Because Pei Han was a guest at home, the old man Zhao started preparing breakfast as soon as he opened his eyes.

When old man Zhao bought fresh tofu from the village, he saw Pei Han waiting to say goodbye to him.

"If you have something to do in your younger generation, you have to rush to leave now. I'll make the meal right away, and it's not too late to leave after breakfast." Old man Zhao said to Pei Han.

Pei Han declined, "Old man, I have something to report to my grandfather when I go back, so I can't stay any longer."

"Father, Jizhi really has something to do, don't worry about it, I'll see him off," Zhao Shutong said.

After Zhao Shutong said that, the old man Zhao didn't keep him anymore, he went to the kitchen to get some sweet potato cakes and waited for food, "Then you take these to eat, and you will be hungry on the way to fill your stomach."

Pei Han did not refuse this time.

In Shimo Village, next to Shitai Village, there was a chariot dealer. Zhao Shutong sent Pei Han to the car before returning home.

"Son, is it because we didn't entertain well somewhere, and Pei Han returned home early in the morning." When Zhao Shutong came back, the old man Zhao stepped forward and asked.

"It's nothing, Pei Han is in a hurry to go back to report the sweet potato to Mr. Minister, it has nothing to do with you, father." Zhao Shutong said.

"Son, haven't you been to the servant's mansion several times, what else does the servant want to know." Zhao Shutong said.

"Naturally, I want to know if we've lied to you. Father, before you planted sweet potatoes yourself, you didn't believe that sweet potatoes could produce three thousand catties per mu. Naturally, a person like Mr. Shi Lang wouldn't know what I said. The reason why Pei Han was asked to come here is to see if the sweet potatoes are really so high-yield, and when the minister confirms that it is true, he will present it to the emperor." Zhao Shutong said.

"You should be more careful." Old man Zhao said.

"Father, I forgot to tell you. The servant minister said that he will invite the holy man to come to Shitai village in two days. Let us prepare to entertain the emperor."

The old man Zhao was frightened by the news from Zhao Shutong, "The emperor is coming to our house, why didn't you tell me earlier, come here and help daddy, daddy's legs are so frightened."

Zhao Shutong went to help the old man Zhao, and listened to the old man Zhao's broken thoughts, why the family's ancestors lived in Shitai Village for generations and had never seen the emperor, but he was lucky to be able to entertain the emperor. Burn a stick of incense.Why take out all the best things in the house to entertain the emperor, and make some fresh vermicelli jelly for the emperor to eat fresh, etc. Old man Zhao still has to find someone to clean the house and tell the good news to the village. Zhao Shutong was stopped.Zhao Shutong can do the cleaning of the house. Pei Shilang said that he will invite the emperor to come, but if the emperor does not come, everyone will be happy at that time. It is better to wait for the matter to be confirmed and tell the villagers, even if the time is a bit panicked. Also stronger than disappointment.

The old man Zhao felt that what Zhao Shutong said was reasonable, so he agreed, and happily began to prepare food for the emperor.

Pei Shilang sent someone to the Ministry of Officials and Dali Temple to deliver a letter, and said hello that he and Pei Huan would not be on duty today.

Then, Pei Shilang took Pei Huan to the palace to offer sweet potatoes.

The two got out of the carriage at the gate of the palace, and the servants picked up two baskets of sweet potatoes with poles, and Pei Shilang handed the poles to Pei Huan.Since this unfilial son wanted to give credit for the sweet potatoes, let him carry the sweet potatoes to present to the emperor in a while.

"Your Majesty, Pei Shilang Pei Shaoqing is asking to see you at the gate of the palace." Eunuch Laixi passed the message to the emperor on behalf of Pei Shilang.

"Let them in."

Laixi hesitated for a moment, but told the emperor about the unusual features of the father and son, "Pei Shaoqing came here with a pole."

The emperor didn't bring it up without a breath and was coughed by the tea, so Laixi hurriedly patted the emperor on the back.

