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Chapter 597 Mass Production of Steel
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Lantian is cooking for three thousand farmers. The farmers have been busy until now, and even eat on the ground. The Marquis said that he will cook for everyone today. No, for the army After cooking these pots of beef, I hurried to the stove in the field." The soldier who distributed the steamed buns replied.

Li Er looked up and saw that there were about fifty super cauldrons around him, and his heart was bleeding. It would take at least fifty or even a hundred cattle.

"What are the farmers doing?"

"It's the same, they are all beef stewed with potatoes. Master Hou said that they will treat everyone equally and will not show favoritism."

boom!
Li Er threw the big bowl in his hand to the ground. The big bowl shattered into pieces. The good chunks of beef flew far away, the soup splashed everywhere, and the ground was in a mess.

"Ah? Your Majesty, forgive me, forgive me!"

The soldier who handed out the steamed buns was frightened. For some reason, His Majesty the Emperor was furious after a few words, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty.

Seeing this situation, all the ministers put down the big bowls in their hands one by one. Yuchi looked at the delicious food in his own bowl reluctantly, and then lowered his head to look at the big bowl of beef stew with potatoes thrown by Li Er. , secretly thought it was a pity.

"Keming, slaughtering cattle in the Tang Dynasty is a felony, what should be the punishment?" Li Er shouted angrily.

"Your Majesty, in short, he..." Du Ruhui tried to persuade him.

Li Er yelled again: "I ask you what punishment you should face?"

"Your Majesty, Marquis of Lantian will not act without reason..." Du Ruhui spoke for Bai Fan again under pressure.

"Hmph, Wei Zheng, what punishment should be given for the crime of killing a cow?" Li Er was dissatisfied, he had always trusted Du Ruhui, and relied on Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui as his arms, but today Du Ruhui actually defended Bai Fan to death?

Wei Zheng stepped forward and replied with a blank expression: "The law of the Tang Dynasty, whoever kills a cow privately, will be imprisoned for one year (an ancient punishment, which means restricting freedom and forced labor, and may even be humiliating labor)."

"Where is Yuchigong?"

Yu Chigong bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, it's just a few cows, who are we..."

"That's enough, Hou Junji, you go and take Bai Fan down for me."

Hou Junji felt that he shouldn't be here today. He had just assumed the position of admiral of the navy, and it was time to recruit troops. However, a good harvest of immortal food is a major event that can be recorded in the annals of history. up.

Fortunately, Yuchi Laohei and Du Ruhui were reprimanded for supporting Bai Fan, and it was my turn again, and I had a very good personal relationship with Bai Fan, and the position of the commander of the navy was still helped by others.

Besides, His Majesty is the emperor, and Bai Fan is also the uncrowned king. The two tigers are tearing each other apart. Isn't this a disaster for us little brothers?
Just when Hou Junji was in trouble, Li Jiancheng stepped forward, "Second brother, there must be a misunderstanding in this matter, Jian Jian is not a person who is extravagant and wasteful, there must be a reason for doing this, why not..."

"That's enough, big brother, stop protecting your good son-in-law.

At the beginning of the harvest, I once famously said that the harvest of fairy food should not be eaten and wasted, and all of them are kept as seeds. He still ignored it. How many potatoes are needed for these fifty pots?In my opinion, it is no less than five thousand catties.

And this cow, this is not one cow or two cows. I have roughly calculated that if there are less than a hundred cows for this meal, it will not be possible.

A hundred cows are the lives of a hundred poor people in the Tang Dynasty. Relying on his high position, for the sake of his appetite, he is so unscrupulous, he is doing evil, great evil! Li Er cursed with his face flushed.

"Your Majesty, I'm going to find Marquis Lan Tian and explain to His Majesty in person. There must be a misunderstanding."

Hou Junji was clever, and quickly finished speaking, before Li Er nodded, he had already run towards the distant land.

