Destiny Only Han

Chapter 320 So Sweet...

In March of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty.

Although Liu Bang has already proclaimed himself emperor, he has no intention of letting the princes and kings return to their fiefs, but dragged them to Luoyang together.

Of course, the hundreds of thousands of troops have all been disbanded.

One is that the spring farming is busy, and the other is that I can't afford it...

Three shi of food per person per month, 10 people is 30 shi. After the Battle of Gaixia, the coalition forces will be at least 50.

So, not to mention the Han Dynasty that only developed the north of the Yangtze River, even the Ming and Qing Dynasties with a population of over [-] million, they would also choose to let them go home to support themselves...

Right now, at the place adjacent to Luoyang Palace, Liu Ying was squatting in the East Palace bedroom allotted to him, her face full of bewilderment.

In front of him, there were mouthfuls of small boxes spread out.

These are samples brought back by Lu Jia from South Vietnam.

Because he didn't know exactly what was there, and what many spices looked like before processing, the "shopping guide" that Liu Ying wrote for him was very vague.

Because of this, Liu Ying rested her chin on her hands and fell into deep thought.

Looking and watching, he recognized a strange thing.

Mangosteen.

Of course, this is a name that only later generations have. At this time, Luo Han Guo did not have an official name because Lingnan was too remote.

Liu Ying recognized it at this moment because she once smashed the tea.

But what impressed him the most about Luo Han Guo was when he went on a trip and forced his colleagues to throw him a piece of Luo Han Guo candy for him to soak in water to drink.

When taking the first sip, Liu Ying only had a two-word evaluation.

So sweet!

Sweet horror!
It's so sweet that it's unbearably sweet!

Sweet and insincere, like an ancient god waving tentacles got into his mind, whispering constantly:

sweet, so sweet...

It was only later that he realized that it was not monk fructose that was given to him by the trap, but concentrated mogroside.

Well, mogroside is something hundreds of times sweeter than sucrose.

The point is, there is no heat at all!
It's not the zero card that my sister said is zero card, but the real zero card!
So Liu Ying looked at the mangosteen piled up randomly in front of her, and her heart suddenly moved.

Although he doesn't know the scientific method of extracting glycosides, anyone can do it stupidly.

Since the glucoside is soluble in water, the whole Luo Han Guo can be crushed, then boiled in water, filtered, and then boiled until the water evaporates, and the remaining slurry is the concentrated glucoside.

Simple and crude.

Moreover, the remaining slag after filtering will not be wasted.

After drying, take it to soak Liu Bang in water...

Just do it, Liu Ying greeted Han Tan and asked him to get tools to break open the Luo Han Guo. As for herself, she went to find a suitable container for boiling Luo Han Guo.

Well, sometimes you can buy bitter Luo Han Guo in pharmacies, that's because it's been spoiled...

Distressed...

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"mother……"

Liu Ying pushed the door open and entered, planning to temporarily return the set of glass teapots she had given to Lu Zhi.

If you want to extract glycosides, transparent tools will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

And most importantly, after the glycosides are extracted, the residual sweetness on the whole set of utensils can last at least three to five days.

So, he's not going to sacrifice his stuff...

It's just that when he walked in, except for Wang Yanfei who was sitting in the corner doing needlework, he didn't find Lu Zhi's figure.

"Where's my mother?"

Wang Yanfei raised her head, smiled with crooked eyebrows, and hurriedly got up to salute: "The queen and Mrs. Cao went to the garden together..."

Ah, old Lu is so upbeat...Liu Ying imagined Lu's pheasant fluttering butterflies among the flowers, and suddenly she shuddered and shook her head violently.

So he looked at Wang Yanfei, who tilted his head slightly, and said with some doubts: "Do you remember the glass tea set I sent over? Help me find it, I'm useful."

Wang Yanfei nodded and said softly: "I remember, it's just that the empress ordered someone to put it away, so I'll go find it..."

Liu Ying nodded, and then handed over a waist card: "When you find it, send it to the East Palace. This is the waist card for going out of the palace, be careful not to lose it..."

In fact, according to Lu Zhi's thinking, he should live in Luoyang Palace with Liu Taigong, Liu Zhong, Liu Xin and other Lius.

Well, in fact, this is also Taigong Liu's idea.

Liu Zhong and Liu Xin were able to live in the palace because Taigong Liu was still there and everyone had not yet separated. Anyway, Luoyang Palace was big enough, so Liu Bang simply let them live in too.

It's just that Liu Ying was annoyed, and she didn't want to be supervised by Lu Zhi all the time, so she lived outside the palace.

After seeing Wang Yanfei put it away solemnly, Liu Ying turned and left.

He has other things to do when he enters the palace this time.

When Lu Jia returned from his mission to South Vietnam, he not only brought a large amount of spices, but also a small mountain of local products in the caravan that came back with him.

Like pearls.

These are all genuine Hepu pearls!

Well, as early as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, some people were picking pearls in Hepu. After the Qin Dynasty annexed South Vietnam, they even set up a special management agency to set up Hepu pearls as tributes.

