Datang Nongwang

Chapter 818
"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied. Let's talk about this later, let's go pay a gift to father first." Li Shimin couldn't discuss the matter of potatoes anymore.

The potatoes are all placed here, and they won't run away.

Originally, the main intention of Li Shimin's family to come to Lizhuang was to greet Li Yuan and pay respects. If they kept talking about this potato, Li Yuan might become even more angry.

Leaving Tudou behind, he went to Li Yuan who was in the main room to greet Ann.

Although such greetings and greetings, Li Yuan usually would not say anything, even today.

Li Shimin and his wife seemed a little embarrassed, so they had to wink at their children.

Sizi is a man of good fortune, seeing his parents winking at them, he immediately approached Li Yuan knowingly.

On the left, there is a sentence of grandfather, and another sentence of grandfather.

Even Li Zhi, like Sizi, acted like a baby in front of Li Yuan.

After a while, Li Yuan also opened his mouth, and his face was no longer as serious as before, and he even said that he would lead Sizi around.

Without Li Yuan, Li Shimin immediately returned to the small courtyard, pointed to the pile of potatoes on the ground, and asked Wan'er curiously, "Wan'er, these potatoes look like they were just dug out of the soil. , isn’t this what you dug today?”

"Uncle Tang, these potatoes were dug this morning. We have been digging for a long time. Look, Uncle Tang, this one is the biggest one, and it is enough for me to eat for a meal." Wan'er had to ask, squatting In front of the pile of potatoes, he picked a big one and replied.

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction and asked again: "How is the harvest? Is the yield high?"

"Uncle Tang, don't you also believe my fourth brother's words? Do you think that the high-yield grains brought from the Eastern Continent are not so high, and they may not be edible?" Wan'er is really smart, when asked by Li Shimin, Instead, Li Shimin was asked.

Li Shimin's face was a little more embarrassed at this time.

Before, Li Shimin was really not sure what Li Chongyuan said, or whether the things he brought back were really edible and high-yield food.

Coupled with the opposition of the court officials in the court, coupled with his cognition.

Therefore, naturally, Li Shimin, like the court officials who opposed Li Chongyuan, had different thoughts, and perhaps had some doubts about Li Chongyuan.

Although Li Shimin was a little uncertain, Li Chongyuan sent an envoy to various countries and presented maps, which is a great achievement.

As for the high-yielding grains brought back from the Eastern Continent, although Li Shimin was willing to choose to believe in Li Chongyuan, this was not the case.

But fortunately, the facts were already in front of him, and he, Li Shimin, was asked such a rhetorical question by Wan'er, and his face immediately showed embarrassment.

Seeing her husband's embarrassment, Empress Changsun immediately uttered a voice to help her husband, "Wan'er, if your cousin doesn't trust your fourth brother, he won't appoint your fourth brother as Minister of Agriculture. Tell me, uncle and aunt, what is the yield of these potatoes and how to eat them."

Seeing Empress Changsun helping her husband out of the siege, Wan'er knew that her rhetorical question had gone too far.

Immediately, Wan'er didn't say much, she pointed to the courtyard door and said, "Please come with me."

Curious, Li Shimin and his wife followed Wan'er and walked out of the courtyard.

After a while.

A group of people came to the edge of the potato field.

Wan'er pointed to the messy potato tunnel that had already been dug: "Uncle and Aunt Tang, the potatoes that were piled up in the yard just now were dug from this acre of land. At noon, Uncle asked someone to weigh them." , more than 26 catties. Before the fourth brother left, he planted five acres of potatoes in my Lizhuang, and the growth was basically the same. According to calculations, the output of these five acres of potatoes should be more than [-] catties, mu It can produce as much as [-] seven stones."

After hearing Wan'er's words, everyone was shocked.

Even Li Shimin, who had been prepared for a long time, was shocked by Wan'er's words and looked at the potato field in front of him in a daze.

And Li Zhi is almost like this.

On the contrary, Empress Changsun was shocked and clapped her hands lightly.

"It's such an output, I've never heard of it before. Auntie Tang sees that those potatoes grow and are easy to grab, but they are really different from other grains. I really don't know what to say. Wan'er, you haven't said what to do with the potatoes. Eat it, can you tell Aunt Tang about it." Empress Changsun asked Wan'er again when she saw her husband lost his mind.

