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Chapter 132 Huiji's Early Injury
Qin Zhao knew what Jinyang was thinking at the moment, and she would definitely sigh that ginger is still old and hot, but unfortunately she didn't notice the look on Jinyang's face, and was thinking about what to do with these pumpkins and sweet potatoes Good food is coming.

After seeing off Princess Jinyang, Qin Zhao asked Yunyi and Yunshang to take the pumpkin and the remaining sweet potatoes to the small kitchen.

When Li's mother saw Qin Zhao, she hurriedly led the maids and women in the small kitchen to salute. Because Qin Zhao was at home, he often ran to the kitchen, and everyone was used to it. Li's mother smiled and said: "Ah What are the two girls Yi A Chang holding in their hands? The princess is going to teach the servants to learn more again today?"

Although the princess was not close to others, she was extremely gentle when she spoke. The manager in the kitchen often helped her in front of her, so he was familiar with it, so he started joking.

Qin Zhaodao: "These two are things from the Western Regions. I heard that the food they make is very delicious. Today, I will take two and try to make a few delicacies to honor Your Highness and the Concubine. You just need to beat me up." .”

As soon as we talked, let people wash and peel the sweet potatoes.There was no need for the cooks to do anything, Yunshang and Yunyi knew about it, so they showed Qin Zhao's previous appearance, washed, peeled and cut into pieces.As for the pumpkins, she did it herself. After one was washed, the whole pumpkin was peeled, and the end with a stalk on the top was cut into a pot lid shape with a knife for later use.The other two, one was peeled and the seeds were kept, the melon meat was cut into thin slices as long as a finger, and the other was cut into pieces for the cook to steam in the pot first.

As soon as Qin Zhao thought about roasting sweet potatoes, he told Yunyi and Yunshang, "Let someone bring four more sweet potatoes. Remember to pick the smaller ones. You don't need to wash them later. When the stove is lit, bury the sweet potatoes with their skins on them." Just go into the ashes of the kitchen hall."

"Put it in the stove? Didn't it burn to ashes? Didn't the princess say that this thing is extremely valuable? Even His Royal Highness praised it. The servants tasted a small piece and it was very sweet, so they burned it like that. Wouldn't it be a waste?"

It was quite a waste, there were only two boxes in total, and four of these baked sweet potatoes had to be removed, how could she not feel distressed?But four are indispensable, one for the grandmother, one for the princess, one for the uncle, and one for myself. Even if you want to reward these girls, you can't try something new.Fortunately, although this food is delicious, it is very big. Although she told me to pick the smallest one, my uncle and myself are fine. Jinyang and the old concubine probably couldn't eat the whole thing. Fortunately, they didn't eat it with their mouths. It is estimated that there are still two halves of sweet potatoes left, and I will reward these close maids at that time, but even if they can get the half, they can only be served by Zhi Zi and Su Ci who serve the old concubine and Princess Jinyang's personal maid is now, after all, Zisu and Yun Xiang by her side won't be able to take turns for a few rounds.

Forget it, when the time comes, I will also endure my appetite, and save some for these girls.It's a pity that there are too many monks and little meat, how much can there be in half a sweet potato?She picked the small ones, and the big ones have to be kept as seeds, so they will be ready for planting next spring.I can't eat them all.

Fortunately, pumpkins can be used freely. Although there are only two boxes, there are about forty or fifty in the forest, it can still make these close girls eat to their heart's content.

Think about it this way.Qin Zhao simply asked another four to be taken.

As for what to do, she had already thought about it.

Pumpkin can be used to make several classic delicacies, one pumpkin rice, the peeled whole pumpkin, which is used for pumpkin rice, a total of four.Naturally, uncles, aunts, grandmothers, and myself one by one, can't eat it anyway, and this pumpkin rice can be distributed to the girls by then.

Let’s make some pumpkin cakes, and I just watched it. There are some fresh lilies in the kitchen, and I just steamed a few small plates of golden pumpkins. Unfortunately, there are no salted duck eggs, otherwise I can make baked pumpkins with egg yolks.

She originally wanted to cook pumpkin porridge, but then she thought, let's cook sweet potato porridge first, and it won't be too late to cook pumpkin porridge next time.The sweet potato didn't dare to waste it, it was only for this meal.

As for sweet potatoes, baked sweet potatoes are naturally indispensable.Another fried sweet potato fries and a shredded sweet potato.A sweet potato porridge.

Another sweet potato can be a big dish.

