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This tip uses this to fool him. This is bullying him because Fang Jifan has never seen the world.
Fang Jifan was unmoved and just smiled.
But this smile was a bit penetrating, and Xiao Fei immediately felt the pressure. He understood in his heart that these 'babies' did not interest Fang Baihu. This man was young, but he had seen the world. He is a good person, so he didn't dare to neglect the tip, and he smiled again: "It is said that Fang Baihu is not in good health, and the villain also brought the ten thousand-year-old ginseng produced in our country"
After that, he solemnly took out a silk package from his arms. He opened the package carefully, as if treating a treasure, and said: "This ginseng is extremely effective and can grow for thousands of years." Year, it is no small matter, the villain spent three hundred taels of gold to buy it, and he also asked the adults of a hundred households to see it."
This tip didn¡¯t know that every time he said that he had brought ten-thousand-year-old ginseng from the Western Regions, Fang Jifan felt that his IQ had been lifted up and thrown to the ground, and then he stepped on it ten thousand and ten thousand times.
ButFang Jifan is also curious about what this so-called ten thousand year old ginseng is.
When the layers of silk were lifted, a gray object was revealed. Fang Jifan couldn't help but stare curiously, but he was stunned when he looked at this large piece of inconspicuous object.
??Tip Fei smiled and carefully observed Fang Jifan's face.
Fang Jifan squinted his eyes and looked at the dark red ginseng. This where is the ginseng? This is a scam!
Fang Jifan finally understood the trick of this tip. It was nothing more than taking something that Daming didn¡¯t have, using glass to pretend to be pearls and luminous pearls, and the so-called ginseng was actually a sweet potato.
But Fang Jifan took a breath of cold air.
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This guy actually used sweet potatoes as ginseng to defraud himself!
But the question is, shouldn¡¯t the sweet potatoes be in America at this time? Such crops should not have spread during the Hongzhi period.
So, why did it appear in the hands of a merchant? Could it be that Europeans have now discovered America and brought certain crops back, and then they were bought by this big food merchant?
This is not impossible.
Fang Jifan closed his eyes and tried hard to recall in his mind that it was now the twelfth year of Hongzhi. In other words, seven or eight years ago, Columbus had already traveled to America. He first arrived in San Salvador in Central America, and then returned to Europe, then could these sweet potatoes be brought back from San Salvador seven or eight years ago?
They brought sweet potatoes back to Europe. Obviously they did not realize the value of this product. More often, they just regarded it as proof that they came from the New World. Maybe they would plant sweet potatoes, but obviously, Europe must still have It was not regarded as a staple food, and Fang Jifan even felt that it might be just a foil to show the glory of the great voyage, and its function was only for viewing.
This tip is obviously the Ottomans. This empire spanned three continents and blocked the Silk Road, but it also often came into contact with Europeans, especially the Venetians. So it is not surprising that the tip brought it to the Ming Dynasty. .
His purpose was simply to think that the Ming Dynasty did not have this kind of thing. However, although this sweet potato is dark red, its shape is similar to the ginseng that the Han people admire. This guy is a big liar. He thinks that such a rare thing can be obtained by just attaching a button to it. The hat of ten thousand year old ginseng can fool people.
Xiao Fei squinted his eyes and stared at Fang Jifan. Seeing that Fang Jifan's face was obviously strange, he thought that Fang Jifan really thought that this was a ten thousand-year-old ginseng produced in the Western Regions, so he said with excitement: "This product comes from the Ottoman ginseng." On the holy mountain, it is rare to see in a hundred years. It is taken from the cliff and has been grown for thousands of years. The people there call it the King of Ginseng"
"Ah" Fang Jifan stared at the sweet potato and said, "So your country also has ginseng. I admire it, I admire it."
Tip smiled. People in the Ming Dynasty obviously didn¡¯t understand this thing anyway. To be honest, he actually didn¡¯t know much about it. He got it from a Venetian merchant. At the time, he thought it was rare and had never been seen before. The ginseng of the Ming Dynasty looks a little bit like it. Wouldn't this be an opportunity to find someone to take over?
Since no one knows this thing anyway, of course they let themselves be fooled!
The tip said: "This is natural. Korea has Korean ginseng. Why is there no ginseng in the Western Regions? Master Baihu, in our place, only the royal family can enjoy this product. Its effects are extraordinary, comparable to those of ginseng, and compared to those of immortals." The medicine is even more effective."
Fang Jifan felt that his heart was about to jump into his throat.
He didn't want to pay attention to this big lie. His only thought now was that this thing was really more powerful than the elixir of immortality. The elixir could indeed extend one person's life, but with this sweet potato, it could extend the life of hundreds and thousands of people. Thousands of people can live.
Under current conditions, ordinary rice can only harvest two stones of rice in a year, but on average, it is about 400 pounds. The yield of wheat in the north is worse. According to "Hejian Chronicles": "One man plows the field for three or five pounds." Ten acres of land can yield more than one stone of wheat per mu.' In other words, a young and strong man can get more than two hundred kilograms of wheat from one acre of land. Therefore, if a family wants to maintain food and clothing, if they do not cultivate for three days With fifty acres of land, it would be difficult for a family of several people to feed themselves.
