Coming back to his senses, Fang Zhengyi was a little emotional. He swallowed his saliva and asked, "Why is this potato so small?"
"It hasn't grown well yet. Master, Feng Ya only brought back a few. It will take at least one or two years to grow a large batch. There aren't many left on the land now. I've already sent people to look after the greenhouse."
"Good...well done!" Fang Zheng couldn't hide his smile.
This is the bargaining chip! An extremely important bargaining chip. To be honest, this return to Beijing does not have much hope of convincing His Majesty and his ministers to open the sea and build ships.
I can only say it's 50%. After all, the power of ideas is really stubborn, especially since most of the people in the court are old, which makes it even more difficult!
Although opening up the sea brings huge benefits, no one will believe you if you just talk nonsense.
Although the Lu family seized a lot of silver that could be used for this, how many people in the court were keeping an eye on this batch of silver?
National treasuries throughout history, both in China and abroad, have never been able to keep money!
The King of Wu fled, the Lu family's silver, gunpowder, penicillin, potatoes... Fang Zhengyi now has some confidence in his heart.
After looking at the potatoes, Fang Zhengyi lowered his head again and looked at the other things and couldn't help laughing again.
Corn? It's also very good, but I'm afraid this little corn is useless now. It's short, small and ugly, very different from the future generations, and the yield is probably not that high.
corn
And tomatoes!
The taste of tomatoes in later generations is relatively bland. I wonder what this ancient variety tasted like? It should be delicious!
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng picked up a tomato, wiped it simply, and put it directly into his mouth.
Ao Chen's face turned pale instantly, and he screamed in shock: "Master, you can't eat it! It's poisonous, spit it out quickly!"
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