bookrebus Chapter 323
Chapter 323
All training was conducted according to the complete methods of the new military camp. Currently, the results are a bit worse than the batch from the new military camp, but given a little more time, there shouldn't be much difference...Huo Ying revealed the exact situation of this new army of 28,500 men to Yue Fuguang, hiding absolutely nothing.
Because he roughly guessed Yue Fuguang's purpose for asking, he naturally had to explain clearly so she could make judgments and choices.
Yue Fuguang nodded and said to Emperor Mingxi, Your Majesty, how about exchanging five hundred men for fifty acres of sweet potato seeds?
Hearing that she indeed wanted to add people, Emperor Mingxi smiled without any hesitation, How could five hundred be enough? I will make it a full thousand for you.
Next month, you can pick three thousand men yourself to go to the Three-Pronged Land.
With a wave of his hand, he smiled and said, Rest assured, it won't delay your cotton harvest.
Seeing Emperor Mingxi being so generous, Yue Fuguang was also very happy. Your Majesty, send someone to my estate tomorrow to transport the seeds.
Emperor Mingxi originally wanted to say, why not bring them back today and have people plant them overnight? Wouldn't the seeds sprout a day earlier if planted a day earlier?
But knowing that Yue Fuguang had an even more uncompromising temper than himself, the Emperor, he immediately shut his mouth.
However, he soon realized that keeping his mouth shut was a good thing.
[Master, the autumn sweet potatoes are already in the warehouse. Why didn't you let the Emperor bring them back right now?]
Little Zhu, since the Emperor was so generous as to give me an extra five hundred men, we won't be stingy either.
Soak those seeds in the spiritual spring water overnight. I believe that even without the spiritual rain, it will guarantee they grow vigorously and can be harvested early.
Hearing about these unexpected pleasant surprises, Emperor Mingxi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt extremely fortunate for his previous restraint.
On the second day after all the sweet potatoes were planted, Yue Fuguang received news that the notorious Black Widow had been captured.
With the capture of the Cheng Erniu brothers and the imprisonment of Xu Tongchen's entire family, the fire incident at the imperial estate further exposed the long-dormant remnants of the previous dynasty.
Within a few days, even the commoners in the capital knew that the remnants of the previous dynasty still harbored ambitions to restore their nation, actually attempting to burn the long-awaited high-yield potatoes.
This was an attempt to cut off their food supply and take their lives.
Fueled by those with ulterior motives, the rallying cries to report and capture the previous dynasty's remnants, protect the Great Yan's prosperous peace, and ensure the common people had food to eat reached an unprecedented high.
Even in the villages near Yue Fuguang's estate, the commoners hired to help pull weeds on the farm shared a bitter hatred of the enemy and were filled with righteous indignation when discussing the matter.
However, these people did not know that the very ground they stood on, the fields they were helping to weed and fertilize, were planted with the potatoes they had been longing for.
And the sweet potatoes, an unheard-of and unseen crop that was equally high-yielding.
On the fifth day of the seventh month in the fifth year of Yuankang, it was once again the day for Yue Fuguang to attend the morning court session.
Early in the morning, she followed Yu Chongshan and his son into the palace. Head-on, they ran into the Second and Third Princes, who had gradually established their own residences outside after the Crown Prince's wedding.
Yue Fuguang remembered that she seemed to have sent them housewarming gifts, but it was all handled by Madam Zhang in her name. She wasn't clear on what exactly was sent, only remembering that she seemed to have added a set of kitchenware for each household!
Little Zhu, is today Fourth Master Xie's fifth seven-day memorial?
[Master remembers correctly. Today is indeed the day Fourth Master Xie's soul goes to the Home-Viewing Pavilion.]
When the Second and Third Princes saw Yue Fuguang, they quickly came over to respectfully greet her, only to hear the two ancestors mention their fourth brother's soul.
Suddenly, they felt that even on a July morning, it was a bit cold.
