This tip used this to fool him, this is bullying him Fang Jifan has never seen the world.

Fang Jifan was unmoved, just laughed.

But this smile is a little infiltrating, Xiao Fei suddenly felt the pressure, he knew in his heart, these 'treasures' did not interest this Fang Baihu, this person is young, but he is a person who has seen the world, so Xiao Fei didn't dare to slack off, he smiled again: "It is said that Fang Baihu is not in good health, and the villain also brought the 10,000-year-old ginseng produced in our country......

After that, he solemnly took out a silk cloth package from his bosom, and he looked cautious, as if he was treating a treasure, and gently opened the package, while saying: "This ginseng has a very strong effect, and it has grown for 10,000 years, which is not trivial, and the villain used three hundred taels of gold to buy it, and asked the hundred households to look at it." ”

This tip didn't know that every time he said that he had brought 10,000-year-old ginseng from the Western Regions, Fang Jifan felt that his IQ was lifted by him and thrown on the ground, and then he kept stepping on 110,000 feet.

But...... Fang Jifan was also curious, what is this so-called 10,000-year-old ginseng.

When the layers of silk cloth were revealed, a gray thing was revealed, Fang Jifan couldn't help but stare curiously, looking at this large inconspicuous thing, but he was stunned.

Tip squinted and carefully observed Fang Jifan's face.

Fang Jifan squinted, looking at this 'ginseng' with a dark red color, this ...... Where is ginseng, this is a scam!

Fang Jifan understood the routine of this tip, it was nothing more than taking what Daming did not have, using glass to pass off as pearls and night pearls, and the so-called ginseng...... It turned out to be a sweet potato.

But Fang Jifan gasped.

Hold the grass ...... How could it be a sweet potato!

This guy actually used sweet potatoes as ginseng, and wanted to deceive himself!

But the question is, shouldn't sweet potatoes be in the Americas at this time? Such crops should not have been circulated during the Hongzhi period.

So, how could it appear in the hands of a fanshang, could it be...... Now that the Europeans have discovered America, they have brought back certain crops, and they have been bought by this great food merchant?

This...... It's not impossible.

Fang Jifan closed his eyes and tried to recall in his mind that it was now the twelfth year of Hongzhi, that is, seven or eight years ago, Columbus had already traveled to the Americas, arrived in San Salvador in Central America for the first time, and then returned to Europe, so ...... Could this sweet potato be brought back from San Salvador seven or eight years ago?

They brought the sweet potato back to Europe, obviously not realizing the value of this thing, more often, just as proof that they came from the New World, maybe they would grow sweet potatoes, but obviously, the current Europe must not have regarded it as a staple food, and even Fang Jifan felt that maybe this was just a foil to show the glory of the Great Voyage, and its role was only for ornamentation.

This tip, apparently by the Ottomans, an empire spanning three continents that blocked the Silk Road, would also have frequent contact with Europeans, especially the Venetians, so it is not surprising that the tip brought it to the Ming Dynasty.

His purpose is nothing more than to think that there is no such thing in the Ming Dynasty, and just that, although this sweet potato is dark red, the shape is similar to the ginseng admired by the Han people.

Xiao Fei squinted his eyes and stared at Fang Jifan, he saw that Fang Jifan's face was obviously strange, and he only thought that Fang Jifan really thought that this was a 10,000-year-old ginseng from the Western Regions, so he said with his eyebrows fluttering: "This product is produced on the Ottoman holy mountain, it is rare to see in a hundred years, it is taken from the cliff, and it has grown for 10,000 years, and our people there call it King Sam......"

"Ah......" Fang Jifan stared at the sweet potato intently, and said: "It turns out that your country also has ginseng, admire, admire." ”

Tip smiled, anyway, the Ming people obviously don't understand this thing, to be honest, in fact, he doesn't know much about this thing, he received it from a Venetian merchant, I thought it was rare, I had never seen it before, and it was a little bit similar to the ginseng of the Ming Dynasty, this is not just taking this opportunity to find someone to take over?

Anyway, no one knows this thing, of course they let themselves fool around!

Xiao Fei said: "This is nature, there is Korean ginseng in Goryeo, and in the land of the Western Regions, why is there no ginseng?" Lord Baihu, in our place, only the royal family can enjoy this thing, and its effect is not comparable to ordinary ginseng, and it is even more spiritual than the elixir. ”

Fang Jifan felt that his heart was about to jump to his throat.

He didn't want to pay attention to this big fool, his only thought now was that this thing was really more powerful than the elixir of immortality, the elixir could indeed prolong a person's life, but with this sweet potato, it could make millions of people live.

