Sven's man's name is Tang Cai, the word is easy to li, and the people in Qi Village call him Uncle Dacai. He was not originally from Huaibei Province, but migrated here a few years ago.

Tang Cai respectfully invited the group into his own farmhouse courtyard, and there are no guests in the small village all year round, especially with so many officials. It is said that there is also a prince and two generals among them, which makes the people in the village feel strange, and almost the whole village gathers at the door of Tang Cai's house to watch the excitement.

"Brother Tang, I don't know that this Nanyang Ganke is from Qi Village?" Liu Yu sat on a shabby chair after entering the door and asked.

Tang Cai was a little at a loss, rubbing his hands and saying, "Yes, indeed." General Liu doesn't have to be so polite, just call the villain Yi Li, this Nanyang Gan was smuggled back from Nanyang by the villain and a friend who ran a boat a few years ago, and that friend died because of it. ”

Liu Yu didn't expect that there would be casualties when introducing sweet potatoes, and under his questioning, Tang Cai explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

Since the age of seventeen, he has been running to Nanyang to run some goods, and has gradually accumulated a little net worth. At that time, the villain met a friend named Gan Zhao, who went out to do business, especially in the land of Fanbang, and the people who traveled with him took care of each other, and the villain and Gan Zhao were inseparable. ”

"Five years ago, the villain and the Gan brothers made a lot of money by selling silk to the South Seas, so they bought some spices from the local area and prepared to bring them back to the Central Plains for sale. Before leaving, one of the local chiefs wanted to buy silk for a long time through us, so he invited us to visit the house. The chief of the soil treated us with Nanyang sweet, and the first time I ate it, I felt that this thing was sweet and delicious. The chief said that this was a tribute, and even in the South Seas, few people ate it. ”

"We are businessmen. When you see something good, you want to get to the bottom of it. The chief was very welcoming. Took us on a tour of his Nanyang Gan plantation, which coincided with the harvest. The villain and Gan Zhao calculated at that time, and one acre of Nanyang Gan could produce more than 1,000 catties......"

Speaking of this, even Qi Fang and the others exclaimed, after all, in the current fertile land, one mu of wheat can produce three or four hundred catties, which is already a bumper harvest.

Tang Cai sighed and continued: "At that time, the villain and the Gan brothers had a mind and were going to bring some seeds back to plant. That night we snuck into the plantation of the chieftain. I thought that I could steal two Nanyang Gan out without knowing it, but I didn't expect to be discovered by the people guarding the garden, but the Gan brothers still desperately pulled out two trees and carried the boat that fled to the port with me. ”

"At that time, the spices had not yet been loaded on the ship, and we did not care about the sailing, so the chief took people to the harbor and shot arrows at the ship, and Brother Gan was hit by an arrow in the chest, and then the sea was turbulent, and his wounds never healed. Even if it's a breath. Brother Gan still didn't open his eyes to see the land of the Central Plains again, but he died just before he went ashore. The corpse can be brought back without sinking into the sea. ”

"It's no wonder that the villain is too greedy, most of the money has bought spices and can't bring them back, and the only entanglement villain is also used to bring the coffin of the Gan brothers back to Huaibei, he is from Qi Village, and the villain settled down after coming here, and wants to benefit the people of Middle-earth through Nanyang Gan. The villain studied planting with the son of the Gan brothers, Gan Mao Ganxian's nephew. In the first year of planting, the Nanyang Gan of Qi Village got a bumper harvest, and the villain wanted to go to the government to ask the county lieutenant to help promote it, but who knew that the road had hit a nail, and the county magistrate did not allow us to promote the planting, which was the only Nanyang Gantian, and the county lieutenant also found someone to destroy it several times. ”

Su Yan listened to it for a long time, thinking that things would go smoothly after twists and turns, but at this time he couldn't help asking: "Such a good thing, delicious and productive, why is the bullshit county lieutenant still making trouble?" ”

Tang Cai said respectfully: "Lord Huiyu, you may not know something. Although this Nanyang sweet is delicious and high-yielding, but after all, it can not be paid as a field tax grain, these years the northern war is frequent, the local harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are numerous, the county lieutenant in order not to make his own field tax can not be paid, can only strictly order not to plant Nanyang sweet, but at that time Nanyang sweet has been promoted to a lot of villages, many people are planting. ”

Liu Yu sighed and said: "The forerunner must have his indomitable will and the courage to overthrow resistance, and then how will Brother Tang promote it?" Oh, when the official came, he saw that next to the official road in this county, almost every family planted Nanyang gan. ”

Tang Cai finally had a smile on his face and said, "Even the people can distinguish good things." Although the county lieutenant was not allowed to plant, and there were many difficulties in the first year, because of the drought in Huaibei that year, most of the fields were not harvested, but Nanyang Gan harvested a lot, so that the people of the county survived the famine year. The following year, we changed to the current Lieutenant Lin, who is a reasonable person who not only encouraged us to plant, but also wanted to promote it to the surrounding counties. However, the officials of those counties also read the field tax, but they did not agree to the request of the county lieutenant Lin, so Nanyang Gan only took root in Hua County. ”

"Rare, rare." Liu Yu sighed twice.

