"This is...... Seed? Li Zhang picked up a sealed glass test tube from the suitcase, and looked at the seeds inside and couldn't help but show a puzzled expression, because he didn't expect that such a sturdy suitcase would store seeds from a test tube.

Li Zhang took the test tube under the lamp and carefully observed it, and found that the seeds inside were not big, round and flat, which looked very similar to the seeds of tomatoes, but seemed to be a little different.

"Huh, and the papers?" Just when Li Zhang was about to put this tube of seeds back, he suddenly found that there were still several documents in the bag on the lid of the box, which made him immediately pull out and look at it, but when he saw the text on it, he couldn't help but curse secretly, because this document is not Chinese or English, but French.

"you, you French!" Looking at the French on the document, Li Zhang couldn't help but scold angrily, to be honest, Li Zhang really hates the French, because the African country he went to in his previous life was a colony of the French before, although he became independent later, but the French still have great influence in various industries, Li Zhang wants to do business there, which is equivalent to snatching food from the mouths of the French, so there are many conflicts with the French, and both sides are fighting openly and secretly.

However, after scolding, Li Zhang still patiently lowered his head and looked at these French documents, his English is quite good, there is no problem in reading, writing and speaking, and he has also learned a little French, not that he wants to learn, but the first language of the African country he stayed in is French, don't look at the French in World War II so bad, but they were the largest colonists in Africa before World War II, and even Britain could not compare to them, so many African countries set French as the first language.

Li Zhang's French obviously can't be compared with English, mainly because he hasn't studied it deliberately, but he usually goes out to eat, buy things and the like, many of them are French logos, and those are very servile, even if the French exploited them so badly before, but they are still proud of speaking French, even if you only speak two words of French, they will look down on you, so although Li Zhang's French is bad, at least he can speak a few words.

However, Li Zhang could not understand much of this French document, probably less than a third, and some places were still confused, and finally let him find an introduction to the seeds, but when he saw this, his face showed an expression of disbelief.

"Potato seeds? Aren't the seeds of potatoes just small potatoes? Li Zhang whispered with a puzzled face at this time, because this document clearly stated that the test tube was potatoes, that is, potato seeds, but in Li Zhang's impression, potatoes are generally planted directly in the ground, or after the potatoes germinate, just cut off these germs and plant them in the ground, I have never heard that potatoes can grow seeds, and they are so small?

"Is this really a potato seed?" At this time, Li Zhang picked up the test tube again and shook it, and said to himself.

In fact, this is not to blame Li Zhang, most people in later generations may not know that potatoes will also produce seeds, and potatoes are Solanaceae plants, and the seeds are similar to tomato seeds, but potatoes are generally propagated asexually, that is, the potatoes that are usually eaten are planted after germination, which can perfectly ensure the characteristics of potatoes and will not mutate.

As for potato seeds, they can also be used for planting, but potato seeds are prone to mutation, such as a potato with a high yield, if it is planted with the seeds it bears, the next generation of potatoes may become very low-yielding, of course, there may be other variations, so potato seeds are generally used by some seed companies or research institutes to cultivate new varieties of potatoes, and ordinary people generally rarely come into contact with potato seeds.

Of course, Li Zhang didn't know the above, so he continued to look at the document with doubts, although he couldn't understand many professional terms, but in the end he guessed the general meaning, it turned out that this tube of seeds was a new variety researched by a seed company named Nord, and it was going to be sent to a subsidiary of this company, and I didn't know whether to try it or continue to research?

"It's really potato seeds, now Lao Tzu is going to be developed!" Li Zhang suddenly screamed at this time, and then hugged this test tube and kissed it non-stop, if this is really the seed of potatoes, then does it mean that he can grow potatoes in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, you must know that this is an extremely high-yield food, if it can be promoted in the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that there will be no need to worry about famine in the future.

"Potatoes, potatoes, is there anything else?" At this time, Li Zhang suddenly thought of another question, and excitedly rummaged through the suitcase again, but unfortunately, there was nothing else in the suitcase except for the seeds in the test tube and a few documents.

In the end, Li Zhang almost poured out all the contents of the box, but still did not find any other seeds, which made him can't help but show a disappointed expression, but then he cheered up, it was quite good to have potato seeds, and he couldn't be too greedy.