"This old man treats the imperial palace as a vegetable market. You let them in. After the East and West Imperial Guards have inspected it, let Pei Shaoqing carry it in. No one is allowed to help them." The emperor said angrily, since Pei Shilang, a father, doesn't feel sorry for his son , he doesn't need to feel sorry for this courtier.

"Yes, this servant will order you to continue."

Hearing the Holy Majesty's command to carry sweet potatoes in, Pei Huan groaned in his heart.Because of his contradictory incident two days ago, his father wanted to give him food. Two baskets were filled with a hundred catties of sweet potatoes, and there was a distance of four or five miles from the gate of the palace to the emperor's imperial study. Picking up a pole on his shoulder, Pei Huan no longer thought about whether it would be embarrassing, because it would definitely be embarrassing, he just thought that my life would die today.

By the time Pei Huan arrived at the imperial study, his official uniform was already drenched in sweat.

Pei Huan couldn't breathe yet, in order to maintain his dignity as a courtier, he took out a small handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, and with trembling hands straightened his collar which was wrinkled by the shoulder pole.

The emperor didn't see Pei Huan's miserable appearance, he just ignored him, and said to Pei Shilang, "Tell me, what's the matter."

"Your Majesty, I'm here to offer you fine seeds. The name of this thing is sweet potato, and the yield per mu is three thousand catties." Pei Shilang lifted the lid of the basket picked by Pei Huan and said.

When the emperor heard Pei Shilang's words, his first reaction was to confirm whether it was true or not, "With these lumpy things you brought, can they really produce three thousand catties per mu?"

"Really, the minister has already investigated it clearly. This matter has to start with a bad relationship with my little brother."

The emperor thought that when Pei Shilang used to talk about his little brother, he would always talk at length, as if he couldn't finish it, so he immediately interrupted Pei Shilang, "Long story short."

"According to the order. Please report to the emperor that the person who discovered the sweet potato was named Zhao Shutong, who was my wife before Qiqi. Zhao Shutong said that the sweet potato was bought from a foreigner who told him that the sweet potato can produce three per mu. Zhao Shutong believed it. When he returned home, he planted sweet potatoes on the ground. When it was time to harvest, he dug up a portion of the land and found [-] catties of sweet potatoes. I asked Pei Han to choose randomly again yesterday. Digging for a fraction of the land yielded another [-] jin, calculated on an acre of land, the yield of [-] jin would be more or less." Pei Shilang said.

"How can you be sure that he didn't lie to you in advance?"

"On the second day after Zhao Shutong gave the sweet potato to the minister, the minister sent people to investigate the surrounding villages of Shitai Village. The sweet potato was indeed planted by Zhao Shutong not long after he returned to the village. People who were on patrol in Shitai Village learned that the weather has been smooth and rainy for the past two months, and no farmers have gone to the fields at night to dry them up. On weekdays, Zhao Shutong's sweet potato field is under the noses of the villagers, and there is no such thing. Opportunity buried all the sweet potatoes in the field. When Pei Han came back, he also said that the sweet potatoes really grew in the field."

"Sweet potatoes can not only produce three thousand catties per mu, but are also extremely drought-tolerant. This is a booklet written by Zhao Shutong when he was planting sweet potatoes and observing the growth of sweet potatoes. There is also a self-made food booklet. Sweet potato flour can replace flour under certain circumstances. Please take a look at the staple food." Pei Shilang presented the two booklets that Zhao Shutong gave to Pei Qi, and Eunuch Laixi presented them to the imperial court.

The emperor read it twice, "This sweet potato is high-yield, and it can be used as a staple food to make various delicacies, so there are no defects?"

The emperor did not believe that so many good things could be concentrated in one thing.

"The sage said that sweet potatoes are eaten with fat. Zhao Shutong added fertilizer three times when planting, which is also recorded in the brochure. If you eat too much sweet potatoes, the human body will produce turbidity." Pei Shilang said tactfully.

The Holy One understands, this is normal, how can there be so many perfect things.

However, when there are still people in the world who are not full to eat, it is enough to survive.

