The small wharf of Weihaiwei was lively early, dozens of sergeants supported the small boat back and forth to transport supplies on the treasure ship in the distance, and their shiny black faces were full of joy and excitement, like soldiers who had just returned from a victorious expedition, raising their chests proudly and full of momentum.

Tang Ming was neatly dressed, his long black hair was tied into a ponytail, and the armor of the hundred households on his body was spotlessly polished. Xiao Bai Jing squatted beside him, holding the wolf's head high, and his huge physique almost overshadowed Tang Ming beside him. Like a divine beast, Li Ba is also wearing a helmet and armor, holding a unique Mo knife in the Tang Dynasty, majestic and majestic.

Both of them and the beast looked at the treasure ship in the distance, and it could be seen from the faces of the sergeants transporting the supplies that the reward seemed to be rich. Li Ba's honest face was already as bright as the morning sun, his wolf-like gaze stared at several ships of weapons and military uniforms, and a trace of crystal liquid flashed at the corner of his mouth at some point.

The honest black face is no longer rigid as usual, but instead obscene and excited. Tang Ming's expression was just the opposite of Li Ba, a pair of sword eyebrows were almost twisted into a ball at the moment, and this reward was only obtained after Zheng He went to the uninhabited island to transport cattle and horses. But there were too many rewards, so Tang Ming had to suspect that the cattle and horses on the island had been transported by Zheng He.

was immersed in sighing thoughts, and suddenly a group of more than a dozen people on the treasure boat went down to a small boat and came slowly towards the small pier, led by the little father-in-law who came to announce the decree last time.

After a while, everyone met at the small pier, and the little father-in-law arrived first before he arrived: "Oh, Tang Baihu, let's meet again." ”

Tang Ming returned the salute and said with a smile: "There is a special trip for Father-in-law Lao, Tang Ming is grateful and disrespectful, he has prepared a little side dishes, please go to the big tent to rest quickly." ”

After a polite exchange of pleasantries, the group strolled towards the barracks. A bald-headed old monk in the team always attracted Tang Ming's eyes, and seeing this old monk seemed to be a little familiar, he just couldn't remember when he had met this person.

When he returned to the big tent, the little father-in-law took out a holy decree again and read it, this time it was not as verbose as last time, Tang Ming could still understand the meaning. It is nothing more than how many cattle and horses are offered, Your Majesty Longyan Dayue has a special bounty of five hundred taels, and more than a dozen jars of fine wine from various countries have been tributed, but there is no mention of official positions or anything.

After Xuan's decree, the little father-in-law smiled and said: "Tang Baihu congratulations, this is less than two months since the last time His Majesty's reward, you have been rewarded again, Lu Jianqi has solved my urgent need to be a hero, since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, Your Majesty has praised you!" ”

"How can the boy He De let His Majesty open the golden mouth and praise, and the father-in-law can't laugh at the boy!" Tang Ming was obviously absent-minded when he replied, and his eyes never left the old monk sitting on the side.

Seeing this, the little father-in-law was about to open his mouth to introduce, but saw the old monk wave his hand to stop him, opened his eyes that had been lowered, and formally looked at Tang Ming from beginning to end, and said with a toothy smile: "Boy, the poor monk heard that you have not been doing your job recently, and you have been staying in the field where you have planted things all day long, and you have wasted your days, can you have such a thing?" ”

Listening to this tone, it is obvious that he is here to ask himself, and it can also be seen that this person's status must be not small, and even the little father-in-law has to look at this person's face. Tang Ming didn't dare to be sloppy, put away the smile on his face, and replied with a serious bow: "The master's words are also wrong, the kid is indeed tinkering with some extraneous things, but it is not that he is not doing his job. There happens to be some permitted harvest today, and if the master is interested, he can know the hidden situation if he goes with the kid to take a look. ”

"The kid dares to say such a wild word, the poor monk wants to take a look, if your kid is a hundred households of Weihaiwei, dare to do such an inappropriate thing in the military camp, he will not be spared." The old monk's voice was significantly raised, and without waiting for a reply, he got up and walked out of the tent.

Li Ba and the little father-in-law on the side, both of them secretly pinched a cold sweat for Tang Ming when they saw this. Yao Guangxiao, the prime minister of the dynasty, is a person who His Majesty absolutely trusts, as the first hero to assist His Majesty in ascending the throne, what he said must not be a joke, if Tang Ming can't convince the Prime Minister, then the severe punishment will be imposed on him one by one.

Worried about it, Li Ba didn't dare to talk much, shook his head and followed behind Tang Ming, and walked towards the ground. In the distance, you can see more than a dozen sergeants dressed as refugees working in the fields. From time to time, there would be bursts of admiration, as if I was pleasantly surprised by what it was.

Although Yao Guangxiao is old, his eyes are not flowery at all, and he can see from afar that the crops that a few farmers grasp in their hands are very pleasing. When he got closer, he realized that it was a potato, and he had seen it many times in the palace, but he had never paid attention to it.

