Great Tang Southern Emperor

"So that's how it is." Wang Dewei suddenly realized that although he didn't know chili, he knew garlic. Even if the garlic juice got into his eyes, he would cry. This chili should be the same.

"Hurry up and find out the water." Wang Dewei, who thought he understood everything, hastily ordered.

"Yes yes yes." Immediately there were guards ready to fetch water.

"Stop, stop, what's the matter? Who took the chili pepper?" Li Zhen couldn't laugh or cry, and said quickly: "I just sent it out of feeling, hey, it's a pity that the origin of this chili pepper is not Datang (someone It is said that pepper is a local crop, but here it is said to be an imported product), otherwise it would be great."

Wang Dewei asked uncomfortably: "Then His Highness...is it really all right?"

"It's really fine." Li Zhen shook her head, put the pepper back, and solemnly handed it to a knight in black next to her: "This is the most precious treasure of this palace, and now I will give it to you to take care of it. Before giving an order, not even a single chili seed should be revealed."

"..." The black-robed knight didn't speak, but nodded solemnly, and put the chili seeds into his arms. The others only heard a 'click' sound of the machine, and then there was no more movement.

Chapter 814 An Unexpected Joy: Corn Seeds

Chapter 176 Unexpected Joy: Corn Seeds

It is winter now, and the weather in Lingnan is not very warm in winter, but Li Zhen has no plan to go to Nanyang in a short time, so he can only temporarily put away the peppers, and make another plan when the weather warms up.

"It's really a good thing. We will be blessed in the future." Thinking of the deliciousness of chili, I can't stop drooling.

During these years in Datang, he was really fed up with the days without chili.

It’s not that food would be bad without chili, of course not. Although chili is also an indispensable condiment in food, it doesn’t mean that food can’t be cooked without chili.

For example, Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, and Huaiyang cuisine are all non-spicy. Li Zhen's reform of the food industry in the Tang Dynasty is also mainly based on these three cuisines.

But no matter how delicious Ren is, after eating it for more than ten years, Li Zhen has long since gotten tired of it. Besides, although he is not from Sichuan or Hunan, he is also a person who loves spicy food. There is no chili, so he can only force himself to eat those non-spicy delicacies, but he has long been tired of eating such things, and recently he even became obsessed with prairie-style barbecue, because he was tired of eating those delicacies reason.

But now it’s all right, with chili peppers, the dishes of the spicy food system can finally start to appear, and finally they can be eaten for a lifetime, spicy, spicy, hot and sour, spicy... Don’t think that there are only eight major cuisines in China , although there are only eight major cuisines, those small cuisines are not without characteristics.

After waking up from the temptation of chili delicacies, Li Zhen took a deep look at Sai Qunxiong: "Sai Qunxiong, the seeds you presented are very useful to me, it seems that the reward I promised you before is still a bit too little Yes. Tell me, what else do you want?"

Sai Qunxiong quickly shook his head: "Your Highness, your rewards are already enough, I am already contented, and I don't need anything. However, my compatriots followed me through life and death, and I haven't given them anything until now. Therefore, if possible, I hope that Your Highness can distribute the rewards that belong to me to my compatriots."

Li Zhen laughed loudly: "Hahaha... Sure enough, there is love and righteousness. Don't worry, none of your rewards will be missing. I still count on you to help me plant these crops."

"Then thank you, Your Highness." Sai Qunxiong was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around to say hello: "You don't have to thank Your Highness quickly."

"Thank you, Your Highness..."

"Hahaha...Okay, the banquet is ready, let's go." After so many things happened, Li Zhen didn't plan to stay on the pier any longer: "As for the boat, let's wait until tomorrow for the handover. "

The matter of the boats is not in a hurry. As the owner of these boats, Li Zhen will definitely go up and visit them in person. However, his gains today are already big enough. Besides, these crops have too much effect. Compared with these crops, these more than 1000 merchant ships are not the most important.

