The sun is thin, and the birds are tired of returning to the forest.

The Qinhuai River, which is full of painting boats, is going to be lively.

There are many people who come and go, literati and ink writers, or high-ranking officials and nobles who have dressed up, all advocate this kind of romance.

But a group of men and horses took the trail from the main road to a small village by the Qinhuai River.

In the summer evening, it was still very bright, reflecting the afterglow of the sunset, and the team walked into Fangjiazhuang.

One old and one young walk ahead.

"Grandpa, I've heard people say for a long time, this Mr. Fang who moved from outside Jinling City is a strange person, look at those crops...... It's really weird. ”

"It's really interesting." The old man, who was close to the sixtieth birthday, looked at the crops on both sides of the canal, and his eyes were also surprised.

With his experience of seeing the whole world, he couldn't even recognize most of the crops here.

"These things grow well, but I don't know what they are for, and it's a pity not to grow food when they occupy such a good field." The young man regretted.

The old man nodded in agreement, and he suddenly saw that there was someone next to him, digging into the ground.

A few hoes were brought down, bringing up fresh red clay and a few fist-sized rhizomes, which should be the harvest of this crop.

He gestured to his grandson.

The young man stepped forward and asked kindly, "This uncle, dare to ask you what you are digging here?" ”

"Potatoes?" Fang Fu, who was dressed plainly, replied, and then buried himself in hard work.

"Potatoes?" The grandfather and grandson looked at each other, both puzzled.

The young man had no choice but to ask, "What are potatoes?" Can you eat it? ”

The old man chuckled, and when he looked at the potato, he could dig out several with a hoe, each of which was huge.

If this thing can be eaten, it will be calculated according to this output...... That rough estimate is at least more than 3,000 catties per mu.

However, at present, the mainstream rice, when the year is good, the yield per mu is only four or five hundred catties.

"How can it be ......" The old man shook his head and laughed at himself, feeling that he was crazy, how dare he have such an idea.

If this thing is edible, it is simply an artifact, it can feed the people of the entire Great Xia Kingdom, and no one will starve to death easily.

When you think of the situation that there is a shortage of food all over the world due to various natural disasters...... Anxiety appeared on the old man's brow.

The old man was so engrossed in his mind that he didn't hear clearly what the working man said.

"Grandpa, did you hear that!?" The young man walked back quickly, staring at the old man excitedly, and he didn't care about any courtesy.

The old man wondered, "What? ”

"He said the potatoes were edible! It can also be used as a staple food! The young man felt his hands tremble.

The old man was suddenly stunned, and the jade card he was playing with in his hand accidentally fell and shattered on the bluestone on the side of the road.

But the grandfather and grandson didn't care about this piece of jade, even if it was priceless, in the eyes of the two, it couldn't match the preciousness of the round potatoes!

……

Fangjiazhuang, on the roof of the main house.

Fang Jue held a simple telescope and stared at the area on the edge of the Zhuangzi, where he saw the visits of the old man and the young man.

Beside him, he was dressed in red for hunting, and Ye Hongyi stood on one side.

"Whew, it's coming......" Fang Jue smiled.

He asked the housekeeper Fang Fu, pretending to be an ordinary cropper, to dig potatoes in that area, and he had been digging for three days.

If you don't come, the potatoes will be dug up, and you will have to plant them again and do it again...... The marks are too heavy.

"Lord Shoufu is leaving......" Ye Hongyi raised the lens barrel and reminded.

Fang Jue smiled: "There should be a big man tomorrow." ”

The emperor will definitely not enter Zhuangzi, even if the potatoes are real, the guards beside him will dissuade him, who knows if this is a trap set by Fangjiazhuang.

Therefore, Zhuge Qingshan came.

The emperor sent this most powerful and trusted courtier, which shows the importance attached to potatoes and corn.

However, Zhuge Qingshan was also a little overexcited, and he went back before he saw the corn, which made the other scene prepared by Fang Jue useless.

But it's enough, the importance of potatoes is self-evident, after Zhuge Qingshan goes back, presumably soon the emperor will realize it...... Is this a genius who deserves his name?

"What Mr. asked Fang Fu to say, is it true?" Ye Hongyi was far away, but she had the skill of lip reading, and she roughly knew what Fang Fu and Zhuge Qingshan's grandson had said.

"If you don't believe me, dig in the ground and weigh it again."

It is impossible to fake such a thing as output, otherwise the emperor will be excited and disappointed, and the crime of deceiving the monarch will be covered.

Ye Hongyi no longer questioned, but looked at the young man's eyes, and gradually changed a little.

……

"The minister is guilty."

In the imperial study, Zhuge Qingshan came to see the emperor, and the first sentence was to confess.

