I will never be Renzong

Chapter 160 Corn
In the Chongzheng Hall, after the ministers left, Zhao Zhen reviewed the papers for a while, and couldn't bear it any longer. There were still many people in the Hall just now, and it was very warm for everyone to huddle together. Now he and a few people are left alone. The servant, although he lit the charcoal basin, was still a bit cold after all.

"Officials! It's time to eat!"

Empress Cao Danshu suddenly came over with a group of court ladies.

"Danshu! It's so cold, you don't stay in the palace to keep warm, why did you come here, besides, it's still snowing heavily outside!"

"Look! Your hands are purple with cold!"

Zhao Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and put Cao Danshu's hands in his arms to keep warm.

"Officials! The palace people are all watching!"

There was a faint blush on Cao Danshu's pretty face.

"We are husband and wife, isn't it normal to love each other?"

Zhao Zhen smiled nonchalantly.

After a while, Cao Danshu said: "Officials! Hurry up and eat! The weather is cold, if you don't hurry up, the food will get cold!"

"Then Danshu will have dinner with me!"

Zhao Zhen said with a smile.

The servants of the palace set the dining table, then opened the food box, and brought a series of delicious dishes to the dining table.In the past, Zhao Zhen had hundreds of dishes for a meal, but later Zhao Zhen found it troublesome. The most important thing was that some dishes were cold before he tasted them. Therefore, in addition to the banquet, his imperial meal was changed to eight dishes.

Zhao Zhen likes to eat seafood, so there are two seafood dishes, stir-fried shrimp and fried squid with cabbage.

In addition, there are stewed pork ribs with yam, grilled lamb chops, roast beef with potatoes, corn with pine nuts, scrambled eggs with leeks, and milk tofu.

Zhao Zhen likes to eat both rice and pasta, and has no particular preference, so the imperial dining room usually prepares two staple foods for Zhao Zhen to choose from.

"Danshu! You eat quick yam stewed pork ribs! Dabu, your body is still too thin, you should eat more!"

Zhao Zhen picked up a rib and put it in Cao Danshu's bowl.

"My family also wants to gain weight, but I don't know why no matter how much I eat, I can't get fat. It would be great if my family's body can be half that of Sister Bing'er!"

Cao Danshu said when she was a little discouraged.

"Danshu! You are still young, and you are still growing. You should eat more fish, soybeans, etc., and papaya, cut into slices, and after cooking, add some sugar. When you are free, eat a little, it will help your health. Breast growth!"

In the fifth year of Tiansheng, Cao Danshu was only 12 years old. Although ancient women matured prematurely, and Cao Danshu was quite handsome, she was still a young and beautiful girl after all.

There were no cows in the Song Dynasty, otherwise drinking milk would be a good choice.

"Official! Don't you like this dish?"

Cao Danshu pointed to a plate of pine nuts and corn on the table and said.

"Oh! I don't like eating. I ate too much before! Why do you like eating?"

Zhao Zhen said lightly, he really did not eat less corn in his previous life, but he always liked to eat any kind of tender corn, except for this plate of corn with pine nuts, which is made of old corn.

"Ok!"

Cao Danshu nodded with a blushing face.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen brought the plate of pine nuts and corn to Cao Danshu.

"Suspicion? It's really strange. Why does my lunch after returning to the palace always have a dish made of corn?"

Zhao Zhen suddenly asked in surprise.

"The officials don't know. After the official's previous conquest, the Royal Chamber of Commerce paid 50 catties of corn to the officials. Due to the small amount, the sisters in the palace only ate it once when the Queen Mother gave a banquet. The rest Only officials can enjoy it exclusively!"

After Cao Danshu swallowed the pine nuts and corn in her mouth, she replied in satisfaction.

"So that's it! But don't worry Dan, I plan to plant more varieties next year and plant some in Huangzhuang. Then I will cook corn for you to eat!"

"Official! Is the corn to be boiled?"

Cao Danshu asked, blinking her beautiful eyes.

"Yes! Corn tastes best when boiled, but only when it's tender!"

In later generations, not many people eat that kind of old corn, and it is generally used for livestock. In some places, people grow corn to eat tender corn, because corn is similar to wheat, and there is almost no growth rate. valuable.

The output of a catty of corn in later generations is between 350 and 600 catties. Even if the Song Dynasty did not have fertilizer support, the final yield would be about 300 catties, so within a few years, corn could be promoted in the Song Dynasty.

"Slave family! Thank you official family!"

Cao Danshu hurriedly got up and saluted Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen doesn't care much about corn, but Cao Danshu and others are very rare. After all, rare things are more expensive.

"Thrush! You send someone to the imperial dining room to ask how many catties of corn are left in the palace?"

Zhao Zhen suddenly said to Li Huamei who was at the side.

"If you go back to the official's house, there will be 40 catties of corn left!"

Thrush hurriedly replied.

"You know it without asking?"

Zhao Zhen asked hurriedly.

"Officials! The corn is put together with ginseng, velvet antler, snow lotus, etc. It can be said that when the imperial chef is cooking, there are special servants who are in charge of watching, so as not to steal it and take it out of the palace!"

Thrush said hurriedly.

Zhao Zhen felt that there was no need to be so cautious, because he received a letter from Shen Moran saying that the corn was slightly boiled and then placed in the palace's icehouse to be refrigerated. Boiled corn would not sprout because Zhao Zhen’s plan at that time was not to promote corn for the time being.

"Go! Tell me, 40 catties of corn, give 6 catties to the eldest lady, 6 catties to the little lady, 6 catties to Li Niangniang, 4 catties to the empress, 3 catties to the noble concubine, 1 catty each to Liu Zhaoyi, Ren Chongyuan, Zhang Jieyu, nobleman Aya Send 1 catty, Yeli and Wuzang also send 1 catty. Deng Guoda and Jing Guoda princesses send 2 catties, and Huangmei also send 2 catties, and send [-] catties to Wang Xianger, You keep the rest of the catty!"

Zhao Zhen gave instructions to Thrush.

Not all concubines have this. The Shang family and the Lu family, who were previously named nobles, angered Zhao Zhen because they spoke ill of Qi State's wife Wang Xiang'er in front of Zhao Zhen, and were punished by Zhao Zhen to go to Dongzhen Temple as slaves. Taoist nun.Even the two Baolins and four Master Attendants, who had no charges, were sent away by Zhao Zhen for a reason.

After Huamei went down, Cao Danshu suddenly said: "Official family! The Wuzang family and the Yeli family have entered the palace for a while, and since they have been favored, the official family should give them a status more or less!"

What Cao Danshu said was half right, Zhao Zhen of the Unzang family was touched, but Zhao Zhen of the Yeli family did not touch it, not because he didn't want to, but because he has been busy for the time being and hasn't won it yet.

"Danshu is right. If that's the case, let's all be named talents for the time being!"

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment before saying.

So so far, Zhao Zhen has been on the throne for five years, and there are a total of eight concubines. Norishi.

In addition, there are Wang Xianger, Shen Moran, and Li Huamei.

Author: The protagonist is an emperor with many harems, but the author doesn’t like to write the book until the end, even the concubine in the front is not mentioned. I hope everyone will forgive me. What’s more, this book revolves around Zhao Zhen. Other generals and civil servants will write, but they will not write too much. In foreign wars, if you can find historical figures, you will use historical figures.Although the grades are poor, I still hope that this book can have an ending in the end.

(End of this chapter)