However, today is destined to be Li Zhen's lucky day, and his harvest is not just that little bit just now.

"Respect...Your Highness, please...wait a moment." Just as Li Zhen was about to leave with the crowd, another voice sounded, but it was different from Sai Qunxiong's fluent accent, and this voice had obvious knocks Stumbling, obviously because of inexperience.

"Sai Menghu, what are you doing? Why don't you apologize to His Highness?" Sai Qunxiong knew that he was a member of his ethnic group when he heard the accent, and quickly turned around to scold him. He was afraid that Sai Menghu would offend the prince in front of him—— He knew about Liu Rengui and Dudou just now. Although Li Zhen looked kind on the surface, in fact, if someone really offended him or endangered his life, he would not spare your life at all.

"It's okay, don't scare him." Li Zhen waved her hand to signal Sai Qunxiong not to be nervous, and then asked: "You called me, what's the matter?"

"Yes... Your Majesty, I have a... kind of seed here. I don't know... Would you like to... see it? I don't know... Is it useful..." Sai Tiger's age and The heroes are similar, but they are bigger, and their arms are almost as thick as an average person's waist. If his muscles are not weak, then he is probably a warrior who can kill tigers and leopards. I have already noticed him, mainly because his physique is too attractive, but I didn't pay attention to it. Datang doesn't have many other things, but a warrior with one enemy against one hundred, if he really wants to find it, he can still find it. can be found.

Li Zhen waved his hand arrogantly: "Oh? Then take it out, as long as it is useful to me, I will never be stingy with rewards."

"Yes, Your Highness...that's it." The muscular Saihu Tiger fumbled and took out a few golden seeds from his pocket.

"Corn? Hahaha... Sure enough, God is taking care of me and Tang, hahaha..." Li Zhen became even more excited. There are five high-yielding crops in America that Li Zhen wants most, namely sweet potatoes , potatoes, pumpkins, corn and peanuts, as for tomatoes, I am not too eager.

And just now in the bag, Li Zhen had already found the first three, and he was already satisfied. Although he felt sorry for the last two corns and peanuts, but with the first three, he no longer felt that it was so important. up.But he didn't expect that someone would put corn seeds in front of him. Although there are only eight seeds, corn is very easy to grow. As long as the first batch is not wiped out and the seeds are used to reproduce seeds, Li Zhen believes that as long as Five years later, he will be able to spread corn throughout the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the people of the Tang Dynasty will have a high-yield grain that can satisfy their hunger, and they really don't have to worry about being hungry again, and Li Zhen can really be relieved of worries.

And now that I think about it, although sweet potatoes and pumpkins are also very productive, they are not without disadvantages when you think about it carefully. First of all, although the yield of sweet potatoes is high, sweet potatoes are a low-calorie food, and the calories are only one-third of rice. It means that if a person eats one catty of rice to meet his daily calorie consumption, then he needs to eat three catties of sweet potatoes.

Moreover, sweet potatoes are cold in nature, and eating too much is not good for your health. If the common people had no way to survive, they would not choose sweet potatoes as their staple food anyway. This is the biggest shortcoming of sweet potatoes.

Chapter 815 The weather is so sunny today, everywhere is beautiful

Chapter 177 The weather is so sunny today, everywhere is beautiful

Sweet potatoes have their faults, as do potatoes.

Although potatoes are known as both food and vegetables, they are more vegetables after all, not to mention that potatoes themselves contain toxins - the first potatoes were poisonous, but after the ancestors of Indians discovered this food, after thousands of years After years of cultivation, the toxins in potatoes were reduced to a level that can be almost ignored, but if this food is eaten frequently, there will still be big problems, especially now in Datang, who knows that the toxins in potatoes are related to the previous life? How much more than?

Besides, if the potatoes germinate, the toxicity will increase exponentially. The people of the Tang Dynasty are used to being poor. Li Zhen believes that no matter how hard the court publicizes, the people will not be willing to discard those germinated potatoes. There are a large number of people who risk eating it, and the number of people who die is not ordinary.

