Soon, the smile on Zhu Youcheng's face disappeared, and as soon as his hand was released, there was a "snap", and the thing fell to the ground and fell to pieces. He kept rubbing his hands together and muttered, "Damn, I forgot that the sweet potatoes I just took out are very hot, it's really unlucky." ”

King Xin was in a hurry, picked up Zhu Youcheng's hand and blew it violently.

When Xu Guangqi saw it, he couldn't help but get angry, and shouted loudly that the servant who brought the sweet potatoes couldn't do things.

The servant was aggrieved in his heart, he had never seen such a delicious guest, the host had not said that he could eat it, and the guest rushed over as if he was dying, how could there be such a guest who loved to take advantage of a small advantage. However, sweet potatoes taste really good.

Zhu Youcheng didn't pay attention to the burns on his hands, and asked eagerly, "Have you ever cooked it?" It's raw, take it out, take it out quickly, take it all out. ”

Xu Guangqi saw that Zhu Youcheng liked sweet potatoes so much, and said in his heart, he was really a teenager and had no city government. But forget it, Zhu Youcheng, who has such a true temperament, is like a real person, not a demon.

He waved his hand, and the servants went down to get the sweet potatoes, and in a few moments several servants came in with a large basket.

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "I can't imagine that Zhuang Yuanlang likes to eat raw sweet potatoes like the old man." ”

Zhu Youcheng looked at the sweet potatoes in the basket, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. It turned out that the sweet potatoes in the basket had all been peeled, revealing the red and tender flesh inside. Such sweet potatoes can no longer be used as seeds, and if they are forced to be planted in the field, they will get a rotten sweet potato.

Zhu Youcheng had tears in his eyes and said, "Why is Lord Xu so delicious?" So many sweet potatoes have been peeled and cannot be planted. Do you know how many lives you have to go down this bite? ”

Xu Guangqi's face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "Zhu Youcheng, keep your mouth shut." The old man eats the sweet potatoes he grows, what is the crime? ”

Hearing Xu Guangqi's angry rebuke. Zhu Youcheng suddenly burst into a smile and said happily: "It turned out that Lord Xu planted it himself, it doesn't matter." Eat as much as you like. ”

King Xin looked puzzled and asked, "What kind of dumb riddle are you two playing, I can't understand a word." ”

Zhu Youcheng peeled a boiled sweet potato for King Xin. Said: "This thing comes from a foreign country, called sweet potato, also called sweet potato, likes drought and does not like moisture, has a sweet taste, and is beautiful and healthy." In addition, the most important feature of this thing is that the yield per mu is very high, and it can reach more than 2,000 catties in normal years. ”

Zhu Youcheng originally wanted to say 6,000 catties, but he didn't know if it was the reason why the varieties were improved in later generations. It was discounted.

"Daming is now a frequent disaster year, flooding in the south and drought in the north. Although I have asked the emperor to ensure that there are 200 million mu of grain fields in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not safe to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the north after all. If the cultivation of sweet potatoes were promoted in the north, the famine there would be immediately lifted. ”

Xu Guangqi sighed: "Zhuang Yuanlang is really knowledgeable, and he actually knows this thing. However, Zhuang Yuanlang was wrong, the yield of sweet potatoes is indeed very high, but after all, it was introduced from the Fan State. In Daming, the soil and water are not adapted, and leaf rot often occurs. Therefore, the output is not as much as 2,000 catties, only 800 catties. I'm afraid it's useless to transport it to the north. ”

"Does Lord Xu blame the farmers for being lazy and refusing to water the sweet potatoes, often reprimanding them and urging them to irrigate diligently?"

