In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

Yu Guangle glanced at him in embarrassment, then at Xie Lian who was standing aside.

Gu Li: ...

With a dazed look on his face, Xie Lian had already knelt down: "I also beg Your Majesty to spare the life of the humble official. It is a last resort for the humble official to make such a risky move!"

Gu Li asked Yu Guangle to go out, turned around, and asked Xie Lian: "What is your last resort?"

Xie Lian hesitated for a moment, took out the jade pendant from her neck, and showed it to Gu Li: "This jade pendant was bought for me when I was born."

"Xie Chixing?" Gu Li has a deep impression of Xie Chixing. The former Liaodong strategist has a good reputation with Prime Minister Mu. Gu Li has read the former Tang newspaper of the Ministry of War. He is a brave general.But Xie Chixing bribed Wang Zheng, and he also remembered it clearly.

"Your Majesty, I know what you think of my father. Although he is brave and resourceful, he is a talented general, but he was once attached to Wang Zheng, but he was an eunuch, just like a little blemish on a white wall. It's an eyesore."

Gu Li blushed and said, "I didn't think so."

Xie Lian smiled and said: "I don't blame Your Majesty for thinking this way. When I was young and ignorant, I didn't understand why Dad nodded and bowed to those guard eunuchs to make amends and smiled, and wanted to send the spoils to Wang Zheng from thousands of miles away. Later I understood, I don't want to curry favor with them , my father can’t fight, and they, the courtiers and favorites around the emperor, have a lot of ways to make loopholes for the generals far away in Liaodong.”

Gu Li blushed even more, and apologized, "It's my fault."

Xie Lian stared at Gu Li intently, her eyes burning: "I have also complained to His Majesty in my heart, but after I became a guard by His Majesty's side, I knew that I misunderstood Your Majesty!"

Gu Li coughed, and being flattered by his subordinates really made him a little embarrassed.

Xie Lian continued: "When I grow up, I realize how difficult it is for my father, but even though he has won many battles in Liaodong, there are still people in the court who look down on him because he is an eunuch and want to get rid of him."

Gu Li probably guessed it, and asked: "Is it Zuo Shijue?"

Xie Lian nodded: "Because Zuo Shangshu is a Qingliu party, my father is an eunuch, and he has made military exploits many times, which adds honor to Wang Zheng's face. Last year when Jian captives invaded, my father was besieged in Tashan. It was too late to wait for rescue. My father led the army to break through and sacrificed his life for the country. I felt uncomfortable, but I was also proud of him. It was not until I came to the Imperial College to study that I realized that things were not that simple."

Gu Li's heart sank.

This is the danger of party disputes. The personnel of the two factions, regardless of whether the other party is virtuous or capable, just shoot indiscriminately.Fortunately, he solved the party dispute when he first came here, otherwise there would be too many virtuous ministers who died under the party struggle.

Gu Li asked: "Do you have any evidence to prove that Zuo Shangshu made a move so that no one rescued your father?"

Xie Lian said: "He has always been clean in his work, so how can anyone catch him. I thought that this case of the Baochao Division could make him fall, but in the end he got away with it!"

Gu Li asked: "Why are you so sure that the case of the Baochao Division was planned by him?"

Xie Lian said: "Your Majesty is a wise king, he pays attention to evidence in his actions, and does not convict people based on his likes and dislikes. However, those of us who have fought on the battlefield often rely on intuition. Although I have no direct evidence, But I know he has something to do with it."

As the king of a country, Gu Li often reminded himself not to take personal appreciation for the courtiers, just like he hated Xie Xingcun at first, but he didn't drive him away. People cannot be punished for no reason.

"But how do you know that the Zuo Spokesperson is interesting?"

"What's so difficult about this? When Zuo Shijue handed over his storybooks to the newspaper, his servants always came forward. I always keep an eye on Zuofu. I know exactly how many men and women there are in his family's servants."

Gu Li thought for a while and asked, "So you're going to pretend to be Mr. Jin Yong to fight him?"

"Zuo Shijue is smart enough and conceited enough. If there is one person who can destroy his self-confidence, he must be broken." Xie Lian said seriously: "Whether it is the imperial court or the literary world, if there is only one person in the world One person can defeat him, this person, only Mr. Jin Yong!"

"But what's the use of you pretending to be Mr. Jin Yong?"

Xie Lian looked at Gu Li: "I am indeed not Mr. Jin Yong, but I know that you are!"

