Li Xiu originally wanted to see how Pei Lin was doing here, and by the way, he would introduce him to some details of sweet potatoes or corn, but he didn't expect that when he first came to the sweet potato field, he was startled, only to see that this small field was surrounded by people, and there were even people squatting on the edge of the ground digging sweet potatoes, which made him naturally shout to stop. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But after the words came out, Li Xiu found that the people standing on the edge of the field were some acquaintances, because he had seen these people in the Taiji Hall this morning, and he saw that these people were wearing purple or red official uniforms one by one, and they were the officials at today's court meeting, and Pei Lin was also standing among them.

"Pei Xiang, what are you doing here, the number of sweet potatoes is not much, there are only so many in total, I still want to rely on them to promote it in the future, isn't it a waste of food for you to dig so indiscriminately?" Li Xiu walked over quickly at this time, looked at some of the sweet potatoes that had been dug up at the edge of the field and secretly said that it was a pity, these ministers didn't know that sweet potato vines could be inserted, and they didn't know how to protect them when they dug them, and they were thrown everywhere, and it was heart-wrenching to look at, but fortunately, there were not many of them, otherwise he might really turn his face.

"This ...... Hehe, in fact, you can't blame everyone for being anxious, there are many people who came after the court, and I wanted to wait for you to come and dig again, but I couldn't wait for you, so I just took it upon myself to let everyone dig a few out to see the output! Pei Lin was also a little embarrassed at this time, because the decision to dig sweet potatoes was made by him, after all, Li Xiu had been gone for too long, and he thought that Li Xiu would not come again.

"Since everyone has dug sweet potatoes with their own hands, they must have seen the yield of sweet potatoes with their own eyes, I wonder if you have anything to ask?" Li Xiu looked at the sweet potatoes that had been dug out on the ground, fortunately, there were not many of them, only a dozen, so he didn't care, but looked up at the excited ministers in front of him and asked.

"Li Xiu, we are all convinced of the yield, but there is a problem I don't understand, how to eat this sweet potato, and you see it is like a fruit, it is full of water, this thing should not be stored for long, right?" Without waiting for others to speak, Pei Lin took the lead in asking, in fact, this issue had been discussed with other ministers just now, although some people put forward their own opinions, but no one was sure that what they said was correct.

"Haha~, this is simple, sweet potatoes are as high as fruits, and they look easy to rot, but as long as you dig a cellar and store them, they can generally be stored for a long time, and the method of eating sweet potatoes is even simpler, it can be eaten raw, cooked or cooked, very sweet and delicious."

When Li Xiu said this, he saw the sweet potatoes that had been dug up on the ground, and immediately ordered the subordinates of the princess's courtyard to take the sweet potatoes to the river to clean them, and then distributed them to everyone present.

Pei Lin and the others looked at the fist-sized sweet potato in their hands, and looked at each other one by one, and no one dared to speak first, after all, their understanding of this thing all depended on Li Xiu's explanation alone, and no one dared to guarantee whether it was really edible, wouldn't it be bad if it was poisonous?

Seeing Pei Lian's hesitant look, Zhang Shiyi, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore at this time, and immediately took a sweet potato and stuffed it into his mouth and took a big bite, chewing and saying: "You officials are really suspicious, let me tell you, this sweet potato was transported back from the Americas by my father and I thousands of miles away, and many people over there eat this, this is not very delicious when eaten raw, if it is baked, it is called a sweet and delicious!" ”

Zhang Shi said while eating, chewing sweet potato foam sprayed indiscriminately, but this also made these ministers finally put their minds at ease, some people first took a bite gently, and found that this thing did not have a strange taste, but also with a sweetness, the most important thing is that it is particularly crispy, it tastes very refreshing, many ministers are on an empty stomach on the morning court, just after the court meeting ran here, at this time there was no time to eat, now it is also very hungry, a few bites of the sweet potato gnawed down, I feel almost half full.

However, not everyone likes sweet potatoes, for example, there are several older ministers, and there are few teeth that have fallen out, so it is naturally very difficult to eat sweet potatoes at this time, including that Yang Nong Yang Shangshu, Li Xiu is worried that he will knock out the few remaining teeth.

