After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather gradually became hotter, and Tan's mood, who was forced by his son to "run away from home", finally improved slightly, at least Hou Tao was cool in the mountains to escape the heat.

Qian Yuan was lying on the rattan chair under the tree, chatting with Xiao Qi with the same posture without saying a word, and Keqing and Xiangling on the side were holding pu fans and swaying gently.

"Sour and spicy shredded potatoes, stir-fried green beans, and then boil a pot of millet porridge...... It's still the high-quality millet sent from Hanzhong! ”

"Okay, but let's get a bowl of cold tomatoes later!"

"It's a pity that the watermelon is not ripe yet." Qian Yuan responded casually, and his mind didn't know where to drift for a long time.

Under Qian Yuan's deliberate arrangement, Zhao Zhenji made a lot of trouble in Ningbo Mansion, asking the Yuan family in Cixi today, and going to visit Tang Shunzhi tomorrow in the mansion.

it!

Is it really like there are Japanese robbers on Xiangshan Island?!

However, Qian Yuan is not in a hurry, anyway, he has a back hand, just watch the eight maritime merchants and Zhao Zhenji jump up and down, it is really impossible to wait for Ning Shaotai's general Lu Bin to divide his troops and garrison Ningbo, and at that time this group of people will be the king of the pot!

The original plan was for Qian Yuan to start a year ago, but Qi Jiguang was still there at that time, and he postponed his start after the year in the hope that Lu Bin would move to Ningbo.

It's a pity that there is too much trouble in Fujian, Wenzhou and Chuzhou are close to Fujian, in order to prevent the Japanese from entering Zhejiang, not only Hu Zongxian came to Chuzhou in person, but Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, also led troops into Wenzhou, and Lu Bin still needs to stay in Taizhou.

It's better to come to Hou Taoshan this summer to escape the heat...... Qian Yuan closed his eyes, listened to Xiao Qi's chatter, and fell asleep in a daze.

In the summer, in the era when there is no air conditioning, I want to take a nap...... For Qian Yuan, it is not easy, but unfortunately there is no such blessing today.

And it's not a bad thing...... But this is not for Qian Yuan.

Mao Haifeng and Xu Bixi came with more than 20 people in a carriage and carrying boxes.

"This is ......" Qian Yuan fanned the wind, covered his nose and glanced at Xiao Qi, "This is rotten, right?" ”

Xiao Qi walked a few steps closer, his eyes lit up when he smelled the smell, he leaned over and turned over, picking out a few hard thorns that looked intact, and the outside were all blue and yellow...... Qian Yuan immediately retreated.

Because there are female dependents, Mao Haifeng and Xu Bixi are far away...... After all, it is a temporary residence, there is no difference between the front and back yards, and there is not even a wall.

"Thanks, thanks." Qian Yuan walked over with a painful face and thanked him, "This smell is too good!" ”

"Mrs. Xu likes this ......" Mao Haifeng sighed: "It's still the old family of the pavilion who is well-informed, and our brothers are at sea all the year round, and they don't know that this thing can be eaten!" ”

"It's poisonous!" Qian Yuan hated those foods with pungent tastes in his previous life? Not to mention durian? Even snail noodles can't stand it!

"It's not poisonous!" Xu Bixi said seriously: "Have you tasted it? It's a little bigger, but it tastes good in your mouth. ”

"Good work, hard work!" Qian Yuan gave up his hand again and again.

In fact, this is Qian Yuan, Mao Haifeng, and Xu Bixi are just lonely and unheard? In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, durian has been introduced to the mainland? And the name is durian, and even the "Compendium of Materia Medica" is recorded, medicinal, sweet and warm? Non-toxic, mainly for the treatment of dysentery.

Looking back, what are you eating? Even Xiao Qi, who had tears in the corners of his eyes, Qian Yuan shuddered, and took Xu Bixi and Mao Haifeng to find a place to sit down and drink tea.

"Say? What are you going to do now? ”

is also an acquaintance, Qian Yuan cocked Erlang's legs and glanced at Mao Haifeng with slanted eyes, "Wasn't it sent by your father-in-law to the Wa Kingdom, why did you come back again?" ”

Wang Zhi was arrested three months ago, Mao Haifeng was in a hurry to copy the guy, Wang Zhi came back and scolded fiercely, and sent this guy to the Japanese country.