Gu Li laughed and said: "You are wrong, it's not me."

Xie Lian frowned, and looked at Gu Li: "Your Majesty, the transcripts Yu Guangle got all came from the palace. But this palace has already gone through all the lowly positions. There is no second choice for Mr. Jin Yong except you."

Gu Li shook his head and said sternly: "If it was me, I wouldn't need to hide it from you, but it's really not. My head can't support such a crown."

He patiently explained to Xie Lian, using the words he once gave Yu Guangle: "I just got a few posthumous works of Mr. Jin Yong by chance."

Xie Lian lowered her eyes, wondering if she believed it or not.

Gu Li said: "So you have made up your mind to challenge the Zuo Shijue first, and then I will clean up this mess for you?"

Xie Lian blushed, bowed her head and said, "Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Gu Li shook his head: "No matter how cunning Zuo Shijue is, as long as he does something, there will always be traces left, and we can always find clues. You really shouldn't be taking the wrong edge of your sword, go and get thirty court sticks yourself. "

Xie Lian took the order and left.

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Li sat down at the table and began to write "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" silently.

What can be done, Xie Lian beat him up, so naturally he has to clean up this mess.

Yitian Tulongji has more than 100 million words, Gu Li wrote it for several days, and his hands began to tremble.Because Yitian is the continuation of Shendiao, and the background is the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Gu Limo had to be careful to replace the background when writing. After all, there is no Zhu Yuanzhang in the history of Great Chu.

Writing like this is really hard work, but seeing Xie Lian limping while walking, he also felt a kind of cramped joy in his heart.

When he was tired of writing, he dealt with political affairs.The first batch of potatoes had already been planted, and they were sent to the palace from Huangzhuang.Gu Li was delighted to get potatoes, so he immediately sent some to Prime Minister Mu, Yang Shangshu and others, so that they could have a fresh taste.

The kitten picked up the potato, sniffed it curiously, and asked the servant, "What is this?"

"Your Majesty sent someone from the palace, and I don't know how to eat it, so let the kitchen cook it. Would you like to try it?"

The kitten took a bite, chewed, tore off the skin, and said, "Fortunately, it's better than Momo."

The kitten is used to being hungry before, and is not picky about food, and it tastes good in everything it eats.Yang Shangshu was used to being simple and simple. After Sanya came back, he tasted the potatoes and nodded, saying, "It's still delicious. These are the grain seeds that His Majesty asked Prime Minister Mu to help find? If they are good seeds, they can be harvested in times of disaster There are many entrances."

One of these two people is not picky about food, the other lives a simple life, and the others are different.As Prime Minister Mu got older, his sense of taste had diminished, so his diet became more tasteful. He tasted potatoes, but he didn't feel much taste.He held up the boiled potatoes, took a closer look, and pondered: "I heard from your majesty that these potatoes are easy to grow and have a high yield. When people are very hungry, they can eat whatever they have, and they don't know how to pick it. But there are others. When the food is available to eat, I am afraid that not many people are willing to eat this potato."

Furthermore, he heard His Majesty say that potatoes are not like grains, as long as they are not shelled, they can be stored for several years, but these potatoes can only be stored for a few months, and it is not convenient to collect taxes. Willing to grow food.If potatoes cannot be sown on a large scale, how can they resist famine years?

Cui Shangshu also received a basket of potatoes from the palace.He is the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, and if he wants to promote potato planting across the country, he must not get around the Ministry of Accounting.

Cui Shinai was born as a southern scholar with a sophisticated lifestyle. It was the first time he ate potatoes, but he found it hard to swallow, so he had to eat them with vegetables.He ate a few, and his stomach was full. He distributed the remaining boiled potatoes to the head servants, and pondered: "This potato is the staple food, but it's not that I can't eat it because of the taste of the vegetable. I just don't know the farmers. Can you accept it?"

According to his experience in disaster relief several times, farmers are generally conservative about this new variety of crops. As long as they can grow rice and wheat, they will not want to grow potatoes. It may be difficult to promote potato planting.

It is best to suggest that His Majesty should publicize Tudou on the "Da Chu Morning News", which will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Anyway, no matter how entangled the few bigwigs outside the palace are about the taste of potatoes, the happiest person in the palace today is none other than Gu Youzhen. Huangzhuang sent a lot of round gadgets yesterday, and he ate all kinds of sweets at noon today. So delicious!

