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After a busy day, Lou Yu returned to the mansion.

As soon as he entered the east courtyard, he saw his mother coming up to her, her eyes full of distress: "Yu'er, mother sees that you have lost a lot of weight these days, so she specially asked the kitchen to make soup, so you can drink it while it's hot."

Lou Yu rubbed his biceps, feeling very satisfied: "Mom, I haven't lost weight, but I've grown taller."

Also became stronger.

Although they are not as tall and burly as Li Shu, they have smooth muscles and are only a little thinner when they wear clothes.

Anyway, he doesn't pursue the figure of a muscular man. Compared with Li Shu and Zhou Man, he admires Huo Yan's slender and capable body more.

Princess Qing scooped up the soup for him with her own hands, "Mother just thinks you've lost weight."

"All right, all right, mother has the final say."

Lou Yu smiled and drank the soup obediently.

Princess Qing stepped back and waited for Lou Yu to finish drinking one gulp at a time before she said in a solemn voice, "Yu'er, mother wants you to give me a correct sentence."

Lou Yu raised his head in surprise: "What does Mother want to ask?"

Concubine Qing's eyebrows were piercing: "Aren't you... unwilling to be the prince's son?"

This is really too euphemistic.

Lou Yu put the bowl on the table and chuckled lightly: "Mother, I'm just trying to protect myself right now."

Princess Qing said: "Do you know what mother's background is?"

Lou Yu was at a loss: "Isn't my grandfather a guerrilla general?"

"But your great-grandfather was born as a water bandit." Princess Qing said surprisingly.

Ah this...

Lou Yu continued to eat melons in a daze.

Princess Qing said in a low voice: "You haven't mentioned this matter since your grandfather became an official. It's normal if you don't know. But Mother told you this today to ask you if you need someone to help ship the goods. ?”

Lou Yu's eyes widened, what he wished for!

Needless to say the importance of water transport, if he has helpers on the water, it will be an extremely beneficial auxiliary means whether it is transporting goods or troops in the future.

He asked in surprise: "Great-grandfather still has the old department? How many people? Where are they now?"

Princess Qing couldn't laugh or cry: "The water system in the south is well developed, and they are all living in the south now. When your great-grandfather passed away, there were more than 1000 people."

"Then now?"

"Before your great-grandfather passed away, he built a boat gang. He wanted to hand over the stall to your grandfather, but who knew that your grandfather went to work for the court, so he handed it over to my brother-in-law to take care of it. I haven't seen you for many years, and my mother doesn't know about it." how many people."

Lou Yu blinked, always feeling that the days of his mother's youth were so interesting.

"Mother's brother-in-law, isn't he my brother-in-law?"

"Well," Princess Qing said softly, "This uncle of yours has a bad background, and it was your great-grandfather who made the decision to let him be your grandfather's adoptive son."

Lou Yu asked, "How about others?"

Princess Qing smiled, "You will know when you meet him later, if you need it, mother can send a letter."

Lou Yu nodded again and again, how could he not want it!

Who would have thought that his mother would have such a background.

Meimei fell asleep and woke up the next day with another happy news.

Before he asked Guo Lian to play, the court had already agreed!

Since then, the boundary of Yangwu Mountain has been under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, that is to say, Yangwu Mountain has become part of King Qing's legal fiefdom.

Lou Yu praised Guo Lian: "Good job, Guo Tang has chicken legs to eat today."

Guo Lian: "..."

He regrets it very much now, and can only wander around with his son's handwritten letter every day.

In due course, the warden presented the list of prisoners.

After reading through it carefully, Lou Yu eliminated some death row prisoners, and planned to pull out the rest to use his strength.

Although the sale of salt brought him huge profits, the paper from the paper mill was also transported to economically developed cities and sold at a good price.But it is really not easy for him to support so many people and buy so many raw materials.

Therefore, it is necessary to open up wasteland to grow food.

All the extra labor was used to reclaim wasteland. Anyway, Gyeongju has a lot of wasteland.

The prison officer didn't dare to disobey at all, so he responded.

Seeing this, Guo Lian sighed, nonsense, this is completely nonsense!

