Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Mathematics in this era was still simple and not taken seriously.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have the ability to do mental arithmetic with data like Zhu Yunhu, who had received nine years of compulsory education.

He knew the yield per acre would be good.

But he really wanted to know how high the yield per mu could be!

"Uh..." Lu Wei was stunned for a moment, then immediately responded, "Yes, Your Majesty, please wait a moment. We'll be back soon."

Of course, he didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was going to do, but at this critical juncture, he must talk less and do more, so he immediately ran to get the abacus.

Wait for the abacus to be brought over.

He saw that the Hongwu Emperor suddenly started fiddling with the abacus beads like an accountant. He didn't understand and didn't dare to ask. He could only watch silently from the side.

Until Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath.

With extremely mixed emotions, he uttered a number: "Yield per mu, 2,671 kilograms!"

This is an estimate, and of course there is some deviation from Zhu Yunhuan's precise per-mu output value. But even so, for Zhu Yuanzhang, this is a number that would not even appear in his dreams!

After hearing this, Lu Wei finally understood: it turns out that they were calculating the yield per mu.

But the next moment, his eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "Two thousand six hundred and seventy-one pounds?"

Even though he was not born into a farming family, he still had some knowledge of grain production - ranging from more than two hundred to around four hundred, and this did not include years of disaster or deficit.

What is the concept of 2,671 kilograms?

Crazy?

I wouldn't even dream of doing this!

He seriously suspected that Zhu Yuanzhang had made a mistake. Of course, he certainly didn't dare to question Zhu Yuanzhang, so he directly questioned himself: "Is it...I heard it wrong?"

When he actually calculated the number, Zhu Yuanzhang began to doubt himself, so he swallowed his saliva, quickly picked up the abacus bamboo and started clacking it.

Once, twice, three times… Zhu Yuanzhang’s face became increasingly agitated, even beginning to turn red. “Two thousand six hundred and seventy-one kilograms! There’s no mistake. I watched him plant it, and I counted it five times in total. Including the first count, that makes six times. There’s no mistake!”

"No wonder that little wolf cub said it was a great achievement..."

"The yield is more than ten times that of ordinary crops. If this isn't a tremendous feat, what is it? Two thousand six hundred and seventy-one kilograms! Two thousand six hundred and seventy-one kilograms!!"

"Two thousand six hundred and seventy-one pounds... woo woo woo..."

After repeatedly confirming this data, Zhu Yuanzhang's lack of confidence gradually turned into confidence, happiness, relief, excitement... He even began to repeat this number in a panic that he dared not even think about.

As he spoke, he began to sob uncontrollably.

From low, suppressed sobs, to gradually becoming unable to hold back, and finally unable to hold it back at all, she actually burst into tears.

No wonder he lost his imperial dignity.

Without the majesty of Emperor Hongwu.

The complete loss of control at this moment is actually not due to a single reason.

It was an extremely complex, multifaceted, uncontrollable outburst of emotion. He had just learned of the deaths of his two sons, and the grief he felt was self-evident, but he had managed to suppress it. But now, upon receiving this sweet potato, especially knowing exactly what it was, a cascade of emotions erupted, and all the shadows and pain he'd endured from childhood all erupted at once...

In such a situation, could anyone still completely suppress their emotions, maintaining that aloof, expressionless demeanor? He was the Hongwu Emperor, but his first identity was, after all, a human being!

Deep down, he had never gotten rid of his identity as a farmer, and had never gotten rid of the suffering and sorrow of his youth. At that time, he was only eight or nine years old. There was a famine and no food. Most of his family members starved to death. He survived by eating the only handful of rice left by his family!

"If...if back then..."

"If we had something like this back then, even if there was a great famine, we wouldn't be in the same situation as we were back then... wuwuwuwu..."

"Maybe... our father can survive, our mother can survive, and our brothers and sisters can survive too! We can have a full meal... wuwuwuwu..."

"The little wolf cub is a bit unorthodox, but I have to admit that he's right. When I was a kid, more than half of my family really starved to death. If there were something with such a high yield per mu, I'd plant some in areas not affected by disasters..."

"Why did we take the path of rebellion back then? Wasn't it because of famine, because we couldn't eat? If my family could have eaten a full meal back then, we definitely wouldn't have rebelled. There would have only been one more honest peasant, Zhu Chongba, in the world, and there would have never been the later Ming Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect it either.

The arrow that had made him furious three months ago now hit him right between the eyebrows.

No! This sweet potato in front of him was an arrow shot decades ago! It had just now hit him squarely between the eyebrows!

All the accumulated emotions of the day burst out at this moment. A man in his sixties actually cried like a baby in confinement! - There was no Hongwu Emperor here, only a child who had no food to eat and no relatives.

I cried for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the sweet potato that had only been bitten a few times, then picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth, not caring whether it was the place where Lu Wei had taken a bite before, he just kept putting it into his mouth as if he was swallowing a whole fruit.

When he opened his mouth, his cheeks were full.

Back then, if you had this thing, who would care whether it was dirty or whether anyone had eaten it?