"Father! You have a taste too!" Zhen'er held up a piece of fried potato chips and wanted to feed them to Gu Li.

Gu Li ate it, and told him: "Zhen Er, don't eat too much, be careful to eat it like a little fat man."

Gu Li wrote several recipes, such as potato shreds, potato omelette, fried potato chips, potato roast meat, etc., and handed them over to the imperial dining room for cooking.Although the potatoes of this era have not undergone modern breeding, the taste of starch is similar.

It's just ordinary people, when cooking, they just dip a cloth in oil and wipe it in the pan. How can there be so much oil for frying potato chips and frying potatoes?Throughout the year, you can eat a little meat during the Chinese New Year, and roasted pork with potatoes cannot be popularized in ordinary people's homes.

Yes, Gu Li was thinking about how to promote potatoes.

As far as he knows, potatoes were resisted by many people when they were promoted in Europe. The king of France even made the queen wear potato flowers on her head, just to let the common people grow potatoes.But Europeans believe that nightshade plants are poisonous, and noble people should not eat tubers. Therefore, no matter how the country promotes them, the common people's acceptance rate of potatoes is not high.

Although Da Chu is not so particular, the farmers are relatively conservative, and it is not so easy for them to change their planting concepts.

But Gu Li has Gu Li's way.

During the meal, Gu Li asked Li Tang to taste several dishes and asked him how they tasted.Li Tang put down his chopsticks, swallowed the food, aftertaste for a moment, and sincerely praised: "Your Majesty, these potatoes are truly miraculous, they are both crispy and waxy when made into dishes, and they are very sweet!"

After eating, Gu Li asked him: "Is there any shop outside the palace, and which prison is taking care of it?"

"It's the imperial prison. Does your Majesty want to check the income of the shop?"

"No, I just have an idea, let me tell you. In the shop in the capital, I must have made food. This potato recipe is the only one in the palace. I want to sell it on the shop."

Li Tang quickly understood what Gu Li meant.Your Majesty, this is not to make money, but to promote potatoes.

Li Tang also knew where the shop selling food was, and told Gu Li.Gu Li remembered that when he was wandering outside, he passed by this shop a few times, because although the shop had a small appearance, the location was good, it was on Xuanwumenli Street in the inner city.

He asked Li Tang: "How is the business in that place?"

"In addition to offsetting expenses, there is still some surplus income, but compared with other shops in this area, it is not good."

This Gu Li can understand. The servants who manage the shop are all paid dead wages. They get so much for good work and so much for bad work. Who would put their heart into running the shop?

Gu Li told Li Tang that he wanted to promote these new dishes in this shop, and the waiters who run the shop must do their best. Linking their salary to performance can also better motivate these people to work hard.

This is the first time for Li Tang to hear the word "performance", but Gu Li said that he can understand that it is like a tenant farmer renting the land from the landlord's family and splitting the bill with the landlord. The higher the yield of the field, the more grain the tenant farmer can get. many.

This matter is easy to do. There are so many potatoes sent from Huangzhuang that they are piled up in the warehouse of the Imperial Dining Room.Li Tang asked someone to count the [-] catties, sent them to the shop, and called the eunuch and junior supervisor of the imperial prison and the servants in charge of the shop, and gave them instructions and instructions.

So the next day, although the name Xianrenju is so powerful, this small restaurant that actually only sells noodle soup and cakes finally changed its look.

Li Tang didn't ask people to redecorate, but the noodle shop was cleaned up and the layout was rearranged. In addition, the working guys became more energetic, and the noodle shop looked like a new look for a while.

This tavern is an imperial shop, and all the officials in the capital understand it.Originally, this shop was controlled by Wang Zheng, and everyone in the capital would come to this tavern for dinner and entertainment.Ever since the emperor withdrew Wang Zheng and replaced him with Li Tang, this matter has gradually disappeared, because Li Tang is a man who doesn't get in, and keeps strict supervision on the people in the palace. Come to this place to eat.

It's just that in the past few days, more officials have come to Xianrenju.Jiang Yanshu, like Prime Minister Mu, is a person who sees all directions and listens to all directions. He immediately noticed the movement here and wanted to see what was tricky here.

He deliberately picked the day of Xiu Mu, and came to Xianrenju early in the morning, in order to occupy a hidden position so that he could observe secretly.

But it never occurred to me that there were still many people sitting in the Immortal Residence even though it was more than half an hour before lunch!

