Liu Xiu'er got up and moved the plate of potato chips to Liu Renli.

"Big brother, this is potato chips, as for corn, I haven't seen it."

Boss Xue swallowed the meat in his mouth, then wiped his lips and said: "The corn is steamed in the pot, that thing is steamed, roasted, and soaked, no matter how you eat it, it's delicious, my lord, wait a minute, I'll go see if it's cooked?" ”

With that, Boss Xue got up and threw potato chips and tofu into the pot before leaving, and then ran away.

Liu Renli stared at the tumbling potato slices in the pot, the golden slices, which continued to rise and sink with the bubbles in the soup pot.

Boss Xue, who had gone out over there, had already returned, holding a tray in his hand with several corn cobs with skins on them.

Before it was delivered, Boss Xue quickly pulled the skin away, broke off the tail, and inserted a chopstick underneath it, and then handed it to Liu Renli and Zhang Huaiyuan.

Then he looked around and said, "Which of you still eats?" ”

Xiu'er and the others shook their heads one after another, looking at the posture and wanting to wait for other food, Liu Renli looked up and down and sniffed hard.

Not to mention that the taste has a hint of sweetness, it smells good.

opened his mouth and bit down, and in an instant Liu Renli paused, this action made Zhang Huaiyuan not know whether it was time to take a mouth.

Liu Renli then chewed quickly, constantly widening his eyes and nodding.

"It's really good, it's delicious."

Seeing that Liu Renli was still going to gnaw on the core, Boss Xue hurriedly pointed out to him where he could eat and where he couldn't.

Zhou Heng said: "There are many ways to eat this corn, in addition to what Brother Xue said just now, you can also break off the corn grains, and then grind them into powder with a stone mill, mix them with white flour and eat them, or make a nest to eat alone, although the taste is not as good as white noodles, but it is no problem to fight hunger, and you can also cook porridge, anyway, how to eat it needs to be studied by everyone." ”

While speaking, Liu Renli had already gnawed a piece of corn, put down the core in the middle, wiped his hands, and seemed to feel the fullness in his abdomen.

"Don't say it, this thing is quite anti-hunger, I ate one, and some of them feel full."

Zhou Heng looked at Liu Renli and scooped up a few potato chips for him.

"If stored properly, corn can be stored for three or four years, without rotting or deteriorating, and can continue to be planted, so it is easier to store than wheat, and one of the most excellent characteristics is that corn is not afraid of severe cold and dryness, even in the bitter cold land of northern Liaoning, it can be planted for one season."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Renli was stunned.

"If this is feasible, you will be a great achievement, you must know that the annual allocation of grain and grass in northern Liaobei is the most headache for the imperial court, and one-fifth of the grain harvest of our Daliang country will be used for northern Liaobei and disaster relief."

Zhou Heng raised his hand to stop Liu Renli's words, he didn't have to count these things, Zhou Heng was like a mirror in his heart.

But there's no point in saying that now, after all, I haven't really received a season, and no one knows what the heaviest amount is.

"Big brother, don't worry, in fact, I hope you come to plant with this consideration, I am here as a test field, you can carry out breeding and preliminary planting experiments, and get first-hand data.

You also have a basis for planting in the field, and then let Laifu bring people to help you select the experimental field, and monitor the data at any time, I think the harvest is naturally indispensable, as for whether to report, how to report, I want the eldest brother to do this. ”

Liu Renli paused, Zhou Heng was simply giving himself political achievements.

Even if you have excellent political performance in managing a state capital, it will take a few years of hard work, but if you really donate such a grain seed, wouldn't it make Tongzhou a model.

Zhou Heng looked at Liu Renli with a smile on his face, and he could sense it from Liu Renli's expression that he had already figured it out.

This matter can't be reported by him or the prince, after all, it's too ostentatious, but if Liu Renli brought it up, it would be different.

Liu Renli looked at Zhang Huaiyuan and saw that he nodded vigorously towards him, obviously hoping that he would agree to this, Liu Renli thought for a while, and then nodded.

