Li Xiao threw the corn cob left over from eating clean to the ground, and Xiao Hei, who was already waiting under the table, took a bite into his mouth and devoured it.

This black dog used to be an ownerless little wild dog, Li Xiao often threw a bone and a cake to it, and slowly the dog was no longer so fierce, under Li Xiao's food, the dog was finally subdued, followed Li Xiao's ass all day long, and became the door dog of the Li family.

Now this dog can eat enough every day, and he can chew a few bones every other day to supplement calcium, but the long one is oily and slippery, and he is no longer as skinny as in the past. However, the earth dog that is a few months old is actually thirty pounds smaller, and the person stands up and can put it on Li Xiao's shoulder.

The dog was not picky, the corn cob entered his mouth, and he chewed so hard that he chewed into several large pieces at once, and then swallowed it.

"Slow down, silly dog, no one is robbing you."

Xiao Hei seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Li Xiao calling him a stupid dog, whined a few words, and then lowered his head and continued to gnaw on his corn cob.

"The dog still eats this stick!" Li Zhen said strangely.

Li Xiao explained, "This stick is quite tender, and it has been stewed with pork ribs, and it is soaked in the flavor of meat, of course dogs like to eat it." In fact, this stick can also be fed to livestock, and it can be eaten as feed. ”

"Wow, isn't this corn a treasure?"

"That's not it, when the corn stalks are young, they can be used as feed for livestock, and when they are old, they can be used for fires. The same goes for this stick, which can be used to feed the animals and also to be used as firewood. ”

Di Renjie couldn't help but say, "Then such a treasure should be dedicated to the imperial court." ”

Li Xiao hehe

"Brother Di, when I told you that this corn was a treasure before, I was afraid that you might not believe it in your heart, and even now, you may not have a little faith in your heart. There are some things that others have not seen with their own eyes, and the more we talk about them, the more unbelieving others will become. Not in a hurry for that moment, and when they can see it for themselves, it's not too late. ”

Of course, Li Xiao didn't think about such a treasure as corn, but only hid it in his mysterious space. In this era, arable land yields were extremely low, and natural disasters were common, and food security was often not guaranteed. There are countless people who often don't have enough to eat.

If there is corn promotion, it can be said that many people in Datang can be fed, which is a good thing with immeasurable merits.

It's just like what he just said, who will believe just a few words from his empty mouth?

He is now offering treasures to the court, and the court may convict him of arrogance and deception, so why bother.

"San Lang, that's not what you said, if you don't believe it, you just let everyone believe it. You give the seeds to the court, and then tell the court how to plant them, and when the time comes, the corn will be harvested, and then the facts will be clear? ”

"I don't have any seeds right now, so I'm not in a hurry for that moment."

Li Xiao still wanted to wait for the corn in the space to ripen and plant it himself.

It is better to wait for the corn in his field to be harvested and placed there, as long as everyone can see the yield of this corn with their own eyes, and the corn is edible, then everyone will really believe that this is a treasure.

Di Renjie is now more convinced that Li Xiao's corn is a real treasure.

"If you wait until then, won't you miss out on a season of good time? Especially in this year's drought, if corn is planted, it can not only resist drought but also increase yield, wouldn't it be a great good thing? If corn can be planted in large quantities, how much damage will be reduced by this! How many people have to fill their stomachs? ”

Li Xiao just smiled.

The idea is good, but it's still that sentence, who would believe it.

Li Xiao took a few corns and presented them to the imperial court, and then said how amazing this corn is, one mu can increase the yield by two or three times, which is not only drought-resistant, but also delicious and nutritious?

Is there a letter from the imperial court?

How is it possible to let the imperial court plant a large area?

Even if the imperial court believes it, it must first try the seeds, test the harvest, try the food, etc., and then decide.

If Li Xiao is a liar, then the imperial court will plant a large amount of corn and confiscate it at that time, won't it become a harm to the people?

Besides, there is only one corn seedling in Li Xiao's space, although it has magically produced eight sticks, but now there are only seven sticks left.

After all seven cobs are ripe, the corn seeds cannot be harvested.

A cob can harvest at most about 600 grains of corn, and as far as he knows, the average 100 dry corn kernels are only about 20 or 30 grams, and a corn cob is less than 200 grams of corn seeds.

Seven sticks, that's 14,500 grams. Datang is sixteen taels per catty, about forty grams per tael, and about two catties and three taels in total, so many seeds are not enough to plant one acre of land.

Generally, one acre of land has to be planted with at least three catties of corn.

Therefore, even if there is a severe drought this year, it is unrealistic for the imperial court to take the risk of directly planting corn on a large scale.

It's better for him to plant a season by himself, and when the harvest is over, everyone will naturally be able to see it, and at that time, seeing is believing, the court wants to plant, and there are seeds.

After finishing the meal, Di Renjie hurriedly ran back to Chang'an.

He couldn't care about Yan Liben's assignment to visit the township and other tasks anymore, his mind was now full of corn, corn.