When the people working in the fields saw Tang Ming coming, they all clasped their fists and sang promises: "Subordinates see Tang Baihu, Li Baihu!" ”

Tang Ming nodded and ordered him to step aside, personally plucked a potato, handed it to Yao Guangxiao, bowed down and said, "Prime Minister, the junior official is grateful for the promotion of the adult, and he should keep it in mind. The lower officials will work so hard for these extraneous things, but they really don't want to destroy the heavenly things, although the appearance of this thing is not surprising, but as long as the lower officials' experiments are successful, there will be no hungry people in my Ming Dynasty in the future. ”

"Ridiculous, just with the things in your hands, you and other yellow-haired boys have made you and other yellow-haired boys speak wildly, since you know that I am the prime minister of the court, but you are presumptuous in front of me, it seems that your master is not there, and he can't discipline you, so that your yellow-haired boy is arrogant. The poor monk thought that you were a material to be made, but at this time it seems that it is not what we imagined. ”

Yao Guangxiao's face, which had always been breezy and calm, instantly showed a rare angry face, and he was disdainful of Tang Ming's words. Looking at his expression, there is also a sense of disappointment.

This time, he will come over in person, that is, he saw Tang Ming's repeated miraculous achievements, and thought to himself that this son is very smart and rare in the world, if he can train it well, it will become a generation of everyone. But I didn't expect to come with joy, wanting to test this kid in person, but as soon as we met, I listened to him speak wildly three or four times, and in disappointment, Yao Guangxiao had no intention of staying here for a while.

But Tang Ming didn't give Yao Guangxiao a chance to turn around, pointed to the potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn that had not been dug up behind him, and said loudly: "The kid didn't say anything crazy, just the things in my hands, the first planting has a yield of 4,000 catties per mu, and this land is still in the barren land of Weihaiwei, if you plant the potatoes in your hand on the fertile soil in the south of the Yangtze River, the yield per mu is guaranteed to be more than 7,000 catties." In addition to this, there are corn and sweet potatoes. ”

At this time, Yao Guangxiao began to seriously look at the things in Tang Ming's hand, and saw that one of them was full of more than a dozen potatoes of all sizes, and it should be more than ten catties by eyesight. If each of these potatoes has such a yield, and they are planted on a large scale, it can indeed solve the problem of insufficient food that has plagued all dynasties for a long time.

Thinking of this, Yao Guangxiao's face gradually softened, but he still said suspiciously: "Although this thing has not been introduced to my Ming Dynasty for a short time, it has been decades to say the least, why no one knows that its output is so amazing." And if you say so, don't the countries that grow it overseas have no worries about famine? Why do they sail thousands of miles to my Ming ****? ”

Tang Ming smiled implicitly and saluted again: "Lord Hui, there is actually only one answer to these three questions. As for the reason, and let the lower officials sell it and wait for the spring of next year, the adults will naturally understand the reason. ”

The more learned a person is, the more he can't leave unknown questions. As the prime minister of the current dynasty, his ambition and calculation can be called the first in the world. At this moment, he was whetted by Tang Ming, a yellow-haired boy, how could he be allowed to sell Guanzi again under such circumstances, not to mention that he would have to wait until next year, even until tomorrow.

Yao Guangxiao, who has always been calm, can no longer be calm, and the Buddha's heart, which has been practicing meditation for many years, does not know where it was thrown out of the clouds at this moment, and he stepped forward with his eyes open angrily and approached Tang Ming, and said in a cold voice: "Boy, do you think I will keep you until next year?" If you don't give me a satisfactory answer today, I will put your life at risk, do you believe it or not? ”

The slightest cold air came straight in, Tang Ming trembled in an instant, even Xiao Bai was oppressed by Yao Guangxiao's momentum, and he didn't come forward to save his master, but hid behind Tang Ming with his tail between his legs. Eyes, just from Yao Guangxiao's eyes at the moment, Tang Ming understood that he had to say it if he didn't say it today, and he had to say it without saying it, and he couldn't say anything!

In order to survive his young life, Tang Ming invited Yao Guangxiao to his grass hut, and after some verbal battles, he explained the most basic principles of biological hybridization. It wasn't until the night that Yao Guangxiao let Tang Ming go.

And when asked why he knew this at a young age, Tang Ming of course justified himself and put these credits on the imaginary master.

Yao Guangxiao was very happy when he left overnight, especially the potatoes that took away from Tang Ming, sweet potatoes and corn were closely protected by him as treasures. As for what Tang Ming said, as long as these cash crops are popularized and planted, there will be no hunger in the Ming Dynasty in two years, it is not enough to believe it, but sixty percent of them are still there.

If nothing else, is seeing believing? Tang Ming also saw the yield of each of these things with his own eyes, plus that explanation. Although Yao Guangxiao still half-understood, this was enough for him to experiment, just wait for him to return to Beijing and then discuss with Zhu Di, and set aside a few acres of royal land for trial planting, and he will know next year.

The matter has come to this, of course, the most hard-working person is Tang Ming, who finally cultivated the first batch of hybrid crops, but Yao Guangxiao, the prime minister and robber, is good, and directly took more than half of his victory fruits. This made him, who had been thinking of starting a large area of first-generation hybrid crops next season, had to cancel the plan.

What made Tang Ming most depressed was that Yao Guangxiao took half of his crops, without even saying thank you or rewarding some money, and he was not allowed to step out of Weihaiwei for half a step during this time. You have to be ready for Your Majesty's call at all times, and you have to follow the rumors, doesn't this mean that you are under house arrest, Tang Ming is not convinced, he is really unconvinced, but he can only mutter a few words in his heart.