"yes. Otherwise, there is no 800 catties of output. ”

"Lord Xu is wrong, sweet potatoes like drought rather than moisture. The more you water, the lower the yield of sweet potatoes. Now that there is a great drought in the north for many years, it is most suitable to grow sweet potatoes. In order to save more victims of the Ming Dynasty, I have been looking for sweet potatoes everywhere in the past few years. But I never found it. Seeing that Lord Xu had sweet potatoes here, he felt a little out of shape. Just now, I mistakenly thought that Lord Xu was greedy, and I ate all the sweet potatoes I bought from overseas, and lost the opportunity to solve the famine in Daming. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youcheng bowed to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi waved his hand and said with a smile: "The old man has not been accused of being delicious for a long time, and when I suddenly heard you say this, I went back to my childhood in a trance." Forget it, you are also worried about the country and the people. Why don't we play it together tomorrow and ask the emperor to do his best to promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes in the north. ”

Zhu Youcheng pondered for a while and said, "It's not appropriate." The first is the planting method and yield of sweet potatoes, we do not have first-hand information, and it is difficult to convince the public. The second is that there are not many sweet potatoes in Lord Xu's house, and all of them are seeded, which cannot meet the needs of the entire north. I mentioned yì to transport all the sweet potato seeds to Huangzhuang in western Beijing, and plant real yàn fields in Huangzhuang, firstly, to obtain first-hand information, and secondly, to cultivate more seeds. ”

"That old man is going to stay in Huangzhuang every day. Master Zhu, you have to eat and live. ”

The two were talking happily, when they suddenly heard the sound of "bah" in the mouth of the king of letters.

As soon as everyone saw that the boiled sweet potato had been eaten, Shin grabbed a peeled raw sweet potato and ate it. I don't know what's wrong with this sweet potato, it's very astringent, and it doesn't even have a bit of sweetness. King Xin took a bite and spit it out.

Xu Guangqi took the small, round sweet potato in King Xin's hand, glanced at it, was a little angry, and said: "These stupid things, they can't do anything at all, how can they get the potato boy in." This potato is not as delicious as sweet potatoes, and it cannot be eaten raw, even if it is cooked, it is light and tasteless. If he hadn't bought it from Fanbang, the old man would have wanted to throw it away. ”

Zhu Youcheng took the "potato boy", looked at it, and his hands began to tremble. He asked a little tremblingly, "Lord Xu, didn't you throw this thing away?" ”

"No, the old man's hometown still has five or six hundred catties, and I don't know what to do with it."

"Don't throw it. This thing is called potato, which is very drought-tolerant and has a very high yield, with a yield of more than 4ooo catties per mu. Although potatoes are not as sweet as sweet potatoes, they can be used not only as a meal but also as a dish. Lord Xu, if there is beef at home, I will show you my hand and let you see my specialty dish - potato beef stew. ”

"I bought a few catties of beef, but the champion is in a high position, will it make people laugh when he enters the kitchen."

"Hehe, the standard of a good man is to go to the temple and enter the kitchen. Haven't you heard Lao Tzu say that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh. Such sages all juxtapose temples and kitchens, and we should see the sages together. ”

Xu Guangqi laughed and entered the kitchen with Zhu Youcheng and King Xin. Sun Yuanhua, who was meditating on the cannon casting technique, saw the three of them go out and followed.

Zhu Youcheng walked into the kitchen and saw a pile of unpeeled potatoes on the ground, so he instructed the servants to wash the potatoes and peel them.

Zhu Youcheng carried the knife like flying. Cut the potatoes and beef into small pieces. After heating the oil, Zhu Youcheng put the beef into the pot and stir-fried, and after the surface of the meat pieces turned white, he added potato pieces to it, then added water, covered the pot and simmered. After the water boils. Add salt to taste, and soy sauce to tone.

In a few moments, the steaming and fragrant potato roast beef is ready.

Xu Guangqi picked up a piece of potato with chopsticks and tasted it, and it was delicious. Sun Yuanhua followed in the teacher's footsteps and also tasted it. After tasting it, his chopsticks couldn't stop. Not to be outdone, King Shin also joined the queue with chopsticks to grab vegetables.

