Great Tang Southern Emperor

Chapter 174 Surprise!This is a potato?

Sai Qunxiong is a smart person, he knows that he is an outsider, let alone a relationship with Li Zhen, the two are not even from the same continent.Although it was Li Zhen who wanted to make the request, if she really didn't know good and bad and rashly made the request, Li Zhen might agree, but after meeting her request, the friendship between the two parties would be exhausted.

Of course Sai Qunxiong is unwilling to waste this affection in vain. Standing opposite him is the future heir of Datang. If he can be a long-term pendant on his thigh, will he lose his own benefits in the future?

So he threw the ball back very cleverly - I just hope that I can live in Datang safely and securely, as for the reward, His Royal Highness, you can see and give it.

"Hehehe, are you afraid that the palace will give you less?" Sai Qunxiong is so clever, but Li Zhen is not angry, because he brought sweet potatoes for himself, just because of this, what does Li Zhen give to others? All kinds of rewards are deserved, what's wrong with being a little clever?Datang has always had a tradition of ennobling with extraordinary achievements. A single sweet potato can increase the grain output of Datang dozens of times.

"Don't worry, the benefits I should give you will naturally not miss you, but although I am a prince, I am not qualified to confer titles." Li Zhen thought for a while and said, the entire Tang Dynasty is qualified to confer titles Yes, there is only the emperor alone, even if Li Zhen is the crown prince.

"Well, I will give you two options. The first one is to arrange for you to enter Chang'an immediately. With my recommendation, you will receive strong support from the imperial court whether you are in business or politics. The other option is I will reward you with a manor first, and then I will give you some servants. You will live here temporarily, and after finishing the affairs here, you will go to Chang'an with me, and then I will naturally serve you Please reward. And during this time, I can also be appointed as a sweet potato promotion ambassador, fully responsible for the promotion of sweet potatoes, and then we can talk about it after everyone sees the production of sweet potatoes... But no matter which one you choose, it is due to your dedication to sweet potatoes , I can assure you that a duke is indispensable, the difference is that the former is hard to convince, while the latter is more secure." Although Li Zhen can't be conferred directly, Li Zhen is the crown prince after all, so he can still recommend a place, not to mention the heroes of the competition. The credit for this is indeed great, and Li Zhen, a duke, is still very sure.

"Oh, this is good, Brother Sai, thank you Your Highness soon." Before Sai Qunxiong could speak, Wang Dewei said first: "Brother Sai, quickly choose the second one. The Dukes of Datang are divided into two levels. As a county prince, if you choose the second one, maybe you can be named a state prince."

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for your suggestion. Your Highness, I will choose the second one. I am willing to teach them how to grow sweet potatoes." Although Sai Qunxiong didn't understand the difference between the Duke of the State and the Duke of the County, he understood from Wang Dewei's tone. , the Duke is much taller.

"Very good, then I will arrange for you later." Li Zhen was not angry with Wang Dewei either, as he said, they can afford any kind of reward for the sweet potatoes brought by the heroes.

Li Zhen has never been afraid of others making meritorious deeds, as long as you dare to make meritorious deeds, I will dare to reward you. As for the so-called master of high meritorious service, Li Zhen is not worried-if even a subject has a higher prestige than the monarch, then that's just It can show that you, the monarch, are too incompetent, and nothing else can explain it.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Sai Qunxiong was overjoyed, and hurriedly sold other things: "This time we brought not only sweet potatoes, but also other things. Please take a look, Your Highness, is there any use?"

"Oh yes, there are others."

Li Zhen hurried forward and opened the other bags, who knew it was just the first bag, which surprised him...

"This is... a potato?"

Li Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and then became even more overjoyed. He thought that having sweet potatoes was a blessing, but what he didn't expect was that Sai Qunxiong actually had potatoes in his hands.

Overjoyed, Li Zhen stretched out his hand to pick up a potato to watch, but Wang Dewei hurriedly stopped him loudly: "No, Your Highness, this thing is poisonous and will kill people."

"what?"

"Chuck!"