That night, Li Zhang was lying on the bed holding potato seeds, but he was thinking about what to do with these seeds, these seeds are not many, they are not enough to promote, and according to the documents, these seeds are newly researched new varieties, as for the characteristics of this variety, although there is an introduction above, but Li Zhang's French is too bad, he can only see some introduction to disease resistance and the like, and he can't understand the rest.

"Don't make it public for the time being, try to plant it at home first, if the yield is good, you can also give it to Liu E or Zhao Zhen, maybe you can make a great contribution to it!" Li Zhang finally made a decision, now he is still skeptical about this potato seed, and there is no guarantee of yield, so the safest thing to do is to try it yourself, and it is not too late to report it when there is a yield.

Just do it when you think of it, the next morning before dawn, Li Zhang jumped up from the bed, the yard where he lived was relatively large, and there were still a lot of flowers and plants around the yard, just because no one took care of them before, they all grew crazy, and now they have also been pulled out, Xiuxiu originally wanted to replant, but before he could plant it, it just happened to be used to plant potatoes now.

At the moment, Li Zhang found a flower hoe and turned over the ground, although the tools were not in hand, but Li Zhang originally needed a small area, and there were not many potato seeds, Li Zhang was worried that the first planting would not be successful, so the first time only half of the planting, the rest was still hidden, if the first time was not successful, he still had a second chance.

After more than 20 seeds were planted, Li Zhang personally brought water to water them, and then informed the whole family that he had planted things in the yard, and no one could enter his yard without his own permission in the future, let alone touch the things planted in the yard.

Today Li Zhang is going to Zishantang, and he also brought some gifts to Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan by the way, after all, he almost scavenged the things on the plane, and he also sorted out all the useful things, and Tanuki and Xiuxiu got a lot of gifts, so it is also appropriate to take out some and give them to Miaoyuan and Zhao Zhen's brothers and sisters.

The carriage in the palace came to pick up Li Zhang on time, and when he came to Zishantang with his things, he found that Zhao Zhen was sitting there a little depressed, and he only smiled reluctantly when he saw Li Zhang come in, as if he had something on his mind.

"What's wrong, Miao Yuan is sick again?" Li Zhang sat down at the table next to Zhao Zhen and asked.

"No, after Miao Yuan's illness was cured by you, my body has improved much during this time, and the two of us played badminton yesterday, and I was worried about other things." Zhao Zhen said with his chin in his hand and frowning at this time.

"What's the trouble, tell me about it?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard this.

"Don't mention, at the beginning of spring this year, Huainan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were starved because of the high price of food, resulting in the people not being able to buy food, and finally the eldest lady ordered the local government to open a regular closing position to reduce the price of grain, but before taking a breath, a few days ago Hezhong Mansion and Henan Mansion encountered a drought, and often closed the warehouse and had to put grain, but I heard that the food in these two provinces is insufficient, and it needs to be mobilized from other places, so the eldest lady is also heartbroken, and she has not had a good rest for several days." Zhao Zhen spoke again.

In the harvest years, in order to prevent the grain from hurting the people, Changping will buy grain at a certain price, and in the famine years, Changping will sell the grain to the hungry people at a low price, so as to regulate the price of local grain.

"It turns out that you are worried about state affairs, but is the Great Song Dynasty very short of food?" Li Zhang asked with a very interested expression at this time, because he had just found potato seeds yesterday.

"Of course it is missing, as long as there is turmoil in all dynasties, almost all of them are related to food, after all, the people can't even eat their stomachs, and chaos will naturally occur, which is also the reason why all generations of dynasties take the people as the foundation of the country, as long as there is food in their hands, the people will not rebel, and the rule of the court will be stable." Zhao Zhen said very seriously at this time, he has been educated by the crown prince since he was a child, and he couldn't be clearer about these things.

Li Zhang nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, and at this time Zhao Zhen popularized the food problem faced by the Great Song Dynasty to Li Zhang, and then Li Zhang found that the main grain-producing areas are still concentrated in the north, although the south is developing well, but the potential has not been fully stimulated, which is also one of the main reasons for the shortage of food in the Great Song Dynasty.

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