There are not many officials, but more merchants and gentlemen. Jiang Yanshu managed to find a small table and prepared to order two dishes. , fried potato chips and so on.

"Why are they all potatoes?" Jiang Yanshu was a little puzzled. His Majesty also gave him potatoes to taste, and they didn't taste much.

A person next to him smiled and said, "My lord, if you don't eat potatoes, why did you come to this fairy house?"

"Exactly! I heard that potatoes are a royal dish in the imperial palace. Only Xianrenju can taste them in the whole capital."

Jiang Yanshu nodded and said, "Okay, then... have a pan-fried potato chip, a stir-fried potato shred, and an anchovies."

Xiao Er quickly served the dishes, Jiang Yanshu felt that the potatoes were different from the ones he had seen at home, did he still do this?He carefully picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth, his pupils trembled in disbelief.

Is this really the bland potato in his house? !

Halfway through lunch, Xianrenju was full of people.After that, some customers came in, so we had to wait in line.

There were also several officials waiting in the line, and they saw Jiang Yanshu sitting in a corner with their heads tucked away, as obedient as a quail.

Jiang Yanshu called their names, and several people came forward to say hello to Jiang Yanshu.

Jiang Yanshu asked: "Why are you all hiding from me? Is this man so scary?"

A small official smiled and said: "Jiangzuo Capital Censor, we are afraid of being misunderstood by you and want to curry favor with the eunuchs in charge of the imperial eunuchs. We just came to this restaurant to try something new, and we don't want to mess with it."

Jiang Yanshu smiled and said: "Okay, you didn't collude with the servants, how can I wrong you for nothing. Just sit here, I have finished eating."

Only then did the petty officials sit down tremblingly.

Jiang Yanshu called Xiaoer to pay the bill, and the officials looked at each other in blank dismay. Logically, they should rush to pay at this time, but Jiang Yanshu has a bad temper, so one thing more is worse than one thing less.

Besides, Jiangzuo Capital Censor ate three dishes, they don't have that much money to pay for him!

"What did you say?" Jiang Yanshu almost thought he was deaf, and stared at Xiao Er: "Just these three dishes, 210 bills?"

Jiang Yanshu's hands were trembling when he heard that, he is a second-rank official, his monthly salary is only one thousand cash, and this meal cost two hundred and one?

Xiaoer smiled and said, "The stir-fried potato shreds are 85 bills, the potato egg pancakes are 95 bills, and the anchovies are [-] bills. I don't dare to count them too much."

Jiang Yanshu gritted his teeth and asked, "Why is it so expensive?"

Watching from the sidelines, he said with a lively smile: "My lord, these potatoes are only eaten in the palace. They are for the royal family. They are precious!"

Jiang Yanshu glanced at the guests, and finally understood why no ordinary people came to eat!

Who can afford this? !

He suddenly thought of something, and looked suspiciously at the three little officials with their heads tucked into clay sculptures.

The little official smiled apologetically, "The reason why the three of us joined forces is because this dish is too expensive."

Jiang Yanshu had no choice but to pay the bill silently, and left Xianrenju. Thinking back to the three dishes just now, although the taste was delicious, he still felt very distressed.

He couldn't figure out whether this was His Majesty's intention, or whether it was the servants in charge of the restaurant who decided to sell such exorbitantly expensive dishes.

His Majesty has always been sympathetic to the people, and has even exempted taxes for three years. How could he set such high prices for several dishes?

He was thinking about it, passing by Yang Shangshu's house, he saw a little boy sitting on the wall, eating something.This little boy has a red mole on his forehead, and he looks fair and cute, but what makes Jiang Yanshu's pupils tremble is the handful of potato chips in his arms!

He read it right, isn't this Xianrenju's fried potato chips?

This thing sells for a piece of money!

This doll belongs to Yang Shangshu's family?

Is Yang Shangshu so rich?

Jiang Yanshu walked quickly to Prime Minister Mu's house. Prime Minister Mu's house was late for dinner, and the dinner had just started when he went.Seeing him coming, Mu Chengxiang said with a smile: "Have you eaten Yanshu? Come and add a pair of chopsticks."

Jiang Yanshu waved his hands, pale, and sat down opposite Mu Cheng: "Prime Minister! I need to tell you something!"

Prime Minister Mu smiled, waiting for him to speak.Jiang Yanshu swept his eyes and saw three dishes on the table, one fried potato shreds, one potato egg burrito, and one fried potato chips!