"What is the sin of the first assistant?" Xiao Pingsi smiled and personally helped the old man up.

After Zhuge Qingshan got up, he said, "The minister accidentally broke the Huang Jinbao Jade given by His Majesty......"

Wang Feng, who was waiting beside him, was startled when he heard the words.

That piece of Huang Jinbao jade, but His Majesty gave it when he sealed Zhuge Qingshan's Shoufu, such a treasure Shoufu Lord actually broke it, which is a big sin.

However, I heard His Majesty say:

"It's just a piece of jade, Shoufu doesn't have to care, I'll give you another piece another day."

Xiao Pingsi smiled and waved his hand, he was in a good mood recently, especially about Fangjiazhuang.

One after another, it is a happy event for the benefit of the country and the people.

"Old minister, thank you for your grace of not sinning!"

Seeing that he had passed the test so easily, Zhuge Qingshan was grateful, and he was even more at home to this majesty.

Xiao Pingsi helped him up again, and the old Shoufu, who wanted to kneel down, hurriedly said:

"Boss, let's talk about the harvest of this trip first."

Zhuge Qingshan nodded, glanced at Wang Feng, and saw that His Majesty did not rebuke Wang Feng, so he told what he saw in Fangjiazhuang.

“…… Your Majesty, if that potato really has such an yield, I am afraid that it is even more precious than that corn! ”

Xiao Pingsi sat next to the imperial case, he couldn't calm down, fortunately he was sitting, otherwise he would lose his honor again.

"Shousuke...... Master Zhuge , you ...... You will definitely not deceive me, so in this case, Fang Jue is indeed prepared...... Xiang Zhen is showing me his magical abilities. ”

Xiao Pingsi thought about it, and at this moment he already understood that this Fang Jue came from Taihuang Mountain, and he didn't come to the capital to play around.

He must have had a purpose in bringing such a treasure, and he deliberately exposed the flaws.

"I'm afraid that he already knows that the old minister will enter Zhuangzi, so he ordered someone to dig the potatoes on the side of the road......" Zhuge Qingshan had already seen it.

It's all the foxes of the year before last, and this little means is no different from being above board.

"The yield per mu can reach 3,000 catties ......"

Xiao Pingsi couldn't help himself, he had tasted potatoes, the fist-sized potatoes were less than half a catty, and a person would be full after eating one or two at a meal.

The yield per mu is more than 3,000 catties, which is enough for a family of three to have three years' rations!

Even if you pay half of the tax, you can still have enough food for a family of three for more than a year......

Although there are more than three people in a family, there is far more than one acre of land in a family!

Nowadays, the Xia Kingdom is considered to be vast and has few people, and although the area of cultivated land is a secret, the emperor naturally knows about it...... After only a rough mental calculation, Xiao Pingsi realized what a precious thing this potato was.

Such a treasure, the Great Xia Kingdom must get it!

At this moment, Xiao Pingsi's eyes were extremely firm, even if he started a war for this, he would not hesitate to do so!

Zhuge Qingshan had the same thoughts as the emperor, and he said bluntly:

"Your Majesty, these treasures must be under the control of my Great Xia Kingdom, even if that Fang Jue is a person from the Emperor Zun Pavilion, if necessary...... We have to do whatever it takes! ”

Wang Feng trembled.

Oh my God, what did I hear.

The king of a country, and Lord Shousuke, discussed in the imperial study, and actually said that he could do whatever it takes...... Although this is true, shouldn't this kind of thing be covered up?

I'm not going to be silenced, am I......

"What the old man said is very true!" Xiao Pingsi said categorically, "Whether it is corn or potatoes, the Great Xia Kingdom must get it!" ”

"However, it has not reached the point of unscrupulous means......

Xiao Pingsi didn't blame Shoufu for speaking straightforwardly, because he also thought so in his heart, unlike those civil officials who were bookish and angry, but had a belly full of male thieves and prostitutes, they knew better what the Great Xia Kingdom needed.

As long as it is beneficial to the country, as the emperor, you have to do whatever it takes to get it!

Zhuge Qingshan nodded: "Your Majesty is right, that Fang Jue deliberately leaked the corn and potatoes through Mo Yuan and Xiao Chaoguo, presumably to let Your Majesty know......"

"He wanted me to know that the name of the genius given to him by the Emperor Pavilion was worthy of it......" Xiao Pingsi had calmed down, and he began to think about a question.

"Boss...... This Fang Jue has such an artifact in his hand, why did he come to my Great Xia Kingdom instead of throwing himself into the rest of the countries? ”

Xiao Pingsi looked at Zhuge Qingshan, as the emperor, he felt weak for the first time...... with low self-esteem.