Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

　　"I see. It's delicious. It's really delicious. Well, what kind of rice is this? It's so sweet and glutinous. By the way, do you call this a home-cooked dish?"

　　Li Er ate braised pork, followed by mapo tofu... He tasted seven dishes one by one, and finally found that they all had their own unique taste.Li Er felt that his sense of taste was dancing, and it was a taste experience that he had never had before.

　　Li Er's favorite is Mapo Tofu, which has a strong spicy taste and the numbness of Zhu Yu. It is so delicious when paired with fresh and tender tofu.

　　Even the staple food in the bowl, rice, it was the first time they had such delicious rice.It is a great meal to accompany delicious dishes. .

Chapter 31

　　If the steak I ate a few days ago was the delicacy of top-quality ingredients, what I eat now is the taste of common ingredients cooked with high-end cooking skills.

　　In the Tang Dynasty, there was no chili, no stir-frying, and the cooking method was simple, and the taste of the food was not as rich as the stir-frying of later generations.

　　The same goes for the types of vegetables. Tomatoes, potatoes, etc. cultivated in later generations taste very good, and you can't eat them if you want to.Therefore, even ordinary home-cooked dishes are delicious in Datang.

　　The main thing is that the taste is multi-layered, and it is delicious with a bowl of white rice.

　　"I haven't eaten so full for a long time." For example, steak, king crab, etc. Although Li Yuan couldn't eat enough, he didn't have the full feeling of fullness now.

　　"Yeah, it would be great if my cook at home was half as good as the food I just ate." Li Er envied.

　　Most of the dishes are common ingredients. Since they can be eaten, it means that they can be made by craftsmanship.

　　"Of course your cooks can't do it, because they use the seasoning of "oil" and chili peppers, and they can only be cooked with a cast iron pan."

　　It was only when Lu Xiu briefly explained the method of frying, frying, stewing, boiling, and steaming that Li Er and the others suddenly realized.

　　"Master Lu, can you give me a few pounds of chili peppers? I want to bring them back to see if I can plant a batch." Although it is very spicy, it feels very good, and it makes people appetite.After eating the spicy taste once, the other feeling is very light.

　　Chili can be said to be the most important seasoning besides salt among the seven Chinese dishes.

　　"Of course. The potatoes we ate just now have taken root and sprouted in the tens of acres of fertile fields of Lu Xiaoyou's house. Potatoes are soft and delicious, and they are very good vegetables." Li Yuan said.

　　Today, he also personally experienced the taste of an old farmer, weeding and catching insects in the field.

　　"Well, I'll give you five pounds." A small pepper contains a lot of pepper seeds, and five pounds can even grow twenty or thirty acres.

　　"Thank you, Zhuang Lu." Li Er couldn't help but envy his father again. After living in Zhuang Lu, he really can eat whatever he wants.

　　Maybe it's not as comfortable to live in as a palace, but if you have money, it's not a big deal to improve the environment.

　　…………

　　It was rare to leave the palace once. Although Li Er had a good meal, it was a pity that he still couldn't taste the so-called tuna fish soup.

　　Back at the palace, he first asked people to plant peppers in the imperial garden, and then visited Empress Changsun.

　　"Your Majesty, what delicious food did you eat in Anping County today?" Empress Zhangsun looked at Li Er with a big belly.

　　"Mother, I ate Lizhi's favorite delicious ice cream for dessert. Then there are many dishes for lunch, including spicy and spicy tofu, and delicious braised pork..." Lizhi hurriedly said.

　　"Yeah, although I took you with me, but you are now eight months pregnant, so you shouldn't travel long distances." Li Er said.

　　"Your Majesty, the concubine actually has no appetite. When there are children left, Your Majesty will bring the concubine to try it out." Empress Zhangsun chuckled lightly.

　　"Remember to bring Lizhi." Li Lizhi hugged her mother and said coquettishly.

　　"Okay." Li Er laughed happily.

　　"Your Majesty, because Zhijie got some fine wine from Luzhuang, he invited Shubao and the others, and they were known by many people in the court. So just now, Wuji came to me and asked the concubine if they knew what was going on."

　　The day before yesterday, Cheng Yaojin took off his clothes, ran wildly in the market, and finally stood on the top of a tall building majestic and urinated ten feet, which is well known in Chang'an.

　　Including Changsun Wuji, it also felt absurd. I didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to be so shameless.

　　As the saying goes, good things don't go out, and bad things travel thousands of miles.But who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin's notoriety would finally turn around. It is said that Cheng Yao tasted a rare wine in the world and got drunk!

　　The officials facing up all asked Cheng Yaojin what the fine wine tasted like, so that he could be drunk.But Cheng Yaojin smiled and kept silent, and finally learned something from Qin Shubao and the others.

　　Changsun Wuji was naturally curious, so he wanted to ask about the situation.

　　"Let's keep it a secret for the time being. I think the owner of Zhuang Lu definitely doesn't want too many people to disturb him."

　　Of course, it won't take long to hide it. When Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, marries his daughter, everyone should know about it.

　　"I hope that after he understands my identity, Master Lu won't mind hiding from him." They had to hide their identity and contact Lu Xiu.

　　As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how the owner of Lu Zhuang will treat him, and he can't be so natural.If you oppress him as an emperor, it doesn't even work.

　　Maybe it's impossible to eat at the same stage with the owner of Lu Zhuang, and eat it naturally.

　　"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the concubine believes that he will understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts." Queen Changsun said. .

Chapter 32

　　"Sir, the big thing is bad, because the news that the exchange of locusts for food will be stopped next month, I don't know who spread it, and the people blocked our Luzhuang and refused to leave." Li Ergou panicked.