"It tastes good, and it is estimated that it will taste better after cooking, but the yield of sweet potatoes is so large, it can't all be stored in the cellar, especially if the imperial court wants to store a large number of them, so many sweet potatoes are piled together, I'm afraid they will soon spoil." Pei Lin also finished eating the sweet potatoes at this time, and immediately praised and raised a question, if it can't be stored on a large scale, then there is no point in the high yield, for example, the fruit yield in Shandong is very high, but most of it will rot before winter, which is not enough for the people to survive the winter by eating fruits.

"If you want large-scale storage, you can only dry the sweet potatoes, for example, after these sweet potatoes are harvested, they are cut into slices with a knife and spread on the ground to dry sweet potatoes, compared to wheat and rice, dried sweet potatoes can be eaten directly, or thrown into water to boil or steam, and the taste is also good." Li Xiu explained with a smile.

He remembers that when he was a child, he ate dried sweet potatoes, which were very hard, and he couldn't bite at all with bad teeth, and when he was older, it was basically difficult to see dried sweet potatoes, but later in the supermarket, you could see beautifully packaged dried sweet potatoes, but the dried sweet potatoes were soft, and spices such as sugar were added, and the taste was naturally not comparable to the natural dried sweet potatoes.

"I see, no wonder you said before that sweet potatoes have dry weight and wet weight." Pei Lin finally nodded when he heard this, and the other people behind him were also talking, discussing the benefits of sweet potatoes.

But at this moment, I suddenly saw a middle-aged minister with a square face walking over with a sweet potato in his hand, and said to Li Xiu with a serious face: "Thank you Li Saijiu for solving my doubts, but I see that the sweet potato planting area here is still too small, according to my estimate, it will take at least a few years to accumulate enough sweet potatoes to promote, so I won't eat this sweet potato, let's keep it as a seed!" ”

The square-faced middle-aged man said and handed over the intact sweet potato in his hand to Li Xiu, and the surrounding ministers saw this, and they all looked embarrassed, and Li Xiu stared at each other with a foolish gaze, wondering if this guy had a problem with his brain, he wouldn't eat it if everyone else ate it, and if he said something to keep it as a seed, wouldn't it make the people around him unable to get off the stage?

"That...... What is this gentleman called? Li Xiu was stunned for a long time, and then he reacted and asked, the square-faced middle-aged man in front of him either really cares about the people in the world, so he can't bear to eat this sweet potato, or he is really stupid, he didn't think that he would offend people by doing this, but it seems that there should be no fools in the court, not to mention that the guy in front of him is wearing a purple robe, and he is definitely an important minister above the third grade, and such a person is definitely impossible to be a fool.

"The crown prince of this official washes the horse Wei Zheng!" I saw this middle-aged man reply one by one, and when he spoke, there was no change in the expression on his somewhat thin face, and he was absolutely unsmiling, which was daunting.

"I understand, it turned out to be Wei Xima, Xia Guan has long heard of the name of Xima, but he has never had a chance to meet, and when I see it today, Wei Xima is really a person who is worried about the world!" When Li Xiu heard the identity of the other party, he immediately showed a sudden expression, the famous Wei Zheng naturally knew that this person was a notoriously stubborn temper, and he usually didn't give anyone face, so it was not strange to be able to say what he just said.

"But Wei Xima doesn't have to worry too much about the cultivation of sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes are different from other crops, not only can they be propagated by underground sweet potato rhizomes, but they can also be planted with sweet potato vines......

"What is a cutting?" Before Li Xiu could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Wei Zheng. It is also interesting to say that Wei Zheng was famous for directly advising Li Shimin in later generations, but now he is an out-and-out ******, and he is very trusted by Li Jiancheng.

"Cuttings are ...... It's just ......" Although Li Xiu always put the cuttings on his lips, he really didn't know how to say them if he really explained them, but fortunately, this was the sweet potato field, so he pinched a piece of sweet potato vine from the ground and demonstrated, "The cuttings are like this, insert a section of sweet potato vine into the ground and pour water, and it will be alive after a while." ”

"I see, this sweet potato is like a peach tree, you can survive with a branch in the ground, so these sweet potato vines can be used as seeds, so maybe it won't be long before sweet potatoes can be promoted on a large scale!" Wei Zheng couldn't help but have his eyes shiny when he heard this, although he was stubborn, he was also a person who cared about the world, especially after experiencing the turbulent times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he was bent on bringing a prosperous era to the people of the world as soon as possible, and the appearance of this sweet potato would undoubtedly make the prosperous era in his heart come early.

