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Chapter 290 Pine nut corn, less corn, more pine nuts!

"Why don't you sell the one he wrote by himself?" Li Chengqian muttered in a low voice.

He began to estimate the value of this manuscript, after calculations, it was probably the price of two mansions in Chang'an City, that is, two oirans.

A book, in exchange for two living people, isn't that blood money?And it's not just an ordinary servant, it's an oiran!
Then, Li Chengqian faced a very serious problem, that is, whether to use movable type printing.

Although the books printed by movable type printing are good, the characters are not the kind written by Li Shimin. To be honest, I almost mean it. From the perspective of selling money, movable type printing is actually not good. It’s not that Li Shimin’s handwriting is worthless. !
He unilaterally chose engraving and printing in order to restore the Emperor Fan [-]% to make money. As for the original idea of ​​selling it, it was just an idea, and he dared not.

In fact, since the invention of movable type printing, woodblock printing has gradually faded out of the publishing industry, and now it is all movable type printing.

When Li Chengqian asked people to take this Emperor Fan away, he was opposed by the printing industry.

"It's amazing! Movable type printing was invented by His Highness the Crown Prince. Now, His Highness the Crown Prince actually wants to use woodblock printing? Please forgive us for not having a master of woodblock printing!"

Xiao Ningzi said: "This Emperor Fan is actually written by the saint himself. The things written by the saint are naturally different from other books. His handwriting must be kept."

The head of the printing workshop felt a little uncomfortable, but he still wanted to argue.

"What about the saint's handwriting? Our movable type is also written by the calligraphy master Hui Moruo. Besides, wouldn't it be very bad if His Majesty's handwriting is lost to the people!" said the chief.

Xiao Ningzi said: "Your Majesty's meaning is not clear, but this is the meaning of His Royal Highness, I think, maybe it is to let the common people see the calligraphy of the sage."

What Xiao Ningzi said actually made some sense. Although Li Shimin's calligraphy is not orthodox, it has a more aggressive atmosphere. As long as he has his own style, he can probably be regarded as a master of calligraphy.

Since he can be regarded as a master of calligraphy, it must be printed, and nothing will happen. To be honest, the principal refused at first because the woodblock printing is very troublesome.

And then he still refused, because it was too dangerous to print the saint's words!

But now after listening to Xiao Ningzi's words, he feels a little relieved. If this is His Majesty's intention, then it doesn't matter if it is printed. It is also a good thing for the common people to have the opportunity to witness the saint's handwriting.

After Xiao Ningzi left, the people at the printing shop began to study the imperial manuscript, and found that there were many words in it, and there were still some flaws. Of course, the flaws were not concealed. Overall, the imperial manuscript was still a very good book.

The handwriting is also very good, at least no one here can write such a good handwriting.

The sculptor said, "Should I ask calligraphers to look at this character and correct the bad parts?"

The principal began to think about it. This matter was actually said to maintain Li Shimin's image in the hearts of the people. The words written by the saint should naturally be seamless.

However, the so-called exaggeration is too late. If Li Shimin finds out this way, it will be a very troublesome thing. This will definitely arouse Li Shimin's wrath!
The director said: "Doing nothing is the best solution. Let's pretend that we don't see these mistakes. Anyway, when we ask, we will say that we are ignorant and can't see it."

The master sculptor said: "The master is brilliant! I admire you!"

The time Li Chengqian gave was not very long, but it still needed time, especially the things related to saints, which required their careful preparation.

When he was talking to Li Shimin before, he mentioned corn, but now he remembered that the corn he planted before was almost the same, and it might not be ready yet.

None of these problems are problems, you just need to take a look to know.

Corn is actually a very durable crop. It is usually planted in places with bad weather. Now the Prince's Mansion is simply a paradise for them!There is plenty of water and fertilizer, and each of them is almost breaking the glass!

When Li Chengqian saw these corns, he also sighed. Fortunately, there is a ceiling, otherwise they would not be able to go to the sky?
He walked up to a corn stalk, pulled off the beard from the corn, and tore off the coat, revealing the corn inside, which looked plump, but the color was not deep enough.

Li Chengqian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the best!The current corn is really the best corn!Cooking and eating are the best!

How should I put it, corn at this level of maturity is considered a vegetable, and corn that is truly mature becomes food. There is a very simple truth that a three-year-old child knows, that is, food is not as delicious as vegetables!