In his opinion, the construction of the so-called new city is purely a fantasy of Lou Yu!

The days are unhurried, and the construction of the new city is in full swing.

After the kiln was built, Lou Yu asked all the blacksmiths to start making iron farm tools. After all, tools are needed for land reclamation.

He asked so many people to open up wasteland, and the agricultural tools have long been exhausted. Some people can only dig the soil with wooden shovels. Can the efficiency be improved?

Only Xu Sheng stood silent in front of the hot furnace.

He remembered what Lou Yu asked him that day - do you want to create a legend?

Of course he wants to!He wants too much!

As a blacksmith, it is his lifelong wish to forge a peerless sword.

For this, he can exchange for freedom.

"What is Xugong thinking about?"

A question suddenly sounded behind him, the voice was warm and clear, like a gurgling stream, calming his hot and churning mood.

Xu Sheng quickly turned around and knelt down: "I have seen Your Highness."

"Don't be too polite."

Lou Yu is dressed in a short body. He has grown a lot in the past few months, and he looks tall and straight, handsome and handsome.

He helped Xu Sheng get up, and said: "There are only you and me in this furnace, today I will teach you the method of pouring steel."

Compared with steelmaking, the pouring method has a significant advantage.

This method can cause carbon, silicon, manganese and other elements in liquid pig iron to undergo a violent oxidation reaction with oxides in wrought iron at high temperature, thereby removing impurities, achieving a purification effect, and improving the quality of steel. [note 1]

In this way, the process of repeated forging can be reduced and the production efficiency can be improved.

Moreover, this method is easy to learn and easy to spread widely.

In order to reduce the cost of making swords and make full use of the advantages of various steel properties, the master Qi Wuhuaiwen also improved the knife-making process.

He uses the steel made by pouring steel for the blade, and the wrought iron with low carbon content for the back of the knife. In this way, the blade is sharp and not easy to break, and the back of the knife is flexible and supportable, combining rigidity and flexibility, and durable. [Note 2]

Lou Yu explained to Xu Sheng the method of making Su Tiedao in detail, and Xu Sheng's eyes became brighter the more he listened.

He is a skilled blacksmith, Lou Yu just mentioned a little bit, and he was so enlightened that he almost jumped up for joy, and said in his mouth: "It's wonderful! It's wonderful! It's really wonderful!"

Lou Yu had to pour cold water on him: "Although the principle sounds simple and easy to understand, it still takes a lot of work to get started."

Xu Sheng said solemnly: "The villain understands!"

"Apart from what I just said, there is one more important point." Lou Yu said leisurely.

Xu Sheng has already bowed down: "Please enlighten me, Your Highness!"

"How to quench, do you know?"

Xu Sheng wanted to say "water" subconsciously, but he held it back. He is not stupid. Since His Highness pointed this out, there must be a new way.

His face was flushed, waiting for Lou Yu to teach.

Lou Yu only said, "You can try the urine and fat of livestock."

This "double liquid quenching method" is also the famous work of Master Qi Wu Huaiwen.

Animal urine contains salt, which cools quickly and makes steel harder; tallow, which cools slowly, makes steel more flexible. [Note 3]

In this way, the performance of the steel can be improved.

However, the technology of this quenching method is quite difficult to master. If the timing is wrong, the resulting steel knife will be either too brittle or too soft.

Without temperature measurement and temperature control, we can only rely on the intuition and experience of craftsmen.

After Xu Sheng instructed him, he wished he could start the furnace to make steel immediately, but he didn't know that there were countless failures waiting for him ahead.

Everyone saw Xu Sheng's monopoly.

At the beginning, all the blacksmiths were afraid to comment, but as time went on, the other kilns continued to produce new agricultural tools, but Xu Sheng's kiln always produced waste products, and everyone felt unbalanced.

Why can this waste monopolize a kiln?

With the same money, doing different things, everyone couldn't swallow this breath, and for some reason they broke out.

The cause was that Xu Sheng lost his mind while walking and bumped into someone.

That man is an experienced blacksmith master, not to mention one of the best in Gyeongju City, but he is also well-known. He chose to apply for this job not to make a living, but just to get in touch with the government.

