A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

It is also God's refusal to be overwhelming, and in the past month, the sky has been clear every day.

The corn seeds given to Cao Cao were steamed in advance, and steaming was better than boiling, which would destroy the corn and damage the surface of the corn.

Steaming is different, corn seeds, do not need to be completely steamed, steamed half-ripe has lost the possibility of germination, so that the skin will not be damaged, after being dried by the sun, there is no difference at all.

And the sweet potatoes were also taken out of the cellar, although the weather was good this month, but after all, it was a cold winter, the weather was cold, and the sweet potatoes were not cold tolerant, so they needed to be cellared.

Now take out the sweet potatoes, frost and sun, these sweet potatoes have begun to deteriorate, there is nothing to see on the surface, but when you cut it, black lines have appeared inside, which is a sign of deterioration, or it will rot in a short time.

In the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Liu Bei summoned Wenwu and asked Liu Chan: "Adou, a month has passed, sweet potatoes and corn, how are you prepared?" ”

"Father, don't worry, it's ready!" Liu Chan said, clapping his palms.

An attendant stepped forward with a tray containing two piles of corn.

Liu Chan said: "Father, look, these two piles of corn, one pile is steamed, and the other pile is not steamed, and I can't see any difference at all. ”

"It's exactly the same!" Liu Bei looked at the corn on the table, he looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't see the slightest difference, and then tasted one from each of the two piles of corn, and said with a smile: "Even the taste is the same!" ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "The texture of the corn is hard, and after it is steamed and dried, both the appearance and the taste are the same as those that have not been steamed, so my father can rest assured." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Bei nodded and said, "Thanks to my son's clever plan, this corn is no problem, so I don't know what the situation is with sweet potatoes?" ”

Liu Chan clapped his palms again, and an attendant stepped forward with a basket, which contained more than a dozen sweet potatoes. Liu Chan explained: "These sweet potatoes were randomly selected by me, and although they didn't look like anything on the surface, my father cut them and knew the secret!" ”

"Oh?" When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately picked up the double-strand sword on his waist and cut the sweet potatoes in the basket, only to see that those sweet potatoes were already covered with black and gray lines, and nine out of ten sweet potatoes were like this.

Liu Chan explained: "Father, one month is not enough for the skin of sweet potatoes to rot, but the inside of sweet potatoes has begun to deteriorate, and it takes at least two months to transport these sweet potatoes out of Qinchuan from Chengdu, and two months is enough for all these sweet potatoes to rot." ”

"Good!" Liu Bei put down the sweet potato that was cut in half in his hand, returned to his seat, and said with a smile: "Now the time has come, if you drag it out, this sweet potato will be rotten, go and invite the messenger over."

"No!"

After a while, the envoy arrived at the palace.

The envoy arched his hand and said, "Uncle Liuhuang, now that a month has arrived, I don't know how the sweet potato and corn seeds are prepared?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and smiled: "Envoy rest assured, in a month's time, sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes have been prepared, and tomorrow the envoy can take them back to His Majesty!" ”

The envoy breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he came on the order of Cao Cao, if he didn't complete the task, it was estimated that he would not survive, but fortunately, Liu Bei kept his promise.

Liu Bei continued: "Messenger, these sweet potatoes and corn are what Your Majesty wants, and they are used to benefit the people of the Central Plains. ”

"Uncle Huang is really a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty!" After listening to Liu Bei's words, the envoy was overjoyed, and after hearing Liu Bei's loyalty for a long time, he didn't want it to be true.

knew that this was what Cao Cao wanted, but because of His Majesty, he gave an extra Yicheng. When he returned to the Central Plains, he said that what Liu Bei gave was something he earned, and wouldn't Cao Cao want to reward him at that time?

Liu Chan stepped out and said to the messenger: "But the messenger, although my father gave so many sweet potatoes and corn, there are some things I need to make clear to you in advance." ”

"Shizi, please speak!"

Liu Chan said: "First of all, this sweet potato is not easy to preserve, but you need to be faster during transportation, otherwise when you arrive in the Central Plains, I am afraid that it will be broken." ”

"Huh?" When the envoy heard this, he was immediately startled, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Shizi for reminding me, I will definitely send it to Your Majesty as soon as possible." ”

Liu Chan said again: "In addition, the envoy didn't know if he had heard the story of orange and Huaibei being orange?" ”

The messenger exclaimed, "This? Could it be that this corn can only be planted in Yizhou, and cannot be planted in the Central Plains? ”

Liu Chan nodded and said: "It is very possible, after all, these two things are given by the gods, Cao Cao is called the public, and the people and gods abandon it together, and now this sweet potato and corn are planted in the north, and I am afraid that the orange is born in Huaibei, and he can't grow it." ”

"This ......," the messenger heard this, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "probably not?" ”

Liu Chan shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, but if this sweet potato and corn can't be grown in the north, I will ask the envoy to say a few good words to Your Majesty for me, after all, the people of Yizhou are poor, not as rich as the Central Plains, and it is the limit to take out so much grain."

If it is not planted, it must be because it has something to do with Cao Cao's claim to be king. In this way, the only way to do this is to let His Majesty depose Cao Cao from the throne. If Cao Cao does not abdicate and returns to His Majesty, His Majesty will ask for seeds again, but he will not give seeds in the future!

After all, the food of the people of Yizhou did not come out of thin air. Now that so much food has been given, I don't know how many people in Yizhou will go hungry! ”

Liu Chan's words are drawn from the bottom of the kettle, he has already dealt with the seeds, it is impossible to plant them, but he blames Cao Cao for the reason why he can't plant them, and he made an oath in advance that if he does not remove Cao Cao from the throne, Liu Xie will not give it next time, which eliminates the possibility of Cao Cao asking for seeds again.

"I will definitely convey Uncle Huang's words to Your Majesty!" The envoy was terrified when he heard this, how could he dare to tell Cao Cao these words, he just pretended to accept it.

The next day, the scout went north to Guanzhong with the seeds.

Two months later, Mei County.

Meixian County is located at the exit of Qinchuan Xiegu Road, the messenger has already sent someone to inform Cao Cao, Cao Cao got the news, he came to Guanzhong, planting corn and sweet potatoes is a big deal, he wants to personally inquire.

Among the county seats of Meixian County.

Cao Cao sat on the first floor and asked Sima Yi, "It's April now, according to the spies, sweet potatoes and corn are planted in May, are the fields ready?" Also, where did the seeds go? ”

"Ready!" Sima Yi arched his hand and said: "The seeds can be transported to Meixian County tomorrow, Guanzhong has reclaimed a large number of fields, and even soybeans have not been planted, and the fields are vacated to prepare for planting sweet potatoes and corn." But Weichen always felt that something was wrong. ”