He broke off a few at random and asked someone to cook them.

"Don't put anything in! You know what? Don't peel off the skin, you will eat the original flavor!"

The people in Guanglu Temple naturally acted strictly according to Li Chengqian's orders, mainly because they had never seen this thing before!
After a while, the corn was cooked, and Li Chengqian called the whole family over to eat boiled corn!

The corn boiled with the skin not only has the fragrance of the corn itself, but also the fragrance of the plant, which is the taste of the skin.

Li Chengqian didn't say how to eat, he wanted to see if everyone was smart enough.

Mo Yu couldn't hold back his breath, and directly bit down, even biting off the corn cobs!

Li Chengqian inexplicably felt sore from those words, the power of this bite must be too great!

After Mo Yu chewed for a while, Li Chengqian asked with a smile, "Yu'er, how does it taste?"

"Who is Yu'er! It's a bit tasteless! It's not delicious!"

Kong Junyao picked up a big mouthful of corn silk with chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and started to chew.

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up, she was the smartest guy!I actually ate a big mouthful of corn silk, haha!

Li Chengqian hurriedly asked: "Is the corn silk delicious?"

Kong Junyao said: "It's tasteless, I can't swallow it without spitting!"

Among the others, some ate the husks and some ate corn cobs, but none of them ate corn kernels.

That's right, everyone doesn't know what to eat, and it's okay to take the first bite wrong.

Gradually, everyone tasted the taste and knew that what they eat is actually the grains and grains of the corn, not other things.

Kong Junyao asked: "His Royal Highness, is this corn eaten with corn kernels?"

Li Chengqian nodded: "Yes."

"Then why cook the corn kernels together instead of separately?"

"Corn kernels boiled alone are for pigs, but they are cooked together with corn cobs for human consumption," Li Chengqian said.

What he said was his impression. Of course, it is definitely not the case now. People can't get enough to eat, so pigs can eat some weeds!

However, after the corn is ground, the remaining corn bran is placed in the hogweed, which is equivalent to the salt that people put in food.

In short, chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs fed with corn bran are all delicious.

Li Chengqian's explanation basically satisfies everyone, so it's not that Li Chengqian deliberately punished them. If this thing is cooked separately, it will become a pig feed.

"If at any time, the corn planted is basically used as feed, then our people will really live a good life!" Li Chengqian said.

Of course, his goal is to achieve it in one step. Wheat is the staple food, and corn is the feed and industrial use.

Kong Junyao asked: "Have you sent it to the saint?"

Li Chengqian said: "No."

Kong Junyao: "Your Highness, are you itchy?"

Li Chengqian said: "It's okay, this thing doesn't taste good if it's boiled directly, it tastes better when it's made into a dish."

After all, corn is just a kind of grain that is not as good as wheat. It is mainly planted widely because of its durability and industrial use. For a few women, eating two corns per person is the limit.

It's troublesome to eat this thing, but it's quite full after eating it!
Li Chengqian also smiled, sure enough!One person can't eat two sticks!

He knows a dish that perfectly displays the flavor of corn, that is corn with pine nuts!

It just so happens that he has all the raw materials here, pine nuts, cucumbers, corn, and green onions.

Let people do it, this time, of course, they have to send some to Li Shimin, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous if the saint is angry!

Li Chengqian took some corn left over and gave it to the little ones in his family to taste.

He is a very authentic way of keeping pets. If there is any food in the house that can't be eaten, it will be thrown to the Three Musketeers in the Prince's Mansion.

Wangcai ate some food first, the kitten took a few mouthfuls, and let the black phantom swallow all the rest.

Fortunately, the Black Phantom is an absolute omnivore, and it is very comfortable to eat these meals.

This time, what Li Chengqian brought was a good thing, corn that even Li Shimin had never eaten!For your own pets, this is Pai Nian!
The cat wine left by Li Chengqian was tasted by Wangcai, and it returned to the previous domineering president, acting like a big brother of the Three Musketeers.

After Li Chengqian came with the remaining corn, Wangcai was naturally the first to taste it.

It tastes the taste of this thing in one bite, it's so enjoyable!What's the matter with being a little sweet?

However, there are still some shortcomings, that is, the corn that grows on the cob is not tasty at all, and Wangcai feels troublesome after eating a few bites.

