Li Xiao threw the remaining corn on the cob on the ground. Xiao Hei, who had been waiting under the table, immediately bit into his mouth and swallowed it voraciously.

This black dog was a little wild dog without a boss. Li Xiao often threw a bone and threw a piece of cake for it. Gradually, the dog was no longer so fierce. Under Li Xiao's food, the dog was eventually subdued and followed Li Xiao's butt all day long, becoming the Li family's opener.

Now this dog can eat enough every day, and can chew a few bones every now and then to replenish calcium. It is oily and smooth, and is no longer as skinny as before. However, the native dog, a few months old, is actually thirty kilograms small. It stands up and can be put on Li Xiao’s shoulders.

The dog is not picky. The corn is caught in the mouth, bites and chews hard, and chews it into several large pieces at once, and then swallows it.

"Slow down, silly dog, no one will compete with you."

Xiao Hei seemed a little dissatisfied with Li Xiao calling him a fool, so he whined a few times, then lowered his head and continued to chew on its corn cob.

"The dog actually eats this stick!" Li Zhen said in a novel way.

Li Xiao explained, "This stick is quite tender, and it has been stewed with ribs, so it is soaked in meat. Of course, dogs like to eat it. This stick can actually be fed to animals, and it is OK to eat it as feed."

"Wow, then isn't this corn full of treasure?"

"That's not. When the corn poles are tender, they can be used as livestock feed. When they are old, they can be used to burn fire. The same is true for this stick. They can be used to feed livestock and burn as firewood."

Di Renjie couldn't help but say, "That treasure should be presented to the court."

Li Xiao yelled twice.

"Brother Di, when I told you that this corn was a treasure, I was afraid that you might not believe it in your heart. Even now, you may not have a little true belief in it. There are some things that others have not seen before, before we see them with their own eyes, the more we say, the more we will not believe them. Don't be anxious about that moment, it will not be too late to wait until they can see them in person."

Of course, Li Xiao did not think that he would only hide the treasures like corn in his mysterious space. In this era, the yield of arable land was extremely low, and there were many natural disasters, so food security was often not guaranteed. There were countless people who often couldn't eat enough.

If there is corn promotion, it can be said that many people in the Tang Dynasty can have enough food, which is a good thing with immeasurable merit.

But just as he said just now, who would believe it just by just a few words in his empty mouth?

Now that he is offering treasures to the court, the court may even punish him for being arrogant and deceiving the king. Why bother?

"Sanlang, this is not what you say. If you don't believe it, let everyone believe it. Dedicate the seeds to the court and tell the court how to plant it. Once a hundred days passes, the corn harvest will be harvested. Wouldn't it be clear what the facts are?"

"I don't have seeds now, so I'm not in a hurry."

Li Xiao was thinking about waiting for the corn in the space to ripen and plant it first.

It is better to wait until the corn in his field is ripe and harvest there. As long as everyone can see the yield of this corn with their own eyes and the corn is edible, then everyone will truly believe that this is a treasure.

Di Renjie now believes that Li Xiao’s corn is a real treasure.

"If you wait until then, wouldn't you miss the good times for a season? Especially this year's severe drought, if corn is planted, it can not only resist drought and increase yields, isn't it a great thing? If corn can be planted in large quantities, how much disaster loss will be reduced! How many people will have to fill their stomachs."

Li Xiao just smiled.

The idea is good, but who would believe it?

Li Xiao gave a few corn to the court, and then said that this corn is so magical. One acre can increase the yield by two or three times. It is both drought-resistant and easy to grow, and is delicious and nutritious?

Does the court believe it?

How could it be possible to let the imperial court plant it on a large scale?

Even if the court believes that, it will definitely have to try planting, try harvesting, eat, etc. before making a decision.

If Li Xiao was a liar, then the imperial court planted a large amount of corn and was not harvested by then, wouldn’t it harm the people?

Besides, there is only one corn seedling in Li Xiao’s space. Although it magically carries eight sticks, there are only seven sticks left now.

After the seven rods are fully mature, they cannot harvest corn seeds.

A stick can harvest at most 600 corn grains, but as far as he knows, generally only 200 grams of dried corn grains can be found in a hundred grains, and only 200 grams of corn seeds can be found in a cob.

Seven sticks are only 1,400 grams. One pound of 16 taels per pound, one pound is about 40 grams, and a total of only 2 pounds and three pounds. Such a small amount of seeds is not enough to plant acre of land.

Generally, at least three kilograms of corn must be planted per acre of land.

Therefore, even if the drought is severe this year, it is unrealistic for the court to take the risk of growing corn on a large scale.

It would be better to plant it for a season by himself. When he gets it, everyone will naturally see it. At that time, seeing it is true, and the court wants to plant it and there are seeds.

After a meal, Di Renjie hurried back to Chang'an.