Maybe if the manager sees that he is good at smelting iron, he will be able to do business with the government in the future.

Xu Sheng apologized sincerely, but the man refused, grabbed Xu Sheng's collar, and said contemptuously: "If you really want to apologize, then don't do this business, you will almost disgrace our blacksmith! "

The rest of the crowd came to watch and echoed.

"Yes, Xu Sheng, you produce scrap iron all day long, I really don't know why the Lord Fuya doesn't care about it!"

"Adults don't feel bad, but we feel bad!"

"Xu Sheng, if you don't have the skills, go home and farm!"

"Xu Sheng..."

The sarcasm and abuse came into Xu Sheng's ears one after another, and he couldn't help covering his ears.

These days, he has been working hard day and night just to find a balance.

But he still couldn't find that trick. The tempered steel knife was either too brittle or too soft. Not only could it not meet His Highness's requirements, it could not even match the apprentices in the blacksmith shop!

He even wondered if he really had no talent. His Highness taught him new methods, but he didn't make any progress!

Xu Sheng's mental state was already on the verge of collapse, and when he was excited by his surroundings, his blood surged up, and he passed out directly.

All the blacksmiths were stunned. Is this man so obsessed with things? !

They are not bad people either, so they hurried to call the doctor.

Wei Si is now in charge of craftsmen, and when this matter got to his ears, he rushed to the hospital immediately.

It was Chen Xuanshen who diagnosed and treated Xu Sheng.

"Doctor Chen, how is Xu Gong doing?"

Wei Side's reuse of Lou Yu is not only because of his good roster, but also his transparency.

He knew that His Highness valued Xu Sheng.

His Highness even entrusted him not to worry about how much iron ore Xu Sheng spent.

Chen Xuanshen said: "Excessive worry and fainting for a while, but it's not a serious problem, it's good to let him rest for a while. I'll give him a prescription to soothe the nerves."

"Thank you, Doctor Chen."

Wei Si paid the consultation fee, ordered someone to take care of Gu Xu Sheng, and immediately set off to see Lou Yu.

Knowing that Xu Sheng was fainted, Lou Yu's first reaction was to be dumbfounded.

It seems that the "steel pouring method" tortured Xu Sheng very badly.

He asked, "When did the doctor say he would wake up?"

Wei Sidao: "About an hour later."

"Okay, I'll go see him in an hour." Lou Yu replied.

He was so ashamed that he was almost driven crazy by himself.

Xu Sheng seemed to be in the fire, but he couldn't feel any pain.

He looked around, the tongue of flame danced wildly like a wild snake, tempering his body bit by bit.

The impurities in the body are slowly roasted, and the body seems to become lighter and purer.

Suddenly, a group of familiar objects approached him.

Hmm, how much should he fuse to be more flexible?

He pondered carefully and received it carefully, until a critical point was reached, where he stopped resolutely.

When he came out of the stove, he smelled a smell of urine, and then was splashed all over his body with cold urine, and soaked in a mass of slippery and soft things.

He has transformed.

become hard and flexible.

Xu Sheng opened his eyes suddenly, the fundus of his eyes were flushed, as if they were burning with raging flames.

The person guarding him immediately screamed: "Wake up! He's awake!"

When Wei Si got the news, he immediately sent someone to report to Lou Yu, and came to visit Xu Sheng himself.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the door, a man with disheveled hair ran out and went straight to the entrance of the kiln.

Wei Si's heart shuddered, is this bewitched?

He hurriedly led people to chase after him.

"Wei Guanshi, do you want to call a few more people over?"

Wei Si was about to nod, but he saw Xu Sheng deftly throwing the finely crushed iron ore into the furnace while still muttering something.

It looks crazy, but in fact it acts very well.

He blocked the handyman's way, frowned, "Wait a little longer."

So he took people to guard outside the kiln.

Not long after, Lou Yu went to the kiln and Wei Si told him what had happened.

Lou Yu couldn't help being overjoyed: "Is there any progress?"

He immediately told Wei Si: "Send someone to bring food and water in these few days, don't disturb him."