Li Chengqian is not a cat slave, and he is not used to Wangcai at all. He directly put the corn on the cob in front of the kitten and the black phantom.

Fragrant!It is a new version of the ship that they have never experienced before!It smells so good!

However, Wangcai just grunted, and the two guys became honest in an instant.

Li Chengqian frowned suddenly: "You don't eat, what do you mean by not letting others eat? Are you looking for a beating?"

Wangcai meowed a few times and rubbed against Li Chengqian's leg.

Even Li Chengqian couldn't stand it a little bit. Damn Wangcai is really good at being cute and coquettish!

He had no choice but to break off the corn one by one and put it in the palm of his hand for Wangcai to eat.

Several people not far away thought that Li Chengqian was a person who cared about small animals. Such a person couldn't be any worse!
In fact, Li Chengqian was also bewitched by the cats for a while.

Li Chengqian's two little apprentices also came, and each fed a piece of corn to the black phantom and the kitten.

Lin Yiran asked, "Master, why do you raise a night owl?"

Li Chengqian said: "Others cook eagles, but I cook owls, what's the problem?"

Lu Luo patted the kitten's head: "It turns out that you are not only called Night Owl, but also the new name chosen by His Royal Highness, Owl, don't mention it, you really look alike!"

The action of stroking the bird's head made the kitten feel dissatisfied. It accidentally pecked Luluo's palm, and Luluo cried out in pain!

"Ah, what are you doing?"

The kitten looked like it had succeeded in a prank.

Li Chengqian said: "Be nice to your junior sister!"

Luluo was taken aback, she is a junior sister?Worse than a bird?

"Negative emotion value from green dill, +159"

In Li Chengqian's view, these three should be his apprentices no matter what. As the saying goes, there is no distinction between teaching and learning. Isn't it his spirit?
On Lin Yiran's side, the Black Phantom also wanted to sip and eat elegantly, but it really couldn't do it!It took a bite and bit down a piece of corn.

The neat die was biting down against Lin Yiran's fingertips, which made Lin Yiran tremble in fright.

The black phantom was chewing corn in his mouth, and his eyes were very deep, the kind of eyes that steel eggs like most.

Lin still looked at this look, and always felt that the black phantom was mocking her.

Li Chengqian said: "Black Phantom, I like the look in your eyes."

Tribute to a wave of classics!Although he is not that happy idiot that steel egg is.

The black phantom was chewing the corn cob in its mouth. It tasted the whole taste and found that the core of the corn cob was also slightly sweet. Only it knew about this.

This is just its opinion, in fact, Li Chengqian also knows, who didn't taste something when they saw it when they were young?He had tasted corn on the cob as a child, so he knew what it tasted like.

Speaking of which, the sweetness of the corn cob gradually disappears as it matures. Not only the corn kernels, but also the cob inside becomes a rough fuel.
When the people of the Tang Dynasty used corn cobs to make fires, maybe the Tang Dynasty would begin to take off!This is his little experience.

The black phantom glanced at the cornfield in the distance, with deep eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Chengqian coughed: "Just try something new, don't steal it!"

The black phantom incense means not to steal.

The pine nut corn finally came to Li Shimin's dining table. Seeing the colorful granules in the bowl, Li Shimin's appetite whetted his appetite, and he put a spoonful into his mouth. He squinted his eyes and tasted it carefully.

"Good! Pine nut corn is good!"

Wang De said: "If a saint likes it, let Guanglu Temple do it every day."

Li Shimin said: "No, corn is still a seed, so it should not be wasted. Let Gao Ming handle it."

When Li Shimin said that corn is a seed and should not be wasted, the three swordsmen of the Prince's Mansion who had eaten corn felt inexplicably flustered...

Sure enough, pine nut corn made Li Chengqian's family very happy to eat.

Everyone eats one bowl after another. It is worth mentioning that corn is more precious than pine nuts!

But this is normal, rare things are expensive.

Kong Junyao still has some family and country ideas.

"Your Highness, isn't this corn a grain seed? I'm afraid it's inappropriate to eat it like this!" Kong Junyao said.

Li Chengqian said: "Didn't the noble princess say that if my dignified prince wants to give her leftovers, I'll ask someone to make some leftovers. Is there something wrong?"

"Negative emotion value from ink rain, +155"

(End of this chapter)