Under the current conditions, ordinary rice, a year, is only two stone of rice, but on average, four hundred catties, the yield of wheat in the north is poor, according to the "Hejian Chronicles" record: "A husband ploughs thirty or fifty acres, and one stone of wheat is harvested per mu." That is to say, a young and strong man can get more than 200 catties of wheat by cultivating one acre of land, so if a family wants to maintain food and clothing, if it does not cultivate thirty or fifty acres of land, it will be difficult for a few people in this family to be hungry.

The rice yield in the south is higher, but the high is limited, but it is only four or five hundred catties, and a family does not have ten acres of paddy fields, and it is impossible to survive if it wants to.

Such a ridiculously low yield, and with the advent of the Xiaoice period, how can it feed tens of millions of people in Daming, so displaced people began to appear, as more and more displaced people, under internal and external troubles, this huge empire will eventually collapse.

And now...... There are sweet potatoes.

Fang Jifan also thought that in his lifetime, he might be able to exhaust his life's efforts to organize a fleet to arrive in the Americas to bring this treasure back, but he never imagined that he had such luck that this Hu Shang actually brought it to him.

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

The power of sweet potato is that it is not only nutritious, can be used as a staple food, the most important thing is that the yield per mu can reach 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms, what is this concept, converted into the unit of measurement of the Ming Dynasty, this is 20 to 30 stones, its yield is ten times that of rice in the south, and 20 times that of wheat in the north.

This is an artifact, the original ten acres of land and twenty acres of land can feed a family, but now only one acre of land, two acres of land can be, naturally, the current varieties are certainly far inferior to the excellent varieties of later generations, but as long as the yield can be increased by three or five times compared with the current rice and wheat, it is enough to shock the world and solve the most fatal problem of the Ming Dynasty.

Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, the status of scholars is superior, this is understandable, but the agriculture is ranked after the industry and commerce, but it is also understandable, by no means the ancients really despised the industry and commerce, this is just according to countless times of social practice, the bloody lesson, when people can not even eat enough, to respect the so-called industry and commerce, itself is the performance of being full of support, if a dynasty, based on industry and commerce, will absorb a large number of people into the industry and commerce, but lead to barren farmland, starvation everywhere, such a dynasty, even 30 years can not survive.

Can ...... now This artifact has appeared!

Fang Jifan tried his best to calm his mood, to behave quietly, after all, this is just a sweet potato, whether it can sprout, whether it can be cultivated, and whether it can take root here in the end, but it is still early.

Taking a deep breath, Fang Jifan glanced at this Hu Shang before he said, "This is a 10,000-year-old ginseng?" Why does this official feel that you are lying to me? ”

Tip heart suddenly froze, in fact, what is this, he doesn't understand, only know that the Venetian merchants planted in the courtyard, said that it is a rare thing from thousands of miles away, it was originally dedicated to the king of Spain, and then the king rewarded some of his own subordinates, some people think it is rare, so it is cultivated as an ornamental object, the tip didn't care at first, but the roots of this thing, it looks like the ginseng respected by the Han people, so before coming to the Ming Dynasty, he brought a lot, and carefully sealed it with a brocade box, The top is also covered with oriental satin, and they are placed together with the 'night pearl' and ivory to create a luxurious atmosphere.

This comes from the Ottoman merchants' unique spirit of flickering, exquisite!

Fang Jifan couldn't help but feel excited, exhaled, and asked, "Only this one?" ”

In fact, the tip brings hundreds, flickering, anyway, it's not too much, the so-called longevity thing, as long as you can't eat the dead, you can't verify it on the spot. It's just that along the way, most of the sweet potatoes either sprouted halfway, and I was afraid that they couldn't be pretended, so they were all thrown into the sea, or they were moldy, and there was only one left.

In fact, even if he still has it, he must have bitten to death only such one, ten thousand years old ginseng, he is not two, can't he bring a bucket?

So he nodded firmly and said, "This thing is rare to see in a hundred years, only this one." ”

"Young Master Ben wants it, do you want to do something? That's easy to say!" Fang Jifan is very real, this gift is more valuable than ten thousand taels of gold and a room of ten thousand years of ginseng, based on this alone, don't let Fang Jifan go to favoritism, even if Fang Jifan set Zhu Houzhao's Zhan Mansion on fire, he would be happy.

"Deng Jian......" Fang Jifan called.

Hearing Fang Jifan's voice, Deng Jian hurriedly rushed in from outside: "The villain is here." ”

Fang Jifan said: "Lead him to find Steward Yang, and ask Steward Yang to repair a book for my father and do something." But ......" Fang Jifan looked at the tip sheepishly: "As for whether the thing can be done, it's hard to say, you know, my father ...... But the most decent people. ”