freenovelworld Chapter 736
Chapter 736
Chapter 736
"I just want to help the people in the world taste the taste of this corn. After all, the land is related to the food and clothing of the people. The people have never seen this corn. It is difficult for the people to plant it on a large scale." Li Shimin said.
Check it out.
No loss is the emperor, the words are different.
Co-authoring you to eat is to taste for the people of the world, and I eat to satisfy my appetite?
Well, he admitted that he ate corn to satisfy his appetite, but is Li Shimin really as noble as he said?
I'm afraid it's not likely.
But who calls someone the emperor?
The emperor said yes, that is, who dares to refute?
Anyway, Lin Xuan didn't dare.
However, Li Shimin's words reminded Lin Xuan that foreign species like corn are not so easy to accept.
Corn was introduced to China in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, only about one-third of the places were planted in more than 100 years.
Until the Kangxi period, corn was introduced to China for more than 200 years, and there are still many places where it can be planted that have not been planted.
Many people think that it was because of the inconvenient transportation in ancient times. When the seeds arrived, it was already past the farming time, and they could only wait for the next year.
In Lin Xuan's view, this explanation is simply untenable.
Why not promote the whole country together, but have to promote one place at a time?
In Lin Xuan's view, the fundamental reason is that the people are not willing to accept it, and the court does not pay enough attention to it.
Don't think that those literati and inkmen in ancient times traveled around, that you can walk around in ancient times.
In fact, it was not so easy to go out in ancient times.
In addition to high tolls, road guides are also a big limitation.
In ancient times, if you want to go to other places, you need the guidance from the government.
On the road guide, the starting point and destination are clearly written, and they need to be stamped to pass the customs along the way.
And you can't go where you don't need to pass by.
Simply put, you can't go where you don't need to go.
This caused the people from all over the ancient times to be confined to the local area, and many people may have never even been to the county where they are located in their entire lives.
If you tell him that the yield of corn is high and it is grown in other places, they will not believe it at all.
For the people, the food on the land is related to their family's food and clothing in the coming year. If they grow corn that has never been grown before, if there is no harvest, the family will starve to death.
It is for this reason that they dare not easily plant something they don't know.
Adding a kind of food does not mean that it is planted as it is planted.
Planting methods, eating methods, and storage methods all need to be considered.
If the emperors eat corn, it will be of great help to the promotion of corn.
Is the so-called up and down.
In the era when imperial power was supreme, the emperor's preferences still had a great influence on the people.
"Your Majesty, all you need to do is take off your coat, wash it, add some salt, and cook it in a pot for a while." Lin Xuan said.
"So simple?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.
"The corn at this time only needs to do this. When the corn is mature, there are other ways." Lin Xuan said.
"Okay, I understand, come and send the Marquis of Jingyang County out of the palace." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan: ...
He also thought that since Li Shimin also wanted to eat, it should be fine for him to ask him for some.
It's not that he likes eating corn so much. For him, corn is a kind of memory, just taste it.
Mainly Li Lizhi and Lin Wanxi like to eat.
Lin Xuan didn't have the guts to break the corn anymore, these were the last ones, and the corn would be old after a while, so it couldn't be boiled and eaten.
Who knew that Li Shimin would send him away after asking, without giving him a chance at all.
Lin Xuan originally wanted to tell Li Shimin that he could only eat the outside of the corn, but not the inside of the corn, but now he has no such thought at all.
He was looking forward to what Li Shimin's expression would be when he ate the stick inside.
After Lin Xuan was carried away, Li Shimin asked Li Mu to send the corn to Shangshan Bureau to make it according to the method Lin Xuan said.
When the corn was cooked and sent to Li Shimin, Li Shimin finally understood why Lin Xuan went to break the corn twice.
The scent alone is very alluring.
Looking at the crystal clear jade corn, Li Shimin moved his index finger, picked up one and took a bite.
The corn at this time is fresh and tender, and the taste is naturally good. In addition, Li Shimin tasted it for the first time, and he felt a novelty.
"It's really delicious. This corn is really a godsend. Not only is it delicious, but the recipe is simple and the yield is high. God bless me, Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin said happily.
"Your Majesty upholds the destiny of heaven and obeys the will of the people. God will send such auspicious omens." Li Mu laughed.
"Haha~"
Although Li Shimin knew it was fake, he still smiled heartily.
Since he came to the throne, except for the extermination of the Eastern Turks, when Jieli Khan was brought before him, he hadn't been this happy for a long time.
After taking a few bites, a piece of corn on the cob was revealed, which was deeper than the corn on the outside.
Li Shimin didn't know that the corn on the cob inside the corn was not edible, thinking that the outside was so delicious, the inside must be even more delicious, so he opened his mouth and bit it.
The corn at this time is relatively tender, and the corn cobs inside are not as hard as the corn cobs of old corn. Li Shimin bit off with a little force.
Li Shimin chewed it a few times, and found that the corn inside was not only hard, but also tasteless, which was completely different from the corn outside.
If Lin Xuan knew what Li Shimin was thinking, he would definitely say, "Nonsense, what does corn on the cob taste like?"
"Strange, why is the corn delicious on the outside, but not only hard on the inside, but also very unpalatable? Could it be that it's not cooked enough?" Li Shimin said strangely.
"Your Majesty, the old slave is waiting at the Shangshan Bureau, and he did exactly what the son-in-law said." Li Mu said.
Where did those imperial chefs cook any corn, knowing that Li Shimin ate it, how dare they be sloppy, Li Mu said that when the incense burns, they will be out of the pot as soon as the incense is extinguished, and they dare not delay at all.
Li Shimin also knew this, and thought to himself: "Could it be that Lin Xuan didn't make it clear and deliberately kept his hand?"
Li Mu said with some uncertainty: "Your Majesty, is it true that only the outside of this corn can be eaten, and the inside cannot be eaten?"
Li Shimin was stunned, remembering that Lin Xuan once told him that an acre of corn can produce about a thousand catties, and he picked up the corn before and estimated it based on the number of knots reported by Baiqi, which was even more than what Lin Xuan said. Much more.
At that time, he was still thinking that Lin Xuan's estimation was wrong, so he was happy for a while.
Now that I think about it, the corn is not yet fully ripe. If the inside is really inedible, when the corn is mature, the yield will be about the same as Lin Xuan said.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin was furious.
Although it is possible that Lin Xuan had forgotten, Li Shimin had an intuition that Lin Xuan did not say anything on purpose, maybe he was still thinking about making fun of him.
"I pass on my order to order the Marquis of Jingyang County to set off within three days and return to Xiaoyongwei. If there is any delay, I will punish him severely!" Li Shimin said.
(End of this chapter)