"Okay, then after eating, we won't stay longer, the matter of the spring flood diversion canal is imminent, if you want to choose the plot of planting, you have to measure the choice as soon as possible, it will take time."

Zhou Heng nodded, "Big brother governs Tongzhou, we should help each other, or that sentence, I hope that big brother can go faster and farther, so that more people can benefit." ”

Liu Renli grabbed Zhou Heng's sleeve, he was so excited that he hurriedly picked up the wine cup.

"At the beginning of the new year, we must do our best, not only to benefit one party, but also to do our best to keep the people fed and clothed."

Zhou Heng picked up the wine cup, what Liu Renli said was not a heroic feat, but even such a simple problem is extremely difficult to achieve, after all, most of the land is in the hands of the landlords and squires, so that the people will not starve, and what can be done in front of them is to increase production.

Several girls looked at the two, Xiu'er could understand Liu Renli's thoughts, and Qingyun was even more moved, she was a person who had really suffered from hunger and cold, and knew the hardships of life, both of them held up their cups, even though it was fruit wine, they could feel their excitement.

"It's not easy for the people, Qingyun admires the words and deeds of Lord Liu and Dr. Zhou."

"The eldest brother and the second brother must have their wishes come true!"

Su Xiaoxiao stood up and hurriedly picked up the cup.

"If this is really feasible, don't forget Datong, many of the officers and soldiers there are not well fed and their bodies are thin, so it is really not advantageous to fight the Tatars in this way."

Zhou Heng looked around at a few people and laughed.

"New Year's Day, don't talk so heavily, let's drink, this matter will be done!"

......

Liu Renli left that night, and when Zhou Heng returned to the mansion, it was already dark.

Qu Ziping hurriedly followed in, and seeing that he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Zhou Hengping retreated left and right, and then looked at Qu Ziping.

"Tell me, what's going on today?"

Qu Ziping hurriedly gave a salute, "Today the boss just left, and a person who called himself Wei Siwen came, he said that it was the long history of King Xian's mansion, and he sent some gifts for King Xian, and he left after putting things down, I couldn't stop it, for fear of causing trouble to the boss, so I was always worried." ”

Zhou Heng was stunned, "King Xian? What was sent? ”

Seeing that Zhou Heng was not angry, Qu Ziping quickly got up and hugged the two boxes, laid them down side by side, and opened the boxes.

"I took a look, one box is not a precious thing, it is all kinds of gadgets, things for children to play with, and the other is full of medicinal materials, all kinds of precious medicinal materials, there is a big piece of cinnabar stone alone, and you know that it is very valuable when you look at it."

Zhou Heng got up and walked to the front of the box, and sure enough, the box was full of toys, swords carved from wood, and some puppets and empty bamboos, although they were not expensive, the workmanship was extremely high.

There are only two children in this house, Dong'er and Sheng'er, Zhou Heng has always been regarded as an eyeball, and he can send such a thing to his liking, this virtuous king's intentions can be described as deep.

It also made Zhou Heng jealous in his heart, this virtuous king looked at it and smiled, and he also maintained himself and Zhu Yunmo a lot, he had never been to this mansion, so he could feel it clearly, this meticulous mind was too terrible.

As for the other box, Zhou Heng directly picked up the first box, inside was the beaten gold leaf, each of which was spaced with oiled paper, and the size was exactly the same, this thing was expensive in the process, such a finely made gold leaf could be several times more expensive than ordinary gold.

Then I opened a box, and inside was a large wild ginseng, although it was not as carefully dressed as in the palace, and each root was fixed and packaged, but this size was known at a glance, and it was even bigger than the one taken back from the palace.

Then he opened a box, it turned out to be Dendrobium officinalis, Zhou Heng was stunned, this medicine is simply unavoidable, after all, it is not something that can be cultivated artificially in later generations, such a size, and it is concocted, it is simply priceless.

Seeing Zhou Heng look like this, Qu Ziping's face was nervous, Zhou Heng didn't stop in his hand, buckled the box, and continued to open the last two flannel boxes below.

One box was full of dried seahorses, and the other was a yellow lumpy thing, which Zhou Heng held up and sent to his nose to sniff.

"Boss, what is this?"