He didn't care about the tasks of Yan Liben's inquiry into the township hall. His mind was now full of corn and corn.

God-given divine objects, you can't delay this way.

After leaving Lizhuang, he first arrived at Lanxi, and when he arrived at the post station, he took his horse back. He rode his horse and ran back quickly.

He entered Chang'an City in one breath, and didn't even have time to breathe, and didn't care about the dust on his body, so he immediately ran to see Yan Liben.

It's too late to even communicate.

"Why did Huaiyuan come back so soon?"

Di Renjie took out a handkerchief from his arms and spread it out carefully.

"Changshi Yan, I got a god-given object."

Yan Liben was stunned when he heard the words "Divine God" and "Divine Renjie" was a young man he promoted. He was a very down-to-earth person, but the words "Divine God" and "Divine God" still surprised him a little.

He didn't know anything that could make this young subordinate use this word to describe it.

Get up and look over.

The handkerchief was unfolded, and inside it was a small light yellow particle.

“What is this?”

"corn!"

"Corn? Could it be a kind of jade?" Yan Liben was puzzled. Even a gem was not worth it. What's more, what gems could be called a god-given thing.

"Huaiyuan, aren't you feeling uncomfortable today?" He was a little doubtful if his subordinates were stimulated and were crazy about gaining or losing their hearts.

Of course Di Renjie knew that he was not crazy. He had just hidden a fresh corn kernel in the Li family. He couldn't wait for Li Xiao to plant another season of corn. He urgently wanted to report this treasure to the court, and then hoped that the court could pay attention. It would be best that the court would get the seeds from Li Xiao immediately and start trial planting immediately.

He told him about the magical discovery of Lijiazhuang in Lanxi today.

After a long time, he finally finished speaking.

However, Yan Liben on the opposite side had already sat back.

There was a look of disbelief on his face.

"Huaiyuan, you must have let Li Xiao deceive you. I have never heard of a kind of grain in the Western Regions called corn, nor have I heard of any crop in the Western Regions that is so magical. It is both drought-resistant and high-yield. According to what he said, this crop is simply higher than wheat in the north and rice in the south, and thousands of times better than the millet commonly grown in the north. It is so strange that it is easy to produce two or three stones per mu. I don't believe there is such a thing in this world."

"Yan Changshi, I believe him. I believe that this corn is really a treasure given to the Tang Dynasty by God. Today I ate a few vegetables made by corn at the Li family. They were fresh corn, but I felt that if the corn matured, it could indeed be used as a staple food."

Yan Liben gently tapped the table, "Even if you have eaten corn, even if the corn can be used as a staple food after it matures, do you know how much the per mu of corn is produced? Then do you know whether this corn is easy to grow? How do you know, isn't this corn really resistant to drought? No, you know nothing, all what you are talking about now is just what Li Xiao told you. And no one can confirm what Li Xiao said, everything is possible, it is very likely to be fake."

Di Renjie said anxiously, "Shi Yan, but this is very likely to be true. If it is true, it is a treasure given by God. We must report to the court and let the court pay attention to it. We must send people to Lijiazhuang immediately to protect the corn. Li Xiao said that this is the only corn in the world. If that corn is gone, it will be a huge loss."

"It's better to believe that it has than to believe that it doesn't."

"But what if it's just a lie?" Yan Liben asked.

After all, he is the chief of the Yongzhou Prefecture and the highest chief executive of the twenty-two counties in the entire Jingji area. If he reports it urgently because of a lie and startles Shengting, it would be a dereliction of duty and would even make him impeached.

"If it is fake, the court will not suffer any losses, but if it is true, the court will gain a lot." Di Renjie persuaded.

Yan Liben bent down and stared at the corn carefully.

He reached out his hand, held it in his hand, watched it carefully, and put it next to his nose and smelled it gently. Since Di Renjie had eaten vegetables made of corn, it means that this thing was really edible. And he said that six or seven hundred corn grains can be formed on a corn cob, then even if a corn seedling only has one corn cob, that would be good.

The problem now is that he is not sure whether this corn can be used as staple food or as vegetables, but not as staple food. After all, staple food requires easy storage, and if you can only eat fresh ones, it will be of no value.

Di Renjie said that Li Xiao said that the corn can be ground after it is ripe after it is dried, which is similar to wheat ground. If you can really do this, it will be really the staple food.

After all, foods that can be ground into powder are not afraid of being unable to be preserved. And grinding into powder can also be conveniently made into various foods.

"But just this corn grain, how can I report to Your Majesty? You saw the only corn seedling in the world in Lijiazhuang?"

Di Renjie shook his head.

Yan Liben thought, "Huaiyuan, I have never seen Li Xiao, and I don't believe in Li Xiao, but I believe in you. Tell me, do you really believe in Li Xiao?"

"Believe." Di Renjie only said two words.
Chapter completed!