"Wei Zheng, Wei Guo, Wei Guo knocked and pastored. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Yes, both of you seem to be in good spirits, thank you for your hard work." King Li personally walked down the hall and held their hands very warmly.

The two of them were a little frightened, and quickly broke free from King Li's hand and knelt on the ground, not daring to say anything.

Li Wang is a little helpless, this is the most simple person, as early as when Li Wang was still the county order, it was a little cramped to find the two, and at this moment Li Wang was promoted to the pastor of a state, and there was a feeling of uncomfortable breathing.

"I brought back what I needed." King Li sighed in his heart, but he couldn't wait.

"It's all here." The two of them put down two silk bags, each of which looked to weigh about a dozen pounds.

Yuwen Chengdu stepped forward and wanted to check first, but was stopped by King Li, what kind of murder weapon can be hidden in such two small pockets, there is no need to make a fuss.

Li Wang bent over and felt very uncomfortable, so he simply sat in the lobby, not caring about other people's opinions.

King Li easily opened the first package, and the contents of it were revealed.

I saw that the ones were flat and large, slightly square, the seed coat was rough, there were reticulated lines, and the seeds were light yellow, which looked very familiar, but I couldn't remember what it was for a while.

"What is this?" Li Wang's voice was very soft, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was asking Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng knelt in front of King Li, bowed his head and said: "In the past, we traveled west and came to the seashore, where the people were yellow-eyed and blue-eyed, not like the alien race in the border pass, but they looked like evil ghosts, which made us feel that we had come to hell. ”

Speaking of this, it seems that there are still palpitations, but the face is good: "Later, after contact, I found that the people there were very welcoming, providing us with food and accommodation, and gradually we were able to communicate with simple gestures, I can't remember what they called this thing, but they didn't eat it, but dried it and ground it into powder, I saw that this thing was easy to grow, and it was non-toxic, so I paid attention to it, and when I left, I exchanged some silver money for a bag of seeds with those aborigines." ”

After listening silently, King Li twisted a seed, licked it lightly with his tongue, and suddenly a choking fishy smell came up.

"My grass, chili?" Li Wang was still unsure, and bit the seed in his mouth, the familiar taste of his previous life came up, and tears flowed down instantly, and he didn't know whether it was spicy or recalling his previous life, and he was a little sad.

"Bold dog thief, assassinate my lord." King Li couldn't cry anymore, and the soldiers present were startled, Yuwen Chengdu thought that King Li was poisoned, and his big palm instantly choked Wei Zheng's neck, just afraid that a little more effort would break it.

"What are you doing in Chengdu, let go quickly." Li Wang grabbed Yuwen Chengdu's arm, and Wei Zheng felt a lot better.

Yuwen Chengdu hesitated for a moment, but King Li had an order, and he still did it, but this time he was closely by his side, so that the two of them would not have a chance.

King Li once again missed the spicy taste of his previous life, although he doubted that the chili pepper should have been first discovered by Columbus a thousand years later, but after all, the source was not important, so he skipped it directly.

It can be said that Li Wang is fed up with the spicy taste of dogwood, ginger, etc., and after having this chili, I think there will be more delicious flavors in this world.

"Wei Zheng, you can grow this pepper."

"Chili?"

Li Wang smiled confidently: "In the future, the fruits grown from these seeds will be collectively referred to as chili peppers." ”

"Lord Qiqi, my family has been a farmer for generations, and I have seen peppers grow with my own eyes, so I don't think there will be any mistakes."

"Generations of farming?" King Li laughed: "From today onwards, your Wei family will have the first official. ”

King Li said to Jia Kui: "Liang Dao, Changzhi County is your hometown, I heard that there is abundant precipitation, and the soil is easy to plant, so the responsibility of planting peppers will be handed over to you." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Wei Zheng: "Although your hometown is in Changshan County, today I will appoint you as the magistrate of Changzhi County to assist Jia Kui, and be sure to let me see the first batch of chili fruits this summer." ”

Wei Zheng was overjoyed, and kept kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, but King Li refused to get up no matter how he pulled it.

