, it was actually caused by money.

As the magistrate of Chang'an County, my father offended too many people because of this food distribution to help the people.Especially those big grain merchants who have relationships with wealthy merchants in the southeast. "

Chongzhen's face darkened at that time, and after glaring at Ma Weijun, he said to Chen Zuqi: "The majestic court orders officials, and some people dare to assassinate them? Are you not afraid that the nine clans will be punished afterwards?"

Chen Zuqi said: "Everyone in Chang'an County has been bribed by those grain merchants. If my father hadn't found the hundreds of Jinyiwei households in Chang'an County, I'm afraid that [-]% of the grain would not be able to release [-]%.

Now my father was killed by a strong man bribed by them, and the backyard of the county government has already been set on fire. If the student hadn't grown up and met the young man, he would only report his failure in the future. Who would have known about this? details? "

Chongzhen was about to say more, but saw that Zhu Gang had already returned, so he didn't speak any more.

After Zhu Gang came to Chongzhen's side, he whispered: "My lord, I have already asked you clearly."

After finishing speaking, he took another meaningful look at Chen Zuqi before continuing: "The matter was actually caused by this kid. When he was studying in the southeast, he got acquainted with a few Westerners, and he wanted to get along with those Westerners." What kind of high-yield grain seeds are partnered with, but they are only blocked by others, so they have not succeeded.

Although it didn't work out later, it was watched by people.Just in time for the severe drought in Shaanxi this time, this kid came back from the southeast, opened a warehouse with his father to help the people, and at the same time wrote to Xiyi over there, inviting them to come to Chang'an County to do seed work , so he was targeted by the big grain merchant over there.

Originally, his father was not greedy for a single grain, and the interests of many people in Chang'an County were damaged, especially those big merchants who had an affair with the southeast grain merchants. The foundation of those big grain merchants was destroyed, so these talents continued to do nothing, and directly wiped them out. "

After listening to Zhu Gang's report, Chongzhen took another deep look at Chen Zuqi.Unexpectedly, there are such officials in Daming, and there are such idiots who think about the common people.This is not the same as a good script.

Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, Chen Zuqi first lowered his head, then raised his head and said: "The student only asks the little prince to protect the student for a while, and the student does not want to see the people of Ming Dynasty hungry. Why do those The savages in Nanyang and Xiyi can reap good harvests by throwing down their seeds, but I, Ming, didn't?"

Chongzhen asked curiously: "Then what are you going to do? Get their seeds directly?"

Chen Zuqi said: "That's not the case. Tangerines grown in Huainan are tangerines, and those born in Huaibei are trifoliate oranges. So the students thought that it might not be possible to directly introduce their seeds, but hybridizing with my local seeds in Daming may improve my quality. The yield of Daming seeds."

Fuck!Isn't this stupid thing that Mr. Yuan, who was jokingly called the Great Druid in later generations, has been doing all his life?Daming is here?Did I travel through the wrong time and space?

With this deep suspicion, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Do you have any clues?"

Chen Zuqi heard the words, but he said with hatred on his face: "It's only because the students don't know people's hearts and sinister! The students originally bought a piece of land in the southeast and tried to plant some, but after the word got out, it was destroyed. "

It's no wonder, fortunately, you met the young man today, otherwise you would have to report to Hades with your father.

But in this way, it can be explained clearly why Daming did not develop any hybrid grains at all, and it can also explain why those high-yielding grains have long been brought into Daming but have not been developed—nothing else. Cake for too many people.

This kind of talent needs to be recruited carefully. It is not so easy for Xu Guangqi to get these high-yield grains alone, especially when Lao Xu is now focusing on firearms and steam engines.

But it is different now, and with such a little druid who is willing to study grain, there is hope for hybrid grain and high-yield grain in the future.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had made up his mind, no longer concealed his true identity, and said directly to Chen Zuqi: "It was I who lied to you just now. I am not a little prince of the British public at all, but I am a son of heaven. "

Chen Zuqi heard the words, but he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Chen Zuqi, a grassroots man, long live long live my emperor!"

If the person in front of him is the emperor, then these elite soldiers who look like they are among the elite can explain it, and it makes more sense why they can get the confession they want after only a short time-presumably these people are from Jinyiwei in disguise.

Chongzhen hummed, and said, "Get up."

After Chen Zuqi stood up, Chongzhen continued: "Tomorrow, you will go to Chang'an County with me. I want to see who is so bold. Just point it out, and I will avenge you. You Father is also loyal to the country, and I will give you another explanation after returning to Beijing."

