Those few Hu people are estimated to be often arrested, and when they saw the guards rushing in, they immediately squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, even if they were punched and kicked by the guards, they carried them without saying a word, and even had a bold voice begging for mercy.

In contrast, those Han people squatted down, but those guards didn't beat them at all, and the onlookers still had some opinions, but they were afraid of the military might of the Tang Dynasty and didn't dare to say it out loud.

"What's the matter, dare to make trouble in Gaochang, don't you take the Tang Dynasty Protectorate in your eyes?" A burly guy walked in and shouted. Just wanted to shake his majesty, he looked up and saw Li Dongsheng, startled, and hurriedly saluted: "Meet Master Hou." ”

"I happened to walk here, and I heard that there were fights here, and sure enough, it was lively, are you?" Li Dongsheng said with a smile.

"The next official Cheng is very strong!" The officer said, Li Dongsheng was numb when he heard this name, he has seen too many of these celebrities who have left their names in history, don't you see that Xi Junmai is still by his side.

Li Dongsheng smiled: "Oh, ask them why they fought, and then send it to Gaochang County." ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Cheng Wuting asked on the spot.

It's a pity that these people don't know Chinese, they don't know Turkic dialect, they don't even speak Da Shi, no one can communicate with them, and they know by gesturing that they came by boat, and the boat was overturned by the wind and waves, and then they walked for several months to get here.

Li Dongsheng also stared at them, they obviously have the style of the European race, but they don't understand the words and don't know where they come from, so they can only send them to the county government first, those Han people are the work of the restaurant, these people have eaten and drunk but have no money, and everyone started to do it under the quarrel.

Looking at the ragged clothes and bearded shapes of those Hu people, the wrapping or everything was thrown aside, probably because of everyone, the wrapping skin was loosened, revealing the contents inside. Li Dongsheng's sharp eyes saw a red thing flash in front of him, and seeing that a guard had already picked up the package, he hurriedly said, "Slow." ”

The soldier was still wondering, Li Dongsheng had already opened the package, took a red round thing inside and asked, "Where did you get this?" ”

Daniel Zhang and Xi Junmai were so excited to see him for the first time since following Li Dongsheng, and they didn't know what was good about that thing.

Those Hu people waved their hands and gestured, and they couldn't understand any of them anyway. Li Dongsheng was very impatient: "What's the matter, they brought it back and asked about the origin of these people?" Let's see if there are any accomplices. ”

Li Dongsheng carefully gave the contents of the package to the guards, and then patted Cheng Wuting on the shoulder and said, "Don't break the things for me." ”

Cheng Wuting said excitedly: "Yes, my lord." ”

Several people followed them and ran towards the county ya, Li Dongsheng strode like a fly, followed by the guards, he wanted to go back to the county yaya for serious interrogation, Xi Junmai and Daniel Zhang, they didn't know what Li Dongsheng was excited about, they looked at each other in confusion, and then shook their heads, I don't know what Li Dongsheng is crazy today.

As soon as Li Dongsheng entered the county office, regardless of the surprised eyes of the people around him, he opened all their large packages at once, Li Dongsheng pointed to those red things and asked, "Where did this sweet potato come from?" "Sweet potatoes originated in Mexico and tropical America, from Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. Humboldt cites Gomarat's account that when Columbus first met the Queen of Spain, he offered sweet potatoes brought back from the New World to the Queen.

At the beginning of the 16th century, sweet potatoes were already widely cultivated in Spain. Spanish sailors brought sweet potatoes to Manila and Moluccas, in the Philippines, and then to other parts of Asia. Sweet potatoes were introduced to China through many channels, and the time was about the end of the 16th century, but it was really seen here in the Western Regions.

Those Hu people grunted one by one and didn't know what to say, everyone communicated with their body movements through gestures, and Li Dongsheng also knew through their movements that they were from the north, according to his understanding, it should be a Viking pirate, killed all the way, and then floated to the shore, landed and walked here.

I don't want to ask about specific things, such as the weird origin of this sweet potato, but he asked Mu Zhonghai to look for it for a few years, but there is no news, Li Dongsheng has actually given up in his heart, sweet potatoes are native to the Americas, how many people dare to go to the sea this year?

Let them go first, that is, fight, without serious consequences, and it is not a way to catch them. However, it is impossible to give them sweet potatoes, but he got the things so lightly, Li Dongsheng did not burst into tears with excitement, and now he has completely different ideas from Li Dongsheng when he first joined the company.

He got a dozen in total, then found a garden in his residence, pulled out all the flowers, and asked Daniel Zhang to find farmhouse manure and put it in the foundation pit, and then put the sweet potatoes in to raise seedlings.

After he triumphantly covered the soil, Xi Junmai finally couldn't help but ask, "My lord, what is that?" Why haven't I seen it? ”

Li Dongsheng patted the soil on his hand and said: "This is a good thing, his name is sweet potato, it is something to eat, with it, our people in Datang may not be hungry." ”

"That's it?" Xi Junmai and Daniel Zhang both stared at Li Dongsheng with suspicious eyes, and their expressions were that I read less, don't lie to me.

"Don't believe me?" Li Dongsheng said with a smile: "Do you know how many catties of grain are harvested per mu of ordinary crops? ”

They all did farm work at home, and they thought for a while and said, "The average yield per mu is only three or four hundred catties." ”

Li Dongsheng said: "This thing yields 4,000 catties per mu. ”

"How much?" The two of them suddenly changed their voices as if they had been clicked. Four thousand pounds? What a concept, ten times more than what is grown now.

Li Dongsheng was still stimulating them: "This thing doesn't take up space, it can grow by the river, sandy land or anything, but the harvest is less, but it's enough, anyway, those places can't grow food, and everyone is empty." ”。

Everyone looked at the place where they had just been buried, and their hearts were completely shocked, if this thing is really as productive as Li Dongsheng said, as long as it is sent to Chang'an City, it will be a great achievement, the people take food as the sky, as long as the food can be fed, the Chinese people will not fight against the government.

Li Dongsheng's words shattered their dreams: "Is this thing still raising seedlings?" It is also necessary to take measures such as heat preservation, moisturizing, ventilation, etc., and generally do not water seed potatoes before emergence, so as to facilitate high temperature germination, disease prevention and seedling emergence. Looking at Li Dongsheng, who was talking eloquently, the two of them sighed: "Master Hou, you really know everything, we don't know, you haven't seen this Hu person, and this sweet potato is also the first time you have seen it, why can you accurately tell the yield and planting method of this thing, as if you have seen it, you have been in Datang, how can you know so much?" ”