Wei Guo looked at his brother with some envy, but he was much calmer than him, after all, his package contained the seeds named by King Li himself, and the reward was naturally not a problem.

Li Wang opened the package again, and it was full of potato sprouts that had been cut into slices, because he had been prepared for a long time, and he was not excited to see the pepper seeds, but the reward could not be swayed by the mood.

"Potatoes are drought-tolerant things, you have a credit to me, hard work outside the territory for three years, can not be rewarded, today I will reward you as the magistrate of Quyang County, Changshan County, let you return to your hometown, you rest in the post house for a day, tomorrow take my letter to Changshan County to find Hao Zhao, and order him to unconditionally help you plant potatoes, be sure to cover the entire Wei County and Changshan County within a year."

With joy on their faces, they each took the seed and walked away.

"Lord, this potato sounds like a coarse grain omnivorous, why is the lord so concerned." Zhang Juzheng was puzzled, if you want to say that the grain and grass in the state are abundant, the existence of potatoes is not so important.

King Li walked back to the hall and sat down: "Although we have abundant grain and grass in Jizhou, there is some scarcity in Jizhou, and if there is a drought and other heavenly powers, our inventory will not be enough to relieve the people." Saying this, King Li rubbed his brows, a little painful: "Now that most of the materials such as grain and grass are controlled in the hands of the wealthy families, we can't rashly requisition, otherwise the backlash caused will be unbearable." ”

Zhang Juzheng also knows this truth, but after all, the scholar clan is deeply rooted, and it is impossible to uproot it.

"This potato is easy to grow, although it is not easy to store, but the quantity is huge, when it is unstable today, we have accepted the most displaced people in the state, if we do not expand the harvest and a large-scale war breaks out, our grain and grass reserves will also be tight."

After being silent for a long time, King Li was still a little uneasy: "Uncle, the matter of potatoes does not seem to be big, but it is indeed related to the livelihood of the people. ”

Zhang Juzheng instantly understood King Li's considerations, Changshan County has always been King Li's place of governance, and the people are deeply benefited by it, the sense of resistance will be much smaller, and the resistance will naturally be relatively reduced.

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will leave for the next year."

"If it's okay, then let's disperse."

King Li waved his hand and was about to get up to leave, when he saw a soldier rushing in.

"My lord, there is a man in front of the door who asks to see me."

"Oh? Their names are known. ”

"He didn't say anything, he just asked me to hand over a weapon to the adults, saying that the adults would know when they saw it." As he spoke, he reflexively lifted a stick, but it looked like it was a lot of effort, and the soldier's hands couldn't help but tremble.

"Bring it up."

Yuwen Chengdu took the stick, took it in his hand and turned it upside down, such a heavy weapon, ordinary people seem to be unable to wave it.

"Fire and Water Prisoner Dragon Stick?" King Li almost didn't shout, but he knew that Zhang He didn't reveal his identity, so he must have a purpose.

"Go down, all of you." After Wang Li finished speaking, he attached to Yuwen Chengdu's ear and said, "Go and bring people to the study from the back door." ”

King Li came to the study, and didn't sit long before he heard Yuwen Chengdu asking to see him.

"Come in."

Yuwen Chengdu pushed the door and entered, only to see a person behind him wearing a big hat and a hat walking in.

"Under the command of the last general Jizhou Mu, the leading general Zhang He, see Bingzhou Mu." Zhang He took the hat, revealing the cold and resolute face of Gangjun.

"You don't have to be polite, please take a seat." King Li motioned for him to sit down, and standing and talking was not a way of hospitality.

"Thank you." Zhang He didn't have any hypocrisy, and sat down directly: "I came to Merge the state because I wanted to communicate with adults on important matters, and the reason why I didn't want to show my true face was because the relationship was important and couldn't be passed on." ”

King Li raised his eyebrows, turned the teacup in his hand, and said, "I don't know if you are here on behalf of an individual, or on behalf of Jizhou Mu?" ”

Zhang He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I am here on behalf of an individual, but this matter is related to the life and death of Jizhou Mu. ”