Bai choked up, and said very moved: "Xie Junshang! The king trusts the last general, and it is difficult to repay the last general! ”

King Qin chuckled and said, "You would rather be exterminated by the widow than do something that harms the widow and the Qin country, you are already more loyal than the liver and brain." ”

He used his cuffs to carefully wipe the tears and dust off Bai Qi's face, and said, "Xiangguo, you don't need to worry, the widow will convince him." After you return to Qin, you will take care of it at Zhu Xiang's house. Although Zhu Xiang is a relative, he is a relative of the widow's grandson and great-grandson. He has no heirs, and he will be able to enjoy lifelong wealth in the Qin State, and he will be honored after his death. ”

Bai Qi bent his waist almost at a right angle: "Xie Junshang!" The last general will definitely protect Zhu Xianggong for the king! ”

King Qin smiled again and helped Bai Qi up, and said, "Don't call him Zhu Xianggong." That kid is timid, if you call him Zhu Xianggong, he will probably be scared. But he's very bold......"

King Qin remembered that Zhu Xiang was jumping around in front of him like a monkey from Bashu, and his smile deepened.

Bai Qi said: "Zhu Xiang is very good to his family. Maybe he thinks that he is related to the king, so he treats the king as an elder. I heard that Lin Xiangru and Lian Po treated Zhu Xiang as a nephew, and Zhu Xiang may have been used to getting along with his elders like this. ”

King Qin smiled: "He also jumped out like this in front of Lin Xiangru?" Lin Xiangru has that temperament, can he bear it? ”

Bai Qi said: "Listening to Xu Ming and Xianghe, Lin Xiangru is carrying a ring ruler in his sleeve, and often knocks Zhu Xiang's head with the ring ruler while talking. ”

King Qin laughed. Even though King Qin had laughed many times in the main tent, the still depressed and tense atmosphere was finally swept away.

Bai Qi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He survived this catastrophe temporarily.

Another half month passed.

Zhu Xiang squatted on the ground and used a wooden stick to dig the soil.

"Okay, you can dig it, be careful, there's a big string down there." Zhu Xiang's face finally showed a genuine smile.

The soldiers of Zhao Guo cheered, rushed down the field with hoes, and began to dig potatoes.

Zhu Xiang walked to the ridge and stood beside Bai Qi with his hands.

Bai Qi turned his head to look at Zhu Xiang.

Zhu Xiang's eyes were crooked with a smile, revealing white teeth that were impossible to appear among civilians, and there were actually two small dimples on his thin cheeks.

King Qin also looked at Zhu Xiang.

He remembered that Zhu Xiang's "Diary of a Raised Nephew" described that when his great-grandson Zheng'er laughed, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, his teeth were missing, and there were two small sockets on his cheeks.

Zhu Xianglao made noise about "Uncle Xiao" in front of him, maybe he was not boasting.

If Zheng'er grows up, will he be like Zhu Xiang?

When his great-grandson arrived in the Qin Kingdom, he was served with good food and drink, and he must be much stronger than Zhu Xiang now.

Maybe it's Zhu Xiang's fatter appearance?

The old King of Qin was rarely soft-hearted, and rarely thought about his excessively large number of children and grandchildren.

Today, for some reason, the old King Qin misses his dead prince a little.

His crown prince was cultivated by him, although he also prevented the prince from taking power, but he was also very satisfied with the prince.

Much more satisfied than An Guojun.

The old King Qin lived too long, and he himself was very satisfied. But a person's lifespan is limited, and no matter how long he lives, it is impossible for him to see the day when his great-grandson grows up, and it is impossible to know whether the Qin State can still be so powerful when the Qin king of his great-grandson's generation succeeds to the throne...... Or more powerful.

When the old King of Qin looked at An Guojun, he always felt that he had his eyes closed on his front foot, and An Guojun was about to ruin the ancestral foundation with his back foot. Therefore, he was inevitably anxious in his heart, hoping that he could do more while he was alive, destroy more countries, and snatch more land.

Of course, he was not stupid and knew that he would not be able to destroy the Six Kingdoms and unify the world in his lifetime.

He just wanted to do a little more, a little more. He doesn't believe in An Guojun, and he doesn't believe in his own children and grandchildren!

"Zhu Xiang, Zheng'er is really less than a year old and can speak, and now that he has read through the classics, even Xun Quan's old man praised Zheng'er for his intelligence?" King Qin asked suddenly.

