In the evening, it rained for two winters, and the gods finally cleared, and the sky in the west was like a knife cutting a hole, and ten thousand golden rays shone in, sprinkling it on the entire divine capital, rendering the solemn Ziwei Palace a touch of gold.

The old eunuch Ma Xi ran briskly on the long palace avenue, and from a distance, he looked like an ant that fell on the weighing plate, and it seemed that the distance was out of reach, but he didn't fall for a while and walked into the corridor next to the Ming Hall, and came to the imperial study where Wu Heng was.

Without any notice, Ma Xi walked in.

Wu Heng, who was reading a book after the dragon case, glanced up, then put down the book in his hand and asked, "Why have you been there for so long?" ”

Ma Xi stretched out his hand and took out a letter from his sleeve and respectfully presented it to the dragon case, saying, "Master Xia asked the old slave to bring a letter to His Majesty, so it was delayed for some hours. ”

"Let's drink!" Wu Heng asked casually as he picked up the letter.

Ma Xi's old face flushed, and he said embarrassedly: "Drink, Xia Shi drank two glasses with Drunken Bamboo Weng when he wrote the letter." ”

"Could it be the sweet potato roast in the legend? How does it taste? ”

"This ...... Strong, clear and clean as water but the entrance is like fire, mellow fragrance, full of stamina, a cup of belly can make people's blood surge, such as the old slave will also make people have a kind of dead wood in spring"

"Oh! Is it? It's a good fortune for you to be a slave, and you can pay for Xia Shi's wine with a note. I don't have the good fortune of you, and I asked Master Xia a few times but I didn't give it. ”

"Your Majesty ......" Ma Xi raised his hand and pulled it into his sleeve again, this time he took out a white porcelain bottle, presented it to the dragon case like a treasure, and said with a smile: "This is the old slave who secretly poured it and brought it back for His Majesty to taste when Master Xia was unprepared." ”

Wu Heng was stunned for a moment, put down the letter and picked up the wine bottle and looked at it, the bottle was not big, at most it could only hold one or two wines, took the cork and smelled it, and suddenly the rich aroma of wine filled the entire imperial study.

"Ma Xi brings her child."

Ma Xi smiled, then ran to the side and turned over a teacup and offered it, Wu Heng poured these two melons into the cup to see, it was really as Ma Xi said, clear and clear as water, mellow and fragrant.

"Ma Xi, this watery sweet potato roast can really be like a fire in your mouth like you just now?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty will know it after a short taste."

Wu Heng couldn't help but take a sip of curiosity, and immediately frowned, and as his brow wrinkled, a red tide instantly turned Wu Heng into Guan Gong.

"Whew...... This wine is so strong! ”

"Does Your Majesty only feel the heat?"

Wu Heng smiled slightly, and couldn't help but move his arms: "Where is this wine, it's clearly fire!" But after releasing the abdomen, it was like the rising sun of spring and the recovery of everything, and the whole moment was full of power. ”

Ma Xi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the effect of accelerating the flow of blood, giving people a kind of inspiring blessing."

"How can there be such strong wine in this world? Why was I unheard of before? ”

"Listen to Master Xia, this thing is refined by gathering the qi of the five elements, and it is naturally not comparable to ordinary wine."

Wu Heng said with a smile: "Master Xia, when will the old man also learn these mysterious words?" ”

Ma Xi smiled: "Your Majesty, do you still remember those sweet potatoes that were given to Xia Shi back then?" ”

"Sweet potato? Sweet potato roast? Are you making this wine from those sweet potatoes that I gave to Xia Shi in the first place? ”

"Yes. However, this wine is made by Longtan Hou, and the sweet potato is now only available in the fiefdom of Longtan Hou in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

Why is that? Back then, this sweet potato was presented to me by overseas Hu Shangjin, could it be that Longtanhou has also been overseas? ”

"That's not it, but this has to start when Xia Shi told the old man to return to his hometown, when His Majesty knew that Xia Shi had a good mouth, he gave this sweet potato as a new thing to Xia Shi to satisfy his hunger, Xia Shi also felt that this was just a snack, why eat this taste is not bad, but if you eat too much, there will be no taste.

When Xia Shi passed by Shenmu Mountain in Longtan Hou, he exchanged the remaining sweet potatoes with Longtan Hou for a meal of dumplings and a roast chicken. ”

"Is it because of this sweet potato burning? But how many sweet potatoes can be brewed with just those few sweet potatoes? ”

Ma Xi said: "Sweet potatoes are only secondary, according to Xia Shi, this sweet potato is extremely drought tolerant and does not pick the ground, whether it is a high mountain or a canyon, it can live by sprinkling seeds, and the yield is also extremely high, an acre of wasteland can produce hundreds of loads." At the beginning, the seven sweet potatoes were only two years old, and now they have grown more than 500 acres on Shenmu Mountain.

Your Majesty knows that this crop that can make wine is generally eaten as a staple food, and this sweet potato is no exception......"

Wu Heng suddenly interrupted Ma Xi's words and said, "Can you eat this thing as a staple food?" Staple food with a yield of hundreds of quintals per mu? ”

"Xia Shi is indeed like this, although this thing can quench hunger, and the people will not be hungry just by eating it in a disaster year, but there is a shortcoming, that is, it is not resistant to storage. But listen to Xia Shi, this is not a problem Longtan Hou, he has a way to make sweet potatoes into something called vermicelli, just like noodles, as long as they are properly stored for three or five years after drying, they can be eaten as long as they are boiled with water. ”

"Vermicelli? Is there such a thing in Xia Shi? ”

Ma Xi shook his head: "No, I heard that Master Xia only Longtanhou can make this thing, and Longtanhou is far away in Tuguhun when the sweet potato harvest is harvested this year, so Master Xia has not been able to taste the deliciousness of vermicelli." ”

"Staple food...... Staple food, I will add a staple food with a production capacity of hundreds of quintals per mu in Da Zhou, which can be called auspicious. ”

"Not really! This was the case when Longtan Hou exchanged those sweet potatoes with Xia Shi, but Xia Shi didn't believe it back then, and he didn't think that it had only been a year, and Xia Shi and his old man even regretted their intestines. ”

Wu Heng smiled, as if he heard that Master Xia had suffered a loss, and he, as a student, gloated.

"So Longtan Hou has known the magic of this thing for a long time?"

Ma Xi said: "It should be timely." ”

"So where did he find out? Sweet potatoes have not been found in the land of my country since ancient times! Could it be that there are really people in this world who are born to know? ”

"This old slave doesn't know, but isn't Longtan waiting for this to reach the god capital? When His Majesty asks him personally, won't he understand everything? ”

Wu Heng nodded and said, "That's right, now I'm looking forward to the early arrival of that son." Alright, go down! ”

Waving his legs, Wu Heng picked up the letter on the table again and continued to read it, but suddenly stopped Ma Xi, who was just about to go out, and said: "You just passed so many words for Xia Shi, you should have received a lot of benefits from his old man!" ”

Ma Xi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed: "The old slave doesn't dare." ”

"Don't dare?" Wu Heng smiled slightly, shook the letter in his hand and said: "That junior brother of mine has now suffered such a catastrophe, but the master did not mention anything about it in the letter, so that you praised that son without a trace, openly and secretly he is a rare talent, and he has found a new staple food for my Da Zhou." That's a great achievement! Even if he makes a big disaster, as long as he has this credit, he can also fight the credit, and you haven't spoken for Xia Shi? Let's do it! What benefits did Xia Shi give you this time? Let you tout my junior brother so hard in front of me? 166 Reading Network