The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 647
According to the information collected by Chen Zhen and others, the Roman Empire is still powerful today, and its territory should be higher than that of the Sassanian Dynasty. It also has more soldiers and horses than the Sassanian Dynasty, and its combat effectiveness is not bad.

More is unknown. Chen Zhen and others don't even have a map of Rome, and they don't know which way to go to Rome. This is because the Sasanian Dynasty deliberately prevented Chen Zhen and others from finding these things.

Chen Zhen and others were also helpless. The Sasanian Dynasty did not care about their envoys of the Han Dynasty at all, and even took away the gifts that Chen Zhen and others were going to give to the Roman royal family. Their attitude was very tough.

Afterwards, Liu Bei asked people to bring up the things collected by Chen Zhen and others. Dozens of large boxes were placed in front of them, and Chen Zhen briefly introduced the things they collected along the way.

Most of them are strange utensils, including gold, silver, copper, and weapons used by various western countries, etc., which have no merits, but can be used to build an exhibition hall. After all, in Chen Ziming's opinion, They are all rare antiques, genuine products that are difficult to find in later generations.

"This is black bread, which is often eaten by people in Western countries..."

Chen Zhen finally came up with something that interested Chen Ziming, but black bread was still useless to today's big men, it was just an extra food. Chen Zhen had the heart and brought back the craftsmanship of how to make black bread.

Of course, in addition to these things, Chen Zhen also brought back a lot of documents, some leather books from various countries in the west, etc., which are not as good as the bamboo books of the Han Dynasty, let alone the rice paper used by the Han Dynasty.

Speaking of this, I have to mention the matter of rice paper. Chen Zhen smiled wryly and said that when he took out the document of the Han Dynasty mission, he almost failed to get it back, because the document was made of rice paper, so that those Westerners who have never talked about the world The nobles regarded it as a shocking treasure.

If Chen Zhen hadn't given the rice paper they brought to the emperors in exchange for the documents of the mission, and at the same time, the countries asked to open trade with the big man, one of which was to buy a large amount of rice paper from the big man.

"This is the wheat grown in every country in the West..."

According to Chen Ziming's instructions, the mission also has another mission, which is to collect all kinds of edible things from Western countries. Chen Zhen did not disappoint Chen Ziming, and brought back a lot of good things, which are a little bit worse than the big man's rice, wheat, sorghum, etc. Can't get on the stage.

However, it is good to grow more species. Chen Ziming asked people to start trial planting, and then promote it. Maybe there will be unexpected gains.

"What is this?"

Chen Ziming, who had no hope, didn't pay attention to the last box. When he heard Liu Bei's inquiry, he looked up. When he saw what Liu Bei was holding in his hand, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, gasped heavily, and ran over excitedly.

"Your Majesty, this item was obtained from a small remote country. I don't know what it is. I walked by the field and saw this item planted in the field, so I asked someone to dig some and bring it back..."

Before Chen Zhen finished speaking, Chen Ziming had already squeezed away the crowd, excitedly watching the movement inside the box, and suddenly burst out laughing, arousing everyone's suspicious eyes.

"Ziming, what is this, why are you so excited?"

Seeing Chen Ziming's excitement, Liu Bei also became interested, and hurriedly asked.

"This is a divine object. With this object, there will be no more people who starve to death in the big man!"

Chen Ziming carefully looked at the small half box of things, and said excitedly, the big man is saved.

"Oh?"

After hearing Chen Ziming's answer, everyone became interested. They didn't expect Chen Ziming to know this kind of thing, and the evaluation was so high.

"This is a treasure, brother, don't break it." When Chen Ziming found that Liu Bei was still holding one, he hurriedly snatched it, carefully put it into the box, and then had someone carry it away.

"See the Prime Minister." Meng Guang, adjutant of the Ministry of Agriculture, saw Chen Ziming coming and hurriedly saluted.

"Xiaoyu, no courtesy, come and see the baby." Chen Ziming asked Meng Guang to carry the box. Meng Guang was a good farmer, and now he was one of the adjutants of the Ministry of Agriculture, and he was very good at farming.

"promise."

When Meng Guang saw the things in the box, he looked puzzled. He had never seen such a thing before, and immediately looked at Chen Ziming with a questioning look.

"It's called potatoes. The mission learned about it by accident in a small country in the west. It can be used as a staple food."

That's right, what Chen Ziming saw was potatoes, the movement he wanted most, but Chen Ziming didn't know that potatoes originated from it, and he didn't have any hope for Chen Zhen and others, and as far as Chen Ziming knew, many high-yielding foods grew In the Americas, it spread to Eurasia hundreds or even thousands of years later.

But he didn't expect Chen Zhen to be able to get the potatoes back. Although they don't look big, they are indeed potatoes.

"It can be used as a staple food!?"

Who is Meng Guang?

And the so-called staple food is not comparable to those fruits and wild fruits. The staple food of the big man is only rice and wheat, and sorghum can only be regarded as supplementary food, and not many people are willing to grow it.

"Yes." Chen Ziming said excitedly: "The most important thing is that the yield of potatoes is high, about [-] shi per mu!"

"what!"

Meng Guang was taken aback when he heard that, twenty shi, what a terrifying yield, one must know that rice is only about five to seven shi per acre, and it can only be done when the weather is favorable.

"Moreover." Chen Ziming said excitedly: "Potatoes are easy to grow, and there is no requirement for the terrain. Even on the hillside, they can be planted. They are resistant to cold and heat, and they can even grow in yellow sand."

"This......"

Meng Guang was stunned by Chen Ziming's words. If the potatoes were really what Chen Ziming said, then they were definitely a godsend. However, Meng Guang didn't really believe what Chen Ziming said. How could there be such food in the world.

"Come on, let's try planting."

Chen Ziming approached Meng Guang to entrust him with this important task. Although Chen Ziming wanted to plant potatoes himself, he didn't have so much time and there were still many things he needed to do. Meng Guang was the best candidate.

"Okay." Meng Guang hesitated a little, and decided to try planting potatoes with Chen Ziming. If the potatoes are as Chen Ziming said, then it will definitely be a blessing for the big man.

Although Chen Ziming has never grown potatoes, he has heard of them. It is very simple.

After choosing a piece of fertile land, Chen Ziming cut up the germinated potatoes, carefully buried them in the soil, and then asked people to fertilize them. Of course, there is no industrial fertilizer in this era. The so-called fertilizer is the kind of thing produced artificially.

Chen Ziming didn't care about the stench, carefully supervised every step, and asked Meng Guang and others to write down one by one. The potatoes that Chen Zhen brought back were not many, and the potatoes had sprouted for so long, and they would go bad if they didn't go to the ground.

(End of this chapter)