Zhu Xiang, who was watching Zhao Guo's soldiers digging potatoes in full swing, smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, "Huh? He came back to his senses and replied, "Of course! After King Qin saw Zheng'er, he could personally take the school Zheng'er. Zheng'er's knowledge and insights are probably even more powerful than those of teenagers! ”

When it comes to Zheng'er, Zhu Xiang talks a lot. Blowing the nephew of the first emperor's cub, Zhu Xiang is serious!

"King Qin, think about it, Zheng'er's enlightenment teacher is Xunzi, Xunzi who has been the third priest of the Jixia School Palace, who else in this world is more knowledgeable than Xunzi?"

"Lin Gongjiao'er "Book of Songs", Lian Gongjiao'er "Sun Tzu". In this world, it is rare to compare the "Book of Songs" with Lin Gong and the "Sun Tzu" with Lian Gong...... Ah, Wu Anjun, don't stare at me, I know you're amazing. Don't compare, it's not good. ”

"Also, Xianghe made toys for Zheng'er, Xu Ming took Zheng'er to pick up ears of wheat, and the heads of the Mo family and the farmer family all liked Zheng'er. In addition to King Qin in this world, I am afraid that only Zheng'er can be unanimously loved by Confucianism, Mojia, and peasant heads! ”

Zhu Xiang was triumphant.

I haven't said it yet, Cai Ze, the future prime minister of the Qin State, will accompany Zheng'er to play with wooden swords every day!

My housekeeper deserves to be the first emperor cub, the master of luck in this era. You look at the quality of his initiation and playfulness as a child!

Oh, by the way, Zheng'er is also called Teacher Li Mu, and Li Mu gave Zheng'er the sword he used, hehe.

King Qin watched Zhu Xiang dancing and boasting about Zheng'er, and couldn't help but brush his beard.

If others boast of a certain prince of Qin, the king of Qin only thinks that the other party wants to meddle in the succession to the throne in front of him.

But Zhu Xiang......

Zhu Xiang, a fool, is like those ministers in the court who only got their eldest son after many years, and he was so happy that he even forgot the difference between monarchs and ministers.

Zhu Xiang doesn't seem to pay much attention to the difference between monarchs and ministers? The old King of Qin pondered. He once again understood the meaning of what Zichu said about Zhu Xiang without "Wang Zuozhizhi".

"Zhu Xianggong! Zhu Xianggong! That's a lot of potatoes, a lot of potatoes! "Zhao Ren was so surprised that he wasn't even afraid of Bai Qi.

They held a large string of potatoes and danced and jumped, as if they were dancing some strange sacrificial dance, to report the good news to Zhu Xiang.

Zhu Xiang stopped boasting about his nephew and said with a smile: "Hurry up and dig it!" Dig up all the potatoes and it's time for a harvest celebration! ”

Zhao Ren continued to hold the potatoes and jump: "Okay! ”

King Qin's attention then turned to potatoes.

He saw the string of potatoes dug up by Zhao Ren, and his breath stagnated: "This...... It's all potatoes? Can you eat them all?! ”

Zhu Xiang nodded again and again: "Yes!" ”

White fists clenched. He glanced at the King of Qin, and after the King of Qin bowed to him, he pulled his robe to his belt, took the hoe from the guard, and personally dug up the soil where a potato plant was rooted.

Bai Qi dug very carefully, he gently shaved the soil, and the potatoes under the soil were exposed little by little.

His guards also helped, digging up the soil with branches.

When he dug for a long time and didn't dig to the end, Bai Qi threw away the hoe and squatted on the ground to dig the soil by hand.

His guards also dug the soil with their hands and touched the potatoes one by one.

If you dig the soil by hand, you don't have to worry about hurting the potatoes. They quickly dug up a small pile of potatoes.

The guard picked up a potato and said in disbelief: "General, these ...... Are these really potatoes? Can you eat it?! ”

Bai Qi did not speak. He couldn't believe it himself.

Originally, looking at the size of the potato plant, Bai Qi did not think that the potato could be very productive. Maybe three or four potatoes under a potato seedling would be remarkable.

Now seeing this nest of potatoes, Bai Qi can't even speak.

He thought, Zhu Xiang planted potatoes in Zhao Kingdom, right?

Does King Zhao know the yield of potatoes?

Lin Xiangru and Lian Po must know.

King Zhao despised Zhu Xiang so much that he forced Zhu Xiang to exchange his life for a pawn who was abandoned by Zhao. Is this the heavens ready to destroy the Zhao Kingdom?

"General, can you, can you not let Zhu Xianggong go back to Zhao Kingdom?" The guard said cautiously, "Don't let Zhu Xianggong go back to Zhao Kingdom, he can't go back to Zhao Kingdom!" ”

Bai Qi raised his head, and the guards around him had tears on their faces.

