The sweet potatoes were cooked quickly, and Zhao Shutong used chopsticks to pick up all the sweet potatoes in the pot and put them on the plate.

"Father, it's still a little hot, you can try it later, I'll fry the sweet potato balls." Zhao Shutong handed the chopsticks to the old man Zhao and said.

"it is good."

The old man Zhao watched happily as Zhao Shutong took out the steamed sweet potato slices from another pot, ground them into a puree, added freshly ground glutinous rice flour, two spoons of honey, and started making balls.

When the sweet potato was almost cold enough to eat, old man Zhao picked up a sweet potato without using chopsticks and took a bite reluctantly, then his eyes widened slightly.

"Son, this sweet potato is still sweet."

"It's delicious, Dad. Not only does the sweet potato taste sweet, that foreigner even said that he can boil sugar." Zhao Shutong said.

"Delicious, delicious, can sweet potatoes really make sugar?" Old man Zhao was surprised.

This sweet potato is really a treasure. The output is so large that no one will die from starvation. It can make all kinds of delicious food, and now it can also be made into sugar.

Zhao Shutong didn't dislike his father's many questions today, and kept asking him to repeat what he said, and said patiently, "Yes, father, most of these sweet things can make sugar, and I don't know how to make sweet potatoes. "

"Son, you're so smart that you can make it. If this sweet potato can really make sugar, then even if we don't sell it, you can still repay his original kindness by handing it over to Uncle Wutang." Zhao said to the old man. Zhao Shutong said.

Zhao Shutong felt that his father had witnessed three thousand catties of potatoes per mu grown from his own field, so he swelled up.Even he himself is not sure whether he can make sweet potato candy, his father has arranged for who will make it in the future.

Zhao Shutong shook his head and continued making balls.

Old man Zhao remembered that Zhao Shutong poured two spoonfuls of bees into the sweet potato mash before, "Son, this sweet potato is already sweet enough, why do you still put honey in it?"

At this time, sugar is expensive, and ordinary people have not reached the level of eating sugar as a meal. The sweetness of sweet potatoes is already very high in the eyes of Zhao Shutong, but Zhao Shutong still thinks it is light. He is slightly sweet and likes it when eating meatballs. One bite to taste the sweetness, and when you don't want to eat meatballs, slowly taste the sweetness from the aftertaste of the meatballs.

Zhao Shutong explained with a smile, "Add some honey to the sweetness, wouldn't it be even sweeter? Father, our future life will only get better and sweeter."

"Okay, okay, you can eat whatever you want." Old man Zhao couldn't see his eyes when he smiled.

He is really happy today.

Regarding the issue of making sugar from sweet potatoes, Zhao Shutong thinks it is still possible to give it a try.

He didn't have time to tinker with this, so he found Zhao Gui and handed him twenty catties of sweet potatoes. Zhao Gui's eyes lit up, "Uncle Tong, these sweet potatoes were given to me for nothing."

"It's a good idea." Zhao Shutong gave Zhao Gui a supercilious look.

"These are used to boil sugar for you to take home. Sweet potatoes can be used to make sugar, but I don't know the specific method. I don't know if you and your family are willing to try it." Zhao Shutong said.

Zhao Gui looked at Zhao Shutong even more fieryly.

"Yes, Uncle Tong, my grandfather and my whole family are willing, Uncle Tong, I am so happy that you can think of me for such a good thing." Zhao Gui said gratefully.

"Okay, when you really do it, thank me again." Zhao Shutong interrupted Zhao Gui's gesture, Zhao Gui's appearance made him feel uncomfortable.

Zhao Gui took the sweet potato that Zhao Shutong gave him home and told his family about it.

Grandpa Zhao Gui was very pleased, he really did not misunderstand the person, and it was the best choice for Agui to follow Shutong.The price of sugar is more expensive than salt, and now that Shutong has got the material that can make sugar, and handing it over to them for research, isn't it just for Agui's sake.

"Brother Tong bought it from Fanbang people because he knew that sweet potatoes can be made into sugar," said Zhao Guiniang and Han Shi.

