Master Wen frowned and said quickly: "Mr. Cheng is most disgusted with giving gifts. If you give some gifts, you may be bombarded for you."

Chao Gai looked indifferent: "It's up to you to open it or not. This is a major issue that concerns whether the people can eat enough. If you don't open it, I'll leave."

Master Wen looked into the carriage and found that there was nothing, just some melons.

"Drive, drive, let the driver get in."

Cheng Wanli's study. When Cheng Wanli saw Chao Gai and Xiao Rang coming, he quickly put away the calligraphy he was writing. Why do you feel ashamed of yourself?

It is a shame to show off your words in front of everyone like Xiao Rang.

"See sir."

"Chao Tuanlian, Mr. Xiao, please sit down."

Xiao Rang sat down carefully, while Chao Gai sat down casually, just like his own living room.

Chao Gai asked with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, Master Wen, how did the sweet potatoes taste last time?"

Cheng Wanli nodded: "It's great, I like to make porridge."

Master Wen was a little dissatisfied with it: "It's better to bake, but I ate two more pieces and my stomach was uncomfortable all night."

Hahaha, Master Wen is bloating, and probably has deflated a lot.

"It takes three to five or even ten years to promote sweet potato planting. The problem in front of you cannot be solved as soon as possible. Today, this melon can solve the problem of famine as soon as possible."

Chao Gai patted the pumpkin in his hand.

Cheng Wanli became interested, Master Wen moved the pumpkin to Cheng Wanli's desk.

Cheng Wanli looked at the big melon carefully and couldn't help but shake his head: "I haven't seen it before, it's not a watermelon or a winter melon. What kind of melon is this?"

"This melon is called pumpkin. The small ones are five or six kilograms, and the large ones are more than ten kilograms. If there is enough fertilizer, a pumpkin can grow three or four fruits, and only two hundred trees per acre can produce 5 or six thousand kilograms per acre. Even if there is no land at home, you can plant it in front of the house and behind the house and on the fields."

Cheng Wanli has been an official for many years and does not easily believe people. After listening to Chao Gai's words, he asked, "How to eat this melon?"

"Simple, just like sweet potatoes, just steam and cook. The pumpkin is very easy to cook thoroughly, and it's enough to boil it for a quarter of an hour."

Master Wen waved his hand and called the chef, went down to arrange steaming and cooking.

Cheng Wanli and Xiao Rang discussed the matter in calligraphy. They really have something to do with each other. Cheng Wanli is still obsessed with calligraphy.

Not long after, the servant brought four bowls of steamed pumpkin and came up.

Cheng Wanli, Wen Zheng, Chao Gai, Xiao Rang, each of them has a bowl.

You don’t need to add any seasonings, just eat them directly, and the taste is sweet. This is honey-ben pumpkin.

"It tastes delicious, soft, glutinous and sweet, it just doesn't matter how full it is." Cheng Wanli tasted it carefully.

"This is complementary food, so it is not as full as food, but it can definitely control hunger. Please think, if a farmer without land planted dozens of trees and harvested 200 melons, can he persist in a cold winter? After a period of winter, when he is not working, many people only eat one meal to save a little food. As an official, he must be famous in Dongping Prefecture in history and not starve to death. This is a great contribution."

"I don't care whether I leave my name or not, but it's great to do something for the people. So can this pumpkin be promoted quickly?"

"Yes, there are two or three hundred seeds in a melon. In the spring, I can take out 20,000 seeds for adults to plant. By autumn, there will be millions of seeds. Wouldn't it be promoted in all Dongping Prefecture?"

Dongping Prefecture has a large population, hundreds of thousands of people, rich households, and not many self-cultivated farmers, and most of them are tenants.

If the tenants have little or no land, they will still pursue their first goal in the short term when they have enough food and clothing.

The previous Chen Gong Yin was well managed, and the people could barely live and work in peace.

When it comes to Cheng Wanli, it is difficult to continue to develop in a better direction.

Because the court began to mess around, various taxes and fees were charged, temporary or sudden, and they would be charged if they were said to be charged. If the local government fails to complete the work, they will be punished, and if the people are punished, they will suffer.

If things like sweet potatoes and pumpkins can be promoted so that the people will not starve and less hunger will be a great merit.

Cheng Wanli was greatly moved and stood up to give a deep bow: "On behalf of the people, I thank Chao Tuanlian for his words, but the method you mentioned is inappropriate."

"Oh, why is this?"

"Drinking water and remembering the source, and eating water will not forget to dig wells. Since this pumpkin is planted in your farm, it will be promoted by you. I will give this matter to the business in the beginning of next spring, and I will sell pumpkin seeds. In Dongping Prefecture, you are only allowed to sell it. But there is one thing, it cannot be sold at a high price, and the people are suffering. The government assists in publicity from the side, and it will definitely go smoothly."

"Okay, let's sell seedlings when the spring is in full swing. I'll arrange for the shopkeeper to do it. It's definitely not for free to the people. I don't know how to cherish the free things, so I throw them away at will."

The people have always been blindly following and are afraid of the government. Once the government determines what happens, they will believe in the government.

The business promotes pumpkin seedlings, and the government assists in publicity from the side. The results are twice the result with half the effort. If you don’t want it, you won’t want it.

Chao Gai pointed to the pumpkin on the table: "Mr. Cheng, this car of pumpkins will be left for the mansion to try. Only when the adults eat it can they be promoted to the people."

"Okay, then I will accept it. Master Wen transferred the unowned land confiscated a few days ago to the township barracks for 500 acres, and it would also be a lot of food and vegetables."

"Thank you, sir."

In fact, the main function of sweet potatoes and pumpkin is to feed pigs, raise pigs well, produce meat, improve people's physical fitness, produce more fertilizer, and produce more grain.

Pigs and food are in peace, which Wang Anshi once practiced.

Chao Gai and Xiao Rang stood up and said goodbye, and the two left the government office.

Xiao Rangting was happy: "Mr. Chao is amazing. He has exchanged more than a dozen pumpkins for 500 acres of land. This is really cost-effective, but why didn't he mention the marriage?"

"Mr. Cheng has his own considerations. You can't be too anxious at this time. You have to go slowly and close the city gate."

Chao Gai, Xiao Rang, Da Zhuang and others were injured and left without mentioning the carriage.

Shan said that Cheng Wanli and Master Wen left the servant in the living room and chatted there.

Cheng Wanli looked at Master Wen: "Sir, how about this Chao Gai?"

"It's great, with a strong martial arts skills and good character. It's just a kind of wildness that makes no one accept it. Look where he sits, it seems like he is an adult."

"The little girl is quite satisfied with Chao Gai, but I think this person is a hero. I'm afraid she won't live a peaceful life."
Chapter completed!