Since ancient times, when the emperor travels, safety is always the first priority.

Generally speaking, Weiwei's mansion should send people to investigate the location and terrain along the way in advance, drive away irrelevant people, etc., arrange guards at every place where assassins may be ambushed, and send some spies to disguise themselves as ordinary people when necessary. In the crowd, pay close attention to every suspicious person in the crowd, not to mention the huge number of imperial guards accompanying them.

But now because of the rush of time, the Weiwei Mansion has no time to prepare in advance, so it can only send more imperial guards to accompany them.

But what I didn't expect was that not long after thousands of Imperial Forest Army escorted Xiao Ji's dragon chariot out of the city, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

I saw that the official road, which was originally wide enough for several carriages to walk side by side, was crowded by the mighty flow of people, making it difficult for the Imperial Forest Army to move a single step.

I saw these people hurrying one by one, with a bit of eagerness on their faces, rushing along the official road to the outside of the city.

If it wasn't for the fact that there were no major incidents in the capital recently, Xiao Ji and the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army would have thought that these people had escaped from the city.

"Lian Yi, send someone to ask, why are so many people out of the city together?" Xiao Ji frowned, and then called the accompanying internal guard, asking him to send someone to ask about the situation.

"Old slave obeys!"

Seeing so many people blocking the way, and the safety of the emperor was at stake, Lian Yi didn't dare to take it lightly, and immediately took orders to go, ran in front of a general of the Imperial Forest Army, and whispered a few words to him.

The general of the Royal Forest Army glanced at the direction of the dragon chariot, and then he patted his horse and headed towards the flow of people...

Not long after, Lian Yi returned to the front of the dragon chariot, but with a bitter look on his face, he hesitated and didn't know how to speak.

Xiao Ji also noticed his strangeness, and couldn't help but his face darkened: "Don't hesitate, just say it! What's going on?"

Lian Yi had no choice but to smile wryly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the old slave has already sent someone to find out. It is the Sili Captain's Mansion who sent people to post notices around the city, saying that His Royal Highness King Qi is going to invite Luoyang City at the farm outside the city. There is a limited number of meals for the elders and fellow villagers, so many people rushed out of the city to go to the farm of His Royal Highness King Qi..."

"It's just nonsense!"

Xiao Ji was also shocked and angry when he heard the words. Yesterday in the court hall, Xiao Jie offered to go out of the city with all the civil and military officials to check the actual potato production with his own eyes. He already felt that it was very inappropriate. It's too shocking. If the actual yield of potatoes per mu differs too much, wouldn't my two sons lose face.

It's just that Xiao Jie's words had already been released at that time, and he couldn't stop him, so he had no choice but to agree.

But I didn't expect that Xiao Jie would not stop, and he would make such a show again, attracting so many people to watch. If the yield of potatoes per mu is not ideal, not only his two sons will become the laughing stock of the people, but I am afraid it will also cause trouble. The entire royal family will be disgraced.

You must know that if only the officials were present, even if the yield per mu of potatoes was not satisfactory, although they would laugh secretly, no one dared to openly laugh at the two princes openly.

But most of these people can't read a few words, and don't know what to do. They will definitely publicize this matter, and I'm afraid it will get out of hand by then.

The more Xiao Ji thought about it, the more frightened he became, and then he saw that he and his group could not move a single step under the crowd of mighty people. He didn't know that it would take the year of the monkey to arrive at Xiao Jie's farm. There is no need for so many people to accompany you, just find me a fast horse immediately, and send a hundred capable guards to accompany you."

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable!" Lian Yi was frightened when he heard this, what would happen to the emperor's safety?

Xiao Ji's eyes sank, and he said coldly: "Are you going to resist the order? Luoyang City is under the foot of the emperor. If there is anything, don't give orders immediately."

Lian Yi wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Xiao Ji's eyes were terribly sharp, he had no choice but to swallow the dissuading words forcefully, and then went down and ordered the imperial army to give up a good horse to Xiao Ji, not forgetting to ask them to find a horse for him. After all, although Xiao Ji didn't ask him to accompany him, but as Xiao Ji's personal servant, if something happened to Xiao Ji, he would be the same to blame, so it is more at ease to stay by Xiao Ji's side.

Not long after, Xiao Ji got off the dragon chariot and got on his horse. Under the guard of more than 100 soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army, he rode his horse and galloped towards the outside of the city. The palace guards on his body were so frightened that they all backed away from both sides, fearing that he would bring himself a catastrophe at a later date, so Xiao Ji and his party were able to travel unimpeded on the official road...

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When he heard of Xiao Ji's arrival, Xiao Jie immediately brought his ninth younger brother Xiao Jue to pick him up.

It's just that the brothers couldn't help being slightly dazed for a moment when they saw Xiao Ji coming with more than 100 light cavalry from the Imperial Forest Army.

However, Xiao Ji didn't have the time and energy to explain to his two sons. He looked around and saw that only a few officials had rushed to the farm, and most of the officials were blocked by the people who were going out of the city.

But he still saw the official road and the field ridge not far away, which were already densely packed with many people, but they were separated by a human wall formed by the guards of Sili Xiaowei's mansion, so as not to rush in and scare the emperor.

Xiao Ji's heart sank, so many people had already arrived, and it was too late to stop the people from watching.

In fact, if you think about it, you know that Luoyang is the capital of Daning. Although the people in Luoyang live a lot better than those in other states and counties, most of them are not rich. Hsu wanted to invite them to dinner at the farm outside the city, and the number was limited, first come, first served, so naturally one by one brought the young and old of the family to come over, after all, the free meal was not free.

"Take me to the farm where potatoes are grown."

At this point, Xiao Ji knew that it would be useless to blame his two sons. Now he just wanted to see with his own eyes, what was the general yield of the potatoes that the two brothers placed such high hopes on?

Xiao Jie could also see that his father's face was unhappy, but he didn't explain much, just nodded and led Xiao Ji to the potato field, followed closely by more than 100 imperial guards escorting him.

After walking a few steps, the group of them came to a field. This square field was surrounded by a long red cloth. A large group of farmers were standing on the ridge with hoes, waiting for orders. When Xiao Jie and his party came over, they were so frightened that they all knelt down and saluted.

Xiao Ji didn't have time to talk to these farmers, he just walked quickly to the edge of the surrounded potato field, just took a look, and his face became more and more gloomy.

I saw only yellow, yellow and green vines and leaves in the field, and there was no trace of grain.

Xiao Jie didn't panic when he saw this, but explained with a smile: "Father, these potatoes grow underground, and they cannot be seen on the ground."

Xiao Ji turned pale when he heard the words, then glanced at the farmers kneeling in a row, casually pointed to one of them and said, "You, dig one and show me."

The emperor ordered, how could a small farmer dare to disobey his orders, just about to get up and start, but he heard Xiao Jie's voice in his ear: "Wait a minute."

The farmer was stunned, looked at Xiao Jie, and then at Xiao Ji, not knowing what to do for a while.

Xiao Ji didn't speak, just looked at his son coldly.

Xiao Jie didn't seem to realize that his father was really angry, but he just looked around at the people and officials who looked at the people and officials here, and said with a smile: "Father, the auspicious time has not yet come, so it is not appropriate to break ground."

Xiao Ji was furious for a moment, what time was it, and what auspicious time was he talking about.

But seeing Xiao Jie so calm and relaxed, and seeing Xiao Jue's confident appearance, Xiao Ji couldn't help but whisper in his heart——

Could it be that there is really a lot going on under the ground?

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