Wan'er squinted her eyes and replied with a smile: "Aunt Tang, potatoes can be eaten as food or vegetables. However, the fourth brother said before leaving that potatoes should not be eaten raw, and potatoes that have sprouted or rotten, and those that have turned green cannot be eaten. , said to be poisonous."

"Ah? If it's poisonous, how can you eat it?" Empress Changsun was a little surprised when she heard that.

truthfully.

Poisonous things can really not be used as vegetables, nor can they be used as food.

Moreover, if potatoes are such a high-yield grain, if it is popularized in the Tang Dynasty, if those people eat it by mistake, it will be very easy to cause serious trouble.

After all, this thing is a close thing, and no one is familiar with the details of this thing.

Li Shimin, who came back from a daze, looked at Wan'er after listening to Wan'er's description, waiting for Wan'er's response.

Wan'er didn't care and said, "Aunt Tang, although potatoes can't be eaten raw, and you can't eat sprouted, spoiled, or green parts, but as long as you don't eat these, you won't be poisoned. And , My fourth brother said that potatoes are slightly poisonous from the leaves to the stems and roots, and then to the fruit. But as long as they are cooked, the poison will disappear, and they are completely edible."

"So simple?" Li Shimin couldn't believe it.

Wan'er continued: "My uncle and I ate stewed pork ribs with potatoes today. If we were really poisoned, then the one standing here would be my soul."

"You little girl, you can't talk nonsense." Empress Changsun knew that Wan'er was joking, so she reprimanded her aloud.

Wan'er is explaining about potatoes to Li Shimin and his wife.

Not far away, Sizi was picking tomatoes with Li Yuan.

No, under Li Yuan's guidance, Sizi picked a slightly red tomato, followed Li Yuan's words, wiped it on his body, and then bit it into his mouth, "Grandfather, it's sour, But it has a sweet taste, I like this tomato. Is this tomato a fruit? Is it the same as watermelon?"

"Hehe, it's delicious. This is both a fruit and a vegetable. If you want to eat it as a fruit, you can eat it raw. If you want to make it into a dish, you have to fry it and boil it. But these tomatoes are not yet fully grown. Mature, it will take some time to fully mature." Li Yuan said.

Sizi had never seen any tomatoes before, if Li Yuan hadn't brought her to this field this time, she wouldn't have known there was such a delicacy.

Sizi didn't say anything, after picking a few, he trotted towards Li Shimin and his wife, "Father, mother, you eat, these tomatoes are delicious, sweet and sour, and have a delicate fragrance." Taste. My grandfather said that this tomato was also brought back from the Eastern Continent by my cousin Chongyuan, and my grandfather said that this tomato can be eaten as a fruit or as a vegetable."

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Li Shimin and his wife were a little dumbfounded again, and they turned their attention to the tomato handed to them by Sizi. They really didn't understand why.

Not knowing why, they had no choice but to turn their attention to Wan'er again.

They had never seen a tomato, even Li Chongyuan had never shown it to Li Shimin back then, so how did they know there was such a thing.

Seeing the appearance of the two, Wan'er on the side could only explain aloud: "This is called a tomato, also called a tomato. It is a seed that my fourth brother brought back from the Eastern Continent. After growing the seedlings and then transplanting them, the tomato is not yet fully grown. Ripe, a bit sour. In addition to potatoes and tomatoes, the fourth brother also grows corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, groundnuts, and peppers in Lizhuang.”

While narrating, Wan'er led Li Shimin and the others to the various crops, pointing to those crops and explaining, she was considered a little guide.

After a long time, after Li Shimin and the others looked at it, they were finally sure that the things Li Chongyuan brought back from the Eastern Continent could definitely change the food structure of the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, it will also change the eating habits of people in Datang.

Just one thing, chili, can change the eating habits of people in Datang.

at last.

After Li Shimin and the others had visited all the crops, it was getting late.

As a last resort, Li Shimin got into the carriage with a heavy heart and went back to Chang'an City.But at the same time, I also brought some potatoes.

but.

Although Li Shimin and his wife left Lizhuang, they left their son behind.

It wasn't that Li Shimin and his wife really wanted to keep Sizi in Lizhuang, but Sizi begged and begged, and finally Li Yuan spoke, and Sizi finally got his wish.

Li Shimin, who returned to the palace, sent someone to send the potatoes he brought from Lizhuang to Shangshi Bureau, and asked Wang Li to teach Shangshi Bureau how to cook potatoes.

