Cheng Dalei completely collapsed, okay, maybe liberal arts geeks and science geeks are the same creature, and we don't need women.
"Master, it's not good, Xiaoling has been poisoned!"
At this moment, Xu Shenji hurried over. Cheng Dalei was also startled and said, "Take me to see it quickly."
While walking, Cheng Dalei asked: "What happened to her? Why was she poisoned?"
"She was picking mushrooms in the back mountain and saw red fruits growing on the ground, so she ate one. As a result, her mouth became hot and she was sweating all over... Hey, this silly girl is just greedy." Xu Shen was anxious and at a loss.
When he walked to Xu Ling'er's room, Huang Sanyuan was guarding her and was very anxious. Cheng Dalei saw Xu Ling'er lying on the bed, her cheeks red and her eyes crying.
"Master, I...I'm afraid I can't survive..."
"Ling'er, don't be afraid, I will definitely find a way to cure you."
That said, Cheng Dalei knows nothing about medical skills, and no one in the entire village knows medical skills. Now he doesn't even know what kind of poison Xu Ling'er was poisoned with.
"What poisonous fruit did she eat?"
"That's it, this stupid girl, stupid girl..." Xu Shenji held the vegetable basket: "How can you eat food in the mountains casually!"
Cheng Dalei took the vegetable basket and saw some wild vegetables, mushrooms, and... peppers in it.
"She was poisoned after eating this?" Cheng Dalei held up a chili pepper.
"Yes, it's extremely poisonous!" Xu Shenji said.
Cheng Dalei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He looked at Xu Shenji, Huang Sanyuan, and then at Xu Ling'er on the kang. Suddenly his heart moved and he asked: "Don't you all know what this is?"
The three of them shook their heads at the same time, Xu Shenji said: "Does the master know this poison?"
"This is not a poison. This is called chili pepper. It is a vegetable and can also be regarded as a condiment."
"But Linger is like this now?"
"It's just too spicy and she was frightened again. Just drink more water and she'll be fine."
Cheng Dalei said indifferently, then suddenly paused, as if a bolt of lightning struck in his mind, making his limbs tremble.
Xu Ling'er and Xu Shenji had never seen Chili Pepper. Cheng Dalei didn't find it strange. After all, the two of them had little experience. But Huang Sanyuan used to be Han Huju's housekeeper, which was a bit strange. Does that mean... the empire didn't have anything at all?
chili.
When was chili pepper introduced into the country in history? The late Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty... Cheng Dalei thought with his head in his hands, but his lack of historical knowledge could not tell him the exact time. He only knew that it was a very late era. Before that
There are no chili peppers in China, so people use ginger, mustard, and dogwood for seasoning.
In today's world, history is a bit confusing. Cheng Dalei doesn't know which time period in history the empire can correspond to.
The system rewarded me with an acre of mature peppers, but I didn't take it seriously at first, and I wasn't even interested in finding them. But if there were no peppers in the world, then the meaning of this acre of peppers would be completely different.
You know, in Cheng Dalei's previous life, chili peppers were all over the country, and too many people didn't like spicy food. But in this world, you can only control chili peppers yourself. As the saying goes...things are vaguely valuable.
Cheng Dalei became excited and quickly ran to Su Ying's room with a chili pepper. He asked for proof of the matter.
"Do you know what this is?"
Su Ying frowned: "Shanguo?"
Cheng Dalei's heart was pounding. Even Su Ying had never seen peppers. It was almost certain that there was no pepper crop in this world. I remember that in history, peppers were introduced very late, but they swept the country in a very short time.
. And because of the system rewards, you can own this crop thousands of years in advance, and it is exclusive.
Exclusivity means monopoly, and monopoly means wealth.
Cheng Dalei had a vague feeling that chili pepper might be the capital to make his first pot of gold.
"Do you think this can be sold at a good price if sold?" Cheng Dalei asked Su Ying, wanting to refer to the other party's opinion.
"What does it taste like, sweet?"
"No, it's spicy."
"I haven't eaten it, so I don't know."
"Then I can leave it for you to try, and we can cooperate for a long time in the future." In fact, some powerful copycats have connections with the trading houses in the city. Cheng Dalei thinks that he can develop Su Ying. After all, she is the daughter of Sihai Trading Company.
.
Thinking of this, Cheng Dalei suddenly asked: "By the way, you have been robbed for so many days, why is no one coming to redeem you? Is it possible that no one wants you anymore?"
Su Ying, who had always been calm, changed her face after hearing these words, with resentment and helplessness hidden in her eyes.
At this time, Cheng Dalei said with deep feeling: "Don't worry, even if the whole world betrays you, I will betray the whole world with you."
Before Su Ying could react, Cheng Dalei had already left the house quickly. He wanted to ask Xu Ling'er where the peppers were picked.
Xu Ling'er gave a false alarm and made the whole village worried. She was a little embarrassed when she saw Cheng Dalei again.
She took Cheng Dalei, Xu Shenji, and Huang Sanyuan to a hillside outside the village. Cheng Dalei saw ripe peppers growing here, with red and ripe fruits hanging on them.
The yield per acre of peppers is far greater than that of wheat and soybeans. Just one acre of peppers already weighs several thousand kilograms. According to the principle that things are more valuable, one kilogram of peppers can be exchanged for more than ten kilograms of grain.
This is more affordable than growing any crops in the village.
Moreover, the maturity period of peppers is short, and they can mature in two to three months. If ten acres of land in the village are planted with peppers, tens of thousands of kilograms of peppers can be harvested before winter comes, which will be an astronomical figure in terms of food.
Cheng Dalei became excited, patted Xu Shenji on the shoulder and said: "Commander, pick off all these peppers. We will plant peppers this year."
"Master, are you kidding me? We are going to plant poison when we enter. What will we eat in the winter?"
Cheng Dalei was speechless. He really couldn't communicate with this kind of person. He could only slap Cheng Dalei heavily on the shoulder: "Work, this is an order."
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This world is very slow, without advanced productivity, and everything needs to be done manually. However, Shanzhai is fully prepared and only has six people.
Six people pick the peppers and bring them back to the village to dry them. Then they dig out the seeds and save them for planting.
Time passed day by day, and several people in the village were very busy, but even so, the work progress was still very slow.
However, no matter how slow he was, Cheng Dalei did not let Su Ying join. He finally accumulated some favorability points and he did not want to be destroyed.
"Is Shaoyu on duty at the foot of the mountain today?"
"Well, it's my turn tomorrow." Qin Man said.
Chili peppers had to be planted, but his own job at the village could not be lost, so Cheng Dalei arranged for himself, Qin Man, and Lin Shaoyu to take turns on duty at the foot of the mountain. His tasks still had to be completed.
"Master, please let me do the robbery tomorrow. You can't just let you do the hard work."
"Shut up!" Cheng Dalei scolded him: "Don't think I can't see that you don't want to pick peppers."
At this time, Lin Shaoyu slowly came in from the outside. Cheng Dalei hurriedly asked: "How is it? Did you gain anything today?"
For a long time, no one passed by the foot of the mountain. Cheng Dalei's mission progress was still 1|10.
"It's a harvest, I guess." A little girl flashed out from behind Lin Shaoyu: "She's here to see Miss Su."