The autumn test was imminent, and a light snow suddenly fell in Chang'an.

It's cold, the snow doesn't mean to melt completely, and although the ground is hard, it's not difficult to walk.

Chen Mo and the others walked around, and in a piece of the suburbs, they vaguely saw a few leaves, and their hearts moved, and said, "The sweet potatoes in these open spaces have sprouted?" ”

I haven't seen it at all, I don't know, but Pang Xie saw it when he followed Chen Mo at the border before, so he said: "Back to the master, this is a big sweet potato, it's sweet, and it can fill your stomach."

Chen Mo nodded, hahaha, if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't change history, I really wanted to promote it nationwide.

Pang Xie finds an opportunity to pass it on, but you can't let others write it into history, you have to find a way.

After all, this sweet potato was planted by Chen Mo and them, and it was always taken care of by the monster's subordinates.

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A few people wandered along the way

Just as he was about to leave, Chen Mo's stomach suddenly growled, his expression stiffened slightly, and then he remembered that he had drunk some porridge in the morning and had not eaten anything at all.

Pang Xiechun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "My lord, there is a little heart in the car......"

Chen Mo waved his hand without waiting for him to finish speaking, and said, "Go ahead and take a look." ”

Chen Mo had already seen that there was a group of people not far in front of him, as if they were eating.

Often, Pang Xie and others hurriedly followed.

When Chen Mo came closer, it was indeed a group of people, who seemed to be a family, five or six people gathered around to eat.

From a distance, the group of people looked at Chen Mo and the others, and as soon as they approached, the older one was about fifty years old, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, his face was full of wrinkles, and he raised his hand to Chen Mo and smiled: "This son, but he is also lost?" ”

Chen Mo glanced at it, eating some porridge and rice, a few steamed buns, and the dishes were all home-cooked, raised his hand and said with a smile: "My husband is smiling, I originally wanted to go out of the city to have a fun and see the scenery, and I didn't want to go bad." ”

The old man's family also stood up, and the young man who looked to be in his early twenties smiled and said, "Where is Childe going, I am still familiar with this area." ”

Chen Mo was just a casual excuse, he was not familiar with this area, and he couldn't think of a name for a while, so he said with a whim: "I heard that there is a barracks around here, we want to go and see it." ”

The old man's family suddenly changed their faces slightly, and they looked at Chen Mo's group seriously, as if they suspected that they were "bad people", and then seemed to think that they were not, so the old man said with a slightly solemn expression: "Childe, if you are just curious, I advise you not to go, it is an important place in the imperial court, if you break indiscriminately, it will cause big trouble." ”

This was an excuse, Chen Mo laughed and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, we just say casually, we don't have to really go." As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach rumbled twice.

The old man saw that Chen Mo was quite polite, and he didn't look like a "fine work", and then listened to his stomach scream, and said with a smile: "That's good, if the son doesn't dislike it, let's use a little together." ”

Chen Mo was polite and said, "Then thank you grandfather." ”

The young man could see Chen Mo's carriage from a distance, and then looked at the clothes of a group of them, knowing that they were either rich or expensive, and after sitting down, he asked directly, "Childe...... You're a big family in the capital, right? Do you know how the imperial court collects taxes this year? How much does it cost? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man snorted coldly and said, "Eat!" ”

The other women all glanced at Chen Mo and the others quite carefully, eating quickly without saying a word.

Chen Mo sat cross-legged, sat on a stone, looked around, smiled, and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, if you want to talk about the purchase price and taxes, I really know a little bit." ”

The young man's eyes lit up and he said, "Do you really know? ”

Even the old man who had scolded the young man before looked at Chen Mo with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Chen Mo reached out and grabbed a steamed bun, tore it open, put a few vegetables in it, and said with a smile: "I heard that this year's price is half a percent higher than last year's price, and one percent higher than the market price."

However, it is tentative, and it is still early for next year's summer harvest. ”

As he spoke, he took a big bite of the steamed bun, and he didn't know if he was tired of eating delicate dishes or really hungry.

Listening to Chen Mo's words, the young man was extremely excited, looked at the old man and said, "Dad, if this is the case, the eldest brother's bride price will have ......."

