As soon as the curtain was lifted, the cold wind poured in, making the two people inside shiver.

John Tang was chatting happily, and when he saw that someone was not polite at all, he was very angry, and immediately asked in unfamiliar Chinese, "What are you doing?" ”

A catcher unfolded the portrait and replied: "Arrest thieves, idle people, etc., are not allowed to leave the city!" ”

Although Hu Guang and Tang Ruowang were chatting, their ears were not idle, knowing that they had arrived at the city gate. The car stopped, and without greeting the person who lifted the curtain, there could be no one else except the people in the government.

He coldly saw that it was the catcher who opened the curtain, so he maintained the previous demeanor on his face, and just said in German: "These officials of the Ming Empire bully the weak and are afraid of the hard, and they will kick their noses on his face when they give him a face, and they will even make excuses and ask for money." ”

This kind of thing, in fact, is not only common in the Ming Empire, but also in Europe. It is not uncommon for John Tang to encounter him in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but in recent years, with the efforts of his ancestors and himself, missionaries have had a good relationship with the high-level of the empire, and they are relatively rare.

Right now, he was chatting happily, listening to the tone of the catcher, as if he still suspected that he, the messenger of God, was a thief, so how could John Tang not be angry.

At this time, when he heard Hu Guang say this, he immediately said with a cold face and in Chinese: "I have the road guide issued by your court, as well as the letters of several adults in the court, do you want to take a look at it to see if I am a thief?" ”

Several catchers had already seen the two people in the car, one was of a different race, with a high nose and blue eyes, and even a blind man would not think he was a thief.

Although the other person is a Ming person, don't say that the appearance is not like the person in the portrait, just the people are talking in bird language, and it can't be the thief he is arresting!

Besides, for the activities of this foreign monk in Yan'an Mansion, the adults have already handed down instructions, don't interfere too much, there are people in the court, and you can't offend them.

Seeing that there was no third person in the car, the foreign monk began to take advantage of the situation to suppress people again, and the catchers did not dare to offend again, so they hurriedly laughed and got out of the way. He even kindly reminded that there are rioters outside the city, so it's best to be careful.

Being harassed by them like this, even if it is a good-tempered person, it is a belly full of anger. John Tang was not afraid that as soon as the car started, there might be those people in the government around him, who complained in German: "What kind of chaotic people, they are all a group of disaster victims, people who are about to starve to death!" ”

Yes, the so-called chaotic people are all forced out by the government. If there is a little food, who will be a rioter?

Hu Guang sighed in his heart, suddenly remembered something, the hand hidden in his sleeve slammed into a fist, and scolded himself: "There is such a good object here, but why did you forget to ask such an important thing!" ”

He immediately looked at John Tong and asked in German: "By the way, when you say that, I would like to ask, what do you eat in Europe?" What did you see on the way here? ”

As soon as he heard that Hu Guang was going to talk about the food in his hometown, Tang Ruowang forgot about the unhappiness just now, and introduced it with great interest.

However, at this time, the differences between the East and the West existed after all, and John Tang said that the food might be known to Hu Guang, but what he said was not a popular name in later generations, so there were still some communication barriers.

After hearing this, Hu Guang interrupted Tang Ruowang's rambling and said to him, "Do you have paper and pen here?" ”

When Tang Ruowang heard this, he was slightly flustered. He didn't ask what he was doing, he immediately took out a pen and paper from the carriage, and said apologetically: "The oriental brush is really not used to it, I don't know if this quill can be used?" ”

When Hu Guang heard this, he was happy in his heart, if you take the brush out, I will really make a fool of myself!

He immediately took the pen and paper and said with a smile: "It's okay, the quill, it's very easy to use!" ”

When Tang Ruowang heard this, he was slightly surprised. Among the nobles he met, he was not used to using this quill pen.

Thinking like this, I want to see how Hu Guang uses this quill pen. kept in his hands, busy grinding ink for Hu Guang.

Looking at Hu Guang's posture of holding the pen, Tang Ruowang immediately understood that he really knew how to use it. However, Hu Guang did not use it to write, but to paint.

I saw Hu Guang sitting cross-legged in the car, bending over, and began to paint continuously.

The things he paints are all high-yielding crops that he knows, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and so on.

Potatoes, in particular, are the most urgently needed crops, for no other reason, now during the Xiaoice period, potatoes can become a staple food in Russia, then it is certainly not a problem to grow in northern China.

After the drawing, he pointed to the drawings with his fingers, describing the shapes and characteristics of these crops, and finally asked with an expectant expression: "You have traveled to so many places, I don't know where you have seen these, and where is the closest place?" ”

Hu Guang just remembered that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, these things must have been available in Europe. But he was afraid that John Tang would say that he had only seen it in Europe, and that it was really far away that the water could not save the near fire.

Who knew that Tang Ruowang laughed for a while, and then said to him: "Dear Hu, why are you so anxious about these things, are you afraid that there is none?" ”

During the time he was in contact with Hu Guang, Hu Guang left him with the impression that he had always been a calm person, which did not match his age at all. Now that he is finally no longer calm, I can't help but feel a little happy.

Hu Guang saw that Tang Ruowang didn't answer directly, so he couldn't help urging: "Don't talk nonsense, these things are very important to me!" ”

This can't be blamed for him being so excited, coming to Yan'an Mansion and unexpectedly meeting Tang Ruowang. If you want to say that you want to know these things, who is most likely to know, there is no doubt that it must be this foreigner from the West.

Without him, I wouldn't know where to start if I wanted to get this information.

If we had had the information about these crops and worked hard to spread the word about them, we might have lost many people along the way. The starvation that died on the side of the road, the tragedy of cannibalism, will not happen again!

No matter how calm Hu Guang is, he can't hold his breath anymore when he imagines the changes in these circumstances!

When Tang Ruowang saw Hu Guang like this, he didn't delay any longer, and immediately picked up the paintings one by one, pointed to the crops inside and answered them one by one.

Corn is far away in the sky, close in front of you. In the early years of Chongzhen, it was planted in Hanzhong, Shaanxi.

Sweet potatoes have been planted in Fujian, and some of them have been seen in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The closest to here, as far as Tang Ruowang knew, should be in the farm of Xu Guangqi, the master of Beijing.

As for potatoes, in the territory of the Ming Empire, Tang Ruowang had only seen them in Xu Guangqi's farm.

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Hu Guang heard that he slapped his thigh, how could he forget Xu Guangqi, a scientist and agronomist in the late Ming Dynasty! He seems to have collected a wide variety of crops, and finally wrote the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration".

It seems that after things in northern Shaanxi are stabilized, I must go to Beijing!

Just as I was thinking about it, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside, and it seemed that there were quite a few sounds.