Han Oak invited Zhan Jizu to have dinner at home, and the first thing Qiufeng served was a pot of boiled tender corn. As soon as it was served, Zhan Jizu's master and servant were attracted by the sweet taste, and after Han Quercus took an ear and demonstrated how to gnaw it, the master and servant couldn't wait to nibble on it and ate it with relish.

After eating, the two of them saw that it was getting late, and they had to go back to the palace, Zhan Dayu was a little unsatisfied, licked his face and asked Han Li: "Young Master Li, can you bring a few corn back to our master?" It's been a long time since our master has such a favorite thing to eat."

Han Quercus refused without hesitation: "No, this corn is not planted for food." I ate these here today mainly to give you masters some insight. How much can be produced in such a piece of land, I will keep and count. Big brother, this corn will be harvested in ten days, how about I invite you to harvest it yourself? Let you see the yield of this thing. ”

Zhan Jizu was very interested and said, "When the time comes, you must tell me that I must come." ”

Zhan Da snorted and slipped his mouth, it turned out that this was not eaten for nothing, and he still had to come to work!

However, their master and servant did not wait until half a month later, but hurriedly slipped out after two days, and it turned out that both of them were anxious to listen to Han Oak say "Liancheng Jue"!

A cadre of people listened to the story and listened to it fascinated, especially Zhan Da, after listening to this story, the whole person was not good, only felt that there was nowhere to vent his frustration, only the sergeants of Jin Wuwei under him, and he had to be beaten by him like a sandbag every day.

On this day, Han Oak finally finished the "Liancheng Jue", and the room was silent, no one made a sound, everyone's heart felt very heavy, and after a long time, Zhan Jizu sighed: "How many tragedies in this world are due to greed, hehe, if you don't hurt everyone, you will hurt you." How can there be so many snow-capped mountains in this world to hide? ”

Seeing that he was in an unhappy mood, Han Oak diverted the topic and said, "Okay, it's just a story, why bother immersing yourself in it?" Do you want to listen to my stories again in the future? It's better to come early than to come by chance, big brother corn can be harvested today, let's go and take a look, see how many catties of grain can I harvest in my half acre of land? ”

Sure enough, Zhan Jizu's interest immediately turned around, he became excited, and hurriedly got up and walked to the backyard: "Okay!" Hurry up! I'm going to weigh it myself! ”

Zhan Jizu's master and servant and Han Oak all went into battle in person, and sure enough, the joy of harvest was rooted in everyone's blood, and everyone was beaming when they saw the grain planted by themselves harvested.

The rod of half an acre of land, with everyone's hands, was broken in a while. Zhan Jizu still feels a little unfinished, he hasn't finished it yet.

But when he saw the ears of corn that were about to be piled up like a hill on the edge of the field, he couldn't help but gasp, and he somewhat understood why Quercus valued these seeds so much.

He made up his mind and immediately asked Zhan Da to personally load the corn into the basket, and he personally held the scales, and the baskets were weighed one by one. After he had weighed all the corn, he added the recorded weights one by one, and his eyes widened.

He couldn't believe this number, and after carefully checking it again, he looked up and said to Han Li with some hesitation: "Brother Xian, is this true?" ”

Han Oak naturally understood what he meant. No wonder he couldn't believe it, at this time in the Ming Dynasty, the best yield per mu of the main grain wheat was only more than 300 catties, which was still the best yield of fertile land, and it was good that ordinary land could produce more than 100 catties. She has produced nearly 700 catties of corn in this half acre, even if she goes to the corn cob to calculate more, and subtract 100 catties, there is still an output of more than 1,000 catties per mu!

What a concept! This means that if you grow corn, you can feed three times as many people as you do today! It means that the extra food can make most people in the Ming Dynasty no longer endure hunger!

Zhan Jizu finally fully realized the value of this batch of corn, he pursed his mouth and said to Han Li: "Brother, brother, I have a reluctant request."

Han Oak raised his hand to stop his words: "I know what you have to say, don't worry, even if I let you witness the yield of these grains, I will send these seeds to you, but these are too few to be of great use, so let's send someone to that island again, pull a boat back, and you can find a place to breed seeds first." Let's keep this corn for us to eat this year. ”

Zhan Jizu said gratefully: "Brother Xian, I really can't repay your great kindness, you say, what do you want?" My brother went and got it for you! ”

Han Oak smiled: "What is this, it's just a coincidence, besides, it is a matter of virtue to let more people eat well, and I can offset some sins by doing more." Well, big brother, let's eat tortillas today! You wait, I'll let you do it, it's delicious! ”

Fresh corn is freshly ground and noodles, and a pot of golden cornmeal tortillas is pasted, and the burnt gaba is so fragrant that people's tongues are about to swallow it. With a pot of spicy braised chicken nuggets, Zhan Da alone ate a pot.

Before parting, Zhan Jizu touched his round belly and did not forget to tell Han Li: "Brother Xian, you must remember to let people go to find seeds." ”

Han Oak waved his hand: "Got it!" Can't forget! I'm going to write a letter and ask them to sail from Guangzhou immediately, right? ”

Zhan Jizu said with a straight face: "Brother Xian, if this thing is done, I will remember you a great achievement!" ”

Han Oak didn't care at all: "Okay, okay! Got it, big brother, it's going to be dark if you don't go again! ”

In this way, every time Zhan Jizu comes to Han Oak, he can find some fresh things, and there are unique foods, such as the sweet and instant "cake" baked from the stove, and all kinds of strange spices, what "curry", "cumin", especially the cumin roasted leg of mutton, attracted Sun Dayan, the commander of Jin Wuwei under the pseudonym Zhan Da, and Xu Chenghai, the commander of Jinyiwei under the pseudonym Xu Er, and fought every day to follow him to the Li family.

On this day, Zhan Jizu took Liu Anke and Xu Chenghai to the Li family in a familiar way, and they often came and went, so they didn't need to be reported, and directly touched Han Li's study. Zhan Jizu unceremoniously pushed the door to take a look, and saw Han Quercus dressed in a white crane, sitting leisurely in front of a black oak table, slowly fanning the fire, and tea was boiling on the small red clay stove on the table.

Zhan Jizu smelled a crisp aroma, looked around, but did not see the incense, he sat directly opposite Han Quercus without seeing the field, and asked: "Brother Xian, what kind of tea are you boiling, so fragrant?" ”