After answering Pei Lin and Wei Zheng's questions, Li Xiu thought that no one would have any problems with sweet potatoes, but what he didn't expect was that these ministers were far more curious about sweet potatoes than he estimated, and then many people surrounded him and asked him non-stop, and there were all kinds of questions, especially although Yang Shangshu, a farmer, was very interested in the cultivation of sweet potatoes, and asked questions from the soil where sweet potatoes grow, seasons, droughts and floods, etc., Li Xiu could only answer patiently one by one.

After finally introducing the sweet potato, Pei Lin pulled him to see the corn again, and as a result, Yang Nong and Wei Zheng, these ministers, also "hula" all followed, and when they saw the tall corn, they were all amazed, and many people said that it was no wonder that the corn grew so big, and the original corn plants grew taller than people.

Compared with sweet potatoes, corn is much more normal, at least it is the same as traditional crops such as wheat, it provides seeds for people to eat, so Pei Lin and they are also easier to understand, and the corn is already ripe at this time, Pei Lin and others rose, and even personally broke some corn cobs and put them on the ground, which is the first batch of people to harvest corn on the land of the Central Plains.

After reading the corn, it was already afternoon at this time, Li Xiu had already felt hungry, you must know that he also left the house before dawn in the morning, and he didn't have time to eat breakfast at all, until now, he didn't eat a drop of water, Pei Lin and the others were similar, even if they ate a sweet potato just now, but they were all very hungry at this time.

As the master, Li Xiu couldn't let these important ministers of the court leave hungry, not to mention that some people couldn't usually invite them, so Li Xiu invited Pei Lin and others to the house for a banquet, which was also in line with everyone's thoughts, so a group of people came to Li Xiu's house in a hurry.

These people are all important ministers of the imperial court, and many of them still have a lot of government affairs to deal with, so they all leave after eating in a hurry, and when these people left, they were full of praise for the food in Li Xiu's house. But everyone else left, but only one remained.

"Yang Shangshu is okay this afternoon?" Li Xiu looked at the white-haired old man in front of him and asked curiously.

The person left behind is the Hubu Shangshu Yang Nong, this old man looks almost seventy, and he walks tremblingly, which makes people worry that he will accidentally fall, but the origin of this old man is not small, it is said that he was born in the Hongnong Yang family, that is, the family where Yang Jian was born in the former Sui Dynasty, when the former Sui Dynasty, Hongnong Yang was the head of the clan in the world, and now although it is weakened, it still cannot be underestimated, otherwise Yang Nong, the old man, will not occupy the important position of the Hubu Shangshu.

"Hehe, the old man is old, so most of the household affairs are handed over to the young people below to do, my book is quite idle, just now the old man listened to Li Xianjiu talk eloquently, it seems that he knows a lot about farming, it is a coincidence, the old man is also quite proficient in farming, you may not believe it, the old man is now at home to reclaim a small piece of land to cultivate, but unfortunately now he is old, and he can only be taken care of by his children and grandchildren, and he can no longer go to the field himself." Yang Nong said with a smile, looking at Li Xiu's eyes full of appreciation.

"Yang Shangshu praised it falsely, in fact, he was in the ...... of farming" Li Xiu wanted to be modest, saying that he didn't know much about farming, which is also a fact, after all, he had never really planted in his previous life, but when he thought that sweet potatoes and corn were all brought by himself, it was no longer modest but hypocritical, which made him helpless and said, "I only know a little about farming, and I don't deserve Yang Shangshu's praise." ”

"Deserved! Deserved! Yang Nong smiled brighter at this time, "Speaking of which, the old man has long heard of the name of Li Saijiu, but I didn't expect Li Saijiu to know so much about farming, agriculture is the foundation of the country, no matter which dynasty or generation in our Central Plains, it is based on agriculture, but the old man has a question that he wants to ask Li Saijiu for advice!" ”

"Huh? Yang Shangshu is serious, the kid is only a shallow learner, I'm afraid it will be difficult to answer Yang Shangshu's question! Seeing Yang Nong's last serious request for advice from himself, Li Xiu couldn't help but hurriedly and modestly said, but at this time he also felt a little strange, Yang Nong stayed for no reason, and talked to himself about what these things were for? Or what is his purpose? (To be continued.) )