Simulate the Three Kingdoms, kill Cao Mengde at the beginning

Chapter 37
"They won't surrender? Cao Cao's family has come to Youzhou." Yuan Xi smiled slightly, "In exchange for protecting them, they must be loyal to me."

Zhen Mi's eyes were bright, "My husband seems to have changed."

Yuan Xi just laughed: "For better or for worse?"

Zhen Mi smiled and pursed her lips without saying a word.

Yuan Xi suddenly thought of the Zhen family, "By the way, my father-in-law's family is rich, right?"

"Little Rich's House."

Yuan Xi couldn't help laughing and said, "If the Zhen family, the richest man in Hebei, is the family of the little rich, which one can be called the big rich?"

Zhen Mi looked indifferent.

Yuan Xi rubbed his hands, "Madam, you know what's going on in Youzhou now. If you want money, you don't have money, and if you want people, you don't have anyone. It can be said that you are poor and white. Do you think the Zhen family should help my son-in-law?"

Zhen Mi laughed lightly and said, "My husband first took charge of Youzhou, and the Zhen family did a lot of help."

"That's not enough."

Yuan Xi pointed to a basket of sweet potatoes, "Let's not let him suffer, they fully support me, I will give them this, exclusive cultivation."

"The concubine is a daughter, but the water splashed out is not counted by the concubine's family."

Zhen Mi's eyes brightened, "Is this sweet potato He Baobao?"

Yuan Xi took out a wooden stick, poked it in the fire, and turned the sweet potato over.

"Madam, let me ask you, how much grain can one mu of land produce?"

Zhen Mi seemed to be quite familiar with this, "It's roughly no more than a stone, about a hundred and twenty catties."

"So little?" Yuan Xi murmured to himself, pointing to sweet potatoes and said, "Do you know how many catties an acre of land can produce?"

Zhen Mi shook his head.

"At least one or two thousand catties."

Yuan Xi was born in a rural area and knew that sweet potatoes are a high-yielding crop.

Generally, the production capacity per mu is five or six thousand catties.

Farming in ancient times was not as refined as in his time, but one or two thousand catties would be no problem.

"so much?"

Zhen Mi's almond-shaped eyes were wide open, and her small mouth was slightly opened, looking quite cute.

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "How many people can you support by planting this thing on a large scale?"

"Can sweet potatoes be eaten as a meal?"

Yuan Xi said: "People are going to starve to death, and the bark can be eaten. Do you think it can be eaten as food?"

Zhen Mi stared blankly at the basket full of sweet potatoes, not regaining consciousness for a long time.

Under the barbecue of the fire, the sweet potato has already exuded bursts of tempting aroma.

Yuan Xi shrugged his nose, and said with satisfaction: "There is a shortage of food everywhere in the world. With this thing in Youzhou, every family can be fed and the population can increase on a large scale. Do you think this thing is a treasure?"

"Well, if that's the case, it's a good baby."

Zhen Mi's moist eyes rolled slightly, "Why doesn't my husband dedicate this thing to father?"

"Which father?"

Zhen Mi blushed slightly, and said angrily, "General."

"Oh, what are you going to do for him? This is my means of saving my life. I gave it to them. How can I save my life?"

Zhen Mi is one of her own, and Yuan Xi doesn't hide some things.

"Life insurance?"

Zhen Mi muttered something in a low voice, as if trying to figure out the meaning of this sentence.

Yuan Xi glanced at her, "As you said, no matter who succeeds the father's position, I am very embarrassed, so if there is a chance, I would like to fight for it."

Zhen Mi covered her lips in surprise and said, "Husband really thinks so?"

Yuan Xi stretched out his index finger and leaned against his mouth, making a gesture of silence, "Shh, this matter is not for outsiders."

Lu Qiling next to her was startled, she hurriedly covered her ears, and looked at the two of them blankly.

