If the grain production is less than expected, it will greatly disrupt their plans for the next year.
"Your Majesty, please don't get angry and hurt the dragon's body!"
"If you don't get angry, how can I not get angry? How can I not get angry if you ask me to!"
When Su Wu said it didn't matter if he didn't say it, the anger in Zhu Gaotian's heart seemed to have found a breaking point.
"The reproduction methods of potatoes and rice and millet are different. How can the yield be determined by the number of potatoes alone?"
"Normally, one potato can fill a person's stomach, but now, it takes dozens or hundreds of potatoes to make a person not hungry!"
For grain seeds such as wheat and rice, the difference between large and small seeds is only two to three times at most, but for potatoes, the difference in size between large and small seeds may be dozens of times, or even hundreds of times.
"Your Majesty, what you mean is that according to the old farmer's method, the potatoes grown are very small?"
Having said this, Su Wu also understood why His Majesty was so angry.
For crops like potatoes, the yield cannot be determined by quantity alone!
Zhu Gaoying nodded.
"That's all, let's forget about the things here for now. Since the rice has been cooked, it's useless to be angry!"
Zhu Gaojing looked at the current sky and saw that it was almost evening.
"Su Wu, if I remember correctly, the day after tomorrow will be the winter solstice!"
"Yes, the day after tomorrow is the beginning of winter!"
It's already winter.
"Let's go to the imperial dining room with me!"
As a place to prepare meals for the royal relatives in the palace, Zhu Gaotian has lived here for more than 20 years and has never been to the imperial dining room.
When Su Wu followed Zhu Gaoying closely, His Majesty was in a bad mood today, so Su Wu did not ask why Zhu Gaoying came here.
"Your Majesty is here!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
Upon hearing His Majesty's arrival, the cooks, eunuchs, and maids who were busy in the imperial kitchen stopped what they were doing, ran out, knelt on the ground, and shouted long live.
At this time, it was the time when the imperial dining room was preparing dinner for the royal relatives in the palace. As soon as I walked here, I smelled the aroma of food wafting from inside.
"He is worthy of being the top chef in Ming Dynasty. The food he makes tastes so delicious!"
During the Ming Dynasty, there were no complex and numerous seasonings as in later generations. Some were only the most basic onions, ginger, garlic, various peppercorns, and aniseed.
However, relying on these simple seasonings and being able to cook the ultimate delicious food, the skills passed down by these chefs from generation to generation cannot be overshadowed.
"I didn't know that your majesty was coming, but I didn't come far to greet him. I hope your majesty will forgive me!"
"What kind of sin is it? I annoy people like you the most. You keep your sins in your ears all day long, and I didn't notify you in advance when I came. What kind of sin is this!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The eunuch in charge of the imperial kitchen kowtowed deeply to the ground, then slowly raised his head and asked cautiously.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if you have any advice for coming here this time?"
"If your Majesty wants to eat something, please ask one of the eunuchs and palace maids to come and inform you. The imperial kitchen will be ready for you, so there is no need for your Majesty to come over in person!"
"It's nothing, I just took advantage of my free time this afternoon to come and take a look at the imperial kitchen!"
Zhu Gaojing looked at the cooks who were kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, and the maids shook their heads secretly.
Facing the arrival of a big shot, most people will choose to squat in the corner and remain silent like everyone else, while only a few people can seize the opportunity.
Maybe today a certain cook will tell me a dish he wants to eat, and then serve it to me, which will make me appreciate it. After that, he will be in the imperial kitchen and become famous.
"Don't kneel here either. I see there is still a lot of food being cooked in the imperial kitchen. You should go back to your seats quickly. It would be a pity to be blind if these meals are cooked to a paste!"
After Zhu Gaoying finished speaking, those kneeling on the ground raised their heads and looked at the manager.
The look on the steward's face was anxious. It's okay. What are you looking at? This is His Majesty's order. I'm just a little eunuch. What I say doesn't matter. You and the others go quickly.
The steward quickly urged them with his eyes and expressions. After they received a positive reply, the cooks, maids and eunuchs left the place in a panic and started busy with their own affairs.
At this time, the manager quickly laid his head on the ground, wishing he could give himself a few big slaps.
In the situation just now, His Majesty gave them an order, but they didn't obey it. Instead, they looked at their own faces before doing it. Doesn't this mean that his status here is higher than His Majesty's?
It would be fine if Your Majesty doesn't care about this. If His Majesty pursues the matter, he will have to remove his head.
This is not good, what are you afraid of?
"It's pretty good. It seems that your prestige here is still very high!"
Zhu Gaoying's original intention was just to praise him, but he didn't expect that he would play into the hands of the manager.
"The slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die!"
"My slave absolutely does not have the courage. Even if I were given a hundred leopards' courage, I would not dare!"
Zhu Gaotian looked at the manager who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy with some surprise. Who is this guy from?
My scalp is broken by this kowtow!
But then he understood that this was what the manager of the royal kitchen was afraid of.
"Stop kowtowing here, I really don't care about it, but you scared yourself half to death!"
What else can I do? Don’t you just think that you have exceeded your authority? Your face here is greater than that of the emperor.
But think about it, isn’t this human nature? In school, when the principal says a few words or gives an order, don’t most people also have to look at their class teacher’s face?
Just like the leaders in a company come to inspect you and tell you what they say and what instructions they give, ordinary employees also have to look at their managers' faces.
What's more, in this palace, if they, the eunuchs, maids and cooks at the lowest level, make the slightest mistake, they will be punished by being beaten or beaten to death.
"Okay, I don't mean to blame you. This kind of thing is human nature. Don't suffer blindly here!"
But the manager of the imperial kitchen didn't seem to hear it. It wasn't until Su Wu stepped forward to remind him that he realized and started kowtowing crazily again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Gaoyan: "..."
Forget it, I can’t keep this royal kitchen manager, let’s find someone else!
By this time, Zhu Gaotian seemed to have begun to miss the old man. Unlike these people who could only kneel down and beg for mercy, the old man actually dared to contradict him in person.