The next day.
"Damn Shuo Shu!!!"
"You actually stole my wine?"
Cao Xiu's angry roar echoed throughout the house.
The servants walked out one after another, all of them with curious faces. They could only say that they were indeed from Cao Xiu's house! The Shuoshu in other people's houses stole food and oil to eat, but the Shuoshu in their house actually stole wine and drank. After all, he is a rich man, even Shuo Shu knows how to eat well.
Cao Xiu held the clay pot sadly.
This is the millet wine he carefully brewed!
Buried in the ground for three years!
He just dug it out a few days ago and he didn't drink much.
The result is good, there is only one left today!
At this time Qin Shihuang also came out, and his heart was filled with joy when he saw Cao Xiu like this. Naturally, he drank the wine. Wang Jian quietly fetched it last night, and the two of them drank heartily.
This wine does taste better!
Qin Shihuang would drink some liqueur water and wine when he had nothing to do, but he had good self-control and usually only drank two glasses. As an emperor, he had to be busy dealing with national affairs. So, he never got drunk.
Over the years, he has drunk fine wines from all over the world. But I have never met someone as clear and mellow as Cao Xiu. If he can go back, he must let Cao Xiu make wine for him every day.
"What are you looking at?"
"It's just a jar of wine, isn't it?"
"This jar is worth a thousand gold, what do you think?" Cao Xiu picked up the empty jar and drank the rest. He turned around and said angrily: "Mother Xipi, I have always been the only one who cheats others, and I have never cheated others." No one dares to trick me. Cao'er, go find me some more raccoons."
"Young Master, we already have two at home."
"One more, one for each person!!!"
"only……"
Cao'er quickly bowed and left.
…
After eating the imperial food, Qin Shihuang burped. The food at home is very delicious. A bowl of hot corn porridge with fried zu is quite comforting in this hot summer.
"Go and wash the dishes."
Wang Jian slammed the bowls and chopsticks on the table.
Seeing how aggressive he was, Cao Xiu was stunned.
"What are you going to do?"
"do the washing up!"
"Damn, why are you making such a big fuss?"
"..."
"Azheng, come with me."
"What do you want me to do?"
"Good thing!"
"Um?"
Cao Xiu walked in front, crossing the front yard.
The backyard is a bamboo forest and a hand-dug pond with some river fish in it. Then there are large vegetable gardens, which are green to the eye, and some even have lavender flowers.
At this time, every household basically had a vegetable plot, where they could grow onions, leek, pheasant, or water spinach. The fertile fields are all used to grow food, and only the wealthy nobles in Xianyang City can grow vegetables. Usually, people in Guizhou cultivate a small vegetable garden in front of their house for food. The genes for growing vegetables are also passed down from generation to generation, even in later generations of villages.
"Huh? What is this kind of thing?"
"nice one."
"???"
Qin Shihuang looked at the preserved vegetables curiously.
When they were held as hostages in the State of Zhao, their life as an orphan and a widowed mother was not easy. Although you don’t have to do farm work, you can still see it. Not to mention being good at farming, at least I know most of them.
Green seedlings are lush and green everywhere. About two or three inches tall, the leaves are oval or oblong with white pubescence on both sides. Qin Shihuang looked at it carefully for several times, but he didn't recognize it as a vegetable or an exotic flower for ornamental purposes.
"Hey, I'll leave this piece of preserved vegetable to you." Cao Xiu handed the bucket and ladle to Azheng, and said with emotion: "I tell you, you have to take good care of these young seedlings. These young seedlings are even bigger than My life still matters.”
"Then you still want me to take care of you?"
Qin Shi Huang replied angrily.
He has now recognized the reality and no longer calls himself me. But he still spoke with a Guanzhong accent, which was the elegant language of Qin. There was nothing he could do about it.
As for what Cao Xiu said, it was obvious that he was fooling him. If what Qian Shou said, it is not an exaggeration. After all, for Qian Shou, food is his life. But Cao Xiu's family has a great business, so how can he care about this?
"Ahem...I trust you!"
Cao Xiu touched his nose with a slight guilty conscience. The first crops grown here were potatoes, a type of grain that was not available in Qin or even in the world!
Of course, he must have left some seeds.
It was his habit to keep everything in reserve.
The origin of this potato is really a long story.
In his previous life, Cao Xiu was a village official responsible for going to the countryside to help the poor, so he bought some piglets and seeds and returned to the village. On the road, he saw a child falling into the water, so he jumped into the water to save him, and then... he was rushed to Qin State.
There is no system or golden finger for opening your eyes. Cao Xiu didn't take it seriously. After all, time travel is actually the biggest golden finger. After all, he understands the future historical direction.
Cao Xiu wanted to survive in the early stage and secretly stockpile grain and train troops. After the death of the First Emperor and Hu Hai's succession to the throne, which caused great turmoil, he again raised troops from Pei County. It is true that he is not good at leading troops in battle, but he knows who is good at leading troops in battle.
Of course, the uprising must have some reputation to fool those ignorant people into following it. For example, Liu Bang launched the White Snake Rebellion, and Chen Sheng came to collect books in the belly of a fish. These are all good methods.
Originally, Cao Xiu wanted to recreate it, but later he heard Xiao He mention that when the Nine Tripods entered the Qin Dynasty, one of them fell into the Surabaya River. This incident directly inspired him. Jiuding symbolizes the nine states in the world and is the most important treasure of the country!
If he could pick up this cauldron, wouldn't it fly away?
So, he asked Zhou Bo to bring some dead men to fish for them. He remembered that the First Emperor had to go to Pengcheng to offer sacrifices this year, and arranged for thousands of people to pray for the tripod, but they failed to fish it out.
Fortunately, Zhou Bo was very lucky.
He really fished out the Yongzhou Ding!
Now this cauldron is hidden in a secret room in the tunnel by Cao Xiu.
As for this tunnel?
Ahem, what he is doing is confiscating homes and exterminating clans. If things were revealed one day, he could escape through this secret passage. As a human being in two lifetimes, Cao Xiuke cherished his life more than anyone else.
Retrieving the Yongzhou Cauldron was the next best thing. The key was that his backpack from his previous life was actually inside this cauldron. It had festered after being soaked in the river water, but the seeds he bought were wrapped in bags and were almost intact.
God has eyes!
After sixteen years, his golden finger finally arrived!
Cao Xiu remembered that in order to save people in his previous life, he didn't even have time to take off his backpack. Since he has traveled through time, it makes sense that his backpack has traveled through time, right?
For three years, he has been cultivating it secretly.
During this period, production also declined due to diseases, and it was only last year that it stabilized. It’s just that such high-yielding crops are destined to consume a lot of soil and fertilizer, and the yield will definitely not be comparable to that of modern cultivation in later generations.
Qin Shihuang stepped forward and stared at the young seedlings.
"Is this the case for you?"
"Hey, Potato!"
"potato?"
Qin Shihuang looked at the young seedlings, confused again.
What is this? !