Qin Zhao loves to eat. When he went to Hubei in his previous life, he had tasted the most famous Mianyang three-steamed dish in Hubei.The most famous panlong dish, according to legend, was made with sweet potatoes as the main material in the earliest days.Although it was changed to fish and pork later, but this time I will make it with sweet potatoes first, and let's get back to the basics.

But, who would dare to eat this dragon?This is a great crime of genocide.

Qin Zhao felt that she was living a very vigorous life, and she didn't want to die. She was born in a wealthy town in such a beautiful age, so we have to be worthy of the extra life that God gave me.

Of course dragons can't do it, but others can?Let's make it into a fish, that's all.The shape of the steamed phoenix fish in powder is not inferior to that of panlong vegetables, and if it is steamed with sweet potatoes, the color is golden red, which is not different from the authentic steamed phoenix fish in white as jade beads. You can also use pumpkin and green vegetables to make a Tai Chi steamed fish. Double vegetables come.

Thinking more carefully, Qin Zhao asked the cook to fetch some glutinous rice flour, mixed it with steamed pumpkin and sweet potato, and made a pumpkin sweet potato cake.

When Qin Zhao finished his work, it was already time to hold the lamp.

Looking at the delicacies made, even the cooks who deal with all kinds of delicacies in the kitchen all day can't help but swallow their saliva.The whole kitchen is full of sweetness and fragrance, regardless of the taste, only the appearance of these few dishes is like that picture.

But what's the matter with the black Si Tuo pulled out from the stove?It doesn't matter if it looks ugly, but this sweet fragrance is really making people greedy.

The hosts haven't tasted a bite yet, and they are servants, so naturally they don't have the life to fill their stomachs first. Fortunately, the princess didn't cook more vegetables for red sweet potatoes, but the princess made a lot of pumpkins. I will leave some for them to taste, presumably today will be no exception.

Qin Zhao called Yunxiang, Zisu, Yunyi, and Yunshang to get the most exquisite food boxes, packed them one by one, led them himself, and sent them to Rongshoujuli.

Jin Yang was talking with the old concubine at this time, and heard Wan Ying's report that the princess had come.Jin Yang said with a smile: "Today, the family is lucky again. The girl Ah Zhao got two rare ingredients from the Western Regions. She said she wanted to make some delicious food, and asked me to try it with you and the prince. "

Regarding the value of these two things, Jin Yang did not say anything.One is that no matter how important the matter is, it is not easy to talk about it in front of the old concubine because there is no shadow of it now, and on the other hand, if these two things really have such a high yield per mu, she would like to discuss it with the prince. See what you have to do in order to use these two things to play the greatest political role.

"That's good. I haven't tasted that girl's skill for a long time, but I'm a little nervous." The old concubine smiled, and turned her head to tell Wan Ying, "Why don't you invite the Princess in? It's cold, Fucui Pavilion It's far away from here, even if you ride on a soft chariot, I'm afraid it will be very cold."

Wan Ying got the order, and hurriedly went out to invite Qin Zhao who was guarding the corridor: "Princess, please come in, your highness and concubine are waiting for you."

Qin Zhao entered the house, saluted the two, and then called Yun Xiang and others to come in to present the dishes.

When they came out one by one and put them on the dining table, even the old concubine smiled and praised: "It smells good, looks exquisite and beautiful, let me taste how it tastes."

The food cage was originally wrapped in woven cotton with insulation, so although it traveled a long distance, when it was brought out, all the dishes were still steaming.It's just that the sweet potatoes were bored and lost their best taste.

The nobles of the Kingdom of David pay attention to the system of sharing food when eating. According to Qin Zhao's understanding, it is actually a big family eating around a table.But this family doesn't care about her.Do as the Romans do, and sharing food is very hygienic, and she serves these dishes in four servings.Uncle Wang's portion was naturally still kept warm in the cage, but the other three had already placed it.

As soon as the old concubine finished speaking, Qin Zhao introduced them one by one. When the old concubine looked at the last black one, which was placed in the pure white plain white porcelain plum blossom plate, she couldn't help but say: : "What is that? It looks very dirty, but among so many dishes, this one is the most delicious. It makes people want to taste it."

Seeing that she didn't dislike her, Qin Zhao said with a smile, "This is roasted sweet potato, cooked in the stove with ashes. Although it looks ugly, it is the sweetest. Grandma, please wait, Ah Zhao will bring you this sweet potato." Peel off the scorched skin, you can taste it first. It’s just that although these things are delicious, they are not easy to digest, so it’s not easy to eat too much.”

Other things are fine, but when you eat shredded sweet potatoes, you have to put them in cold water for a while, Qin Zhao asked Zhizi to fetch three cups of cold water.