God-given artifacts, we can't delay like this.

Out of Li Zhuang, he arrived at Lanxi first, and when he arrived at the post station, he took back his horse first, and he rode on the horse and ran back quickly.

entered Chang'an City in one breath, didn't even have time to catch his breath, and didn't care about the dust on his body, so he immediately ran to see Yan Liben.

It's too late to even get connected.

"Why did Huaiyuan come back so soon?"

Di Renjie took out a handkerchief from his arms and carefully unfolded it.

"Yan Changshi, I got a heaven-sent artifact."

Yan Liben was a little stunned when he heard the words of the heaven-given artifact, Di Renjie was a young man he picked up with one hand, and he was a very down-to-earth person, but the words of the heaven-given artifact still made him a little surprised.

He didn't know anything that could make this young subordinate describe it in that word.

Get up and look in.

The handkerchief unfolded, and inside was a small light yellow grain.

"What is this?"

"Corn!"

"Corn? Could it be a kind of jade? Yan Liben wondered, even if it was a gem, it was not worth it. What's more, what gems can be called such a godsend.

"Huaiyuan, aren't you uncomfortable today?" He was a little skeptical that his subordinates had been stimulated by something and had gone mad.

Of course, Di Renjie knew that he was not crazy, he was in the Li family just now, quietly hid a fresh corn kernel, he couldn't wait for Li Xiao to plant another season of corn to come out, he desperately wanted to play this treasure to the imperial court, and then hoped that the imperial court could pay attention to it, and it was best for the imperial court to get the seeds from Li Xiao immediately and start planting immediately.

He told the miraculous discovery in Lanxi Lijiazhuang today.

After a long time, he finally finished speaking.

However, Yan Liben on the opposite side had already sat back.

There was a look of complete disbelief on his face.

"Huaiyuan, you must have let that Li Xiao be deceived. The old man had never heard of a grain called corn in the Western Regions, nor had he heard of any crops in the Western Regions that were so magical. It is both drought-resistant and high-yielding, and according to him, this crop is simply higher than the wheat in the north and rice in the south, and it is thousands of times better than the millet commonly cultivated in the north. It's easy to produce two or three stones per mu, which is too rare, I don't believe that there is such a thing in this world. ”

"Yan Changshi, I believe in him, I believe that this corn is really a treasure given to the Tang Dynasty by God. Today I ate a few dishes made of corn at Li's house, which was fresh corn, but I felt that if corn is ripe, it can indeed be used as a staple food. ”

Yan Liben tapped lightly on the table, "Even if you have eaten corn, even if this corn can be used as a staple food when it matures, but you know how much the yield per mu of this corn is, then do you know whether this corn is very easy to plant?" How do you know if this corn is really drought resistant? No, you don't know anything, all this you are talking about now is just what Li Xiao told you. And what Li Xiao said, no one can confirm yet, everything is possible, and it is likely to be false. ”

Di Renjie hurriedly said, "Yan Changshi, but this is very likely to be true." If it's true, it's a godsend. We must report to the imperial court, let the imperial court pay attention, we have to immediately send someone to Lijiazhuang, to protect the corn, Li Xiao said that the world is this corn, if the corn is gone, then it will be a big loss. ”

"It's better to believe it than to believe it."

"But what if it's just a lie?" Yan Liben asked.

After all, he is the governor of Yongzhou, the highest administrator of the twenty-two counties in the entire Gyeonggi region, if he rushes to report it because of a lie, alarming the Holy Hearing, it is a dereliction of duty, and he will even be impeached.

"If it's fake, the court won't have anything to lose, but if it's true, the court will gain a lot." Di Renjie persuaded.

Yan Liben leaned down and stared at the corn carefully.

He stretched out his hand, took it in his hand, looked at it carefully, and put it to his nose to smell it gently. Since Di Renjie has already eaten vegetables made of corn, it means that this thing can really be eaten. And he said that a corn cob can produce six or seven hundred grains of corn, so even if a corn seedling only bears one corn cob, it is not bad.

Now the problem is that he is not sure if this corn can really be used as a staple food, can be used as a vegetable, and may not be a staple food. After all, staple foods need to be easy to store, and if you can only eat fresh food, it is of little value.

Di Renjie said that Li Xiao said that this corn can be ground when it is dried after it is ripe, which is similar to wheat milling, and if it can really do this, it can really be used as a staple food.

After all, food that can be ground into flour is not afraid that it cannot be preserved. And grinding into flour, it can also be easily made into various foods.

"But with this grain of corn alone, how can I report to Your Majesty? You are in Lijiazhuang, you can see the only corn seedling in the world? ”

Di Renjie shook his head.

Yan Liben pondered, "Huaiyuan, the old man has never seen Li Xiao, and he doesn't believe in Li Xiao, but the old man believes in you, you tell the old man, do you really believe in Li Xiao?" ”

"Believe." Di Renjie only said two words.

"Good!" Yan Liben slapped the table, "Just with your two words, the old man said to take a risk, and this will play Your Majesty." ”