lazy tang

Chapter 494 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes

On Jiazi Day, the ninth day of August in the ninth year of Wude (September 626, 9), Li Yuan abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor, and the Zen was located in Li Shimin.Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, and changed Yuan Zhenguan the next year.The Tang Empire has officially entered the Year of Zhenguan.

After attending Li Erhong's enthronement ceremony, Yun Hao headed back to Lintong.As long as he doesn't appear in Chang'an now, he will never appear.What I want to do most is to make people forget about this new Duke of Chu.Even though Li Er swore in Wude Hall that he would share wealth with Yun Hao and never forget each other.

Yunhao's mind automatically filtered out these unnutritious words, and whoever believes in such farting words as sharing wealth and honor in the world will die.It is impossible to divide the world, but it is very possible to divide your head.

I believe Li Er can't do anything about it, because of Yun Hao's leadership.In the Xuanwumen Incident, the generals of the former Detachment of Women's Army were greatly rewarded.Li Wenzhong, Qiu Shili, Sheng Yanshi and others all became the generals of the Megatron side.The general of Zuo Wuwei, the most elite firearms unit in the Tang Dynasty, was Sheng Yanshi.Even Lao Cheng failed to win this position.

Now these guys are all marquises, living in eight houses with open teeth and built houses.In Li Er's heart, he was actually very dissatisfied with this.The country's military cannot be too much in the hands of a series of military groups.He started his career by relying on the army to rebel, how could he not know the danger in it.

Yun Hao's retreat made Li Er both happy and helpless.The happy thing is that Yunhao knows how to advance and retreat, because at this time he can't do anything to Yunhao.Helplessly, he very much hoped that Yunhao would be keen on power.In this way, flaws will be exposed, and once thoughts that should not be raised, there will be a reason to completely pull out this force in the army.

In any case, he is now the emperor.What Li Er wants to do most is to rule the world.Because, Luo Yi turned his back on it.

Luo Yi, who was in Hebei, rebelled under the banner of avenging Li Jiancheng, and this guy not only rebelled himself.It even colluded with the Turkic people of Korea, and now the coalition forces of Korea and Turks are going south.Half of Hebei, including Zhuozhou, is already under the control of the rebels.This countercurrent is spreading to Shandong. If both Hebei and Shandong fall, another regime will definitely appear on the land of China.

Yun Hao didn't know why Luo Yi did such a thing, but it was too late to say anything.The smooth governor Yuan Dake was shaved and brought back bald.Bring a message to Li Er that he wants to divide the world with Li Er using Tongguan as the boundary.

"It's his grandma's. He wants to live a comfortable life for two days. Who would have thought that Luoyang would become a battlefield all of a sudden. It's you who knows how to enjoy happiness and hides in Lintong. Everyone who enjoys happiness and enjoyment commits crimes, hey! Why are you messing with flowers and plants all the time? Chat with the old man, young people nowadays don't know how to respect the old." Li Shentong sat in the garden, eating iced grapes while yelling.

"What is this?" Seeing Yunhao's concentration, Li Shentong stood up and walked to Yunhao's side.In front of him was a crop he had never seen before.With small green horns, it looks very cute.

"This thing is called chili, and it is very rare. It was brought back from Korea, and it will mature in a month or two. At that time, we will have a meal of boiled fish. That is delicious. In winter, we will have a pot of spicy food. Hot pot. Oh my God, I wouldn’t trade it for a god.” Yun Hao admired the chili peppers while thinking about the taste of spicy hot pot.I haven't tasted it for many years, and now thinking about it makes my mouth water.

"What time is it, you still want to eat!" Li Shentong slapped Yun Hao's head. The nascent Tang Empire encountered an unprecedented crisis, and this kid was still thinking about eating.Li Shentong endured and endured, so he didn't make up for the second slap.After all, now Yunhao is not a kid who gets kicked around by himself.He is now the youngest Duke of the Tang Dynasty, there is absolutely no such thing as one of them.

"You always put your heart in your stomach. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the 36th Road rebelled against the king. [-] smoke and dust. Where is it now? Let me tell you, the smarter ones become officials in the court. The idiots like Luo Yi are all buried in it." In the soil. Now dig it out, the bones can beat a drum.

The current emperor, His Majesty, is the king of Qin who has fought all over the world.With more than 100 people, dare to rush into the 10,000+ army formation.Rebelling against him is simply tiresome.Didn't you see, those old generals in Prince Qin's Mansion are gearing up one by one.Of course, except Uncle Qin.

There is no future for rebellion these days, so we men just stay at home and enjoy our blessings.Here you are, just in time for something good.Autumn is coming soon, and it's time to catch autumn fat.Let's eat pancakes tonight, and the boy will give you a plate of fried shredded potatoes.Make sure you haven't eaten it! "

"Potatoes? What the hell?" Li Shentong thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what a potato was.

"It was also brought back from Koryo. A group of savages brought it from the distant Sun God Kingdom. This thing is the most productive, and it doesn't choose land. It is conservatively estimated that the yield per mu will not be less than [-] shi. With this thing, Datang There will be no more worries about knots. The most important thing is that this thing can be stored in the cellar for a year. Even in cold places like Liaodong, Hebei, it can be planted!" Yun Hao said excitedly.

As soon as he returned to Chang'an, he ordered people to plant potatoes into the soil.Now it's the harvest season. After getting up yesterday, there was actually a potato the size of a sheep's head.It made the whole family come out to watch it!
"Is this the potato?" Li Shentong asked as he looked at the pot that was constantly emitting a strong aroma.

