Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty and swear not to be an official!

Chapter 1 Jiang Taigong Fishing

In Yingtian Mansion, after reading the half-person memorial in one breath, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly had a whim and called his old partner Li Shanchang to stroll on the streets outside the imperial city.

The brand-new streets, luxurious restaurants, bustling people, and street vendors everywhere made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that his capital was full of vitality, and he was in a good mood.

"Sir, look at that man, how strange he is! Everyone else is setting up stalls in crowded places, but he is the only one sitting alone on the street corner!"

Following what Li Shanchang pointed out, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that at the end of the street, at an inconspicuous corner, there was really a hawker setting up a stall there.

"This person has a problem."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had met countless people, keenly felt that there must be some secret hidden in that person, so he and Li Shanchang walked up.

The man was about twenty, dressed in old white clothes, and was dozing off.

On a piece of rag in front of him, there were some beans, which were yellow and bright, like soybeans, but not as round as soybeans, as if they had been pinched.

Next to it, there is a broken flag placed against the wall, with the words "Tai Gong Jiang is fishing, and those who wish to take the bait" are written on it.

It looks like he is setting up a stall to sell goods, but in fact this is Liao Tiancheng who has just traveled through the second year of the Ming Dynasty.

After activating the system last year, Liao Tiancheng got a big gift package for newbies and gave him these things that looked like soybeans but were actually corn.

Other than that, nothing else.

Although I knew that there was no corn in the Ming Dynasty at this time, this thing was definitely a treasure, but firstly, it didn't taste very good. Secondly, the court only collected common grains for taxation, so it didn't want this thing at all.

As a result, I couldn't sell a single pill for several days in a row. Today I simply sat on the street corner, just waiting for someone who was destined to meet me.

Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang has always regarded himself as a cultural person since he learned culture from Ma Dajiao.

Seeing that what Liao Tiancheng wrote on the banner was wrong, I wanted to show off: "Young man, you are clearly selling beans, why does this banner say fishing?"

Liao Tiancheng opened his eyes, and his eyes paused at the tiger's mouth of Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, and a flash of realization flashed in his eyes.

"It turns out that he was born in the army, so no wonder he didn't know this allusion. But since he is literate, he must be someone with status."

Liao Tiancheng said, taking a bean and handing it to him.

"To be honest, I am selling beans. However, I am indeed fishing."

Li Shanchang saw Zhu Yuanzhang being embarrassed without knowing it, and couldn't help but want to laugh, but thinking of Lao Zhu's irritable character, he hurriedly held back his laughter.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, but he still didn't understand. He didn't understand how the young man selling beans in front of him had anything to do with fishing.

"Shan Chang, this young man has neither a fishing net nor a fishing rod. Besides, this is not a place for fishing. Do you think there is something wrong here?" Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his voice and pointed to his forehead.

"Sir, he said he was fishing, but he was actually fishing for people. There is actually an allusion here. The thing is like this..."

After Li Shanchang gave a brief explanation in a low voice, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood. Seeing the cheerful young man in front of him, he felt a little embarrassed and a little annoyed.

"You young man, you are pretending to be mysterious and sophisticated! Why don't you just sell beans? As for what happened like this? If we hadn't brought a cultured person out, we would have been embarrassed today without even knowing it!"

Seeing him like this, Liao Tiancheng couldn't help laughing: "Your Excellency, there is no need to be angry. If you can recognize what this is, I am willing to apologize to you for this matter!"

Zhu Yuanzhang then picked up the beans and looked at them. They always felt like soybeans, but after twisting them, they felt much harder than soybeans. He brought them to his nose and smelled them, but he couldn't smell any beany smell, so he couldn't feel anything. Like soybeans.

But if not soybeans, what could they be?
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been hungry since childhood, naturally knew everything there was to eat in the wild.

But this bean has never been seen in the wild.

After much thought, Lao Zhu decided to take a gamble and couldn't think of a reason. "Haha, young man, don't try to bluff anyone!"

"This thing is clearly a squashed soybean!"

Liao Tiancheng laughed again: "You might as well take a bite and taste the beans?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe in evil and really wanted to bite it, but being cunning and suspicious, he quickly handed the beans to Li Shanchang.

"It's good, but we have bad teeth. Come and try it."

Li Shanchang looked bitter and thought to himself, "I am more than ten years older than you, and I am almost sixty now. Is my teeth fine?"
But he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid of being poisoned by assassins. In order to show his loyalty, he could only grit his teeth and stuff a bean into his mouth. He endured the toothache and chewed it while carefully tasting the taste.

"Sir, this is indeed not soybeans. It has no taste. It feels like eating dirt."

Zhu Yuanzhang became even more curious.

Seeing that Li Shanchang showed no signs of poisoning for a long time, Lao Zhu, who was naturally bold, took a few beans and put them into his mouth, chewing them randomly.

"Hey! It's really not a bean!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked stunned.

"We are from serious farmers, but there are crops in this world that we don't even know!"

Liao Tiancheng had expected this, so he laughed happily again.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about it. I just discovered this thing by accident. I'm afraid it's unique in the world. If not, I wouldn't dare sell it under this name, right?"

He raised the broken flag, looking confident and waiting for the price to sell.

Zhu Yuanzhang had lost interest: "This food is tasteless and hard as stone. It cannot be used as food, nor can it be used for other purposes! Do you want to sell it at a good price? Give up this idea as soon as possible! Now that the world has been settled, all industries will Ju Xing, even if you go hunting for snails, you will make more money than this."

Liao Tiancheng shook his head and sighed: "Beans and millet are even more difficult to swallow when eaten raw. Forget it, since you don't know the goods, you are not the right person for me. Please allow me to continue fishing."

After Li Shanchang thought thoughtfully for a moment, he whispered to Zhu Yuanzhang in a low voice.

"Sir, I think what this young man said is not unreasonable. Beans are delicious when they are made into bean flour, and millet must be shelled and cooked before it can be eaten. If this thing is ground into flour, I think it is not too different from wheat and beans. It’s more. It’s better to buy it, and I’ll have one more crop later.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little moved when he heard this.

As a farmer, he has had a lot of food for many years, so he naturally loves crops very much.

"Young man, how do you sell these beans?"

Zhu Yuanzhang then tried to ask.

"One hundred taels of gold!"

Liao Tiancheng threw out a breathtaking price without opening his eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang almost scolded his mother angrily: "You young man, you are really fooling around! How can there be grain sold by the grain? It is also very expensive! How much does it cost to buy one stone of rice?"

Unexpectedly, Liao Tiancheng opened his eyes again and smiled: "This thing of mine is different from ordinary rice noodles. If you plant one grain, you will be able to produce four hundred grains in the autumn! In terms of yield, if you plant one stone with one stone, you can produce at least [-] grains." Four hundred dan! At a small scale, it can make you rich, but at a big scale, it can benefit the country and the people! For a hundred dan, I feel like it is a small loss!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shan looked at each other in astonishment, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Four hundred times the output?Is it true, or are you just bragging?
(End of this chapter)