The last thing is pumpkin. Pumpkin is the same as potato. They are both food and vegetables, but after all, they tend to be more vegetables. It is not good to eat them as a staple food.

But corn is different. Although the taste is a bit rough, there are no other side effects other than roughness.

After all, this will become China's three major food rations along with rice and wheat in later generations (Ben San still remembers that when he was a child, he did not eat less steamed buns, corn cob paste, etc.), although after entering the 21st century, corn It has retreated from the position of staple food, but in some European and American countries, corn is still the staple food (for example, Mexico, which is the origin of corn).

This kind of food is the most suitable for today's Tang Dynasty - as for the taste, even if you can't save your life, who cares about the taste?

Therefore, Li Zhen was very excited. With corn, the doubts in her heart could finally be completely eliminated.

Looking at the seven or eight corn seeds in Sai Menghu's hand, Sai Qunxiong was rather surprised, and quickly asked, "Why do you still have this thing? Haven't you already eaten it?"

"I also... found... when I was digging through old clothes..., only this... a little bit." Sai Menghu scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "It should have fallen into... the gap in the clothes... this is really lucky ah."

"You are indeed very lucky. With this alone, I can remember you as a great achievement." Li Zhen took the corn grains in her hand unceremoniously, and looked at the golden grains, feeling very happy in her heart.

"Sai Menghu, your seeds are of great use to me. Tell me, what do you want? Money? A manor? A maidservant or a title? I can give it to you." After being happy, Li Zhen began to award rewards. What is brought out, but what the heroes of the competition bring out is more important.

"Your Highness, I don't want any other rewards." Sai Menghu still said with a stuttering accent (without ellipses to make up the words): "I just want a set of their clothes and weapons."

Looking at Sai Menghu's finger, Li Zhen immediately smiled: "You have a good eye, and you actually took a fancy to Mingguang Armor and Mo Dao, which are the top equipment in Datang."

It turns out that Sai Menghu refers to Pei Xingjian. He is the guard rate of the prince's left guard rate (the highest officer, the fourth rank) among the ten rates of Li Zhendong Palace. He is wearing Mingguang armor and matching Mo Dao. To myself, hastily is a salute.

"Is it okay?" Sai Tiger asked cautiously.

"I want Mingguang Armor and Modao... if I give it to you...it's not impossible." Li Zhen looked at Sai Menghu's body, and his size was more than enough to support Modao and Mingguang Armor, but the only problem was ...

"But this is the standard equipment in our Datang Army, and civilians are not allowed to own it. If you want to own this equipment, there is only one way, and that is to join the Datang Army. Only in this way can you be equipped with Mingguang Armor and Mo Dao." This is the only way to own Mo Dao and Mingguang Armor, and even so, Mo Dao and Mingguang Armor cannot be buried with them. Even if the owner dies, the equipment must be returned to the army.This is a rule, and it is also a law in the army, which cannot be broken. Although Sai Menghu has made some contributions, it is not enough for Li Zhen to make an exception for him.

"Sai Menghu, hurry up and agree." Sai Qunxiong was even more happy. If some of his compatriots can gain a foothold in the Tang army, then the status of himself and others will definitely be higher, and they will be able to live better in the Tang Dynasty. up.

"Yes, Your Highness, I am willing to join the Tang Army." Sai Menghu said quickly. Although he was a big man, he was not stupid, so he could understand the meaning of Li Zhen's words and agreed quickly.

"Very good, as long as you pass the test, I can make a set of bright light armor for you." Li Zhen is very satisfied with Sai Tiger's way. With the credit of Sai Tiger, after a period of training, Li Zhen can give you He is a school lieutenant, or he is directly arranged to join the Modao team, no matter which one, he can be equipped with Mingguang armor.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"There is no need to say more about these words, let's go." Li Zhen waved her hand and walked away lightly, and the rest quickly followed.