Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 18 Old Carrot

In fact, in essence, Gao Ming can be regarded as a person who "does not enjoy meat without meat", but there is always a limit to everything. Even after eating meat for so many days, he even got tired of eating tofu, the "vegetarian meat". , so Gao Ming also wanted to eat some vegetables for a change.

It’s just February in Chang’an today, and although the heavy snow has stopped, the weather is still chilly. It’s really not easy to find something green inside and outside the palace. After all, the Tang Dynasty is not a later generation, and there is neither a greenhouse nor off-season vegetables.

However, in Gao Ming's opinion, just because he couldn't find vegetables in other places didn't mean that Li Shimin didn't have them, so he simply asked Li Mingda to think of a way. , others don't even think about getting it.

Gao Ming was right. In the afternoon, Li Mingda came over with a small basket. When he saw Gao Ming after entering the East Palace, he grinned with a small cherry mouth.

"Hee hee, brother, I brought you something."

After finishing speaking, he handed the small basket in his hand to Gao Ming as if offering a treasure. Gao Ming received the basket in his hand and sank in his hand, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Yo, it's quite heavy, what is this?"

Seeing Gao Ming's surprised expression, Li Mingda immediately smiled brighter.

"Lu Fu! Brother, I finally asked Father for this, because Father doesn't have many there."

Reed?This name sounds familiar!
Thinking of this, Gao Ming lifted the silk cloth covering the basket, and looked at the contents in the basket, Gao Ming was a little dumbfounded.

Isn’t this reed a radish?
There were three radishes in the basket, probably because they had been stored for a long time, the skin of the radishes was a little wrinkled, and it felt hard to pinch with hands, and the corners of Gao Ming's mouth twitched several times.

"Not only is it old, but it's not fresh, how can you eat this stuff?"

But seeing Li Mingda smiling like a flower, he almost said "Praise me soon", Gao Ming couldn't say the disgusting words in his voice, he quickly put the basket in his hand on the ground, and then smiled He touched Li Mingda's little head.

"Hey, well done, my little sis is really good, my big brother is obsessed with you."

"Whee!"

Li Mingda, who was praised, immediately laughed even happier, and ran to play with Li Jue.

Seeing the little girl running away, Gao Ming sighed, then shook his head, and handed over the basket containing radishes to the female officials of the Eastern Palace, and asked them to send them to the Shangshi Bureau. There is a large bowl of boiled radishes on the dining table.

Gao Ming himself didn't like eating radishes very much, but seeing Su Wan'er and Li Lizhi eating so happily, he just ate a couple of bites to join in the fun.

After dinner, when Gao Ming was strolling around the palace with his arms around Su Wan'er's slender waist, he found that Su Wan'er seemed to be in a particularly good mood today. The smile on her face hadn't stopped since just now, watching her smile like Duo Like a flower, Gao Ming smacked his lips immediately.

"Wan'er, I see that you are very happy today. Could it be that my husband and I were very brave last night, so you can recall it now?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the smile on Su Wan'er's face froze for a moment, and after she understood the meaning of Gao Ming's words, she immediately blushed.

"Lang Jun, you...you..."

Seeing her uncontrollable shame, Gao Ming stopped teasing her, but hugged her and laughed.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore, tell me, what is it that made my wife so happy that she almost grinned to the ear."

"Lang Jun is talking nonsense, my concubine is not as you said..."

Su Wan'er pouted and protested, before explaining to Gao Ming.

"The lord finally has the majesty of His Royal Highness, I am very happy to be a lord!"

Hearing her words, Gao Ming raised his eyebrows immediately.

"Oh? Really? I thought you were happy for the radish you ate today. You usually only eat half a bowl of rice, but today you ate two bowls. Are those wrinkled old radishes so delicious?"

"..."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Su Wan'er immediately blushed and was speechless, and she couldn't help laughing after seeing Gao Ming.

"Hahahaha, Wan'er is fine, Mr. Lang was just joking with you, this radish... Well, it's just a reed, and it's actually not a good thing."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Su Wan'er immediately raised her head.

"Your Majesty, it is enough to have a reed. A few days ago, I heard that Concubine Yin was given a reed by her father!"

"Uh……"

Is it possible that this crumpled old radish is still a rarity in the Tang Dynasty?

This idea only flashed in Gao Ming's mind for a moment and then disappeared, because Gao Ming suddenly realized that it was not the rarity of radishes, but the rarity of radishes that can be preserved until now.

Radishes were not the main crops of the Tang Dynasty, and it was a cold winter in the Tang Dynasty, so it was not bad to have radishes in the palace.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately missed the vegetables in the greenhouse.

"It's a pity that there was no plastic sheeting in the Tang Dynasty, otherwise I would have built a greenhouse to grow vegetables..."

At this moment, a thought flashed through Gao Ming's mind, and his eyes lit up.

"It seems that there are really vegetables that don't need sunlight!"

As we all know, bean sprouts only need humidity and temperature, and there is no need for sunlight. What Gao Ming thinks of is nothing but bean sprouts!
The origin of bean sprouts can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty. That is to say, there were no bean sprouts in the Tang Dynasty, so Gao Ming didn't think of this thing for a while.

"But it's not too late!"

Gao Ming's motto in life is to do as soon as he thinks about it. The most important thing is that he really wants to eat bean sprouts at this time. Thinking of the fresh and refreshing taste of bean sprouts, Gao Ming can't wait!
"Wan'er, now send someone to Shangshi Bureau to get some soybeans for me."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly noticed Su Wan'er's dazed look, and immediately knew that Su Wan'er might not know what soybeans were, so he immediately patted himself on the head.

"Look at my memory, the soybeans I'm talking about are the kind of beans that are used to make tofu, the round ones, you know?"

Now that Su Wan'er understood, she immediately smiled and nodded.

"Lang-jun is talking about Shu, I understand!"

Seeing that she understood, Gao Ming nodded in relief.

"It's good to know, let someone bring over twenty catties. By the way, I also need a dozen wooden barrels, and a piece of clean linen. The sooner the better."

"Yes!"

Seeing Su Wan'er who had already taken two steps, Gao Ming suddenly thought of something, and quickly stopped her.

"By the way, Wan'er, I want these soybeans to be raw, so don't let them cook them before bringing them to me!"

Although Su Wan'er didn't know what Gao Ming was doing to give birth to soybeans, she still nodded her head out of trust in Gao Ming.

"Yes, I know."

Seeing Su Wan'er's leaving figure, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing immediately.

"Hey, although it's a little troublesome, there will be bean sprouts to eat in a few days. Do you want to share some with Lao Li? Well... let's talk about it when the time comes!"

Thinking that he would be able to eat fresh and tender bean sprouts in a few days, while Li Shimin could only continue to eat those wrinkled old radishes, Gao Ming couldn't help but feel a slight sense of superiority in his heart.

(End of this chapter)