The old concubine took a sip, and it was really delicious. She couldn't help but ate two more. Qin Zhao asked Wan Ying to take the baked potato down: "If grandma wants to eat it, Ah Zhao will make it for you later. This thing is just for you. If you can taste it, don’t eat too much, grandma will try something else.”

The steamed phoenix fish in powder and the double vegetables in Taiji are both extremely beautiful to look at. The old concubine also tasted a few mouthfuls of each, then pointed to the whole pumpkin, and said: "This is the pumpkin? Such a big one, who would eat it?" Got it?"

Qin Zhao said with a smile: "Because this has to be made as a whole melon, Ah Zhao made four of them. The upper part of this melon can be lifted like a pot lid. This dish is called pumpkin rice. Ah Zhao please Grandmother has a taste."

While talking, he did it himself and lifted the melon cover.

The bowl made of golden melon body contains the best steamed white rice, with two or three peony flowers carved from pumpkin scattered on it, and two leaves made of green vegetables on the side, it is really exquisite.After one bite, the sweetness of the pumpkin blended with the fragrance of the rice, the old lady couldn't help eating a few more bites.

Then I took a few mouthfuls of the Tai Chi Double Vegetables, and when I ate shredded sweet potatoes, I could only eat a chopstick, and then turned to pumpkin sweet potato cakes and other dishes.Fortunately, the golden light pumpkin, because it is only thin slices of money spread around the side of the plate, but the middle one is snow-white Baihe, so the old concubine dared to taste a few more mouthfuls.

Finally, I drank sweet potato porridge.

There are so many dishes, but the appetites of several people are only so big, so there are a lot of dishes left.

The old concubine opened her mouth and let the serving maids go down.Because those girls could also taste it, they happily left the house with the food cage.

Qin Zhao whispered to Zhizi to serve the soup for digestion, and then he talked with the two elders.

Because Qin Huaiyu didn't come back, Jinyang took his share back to the courtyard, saying that it was hot at night and asked the prince to try it too.

After talking with the old concubine for a while, Jin Yang took Qin Zhao to leave.

Out of Rongshouju, Jinyang made Suci, Qinghao and Bingyun wanted to follow far away, and said to Qin Zhao: "These two are good to eat, since they are precious, don't eat too much in the future, save them for seed. Well, if it can be planted, you won’t have to worry about having nothing to eat in the future.”

Qin Zhao said with a smile: "Yes, the sweet potato needs to be kept for planting in the next spring. It is said that this thing can not only be directly used as vegetables and food, but also can precipitate something called starch to make another kind of food. It's a pity Now there are too few red sweet potatoes, so next year, I will definitely try to see if I can make other dishes. But the pumpkin, those two boxes can be used for cooking in our family in the future. In two days, I will give it to Grandpa Chen. He and Grandpa Luo’s house will also send two of them.”

"What's the matter? Don't grow pumpkins anymore?"

Qin Zhao said with a smile: "It's hard to get it, how can we not plant it? It's just that sweet potato needs melon body to germinate and grow. Gold melon is similar to gourd and papaya, but it has melon seeds. At that time, only melon seeds will be left. Let's eat the gourds and leave the seeds, so we won't have to worry about not being able to grow gourds tomorrow. If there are really thousands of catties of this per mu, our family will have a lot of harvest just by relying on these two things. Wait until At that time, others will know, even if we don’t grow it ourselves, we only sell that kind of seed, which is also an astonishing income.”

At the beginning of the founding of the country, when Jinyang was still young, the Kingdom of David encountered a plague of locusts. At that time, it was the palace, led by the empress, who only ate one meal a day. The porridge that casts shadows.Although this is not the case in the palace, the people all over the world are suffering. As a royal family, how can they still live a life of extravagance?
Empress Changsun is recognized as a virtuous queen in the world, and she took the lead to share the hardships of the people. In that year, the David Kingdom, which had experienced decades of wars, had a small population. In disasters, two out of ten people died of starvation, and their fathers, queens, and queens almost turned their heads gray.

Jinyang is the most honored and favored, but he is a sensible person.The locust plague of that year, how many David's people left their homes and starved to death on the streets, was too memorable, and Jinyang will never forget it.

So when Qin Zhao mentioned the production of pumpkins and sweet potatoes, her first thought was, if it was true, why would the Kingdom of David not be able to overcome disasters from now on?If the country's food reserves are sufficient, what kind of disasters will not be able to survive?So her happiness and expectations are not just about money.

