"Oh?" Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly.

Sima Yi arched his hand and said: "Zhuge Liang is wise, King Wei asked for so much corn and sweet potatoes this time, according to Zhuge Liang's temperament, he should shirk and not give, or give less, but now, not only did he not give less, but increased the amount by one percent......"

Cao Cao nodded, and said with a solemn face: "This is indeed unreasonable, what do you think Zhuge Liang has any conspiracy?" ”

Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "I feel that most of these seeds can't grow food!"

Recently, there have been a lot of remarks in Guanzhong, roughly spreading the matter of Liu Bei's order to give seeds, and the people heard about it, and they all said that Liu Bei was loyal and righteous, benevolent and righteous, and not only gave His Majesty the seeds he wanted, but gave more than one percent.

But some people say that this kind of seed is a divine food, which is given by God to Liu Bei to help him revive the Han Dynasty, and the King of Wei was abandoned by the gods and is likely to not be able to grow it. Therefore, I think it is very likely that Zhuge Liang has done something on the seeds! ”

Cao Cao tapped his fingers on the table and muttered: "These remarks must have been spread by Liu Bei, and they were spread in advance that if I can't grow food, it is because I am the king." It seems that Liu Bei is already 100% sure that these seeds will not be able to grow food. ”

Sima Yi arched his hand and said: "King Wei, now that the wheat has been harvested, the fields in Guanzhong have been reclaimed to prepare for planting corn and sweet potatoes. But now is the season to plant beans, if this corn and sweet potatoes can't be planted, it will delay the planting of beans. When the time comes, neither corn nor sweet potatoes can be planted, and the people will not be able to harvest beans, and the people will be short of food at that time, so they are afraid that it will be ......."

The north is mainly planted with wheat, in April and May, soybeans will also be planted, now the wheat has matured, in order to free up the fields for planting sweet potatoes and wheat, so Cao Cao let the people not be allowed to plant beans in the changing season, and use these fields to grow sweet potatoes and corn.

But if sweet potatoes and corn can't be planted at that time, and beans are not planted, the people's grain reserves will be greatly reduced, and the people in Guanzhong will definitely be famine, and even have more resentment against Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's brows were tightly locked, and he didn't know what to do.

He followed Sima Yi's advice and asked Liu Bei for seeds in the name of Liu Xie, which was a conspiracy and Liu Bei had to give it.

But Liu Bei is now doing tricks on seeds, and it is very likely that these seeds will not be planted.

However, Cao Cao had to plant, he had made a lot of fanfare, and even came to Meixian in person, if he didn't plant, what would the people of the world think? What will the people think?

But if it is planted, it is very likely that it will not be planted, and the planting of soybeans will be delayed, resulting in a reduction in the yield of the people, and the people will lose the harvest of soybeans, and they will definitely not be able to survive......

This is also a conspiracy, whether it is planted or not, Cao Cao is the losing party.

Cao Cao frowned, waved his hand and said, "The seeds can be sent tomorrow, and then see what the seeds are talking about." ”

Cao Cao also understood that he was already difficult to ride a tiger, whether he planted it or not, it was not good for him, and he could only hope that the kind of seed was genuine and could grow food.

However, this is very unlikely.

The next day, outside Meixian County, horse-drawn carriages were driving on the official road, transporting the carriages to the city.

"Where is the messenger?" Cao Cao waited in the palace for a long time, but he didn't see the messenger coming to reply to his life, so he couldn't help but get impatient with it, so he sent someone to urge.

After a while, four soldiers came to the palace with a stretcher, and on the stretcher lay the eunuch messenger.

"What's wrong with you?" When Cao Cao saw the messenger lying on a stretcher, he stepped forward to inquire.

"Poof......

A loud fart sound sounded in the hall, and the strong stench spread in all directions.

"Bold!" Xu Chu was furious, stepped forward with his sword, and was about to reprimand the messenger.

"Poof...... Burst...... Poof"

As soon as Xu Chu stepped forward, he heard a loud fart sound from the messenger on the stretcher.

"Vomit ......" Xu Chu could even see the yellowish gas on the messenger's body, and he retched and retreated again and again.

Cao Cao's face was extremely dark, and he hurriedly returned to his seat and stayed away from the messenger.

"What's going on?" Cao Cao called a soldier transporting seeds and asked.

The soldier replied, "King Wei, the envoy ate too many sweet potatoes on the road, and not only was he poisoned, but he also broke his stomach, and he ...... every day The stinky fart continues. ”

"Sweet potatoes are poisonous?" Cao Cao's face sank.

The soldier shook his head and said, "I inquired when I was in Yizhou, and the sweet potato itself is not poisonous, but it will fart if you eat too much, and the messenger is because you eat too much."

And Liu Bei had already said that sweet potatoes could not be stored for a long time, and now they have deteriorated so they are poisonous, and the messenger has eaten too much, so he ...... That's how it came to be. ”

Cao Cao's face changed: "The sweet potatoes are all bad?" ”

The soldier nodded and said, "Those sweet potatoes have all rotted into stinky water when they pass through Qinchuan, and the smell has caused countless flying insects, and we can't escort them at all, so we can only throw them halfway." ”

Sima Yi suddenly realized: "King Wei, I understand, I heard the spy say that sweet potatoes must be sealed in the cellar to be preserved, and they are not resistant to cold, otherwise they will be easy to rot and deteriorate when they are taken out."

The yield of sweet potatoes per mu is several thousand catties, and there are countless fertile fields near Chengdu, and 100,000 catties of sweet potatoes are just the harvest of 100 acres of land, and it does not take a month to raise them at all.

It seems that Liu Bei took the sweet potato out of the cellar in advance and left it for a month, so the sweet potato was rotten halfway and could not be successfully transported to Guanzhong. ”

"What's the use of understanding it now!" Cao Cao sighed, waved his hand and asked the soldier, "What about the corn seeds?" ”

The soldier arched his hand and said, "The corn seeds are intact!" ”

As he spoke, the soldier asked his two companions to bring a bag of corn seeds.

"It's no different from what the spies got from Yizhou?" Cao Cao said, looking at the corn seeds in the bag.

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "King Wei, since Liu Bei has done something on the sweet potato, the same must be true of the corn, I think most of this corn has been steamed!" ”

"Hmm......" Cao Cao frowned, and his gaze fell on the messenger again.

From time to time in the main hall, bursts of puffs and puffs were heard, and all the civil and military officers covered their noses, their faces were red.

Cao Cao sat at the top of the house, some distance from the messenger, but he couldn't smell anything.

"Tell me exactly what happened when you were in Yizhou, otherwise you will never be spared!" Cao Cao's eyes were like knives, and he looked at the messenger and shouted.

The envoy was so weak that he rolled off the stretcher, knelt on the ground, and said: "King Wei, after I arrived in Chengdu, I read out the holy decree, and Wei Yan, the general under Liu Bei's command, heard the holy decree and wanted to commit murder to me, but was stopped by Liu Bei, and then Liu Bei's son said that sweet potatoes and corn are difficult to raise for a while, and asked me to wait for a month."

I stayed in the post house for a month, Liu Bei was very strict, and I couldn't find out the news, and a month later Liu Bei found me again, saying that the seeds were ready and asked me to bring them back. But Liu Bei's son said...... But he said......"

Cao Cao slapped the table and shouted, "What did he say?" ”

The envoy said in horror: "He said that the King of Wei, you have usurped the throne and been abandoned by the sky, even if you give seeds, it is very likely that you will not be able to plant them, and he also said that Yizhou is poor, and if the Son of Heaven wants it in the future, unless the King of Wei is removed from the throne, he will not give seeds." ”