Liu Tao brought back a total of three bags of corn seeds, and Zhou Zhong asked people to reclaim a field next to Nanyang Town, and then planted one of the bags of corn, and the remaining two bags were used for other purposes. In addition, Zhou Zhong hired a few old farmers in the town who had experience in farming, and let them take care of the growth of corn, which should be harvested in the autumn because the weather is hot and it is time to sow corn.

As for the half-dead sweet potatoes, Zhou Zhong paid more attention to it, he opened up a piece of land next to the field where he planted peppers in the garden, and then transplanted all the sweet potatoes with his own hands, and was relieved after watering, although the growth of these sweet potatoes is not very good, but Zhou Zhong is not worried about whether they can survive, because sweet potatoes are very cheap, as long as there is a little soil and a little water, it can grow, and it does not need too much care, it can be said to be a very strong vitality thing, so as long as it is planted, Zhou Zhong knew that they would definitely come back to life.

"Xianggong, what are you planting, is it the same as chili peppers?" At this time, Wang Jinxuan, Bang'er, and Bai Mengwan walked into the garden, and they were very distressed when they saw Zhou Chong's sweaty appearance, and took out a handkerchief and asked while wiping Zhou Chong's sweat. Seeing the intimacy of their husband and wife, Bang'er just smiled, but Bai Mengwan beside her couldn't help but turn pale, and at the same time, there was a look of envy in her eyes.

When Wang Jinxuan finished wiping her sweat, Zhou Chong said with a smile: "Jinxuan, you guessed right, this thing I planted is called sweet potato, and it comes from distant America like chili, but sweet potatoes are different from chili peppers, and I don't plan to control sweet potatoes in my own hands." Wait until later when you have the opportunity. I'm going to promote sweet potatoes. The more people who plant, the better! ”

Seeing Zhou Chong's excited appearance, Bang'er couldn't help but say at this time: "Brother, looking at your happy appearance, could it be that this sweet potato is also a very delicious condiment like chili?" ”

"Hahaha~, sweet potatoes are actually not delicious, at most they are a food that can make a living, but it is very important. Even in my heart, these peppers next to it can't be compared to sweet potatoes! I saw Zhou Da Yan said with a smile, in comparison, chili pepper is a cash crop, which can bring a lot of wealth to yourself, but sweet potato is a life-saving crop, and I don't know how many people in Lu Dao will survive because of sweet potatoes in the future?

Hearing that Zhou Zhong valued these inconspicuous sweet potatoes in front of him so much, Wang Jinxuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Since Xianggong said that these sweet potatoes are so important, it is better to leave them to us to take care of, after all, Xianggong, you are so busy every day." There's no time to fiddle with these things. ”

Zhou Zhong heard that Wang Jinxuan took the initiative to take care of the sweet potato, and he wanted to say no. After all, the vitality of sweet potatoes is tenacious, and he doesn't need to take too much care of them at all, but when the words just came to his mouth, he stopped and said: "It's okay, these sweet potatoes are very important, only if you take care of Jinxuan personally, I can rest assured!" ”

The reason why Zhou Chong changed his words was because he thought that Wang Jinxuan and Bang'er could only move in the inner house normally, which was really boring, since this was the case, it was better to find something for them to do, it just so happened that the first batch of chili peppers had already been harvested, and the second batch could not be harvested until autumn, so now this time can just be used to take care of sweet potatoes.

Thinking of this, in order to increase Wang Jinxuan's sense of honor when they took care of sweet potatoes, Zhou Zhong talked in detail about the yield of sweet potatoes and the characteristics of not being afraid of disasters, and then told them that if they can promote sweet potatoes in the future, then it is a great thing for all the people in the world, and I don't know how many people will survive because of sweet potatoes in the future, so they must take care of sweet potatoes, and there will definitely be countless people who will remember their exploits in the future.

Zhou Zhong didn't know what to say, what he said to Wang Jinxuan today will become a prophecy, and countless people will live because of sweet potatoes in the future, and people have not forgotten to take care of the first batch of sweet potatoes to grow up Wang Jinxuan's three daughters, and in the future, the three of them will be considered by the people in the Central Plains to be the incarnation of the Bodhisattva, and there are temples dedicated to the three of them everywhere in the Central Plains. It's just that although Wang Jinxuan and the three of them are admired by all the people because of sweet potatoes, they are selectively forgotten by most people about Zhou Chong, who was the first to introduce sweet potatoes, because people's attention is attracted by other things on Zhou Chong.

Sure enough, hearing that sweet potatoes are related to the livelihood of all the people in the world in the future, this made Wang Jinxuan's three daughters not only admire Zhou Chong very much, but also feel that the current one on her body is much heavier, and her eyes looking at those sweet potato seedlings are also a little dignified, Wang Jinxuan even opened her mouth to say that Zhou Chong can rest assured that they will definitely take care of these sweet potatoes like children in the future.

