Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

There were no troublesome Mayans, no strange things happening, everything was going according to plan.

Yuchi Baoqi took Li Lizhi and Li Tai to drive an off-road vehicle on the vast plateau of Mexico.

Mexico in June was not as hot as expected, and even Li Tai, who was prone to sweating, felt okay.

"Mexico is mostly plateau terrain, with no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, and thousands of evergreen trees all year round. It can be called the Pearl of the Plateau."

Li Tai nodded in agreement: "This place is really a treasure, but it is too far away from the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, if some people are moved here, everyone will have enough land to grow food."

Before Yuchi Baoqi spoke, Li Lizhi spoke first: "How silly? When your brother-in-law's seeds are iterated, let these natives farm the land and we buy them directly with treasure money. What's the difference between working for us for free? "

Since Li Tai took the path of agriculture, the people closest to him were simple farmers and herdsmen, and they had no such idea of ​​harvesting the indigenous people.

Yuchi Baoqi looked into the distance and saw a desert. Yuchi Baoqi drove to the edge of the desert and got out of the car.

Yuchi Baoqi squatted on the ground and grabbed a handful of sand, and Li Tai also followed suit.

"If it is not managed, this desert will soon grow larger. We need to let the indigenous people come over to plant some sand-fixing and drought-resistant plants."

Li Tai was deeply impressed: "Brother-in-law still thinks long-term!"

Yuchi Baoqi was too lazy to pay attention to this follower. He found the snow chain from the trunk and took it out. Li Lizhi poked her head out of the car window: "Why don't you go help your brother-in-law with some work!? There is nothing alive in your eyes."

Li Tai took the anti-skid chain from Yuchi Baoqi's hand with a bang, went to one side of the car, and worked with Yuchi Baoqi to install anti-skid chains on the tires on both sides.

Li Tai spoke so densely that he couldn't stop talking: "Do I need to install snow chains in the desert?"

Yuchi Baoqi nodded: "Of course, all areas that may slip must be equipped with anti-skid chains. Cars entering the desert also need to be equipped with special anti-falling wheels, otherwise it will be fun if the tires fall off while running."

Yuchi Baoqi patted the sand on his hands and said, "Let's go into the desert and have a look."

Unable to relax, Li Tai rolled down the window and leaned out to sit on the window, waving his hands as if going crazy.

Soon, Li Tai noticed a flash of green and red in the distance. Li Tai patted the roof of the car: "Brother-in-law! There is something ahead!"

Yuchi Baoqi let go of the gear handle with his right hand and pinched the inside of Li Tai's thigh: "What did Ule Ule say? Come in and talk!"

Li Tai sat back and held his inner thigh: "Hey! Brother-in-law! It hurts! It really hurts!"

Yuchi Baoqi glanced at Li Lizhi in the rearview mirror: "Well, your sister taught you well. What did you just say? Feng Da couldn't hear you clearly."

Li Tai pointed in a direction: "There are green and red things over there. I don't know what they are. It may be some kind of plant."

Yuchi Baoqi suddenly realized that it must be a cactus, what else could it be.

When they arrived at the place, Li Tai ran over excitedly and started to scream after just a few steps. Li Lizhi got out of the car gracefully.

"Qingque, what's wrong with you?"

Li Taihan even came down: "It hurts! What is this?"

Yuchi Baoqi put on gloves, picked off a cactus leaf with a cactus fruit, cut off the cactus fruit with a knife, carefully cleaned the thorns on it, and then peeled off the skin.

Yuchi Baoqi tasted it first, then put the fork on the tip of the knife and handed it to Li Lizhi: "It's okay, slightly sweet but not astringent, and the water content is okay."

Li Lizhi took a bite and found that it was neither unpleasant nor delicious, but it was still very refreshing to take a bite in this summer.

"What's this called?"

Yuchi Baoqi stretched his body to relieve the fatigue of driving: "Cactus is an herbaceous plant of the Cactaceae family, with bowl-shaped flowers, yellow, large and bright flowers, the receptacle is obovate; the berries are obovoid; the stem is thick and thick, and the flesh is pulpy. The stem nodes are obovate oval or nearly round, green or gray-green, and replace the leaves for light effects. The leaves degenerate or exist for a short period of time. The flowering period of the cactus is concentrated from March to May, and the fruit period is from June to October. Cactus due to It is shaped like a palm with fingers together and has thorns, hence the name.”

Li Lizhi's head was spinning after hearing this. She put the knife on the hood of the off-road vehicle and pressed her temples with her fingers: "Okay, okay, I don't want to listen anymore."

Yuchi Baoqi helped Li Tai get out of the cactus pile. Fortunately, Li Tai usually wore thicker clothes. Except for some remaining cactus thorns on the exposed skin, other places were fine.

Li Tai picked up the small thorn on his hand with tweezers: "This plant is really weird. What's the use?"

Yuchi Baoqi cut a lot with gardening shears and threw them together in the trunk: "The fruits are edible, and the juice in the leaves can replenish the water lost in the desert. A small insect will eat the fruits and leaves of the cactus. Moisture, because cactus fruits are mostly red, there is a lot of red pigment remaining in the bugs.”

"After drying and grinding, this kind of bug becomes a very good natural pigment. It can be used to make lipsticks, cosmetics and other things. The economic value is quite considerable. As for eating, it is not very delicious. It is not necessary if we are at the end of the road."

Li Tai looked like he had eaten shit: "Sister Huang's lipstick is actually made of insects? Really, yuck~!"

Li Lizhi snorted coldly: "It's quite funny. Lipstick has been around for a long time, but before us, probably no one from the Tang Dynasty has ever set foot here, so where did the raw material of the lipstick come from?"

"Besides, if a woman wants to be beautiful, what do insects mean? Even a knife can be used~"

Li Tai trembled directly, and Chun Chun was scared.

Yuchi Baoqi took bottled water from the trunk and divided a bottle between each of them: "It's too hot. Drink some water to replenish it."

Li Tai unscrewed a bottle of water and drank it in a few sips: "The early stage of corn breeding has passed, and greening has begun. We will see what the first generation will look like. I'm still looking forward to it." of."

Yuchi Baoqi did not pour cold water on him: "All crops initially had relatively low yields and many problems. The development of agriculture and the selection of crops can only be accomplished by several or even more than a dozen generations of people."

Li Tai nodded and suddenly raised his head: "Brother-in-law, you mean that I may not be able to see effective corn plants in this life?"

Yuchi Baoqi shook his head: "Not necessarily, I can only give a general idea. The main reason is that I am afraid that you will lose confidence in the future."

Li Tai put the bottle back into the basket in the trunk: "Brother-in-law, I used to wish that the people of the Tang Dynasty could have enough to eat and afford their jobs, but now I don't want to."

"It's too long-term. My current goal is to grow food in Mexico!"