Qi Jingyun naturally believed Qiao Mingyue, "Okay, let's do it like this." ”

"But how can we get Emperor Nanzhao to agree to peace?" They had never known each other, and Emperor Nanzhao had no reason to listen to the opinions of the two foreigners.

Regarding this question, Qiao Mingyue had already thought of it, "Why did Nanzhao want to fight with Da Zhou?" "Fighting a war means losing life and money, unless there is an enemy country to attack, otherwise the vast majority of monarchs will avoid war as much as possible, and as far as the Nanzhao Emperor sent envoys to the Great Zhou, he is obviously not a brutal monarch, since this is the case, there must be other reasons for Nanzhao to want to start a war with the Great Zhou, or rather, let Nanzhao feel that even if there is a war, they are sure to win.

After she said this, Qi Jingyun also understood, "In the past few years, there have been severe droughts in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the crops have not been harvested, and the Xiongnu in the north are very rampant, making the people miserable. Nanzhao has been in a corner of peace for so many years, and it is rare to have a chance to win over the Great Zhou, of course, we must seize the opportunity, so it is not without reason that Nanzhao wants to take advantage of the danger of others. ”

Qiao Mingyue fully agreed with his point of view, "So the top priority is to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people, only if the people no longer worry about survival, and the soldiers have no worries about the future, Nanzhao will be afraid of us." ”

"But there are so many people in Dazhou, it's not easy to feed them, and you can't open the granary!" This is simply not realistic. If you want to open a granary to help the people, you have to ask the emperor, but now the emperor is interested in starting a war, and this method will not work at all.

Qiao Mingyue didn't think about convincing the emperor to help the world, "It's better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, so let's wait until tomorrow I will go to the street to see if there is anything that can fill my stomach." If you can find any wild vegetables, you may be able to solve this problem. "She'd been able to find cotton before, but maybe she'll be able to find other modern crops now. Qiao Mingyue comforted herself.

"Okay." Although Qi Jingyun didn't have any illusions about this, he still agreed to her.

……

Early the next morning, Qiao Mingyue took Qi Jingyun to the street, and the two of them walked slowly together.

"There should be a lot of food in the mountains of Yungui, why don't we go to the mountains to have a look?" Qi Jingyun suddenly asked.

Qiao Mingyue paid attention to the vendors on both sides of the road and answered his question, "There is indeed a lot of food in the mountains, but it is not suitable for growing in other places, these things can only solve the food and clothing of the locals, but there is no way to do it in other places." ”

She grew up in Yungui since she was a child, and she often followed Chi Lianyi to the mountains to find medicinal herbs, Yungui has a special climate, and there are many things that cannot be found elsewhere, let alone planted.

The sun gradually moved westward, and soon it was the hottest time of the day, but Qi Jingyun and Qiao Mingyue still didn't make any progress.

"Wait!" Qiao Mingyue stopped suddenly.

“？” Qi Jingyun followed her gaze and saw a wandering merchant slowly walking towards them with something in his hand.

Of course, what caught Qiao Mingyue's attention was not the wandering businessman, but the things he picked up in his burden.

"Where did you find the sweet potato seedlings and peppers?" Qiao Mingyue stepped forward and asked.

"Huh? You mean these two things? The merchant laughed, "So they're called sweet potato sprouts and peppers!" This little lady is interested in them? ”

Qiao Mingyue nodded, "Yes, yes!" Did you grow it yourself? ”

The merchant shook his head and said, "No, this is what I found by accident before, you see this red one, you call it chili, this thing can't be eaten alone, you can add it to the rice like salt, it's fragrant." ”

"But I don't know how to eat this sweet potato seedling, but I brought it back with me, so I sold it together."

"Big brother, we all want this." Qiao Mingyue said very simply.

"Lady?" Qi Jingyun grabbed her.

"It's fine." Qiao Mingyue gave him a look, and bought all the peppers and sweet potato seedlings.

The wandering merchant was originally trying to sell it, but he didn't expect someone to buy it so quickly, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"In this way, if you still have sweet potato seedlings and peppers in the future, please send them all to the post house." Qiao Mingyue was also very happy, she didn't expect it to be so smooth today. Sweet potatoes are different from other things, they are very easy to bear fruit, and if they can be popularized, the survival problem of the common people will be solved.

But the most important thing at the moment is that she must successfully cultivate the sweet potatoes first, otherwise it will be difficult to believe. As for whether the people will plant it, it is not a problem, there is not much attention to planting sweet potatoes, compared with other crops, sweet potatoes are relatively easy to plant.

On the way back, after Qiao Mingyue told Qi Jingyun her thoughts, she was mercilessly ridiculed by Qi Jingyun.

"Lady, isn't it, you really want to take these things back and plant them?" Qi Jingyun was surprised.

"yes." Qiao Mingyue nodded, "Is there any problem?" ”

Qi Jingyun was shocked, "Of course there is a problem!" We are now trying to find a way to make Nanzhao dispel the idea of fighting, but you are going to farm at this time?! ”

Qiao Mingyue was annoyed, "Sweet potatoes can be eaten when they are grown, do you know, hillbilly!" She finally found the sweet potato seedlings, but she was ridiculed by Qi Jingyun, and the angry Qiao Mingyue didn't say a word to him all the way.

As soon as she returned to the post house, Qiao Mingyue saw Chi Lianyi coming out of it.

"What are you doing early in the morning?" Chi Lianyi couldn't help but be a little curious when she saw the two of them carrying two kinds of weeds that she had never seen before.

Qiao Mingyue saw that she was interested in sweet potato seedlings, and hurriedly said, "Lianyi, look, this is a chili pepper, add some to it when you eat, and the dish will become more fragrant." ”

After speaking, she picked up another sweet potato seedling and said, "This is a sweet potato seedling, its fruit grows at the roots, it is edible, I want to try to plant one first, and when it is successful, I will promote it to the whole country." ”

"This is also fantastic!" Before Qiao Mingyue's words fell, Chi Lianyi clapped her hands and said, "If it succeeds, the people will have one more source of food, and many people will be saved from famine." ”

"Without further ado, I'll go with you. By the way, by calling the other women to come along, we're trying to grow the sweet potatoes as quickly as possible. Chi Lianyi is a fiery character, holding sweet potato seedlings in one hand and Qiao Mingyue in the other, and walking inside.

Qiao Mingyue was pleasantly surprised, she didn't expect Chi Lianyi to support her so much. It would be a lot easier if someone helped.

Chi Lianyi was also pleasantly surprised, she had seen many people who died of hunger, and now that Qiao Mingyue had a way to make the people eat, of course she had to give her full support.