A large bunch of sweet potatoes suddenly broke through the soil and appeared in front of everyone.

Although the sweet potatoes are stained with dirt, the red fruits are particularly eye-catching, some are only the size of a goose egg, and some are as thick as a man's arm, which makes people feel incredible.

Chen Wangmo, the commander-in-chief of Liangguang, originally thought that at most he would pull out a fist-sized fruit, but when he saw the vine hanging with large and small fruits, his mouth opened slightly, and his eyes widened.

Thump!

When Huang Hui pulled the sweet potato up by the roots, his body had already lost his center of gravity, and he sat heavily in the sweet potato field. It's just that he didn't feel pain, but quickly checked the sweet potato that he pulled out.

"One, two, three...... Ha ha...... Six, there are six sweet potatoes! ”

Huang Hui looked at the heavy fruit in his hand and smirked at the sweet potato. It was as if he was not carrying a sweet potato in his hand, but a human head symbolizing his military exploits, which made him look a little crazy.

"How do you bear so much fruit?"

"This sweet potato is really big, it doesn't seem to be light!"

"If it weren't for the old man seeing it with his own eyes, I really wouldn't believe it!"

……

More than 20 officials gathered around to look at the sweet potatoes, all of which were stained and surprised. Things speak louder than words, Lin Haoran did not fool everyone, there is really a strange fruit called sweet potato in this world.

"There's another one here!"

Dingxi Hou Jiang You's eyes were very sharp, and he found that there was an outcropping sweet potato in the sweet potato pit.

He was not afraid of staining his gorgeous clothes, so he knelt on the ground and picked up the soft soil with his hands, and took out the plump sweet potato hidden in the soil, and his face looked overjoyed.

"Possibly!"

However, the new Guangdong envoy drew inferences from one case and immediately joined the ranks of digging soil. Luckily, he actually shaved out two fist-sized sweet potatoes, making his old face bloom like a chrysanthemum.

Everyone was no longer polite and started picking sweet potatoes. In their opinion, the ground was not buried with sweet potatoes, but with gold and silver treasures.

Wang Bai is the most energetic, but watching the huge sweet potatoes unearthed, he jumped into the sweet potato field excitedly, and also followed everyone to dig out other sweet potatoes.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that the high-ranking officials in Guangdong would dig sweet potatoes around a small sweet potato field, and from time to time let out a burst of crazy laughter.

"Haha! There are eight of them! ”

"Look at how big my sweet potato is!"

"No, this sweet potato of mine is super big!"

……

The sweet potatoes were dug up one by one, and looking at those fist-sized sweet potatoes, the officials were so excited that they couldn't help themselves. In addition to thinking that the fruit is miraculous to be buried in the ground, there is also the excitement of harvesting the fruit.

Of course, many officials understood what this high-yield sweet potato would mean for the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to pursuing personal fame and fortune, they also have a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, a continuation of the study for the saints, and peace for all generations.

Nowadays, this high-yield sweet potato can undoubtedly increase the harvest of farmers, thus creating a new atmosphere of national peace and security.

Lin Haoran did not participate in the digging of sweet potatoes, but stood on the edge of the sweet potato field and watched these officials who did not touch the spring water excitedly digging sweet potatoes, presenting a rare scene of officials picking sweet potatoes.

But I have to admit that many officials in the Ming Dynasty still have a public heart for the country and the people.

After the harvest is completed, the sweet potatoes are washed off by the officials and put into the basket, which looks very attractive.

Ouyang Lie asked the official to bring a scale, weighed each basket, and asked the scribe next to him to count it, and soon got the number of this harvest.

"How much?"

"How much?"

……

Officials probed to know about the harvest.

Ouyang Lie looked at the officials, took a deep breath, and then spit out a number: "Three hundred and eighty-eight catties!" ”

"What?"

The officials were taken aback again, although they already knew that the yield of this sweet potato was not low, but when they listened to this figure, their faces looked incredulous.

The sweet potatoes of the two divisions of land actually produced nearly 400 catties of sweet potatoes, and in the current situation that the yield of rice per mu is only 500 catties, sweet potatoes are undoubtedly ultra-high-yield crops, which can greatly reduce the lethality of disasters in the Ming Dynasty.

"Incredible! Incredible! ”

Wang Bai and other officials looked at the baskets of sweet potatoes, thinking that this small piece of land had dug up nearly 400 catties of sweet potatoes, and a look of disbelief appeared on their faces.

However, the facts were in front of him, but they had to believe that there was such a miraculous crop in the world.

"Now let's try the sweet potato!"

Lin Haoran already had a psychological expectation of this result, but said to everyone with a smile.

Ouyang Lie led the servants to get busy again, some sweet potatoes were roasted on a charcoal fire, some sweet potatoes were boiled in a pot, and some were peeled and cut into pieces to boil sugar water.

A few cooks got busy, and everyone went to wash their hands, and then returned to the banquet to continue drinking tea.

Wang Bai won his reputation in the silver mining order, and even gained the reputation of "Wang Cannon" in the bombardment of Zhang Zhen, and he was very likely to be reused by the imperial court in the future, so his status was faintly the highest.

The smile on his face did not end, and when he returned to the banquet, he said to everyone with emotion: "It's really amazing!" When Lin Futai told me in the past, I really thought he was lying to the old man, so I made a covenant with him today! ”

"Even if I deceive anyone, I don't dare to deceive Lord Domain!" Lin Haoran smiled slightly and replied modestly.

Chen Wangmo, the commander-in-chief of the two Guangzhous, changed his indifferent attitude and also participated: "This Franc machine is really magical, no wonder the Franc machine people are so rich and dare to love the production of sweet potatoes grown in their country is so high!" ”

"Lord Commander, that's not the case!" Lin Haoran shook his head lightly, and then said eloquently: "As far as this government knows, Portugal is just a small country adjacent to the sea, the land is not fertile, and the people are very poor. It's just that not only did their country not implement a maritime ban, but the king also strongly supported the country's civil aviation, and even took out the country's gold and silver treasures to build a fleet. This sweet potato is not a crop of their country, but the Portuguese found it in a magical land, followed by peppers, and coincidentally brought it to Daming! ”

"They build fleets? How is this different from Zheng Gong's trip to the West? Isn't this a waste of national money and a burden on the people? The envoy immediately asked suspiciously.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Lin Haoran.

Contrary to the conclusions of later generations, too many officials of this era did not approve of Zheng He's actions in the West. Although it preached the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, it made millions of taels of silver to the imperial court go down the drain, in exchange for some treasures of the Nanyang countries, which was of no benefit to the country.

Lin Haoran first made a cautious expression, and then replied slowly: "Their purpose of sailing is actually like that of profit-seeking merchants, they transport goods from the East back to the West to sell, and earn several times the profit from them, and use the silver they earn to build a fleet. And the reason why they suddenly became rich was because they had a fleet that discovered an incomparably huge mountain of silver, and thus obtained a steady stream of silver. Now they use this silver to buy goods from our Ming Dynasty and ship them back to Western countries to sell and make money! In the same way, their national treasury has not been depleted, but has become more and more abundant. ”

"Can we follow suit and build a fleet to find the Silver Mountain?" Chen Wangmo listened very carefully, and suddenly asked solemnly. In his eyes, there was a clear desire to follow the path of Portugal.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Haoran one after another, wanting to find out the answer from his mouth.

I don't know when Lin Haoran is no longer a young and promising Lin Wenkui, but a far-sighted Lin Daren, one of the leaders of the Ming Kaihai faction.