The glass mirror was successfully developed, most of the first batch of mirrors were used by him as a gift from Emperor Zhengde, and the rest were given by him to Jinxuan and others, as a result, not only Jinxuan and their young women liked it very much, but even Aunt Wang and Sanniang, these older women, were also very fond of it, and they all hid the mirror in the jewelry box in the dresser, and only took it out when it was used, and the maids who were not particularly trusted were not allowed to touch it at all.

In addition, Zhou Zhong not only gave Ciela a mirror, but also gave her mother Helen, which can be regarded as Zhou Chong's affirmation of Chilava's work, but what Zhou Chong didn't expect was that after receiving the two mirrors, Helen had to feast Zhou Chong's family again, and it just so happened that Jinxuan and Bang'er had always wanted to taste European food, so Zhou Chong took them to the banquet, but when they tasted the Mediterranean meal made by Helen, they were a little disappointed.

Half a month of time passed in a hurry, in this half a month, the corn has been fully matured, Zhou Zhong organized people to break the corn by hand, and then counted it, and found that the yield per mu reached more than 500 catties, this yield in Zhou Chong's eyes is not only not high, and even low pitiful, after all, he knows that the yield of corn per mu in later generations is generally more than 1,000 catties, and may even reach 2,000 catties, and now because of chemical fertilizers and other reasons, the yield is less than half.

However, other people were shocked by the yield of corn, knowing that the yield per mu of the rice fields in the south of the road is only three or four hundred catties, and the yield of wheat in the north is even lower, the yield per mu is generally more than 100 catties, and there are few more than 200 catties, and even when the year is bad, the yield will be even less. But now Zhou Chong's corn planted casually has reached 500 catties. This is already a rare high-yield crop in the eyes of the Ming people.

For everyone's surprise at the high yield of corn. Zhou Zhong was also very happy, and even called Wu Shan, Ma Liang and other Jinyi guards to the field, let them see the yield of corn with their own eyes, and let them all remember it in their hearts, and wait until they saw Emperor Zhengde in the capital in the future, so as to prove that they did not lie in terms of yield.

The corn is ripe, and the sweet potato, that is, the sweet potato, can also be harvested, but the number of sweet potato seedlings brought this time is not large. Later, Zhou Zhong cut off the melon seedlings and planted some more, but the quantity was still not much, but even so, the output of this batch of sweet potatoes reached more than 300 catties, and Zhou Zhong left half of them for his own home consumption, and the remaining half was also ready to be brought to the capital.

In addition, sweet potatoes have the advantage that they do not have to leave seeds like other crops, and the remaining seedlings and roots after harvest can be used to raise seedlings, as long as people cut them into sections and then store them in wet sand. When winter has passed, the seedlings can be taken out and planted. Not only is it easy to survive, but it also grows extremely fast.

Of course, you can also store the sweet potato, and then breed it with sweet potato when you come to the next year, but the preservation of sweet potato will always be broken, which is too wasteful, and the current sweet potato production is not much, so it is better to use the above method to raise seedlings.

After harvesting corn and sweet potatoes, Zhou Zhong counted the other gifts, and found that they were the same as those on his gift list, so he was relieved, and it was already the end of August, and it was about to be the day when they left for the capital.

However, before leaving, Zhou Zhong went to the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce in Nangang again, and he first met with Xie Da and Xie Ke, and discussed how they should speed up the formation of the Strait Alliance after Ashikaga Yihui withdrew from Shuangyu Port?

Speaking of the Haimeng, they have discussed it before, but this is not a trivial matter after all, it will definitely take a long time to prepare, plus Zhou Cheng will deal with the matter of Ashikaga Ikki first, and he will go to the capital again, so he has already communicated with Xie Da and them before, and when Zhou Zhong returns from the capital after dealing with Ashikaga Kazuki's affairs, it will be the time for the formation of the Haimeng.

After discussing the Haimeng, Zhou Zhong did not leave, but came to Xie Lingyun's residence in the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce, because he came almost once every two days, so the maids around Xie Lingyun had already known him, and the little maid had already regarded him as Miss's aunt, so no one stopped him, and Zhou Chong came directly to Xie Lingyun's boudoir.

It's just that when Zhou Chong just entered Xie Lingyun's room, he couldn't help but be stunned, because the boxes, cabinets and the like in the entire room were opened, and a few clothes were thrown on the ground.

"Lingyun, what are you doing here, why are you making such a mess in the room?" Zhou Zhong looked at the messy room and asked very puzzled, although Xie Lingyun is usually busy, she is a person who loves cleanliness very much, the room has always been meticulously cleaned up, and it is rare to see her make such a mess of the room.