Hearing that it was poisonous, the nervous guards pulled out their weapons without even thinking about it, and then controlled Wang Dewei. As for the 'culprit' of all this, Sai Qunxiong, was held around his neck with more than a dozen knives Up, dare not make the slightest change.

"Your Highness, put that thing down quickly." Wang Dewei was pressed to the ground, and he did not forget to remind Li Zhen: "Your Highness, this thing is really poisonous, and it will kill you if you eat it."

After finishing speaking, Wang Dewei looked at Sai Qunxiong viciously again, and stopped calling him Brother Sai, but called him by his first name: "Sai Qunxiong, didn't I tell you to throw away this harmful thing? Why are you still Do you want to take it with you to poison my Highness? I treat you as a brother, why do you want to kill me?"

"I didn't hurt you. It's because you didn't listen to me last time. Potatoes are not poisonous." Sai Qunxiong was about to urinate in fright, and looked at Li Zhen beggingly: "Dear Your Highness, please give Sai Qunxiong A chance to explain."

Wang Dewei retorted and asked: "You still say there is no poison? Then why did Xiao Li die of poisoning after eating?"

Before Sai Qunxiong explained, Li Zhen said: "I can give you an explanation, and you, don't make such a fuss. This thing is indeed poisonous, but the poison can only be effective if it is ingested. I just touch it. Where is it?" Will it be poisoned?"

"Your Highness, no matter what you say, you should be more careful." A guard advised: "Please put down the poison, Your Highness, and let the subordinates destroy it completely."

"I see who would dare?" Hearing that someone wanted to destroy potatoes, Li Zhen immediately jumped up like a cat with fried fur: "This is a high-yield crop that is no less than the yield of sweet potatoes, who dares to have a cent of these potatoes Injury, I will let him understand what is meant by flowers and why are they so red?"

"But Your Highness, this thing is poisonous. No matter how high the output is, it will kill people if you eat it. What's the use?" Wang Dewei was still pressed on the ground, and he couldn't help asking: "And this thing is extremely poisonous. , a person in our shipyard tasted some of the buds out of curiosity, and he collapsed within a quarter of an hour. No matter how the doctor tried to treat him, he was still unable to recover..."

"Nonsense, if you eat potato sprouts, you'll die too." Li Zhen complained helplessly, eating potato sprouts exclusively, who will die if you don't die?

But he didn't bother to explain, but pointed to Sai Qunxiong: "You, explain to them."

"Yes, thank you Your Highness for giving me this opportunity." Sai Qunxiong was very grateful, and quickly explained: "In fact, this thing itself is not poisonous, whether it is steamed or boiled, it tastes delicious, but the premise is that this thing can't germinate. Once it germinates, it immediately becomes a highly poisonous."

Chapter 813 Various Seeds

Chapter 175 Various Seeds

Shaking the potato in his hand, Li Zhen pointed to the purple sprouts on it and asked, "Do you understand? The potatoes themselves are not poisonous, but the sprouts are not edible. Whoever eats them will die."

Wang Dewei asked back: "But since the potatoes have sprouted, why do you still take them with you?"

"Sprouted potatoes can't be eaten, but they can be used as seeds. Potatoes are full of vitality, so it's absolutely fine." Sai Qunxiong explained: "That's why I didn't take out the potatoes for you to eat. I originally planned to keep them for later. After finding a suitable land and planting new potatoes, let you try new ones, who knows that your people will secretly taste them?"

"..." Wang Dewei was speechless. According to Sai Qunxiong's words, it was Xiao Li who wanted to die.

"Okay, since the misunderstanding has been explained clearly, why don't you let him go?"

"Yes." The guards quickly let go of Wang Dewei, Sai Qunxiong, and the remaining seven Indians under control.

"Really." Li Zhen didn't say much, and looked at the remaining bags. Different from the sacks containing sweet potatoes and potatoes, the remaining bags were very small, and the biggest one was only the money bag. size.

"What are these... Hehehe, what a surprise." Opening a purse-sized bag casually, a smile appeared on Li Zhen's face.

I was still looking for airtight materials for steam engines before, but I didn't expect to see rubber tree seeds today.

