"You said boats, those boats were taken away by Xiao Xiantang, and none of them were left for me, he said that the sea was dangerous, and told me not to think about running to the sea if I was fine, and I didn't have much cash in my hand, otherwise I wouldn't have thought about buying a horse." Mu Chonglan complained and said, she is a navy, but Xiao Xiantang will not let her go to sea, but if she can buy a batch of good horses, she will consider letting these Dinghai as cavalry, after all, horses are much cheaper than ships.

"I see." Zhang Yuanqing was plain on the surface, but in fact, there were already huge waves in his heart.

Sure enough, sure enough, that Xiao Xiantang is not an ordinary person, since he left a warship and don't want to set the navy, there must be no shortage of soldiers who can be used for sea battles.

It's just that although Zhang Yuanqing thought of this, he never understood one thing, that is, what is the origin of this Xiao Xiantang?

Was it the Qincha sent by the imperial court to deal with this Yanzhou?

In this way, it can indeed explain Xiao Xiantang's strangeness, but Xiao Xiantang's style is really not like that sent by the imperial court.

"What are you thinking?" Mu Chonglan asked.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Zhang Yuanqing dodged.

Mu Chonglan looked at Zhang Yuanqing with some suspicion and said, "I always feel that you have some bad idea. ”

Zhang Yuanqing smiled bitterly and said: "The ninth girl guessed right, I do have a plan, but although the ninth girl can rest assured, I can't hide it from you and Xiao Xianling, so the ninth girl can rest assured, I, Zhang Yuanqing, will not harm the two of you after all." ”

Zhang Yuanqing's words were actually showing loyalty, but unfortunately, the object of his loyalty was Mu Chonglan, and the consequence of this expression of loyalty was that Mu Chonglan glared at him, and said, "I will stare at you, if you dare to assassinate him, I will beat you to death." ”

"You're too worried, how can I have such ability." Zhang Yuanqing said with a wry smile.

"You'd better not have that skills."

“……”

……

"Old Ge, look at this." Yan Hongxin mysteriously took out a cloth bag.

Ge Lao took it puzzled, opened it and saw that it was a thing that looked like a lump of dirt: "What is this?" ”

"It's a sweet potato." Yan Hong said.

"Sweet potato?" Ge Lao's eyelids jumped, they decided that the navy had been hated by the imperial court all these years, and the military salary had been exploited layer by layer, and there was almost not much military salary really in their hands, so that in order to live, they also did some things that could not be put on the table, but these things were not worth mentioning compared to what other navies in Yanzhou did.

So this sweet potato, he has naturally seen it, and he has also obtained it on a cargo ship, and he has also baked and boiled it.

"What's there to see about this?"

"This thing really doesn't look good, but the taste is ......," Yan Hongxin said, taking the sweet potato in Ge Lao's hand, breaking it, and a sweet smell spread. You'll know if you taste it. ”

Ge Lao looked at the tender yellow sweet potato with some suspicion, but smelling the sweet smell of the sweet potato, he couldn't help but pick up half of it, put it to his mouth and took a bite, his originally squinted eyes immediately widened, and after taking a bite, he looked at the sweet potato in his hand with surprise: "This...... This sweet potato, looking at it, is not ordinary from what we have seen before, we have seen it before, but it is not so big, and it is not this taste. ”

In Ge Lao's impression, sweet potatoes are difficult to swallow. "Where did you get it?"

"I got this thing from someone else, and I heard that it was an improved breed grown by Mrs. Xiao."

"She planted it?" Ge Lao's eyes widened, although the sweet potato tasted very unpalatable, but he heard that the maritime merchants said that sweet potatoes have two yields a year, and the yield is extremely high, so they have also thought about planting some supplementary military rations, but no matter what they do, they can't find the seeds of sweet potatoes, so they can't plant them at all, so they finally give up.

At this time, look at this meaning, Mu Chonglan is actually a sweet potato grower, and he still thinks that she just asked them to come out to farm, and she is all tossing them.

"Well, I heard them say that this sweet potato yield is extremely high, and there are no requirements for the soil, even if it is us, we can grow it alive, so Mrs. Xiao plans to call us in this sweet potato." After Yan Hongxin finished speaking, he lowered his voice again: "Old Ge, in fact, the matter of sweet potatoes can be put aside and not mentioned, I also have a terrible thing." ”

"Something terrible?" Old Ge's eyes rolled: "Let's talk about it." ”

"Today, I went to the back mountain to get sweet potato seedlings, and unexpectedly there were a lot of strange sheds erected over there, I inquired, listened to the meaning of those people, planted a lot of grain under the shed, and waited for the harvest at the beginning of next month."

"This season? Are you sure? Ge Lao asked solemnly.

"Yes, I heard that the greenhouse is very unique, and any crops planted in it do not need to consider the change of seasons, whether it is spring or summer, autumn or winter, it is completely up to Mrs. Xiao."

"If it is true as you say, then wouldn't the rice she grows produce four crops a year, or even more?" Ge Lao said secretly, doubling the output, what this means, it is self-evident. "Does she know how to do demon magic?"

"I don't think so, because I've secretly seen it, the climate in my current greenhouse is indeed a little strange, not so much a demon law, I think she is more like finding a cover that can isolate the outside climate, covering that side of the circle, and then what the climate inside should be, it can be controlled." Yan Hongxin explained that in fact, when he first heard it, he also thought it was incredible, so he quietly sneaked into the greenhouse, and sure enough, he saw many plants that should not appear in this season, and he understood that the person who told him these was not lying. "I heard that there are some strange people with ghostly methods, maybe this Mu Ajiu looks stupid, but in fact, she is pretending to be stupid, she may be the kind of outsider who is not usually born."

Speaking of the latter, Yan Hongxin's face showed a convincing look, obviously very excited to see that Mu Chonglan was very good at farming.

Ge Lao looked at Yan Hongxin's expression, a little surprised, but thinking about it, what they have lacked most in the navy over the years is military salaries, and sometimes they have to tighten their bellies and fight with pirates to the death, so at first glance, when they see that someone can grow so much military salary, it is no wonder that Yan Hongxin is so excited.

It's just that Yan Hongxin is afraid that he has forgotten that although this Mu Ajiu is great, he has never been the guest secretary of their navy, and their navy is still living under others, obviously a group of navy, but now he has to farm with a group of old and weak women and children......

"Speaking of which, I always feel that there are more of us old and weak women and children, and I don't know where they found so many women and children, as well as these lame and broken arms."