"Li Jiji stopped!" Li Xiu had just arrived in front of the other courtyard, but he saw a guard in full armor blocking his way, which made him stunned, because he didn't seem to know this guard, but the armor on the other party made him feel familiar, and there were several guards wearing the same armor behind him.

"You are..." Li Xiu looked at these familiar guards but couldn't call them for a while, but he was sure that he must have seen the same guards in the past.

"You are the one who knows Li Jijiu, and the palace guard Liu Lian is talking to the princess inside!" The guard replied respectfully. He had met Li Xiu with Li Yuan before, but Li Xiu did not notice him.

"Your Majesty?" Li Xiu couldn't help but say in surprise when he heard this, but then he thought of Li Yuan's plan for him last time, and he was too lazy to see him now, so he turned around and wanted to leave.

But at this moment, suddenly a woman's voice came from behind and said, "Li Jijiu stayed, Princess, please come in!"

Hearing this voice, Li Xiu knew that the person who was speaking was the helmet beside Princess Pingyang. He turned around helplessly and followed her into the villa. The guards next to him naturally did not stop him. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Xiu asked the helmet: "Why is Your Majesty here today?"

"I don't know either. The princess originally said that she would go with you to see the sweet potato production today, but before lunch, His Majesty suddenly came, and then the princess had lunch with His Majesty, and then she kept chatting in the living room. The princess knew you were coming, so she asked me to wait at the door!" Helmet replied softly.

While talking, Li Xiu and his helmet also came to the living room. When Li Xiu went in, he happened to see Li Yuan whispering to Princess Pingyang. Although he was very dissatisfied with Li Yuan, Li Xiu could only go forward and salute and said, "My minister, Li Xiu, please see Your Majesty!"

"No need to be polite. I was very satisfied with the canned food last time, and I also strongly supported Cheng Yaojin and others to establish canned workshops in northern Xinjiang. I hope you can create more similar things in the future to benefit the people of the world!" When Li Yuan saw Li Xiu, he couldn't help but smile, and he didn't mention the fact that he forced Li Xiu to marry, as if that was not what he did at all.

"Thank you for your praise!" Li Xiu said calmly. When Li Yuan first saw canned food, he looked down on it. Now he fully supports the construction of the canned workshop. He, the emperor, is really profit-oriented!

Seeing Li Xiu's cold look, Li Yuan knew that he must have resentment in his heart, but he smiled lightly and didn't care. No matter what, his marriage was done, and no one could change it. Even though he had resentment in his heart, he still had to use it for himself. And he was already considering where to arrange for Li Xiu to do things?

At this moment, Li Yuan asked Li Xiu to sit down, and then continued to chat with Princess Pingyang. Li Xiu listened quietly, but the more he listened, the more he felt funny, because the content of Li Yuan's chat was not fresh at all. They were all complaining about Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin like before, so he came to complain to Pingyang, the daughter, but he didn't think about who should be blamed for Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin when they had this stage?

Li Xiu was only very bored about Li Yuan’s complaints. As he listened, he almost fell asleep in the end, but at this moment, he suddenly heard Li Yuan speak to him: "Li Xiu, I heard Pei Jian say last time that you have a high-yield crop called sweet potatoes. It just so happened that I had time today, so why not go and have a look!"

"This..." Li Xiu couldn't help but wake up suddenly when he heard this. He secretly said in his heart that the sweet potato must be presented to Li Yuan, but how to offer it is very particular. Li Xiu had already thought of a plan for this, but now Li Yuan suddenly had to look at the sweet potato in advance, which would definitely disrupt his plan.

"What? Is there anything shameful about this sweet potato, or is it just fake?" Li Yuan saw the hesitation on Li Xiu's face, and suddenly sneered. He had doubted the authenticity of this sweet potato long ago, and now Li Xiu's performance made him even more suspicious.

"Father, how can sweet potatoes be fake? Speaking of which, we were going to check the yield of sweet potatoes. Father, you are here, so let's go together!" Princess Pingyang didn't know Li Xiu's plan, and she was eager to explain to Li Xiu, so she immediately spoke.

Li Xiu wanted to stop Princess Pingyang's words, but unfortunately it was too late. He had no choice but to nod and said, "Since Your Majesty wants to see sweet potatoes, I naturally cannot ask for it. The sweet potatoes are planted in the fields outside the Princess's Villa. Please move!"

When Princess Pingyang mentioned sweet potatoes, she seemed very confident, which made Li Yuan doubt his previous judgment. He immediately stood up and left the courtyard with Princess Pingyang and Li Xiu.

The earliest sweet potatoes were planted in greenhouse vegetable fields. Later, after Li Xiu harvested the sweet potato vines, he transplanted most of the sweet potatoes into the fields by the river. In fact, this place was originally a vegetable field. Vegetables grew fast and had high requirements for land. Therefore, the vegetable fields generally chose the most fertile land, so the first batch of sweet potatoes were planted here.

When Li Xiu brought Li Yuan to the sweet potato field, he saw that the parts of his eyes were full of green. Some sweet potato vines had even grown into the river and the ridges were full of green. Strictly speaking, sweet potatoes are also a highly invasive species. As long as they grow on a piece of land, it will be difficult to clean them in the future, because the rhizomes under the ground can easily grow out, unless all the rhizomes are dug out and eaten like humans.

"Are these so-called sweet potatoes?" Li Yuan asked in confusion as he looked at the field in front of him, which was covered with green and had nowhere to put on his feet.

"Yes, sweet potatoes not only have high yields, but also do not pick the land. However, in order to make it reproduce better, they are planted on this fertile land. In addition, the edible rhizomes grow underground, so there is no need to worry about disasters such as hail and wind, and they even have strong resistance to locust plagues. It can be said to be the best crop." Li Xiu nodded with satisfaction at this time. The sweet potato vines alone grew so lushly, and the yield of sweet potatoes below should not be too bad.

"Come and dig out a few trees and take a look. I can't wait!" Princess Pingyang picked up a hoe and said, "The best tool for digging sweet potatoes was something called a grapple hook, just like turning a fork into ninety degrees. However, it was not available at the time of the Tang Dynasty, so she could only use a hoe instead.

Seeing Princess Pingyang taking action, Li Xiu also picked up the hoe and started digging. At the same time, he was silently reciting in his heart: Whether it can be successful depends on the performance of these sweet potatoes. I hope they don’t let themselves hope! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!