They wiped their tears with their dirty hands, and their faces were covered with mud, and the tears could not be stopped.

And the guards were still incredulous, crying, while continuing to ask their general, are these really potatoes, can they really be eaten.

It seems that only the words of Wu Anjun, who led them to victory, can make them believe in this reality.

Bai Qi saw a shadow on the ground.

He raised his head and saw Zhu Xiang and King Qin with a serious expression.

Most of the time, Bai Qi's expression will only swirl between perseverance and indifference. His expression was very dazed at the moment.

"Zhu Xiang, are these really potatoes? Can you really eat it? Bai Qi's voice was very hoarse.

Zhu Xiang also squatted down.

He rubbed the soil on the potatoes with his hands, put the potatoes in front of his eyes and looked at them carefully: "Well, they are all potatoes, they can be eaten." The yield of potatoes is at least three times that of wheat. This land has not grown food for a long time, and there is ...... Heh, there are corpses as fertilizer, so I'm afraid this harvest can be five or six times as much. ”

King Qin's brows were already tightly wrinkled when Bai Qi started digging potatoes, and he didn't let go: "If all the land in Qin is planted with potatoes......"

Zhu Xiang chuckled: "Then the Qin State will soon perish." ”

King Qin hurriedly said, "Why do you say that!" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Do you remember what I said at the beginning? Potatoes are laborious, and there is a risk of deterioration in the seeds. There used to be a small country overseas, and in order to feed a larger population, all the land was planted with potatoes. One year, potato seedlings in a field became ill, and soon the disease spread throughout the country. So that year, all the potatoes in that small country were lost. ”

Zhu Xiang raised his head, his expression was a little indifferent and a little sad: "Everything has disadvantages and advantages. Nature is so harsh that it will not give a perfect food crop to those who depend on the land for their livelihood. Therefore, it is necessary for someone to continue to cultivate good seeds and continue to study the knowledge of farming. ”

King Qin looked at Zhu Xiang condescendingly.

There are no perfect crops, the millet and yellow rice they eat now are not good, the wheat that has been planted on a large scale in the Central Plains is not good, the rice grown in Chuyue is not good, and the potatoes in Zhu Xiang's hands are not good?

King Qin asked, "If you cultivate good seeds, what kind of farming knowledge will you study?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Just like people who marry close relatives are prone to dementia and disability, the same trait ...... Breeding plants with the same appearance is likely to produce defective seeds. Therefore, someone needs to constantly look for new plants and interplant with the original plants, so that even if the farmers use their own seeds, they can find good seeds. ”

Zhu Xiang told the King of Qin in the most concise and clear words how to find seeds in the wild, how to pollinate and hybridize grain crops with the same ancestors but different appearances now, how to use intercropping and intercropping rotation to maintain land fertility, reduce pests and diseases, and resist the disaster of a certain kind of grain harvest.

Maybe King Qin still doesn't understand it, but he at least knows that there is a lot of knowledge in farming, and it is not a matter of finding a certain high-yield crop that can be solved once and for all.

King Qin may not know how to farm, but he knows how to govern the country.

It's like trusting only one minister, and when that minister rebels, he has no one to use. In the court, various ministers need to check each other, and the grain in the land also needs to be changed frequently, so that when a certain kind of grain is sick, it will not be harvested.

"And as a national granary reserve, grain with husks and low water content is more beneficial. If millet, wheat, rice and other grains are dried and put into storage, they can be stored for several years or even ten years without rotting. Zhu Xiang stood up and handed the cleaned potatoes in his hands to King Qin.

King Qin picked up the potato and put it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully.

"Potatoes don't need to be shelled to eat, and they have a delicate texture and are delicious. But because of this, it is not easy to store. Zhu Xiang added in his heart that it is difficult to store at least in this era, "potatoes have a large water content and are easy to spoil; If the temperature is high, the potato will sprout green, and when it sprouts, it will be poisonous. The potato is poisonous, the public should have heard about it. ”

King Qin nodded: "I've heard people say it." Zhu Xiang, if you don't tell me, when the Qin State is planted with potatoes, won't the Zhao State be able to win without a fight? ”

Zhu Xiang lowered his voice and said, "And then?" Let this war-torn world continue for hundreds of thousands of years, and let the people of all countries continue to fight for the king, with countless casualties? Gong, only when the world is unified, can the people of Li breathe a sigh of relief. ”

King Qin put down the potatoes and looked at Zhu Xiang deeply: "You value the people more than the monarch." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I am the people. ”