The sweet aroma of the roasted sweet potatoes began to emanate continuously, making everyone present salivate, and the smell of it made it feel delicious.

Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan were already eager to try, leaning close to Mao Wenlong's side, watching him fiddle with the ripe sweet potatoes intently.

Although the food outside is very tight, the vast majority of the people usually do not even have enough to eat. But in this Mao Mansion, there must be no reason to be hungry.

Everyone doesn't talk about the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day, but at least the coarse tea and light rice can still be fed. Even if it is meat, Mao Wenlong has never deliberately saved, and everyone in the house has a share when he has to eat.

The people who have no problem with food and clothing are hungry in the face of a sweet potato that was fed to pigs in later generations.

Mao Wenlong quickly halved a whole sweet potato and divided it between Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan. And told that as long as the burnt skin is removed, then it can be eaten directly.

Chen Lan had been waiting for Mao Wenlong's words for a long time, and as soon as he took the red-fleshed sweet potato, he immediately took a bite. The sweet potatoes that have just been taken out of the red fire are absolutely hot.

Chen Lan took a bite anxiously, and was suddenly so hot that he screamed. But she didn't want to spit out the sweet potato, and still held it in her mouth.

Mao Wenlong rolled his eyes, but fortunately, Chen Lan was just accidentally burned, and his body was fine.

Hong Ziyan is not as big-eyed as Chen Lan, although she is also curious about the taste of sweet potatoes, but she still slowly peels the skin and tastes it again.

Sweet potatoes roasted over charcoal fire have a stronger aroma, and sweet and fragrant sweet potatoes are indeed delicious.

After Hong Ziyan tasted it for the first time, she couldn't stop anymore, and the two quickly finished eating the sweet potatoes given by Mao Wenlong.

At this moment, Mao Wenlong had already pounded out all the sweet potatoes buried in the charcoal fire, and for a while, the entire backyard was filled with a strong aroma of sweet potatoes.

Chen Jisheng, who had just come back to the house, smelled the fragrance from afar, and followed the fragrance all the way to the backyard, seeing that it was Mao Wenlong who didn't know what he was doing?

This guy immediately stepped forward with a smile, squatted beside Mao Wenlong, and said flatteringly: "Lord Chief Soldier, what is this, it smells so good!" ”

Mao Wenlongtou didn't reply, and replied lightly: "Sweet potato." ”

Sweet potato, Chen Jisheng recognized, he fled from the Dongjiang River here before, and he carried it in the middle and guarded Mao Wenlong's big backpack. He had seen everything inside.

However, the sweet potatoes he knows don't seem to be like what he sees, and the skin of these sweet potatoes in front of him has been burned, and this aroma shouldn't be something that sweet potatoes can emit?

With a stomach full of questions, Chen Jisheng looked at it patiently. He had seen this sweet potato, but he had never eaten it.

There were more than a dozen roasted sweet potatoes, and there were only five people in front of them, and there were still two left. Mao Wenlong first gave Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan one, then gave Chen Jisheng one, and finally gave one to the cook who had been busy for a long time.

The rest he picked up one and tasted it himself, and in the end the rest did not move again.

After breaking open the sweet potato and tasting it, Mao Wenlong found that the sweet potato was indeed sweet and delicious, and it was just ripe, not too old and not too tender.

Chen Jisheng's share of the sweet potatoes was swallowed in his stomach in two bites. Tasting the deliciousness of sweet potatoes, this guy couldn't stop it, and he drooled at the remaining sweet potatoes beside Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong glanced at him, and suddenly said, "Jisheng! What do you think of this sweet potato? ”

"It's delicious, it's delicious, I didn't expect this humble thing to be so delicious." Chen Jisheng did not hesitate to praise him.

"Then what do you think of this thing as military rations in the future? Will the soldiers dislike it? Mao Wenlong knew that this thing would be the most important food in the army in the future, and if the soldiers didn't like it, it would be difficult.

Originally, he only cared about the remaining sweet potatoes, but after Mao Wenlong's words came out, Chen Jisheng was stunned for a long time, and pointed to the sweet potatoes incredibly: "Wouldn't it be too extravagant to use this thing as military food!" ”

is so delicious, Mao Wenlong actually wants to use it as military food, which seems like a fantasy in Chen Jisheng's eyes. What army is so delicious today?

"Luxury?"

Mao Wenlong frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Now we have planted all the fields that have been reclaimed with sweet potatoes. As long as there is no accident next year, tens of thousands of catties of sweet potatoes will be produced, and there will be so many things that everyone can't eat them. ”

"The chief soldier misunderstood, I said that this sweet potato is a luxury as military food because this thing is so delicious. If we take this thing out and exchange it for other food, won't we be able to get more food? Chen Jisheng saw that Mao Wenlong had misunderstood what he meant, and quickly explained.

Mao Wenlong threw Chen Jisheng a sweet potato again, and then shook his head and said: "For the time being, this sweet potato can't flow outside, it's not difficult to cultivate this thing." If someone else gets it, especially the imperial court, once the imperial court gets this thing and starts to plant it on a large scale, our advantage will be lost. ”

Chen Jisheng was slightly stunned, and then began to think carefully about Mao Wenlong's words, and finally felt that he was indeed reasonable. If there is chaos today, and the people are struggling to make a living, most of the reason is because of the lack of food.

The other half of the reason is the attack of the Tartars, originally the imperial court was only facing the attack of the Tartars, and it will definitely not decline to such a state. There will be people in Shaanxi and Henan who will continue to rise up to rebel, which is nothing more than natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the people will not be able to eat and wear, and they will not be able to live before they rise up to rebel.

If the imperial court had enough food to appease the people, it would definitely be able to quell the war as quickly as possible, and then concentrate on dealing with the attack of the Tartars.

As a result, Mao Wenlong's advantages are destroyed, and he will have to face the imperial court in the future. Without the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, it is almost impossible to rise under the nose of the imperial court.

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Chen Jisheng immediately shut up and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

"What the chief soldier said is very true, Jisheng has been taught. However, if the soldiers in the army want to maintain their combat strength, it is not enough to have this food, they must also have meat. This thing can only keep people alive, but it can't guarantee the physical strength of the soldiers. ”

Chen Jisheng's worries at this moment are not unreasonable, the soldiers in the army need to rely on meat to ensure their physical strength, if there is no meat, they will be no different from those homeless people with vegetables on their faces for a long time.

In the face of Chen Jisheng's worries, Mao Wenlong didn't care, he just heard him laugh and said: "This sweet potato is not only for people to eat, but also to feed some livestock, the most important thing is that you can use excess sweet potatoes to feed pigs!" ”