Speaking of which, Li Zhen doesn't have much research on plants, but he still knows rubber tree seeds, because this kind of seeds are very recognizable. The round seed shells are covered with dark brown irregular spots, which are very similar to castor seeds. picture.

It is no wonder that Li Zhen is excited. He has designed and manufactured the steam engine long ago, but the steam engine cannot be used on a large scale because of the unqualified airtight system. Originally, rubber is the best material, but rubber is far away in the Amazon jungle in South America. To find this, the premise is to go to America—this is one of the reasons why Li Zhen insists on looking for America.

It's just that rubber trees are planted from seeds, and it takes at least five years to harvest the rubber. Besides, the number of seeds in my hand is not large, only a few dozen, which is not enough at all. If you want to plant on a large scale, it seems that you have to Go to America.

"Your Highness, I found the seed of this weeping tree from a big jungle when I was traveling in the south. Because this kind of tree oozes a strange liquid, the locals call it the weeping tree." Seeing Li Zhen like this Well, Sai Qunxiong didn't know that the weeping tree seeds were also of great use to Li Zhen?

He was immediately overjoyed—from his point of view, the more useful the things he took out, the more useful he would be to Li Zhen, and the more Li Zhen would rely on him, the more secure he and his people would be.

"That's right, but I prefer to call him rubber. This kind of tree is very useful to me. It's almost no less than sweet potatoes, and even more precious than sweet potatoes." Li Zhen laughed. Sweet potatoes are precious, but after all, there are substitutes Yes, but the role of rubber in industry is irreplaceable—otherwise, when Japan occupied Southeast Asia during World War II, Britain, France and the United States would directly blow up their hair.

The only problem is that the number is too small, but anyway, this is a good start after all, not to mention that the rubber tree itself can bear fruit, even if you can't go to America, let these seeds multiply slowly, and after a long time, you can multiply them. A lot of jungle.

It's a pity that what Li Zhen doesn't know is that the seeds of rubber trees are easy to lose their germination ability, so they should be picked and sowed as they are picked-that is to say, the longer the seeds are kept, the more likely they will lose their germination rate.

The seeds of this rubber tree were collected by Sai Qunxiong when he traveled to America in the early years. It was mainly for commemoration. I don’t know how many years it has been released. I am afraid that it has not been active for a long time. Even if it is planted by Li Zhen, It is estimated that there are a few that can successfully germinate.

"Oh, there are quite a lot of good things." Zhenzhi put the rubber seeds in the hands of the personal guard again, and opened the penultimate bag like a treasure hunter, and the eyes suddenly lit up again——pumpkin seeds , which is another good thing.

Like potatoes, they are also food and vegetables. Of course, they are more often used as vegetables, but if they are used to cook pumpkin porridge...

What's more, pumpkins don't take up any land, so they can be planted no matter in the field or in the courtyard, and the yield is extremely high, which is very commendable.

"Your Highness, this is a specialty of our place. We have already eaten the fruit, and we plan to save the seeds for planting." Sai Qunxiong was even happier. The more Li Zhen was interested in his seeds, the higher their security would be. Not only is the safety high, but the greater the credit you make, the more rewards you will be rewarded in the future.

"That's good, that's good, that's good, I've recorded your credit." Li Zhen opened the last bag again, bursting into tears—my mapo tofu, my spicy chicken, my oily and spicy noodles, my chili...

At this moment, Li Zhen really wanted to sing a song - I have waited for a long time and finally waited until today, I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and finally my dream has come true, the future is long and I am allowed to go, fortunately there is you by my side...

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Wang Dewei saw that Li Zhen was about to shed tears, his expression tightened suddenly, and he asked Sai Qunxiong: "Sai Qunxiong, what's going on?"

"I... I don't know either." Sai Qunxiong was also confused, isn't it chili (forgive me, I don't know what the original name of chili is in America)?As for such a big reaction?

"Oh, I understand." Sai Qunxiong thought for a while, but he finally understood: "The taste of chili is very spicy, and if you put it in your eyes, you will burst into tears. His Royal Highness must have accidentally touched it with the hand that touched the chili. My eyes were broken, so I burst into tears."