"Sister-in-law, isn't this obvious? Otherwise, how could Brother Shutong carry so many sweet potato seeds back from the capital alone two months ago." Zhao Gui's second aunt Liu saw through everything He said in a calm tone, "This scholar's knowledge is extraordinary, he even knows everything about Fanbang."

"Okay, don't worry about it, let's think about how to use this sweet potato to make sugar." Uncle Zhao interrupted his mother-in-law.

"Ah Gui, your Uncle Tong said before that you can use sweet potatoes to make sugar?" Grandpa Zhao Gui asked.

"Uncle Tong mentioned that, but he didn't elaborate, maybe he doesn't know exactly how to make it." Take care said.

"It's enough to say a few words. Let's boil the sugar in the sweet potatoes with hot water first, and then see how to make it. Let's try it with ten catties of sweet potatoes. If it works, then make the rest Sugar." Grandpa Zhao Gui said.

"Father, don't we keep some as seeds?" After Han finished speaking, she found that the whole family was looking at her.

"It depends on what I do. This is a good thing that can be used to make sugar. Don't you want to save the seeds and grow them yourself?" Han said angrily.

The reason is this. If sweet potatoes can really make sugar, everyone will definitely want to keep the seeds. Even if they can’t make sugar, they can still sell sweet potatoes to people who can make sugar.It's just that this kind of thing was done quietly, why should I say it.Besides, if they really made candy for Zhao Shutong, how could Zhao Shutong treat them badly?

"Make the candy first, and we'll talk about other things later." Grandpa Zhao Gui made the final decision.

Zhao Gui's family is busy washing sweet potatoes, cutting sweet potatoes, boiling water and boiling sugar.Zhao Shutong was not idle here, and took the old man Zhao to cook the sweet potatoes that he knew how to cook.

Old man Zhao was in pain and happy eating fresh food made of these sweet potatoes.

While enjoying these fresh delicacies, he felt sorry for the precious food (sweet potatoes) he ate.Zhao Shutong persuaded him at first, but seeing that the old man was eating a lot and he was in a particularly good mood, he let him go.

There will always be a day of habit.

After using his ability to detect that the sweet potatoes in the two acres of land were ripe, Zhao Shutong specially chose a suitable day to go out according to the almanac, and brought his sweet potatoes to Beijing.

Zhao Shutong came to the door of Pei's mansion and asked the gatekeeper to go in and report.

The housekeeper of Pei's house didn't come out for a long time. Zhao Shutong had a good reputation when he was Pei Qi's wife in Pei's house. In the eyes of outsiders, he taught Pei Qi to be very attentive. The housekeeper was also willing to give Zhao Shutong some face, and said kindly, "Master Zhao , what business do you come here today, but encountered difficulties."

"I got a good breed, and I want to dedicate it to Mr. Minister, please let the housekeeper inform me." Zhao Shutong said.

The butler was slightly surprised, but his good job quality made him say nothing, and he went to report to Pei Shilang.

When Pei Shilang heard that the former wife of his family Qiqi came to offer him good seeds, he was very surprised. Although he didn't think that Zhao Shutong could offer him anything useful, he thought about the little teacher between Zhao Shutong and Pei Qi. In love, Pei Shilang still planned to meet Zhao Shutong in person.

When the butler invited Zhao Shutong to the study, Mr. Pei Huan had some business to discuss with Pei Shilang.Pei Shilang kept Pei Huan.

When Zhao Shutong came to the study, he saw the father and son of the Pei family sitting upright, and they stepped forward to salute the old man.

"The butler just told me that Mr. Zhao has a good seed to offer to me." Pei Shilang said straight to the point, his eyes subconsciously looking at the basket in Zhao Shutong's hand.

"Exactly, the sweet potato that will be dedicated to the servant in later life is called sweet potato, and it can produce three thousand catties per mu." Zhao Shutong said.

"Three thousand catties per mu!"

Pei Shilang and Pei Huanqi lost their composure.