The rice yield in the south is higher, but the yield is limited, just four to five hundred kilograms. A family without ten acres of paddy fields would not be able to survive even if they thought about it.
How could such an outrageously low output, and with the advent of the Little Ice Age, feed the tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty? As a result, refugees began to appear. As the number of refugees increased, under internal and external troubles, this huge The empire will eventually collapse.
And now there are sweet potatoes.
Fang Jifan thought that in his lifetime, he might be able to spend his whole life's efforts to organize a fleet to arrive in America and bring this treasure back. However, he never expected that he would be so lucky that this Hu Shang would actually bring it to him.
There is no effort to break the iron shoes.
The great thing about sweet potato is that it is not only rich in nutrients and can be used as a staple food. The most important thing is that the yield per mu can reach two thousand to three thousand kilograms. What is the concept? Converted into the Ming Dynasty¡¯s measurement unit, this is two thousand kilograms. Ten to thirty stone, its yield is ten times that of rice in the south and twenty times that of wheat in the north.
This is an artifact. It used to be that ten acres of land and twenty acres of land could feed a family, but now it only takes one or two acres of land. Naturally, the current varieties are definitely far inferior to the fine varieties of later generations, but as long as the yield can An increase of three to five times the current rice and wheat would be enough to shock the world and solve the most deadly problem of the Ming Dynasty.
It is understandable that scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have a superior status. But farmers are ranked behind industry and commerce, but it is also understandable. It is not that the ancients really despised industry and commerce. This is just a bloody conclusion based on countless social practices. It¡¯s just a lesson. When people don¡¯t even have enough to eat, to praise the so-called industry and commerce is in itself a sign of having enough to hold on. If a dynasty takes industry and commerce as its foundation and absorbs a large number of people into industry and commerce, But it led to the desolation of farmland and starvation. Such a dynasty could not survive even thirty years.
But nowthis artifact has appeared!
Fang Jifan tried hard to calm down his mood and keep his expression low. After all, this is just a sweet potato. It is still early to know whether it can germinate, whether it can be cultivated, and whether it can finally take root here.
Taking a deep breath, Fang Jifan glanced at Hu Shang and said, "Is this a ten thousand-year-old ginseng? Why do I feel like you are lying to me?"
Xiao Fei's heart suddenly trembled. In fact, he didn't understand what this was. He only knew that the Venetian businessman planted it in the courtyard. He said it was a rare thing from thousands of miles away. It was originally donated to the King of Spain, and then the King rewarded it. He gave some to his subjects. Some people thought it was rare, so they cultivated it as an ornamental object. At first, he didn't care about it, but the roots of this thing looked similar to the ginseng respected by the Han people, so before coming to the Ming Dynasty, he gave it to his subjects. , he brought a lot of them, carefully sealed them in brocade boxes, covered them with oriental silk and satin, and placed them together with "night pearls" and ivory to create a luxurious atmosphere. , but it really feels like a tens of thousands of years old ginseng.
This is the unique spirit of deception derived from the Ottoman merchants. Pay attention to it!
Fang Jifan held back his pounding heart, exhaled a breath, and asked: "Is this the only one?"
???????????????? In fact, the tip brought us hundreds of pills, and it was just a lie, it wasn¡¯t too much anyway. The so-called longevity-prolonging thing cannot be verified on the spot as long as it doesn¡¯t kill anyone. It's just that along the way, most of the sweet potatoes either sprouted halfway, and they were afraid that they couldn't be faked, so they were all thrown into the sea, or they were moldy, and only one was left.
"In fact, even if he still has it, he must have killed the only one. It's a ten thousand-year-old ginseng, and he's the best. Can't he just carry a bucket?"
So he nodded firmly and said: "This thing is rare to see in a hundred years, only this one."
"I want it from you, but you want to do something? That's easy to say!" Fang Jifan was very sincere. To Fang Jifan, this gift is more valuable than ten thousand taels of gold and a room full of ten thousand-year-old ginseng. Based on this alone, don't say Let Fang Jifan go for favoritism, even if Fang Jifan set Zhu Houzhao's Zhan Shifu on fire, he would be happy.
"Deng Jian" Fang Jifan called.
Hearing Fang Jifan's voice, Deng Jian rushed in from outside: "The villain is here."
Fang Jifan said: "Take him to find Butler Yang and ask him to fix a letter for my father and do something. But" Fang Jifan looked at the tip with a thiefful look: "As for whether the matter can be done, that's not the case. Well, as you know, my father is a very decent man." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com).
"Deng Jian" Fang Jifan called.
Hearing Fang Jifan's voice, Deng Jian rushed in from outside: "The villain is here."
Fang Jifan said: "Take him to find Butler Yang and ask him to fix a letter for my father and do something. But" Fang Jifan looked at the tip thiefly: "As for whether the matter can be done, that's not the case. Well, as you know, my dad is a very decent man." (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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