　　"Dou Mien raises Mi Chou, if you want me to say that Lu Xiaoyou should not exchange food for them." Li Yuan said solemnly.

　　"The news was released by me. The purpose is to make them prepare in advance, so as to save next month's effort to catch locusts. They haven't caused any trouble." Lu Xiu said solemnly.

　　"No, it's just that many old people knelt in front of the gate, begging the young master to give them more time." Li Ergou said.

　　The grain sown by the people in the spring has long been eaten up by locusts.This year, most of the people around Chang'an will have nothing to harvest, so many people hope to be able to prepare food for half a year.

　　"Many people regard the son as a god, how dare they come to offend the son." Li Ershi admired his son's miraculous ability.

　　Most of the people witnessed the divine power with their own eyes, so they spread it in Anping County.

　　"Well, go and tell them that the plague of locusts is about to end, and you won't be able to catch many locusts in a day. Naturally, you won't be able to exchange much for food. But next month, Luzhuang will recruit thousands of coolies one after another."

　　The reward Lu Xiu gave was [-] catties of food per day, which was settled on a daily basis.According to the price of Datang's grain price of two cents a catty, that is three thousand dollars a month.

　　If put into modern times, the purchasing power of [-] yuan is worth about [-] or [-].Three thousand salaries in Datang are considered very high.In addition, lower wages can help a few more people.

　　In order to take care of more people, we will rotate every five days, and strive to repair Luzhuang in the middle of next month.

　　Old man Li paid [-] for the [-] kuan that his son filial piety, bought more than ten acres of land around Luzhuang, and began to prepare for the expansion of Luzhuang.

　　The day he has chosen to come to ask for relatives is in the middle of the next month, so Lu Zhuang's re-planning is imminent.

　　For the specific design drawings, he drew them on white paper with a charcoal pen.

　　"Yes."

　　After Li Ergou went out to inform the people, the people actually understood better than anyone else, but they refused to leave because the family could have enough to eat. I hope Lu Xiu can help

　　they.

　　"Fifty catties of food a day?"

　　The people were all attracted by the rewards. Fifty catties of food, if they were frugal, would be enough for a family of five to eat for half a month.

　　As for how to eat fifty pounds, most people choose to cook porridge.One catty of grain can cook several catties of gruel, so it is enough for half a month.

　　If they can work for ten days, even if there is no harvest this year, there is no need to worry too much about the lack of food.

　　You must know that many of them are tenant farmers who help the landlords to farm their fields. Some of the annual harvests are taxed, some are rent, and the rest are theirs.

　　Generally speaking, one mu of land can harvest two or three hundred catties of grain, but they can get less than fifty catties.

　　Therefore, some tenant farmers and their families help the landlord to plant more than ten acres of land, which is enough for a few family members for a year.

　　And Lu Xiu paid them [-] catties of grain a day. If he could do it for ten days, it would almost be comparable to what they could harvest for a year.

　　"Of course, we ask for strong young people. The elderly, women and children are not accepted. Please go back and think about it."

　　Because Lu Zhuang must be completed within [-] days, so the number of people is increased to be prepared.

　　If there are [-] people, it will be divided into three batches in a five-day cycle to ensure that [-] people can receive food. It is Lu Xiu's ability to use his ability to contribute to the disaster relief.

　　He is a modern person, who can't experience the famine of changing children and eating.Seeing that the people were starving, Lu Xiu couldn't help but die.

　　Of course, his ability is limited, so he will try his best to save as much as he can.

　　…………

　　"Xiaoyou Lu is really a big hand. You can hire thousands of people at a time. I'm afraid they can raze the mountains behind Luzhuang to the ground." Li Yuan said with a smile.

　　"Yes, in my opinion a few hundred people are enough." Cheng Chumo also said.

　　"Hundreds of people are not enough. I plan to dig a canal from Weishui to Luzhuang and lead it to Luzhuang." Lu Xiu laughed.

　　"No way!! What does Lu Xiaoyou bring Wei water to his house? If you want to drink water, there is already well water. You can just dig a few wells." Li Yuan said in surprise.

　　"You'll know it then, and you won't understand it now."

　　He planned to dig a swimming pool, so he planned to use the running water of Weishui to change the water of the swimming pool.

　　In addition, a large number of marble slabs are needed, so the manpower side wants to prepare a little more, and by the way, relieve the famine of the people.

　　According to his plan, the rebuilt Lu Zhuang not only has the style of the Tang pavilion, but also adds many elements of modern western-style villas. .

Chapter 33

　　With all the money in his hand, Lu Xiu took out all the materials needed for the building, and the most expensive of them was the marble slab.

　　According to the plan he designed, he found that the thousands of guans in his hand were not enough!

　　How much it would cost, Lu Xiu was too lazy to calculate, and the wedding gift was a lot, so Lu Xiu felt that he had to prepare tens of thousands to be prepared.

　　And according to Old Man Li, it was only a few thousand pieces, and it was not enough to build a latrine for him.

　　Looking at Old Man Li, who was obviously drinking a little too much, Lu Xiu couldn't help but look at him with contempt.

　　Although a few thousand guang is not an incomparably huge sum of money, it can definitely buy a first-class mansion in Chang'an City.

　　Of course, old man Li's son "Er Gou" can give him thousands of filial piety, which shows that his family background is good, but it can't be as exaggerated as he said! !

　　"Hahaha, big brother, I'm here again."

　　Just as Lu Xiu was trying to make money, a big bearded face stood in front of him.

　　"Are you the old brother who changed the wine last time?" The face of the other party was really impressive, so Lu Xiu quickly recognized it.

　　"Hey, it turns out that the big brother remembers me. I caught two hundred catties of locusts, and I want to exchange some wine with you." Cheng Yaojin said happily.