Tang Cai introduced Gan Zhao's son Gan Mao again, Gan Mao is a young man about twenty years old, and he is very energetic but thin. Seeing so many officials hearing about him, he just knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

Liu Yu immediately said that he wanted to invite Tang Cai and Gan Mao to enter the customs to promote the cultivation of Nanyang Gan, Tang Cai's face was pleasantly surprised, since he came to Huaxian with Nanyang Gan penniless, he hoped that one day Nanyang Gan could attract the attention of the imperial court. Now the imperial court has sent the prince and the general to invite him in person, which can be said to be a blessing left by the ancestors.

"Back to General Liu's words, the villain and Gan Xian's nephew have studied it for several years and have an understanding of Nanyang Gan's living habits. If it is brought to the land of Guanzhong, it is suitable for sowing seeds in summer every year, and it can be harvested in late autumn and winter. ”

The drought in Guanzhong has caused no harvest of summer and winter grain, and the disaster relief was supposed to take almost a year, but now it only takes a few months. Liu Yu smiled: "Doesn't that solve the disaster in Guanzhong?" ”

Because it was dark that day, the group could not go back to Fangzhou County. Liu Yu and others stayed here for a day, and Tang Cai was supported by the local people, and he hurriedly arranged for every household to make room.

That night in a compound in Qi Village, a group of people built a bonfire and roasted sweet potatoes to eat. In order not to fall into the notoriety of robbing the people's property, Liu Yu bought several baskets of sweet potatoes from the people in the village at a high price and wore them with wooden sticks. Teach everyone how to bake.

This is the first time everyone has eaten sweet potatoes. Originally, many people still doubted whether this filthy thing could be eaten. But seeing that King Yu and General Liu were happy to eat, they also learned to try it, and they were attracted by the deliciousness of this sweet potato as soon as they entered it.

Liu Yue saw that everyone was gobbling up, and with a smile on his face, people wanted to be fresh, and let them eat sweet potatoes every day They would definitely get tired of eating them soon. But for the people who are being affected by the disaster in Guanzhong, being able to make ends meet and dress is the most important thing.

The group also had dried meat in their dry food. At that moment, they were also roasted and eaten together, and the village children ran around to play, and the female soldiers also served the village children with dried meat. Meat is not eaten once or twice a year for ordinary people, and children are all vying to eat it. Liu Yu also asked everyone to take out all the dried meat they were carrying.

There are also many people in the village who have not dispersed, because these big officials have no stand, and there are generals among them, and there are also people in the village who have gone out to serve as soldiers. There is also a female soldier of the Daughters Army.

"Xu Dashuai, you are Xu Dashuai of the Daughter's Army?" A woman from the village looked at Xu Xuanzhu and asked.

In the people's circulation, Xu Xuanzhu is a magical person like a god, and now he sees it alive. She just looks like an ordinary woman, except that she is prettier. It looks like the average lady in the city.

Xu Xuanzhu smiled and nodded, she was still peeling sweet potatoes for Liu Yu.

"There is a woman named Niuniu in our village, who joined the daughter's army two years ago, and she originally wrote letters home every once in a while. But since the last two months, there has been no sound, Xu Dashuai, do you recognize the Niu Niu in our village? Her grandmother is seriously ill at home and misses her tight. ”

Two months ago, it was the time of the Battle of Kwai Sui. The daughter army suffered heavy losses in that battle, and many of the corpses were not recognized afterwards and were buried by the ninth brother. The female soldier named "Niu Niu" was probably buried on the battlefield.

The facts are clear, but no one says it. Xu Xuanzhu smiled and said, "Niuniu is a good soldier and will come back." ”

The atmosphere was originally quite relaxed and cheerful, but it became heavy because of the topic of "Niu Niu", especially the female soldiers who accompanied them, most of whom participated in that war and were survivors of the battlefield. Thinking of his comrades who lost their lives on the battlefield, he had to steal a few handfuls of tears.

The bonfire lasted until midnight, and when everyone went back to sleep, Liu Yu lay down in the courtyard house. The mood fluctuated, and the farmhouse conditions were poor and I was not used to sleeping, so I thought about some more things.

Some female soldiers, especially those who love cleanliness, can't sleep, and come out in groups to chat and talk around the bonfire, until they are sleepy and snuggle up to each other and fall asleep, and the bonfire in the yard is also filled with firewood overnight, and it is still not extinguished until the next morning.

The next day, Liu Yu wanted to take Tang Cai and Gan Mao's uncle and nephew back to Fangzhou County together, but the two couldn't ride horses, and they couldn't find a carriage in the countryside, so Liu Yu had to decide to go back first to discuss with the King of Chu and others, play the emperor, and then send someone to pick them up.

Although the king of Chu did not want to see Liu Yu, after all, this involved disaster relief and meritorious service, and it may be a good thing to change the impression of the future prince on him.