Zhu Youcheng shouted: "Lord Wang, two adults, are you going to finish this dish in the kitchen?" Let's go to the living room and eat. It's convenient there. ”

The three of them smiled awkwardly and walked out in unison.

Zhu Youcheng asked the servant to carry a large pot of potato stew into the living room.

The pot was put on the table, Zhu Youcheng saw that the servant didn't bring the chopsticks and bowls, so he hurriedly asked the servant to bring them, and after speaking, he looked back and saw that three pairs of chopsticks had already reached into the pot. These three actually came with chopsticks.

Strike first. After the next hand suffered. Zhu Youcheng decided not to serve the shelves of the fourth official anymore, and hurriedly rushed to the kitchen. I took the chopsticks and ran back. Those goods will not be gentle and courteous, and it is late, and it is estimated that they will not even be able to drink the soup.

Sure enough, just here with the chopsticks, half of the potato stew in the pot was gone.

After a while. The potato and beef stew was all wiped out, and sure enough, there was not even soup left. This can't be blamed on these people for being delicious, no one picks up the pot and drinks the soup. The reason is that the starch content of potatoes is too high, and the soup turns into a paste, and it is hung on the dish and eaten by several people.

The servants saw that the adults were eating and drinking. Thinking they were starting to eat lunch, they brought rice. When they walked to the table, they were surprised to see that the pot full of dishes had bottomed out.

Xu Guangqi waved his hand and motioned for the servants to stand back.

He touched his round belly and said, "It tastes really good, and people like the old man, who don't pay attention to eating and drinking, have also eaten too much." ”

He smacked his lips, remembering what Zhu Youcheng had just accused him of, and asked again: "Do you think the old man looks like a delicious person?" ”

Zhu Youcheng and King Xin both nodded their heads, and also said to his student Sun Yuanhua: "Like! ”

Zhu Youcheng said: "If it's not delicious, will sweet potatoes and potatoes be introduced to Daming?" But it's not a sin to be delicious, Lord Xu's delicious food has helped Daming a lot, solved a big trouble, and is about to save countless hungry Daming people. Therefore, Lord Xu's deliciousness is meritorious to the Ming Dynasty, and the history of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably leave the reputation of Lord Xu's deliciousness. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youcheng pretended to bow to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi's face turned red, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of "porphyry" in the room, but I don't know which one couldn't help it and let out a fart.

King Xin raised his hand with a red face and said, "I'm sorry, I put it." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "People have three urgency, urgency, urine urgency, fart urgency, no wonder you ......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud "tom".

Sun Yuanhua raised his hand and said, "This is mine, I'm really embarrassed." ”

An artillery expert is an artillery expert, and even the sound of a fart is different.

Xu Guangqi's face was a little unsightly, it wasn't that everyone was farting, his face couldn't hang it, but he seemed to be unable to help but join the fart team.

"Porphyry-porphyry-porphyry-"

Xu Guangqi is very artistic, and even the fart sound is loud and high, and the tone is frustrated.

Everyone didn't dare to laugh, and at this moment, everyone smelled a strange smell, but they didn't know who let out a silent fart.

Xu Guangqi said helplessly: "This fart is not put by the old man, you have to believe me." ”

"Mr. Xu, I absolutely believe in you." Zhu Youcheng smiled mischievously, "Because, this fart was put by me." ”

Zhu Youcheng really has a black belly, and he doesn't even forget the yin person when he farts, silently, but with huge lethality.

Everyone couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed out of the living room together, taking a big breath of fresh air.

At this time, a chorus of "porphyry", "tom", and "porphyry-porphyry-porphyry-" sounded outside the living room, and occasionally a silent stench wafted over.

Zhu Youcheng said: "I forgot to say, sweet potatoes and potatoes are good, but if you eat too much, your stomach will swell, and you will be easy to fart." (To be continued!)

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