Fu Xiaoguan left the courtyard with two valuable nautical charts.
At this moment, Yinghua was saying to Jingbian Xiong Er, "Jingbian Jun, I heard that the Yu Dynasty has no coastline. What do you think the young master wants this nautical chart for?"
Xiong Er, who was standing by the well, thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's because the Yu Dynasty has no coastline that he became curious."
Sakura frowned, "What if...what if he leads his ships along that route?"
Wellside Xiong Er laughed heartily. "Not to mention the Yu Dynasty, even the Wu Dynasty, which had a coast, didn't have warships..." He paused, then continued, "Your Highness, both the Wu and Yu Dynasties boast vast territories and abundant resources. They don't need to survive at sea like we do. You've seen it all in the six months you've been here. Their land is fertile and their products are plentiful. Their people live and work in peace and contentment. Their lives are a world apart from ours."
"The sea is dangerous. They don't need to go out to sea to survive, so they are unlikely to invade our country. What we need to do is to establish good relations with these powerful countries and promote mutual trade to alleviate our economic crisis."
Sakura nodded, not quite understanding. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she said, "Since the young master has invited us to establish an embassy in the Yu Dynasty... Mr. Jingbian, after the literary gathering, can I follow the young master to the Yu Dynasty to take a look?"
Wellside Bear Two naturally understood the Seventh Princess's intentions. If the Seventh Princess could marry Fu Xiaoguan, it would certainly be a wonderful thing. Jinling was said to be extremely prosperous, and Fu Xiaoguan had already held a high position at such a young age. The Seventh Princess becoming Fu Xiaoguan's wife... even if she was just a concubine, it would be much better than returning to that island nation.
But... "Fu Xiaoguan is too famous. I heard that he and Princess Yu Chaojiu have already developed a relationship. I'm afraid he..."
Sakura blushed and lowered her head, thinking that she was overthinking it. The young master was famous all over the world, how could he possibly marry a foreigner like her as his concubine?
"I just want to see the prosperity of Jinling and do my bit for our dynasty."
"Your Highness... let's talk about this later."
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After leaving the Liu Kingdom Embassy, Deng Xiu took Fu Xiaoguan to the Li Kingdom Embassy again. After some deception, he got another nautical chart. It turned out that the Li Kingdom was not far from the Yu Dynasty, but there was a small country called Langya between them.
If you want to reach the Yu Dynasty from the Li Kingdom, you must land in Langya, and then cross Langya to reach the western border of the Yu Dynasty.
However, because Langya Kingdom did not allow Li Kingdom's ships to dock, Li Kingdom had no way to reach the Yu Dynasty. As for the reason... the envoy of Li Kingdom said that Langya Kingdom and Li Kingdom had fought several times and their relationship was difficult to repair.
Fu Xiaoguan didn't have the mind or ability to solve this matter now, so he said goodbye and went back to the Luzon Embassy.
As soon as he followed the elderly messenger from Luzon into the yard, he smelled a familiar sweet fragrance.
He stood in the yard and sniffed hard. His heart suddenly became excited, but he asked calmly, "Master Huo, where does this...this fragrance come from?"
The white-haired Lord Huo laughed and said, "A merchant from our country arrived here yesterday. He brought this thing with him. They don't have a name. They said it was dug in the mountains. It tastes pretty good. Would you like to try it, Lord Fu?"
"If it's convenient, give me one to try."
Lord Huo walked to the kitchen tremblingly, and when he came out, he handed a freshly baked sweet potato to Fu Xiaoguan.
When Fu Xiaoguan saw it, he became even more excited. He broke the sweet potato open, and a sweet smell immediately filled the air.
This is it!
"Master Huo, do you still have this? The unbaked kind."
He took a bite, and the soft, sweet taste bloomed on the tip of his tongue. He thought that since this thing was picked from the mountains and had no name, could it be that it had not yet been artificially cultivated?
In the past, sweet potatoes were called yam because they came from far away overseas.
This thing is native to Central America and was later brought to the Philippines by the Spaniards for cultivation. They regarded it as a rare commodity and strictly prohibited it from leaving the country.
It was not until 1593 that Chinese people doing business in the Philippines stole this thing back with great difficulty, and thus the sweet potato came to the Kingdom of Bactria.
Fu Xiaoguan was really surprised that Luzon actually had this thing. The reason why he was so excited was that once this thing was successfully planted, the food problem of the Yu Dynasty would be solved immediately!
This thing is not picky about soil or region, has a very high yield, is easy to preserve, and most importantly, tastes pretty good.
Compared to the hybrid rice he is tinkering with, this thing can produce huge value more immediately.
Deng Xiu didn't understand and just thought that Lord Fu liked to eat this thing.
Lord Huo of Luzon thought the same. He smiled and said, "There are still some left. If Lord Fu likes them, you can take them."
Fu Xiaoguan's heart finally settled down. He happily finished the sweet potato in his hand and clapped his hands, "Then I won't be polite!"
Afterwards, the two chatted for a cup of tea, and Fu Xiaoguan also warmly invited Lord Huo to go to Jinling. Then he watched Su Jue carrying a sack, and the group left here and returned to Jinghu Villa.
Dong Shulan and the other two had returned, their faces beaming with joy. "We've secured a shop. It's on Huijin Avenue in the inner city, a prime location. We've already arranged for someone to renovate it, and we'll be able to put up a sign and start selling our wares in a few days."
Su Su looked at the eldest brother and asked in astonishment: "What did you guys steal?"
Su Jue put the sack down, thinking that this thing smelled delicious and looked delicious when eaten by Fu Xiaoguan, so he said, "It must be something delicious."
Su Su's eyes lit up and she ran over, opened the sack and took a look - what is this?
Fu Xiaoguan smiled and said, "Don't even think about it. This is a treasure. If you want to eat it, you have to wait until the end of the year."
Yu Wenjun and Dong Shulan also came over, picked up the fist-sized sweet potato and looked at it again and again, but couldn't figure out what it was, so they had to look at Fu Xiaoguan.
"This thing is called a sweet potato. Its skin is red. It can be planted and tastes very good. I'll roast one for you to try later. You're only allowed to roast one. These are for planting. You'll have more to eat later."
It is now March 20th. We must quickly send this thing to Xishan and give it to Wang Er. There is still time.
He asked Chunxiu to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote down the process of planting the sweet potatoes in detail. Dong Shulan and others looked at him curiously - they thought that he was quite professional as a small landlord. He could write down such detailed planting steps for such a wild animal that grew in the mountains.
After writing the letter, he carefully handed it to Chunxiu, "You have to go back to the west mountain of Linjiang and personally deliver this letter and these sweet potatoes to Wang Er. Remember, personally!"
"After you go to Fanning City, go find General Xue Pinggui and give him this letter. He will send someone to escort you to Xishan."
Chunxiu nodded without stopping, called the carriage from the mansion, and left Jinghu Villa.
After putting an important matter aside, Fu Xiaoguan felt very relieved.
As it was getting dark, the doorman Ning Siyan brought in a man, Su Diandian, the fifth senior brother from the Taoist temple.
"Big Brother, we found Bei Wangchuan!"
"Where is he?"
"Cang Hai, Jian Lu!"
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