"Lord!" Chen Zhi walked in from outside and reported to Han Zhanyu, "What should I do with the gifts brought by the Great Qin envoy?" ”

Han Zhan casually ordered: "Send it to the backyard and hand it over to the housekeeper to deal with." ”

Chen Zhi agreed, turned around and planned to leave.

But Han Zhan became interested in Antonio's gift, so he stopped the other party and asked, "Where is his gift list?" Take it to Ben Hou and show it. ”

The gift list was quickly placed in front of Han Zhan, and he opened it and browsed carefully, it was nothing more than gold and silver jewelry, rare birds and beasts, spices, bamboo cloth, and the like.

Seeing the bamboo cloth, Han Zhan raised his head and asked Guo Jia, who was sitting on the side: "Strategist, do you know what bamboo cloth is?" ”

"Bamboo cloth, as the name suggests, is a kind of cloth made from bamboo." Guo Jia replied: "The bamboo cloth is soft and strong, and the clothes made are extremely cool in summer and fluffy and warm in winter and spring. ”

"Fengxiao, if it is according to what you say, this bamboo cloth is a good thing." Han Zhan was secretly thinking in his heart, he originally planned to distribute all the things Antonio gave to his subordinates, but since the bamboo cloth was a good thing, of course he had to keep it for his own use. Thinking of this, he instructed Chen Dao: "Uncle Zhi, I will send someone to send the bamboo cloth to the backyard later." ”

After instructing Chen Dao, Han Zhan continued to look down, wanting to see if there were any good things. Canned wine is not attractive to Han Zhan, but it can be rewarded to Guo Jia, who likes fine wine.

At the end of the list, a bag of seeds is written.

Seed?! When Han Zhan saw what was written on it, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart that this Antonio was really interesting, and he even gave seeds as gifts.

Out of curiosity, he called Chen Zhi to him and said to him, "Uncle Zhi, you go and bring the seeds on the gift list to Ben Hou to see." ”

Chen Zhi hurriedly agreed and went outside the hall to pick up the seeds on the gift list.

With little effort, Chen Zhi walked in with a cloth bag. Han Zhan analyzed from the way he walked, this bag of seeds was not heavy, and it weighed more than twenty pounds at the top of the sky.

After Xun Yu and Guo Jia waited for the cloth bags to be placed on the table, they also came over, wanting to see what kind of good things Antonio had sent, and they were able to work Han Zhan to see it in person.

When the bag was opened, there were several small bags inside.

Han Zhan took out a small cloth bag, untied the rope tied to the opening, and took out a handful of small gray-white seeds from inside. Before Han Zhan could see what it was, Xun Yu next to him had already preemptively said: "Lord, my subordinates recognize this thing, this is the seed of the courgette, and this thing has the effects of calcium supplementation, bone connection, bone strengthening, and body strengthening." ”

Cucumber? Xun Yu's name of the seed made Han Zhan stunned for a moment, but he soon remembered that the so-called courgette, which was actually the cucumber that everyone was familiar with in later generations, was introduced to China during the Han Dynasty, but due to the low popularity, the number of people who knew it was limited, and it was not until the Two Jin Dynasty that it was widely recognized by people at that time.

Han Zhan picked up the brush on the side, wrote the word "courgette" on the cloth bag, put the bag aside, and took out another cloth bag that looked quite big. But what he didn't expect was that the bag looked quite large, but it was light to carry.

When he opened the bag and looked at the red seeds inside, Han Zhan wondered in his heart: What kind of seed is this, why have he never seen it?

"This thing was once seen by a subordinate when he traveled to Yizhou, and it seems to be the seed of a flower." Guo Jia said in an uncertain tone: "The blooming flower is a white flocculent, like a white cloud in the sky. ”

White clouds in the sky? When Han Zhan heard Guo Jia say this, he couldn't help but be shocked, after flowering, the plant that most resembles a white cloud in the sky, isn't that cotton?

Han Zhan remembers that cotton cultivation first appeared in the Indus Valley BC and spread to Spain in the ninth century AD. In the 15th century, it was introduced to England and its colonies in North America. And Antonio, who came from the Roman Empire, probably happened to pass by the cotton producing area, so he purchased some cotton seeds by the way.

Thinking that he would be able to wear clothes made of cotton next year, Han Zhan hurriedly picked up the pen, wrote the word "cotton" on the bag with a slightly trembling hand, and carefully put it aside.

Seeing Han Zhan writing the word "cotton" on the cloth bag, Guo Jia was a little surprised and said, "It turns out that this thing is called cotton." ”

"Xun Changshi," Han Zhan raised his head and said to Xun Yu, "This thing is called cotton, and when it matures, it can be used to weave cloth and make clothes." It can also be used as a thermal material to be filled into quilts, mattresses or clothing. ”

Xun Yu looked at Han Zhan in surprise, and secretly wondered in his heart, how did the lord know the function of this thing? But before he could ask the question in his heart, he only heard Han Zhan say again: "Also, cotton seeds can be squeezed for oil and used to light lamps; Cottonseed cake can be used as livestock feed or fertilizer. ”

When Han Zhan opened a new cloth bag, an expression of surprise appeared on his face. He never dreamed that what was in this cloth bag was actually chili seeds. Chili peppers were introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty, and before that, the only traditional spices were ginger, peppercorns, dogwood, pepper and so on.

He set aside the cloth bag containing the pepper seeds, and then opened the rest of the bags one after another. Sadly, except for a bag of sesame seeds, the rest were seeds from trees or flowers.

After Han Zhan looked at all the seeds, he couldn't help but feel regretful in his heart, because there were no sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes belonging to the Americas, not even peanuts, sunflower seeds, and tomatoes found in the bag. According to a joke on the Internet, even if Han Zhan wants to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes at the moment, he can't eat them because there are no tomatoes.

After counting all the seeds, Han Zhan handed over the cloth bags containing courgette, cotton, peppers, and sesame seeds to Chen Dao, and instructed him: "Uncle Zhi, these bags are full of treasures that cannot be changed, you must send someone to take strict care of them." Wait until the beginning of spring, and you can sow seeds. ”

Chen Zhi took the cloth bag in Han Zhan's hand and said in agreement, "Wow! ”

Just as Chen Zhi was holding the cloth bag and preparing to leave, Han Zhan said faintly behind him: "Uncle Zhi, if there is anything wrong with these bags of seeds, you can come to see me with your head." ”

Han Zhan's words frightened Chen Zhi, and he almost fell to the ground with people and things, but fortunately, Guo Jia helped him in time and regained his footing.

Chen Zhi heard that Han Zhan was not joking with himself, so he quickly straightened up and assured him: "My lord, please rest assured, even if Chen doesn't want his own life, he will save these things." ”

Han Zhan waved his hand at Chen Zhi and said, "Shuzhi, you can step down." Find a warehouse to store these things well, and don't miss anything. ”