"Okay, Azhao, no matter what, you must try to plant successfully next year. At that time, we will spread these seeds, except for the ones we keep for our own use. There are so many noble families in Chang'an City, which one is not hundreds of thousands or even high-ranking? Thousands of fields, if there is a yield of [-] jin per mu, in the future, every family will plant them, and in just one year, they will be able to prepare three years' worth of Changping grain reserves. We, the David Kingdom, are still afraid of some enemy's attack or a shortage of military food. ? What kind of natural and man-made disasters are you afraid of?"

Qin Zhao was taken aback by the beautiful prospect she had drawn: "His Royal Highness, it is acceptable for each of these two families to have seeds, but it is absolutely impossible to plant all the fields owned by each family."

"Why is this?" Why don't you grow something good?Jinyang Qidao.

"It's too late. Although pumpkins and sweet potatoes can be used as food and vegetables, they are not food after all. If it is a disaster year, it will be nothing. Auntie also ate it at night. If I eat this every day, maybe I can bear it? After all, this The yields of the two are considerable, especially the red sweet potato, which can be stored as grain for a long time if it is made into dried sweet potato. Even if it is not dried, as long as the storage method is proper, it can be stored for a year. This is its advantage, but Even so, it still cannot replace the important position of grains in people's lives. Therefore, it can only be a supplement to grains, not a complete replacement."

Jin Yang is not a stupid person, and he would feel better after being reminded by Qin Zhaoyi, and he couldn't help feeling regretful.Qin Zhao comforted: "It's not impossible to increase the output of the existing five grains. I mentioned my husband, Ge Shuhao, to my aunt. Speaking of which, Ah Zhao's husband has a relationship with the Geshu clan. He is a Uncle of Geshu Minglang. Not many people know him because he has never returned to Beiting since he left home when he was young. Mr. Geshu is a very knowledgeable person, and he is worthy of the four words of a wise man in the world. Azhao once heard He mentioned that this food is like a human being, you need to eat, and if you eat well, you can grow well..."

"Farms are like people, do they need to eat?" Jin Yang was surprised.

Qin Zhao said with a smile: "Yes, that's true, but the food eaten by the farmers is different from what humans eat. Humans eat grains and vegetables, but crops eat fertilizers. And there are many kinds of fertilizers, such as humans, livestock, and even birds and fish. Poultry manure, silt, and the residues of rotting plants in the field, etc., as long as they are used properly, can increase the yield of crops. Ah Zhao didn’t believe it at the beginning, not only Ah Zhao, but also the entire village. Ge Shu The master took Azhao to the fields, and it was verified that the weeds and trees flourished in other places where the fallen leaves were thick. Mr. Ge Shu took Azhao to try it himself, using chicken and duck manure to fertilize the fruits and vegetables, That patch of fruits and vegetables really grows more lushly than in other places. The fruits produced are also obviously better than those in other places, and the yield is much higher than that in places without fertilization."

"But, even if this is the case, a small piece of land can still solve the problem. If it is a large-scale plantation farm, where do you get so much... the fertilizer you mentioned?"

Jinyang really couldn't say such vulgar words as manure.

Qin Zhao said with a smile: "Actually, it's not difficult to solve. If the village people can realize supporting operations, it will be very operable."

"Supporting business?" Jin Yang glanced at Qin Zhao. The child had said things she couldn't understand these two days. Yang also only thinks that she is extremely talented and taught by a good teacher, so she is superior in calculations, far superior to others.

However, she, a once adopted daughter of a rich family, is now the daughter of the royal family, but she can tell these things that even her grand prince who has lived for decades has never understood, not to mention that she is only under 12 now. Years old, this is really too evil.

If it is not a genius and fairy-like character, it is a monster-like existence.

What's more, there is a saying in the world that Huiji was injured early, and a child who is too clever is really not a good thing sometimes.

Jin Yang's face could not help showing a bit of sadness.

Qin Zhao also knew that she would be suspicious for a while, but she couldn't just do nothing just because she was afraid of being suspicious.

David's national style is open, and he has a very strong tolerance and acceptance ability when dealing with strange things and things.Coupled with the frequent trade between countries, when did some new things come to David and be accepted by the people of the country?So she wasn't too worried.

Jin Yang was curious for a while, but she is not a real ghost, she is a living person, but her thinking is a bit ahead of the people in this world, and she knows things, some of them are people of this era. Just never understood.

She felt that as long as it was something that was beneficial to the people, even if she was misunderstood for a while, it would never cause any catastrophe.Of course she is not Xiaobaihua and Tianzhendi.She is confident that she can grasp the intermediate scale.

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