Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Since the Tianwei Army occupied the castle, King William's side seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and there were no more tentative military activities.

The Tianwei Army was busy managing and building the city again, and only sent a small number of spies out. This time, all the members used the disguise items that were expedited from Chang'an, including wigs, eyeliner, and whitening liquid foundation.

Yuchi Jingde was also quite bored. He stayed in the camp guarding the telegraph machine every day. There was always no news about his second son Xiaobao that he wanted to wait for. Most of them were materials shipped by his eldest son Yuchi Baolin from the Khazar Khanate in the rear. Arrival list.

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In Chang'an City, Li Shimin looked at the densely packed boxes in front of him. Each box was covered with seals from various areas he passed through. Although there were various seals, they were all printed with the word "Top Secret".

"open to take a look."

Wang De heard Li Shimin's instructions and took out a folding knife from his cuff and began to clean the seals on the boxes. After the first box was cleaned and opened, Li Shimin stretched his neck and looked over. It was full of red dried chili peppers.

Wang De continued to open the remaining boxes, and Li Shimin took out a document from the side of the pepper box, which stated the final destination of this batch of peppers.

"Let the Imperial Garden keep some for various purposes, and the rest will be sent to Jiannan Road and Anxi Protectorate in accordance with the requirements in the document."

Soon a servant came in and took some seeds out of the box, sealed them and prepared to send them to the next stop. Wang De opened three or five boxes and waited for Li Shimin to see them.

Speaking of Wang De's professionalism, he took out all the documents in the box and placed them at the top of the box so that Li Shimin could get them at once.

"Is this what...potatoes? The best planting time in the Central Plains is from late March to early April, and autumn planting is from late September to early October. Isn't it almost the right time to plant them now?"

Wang De leaned over and took a look: "The list shipped here said that it is best to plant it in Jiannan Road and Beidi. These are the samples left for the Central Plains, and there are about twenty boxes of Baoli seeds that have been sent to various places. It’s a business.”

Li Shimin picked up a potato. After a long period of transportation, it had already sprouted: "The document Xiaobao gave said that it cannot be eaten if it has sprouted. So take these and plant them as soon as possible."

Li Shimin thought for a while: "Go and invite the old man from Zhuangzi to the palace and treat him well. He is Qingque's master. Let the old man help plant these crops in the palace."

Wang De quickly walked out of the Manlu Palace, spoke His Majesty's instructions to his godson at the door, and then quickly returned to the palace to continue unpacking the boxes for Li Shimin.

“Why is this crop different from others?”

Li Shimin looked at a box of kraft paper bags, picked one up and opened it. It was filled with dried seeds.

Wang De took the explanation document: "It's the seeds of tomatoes. It's not easy to transport tomatoes when they are ripe, and they can't be dried whole. The moisture will cause them to deteriorate, so we took the seeds separately for transport."

Suddenly Wang De handed the document to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, this tomato is most suitable for planting near Chang'an and Luoyang, as well as Qilu!"

Li Shimin saw it and said, "Keep some of it and send the rest to Baoli Trading Company. They should know how to do it."

Li Shimin felt more and more that Baoli Trading Company was really convenient. Matters related to people's livelihood, agriculture, industry, and handicrafts almost no longer needed to be done by the court. Baoli Trading Company only needed to do it through commercial behavior.

"Report! The chef of Baolilou and the entire Baolilou team are here to congratulate His Majesty. Congratulations to Your Majesty for the immortal seed. There will be no more hungry deaths in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin felt happy hearing these auspicious words: "Let them come in."

The chef of Baolilou is dressed in snow-white and has a high-top chef's hat. The four characters "Baoli Special" are embroidered on his right arm. There is a gold spoon and a pair of gold chopsticks in the breast pocket.

"Chef Wu Niu of Baolilou, please see your majesty. May your majesty be blessed with peace and prosperity."

Li Shimin pointed to the boxes on the ground: "These are either grains or vegetables. They are all familiar to you. Can you tell me about them?"

There is also a team behind Wu Niu, including Dahe, Honggan, Baigan, and Toudun.

"Your Majesty, the ingredients we brought today include all of these, except for those that are inconvenient to transport and can only transport seeds. Why not just look at the menu?"

Li Shimin's mouth was already full of saliva: "Okay, then tell me about the menu."

Wu Niu took out a menu with about a dozen dishes on it and handed it to Wang De.

"The first appetizer is spicy chilli with oil. It uses our local Chang'an chilli, served with cucumber, bean sprouts, fried peas, peanuts brought back this time, and oil made from the chili peppers brought back this time. Spicy, refreshing and appetizing, with endless aftertaste.”

Seeing Li Shimin nodding with satisfaction, Wu Niu continued to introduce: "The second course is also a relatively refreshing side dish. The potatoes brought back this time are paired with fine shreds of tribute vegetables and spicy and sour vinegar sauce made from chili peppers. potato floss."

It was a hot summer day and Li Shimin, who had no appetite at all, heard Wu Niu's description and was already imagining what these dishes would taste like.

"Can this potato be used as a vegetable or a staple food?"

Wu Niu nodded: "Baked potatoes are also a way to eat them, and they can also be made into snacks, etc. There are all kinds of ways to do it."

Wu Niu was still about to read the menu, but Li Shimin's stomach rang, and Wang De jumped out quickly: "I'm old, and I can't help but feel hungry at meal time. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin waved his hands with an expression as usual: "There are many happy events today, so I won't care about it. Wu Niu, I will hand over my Shangshi Bureau to you first, and then I will pass on the food and establish the government palace."

It has to be said that those who work in Shangshi Bureau all year round mainly want stability. He can't wait to cook a dish for an hour. When Wu Niu brought Baolilou's team to Shangshi Bureau, it was a pure dimensionality reduction attack.

"How long until goulash?"

"Twenty minutes, the firepower is not enough! We need to stir-fry the shredded potatoes, set up a stove!"

After the cook in charge of the head pier had prepared all the dishes that needed to be prepared, he took off his apron and rushed out, carrying a bellows in one hand and a portable military stove in the other. Fortunately, he temporarily contacted the Tianwei Army Logistics Department. Borrowed the stove.

The chefs at Shangshi Bureau still wanted to learn a little bit, but after watching Wu Niu and their cooking methods, they said they couldn't learn a little bit.

"Chef! Which one would you like, honeycomb corn or pine nut corn?"

"Come on, everyone!"

The chefs of the Shangshi Bureau looked at a cook who had not participated in the cooking. They were a little curious and went over to take a look. They saw that the man was holding a carving knife and pumpkins, watermelons, and various radishes were flying in his hands. , flowers, dragons and phoenixes showing auspiciousness, fairy children guiding the way, cross-necked cranes, and koi fish are all lifelike under his sculptures.