Zhen Mi's thoughts changed sharply, "Then the so-called support of the third brother is also a cover for the husband?"

Yuan Xi Nuo said: "Madam is so smart, can't you see it?"

Zhen Mi blushed slightly and said, "I can't tell from my body."

The tempting aroma of sweet potatoes became more and more intense, Yuan Xi picked up the long-extinguished fire, and took out two big black sweet potatoes from it with the Seven Star Sword.

"It smells so good." Zhen Mi admired.

Yuan Xi looked to one side, pointed at the wooden plate that Lu Qiling brought, and hooked his hands.

Lu Qiling quickly put down her hands, took the wooden tray and placed it beside Yuan Xi.

Then he obediently covered his ears.

Yuan Xi pulled her little hand off and said with a gentle smile, "What are you doing covering your ears?"

Lu Qiling lowered her head and whispered, "I didn't hear anything."

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "You don't know how to say it, so just listen."

Only then did Lu Qiling smile sweetly.

Zhen Mi turned her eyes around the two of them.

Put a sweet potato on the wooden plate, took the Seven Star Treasure Knife and wiped it on the clothes, then cut the sweet potato in half with one knife.

The moment it was cut open, the sweet potato revealed fiery red flesh, and a fragrant smell immediately overflowed.

Zhen Mi took a deep breath and exclaimed, "It's so fragrant. This sweet potato should be very rare and expensive."

Yuan Xi ignored her exclamation and handed half of the sweet potatoes to Lu Qiling first.

Lu Qiling was taken aback and did not dare to pick it up.

"Take it."

Yuan Xi forced her to say, "Eat more, make yourself a little fatter."

Lu Qiling's complexion is much better now, but she has been malnourished for a long time, and her complexion is still not very good-looking.

Lu Qiling still didn't dare to pick it up, she glanced at Zhen Mi furtively.

Zhen Mi smiled and said, "Take it."

Only then did Lu Qiling dare to reach out to pick it up.

"Peel off the black skin on the outside. Eat the dough inside."

After ordering, Yuan Xi handed the remaining half to Zhen Mi.

Zhen Mi reached out to take it with both hands, the sweet potato was boiling hot, Zhen Mi let out a soft cry, and threw the sweet potato on the ground.

He hastily squeezed his earlobe with both hands, and his eyes were about to cry.

Yuan Xi picked up the sweet potato and said carelessly, "Is it that hot?"

Pointing to Lu Qiling, "Look at Qiling, why doesn't she feel hot?"

Lu Qiling was eating happily, she was taken aback when she heard the words, and then quickly threw the sweet potato on the ground, pinching her earlobe like a model.

Yuan Xi rolled his eyes.

Zhen Mi smiled through tears, and gave Yuan Xi a blank look.

Turning his eyes, he reached out to pick up the Seven Star Sword, inserted it into the sweet potato, and carefully peeled the skin.

Yuan Xi rubbed Lu Lingqi's head, picked up the sweet potato and handed it back.

The three happily ate sweet potatoes, and Yuan Xi asked, "How does it taste?"

"really tasty."

Zhen Mi ate like a lady, chewing slowly in small bites.

"The yield of this stuff is high, and the taste is not bad. It is much better than grain. Take a chance and ask my father-in-law if you want to plant it."

Yuan Xi was thinking about his richest old man.

Zhen Mi put down the remaining half of the sweet potato, and said seriously: "My father is very cautious, if your husband doesn't show his absolute strength, father will not put all his energy on you."

Yuan Xi nodded secretly, it's very good that Zhen Mi can tell herself that.

"So, I have to make some achievements to show him?"

Zhen Mi smiled sweetly, picked up a small half of sweet potato, and continued to eat with her head down.

Yuan Xi said calmly: "I'm already controlling all the soldiers and horses in Youzhou. But soldiers and horses alone are not enough. The sweet potatoes should be planted. Only when everyone is full can they be convinced."

(End of this chapter)