The old man took a sip of soup, nodded slightly when he heard the words, looked at Chen Mo and said, "What the son said is reasonable, and I will not know until next year." Now the disaster situation is serious across the country, and food prices are rising everywhere. ”

Chen Mo felt that this old man was a little insightful, and asked indifferently while eating, "Uncle, are you all like this here?" Half sweet potatoes, half wheat or rice? ”

It may be that Chen Mo's words just now gave the old man trust, and just as he was about to speak, his son, the young man smiled and said: "No, this sweet potato is a good thing, half an acre is comparable to nearly two acres of rice, it can be eaten raw and cooked, stir-fried vegetables can be made into steamed buns, and the price charged by the imperial court is the same as others, I plan to plant sweet potatoes next year, but my father just won't let ......."

The old man frowned and did not speak.

Chen Mo knew the old man's thoughts, nothing more than to seek a safe place, Chen Mo also felt that sweet potatoes could not be used as a staple food, and said with a smile: "I agree with the old man, be safe, if the imperial court suddenly stops accepting sweet potatoes one day, it will be a big loss." ”

The young man was stunned and speechless.

The old man looked at Chen Mo and said with a smile: "It's still a well-informed son, that's exactly the truth." ”

The steamed buns are relatively big now, but after all, there are few dishes, Chen Mo is a little dry after eating a few bites, and he is not used to drinking soup with others in a bowl, so he had to look at the old man with the steamed buns, and asked casually: "Uncle, how much harvest can you have this year, can you still eat?" ”

The old man leaned against the tree, first surprised, and then said, "The son is from a rich family, and it is normal that he doesn't know about us. ”

He paused, looked at the land not far away, and said with some pride: "Our family has twenty-two acres of land, one of which is enough to pay taxes, and the rest is our own, we don't have to worry about eating and drinking for a year, and we can have a lot of surplus." However, if this was placed five years ago, that is, the Apocalypse, or during the Wanli period, it would not be good, not to mention all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but also the powerful bullies, at least more than half of them went to others, and there were all kinds of contacts, and after a year, it would be good to barely be able to eat enough. ”

Liu Shimin, who was not far behind Chen Mo, nodded slightly when he listened, this is the direct result of political clarity. However, this is near the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, under the noses of various yamen, if it is far away, I am afraid it will be difficult to say.

Chen Mo knew in his heart that the next thing he was going to rectify was the relatively low-level officials, so he clapped his hands when he heard the words, and took out a silver ticket of Huitong Commercial Bank from his arms, five coins of silver, and just as he was about to speak, there was a burst of smug laughter from behind the tree.

"Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, have you eaten?"

The voice fell, and a big fat man dressed in brocade and satin, wrapped tightly, trotted over with a smile on his face.

The old man, who was Uncle Wang in the fat man's mouth, frowned when he heard the voice, and his face was full of displeasure.

The young man and several women were the same, but they could not speak.

Chen Mo was quite curious and looked up.

The fat man didn't expect that there were outsiders, he glanced at Chen Mo and a few people, didn't care, looked directly at the old man surnamed Wang, and said respectfully and complainingly: "Uncle Wang, you said, you don't suffer a loss in this matter, as long as you sell me sweet potatoes and wheat, I will give me more than the court, why are you not satisfied?" ”

The old man reached out and picked up a steamed bun, dipped it in the vegetable soup, and said in a cold tone: "We are all law-abiding ordinary people, not as good as you are the big shopkeeper, I just want to live in peace, Wang San, you better find someone else." ”

This Wang San's eyes rolled, and he smiled more and more: "Uncle Wang, you can just slap me in the face, you say, you are my third uncle and I don't sell me, how dare others sell me?" ”

The old man surnamed Wang glanced at Chen Mo, perhaps thinking of the identity he had just reported, and said with a more and more cold expression: "I know, if you buy our grain and then transport it to other places, the price of grain collected by the imperial court will be much higher, you are deceiving the imperial court's silver, I won't follow you!" ”

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, glanced at the old man, and then turned to Wang San.

Wang San didn't expect that his third uncle would break it in front of outsiders, his expression was fearless, he straightened his chest, and said with a fearless look: "Uncle Wang, since you said so, I won't hide it from you, I don't know how many people like me do, anyway, they are making money." You sell it to me and don't suffer a loss, I do everything else, and the government can't find you if you want to investigate, what are you afraid of, or do you have a grudge against silver, I'm your own nephew! ”