Of course, Guo Zhiyuan was also very aware of this, so he did not despise Xu Xinsu because he only took out a small package, but glanced at Xu Xinsu deeply, and said with some emotion: "Brother Xu is really a caring person!" Guo has written down this heart! ……”

At this time, Xu Xinsu had already opened the package, and there were more than a dozen crop seeds he had collected in the package, Guo Zhiyuan was not a botanist, so it was impossible to distinguish these seeds immediately, and he had to wait for plants to grow to know whether these seeds were valuable, but when Guo Zhiyuan saw a long red pointed object in the package, his eyes suddenly widened!

It's chili! Guo Zhiyuan was not spicy or happy before crossing, and after crossing to the Ming Dynasty, he had eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and even the imperial banquet of Emperor Wanli had also eaten, but there was no chili pepper and he always felt a little less flavorful, and even sometimes Guo Zhiyuan dreamed that he was holding a pot of spicy shrimp and was about to eat, but he woke up from the dream.

So at this time, Guo Zhiyuan was so excited that he almost jumped up when he saw the chili pepper, picked up the chili pepper in the package with trembling hands, and took a small bite carefully, yes! It's this familiar taste! Guo Zhiyuan shook his head with an intoxicated face and said, "Ah! It's so cool! ”

Xu Xinsu on the side looked straight, when he collected these crop seeds that China did not have, he naturally asked the Spanish maritime merchants and sailors who secretly sold the seeds to him about the approximate use of these seeds, especially impressed by this pepper, when the Spanish sailor told him that this thing could be eaten, he didn't think much about it, he took a bite directly, and suddenly his mouth and tongue were numb, and his tears were spicy, and the Spanish sailor laughed gloating when he saw his embarrassment, he just thought that the Spanish sailor deliberately tricked him, Is this something that people can eat?

However, he looked at it red, and it looked very festive, so he bought it anyway. In fact, in the original historical time and space, when chili pepper was first introduced into China, no one wanted to eat it, but regarded it as an ornamental plant, until later, such as Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places because of the heavy moisture, and eating chili pepper can sweat and get wet, which is good for the body, so I tried to use chili pepper to cook, and gradually became a popular delicacy across the country.

So Xu Xinsu asked Guo Zhiyuan with a surprised face: "Do you know this thing?" I also tasted it in the next place, but I couldn't eat it at all, so why did the adults like it? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan laughed and said: "The name of this thing is chili, this is a good thing, you are not used to eating it for the first time, when I plant the chili pepper, you eat it for a period of time, I guarantee that you can't stop it, and you won't be able to eat it for a day in the future!" ……”

Xu Xinsu became more and more surprised, and said in surprise: "Is this thing so magical?" Can it be addictive? Wouldn't that be harmful to your body? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan laughed even louder, waved his hand again and again, and said, "No!" This thing is not only harmless to the body, but also very good! In short, this chili pepper is definitely a treasure, Brother Xu, you can bring this thing to China can be regarded as a great merit, enough to leave a name in history! ……”

Speaking of this, Guo Zhiyuan's heart suddenly moved, there is no record in history of who first introduced chili peppers to China, mainly because people did not pay attention to the value of chili peppers at that time, and when people realized the benefits of chili peppers, no one remembered who first introduced chili peppers to China. Now, of course, I have to seize this opportunity and find a way to dig out the value of chili peppers and let more people accept it!

How to maximize the value of chili peppers? The best way to use chili pepper to process a seasoning suitable for all ages, Guo Zhiyuan immediately thought of "Lao Gan Ma", Tao Huabi, a rural woman who has not gone to school for a day and can only write her own name, relying on her own "Lao Gan Ma" formula, started from scratch, and in just a few years, "Lao Gan Ma" has become a large enterprise with assets of tens of billions of dollars and hundreds of millions of net taxes every year.

The American luxury e-commerce company Gilt regards Lao Gan Ma as a noble condiment, and the price of two bottles is $11.95 (about 7.74 pounds, equivalent to about 79.1 yuan) for a limited time. "Lao Gan Ma" is also called "imported luxury goods from China" by Americans.

The funniest thing is that one year, the "old godmother" was limited in production due to a fire in the factory, and was ready to reduce the amount of exports, but the Americans were anxious, because the American prisons added the old godmothers to the food given to the prisoners, and the prisoners became addicted to eating, and the prison management was worried that once the prisoners suddenly could not eat the "old godmother", they would riot, so they specially asked the "old godmother" not to reduce the export volume, which shows the charm of the "old godmother".

As soon as the idea was opened, Guo Zhiyuan thought further, now Daming and Western countries' maritime trade business, speaking of Daming is a loss, the Spaniards found a large reserve of silver in South America, they used the mined silver to buy Chinese tea, porcelain, raw silk and other things, and these things in Chinese mainland prices are relatively transparent, although maritime merchants and Westerners will increase the price when trading, but most of the profits are still earned by Westerners, while a large amount of South American silver inflow also impacted Daming's monetary and financial system, accelerated the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

If Guo Zhiyuan can make a spicy condiment similar to "Lao Gan Ma", the pricing power of this condiment that has never appeared before is naturally Guo Zhiyuan's final say, and he can sell it to Westerners as a luxury product, and control the mouths and stomachs of Westerners, Guo Zhiyuan will naturally make a lot of money. In later generations, Westerners could sell a bottle of wine for tens of thousands of yuan, and the Chinese people still flocked to it, and Guo Zhiyuan also wanted to let Westerners taste the taste of Chinese luxury goods.

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan's eyes were glowing with golden light, and he couldn't help but "laugh evilly", Xu Xinsu and the others saw Guo Zhiyuan's strange smile, they were all confused, and they didn't know what idea Guo Zhiyuan had in his head. Guo Zhiyuan didn't plan to tell them about his fortune plan for the time being, so he turned his head and smiled at Yang Tiansheng and Xu Xinsu: "I accepted the 'gift' of the two of you, but it is impossible for me to issue additional shares, and I must account for 50% of the shares of East China India Sea Trade Company, so as to ensure my absolute controlling stake!" ……”

Yang Tiansheng's face was very unsightly when he heard it, Guo Zhiyuan also accepted the gift, and refused to increase their shares, is he ready to eat and wipe clean and not admit it? But Xu Xinsu's face is as usual, he believes that he sees people, Guo Zhiyuan is by no means such a short-sighted person, if he only takes benefits but refuses to share the benefits to others, who will be willing to help Guo Zhiyuan do things?