"Here, try the potato beef stew."

The fire was boiling, the huge iron pot was full of fragrance, and Li Bao'er, who had already been red-eyed, ignored the hot mouth, and a lump of soft potatoes entered the mouth, and his little face was instantly filled with an excited smile.

In winter, a pot of hot rice wine with hot potatoes and beef can make people so happy that they doubt their lives.

"Brother-in-law, it's delicious!" , the sister-in-law was so happy that she didn't notice the Wei Shi around her, and her face was as black as the bottom of the pot.

“…… Apprentice, let's eat ploughing beef, I'm afraid it's not good. ”

Li Xian's chopsticks don't stop, but his courage is tight.

"It's okay, master, just eat as a family, you can't sue yourself."

Li Ran added a big bowl of potatoes and beef to Xian Hui'er, and glanced at Wei Shi intentionally or unintentionally.

For this small family banquet, he didn't plan to invite Wei's, but he couldn't stand Xian Hui'er's forced request to ease the relationship...... If a meal can ease the relationship, Li Ran can directly feed Wei's into a fat man of two hundred catties.

However, the visitor is a guest, and he is not short of a pair of chopsticks.

"Here, try this, mashed potatoes." After a while, a new dish was served.

When everyone saw that the same potato could play so many tricks, their eyes widened.

"Apprentice, can this thing really be used as a staple food?" , Li Xian obviously had a stomach that was about to be overwhelmed, but he still doubted his eyes.

"Yes, in fact, it provides about the same nutrients as rice, but the calorie supply is higher."

Li Ran knew that this old man had a bit of a collapse in his three views, after all, he was old, and it took a little time to accept new things...... The same is true for the entire Datang people.

Instead of adopting the strategy of selling the potatoes immediately to seize the market, he left almost half of the finished product as seeds for the next planting.

The change in food concept cannot be completed overnight, but once it is reversed, it will snowball bigger and bigger, like the wheel of history.

Therefore, Li Ran decided to send this first batch of potatoes.

Of course, how to send it requires some technical content.

"Master, after eating, let's go to the county yabei." After putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Li Ran bared his teeth at Li Xian, who was about to go back to the house for a rest.

"County office? What are you going to do there. Li Xian was puzzled, these days have been too comfortable, and his brain is a little bad.

“…… Let's not go and see Hou Sizhi, this county magistrate, I'm afraid, I have to starve to death. Li Ran said that the yamen had long been poor to the extent that they had no rice to boil, and the other subordinate officials were okay, after all, they could go home for dinner, and Hou Sizhi, an outsider, lived on the grain in stock.

It's not enough to die in this fight, but you can't die in Luling...... Whatever the reason, it can easily be used as an excuse to attack Li Xian.

The two rushed to the yamen in a carriage, and Li Ran was carrying a small gift in his hand.

Piping hot potato soup in a crockpot and a large bowl of mashed potatoes.

That's right, the first person to give potatoes was Hou Sizhi.

“…… Lord Hou? There was no door, the two walked to the back hall by themselves, and saw the beggar in the waste area who was squatting in the corner and eating half a piece of dry cold baked cake, Li Xian was stunned for a while, only to see the other party's dirty clothes, which seemed to be official uniforms.

The four eyes looked at each other, tear-jerking, and even Li Ran was filled with sympathy, and sent the crockpot in his hand, "Or, eat this?" ”

Hou Sizhi didn't want to eat without thinking, it was purely a foraging instinct, especially after tasting the first bite, he even took his hand into the crockpot, and in less than a moment, there was not even a drop of soup left in the stewed potatoes for three people.

“…… Uh, this one is for you too. His eyes were fixed on Li Ran's hand again, this situation, it would be too much not to give it.

“…… Ran'er, he won't be choked to death. Li Xian saw him gobbling up and asked carefully.

"Uncle Cheng, why don't you hurry up and get a water bladder from the carriage!"

Li Ran said it was very likely.

Fortunately, Hou Sizhi's luck was not bad enough, and after eating half of the mashed potatoes, he finally slowed down.

A few burps and a dozen seemed to come to the spirit.

"The two of you, the grace of saving your life, Hou is unforgettable." , his eyes are a little complicated, and there is a touch of jealousy hidden in it, this guy is not stupid, he has been trapped in the yamen for so many days, how can he not guess who is the initiator who made him half dead.

But there was more fear in his eyes, surrender without resistance, obviously, his arrogance and temper were cleaned up by Li Ran, like a lost dog.

"What a lot of effort, recently my new crop happened to be ripe, I came to invite you to taste one or two, you just saw it in the field when you arrived in Luling, it is a thing called potatoes."

Li Ran smiled, "How, it tastes good, the yield is much higher than rice, and it can also satisfy hunger, if it is used as a staple food, presumably we will not have so many homeless people and beggars in Datang." ”

Hou Sizhi was silent for a while, he couldn't figure out Li Ran's train of thought at all, so he could only nod his head, vaguely feeling that this was another trap by the other party.

The intuition is good, it is...... But the trap is also divided into two types: sticks and carrots.

"Lord Hou, the Ming people don't say dark words, the prince of Luling came today to make friends with you."

Li Ran grinned and decided to have a showdown, "You don't do it, come to Luling as a county magistrate, we all know what the purpose is, but if you want to fight again, whether you can survive this winter is a question." ”

Looking at the leaky county government everywhere, Li Ran smiled faintly, "We can give you a chance to vote." ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

"In the name of the Luling County Government, send this potato to Luoyang in the form of tribute, and at the same time issue an administrative order, requiring all rice shops in Luling to send two lumps of potatoes and inform the cooking method when selling rice to the people who buy grain, and those who violate the order will seal the shops!"

Before the words were finished, Li Ran took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Also, in the form of a secret report, I sent two letters to Yushitai and Emperor Wu respectively, and sent a letter to Yushitai, writing that King Luling does not want to be enterprising, likes to work and dislike, travels all day long, works hard and hurts money, and uses fertile land to grow potatoes, which hurts the field." And the letter to Emperor Wu, writing that King Luling worked tirelessly to wade through mountains and rivers, looking for blessings and auspiciousness everywhere, and finally found potatoes, which can replace rice and feed more people. ”

"This, this ......", Hou Sizhi finally reacted, this is to create a contradiction between Yushitai and Wu Zetian, as soon as these two letters are sent, it means that he has completely betrayed Yushitai!

"Give you time to think about it for the day."

Li Ran raised his eyebrows, "If you figure it out, come to the Luling Mansion at any time." ”

After leaving the county office, Li Xian, who had long been unable to hold back his words, asked eagerly, "Apprentice, are you really going to accept this person?" ”

"Well, master, I invited you here today, it's not for the show."

Li Ran was speechless, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Luling County Order, whoever should be the same, anyway, it has to be an empty puppet, the power of this acre and three points of land has to be in the hands of the master, in this case, Hou Sizhi, the dog whose spine was broken, isn't it more convenient to control?" ”

"So, will he agree to your terms?"

"Yes, after all, he's afraid of death."

Li Ran was full of confidence, in fact, less than two hours later, Hou Sizhi came to the gate of the Luling Palace.

With a pop, he knelt extremely standardly.