The yellow-orange potato felt soft to the touch. This was the phenomenon that occurred only after it had been frozen and then thawed at room temperature—in short, this potato was ruined and could never sprout again.
Thinking along these lines, Luo Chong instantly felt a heart-pounding ache that made it hard to breathe.
Yet it made sense. Right now was the coldest part of winter, and after making a round trip through the sky via a Flying Eagle Message, it would have been a miracle if it hadn't frozen solid.
"Is this thing the only one?" Luo Chong immediately asked the people in the room, holding up the potato.
Hearing this, She Xin, Prefect of Liuyang Commandery, replied, "Just this one. I opened the package myself, and there was only this little thing inside. When I saw it was You Fu's letter, I immediately sent someone to find the Chieftain. Chieftain, what is this thing? Is it important?"
"Hn, it seems to be a new crop. Do you think it's important or not?" Luo Chong gave a perfunctory, counter-questioning reply. Of course, he couldn't say that he recognized the potato, so he didn't press further and immediately opened the letter.
The letter spoke of only two matters. The first was the coal mine Luo Chong had been longing for. You Fu briefly described the process of discovering the coal mine in the letter, then provided its approximate location, along with an attached map that marked the geographical relationship between the coal mine and the Tang Tribe's Taigang Commandery, supplying reference data for Luo Chong's subsequent plans and deployments.
The second matter was the Exploration Team Sixteen's discovery of the White House Tribe. The letter detailed the population of the White House Tribe, their intentions, and their crop, the 'taro'.
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