"What else can I do, of course, I pack up my things and go to the capital with you!" I saw Xie Lingyun take out a piece of clothing from a box and fold it, and then put it in a box next to the bed, this box already has a lot of clothes, and there is an open box next to it, which contains some daily necessities, such as jewelry and the like, and even the glass mirror that Zhou Chong sent over before.

"To the capital?" Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked with some puzzlement, "Lingyun, when I asked you last time, didn't you say that you didn't have time to go with us, why have you changed your mind now?" ”

On the second day when Zhou Chong decided to go to the capital, he told Xie Lingyun the news and invited her to go with him, but unfortunately Xie Lingyun considered that Wang Jinxuan was also going, and when she met the other party, she was inevitably a little embarrassed, so she rejected Zhou Chong's proposal, but she didn't expect to leave now, but she suddenly agreed to go with Zhou Chong.

In response to Zhou Chong's question, Xie Lingyun stopped what she was doing and turned her head and smiled: "I figured it out, Jinxuan can already calmly accept me as Xianggong's wife, so I can't always avoid her like this, I have to face it, and in the future, Jinxuan and I will be a pair of good sisters, and we can't let Xianggong be distracted by things at home, so I just took the opportunity to go to the capital this time to get along well!" ”

Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, Zhou Chong was also greatly moved, and at the same time he was relieved, Xie Lingyun's personality is so strong, Zhou Chong has always been worried that she and Wang Jinxuan do not get along well, she has been avoiding meeting Wang Jinxuan before, which also proves Zhou Chong's conjecture, I didn't expect her to say that she now took the initiative to contact Wang Jinxuan, with Xie Lingyun's character, it is not easy to make such a decision.

Seeing Zhou Chong looking at himself without speaking, Xie Lingyun walked over with a smile, and then took Zhou Chong's hand and sat down and said: "Xianggong, these days I have thought carefully about the process of our acquaintance, and it turned out that we have gone from acquaintance to acquaintance, and then to life and death together, all of which were arranged by God. Instead, he obeyed the will of God and served his husband with Jinxuan for a lifetime! ”

Hearing Xie Lingyun go to heaven one by one, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but be a little stunned, thinking that Xie Lingyun wouldn't be stimulated to believe in Buddhism, right? But fortunately, Xie Lingyun said that she would serve herself with Jinxuan, which made Zhou Zhong breathe a sigh of relief, no matter what Xie Lingyun believed, as long as she was by her side.

Since Xie Lingyun was willing to accompany her to the capital, Zhou Chong was naturally very happy, and even helped her pack a few things himself, and told her that now that the weather in the capital has turned cold, she must prepare a few more warm clothes, so as not to get cold there.

Just as Zhou Chonggang helped Xie Lingyun pack up his things, and then sat down with Xie Lingyun to rest, when the abacus came over and poured tea for them, he suddenly blinked his cute big eyes and asked, "Uncle, do you still have any sweet potatoes you sent two days ago, and if so, send some to our young lady!" ”

Hearing the abacus's words, before Zhou Zhong could answer, Xie Lingyun next to him pointed at the abacus and scolded with a smile: "You gluttonous little hoof, obviously you want to eat it yourself, why do you want it in my name?" ”

For Xie Lingyun's laughter and scolding, Zhuzhu was not afraid at all, but also smiled and quibbled: "How can a slave maid have a big face as Miss, and those sweet potatoes are not only liked by the slave and maid, but Miss Cousin also likes to eat them, and there are not many sweet potatoes sent by my uncle, but most of them are eaten by Miss Cousin." ”

The cousin in the abacus mouth is Xie Lingyun's cousin Zheng Youyi, who can't marry her, before Zhou Zhong immediately sent some to Xie Lingyun after harvesting the sweet potato corn, planning to let them try it, among them, the corn is fine, the cornmeal is very thick, not very suitable for their appetite, but after the sweet potato is roasted, it is fragrant and sweet, and it was all eaten up by Zheng Youyi and Zhuzhu, but Xie Lingyun didn't eat much.

Seeing that the abacus said that the sweet potatoes were eaten by Zheng Youyi for most of the time, there was still a little annoyed expression on his face, as if he was a little unwilling, which made Zhou Chong laugh, but after laughing, he also said helplessly: "Abacus, this year's sweet potatoes are limited in seedlings, so the yield is only a little, half of which I have to take as gifts, and the rest of the bracelets and duo'er also like to eat, so those sweet potatoes are all in their hands, and I don't want to come, but by next year, the sweet potatoes will be planted on a large scale, and there will be no problem with how much you want to eat!" ”

Hearing that the sweet potato was gone, the abacus couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but when she heard that she could let go of eating next year, she was very excited and said: "Great, Miss will marry my uncle next year, and then you don't forget today's words, uncle!" ”

Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun have already discussed, and when they come back from the capital, they will get married immediately, and then the Haimeng will be established, which can be regarded as double happiness. (To be continued......)