Chapter 175: Various Seeds Shaking the potatoes in his hand, Li Zhen pointed to the already purple buds on it and asked, "Do you understand?"
The potatoes themselves are not poisonous, but the sprouted ones cannot be eaten, and whoever eats them will die. ” Wang Dewei asked rhetorically: "But since the potatoes have sprouted, why do you still have to carry them?"
” "Sprouted potatoes can't be eaten, but they can be used as seeds, and potatoes are very vigorous, so it's completely okay."
Sai Qunxiong explained: "This is also the reason why I didn't take out the potatoes for you to eat, I originally planned to keep them until I found a suitable land and planted new potatoes, and then let you try them, who knew that your people would actually taste them secretly?"
” "......"
Wang Dewei was speechless, listening to Sai Qunxiong's words, it meant that Xiao Li was looking for death by himself.
"Okay, since the misunderstanding has been explained clearly, why don't you let people go?"
"Yes."
The guards hurriedly let go of Wang Dewei and Sai Qunxiong, as well as the remaining seven Indians who were under control.
"Really."
Li Zhen didn't say much, and looked at the remaining bags, unlike the sacks containing sweet potatoes and potatoes, the remaining bags were very small, and the largest was only the size of a money bag.
"What is this......
Hehehe, what a surprise.
He opened a purse-sized bag casually, and a smile suddenly appeared on Li Zhen's face.
I was still looking for a sealing material for a steam engine, but I didn't expect to see rubber tree seeds today.
Speaking of which, Li Zhen didn't have much research on plants, but he still knew rubber tree seeds, because they were very recognizable, and the round seed shell was covered with black-brown irregular spots, which were very similar to castor seeds.
It's no wonder that Li Zhen is excited, he has long designed and manufactured the steam engine, but because the closed system is unqualified, the steam engine can not be used on a large scale, originally rubber is the best material, but rubber is far away in the Amazon jungle of South America, if you want to find this, the premise is to go to the Americas - this is also one of the reasons why Li Zhen insists on finding the Americas.
It's just that rubber trees are planted from seeds, and it takes at least five years to cut the rubber, not to mention that the number of seeds in my hands is not much, only a few dozen, which is not enough at all, and if you want to plant it on a large scale, it seems that you have to go to the Americas.
"Your Highness, the seeds of this Tear Tree were found in a large jungle when I was traveling in the south, because this tree exudes a strange liquid, so the locals call him the Tear Tree."
Looking at Li Zhen like this, where does Sai Qunxiong not know that this tear tree seed is also of great use to Li Zhen?
Immediately overjoyed - from his point of view, the more useful he was to take out something, the more useful he would be to Li Zhen, the more Li Zhen would rely on him, and the more secure he and his people would be.
"Yes, but Hongu prefers to call him rubber, this kind of tree is very useful to Hongu, almost no less than sweet potatoes, and even more precious than sweet potatoes."
Li Zhen said with a smile, sweet potatoes are precious, but after all, there are alternatives, and the role of rubber in industry is irreplaceable - otherwise, in World War II, as soon as the Japanese occupied Southeast Asia, Britain, France and the United States would be directly fried.
The only problem is that there are too few of them, but anyway, this is a good start, not to mention that the rubber trees themselves can bear fruit, even if you can't go to the Americas, let these seeds multiply slowly, and over time you can grow a large jungle.
It's a pity that what Li Zhen doesn't know is that the seeds of rubber trees are easy to lose germination power, and they should be sown with picking - that is, the longer the seeds are placed, the easier it is to lose the germination rate.
The seeds of this rubber tree were collected by Sai Qunxiong when he traveled to the Americas in the early years, mainly to make a commemoration, and he has been released for I don't know how many years, but I am afraid that it will not be active for a long time, even if it is planted by Li Zhen, it is estimated that there are a few that can successfully germinate.
"Heh, there are a lot of good things."
Zhen Zhi put the rubber seed in the hand of the personal guard, and opened the penultimate bag like a treasure, and suddenly his eyes lit up again - pumpkin seeds, this is another good thing.
Like potatoes, they are also a grain and a vegetable, of course, more often used as a vegetable, but when used to cook pumpkin porridge......
What's more, pumpkins do not occupy an area, whether it is in the field or in the yard, they can be planted, but the yield is extremely high, which is very valuable.
"Your Highness, this is our specialty there, we have already eaten the fruit, and the seeds are also intended to be kept for planting."
Sai Qunxiong was even happier, the more Li Zhen was interested in his seeds, the higher their safety would be, not only the safety was high, but the greater the merit they made, the more rewards they would definitely receive in the future.
"Not bad, yes, very good, your credit has been recorded in this palace."
Li Zhen opened the last bag again, and immediately burst into tears—my mapo tofu, my spicy chicken, my oily spicy noodles, my chili peppers......
At this moment, Li Zhen really wanted to sing a song - I waited for a long time to finally wait for today, I waited for a long time to finally realize my dream, and the future is long for me to break through, fortunately I still have you by my side......
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
Wang Dewei looked at Li Zhen's tears about to flow out, his expression suddenly tightened, and he asked Sai Qunxiong: "Sai Qunxiong, what's going on?"
” "I ......
I don't know.
"Sai Qunxiong is also confused, isn't it chili pepper (forgive me, I don't know what the original name of chili pepper was in the Americas)?
As for such a big reaction?
"Oh, I see."
Sai Qunxiong thought for a while, and then understood in vain: "The taste of chili peppers is very spicy, and if you get it in your eyes, you will cry a little, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have accidentally touched his eyes with his hand that touched the chili pepper, so he burst into tears." ” "I see."
Wang Dewei suddenly realized, although he didn't know chili peppers, but he knew garlic, even garlic juice would cry in his eyes, and this chili pepper would be the same.
"Why don't you go get some water."
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Thinking that he understood everything, Wang Dewei hurriedly ordered.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Immediately there were guards ready to fetch water.
"Stop, stop, what?
Who got the pepper in the eye?
Li Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly said: "This palace just has a feeling, hey, it's a pity that the origin of this pepper is not the Tang Dynasty (some people say that pepper is a local crop, but here is a foreign product), otherwise how good it would be." ” Wang Dewei asked uneasily: "Then Your Highness......
Is it really okay?
” "It's really fine."
Li Zhen shook her head, put the chili pepper back, and solemnly handed it to a black-clothed knight next to her: "This is the most precious treasure in this palace, and now I will hand it over to you to be in charge of guarding, from today onwards, not even a single chili seed is allowed to be revealed before the palace gives an order." ” "......"
The black-robed knight didn't speak, just nodded solemnly, put the pepper seed into his arms, and the others only heard a mechanical sound of 'click', and then there was no movement.