I'm not a genius in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 45 His Majesty Li Er's Thinking of the Poor
Thinking of the delicious food that he ate at noon today, Li Ke couldn't help swallowing secretly.Seeing such a virtuous son, Li Shimin couldn't help being curious.My son grew up with rich clothes and fine food, and he has never eaten any delicacy in the world. Could it be that it is a fairy delicacy from the sky?
"Come to Aifei, let's have a taste together."

As Li Shimin said, he picked up Dongpo's elbow with a chopstick.Who knew that the moment the meat was put into his mouth, his eyes would light up, it was fat but not greasy, cakey but not rotten, soft yet with a bit of tenacity, and he wanted to swallow it all with his tongue.Seeing His Majesty Li Er's satisfied expression, Li Ke couldn't help pointing at his ignorant father as if offering a treasure.

"Father, you might as well dip it in soy sauce and try it again. This dish has the effect of beautifying and beautifying the skin, mother might as well try it."

As Li Ke spoke, he lifted up his chopsticks, picked up a piece, lightly dipped it in the soy sauce dish he had prepared earlier, and then smiled and put it on the mother's plate who was still in a daze.Thinking of Wang Zi'an's eyes looking at him as a country bumpkin, Li Ke wanted to see his father's expression even more.In terms of delicious food, His Majesty Li Er is naturally kind.Following Li Ke's example, he dipped lightly into the small plate in front of him, and then tentatively put it in his mouth.

The aroma of soy sauce and the mellow aroma of elbow are combined with each other. How can these Datang people who have not been repeatedly bombed by various spices in later generations bear it?
Suddenly all the taste buds exploded.

Mmm, Dongpo elbow, delicious!
Mmm, braised pork with pickled vegetables, delicious!
Mmm, scallion oil fish, delicious!

Mmm, stewed chicken with mushrooms is so delicious!
Crack, clap, His Majesty Li Er moved his chopsticks like flying, and after a while, more than half of the four dishes on the table went down.After a delicious test, His Majesty Li Er finally stopped his chopsticks, heaved a long sigh of relief, and sighed.

"It's really delicious in the world. I don't know how much this kind of food costs?"

His Majesty Li Er has been really poor for the past two years. The empire has just been established, and a lot of waste is waiting to be rebuilt, and everyone is asking for money.Even the Daming Palace, which just started construction this year, has only laid a foundation, and is basically in a semi-stagnant state.

Why?

No Money!
Otherwise, in such a small place as Tuyuhun, just jumping around like this, it would have been squeaked a long time ago.

With a tax revenue of 30 yuan a year, to feed such a large group of people, His Majesty Li Er is so poor that he will lose his pants.So when he saw the food, he subconsciously thought of the price—this is the usual thinking of poor people...

"This stewed chicken with mushrooms is a little more expensive. It costs about [-] renminbi. This dish of scallion oil fish costs about [-] renminbi. As for these two - this is a dish, and the main ingredient is pork, so the cost is not high. The two add up to only a dozen or so..."

Li Ke pointed at the plate of preserved vegetables and meat, and said calmly.Now that he has a clear idea in his mind, he finally understands why he was despised by Wang Zi'an, because his expression at that time must be exactly the same as that of his father at this time.It's almost written on the face - it's so rare that I don't know much...

"Pork? Ten Wen?"

His Majesty Li Er was obviously taken aback by this word.

"Is this really made of pork?"

He subconsciously raised his chopsticks, picked up another piece of meat with pickled vegetables, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully. Yes, there was indeed a faint fishy smell, which could not be mistaken for pork.

"It's pork, but Zi'an said that we don't know how to raise pigs, and the pigs are all spoiled. Not to mention the fact that the pigs don't grow meat, and they have a fishy smell. They say that the pigs there can grow to two or three hundred catties a year, and The meat is delicious, without any fishy smell..."

One catty in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to about 680 grams in our later generations. A pig of two to three hundred catties is really not small. If you compare it with the pigs raised in the Tang Dynasty—forget it, it’s still not comparable. A pig that has not been castrated, How big do you expect him to be...

It is also because there is no castration, the pork also has a faint fishy smell, and it cannot be sold at any price.After raising pigs for a year, there is no money in pig manure, because they are basically free-range.There is no profit-driven, and the scale of raising pigs has been unable to increase. If it weren't for the fact that these pigs are really easy to feed, and sometimes there is no food, just pulling a few weeds in the wild can make do. I am afraid that the second senior brother's family will become extinct.

But if a pig can grow to two to three hundred catties a year, and the meat is delicious, no one knows what it means better than His Majesty Li Er, who is screaming poorly.

Benefit the country and the people!

This is a major event related to the national economy and the people's livelihood!

"It's true!"

Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Ke seriously.Li Ke couldn't help being taken aback, subconsciously corrected his attitude, and replied cautiously.

"Weichen doesn't know the truth of the matter, but Wang Zi'an really said so at the time, so he shouldn't be lying."

"What did you say? Wang Zi'an—"

Poor, His Majesty Li Er finally shifted his thoughts from the pig to Wang Zi'an, his eyes flashed, and he asked.

"Well, it's Wang Zi'an. When my son was ordered to reward Wang Zi'an with daily necessities yesterday, he agreed to send someone to help him build a house, so he went there again today. He left food at noon, and all he did was these few things. A main course. Erchen was very surprised, thinking of his father and mother, so he specially asked him to help make a set..."

Although I really didn't think of this old man when I was cooking, but everyone came to the front, Li Ke still doesn't need to teach New Year's greetings.But unfortunately, all the winking eyes were cast on the blind man. At this moment, His Majesty Li Er's mind was occupied by Prince An Ti's matter of raising pigs.

"Come here—give me a word of mouth, and let the prince Ann come to see me tomorrow morning!"

His Majesty Li Er is a very active majesty, he does what he thinks, and he doesn't even leave the dinner table, so he directly issued a verbal order.Naturally, there was a little eunuch who delivered the order, and he went down to deliver the message.

"If this is true, it's a great achievement for you. If you want any reward, just ask."

Putting down the chopsticks, Comrade Li Er was in a good mood, looked at the son who most resembled him, and said.

"It is the duty of the son to share the worries of the father and the emperor. The son should not be extravagant, but now my brother has committed a mistake and was punished, and he is still hungry. He is too young. As an elder brother, I really can't bear him to be hungry. His health is broken, so I implore Your Majesty to show mercy and let him off this time..."

Looking at Li Ke who was kneeling and begging for mercy, Concubine Yang couldn't help showing a bit of relief, and Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help softening a bit.Although this guy killed his own brother, killed his father, and took his brother and his wife as concubines, he didn't want his son to do the same.

Whenever he thinks of his father's curse that you killed my descendants, and your descendants will do the same in the future, he shudders.And the protective affection for his younger brother shown by the son in front of him really touched his heart firmly, and he nodded calmly.

"Since you are all pleading for him, let's forgive him this time for the time being, but if you dare to do it next time, you will definitely not forgive him lightly. However, he will not have to go to Kong Jijiu's class for the time being. I will wait for a while. Time to choose another famous teacher for him."

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