But Pei Shilang is an old fox for many years, and he quickly adjusted himself. If Zhao Shutong didn't have supernatural powers, he might not be able to notice Pei Shilang's emotional changes.

"If there is such a good breed, I must give it to the Holy One. It doesn't matter if you deceive the old man. If you deceive the Holy One, you know it is a capital crime." Pei Shilang said the matter a little more seriously, and his eyes could not help but glance at Zhao Shu Tong basket.

Pei Shilang only occasionally looked at Zhao Shutong's basket, and then found that the eldest son Pei Huan was staring at him with no promise, and couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"Lansheng dare not lie to the servant minister. I got this by accident. I planted it in the field a few days ago. Now it is ripe and ready to harvest. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to follow me to the field at home to harvest sweet potatoes and grow them on the ground. The things in it will never lie." Zhao Shutong said neither humble nor overbearing.

Pei Shilang has already believed six points.

He originally thought that Zhao Shutong's offering of good seeds this time was to please him just like those who gave him expensive gifts to please him, and he already had a three-point dislike for him in his heart.He made up his mind that if Zhao Shutong really approached him with the excuse of giving something this time, he would definitely make him regret this trip. Unexpectedly, Zhao Shutong gave him such a big surprise.

"You bring the sweet potatoes and let my father and I have a look at them," said Mr. Pei Huan, who was at the side.

Pei Huan opened his mouth, Pei Shilang himself wanted to see what the sweet potato looked like, and the butler of the invisible man stepped forward to take Zhao Shutong's basket, and handed the sweet potato to Pei Shilang and Pei Huan.

Pei Huan, the servant of Pei, looked at the sweet potato that looked like a lotus root, but was still very shocked.

Both father and son are in high positions and hold real power, and they also have a certain understanding of farming.While watching and playing with sweet potatoes, they asked Zhao Shutong to tell them about the habits of sweet potatoes.

The more detailed and clear Zhao Shutong said, the more the father and son believed that this sweet potato might really be particularly productive.

"If the production of sweet potatoes is really as high as you said, all the people in the world will be grateful to you. My father and son can be the intermediary to recommend you to the emperor." Pei Shilang said in a high-spirited and honest way, with a taste of disdain for fame and fortune.

Zhao Shutong felt the distress of his words.

With such a great achievement in front of him, who can not be tempted? The Pei family is not the kind of person who does not eat fireworks.The fact that the Pei family can restrain themselves from thinking about killing and burying corpses to snatch sweet potatoes is already showing their character.That's right, if he had a bad character, he wouldn't have Pei Xiaoqi's character.

"Wan Sheng said just now that this sweet potato is dedicated to the servant." Zhao Shutong said.

"You know, if you dedicate your sweet potatoes to the emperor, you can get riches, fame and fortune at your fingertips, and you can directly become an official without passing the imperial examination." Pei Shilang stared at Zhao Shutong and said.He has already promised that he will not covet the credit of this young man, and recommending him directly to the emperor requires such a little credit for the recommendation.When the sweet potatoes are presented, the emperor will definitely make arrangements. He doesn't have to worry about someone murdering him or taking his credit, so why is he still determined to give him the sweet potatoes?

Zhao Shutong's expression remained unchanged, "Yes, Wansheng still wants to dedicate sweet potatoes to Mr. Minister."

"What do you want?" Pei Huan asked, Zhao Shutong gave such a valuable thing to their family, there will be something he wants.

Seeing that the Pei family finally came to their senses, Zhao Shutong took two steps back and made a long bow, "Wan Sheng wants to marry the third young master Pei Qi who is Mr. Minister's servant."

Hearing the name of his own Qiqi from Zhao Shutong's mouth, he was already furious, and Zhao Shutong wanted to ask for Qiqi, Pei Shilang picked up the sweet potato on hand and threw it at Zhao Shutong, "You Shameless villain!"

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感谢在2020-05-0700:16:36~2020-05-0723:22:15期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: if you can be lazy, you will be lazy;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 5 bottles of cola buns;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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