Hong Chengchou was still unhappy, but it was not suitable to talk about these children's love on such an occasion, so he could only endure it for the time being, and talk to Mao Wenlong about it afterwards.

The rest of the people are all Hong Chengchou's old subordinates, and they can be regarded as confidants. When Hong Chengchou served as the governor of the three sides, he was dismissed from his official position by the imperial court before he could promote them.

This time he went to save Li Jie, and he also pulled these people over by the way. Although these people are not famous generals, they are all powerful, and they can also be regarded as the backbone of the army.

These five people are Fan Kaiming, Ju Yingzhuo, Wei Wenxing, Feng Gaojun, and Ji Wenshan. After Hong Chengchou introduced them in turn, the five of them saluted Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong didn't play tricks this time, returned the salute seriously, and then politely invited everyone to eat quickly.

Hong Chengchou learned that the imperial court had sent troops from Henan, Shanxi and other places to encircle and suppress the rebel army in Shaanxi, he was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he set off from Xianyang City last night and arrived in Yexian County in the early hours of the morning.

This will be everyone's already hungry, no one is polite, pick up the rice bowl and eat it. Like a storm and clouds, after a while, a table full of food was empty.

The six people, including Hong Chengchou, gasped with satisfaction one by one, touching their slightly bulging bellies.

The meal prepared by Mao Wenlong was indeed sumptuous, and everyone here had not eaten a good meal like this for a long time. In Hancheng, even if they are a backbone general, it is difficult to eat such a good meal.

Every time the imperial court allocated grain and grass, it was always gone in the blink of an eye, especially after Mao Wenlong robbed the grain and grass, the officers and soldiers of Hancheng had not eaten a full meal for more than half a year.

The natural disasters in Shaanxi are getting more and more serious, and the people have no intention of farming, and there is almost no output of grain. Coupled with the natural disasters for many years**, it has already been starving everywhere.

Just relying on the little grain and grass that the imperial court allocated every time, let alone providing relief to the victims, even the imperial court's own soldiers and horses could not be supported.

Hong Chengchou leaned comfortably on the chair and said with a smile: "You kid is too loser, it's a pity how many soldiers' rations you have to eat for this meal." ”

Hearing Hong Chengchou's mention, the faces of the few people who came with him suddenly changed slightly, and then they remembered that it seemed a little inappropriate for them to eat and drink just now.

Mao Wenlong didn't know Hong Chengchou's original intention, he thought it was just a joke, and then he said indifferently: "It's just a meal, why bother talking so seriously." That's how we usually eat! ”

This meal is commonplace, and it is not at all homely at this time. Not to mention fish and meat, there are also a few kinds of vegetables, and they all add a lot of oil and water.

Nowadays, how many people in this world have not been able to smell meat for a year, but Mao Wenlong in front of him is completely inappropriate. In Hong Chengchou's view, even if the current grain and grass in Ye County is not very tight, it can't be wasted like this.

Immediately, Hong Chengchou sank his face and said with a serious lesson: "It's not that I want to talk about you, but you have to understand that having grain and grass now means that you have endless soldiers and horses." You may not have seen it in Shaanxi, you can see people everywhere who can give their lives to you with a full meal, you say that this food is not important! ”

Li Jie also interjected at this time: "Big brother doesn't know, a meal for a life, that was the market half a year ago, and now you can find a young man with a big steamed bun." It is precisely because of this that those rogues are getting more and more powerful, and they can't be killed. And this situation is also the result of the insufficient supply of grain and grass in the imperial court. ”

Speaking of these, both of them sighed, in short, there is only one biggest reason for the chaos in Shaanxi, and that is the lack of food. If there was enough food to feed the victims, where would such chaos happen today?

Mao Wenlong's eyes lit up when he heard this, his hand touched his chin, and he muttered to himself: "A big steamed bun can be exchanged for a young life, there is such a good thing." ”

"Why, you don't believe it!" Hong Chengchou saw Mao Wenlong's suspicious look, and suddenly felt a little unhappy.

"It's really hard to believe, after all, he can't eat enough steamed buns!" Mao Wenlong didn't hide his thoughts, and directly expressed his doubts.

After Hong Chengchou sneered, he explained: "You are lonely and unheard of, you must know that once a person is hungry to the extreme, even people dare to eat it, let alone a steamed bun that can live, so you really don't believe it." ”

"That's right! General soldiers, those who are hungry when they are hungry to the extreme, can really do anything. The others nodded in agreement.

Mao Wenlong listened to this explanation, and although he began to believe it a little, he still couldn't imagine that kind of scene. But it doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that he can try to figure out the real and fake.

"Well, let's talk without evidence, but with facts. I can give you 10,000 sweet potatoes, and you can bring me 5,000 young potatoes. Mao Wenlong smiled and shook out his hole cards.

said 10,000 and 1,000, he just wants people, and the food is currently very sufficient for Ye County, and it is not a problem at all.

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "What is a sweet potato?" ”

Mao Wenlong then remembered that they had not seen what sweet potatoes were, and smiled awkwardly, and he immediately ordered the cook to bring a few boiled sweet potatoes.

After a while, the cook came over with a basket, looked at the sweet potatoes on the table in front of them, smelled the sweet smell they emanated, and several people had the urge to take a bite and taste it.

Mao Wenlong didn't speak, he directly broke a few sweet potatoes, put one in front of each person, and then motioned for them all to taste it.

Without any hesitation, several people, including Hong Chengchou, were curious, picked up the sweet potato and ate it.

The mouth is sweet, and the soft meat almost melts in the mouth, which is very delicious.

If you hadn't eaten too much just now, this thing would have been delicious.

"This is a sweet potato?" Hong Chengchou asked in surprise.

"Not bad!"

Mao Wenlong nodded and continued: "This thing is a sweet potato, something I got from a pirate ship when I was in Dongjiang Town. Now it is also the main food for the people of our entire Ye County, and we have a lot of this stuff at present, so we don't have to worry about eating. ”

Hong Chengchou was very surprised when he heard this, you must know that in recent years, whether it is Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Henan and other places. All because of the extreme drought, which has resulted in little to no harvest of crops.

But listening to what Mao Wenlong meant just now, it seems that this so-called sweet potato is not affected by the dry weather.

"Is this thing easy to grow? What about the yield? Hong Chengchou immediately asked.

"It is more resistant to drought than other crops, but it also needs water for irrigation, and as for the yield, it is not very much, about 5,000 catties per mu!" Mao Wenlong's face was a little helpless, this sweet potato was definitely more than this yield, but because there was not enough fertilizer, it was currently the highest peak.