When the group returned to Fangzhou County all the way, many convoys carried grain to the city, and the grain that came to Fangzhou had been harvested. With the first batch of grain, plus the matter of sweet potatoes, this errand will be completed successfully, and the emperor has every reason to reuse the king of Chu.

But when Liu Yu entered the backyard of the Taishou Mansion alone, he found that something was wrong.

The king of Chu was holding a sword and was piercing the sacks bag by bag, as if he was inspecting and destroying.

"Yu Taishou, is this the grain you requisitioned?" The King of Chu questioned Yu Tianshou, who was trembling behind him.

Yu Tianshou was hesitant, obviously knowing that Lu Dao had done something wrong and did not dare to answer. And next to King Chu and Yu Tianshou, there is a woman with very elegant manners, a light blue long skirt with wide sleeves and a narrow collar, a face that is not smiling but seems to be smiling and welcoming, and the delicate and beautiful face of Chu Chu is like a combination of a lady and a small jasper. is very graceful, which makes Liu Yue feel like old at first sight.

Thinking about this, this is the beautiful daughter of Yu Taishou in Su Yan's mouth.

Liu Yu didn't dare to think about it, and when he saw her a boudoir woman come out to greet people, he knew that Yu Tianshou intended to approach the king of Chu with his daughter. Regardless of whether this Miss Yu has a heart or not, Liu Yu should not provoke it.

Looking at the broken sacks, the rice that flowed out was rice mixed with sand, and some were simply half a bag of sand and half a bag of rice.

Liu Yu finally knew why the gentry of Fangzhou in Ludao Dao were so cooperative, it turned out that they wanted to pass the test with shoddy goods, but because of the lack of manpower in this line, the local officials were perfunctory, and the king of Chu was resolute but lacked practical experience and did not go to the following inspectors, so that nearly half of the rice collected was mixed with such mud and sand. But the sack is not marked, I don't know which rice comes from which family, there is no trace.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, after all, it is the rice for disaster relief, and it is fortunate that the people have food to eat, and as for the sediment, it doesn't hurt to have some." Ming Jin persuaded.

King Chu turned around and glanced at Ming Jin, noncommittal. Liu Yu stepped forward and said: "Mingyuan, what you said is not right, the people are hungry, can they use sand and rice as disaster relief food?" You are not ignoring the sufferings of the people! It's one thing whether they eat or not, and after eating this rice, how can the people trust the court in the future? ”

Ming Jin was reprimanded by Liu Yu in public, his face was not good, and he turned to look at the King of Chu for help.

The King of Chu asked coldly, "Where did General Liu come back from?" ”

"Minister......

Ming Jin on the side finally found a reason to fight for face, sneered and grabbed Bai and said: "Don't think that His Royal Highness the King of Chu doesn't know, your General Liu has just come back from a trip to play, and you are still shy and say that the people are suffering, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the emperor will condemn you for dereliction of duty!" ”

Liu Yu looked at the King of Chu again, and turned his back and ignored it as before.

Before, he was allowed to recuperate from his injuries, but now he is negligent in his duties due to an accident with the grain requisition. This King of Chu's qi is inevitably too small.

Conceited, arrogant, and autistic, Liu Yue couldn't think of any reason to assist such a king.

Liu Yu originally wanted to inform the king of Chu about the sweet potato so that he could make a contribution to disaster relief, but now he also dispelled this idea. As a strategist, he also has the right to choose the mastermind, even if the king of Chu becomes the emperor in the future, he can resign and not be happy.

The King of Chu entered the inner hall angrily, Ming Jin and the others followed, and even Liu Ting gloated at Liu Yu and followed.

Liu Yu was also angry, his hand injury was not good, and he ran more than 200 miles in two days for disaster relief. Now I still want to think about how to write a recital to the emperor when I go back.

Liu Yu walked towards the back door of the Taishou Mansion, walked a few steps, and heard slight footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he saw Miss Yu Jia following him behind, and when he turned around, Miss Yu also stopped, looking at him with indifferent curiosity.

It's really moving. Liu Yu's rising years were quickly dispelled by him, and he warned himself in his heart that this woman could not be provoked.

"Miss Yu, why are you following?" Liu Yu asked.

The woman's brows frowned slightly: "Miss Yu? ”

Not only do people give people a sense of déjà vu, but even Liu Yu feels that he has heard the voice somewhere.

"Isn't Miss Yu Taishou's daughter?"

The woman squinted at Liu Yu and said: "General Liu really has a good memory, he couldn't get off the stage in public when he counted the little woman on the Wild Goose Pagoda that day, and now the little woman has traveled thousands of miles to ride a fast horse to treat your injuries, but what should you be...... Miss Yu? It seems that the face of a little woman cannot be entered into the eyes of a lustful gentleman. ”

This rhetoric, this tooth, no matter how stupid Liu Yue is, he knows that he has misjudged it. It's not déjà vu, it's already known.

"It seems that Doctor Qu, your wind and heat illness has been cured. There was no scar, which is really gratifying, gratifying. ”

Liu Yu looked at Qu Ning's face with a narrow smile, as if he really wanted to find a scar on her face. (To be continued......)