After the potatoes were ready, Li Shimin and his wife tasted them with great anticipation and hesitation, and they were out of control.

Delicious and full, this is how Li Shimin and his wife felt after eating potatoes.

That night, Li Shimin tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

And Empress Changsun, like Li Shimin, lost sleep that night.

Court meeting the next day.

After discussing all the state affairs, Li Shimin looked at the ministers and said, "I left the palace and the city yesterday, and went to Lizhuang."

As soon as Li Shimin said this, the ministers actually knew this matter in their hearts yesterday.

However, they were waiting for why Li Shimin would talk about his going to Lizhuang.

When Li Shimin went to Lizhuang, these ministers always believed that Li Shimin was going to greet his father.

There is no need to go to the court to talk about things like this.

Unless Li Yuan is ill, maybe he can still say something.

The ministers were curious and puzzled, waiting for Li Shimin to continue.

Li Shimin said that after he left the palace and went to Lizhuang in Chang'an, he stopped for a while, then got up from the throne, walked to the center of the court hall, and then said: "Yesterday's trip to Lizhuang. From what I heard, I really benefited a lot. Back then, I sent Xisha County King Li Chongyuan to various countries, but I never thought that Li Chongyuan would go to the East Continent across the ocean to find the so-called high-yielding grain seeds. "

Having said this, Li Shimin paused again.

And his pause made the court officials feel a little more nervous.

They could hear something from Li Shimin's words.

A trip to Lizhuang will benefit a lot, so it can be seen that there must be something new in Lizhuang.

All the ministers began to suspect in their hearts that the high-yield grain seeds that Li Chongyuan went to the Eastern Continent to find were real, which made them nervous.

The tense court officials expected that what Li Shimin said was not the truth about high-yield grain, but hoped that it was false.

However, what Li Shimin said next made them confused.

Li Shimin went on to say: "Potatoes are one of the high-yield grains that Li Chongyuan went to the Eastern Continent to find. Yesterday, when I went to Lizhuang, I witnessed the potatoes planted by Li Chongyuan. The yield was as high as 26 seven shi. Yesterday, I have brought some back from Li Zhuang to eat. It can be eaten as well as food. It is delicious and full, and it is really auspicious."

Boom~~

wow~~

Li Shimin's words immediately caused the entire court to explode.

After what Li Shimin said, all the court officials were in a mess.

At the beginning, because Li Chongyuan said that he went to the Eastern Continent to find high-yield grain, the court officials criticized him infinitely and suppressed him mercilessly. They even said that Li Chongyuan's title and official position would be removed.

But today, Li Shimin said that he had personally experienced and tasted the words of potatoes, and directly beat all the court officials to the ground.

Coupled with Li Shimin's auspicious words, the court officials did not know how to deal with it.

But I don't know how to deal with it, but there are still people who jump out, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven tastes new things. If something happens, where will this be in Tang Dynasty? My Majesty, whether the potatoes Li Chongyuan is looking for can produce high yields or not It is poisonous, and all of them need to be verified, and please ask the sage to distribute potatoes and submit them to the Imperial Medical Office for verification and verification before they can be eaten."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. If anything happens, he, Li Chongyuan, will be my Tang Dynasty's sinner."

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When one person jumps out, a second person jumps out, and then a bunch of people jump out.

Li Shimin looked at these court officials who jumped out, with a very unhappy look in his eyes.

What a potato is, he knows better than these people.

Moreover, according to Wan'er yesterday, although he knew that potatoes were slightly poisonous, after eating them yesterday, he didn't feel any discomfort.

Potatoes are poisonous, Li Shimin knew that he couldn't say anything at this moment, but he was upset from the bottom of his heart to the court officials who jumped out, "Huh!!! There is no evidence, it's useless to attack yourself, like my court officials are like you Shit, how can my Great Tang be prosperous!"

Li Shimin was upset.

Li Shimin, who was unhappy, couldn't get angry in the court, and he couldn't remove these people from their official positions, so he had to dismiss the court.

And precisely because of Li Shimin's words, those court officials who jumped out cried out in their hearts.

At the same time, he hated Li Chongyuan deeply.

They knew that what Li Shimin said in the court had already shown that their official careers had come to an end, and it was not impossible that they might even be demoted or dismissed from office.

(End of this chapter)