It's just that there was chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and after Zhao Tuo closed the main traffic routes leading to the Central Plains, he naturally didn't need to pay tribute.

However, once an interest group that relies on water and water is formed, it will naturally seek a buyer for the pearls it has collected.

Although Zhao Tuo is close to the water, his personal consumption is limited after all.

Before the caravan sent by Liu Ying arrived, the pearls produced there were usually brought to the Luoyue people in exchange for food...

Therefore, the caravan that exchanged glass balls for pearls was slaughtered by the locals like fat sheep...

Well, to be precise, both sides felt that they had killed each other severely.

Just like the colonists who used glass balls to exchange land from Indians back then, pearls, as a local specialty, can be exchanged for glass, and things that pearls cannot be exchanged for, glass can also be exchanged, and the supply exceeds demand. !

Not only pearls, sapphire malachite and other rare treasures in the Central Plains are also exchanged for glass balls.

At this moment, Liu Ying, who was walking from Lu Zhi's dormitory to the garden, was followed by two servants carrying burdens.

The contents inside are naturally pearls and gemstones randomly placed like garbage...

It was only when Liu Ying walked into the garden that she realized that everything here was not as he imagined, with laughter, singing and dancing.

Instead, they split into two groups, making a lot of noise.

Well, it's not a quarrel, but a game of cards...

The group on the left is the women's team headed by Mrs. Li, that is, Liu Taigong Xu Xian, while the right side is naturally the men's team headed by Liu Taigong.

Men and women split tables, each playing their own game...

As expected of a commoner royal family... Liu Ying's eyes were a little straightened, and she walked over happily.

"sit!"

Lu Zhi patted the soft stool beside him, and only looked up at him from the beginning to the end.

Liu Ying looked at Cao Shi who was rolling up her sleeves opposite her, and Qi Ji who was red-eyed on the other side, and suddenly felt that she had better not get involved in the Shura field.

So he just leaned over and said: "Mother, I put those little things from the South China Sea here for you, you can make some jewelry with them..."

Lu Zhi nodded without raising his head: "Take care!"

Qi Ji yelled rather naively: "You can beat me with thirteen cards..."

On the other side, Taigong Liu angrily scolded Liu Bang for cheating...

During the quarrel, Liu Ying suddenly felt a little dizzy, turned around and left, but under the sun, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise up.

It would be great if time could stop at this moment forever...

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At the side door of Luoyang Palace, Wang Yanfei walked out quickly holding a sandalwood box.

Because the East Palace where Liu Ying lived was on the other side of the palace city, and the soldiers patrolled constantly, so she did not bring the maids or servants with her.

It's just that when she walked out of the palace gate not far away, she was bumped by a person who ran over in a daze.

In an instant, the sound of people falling was accompanied by the sound of glass shattering.

Wang Yanfei didn't care whether he was injured, but hurriedly opened the wooden box to check.

Fortunately, she used rags to fill it before, so only two small teacups were broken, and the cylindrical kettle was not broken.

But this was what Liu Ying wanted. Thinking that she couldn't even do such a small thing, Wang Yanfei's eyes turned red, and tears almost welled up in her eyes.

On the other side of her, the person who bumped into her suddenly yelled loudly after being stunned for a moment.

"Okay, you stole from the palace!"

Although the glassware has become less valuable with the large-scale production of glass workshops, the colorless and transparent set that Liu Ying gave to Lu Zhi is worth at least a thousand dollars.

So Wang Yanfei was stunned, and looked up, and saw that the man was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with dark complexion and thick hands and feet. Although he was wearing silk clothes, he didn't look much different from a countryman.

This person is Liu Zhong's eldest son, Liu Bi.

There are many women in the palace, plus Lu Zhi's personal aura, so every time he meets Lu Zhi, he dare not raise his head at all.

Therefore, he didn't know Wang Yanfei, the maid next to Lu Zhi.

Seeing the fault caused by his recklessness at this moment, Liu Bi, who is poor and frightened, will naturally sue the villain first.

"Fortunately, I found out in time, or you would have stolen it!"

Wang Yanfei had a baby-fat round face because of the good food, and instantly flushed with grievance and anger: "I didn't steal anything, these are what His Royal Highness wants..."

Liu Bi was taken aback, and said stiffly: "Don't use the crown prince as a shield, you little court ladies have dirty hands and feet..."

Suddenly, a strange cry came from behind him.

"Ada..."

Liu Bi only felt a sharp pain in his buttocks, and he staggered a few steps forward involuntarily.

He turned his head furiously, but suddenly froze in the next second.

Behind him, Liu Ying still maintained a flying kick, and stretched out a finger to make a provocative gesture.

So, Liu Bi turned around and ran away: "You hit someone, I'll tell Daddy to go..."

Wang Yanfei on the side looked at Liu Ying full of joy, with a sweet smile on his teardrop face.

She knew that whenever she was in trouble, her son would definitely descend from the sky on auspicious clouds...

(End of this chapter)