Wei Zheng looked at the back of Hou Junji going away, feeling speechless in his heart, he was a villain for nothing, even worse than this monkey cub, he still knew how to escape cleverly, how could he be so upright?
On the other side, Bai Fan was sweating profusely preparing delicious food in ten cauldrons. When Hou Junji came, his eyes were dazzled. Isn't this a shovel?Simply for cooking?Ten cauldrons for one person?Really, even the lightness kung fu and agility are used, it is estimated that ordinary cooks can't do it at all.

"In short, the incident of you killing a cow happened, and His Majesty is going to accuse you of a crime, run away quickly." Hou Junji shouted at Bai Fan.

Bai Fan staggered and almost fell off a stove. After thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on, and said with a smile: "It's just a few cows, and more will be killed in the future. If it's a big deal, tell your Majesty I'm busy cooking, so I don't have time to go."

Hou Junji was speechless, you are probably the only one in Tang Dynasty who dared to speak to His Majesty like that.

"Brother Hou, have you eaten yet? If you don't rush to go back, I'll be fine right away, can I have a bite?"

After reaping the merits, Bai Fan stood on the stove and held up a shovel and said politely to Hou Junji.

Hou Junji thought for a moment, going back empty-handed would also be a punishment, so it's better to hide here for a while.

"No, no, I didn't enjoy my meal over there, so you have to give me two more bowls here, don't be stingy."

... I don't know what Li Er's expression will be over there. Not only did my own people not work hard, but they also started eating and drinking with each other.

Half an hour later, there were three empty bowls next to Bai Fan and Hou Jun that had already been eaten, three bowls for each person, and six steamed buns, probably the biggest food intake in their lives.

But still lost to the real Ziyang next to him, with five big bowls, and he still eats it non-stop. The key is that since he knew the stupid thing about eating white water potatoes, this time the beef stew with potatoes did not eat beef. It's getting better, and it's not enough to eat five bowls.

The two of Bai Fan wiped their mouths, and then walked towards Li Er's direction together. On this side, Li Er's face was ashen, because this time, many civil and military officials pleaded with Bai Fan after Hou Junji left. It seems that he is saying that he is a fool who doesn't distinguish between black and white.

"Your Majesty, Lantian Hou Baifan brought it here."

Li Er stared at Bai Fan with a gloomy face and asked, "Bai Fan, are you convicted?"

"My minister snatched a day's worth of immortal food, and just now I made a hundred pots of meals. I'm so tired and haven't had a bite of hot rice yet. I don't know what I'm guilty of?"

Hou Junji slowly covered his face, the three big bowls are probably not cold yet, how dare you say this?

"Killing cattle is a serious crime. It takes one year to kill one head. You kill more than a hundred at a time. What are you going to do?"

Bai Fan laughed loudly and said: "Aren't they just some beef cattle? I didn't kill any farm cattle. They were all wild cattle from Shiwei. They were just for the tens of thousands of brothers in Chang'an County who had worked hard for half a year. .”

"Since you invented the method of piercing the nose of a cow, is there any other bison in the world that is not a farming ox? You buy no less than [-] bison from Shiwei every year. I have never seen you slaughter one. All of them are distributed to the people of the states and roads. Today why are you
Are you worthy of the people risking their lives to catch thieves collectively for you? "Li Eryi was upright and awe-inspiring, and asked loudly. The soldiers on both sides agreed. Although the smell of beef in the pot made people salivate, but thinking about it, it was the meat of farm cattle, and most people couldn't eat it.

"That's in the past, Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the slaughter of cattle in the Tang Dynasty will start today. I didn't know the law and broke the law by doing so, but I learned a good news today, that is, we can bid farewell to farming cattle in the future.

Because Datang is about to usher in the era of iron bulls. "

What? ? ?tractor?

Li Er excitedly stepped forward to grab Bai Fan and asked.

All the civil and military officials were still wondering, what kind of iron bull could make His Majesty so excited?I heard that people give gifts to golden Buddhas and golden bulls. Is this iron bull more precious than golden bulls?
Bai Fan nodded to Li Er, and said only one sentence: "The blast furnace is completed, and steel is mass-produced. The first one starts to make iron bulls."

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