"So this Zhao Shutong has done a great job." Not only did he grow high-yield grains, but he also did such detailed research. He is a caring person.The emperor has a good impression of Zhao Shutong, he is a good seedling for farming.

"I didn't dare to take the job. I asked someone to investigate the foreign businessmen who came to Beijing recently who fit the blond-haired and blue-eyed characteristics mentioned by Zhao Shutong. Three of them matched, but two of them came from fake places. I couldn't find out who they were for a while. The origin of the two, I am afraid that the sweet potato will rot in the ground if it is delayed any longer, so I asked the dog to bring the sweet potato to you today."

"Yes." The emperor nodded.

I don't think that Pei Shilang deliberately delayed the report. If Pei Shilang can't confirm whether the matter is true, and he hears that he has found a grain with a yield of [-] catties per mu, he will come here to flatter him, and then ask three questions. The emperor will doubt whether he has the ability to take the position of minister.Moreover, it is really difficult for foreigners to conceal their place of origin, and it involves a lot. Foreign countries, the supervisors who issue passes at the border, and officials from all over the country are also responsible for supervision. Pei Shilang investigates privately, and it should not be found out.

In this matter, the emperor thought more.

If the Gentiles had such a high-yield grain, the people would certainly not go hungry, and they would all be healthy and tall.Their merchants came to Daqi to inquire about news so that they could invade Daqi in the future.At this time, people's hearts in the Northwest are unstable, which is a good time.Is he going to block the door first?

This matter must be thoroughly investigated.

"Leave this matter to the Fish Scale Guard, and you don't have to take care of it anymore." The Emperor said, the Fish Scale Guard is an intelligence organization in the hands of the Emperor, and it specializes in collecting intelligence for the Emperor.

Pei Shilang happily handed over the matter.

The emperor thought that Pei Shilang used to make things difficult for him. Usually, when an official offered him auspiciousness or something, Pei Shilang would follow the censor and scold him for being a fool. I really didn't expect to bring such good news to him at this time. Well, it really paid off to learn from my father for enduring him back then.

The emperor thought so, and when he saw Pei Huan who was pitifully cheated by his father, he rarely said softly, "Pei Shaoqing has worked hard."

Pei Huan, who had been an invisible person for a long time, was flattered to see that someone finally understood his hard work, "To share the emperor's worries, I dare not talk about hard work."

Pei Huan was overwhelmed by his father's performance just now. He only saw his father grinding Zhao Shutong and delaying the day of presenting sweet potatoes to the Holy Majesty, but he didn't expect his father to do so many things in private. But he was dazzled by the benefits, and he had to say that Jiang was really old and hot.

He was not wronged by this meal.

"Your Majesty, what you hear is what you see, what you see is believing. If you have doubts, the sweet potatoes of the Zhao family are still in the field and haven't been harvested. You might as well come down to collect the sweet potatoes yourself." Pei Shilang suggested.

This is exactly what the emperor wanted, "Well, it will be arranged in two days when all the officials rest and take a bath."

The emperor wanted to know some things about Zhao Shutong, so he asked Pei Shilang to talk more, and Pei Shilang told Zhao Shutong and Pei Qi's bad relationship with a bitter face, which greatly pleased the emperor.

This guy Pei Shen doted on his little brother, but ended up being deflated on his own little brother.It's really karma and reincarnation, and the retribution is not good.However, this little brother of the Pei family is quite lucky. Those who are not dragged down by Pei Shilang are unable to marry, and there are still people who are willing to use sweet potatoes to marry him.

Zhao Shutong didn't know that his father-in-law had investigated him to the bottom long ago, and that his son-in-law had no intention of teaming up to trick a group of blond and blue-eyed businessmen.

The author has something to say:

I finished writing ahead of time, Pei Shilang is a person who can even trick his own son when he is angry, and he is quite gentle with Xiaogong, hehe.

感谢在2020-05-1212:47:14~2020-05-1217:10:23期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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感谢灌溉营养液的小天使:77lingshui、vv10瓶;乱发佬2瓶;32与384、瀅1瓶;

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

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