After placing these sweet potatoes, Zhou Zhong called Liu Tao and a few other people who went to India, inquired about some of the situations along the way from their mouths, and also focused on asking the city of Malacca, according to the original historical development, Portugal will attack Malacca for the second time next year, and this time is different from the last petty fight, they sent more than a dozen ships and thousands of soldiers, which is almost all the military strength of the Portuguese in Southeast Asia, and this time they finally succeeded, The city of Malacca, the main communication route between the East and the West, finally fell into the hands of the Portuguese, which also marked the fall of sea power in the Central Plains.

Since Zhou Zhong participated in smuggling, he has been thinking about the Portuguese invasion of Southeast Asia, for the Strait of Malacca, the main sea communication route, he can't let it fall into the hands of the Portuguese no matter what, so he is particularly attentive to the situation in Malacca City and the strength of Portugal, and even he has planned to take people to aid Malacca City next year, although his strength is not very strong, but combined with the local strength of Malacca City, it should be able to repel the Portuguese attack, In addition, he also had a not very mature idea, if he could borrow troops from other places, let alone repel the Portuguese, it would not be difficult to annihilate all the Portuguese forces in one fell swoop.

In addition to the city of Malacca, the military strength of the Portuguese in India and other places is also the focus of Zhou Chong's attention, although they know a little about these Liu Tao, but in contrast, Chilawa, these European craftsmen who moved from the port of Portugal must know more, so Zhou Zhong sometimes often chats with Chilawa people, wanting to know more about the Portuguese.

Speaking of Chirawa, after these European craftsmen moved to Nanyang Town, they did not cause much trouble for Zhou Chong, first of all, their hygiene habits, not bathing is only one aspect, on the other hand, they do not even have the habit of going to the toilet in a centralized manner, when they have a feeling when they can solve it anywhere, the commode in the morning is directly poured on the road, as a result, the area where they live soon stinks, the street can be seen everywhere, and the yard where they live does not even have a place to stay.

For this situation, the other residents of Nanyang Town are also angry, after all, the road in the town is public, and everyone has to walk from above, but now if you are not careful, you will be recruited, which will naturally cause many people to be dissatisfied, and even some people have been talking about those Europeans behind their backs, and some people are clamoring to drive them out.

As a result, the matter was the most troublesome to Zhou Chong, which also made him smile bitterly for a while, and then he first communicated with Father John, and then asked him to come forward to persuade the European craftsmen in Chilava, but the effect was not very obvious. Seeing that the soft one was not good, Zhou Zhong was ruthless, so he made a rule to prohibit everyone from defecating in the open, and at the same time stipulated that the commode barrels in the homes of the residents in the town should be handed over to Ye Xianglang for disposal, otherwise he would not only be fined, but he might also be punished in serious cases.

Zhou Chong's tough attitude finally worked, and after the Europeans were punished several times, and even a few of them were beaten in public by the Jinyi Guards for refusing to change their ways, and then the European craftsmen finally became honest and began to obey the town's rules like the rest of the town's residents, and the sanitary conditions were greatly improved.

Of course, although Zhou Zhong could use a tough attitude to prevent European craftsmen from defecating in the open, he could not make them bathe with strong rules, so although the public health conditions were improved, the personal hygiene of these people did not improve much, which made many people who worked with European craftsmen complain.

But fortunately, Miss Sila, who is a girl, has been moved by Zhou Zhong, she came to Shuangyu Port within two days, she persuaded her father Chirawa and mother Helen, to become the first group of Europeans to change the bad habit of not bathing, and she also admired the Central Plains culture very much, not only actively followed Father John to learn Chinese, but also liked to wear the clothes of a Ming woman, and began to learn from other people in the town in terms of customs and habits.

At first, the original residents of Nanyang Town were not used to Miss Sila's appearance, but they soon found that among the new Franc Robots, Miss Siela was the only one who did not smell except for the two priests, and there were no other European vices, plus she was very smart, and she quickly learned some simple Chinese to greet everyone, which made Miss Siara slowly become the most popular European immigrant in the town.

It was also under the influence of Miss Sila, other European immigrants also began to slowly change, such as Miss Sila's mother Helen, who was also a woman, she was also influenced by her daughter, and finally took a bath one day, but only Chilawa was left in the family to stink, and after the last time, he couldn't withstand the persuasion of his wife and daughter, and became the third person to take a bath among the immigrants, and the change of their family made more European immigrants shake the original concept of hygiene.

Zhou Zhong couldn't help but smile a little when he thought of the European immigrants who were slowly being assimilated by the residents of Nanyang Town, and at the same time, he also decided to go to the Chilawa family first to find out about the situation of the Portuguese in India and other places, after all, they were the first people to bathe, and when he talked to them, his nose didn't have to suffer anymore. (To be continued......)