The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 62 Shopkeeper Wen’s smile, you don’t want to start school

Qi Chenglang and his party hurriedly hurried back until the night of the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Magistrate Qi, who had received the news early, opened the city gate in the middle of the night and asked Qi Chenglang and others to transport food and medicinal materials in batches back to the Escort Bureau and Wen Mansion.

When Gu Yuzhi came up the next day, he saw the piles of grain and medicinal materials in the yard. He was stunned. His big eyes were blinking. He searched around the many guards but couldn't find anyone. He said with a puffed face: "Yes." Guard Qi is back? Where are the others?"

He suddenly covered his mouth and laughed. The last time the guards came back, things were a lot darker. I don't know if it will be the same this time.

"I arranged for Guard Qi and others to go down to rest." Xie Changshi's expression was not very good, "Your Highness, this time we were targeted by the escort."

Gu Yuzhi was startled when he heard this, and turned around to go to Guard Qi's room: "Is Guard Qi injured? If I had known this, all the guards in the mansion should have gone to pick him up."

He said and knocked on his head again. He is so stupid. The disaster in Mobei was brought under control. Guard Qi and his team must have attracted so much attention with so much food and medicinal materials.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Xie Changshi hurriedly chased after him. "Your Highness, there is no need to panic. Guard Qi and others are not seriously injured. Two of the escorts in the escort office were slightly injured. Guard Qi said that this time I have to thank Xue Ye’s mother gave them a warning in advance so that they could be prepared.”

The number of injured people was far more serious than what he said, but in order to avoid His Highness being frightened again, he could only speak lightly.

Mobei is a vast land, and the distance between the two cities is far away. The roads are overgrown with weeds. Even if it snows heavily in winter, there is no grass taller than a person.

Qi Chenglang and others were on their way and saw Changzhou right in front of them. In addition, they had already wiped out bandits once before, so Qi Chenglang and others should think that everything was fine.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xue Ye's mother suddenly appeared again, standing on the mountainside where the bandits were before. She did not scream at the moonlight, but looked straight at Qi Chenglang, and she could see the depths of his heart. I was so excited that I suddenly felt blessed: "Everyone stop."

He turned over and dismounted, pointed at one of them and said, "Go ahead and explore the way. I think something is wrong."

The man quickly reached forward, and the moment he turned around, his eyes were pricked by the light reflected from something.

He immediately rolled on the ground and said, "There is an ambush!"

As soon as these words came out, people on both sides stopped hiding and quickly fought together.

Qi Chenglang, an expert in art, was brave and took the lead alone, while the other party had a large number of people and advanced and retreated at a certain pace. For a while, it was impossible to tell the winner, until someone on their side was shot by a hidden arrow.

Qi Chenglang raised his head and was about to search when he saw Xue Ye's mother suddenly throwing someone out. He immediately flew forward and chopped down the archers with one blow...

Gu Yuzhi was surprised and hugged Xue Ye's neck: "Xue Ye! Your mother is so amazing!" He stepped forward and whispered, "What does your mother want? I will send it to her next time I go out."

During this period, Gu Yuzhi would go outside the city to play with Xue Ye as soon as he took a break, so that Xue Ye could meet his mother while running around in the vast world.Compared to others, Gu Yuzhi felt the kindness of Xue Ye's mother better.

Xue Ye shook his body and walked around the food. He was obviously a wolf, but he could see the hint of squawking in it.

Xie Changshi arranged for the housekeeper to put the grain into the warehouse with Chen Dianyi, and he leaned close to Gu Yuzhi and whispered: "Your Highness, there is news about the sweet potatoes and potatoes you asked for before."

He waved, and the guard took out two large boxes from the grain pile, one box of potatoes and one box of sweet potatoes.

"Sweet potatoes were discovered in Zhangzhou, and our people discovered that there are indeed people there who can cook and eat them. Potatoes were discovered in Longzhong, but many people said that they would be poisoned after eating them. Your Highness, you Where did you know these things?”

Gu Yuzhi blinked his big eyes: "Didn't I tell Chang Shi? I just knew it from reading the book." He pretended that nothing happened and picked up a piece of potato naturally, "Teacher Shu, this is really edible. Isn’t it? Didn’t you say it would be poisoned?”

Teacher Shu put her hands on her hips and laughed. She had been waiting for this day for a long time: "Of course. The young prince asked me to choose some potatoes that have not sprouted and have no green color on the surface, and asked Grandma Xu to do it in the evening. Cut them. It’s delicious shredded or cut into slices, and it doesn’t take too long to cook.”

"My young prince, please don't underestimate potatoes and sweet potatoes. These two foods are very filling and are high-yielding crops. They are new sources of whole grains. However, the taste of sweet potatoes and potatoes is much more delicate than ordinary whole grains. Especially It’s a sweet potato, and its leaf tips can be eaten as a vegetable, while its roots, stems and leaves can also be used to feed poultry and livestock.”

Shu Xiaohan raised his eyebrows and looked at Shopkeeper Wen with a proud look in his eyes: "The most important thing is that these two things are easier to store and transport. This year we will open up some land in Xinliang to grow these two things. When they are harvested next year, Xiaohan The prince can give some to the emperor and ask him to promote planting throughout the country. Especially in the Jiangnan area, both sweet potatoes and potatoes can be harvested twice a year."

Her wish remains unchanged from now on, that is, to feed and clothe more people.

When Gu Yuzhi heard what she said, he immediately became interested. He directed the people to select some good sweet potatoes and potatoes, and he was very excited to ask Nanny Xu to use fresh ingredients to make food for everyone.

Watching the potatoes and sweet potatoes being sorted out piece by piece, Shu Xiaohan couldn't help but shout: "That's enough! Little Prince, it's really enough! We can't do any more! These are all seeds, no matter how high the yield is, they can't stand it." Little prince, you eat like this. Just eat a little to get a feel for it, don’t delay sowing next year!”

In a place as big as Xinliang, there are many places where potatoes and sweet potatoes can be grown. Shu Xiaohan felt like her heart was twisting as she looked at the ones that had been taken away.

Shopkeeper Wen quickly saw the huge business opportunities in these two crops: "Your Highness, if what Teacher Shu said is true, these things can satisfy people's hunger, then Your Highness has helped Mobei solve a big problem. Not only can the people have enough to eat, , it can also break the status quo of Li Ji Trading Company’s monopoly on grain prices in Mobei.”

His eyes flashed: "Your Highness, you can ask someone to search in the Zhangzhou and Longzhong areas and find a way to bring back more seeds. With agriculture like Teacher Shu..." He thought for a while, imitating Shu Xiaohan's evaluation of herself. The words, "With the presence of big agricultural experts, Xinliang will definitely have a bumper harvest next year. With fewer people buying things from Li Ji Trading Company, he will have to lower prices!"

When Gu Yu heard that if these two things were grown well, Li Ji Trading Company would be in bad luck, he imitated Shopkeeper Wen and laughed.

Shu Xiaohan couldn't bear to look directly at her: "Little prince, shopkeeper Wen smiles like this, you can't imitate it!"

(End of this chapter)