After Chen Zuqi thanked him, Emperor Chongzhen ordered everyone to continue to rest and go to Chang'an County the next day.

It's just that after Chongzhen and others entered Chang'an County, they almost exploded the lungs of Emperor Chongzhen.

Since the county magistrate of Chang'an County has been assassinated, the entire Chang'an County is basically at a standstill. Only the county magistrate and Dian Shi are organizing food distribution—it is still a thin soup like Lantian County.

Chongzhen glared at Ma Weihou again, and then asked Chen Zuqi, "Is it also like this in the past?"

Chen Zuqi had long been dressed up by Jinyiwei, but no one would recognize him. He leaned over to take a look, and said to Chongzhen, "No, it's much thinner than inside. It was released before. When it comes to food, although it is not dry rice, it is thick anyway, and it can last for a long time after eating a bowl. But now if you drink this kind of rice soup in your stomach, I am afraid that you will be hungry again in a couple of hours."

Chongzhen nodded, then stopped talking, and took a few people to walk around the county again.

I was walking on the street, but I heard Chen Zuqi say: "My lord, look over there."

Chongzhen looked in the direction Chen Zuqi pointed, but it was a grain store.

Chongzhen asked curiously, "Is this grain shop the one that killed your father?"

Chen Zuqi said: "The students don't know, I'm afraid they have a share in his family. The behind-the-scenes mastermind of this grain store is the magistrate of this county. Although my father has told him several times, it is useless. .And because the relationship is very clear, it is difficult to find him."

Chongzhen hummed, and simply led a few people towards the grain store.

As soon as he entered the grain store, a guy first came to greet him.

After turning around for a while, Chongzhen asked, "Man, how do you sell this rice?"

Seeing Chongzhen's extraordinary clothes and demeanor, the guy laughed and said, "Back to this young master, the rice in the shop costs five taels of silver and one stone."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed angrily, and asked, "How expensive is this rice now? How about usual?"

The man laughed and said, "Young master, I don't come out often. Usually, this rice is only two or three taels of silver. But isn't there a severe drought now, so this rice is naturally expensive."

Chongzhen lowered his face and said: "Isn't this a disaster for the country?"

Seeing that Chongzhen's face was ugly, the man didn't dare to get angry. He just laughed and said, "My lord, the price of rice is set by my lord, and I can't be the master of it. From a young age, you also have status. It’s not so short of money, even if the price of rice is a little higher, it won’t affect you at all.”

Chongzhen hummed, and said: "That's right. Why is the young master so short of a few taels of silver? It's just that it's not so easy to earn this money, that's all, let's go to another store for a while."

Hearing this, the clerk laughed and said, "If you want to be a small one, you don't have to go around anymore, my lord. Among other shops, there are only ones that are more expensive than the small shop, and there is no one that is cheaper than the small shop."

Chongzhen smiled, didn't answer any more, and led the people out directly.

I went to seven or eight stores along the way, but it was true that as the guy in that store said, there was no one that was cheaper.Which one is five taels of silver, as if it was negotiated.

Emperor Chongzhen, whose face became darker as he turned around, said to Ma Weilin: "Do you know what I want you to see? From now on, you can go and see for me. Is there any place like this Lantian and Chang'an in other places."

Ma Weilin, whose liver was trembling from the fright just now, hurriedly cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "I understand, and I will definitely live up to His Majesty's high expectations."

At this time, Ma Weizhen already felt in his heart that his ancestors had accumulated virtues - such a big mess, Emperor Chongzhen didn't skin himself and hung him in the magistrate's yamen in Xi'an Prefecture, it must be the ancestors' accumulated virtues, gods bless him!

Chongzhen hummed, stopped talking, and walked directly to the innermost shop on the street.

It's just that this store made Emperor Chongzhen feel very strange. From time to time, people dressed as ordinary people would come out of it carrying some grain, and the business seemed to be much better than other stores.

After Chongzhen entered the store, he recruited a clerk and asked directly, "How do you sell your rice?"

The guy also sized Chongzhen up, and then said with a smile: "If you go back to your son, the rice in the small shop costs four or eight cents per stone."

Emperor Chongzhen hummed, it turned out that the rice was two cents cheaper than other people's rice, presumably it was because of this reason that people kept coming to buy it.

Emperor Chongzhen was about to say something more, but he heard a man dressed as a commoner say to the shopkeeper at the counter: "Shopkeeper, please weigh me."

The shopkeeper picked it up and weighed it, and said, "One two two cents five cents."

The man dressed as a commoner paid the bill first, and then walked out with the rice in his hand.