The two brothers unconsciously leaned closer to each other. They had dressed too thinly before leaving the house, completely unable to block the gusts of ghostly wind blowing from nowhere.
On the way to the Court Hall, they didn't dare stray too far from Yue Fuguang, this immortal lord.
After all, even if there really were ghosts and monsters, they wouldn't dare get close to her, right!
Not to mention anything else, the Divine Artifact had connections in the underworld; even the Lord of Hell could be ordered around by it.
He died early in this life before he had time to commit evil. When the judge evaluates him, won't he be able to enter reincarnation again?
[Does Master not want to give him a chance to reincarnate? How about I greet the Lord of Hell? In a couple of years, with natural disasters and man-made calamities, more will die and fewer will be born. The chance to reincarnate will be rare indeed.]
Emperor Mingxi, who had waited for the civil and military officials to take their places before stepping into the main hall, had barely set foot inside when he heard such a morbid topic. He immediately felt unwell, and his slightly drowsy and unclear mind instantly became sharp.
It was also on the way to the court session that Qian Gui reminded him, making him remember that today was his fourth son's fifth seven-day memorial, something he hadn't taken much to heart.
Who knew that on this sensitive day, hearing the Divine Artifact's remarks would make Emperor Mingxi's hairs stand on end.
Along with his hairs, his ears also perked up.
The ruler and ministers of Great Yan were currently in a mood where they were both terrified and eager to listen, perfectly demonstrating the attitude of being weak yet addicted to the thrill.
Regarding the underworld where they must go after death, they had always held an attitude of reverence and keeping a respectful distance. Now that they had a chance to learn a bit more in advance about their future resting place, they naturally couldn't bear to miss a single word.
Yue Fuguang deliberately paused for a moment before saying, Forget it, look at Second Brother Xie and Xie San now; they aren't missing any arms or legs.
Second Brother Xie and Xie San? The Second Prince and Third Prince glanced at each other. She was talking about the two of them, right?
They really wanted to tell Yue Fuguang: Junior Preceptor, we have names! We are called Xie Zhimin and Xie Zhixin!
How come when you mention the Crown Prince, you use his full name, but when you mention us, it's just Two and Three? Isn't the favoritism a bit too obvious?
As for the mention of missing arms and legs, the two brothers, who had long guessed they would die a bad death, were completely thick-skinned about it. It was just losing an arm or a leg; compared to losing their lives, it was nothing!
The two tacitly looked towards their eldest brother in unison. With their eldest brother, who was certified by the two ancestors, protecting them, their arms and legs were safe.
As for their biological father, the two silently shook their heads. Their old man had too many sons; he was not as reliable as the eldest brother they had recently gone out of their way to curry favor with.
Regarding the fact that two of their younger brothers had died in succession and their imperial father didn't seem to feel much about it, the young brothers Second Brother Xie and Xie San felt very deeply about this.
Only Xie Wu, upon hearing these things, silently began to edge closer to Yu Zhongchun in the crowd of ministers.
Yu Zhongchun silently cupped his hands in greeting to Xie Zhiquan, who had moved next to him, but in his heart, he was thinking: Has this Fifth Prince been scared silly, thinking that as the father of the Immortal Lord, he could protect him?
This kid must be overthinking it!
Xie Liu wasn't bitten to death by a venomous snake, and Xie Qi wasn't trampled into mud by horses. Fourth Master Xie's evil karma wasn't completed; that is his serendipity.
Emperor Mingxi gritted his teeth, staring fixedly below, cursing the deceased Fourth Master Xie a thousand times in his heart.
Even if he had many sons, hearing them meet with accidents one after another like this, even a dozen sons wouldn't be enough to withstand such destruction!
At this moment, the main hall was dead silent. Eunuch Qian forced himself to swallow his saliva, and his call of If there are matters, present your memorials echoed in the main hall, yet sounded particularly jarring.
After Qian Gui's words fell, no one stepped forward. Yu Chongshan quickly glanced at his granddaughter on the high seat, took two steps forward, and said, Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject has a memorial to present.