Xu Bixi said with a smile: "This time he has made a great contribution, and my father-in-law is relieved...... During this time, he was thinking about the Qian family's restaurant every day in the Wa Kingdom. ”

"Great achievement?" Qian Yuan cocked his toes, "Let's hear it, if it's a mess...... You don't want to enter the restaurant in the future! ”

"Sweet potatoes!" Mao Haifeng smiled, "Finally got it!" ”

"What!" Qian Yuan was overjoyed, "Where is it?!" ”

"It's in the carriage outside." Mao Haifeng said proudly: "I also brought a lot of vine branches, and even snatched back two farmers who can plant...... Exiled overseas decades ago. ”

"Check it out." Qian Yuan is still a little worried, the sweet potato he got last time was a potato, so he won't be wrong again this time, right?

The box was piled up with things that had never been seen in Chinese mainland before, red, a little long, and a little thin...... Is this really a sweet potato?

In his previous life, Qian Yuan often visited the vegetable market and bought sweet potatoes...... This thing in front of you is too small!

However, it is also possible that the crops of later generations are quite different from the ancestors of this era, such as leeks of this era...... It is at least half as short as the leeks of later generations, and even if they grow to the point that they are too old to eat, they will not grow.

An old man dressed in a short costume approached at the signal of Mao Haifeng and said respectfully: "Master, the Fanren only transplanted Luzon Island the year before last, and the locals call it Zhu Potato." ”

Sweet potato?

Sweet potatoes used to have this alias?

Qian Yuan was confused, but "Zhu" was originally "red".

After thinking about it, Qian Yuan picked up a few and went straight to the kitchen, asked the servants to make a fire, washed and cut into pieces, and steamed in the steamer for a quarter of an hour.

As soon as the lid was lifted, Qian Yuan, who was standing by the stove, was still not much, and Mao Haifeng on the side exclaimed, "It's so fragrant!" ”

When it was eaten in his mouth, it was soft and glutinous, with a little sweetness, and Qian Yuan finally determined that it was really a sweet potato.

Qian Yuan was in high spirits, and called the two old farmers to ask carefully how to plant, how much yield per mu and so on.

"Inferior fields can be, drought tolerant and easy to live, a foot of potato vines, and live with planting." The old peasants replied one by one: "The yield per mu on Luzon Island is about 20 stones. ”

Qian Yuan nodded with satisfaction, turned around and patted Mao Haifeng's shoulder hard, "This time I really made a great achievement, thousands of years later, the name Mao Haifeng will definitely be remembered!" ”

Mao Haifeng's face turned red, he smiled and rubbed his hands, not knowing what to say.

"All five wagons are ...... Oh, it's all vines, well done! Qian Yuan smiled: "Let's talk about it, how did you get it this time, it's been almost a year!" ”

"What else could he do?" Xu Bixi shook his head and said: "I personally went to Luzon Island, made a situation to trade and sell goods, and sent people to make trouble on the dock when I was offshore, and more than ten brothers died. ”

"It's worth it, it's worth it!" Qian Yuan sighed: "Once this thing is promoted, there will be more than 10,000 people living from it!" ”

Xu Bixi hesitated and said in a low voice: "But...... Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangnan are afraid that they will not plant this sweet potato in the field, after all, it is a novelty, and it is ......"

Qian Yuan nodded and continued: "People can live in disaster years, but the wind and rain are smooth, and the yield per mu is high, except for filling the stomach, it can't be sold at any price." ”

Mao Haifeng interjected: "At least Ningbo Mansion is unwilling to plant." ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Qian Yuan looked at the carriage one by one and ordered: "All the vines are sent to Pengxi Town in Taizhou, call a guard to follow, and plant them all there, just at this time, you can harvest a wave in a few months." ”

Sweet potatoes can only show their advantages of high yield per mu in disaster years, and the characteristics of easy living and drought tolerance also determine that it is difficult to promote in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is easy to be popularized in Shandong, Beizhili, Shanxi, and Shaanxi.

In fact, in the original time and space, Fujian businessman Chen Zhenlong introduced sweet potatoes to Fujian during the Wanli period, but it was Huating Xu Guangqi who really popularized it.

In order to promote sweet potatoes, Xu Guangqi even wrote this book "Sweet Potato Shu", he promoted sweet potatoes to Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, not only because of drought tolerance and easy to live, but also because the weather is cold, digging cellars and storage, not easy to germinate and rot.

Qian Yuan kept pondering in his heart, Xu Jie, the old man, couldn't count on it, and if he wanted to promote sweet potatoes in the north, he was afraid that he would have to wait until Gao Gong took the position.

The power of the Xiaoice era will gradually be revealed in a few decades, and if sweet potatoes can be promoted as soon as possible, perhaps Shanxi and Shaanxi will not make too much trouble.

One thought after another rolled in Qian Yuan's mind, and he absentmindedly sent Mao Haifeng and Xu Bixi away, almost letting them take away the box of sweet potatoes too!

You know, Xiao Qi has been thinking about baked sweet potatoes for a long, long time...... Well, Qian Yuan is also a little greedy.