If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Everyone stood up and was about to salute when Zhou Min quickly waved his fan and said, "No need to salute. It seems that it is better for me to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Have you just arrived in time for the banquet to start?"

He took the first seat and nodded to the people around him with his fan, "Sit down, everyone. Today, everyone is welcome to eat together, it will be more lively."

Zheng Zhun laughed and took the lead to sit next to Zhou Min.

After Zhou Yan and Zhou Wan also took their seats, Xiao Cheng, Ji Jue, Fu Rong and Li Youlin sat down with their butts leaning back.

Qin Shu sighed helplessly, and resigned herself to serving Zhou Min food with a small bone china bowl and gold-wrapped chopsticks.

The originally lively scene suddenly became quiet.

The person involved seemed to be unaware of it. He looked at Qin Shu with a smile, picked up a piece of potato with silver chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and said "hmm" with satisfaction, "It tastes good, soft, salty and delicious. Everyone should try it."

Qin Shu winked at Qingliu and the others, and they took clean tableware and served the people at the table.

Looking at the table full of dishes but unable to eat them, Qin Shu's eyes rolled and she picked up a portion of stir-fried potato shreds with chili and put it in Zhou Min's bowl.

These were things that had never been eaten before, and it was the first time the cook cooked them, so she wasn’t sure about the right amount.

Half of the shredded potatoes are filled with chili peppers, which look white and green, and are very pleasing to the eye.

But when she was cutting the peppers, the spicy smell alone was enough to choke the cook to tears.

Qin Shu served the dishes and stood beside Zhou Min, looking at him with a smile.

Zhou Min picked up a few potatoes and pepper strips, looked at them carefully, and asked, "What is this green thing?"

Qin Shu smiled and replied, "Your Highness, this is chili pepper."

After thinking for a while, he kindly reminded: "This is very spicy. Your Highness can eat a little and try it first."

Zhou Min put it under his nose and smelled it, then took a light bite. After tasting it carefully, he put all the remaining food on the chopsticks into his mouth.

He kept nodding while chewing.

The eyes are also sparkling.

After swallowing it, he said with infinite emotion: "It is really delicious! Everyone come and try it."

He also specifically said to Qin Shu: "You try it too."

Zheng Zhun had just picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks, but upon hearing this, he immediately put the dish back into the bowl in front of him.

Qin Shu followed the order and took the bowl again, changed the chopsticks, picked up a piece of food and put it into her mouth.

As soon as the food entered my mouth, it felt like a fire was burning in my mouth, making it feel hot and painful.

She couldn't swallow or spit it out.

Everyone was looking at her.

Zhou Min smiled even more, and asked her with a smile, "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Qin Shu's tears flowed down her cheeks. After chewing and swallowing, she no longer cared about her manners and etiquette. She turned around and shouted loudly: "Qingliu, give me some water, hiss...ha...hurry up, hurry up, hurry up..."

Zhou Min laughed loudly, then started coughing again. He quickly fanned his mouth with a fan and waved to Ying Qi who was standing beside him, "Quick, serve the tea."

Ying Qi quickly handed the cup of tea that he had just poured to Zhou Min.

Zhou Min took it, took a sip, and then spat it out with a "puff" sound.

This is like adding fuel to the fire!

Zheng Zhun looked at the embarrassed looks of the two people, picked up a piece of shredded potato and put it in his mouth. After chewing it carefully, his eyes lit up and he picked up all the remaining shredded potato and put it in his mouth.

After eating, he asked the maid serving him to pick up a large piece of food for him.

The remaining few people also put the shredded potatoes in their bowls into their mouths.

Zhou Yan coughed lightly a few times, drank a few sips of water and returned to normal.

Zhou Wan, Xiao Cheng, Li Youlin and Fu Ying ate with gusto and exclaimed that it was very delicious.

Ji Jue picked up one and put it in his mouth. His expression did not change, but his face turned red all the way to his neck at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, Qin Shu quickly asked the maid to bring him a cup of cold tea.

Until the end of lunch, Ji Jue never ate shredded potatoes again.

After this little farce, the originally restrained atmosphere became relaxed and lively.

Zhou Min waved to Qin Shu, "Miss Qin, don't be shy, sit down with us."

Qin Shu knelt down to express her gratitude and handed the bowl and chopsticks in her hand to Chang An, the eunuch who followed Zhou Min.

Qingliu quickly took a stool and placed it under Zhou Wan's head, and prepared clean tableware.

The maids brought up the cooked sweet potatoes.

Nowadays, the largest sweet potato is no thicker than an adult's wrist, while the smallest is only as thick as a finger.

Chang An peeled the sweet potato, scooped out two fingertip-sized pieces of potato flesh with a silver spoon, and placed them carefully in front of Zhou Min.

Zhou Min picked up the sweet potato, took a small bite and tasted it carefully. After swallowing it, he nodded slightly, "It has a soft and sweet texture. It feels similar to this potato?"

Qin Shu smiled and said, "Your Highness, potatoes have different tastes depending on how they are cooked. They are not sweet by themselves, so they can be used to cook. Sweet potatoes are very sweet and can be eaten raw, cooked, or sliced, dried, and ground into flour to make dry food."

Of course, the more important thing about sliced ​​and dried sweet potatoes is that they can be used to feed pigs.

But it's a bit inappropriate to say this at this time.

Qin Shu thought for a moment and said, "Sweet potatoes are not a staple food, but they have a high yield, are not picky about soil or region, and do not require careful management. They are suitable for planting in mountainous areas."

"Sweet potatoes can be baked or boiled, are easy to make, and can be sourced locally."

Zhou Min had led troops in battles for many years and knew best how difficult it was to carry food and fodder during an expedition.

Sometimes when he led his troops out to fight guerrilla warfare, the food supply in the rear was cut off, and the soldiers had to either rob the local people for food or dig up tree roots, grass roots and wild vegetables, but they could not fill their stomachs at all.

If this sweet potato can be widely planted...

He also realized that Qin Shu had not explained everything clearly, and the uses of sweet potatoes should be far more than that.

Zhou Min asked: "How is the sweet potato harvest?"

Qin Shu thought for a moment and said, "If it is properly managed, it is possible to produce 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms per mu. Moreover, the soil in the mountains is mostly sandy and has good air permeability, which is more suitable for sweet potato growth than fertile fields."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Min and Ji Jue almost cried out in surprise at the same time, "Four or five thousand kilograms?!"

You know, if winter wheat is well managed, the maximum yield per mu is four to five hundred kilograms.

The yield of sweet potatoes is ten times that of winter wheat!

What is even more valuable is that sweet potatoes can be grown in mountainous areas without occupying fertile farmland.

Even though Zhou Min was calm, his fingers were still trembling slightly: If sweet potatoes can be planted on a large scale, the people's food shortage crisis can be basically solved!

Sweet potatoes grow in the mountains and are not affected by floods. Even if the crops in the fertile fields at the foot of the mountain are affected by floods, the people can still rely on sweet potatoes to survive the disaster!

This also greatly reduced the pressure on the court to provide disaster relief.

Zhou Min calmed himself down, and when he spoke again his voice was still trembling, "Then, how about corn?"

Qin Shu replied: "It is still unknown for corn. But there is a record in the planting notes my father brought back that if it is managed properly, it will be almost the same as winter wheat."

"By intercropping corn and winter wheat, we can solve the problem of idle land after the winter wheat harvest. However, corn stalks are too tall and are most afraid of strong winds. Once they fall over, it may cause a reduction in yield."

It was not until now that Zhou Min understood what kind of rare treasure he had obtained!