Jiang Yanshu's eyes were wide open, and his pupils trembled: "Prime Minister, you actually eat three dishes!"

Prime Minister Mu: "...Is this what Jiang Yushi came all the way to tell this old man?"

Jiang Yanshu finally regained his composure gradually, thought it over, and asked: "The prime minister's recipes for these three dishes should be given by the palace, right?"

"I went to Xianrenju to taste it, and then I asked for it when I entered the palace."

"It turns out that the prime minister has also been to Xianrenju! This is exactly what I don't understand. Why does His Majesty set the price of vegetables so outrageously? If Li Tang dares to follow in Wang Zheng's footsteps, I will enter the palace to fight with him." Already!"

Prime Minister Mu chuckled.

Jiang Yanshu said anxiously: "Prime Minister, whether this court hall or the palace, there is finally a new look and a new atmosphere! You are the prime minister of the three dynasties, tell me, is the former dynasty better than the present one? Can Li Tang be able to stir up wind and rain like Wang Zheng again, and deceive the saints?"

Prime Minister Mu reassured him: "Of course, the previous dynasty was not as clear as it is now. You don't have to worry too much. This matter was not done by Eunuch Li, but by His Majesty's order."

Jiang Yanshu was taken aback.

Prime Minister Mu explained: "Yanshu, you only know how to judge cases, but you don't know anything about merchants. Only by setting the price high, satisfying people's appetite, and arousing everyone's curiosity, can the sales increase. ! If this potato can become popular among rich and powerful families, farmers will try to grow potatoes, and in this way, potato cultivation can be promoted.”

What Prime Minister Mu said is true, there is no shortage of rich people in the capital, even if the price is set high, the guests who go to Xianrenju every day are flocking to it.Other restaurants intend to imitate, but they don't know where the so-called "potatoes" come from.

Gu Li didn't intend to hide it. Firstly, his purpose was not to make money. Secondly, he wanted to promote these dishes as high-end dishes to the north and south of the country. It is inseparable from the competition and imitation of these restaurants. As for Xianrenju, Having already made a lot of money, Gu Li asked Li Tang to distribute "performance bonuses" to Xianrenju, and the rest of the money was used to reward the most hardworking palace men who worked hard at cultivating potatoes in each Huangzhuang.

Potatoes cannot be stored for too long. At the end of June, Gu Li ordered people to take the potatoes to the market for sale. In order to prevent restaurants from hoarding the goods, he specifically explained that the purchase of potatoes must be limited, and no one person can buy more than ten catties.

In addition, he also introduced potatoes in the "Da Chu Morning News", specifically writing clearly that when potatoes sprout and their skin turns green, they are poisonous, and they must not be eaten again.

So at the end of June, the restaurants and restaurants in the capital, where the envious immortals have been for a long time, have also researched one or two potato dishes.

Zuo Shijue wouldn't go out to eat. The turmoil in Baochao's case had just passed, and he needed to be cautious and low-key, so he asked his servant to buy the potatoes back.

However, no matter what the servants did, they just felt that it was a little tasteless.

Zuo Shijue frowned, ate a tasteless dinner, and locked himself in the study.

He has only written half of his words in the book, but half of the agreement with Jin Yong has passed!He had to put the script into print before mid-July!

Zuo Spazey plucked his beard all night, barely wrote a few pages, and fell asleep worried.Early the next morning, he had breakfast and was about to go to the government office. The servant bought today's "Da Chu Morning News" and brought it back with him, as well as a thick booklet.

Zuo Shijue had already expected something, so he didn't dare to look through it.The servant didn't know the fear in his heart, and replied sternly: "My lord, when I went to the newspaper shop today, I happened to see this "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" being sold in the newspaper shop. It is said that this is Mr. Jin Yong's new work!"

Zuo Spyjue's hands trembled, he couldn't believe it, and sat down on the chair slumped.He murmured: "How is it possible? It's only a short period of one month, how could he write it?!"

"Could it be that there is really someone in this world who is more talented and knowledgeable than me?! No! Absolutely impossible!" Zuo Shijue suddenly burst into anger, and roared: "I don't believe it! I want to see, this so-called "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" ", is there still the level of the past!"

With fingers like claws, he grabbed the book and flipped through it.However, after just reading the beginning, Zuo Shijue knew that this was Mr. Jin's usual standard!

Even writing in such a short period of time can maintain such a high standard!

Who is this person?

Who is it? !

With such talent, how could he not recognize this person? !