The potatoes in the casserole have been stewed golden, and the beef is stewed crispy, exuding an attractive aroma.Grab a handful of wild onions and throw them in, and after a few stirs, the fragrance that comes out, even a god can't sit still, let alone Li Shentong.

He scooped up a spoon and handed it to Li Shentong, and took another spoon and dug a large spoonful.The potatoes melt in the mouth and are soft and fragrant, and they are soaked in beef broth, which is really delicious in the world.Li Shentong was cold, and he ate it bite by bite. I don't know what taste he tasted, but the frequency of his strikes was getting faster and faster anyway.

Li Shentong took out a jug of wine as if by magic, took a sip from the spout and handed it to Yunhao. Yunhao took a big gulp. The wine was made from grapes, sweet and sour, far beyond the comparison of those pot water.

"A good thing, it is indeed a good food, it is full, and it can resist hunger. The yield is extremely high, and it does not choose the land. It can be planted on dry land, and it can be stored in the cellar for a year. What is rare is that it is extremely delicious. My Tang Dynasty I really got a big auspicious auspicious, gratifying to congratulate." Li Shentong squinted his eyes and nodded, now he is very looking forward to that spicy hot pot.

Something that can make Chang'an's famous gourmets salivate must be delicious.

"This kind of auspiciousness must be reported to the imperial court. If this thing is popularized in my Tang Dynasty, it must be a good thing for the benefit of future generations." After all, Li Shentong is from the Li family. If there is such a good new thing, you have to think about the Li family Interests.

The common people these days are actually the best common people in the world, as long as the government can feed them well.They can live humblely, among the 36 smoke and dust of the eighteen princes, none of them started their fortunes by relying on the famine at the end of the Sui Dynasty.From the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Li family saw an unassailable truth, as long as the common people are fed, ghosts are willing to rebel.

A rebellion without the participation of the people is called rebellion.For example Luo Yi this time!
"Forget it! Don't keep thinking about the court, if it's not a kid. How dare you grow this kind of crop? I'm telling the outside world that this thing is fifty shi, and those flatterers can lift the kid to the sky. But secretly, it's fine if you don't spit on the kid It's burning high incense. Maybe, the rumors that the kid wants to be an official and wants to go crazy can spread.

Last time, there were rumors that the boy wanted to be a minister, so the empress came to Tong to question the boy in person.This time, I will never do such a stupid thing again.It's just that our two families secretly planted some seeds for His Majesty.When other people see the harvest in the field, they will cry and beg for it.This is much better than our catch-up. There is an old saying that is best, catch-up is not a business. "

"It's just you monkey spirit! Hehe! Such a good thing, the price is not good." Li Shentong was deeply convinced, thinking of the output.Thinking of the scene where the nobles of the imperial court lined up to come to the house to beg for potatoes, I immediately burst into joy.When the time comes, only give it to those close to you.We won't give those guys who are the same as the former and the latter.

Some things are like this, if you plant them for him, he will be suspicious and even secretly dispose of the potatoes.People mistake the place for a while, and the place mistakes people for a year.In this era when the family has no food left, no one can bear the fact that the field has no output for a year.But it's different when you see the harvest. The first one to ask for it must be Xungui.

When Xungui planted potatoes on a large scale, and the harvest was full.The common people will go to ask for honor, and this new food will be popularized in Guanzhong in less than three years.In this way, it is far more effective than the court coming to the door to beg the common people.

I ate spring pancakes for dinner, and the spring pancakes baked from the wheat in Guanzhong are delicious.The cook's knife is very good, and the potatoes are shredded finely.Stir-fry chopped green onion, add a few pieces of meat and stir-fry, and then come out of the pan.Wrapped in the cake, it is delicious in one word.Li Shentong ate three rolls in one go, and wanted to have another roll.

"Hurry up, there are still good things." Yun Hao stretched out his hand to stop him, but Li Shentong stopped eating when he saw that Baby Yun had only eaten two rolls.Instead, he looked straight at the door, as if there was something delicious to eat.Immediately, he also put down his chopsticks, and followed Baby Yun to look at the door.

Finally, the servant girl came in with a plate of food, which seemed to have been fried.It was fried golden, and there was a plate of sugar on the side of the plate.It is very difficult to get high-quality white sugar from Lingnan in Chang'an.

Seeing the dishes being served, Baby Yun immediately smiled.The nanny waited for Yunhao and Li Shentong to move their chopsticks before she picked up a piece dipped in sugar and put it into Baby Yun's bowl.Baby Yun immediately laughed so hard that his teeth couldn't see, and immediately stuffed it into his small mouth with a cheer.

"Hey! This thing is not a potato!" Li Shentong thought it was another way to eat potatoes, and felt bored.After chewing in my mouth, I found that this thing was crispy, soft and smooth, and it was not a potato at all.

"Of course not potatoes. This thing is called sweet potato. The yield is similar to that of potatoes, but this thing is more suitable for cooking. If it is eaten as food, people will have a sour stomach if they eat too much." Yun Hao said while eating fried sweet potatoes dipped in sugar.

"Sweet potatoes...! It's about the same as the production of potatoes...!" Li Shentong's head buzzed with melon seeds. He didn't expect such a good thing to exist in the world.Pick up another chopstick of sweet potato, dip it in sugar and taste it carefully.The sweet taste made him close his eyes happily!

(End of this chapter)