Not knowing how long Xu Sheng will continue to forge, Lou Yu suppressed his excitement and repeatedly warned himself that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

He tried to divert his thoughts: "Wei Si, I told you to collect kiln slag before, how much do you have now?"

The kiln is constantly making iron farm tools, there is a lot of discarded slag, Lou Yu intends to use the waste.

Wei Si: "It's more than a thousand catties."

"A Si, do you think that since these iron ores can be smelted into hard steel, can these slags be smelted into the same hard things?"

Lou Yu asked deliberately.

Wei Si didn't understand at all, so he just said: "Since Your Highness is interested, why don't you give it a try?"

"Okay, as you say. I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I just want to give it a try today."

Lou Yu ordered, "You call a few experienced kiln workers, and open another furnace to forge new things."

Wei Si didn't ask too many questions, and quickly found a few kiln workers.

As soon as the kiln workers saw Lou Yu, they felt that the extravagance was overwhelming, and they dared not look directly at him, so they all bowed their heads to pay respects.

Lou Yu has long been used to kneeling and worshiping, so he directly ordered several people to prepare limestone, clay, gypsum and slag.

He wants to calcinate Portland cement clinker.

Compared with wooden houses, concrete buildings are more accelerated.In the future, he will use cement to build factories, staff dormitories, residences, etc.

The kiln workers didn't know what he was going to do, but because of his noble status, they didn't dare to neglect him. They smashed the limestone swiftly with their hands and feet, and burned it into quicklime under Lou Yu's order.

While waiting, Lou Yu asked people to use double-layer wooden fences to form a tight "Hui" shape on the open space.The wooden fences are all fixed on the ground, about as high as a person.

Feng Erbi has been following him all the time, really puzzled: "Your Highness, what exactly are you going to do?"

Lou Yu made a fool of himself: "I'll find out soon."

After continuous attempts by the kiln workers, the cement Lou Yu needed was finally fired.

Under the continuous grinding of the water pestle, the cement clinker becomes a light gray fine powder.

Lou Yu added an appropriate amount of water and sand to mix evenly, and it gradually became gelatinous.

He poured gelatinous cement into the center of the word "Hui", patted the ashes on his hands, and said with a smile, "Let's see it tomorrow."

Everyone has doubts in their hearts and can only look forward to tomorrow's early arrival.

Lou Yu secretly praised his hands-on ability, and returned to Fucheng with a smile on his face.

Early the next morning, Lou Yu summoned Huo Yan, Li Shu, Yang Guanghuai and led dozens of government soldiers to the construction site.

Huo Yan and Li Shu usually take the task of training government soldiers and rarely go out to camp.

Suddenly being pulled over by Lou Yu to accompany him, everyone was a little puzzled.

Li Shu had a big brain hole: "Your Highness, could it be that those craftsmen are making trouble and need to be suppressed?"

"That's not the case," Lou Yu explained patiently, "I took you there today to test the results of yesterday."

Yang Guanghuai was rarely interested: "I heard that His Highness burnt a rare item yesterday, I just want to go and have a look."

"Could it be a colorless glazed bead?" Li Shu asked in surprise.

Some time ago, because Lou Yu was too involved in the drama, he carried it with him, and posted notices, so that the whole city knew that he couldn't put it down, and even went to the point of firing it himself.

Later, it seemed that a way to make it was found, and the notice was removed.

It is reasonable for Li Shu to have this association.

Lou Yu shook his head and smiled, "I'll find out later."

Huo Yan couldn't help but look at him.

He knew in his heart that Lou Yu had always had ingenious thoughts, and seeing the joy in his eyes, he knew that it must be something extraordinary.

He was looking forward to the results from Lou Yu's mouth.

A group of people came to the wooden fence with the word "back".

Wei Si is already waiting here, along with a group of kiln workers who are thirsty for knowledge.

After everyone saw the ceremony, Lou Yu ordered someone to split the wood to reveal the concrete wall inside.

Although compared to modern craftsmanship, it seems rough, but Lou Yu is already satisfied.

He reached out and poked.

After drying overnight, the cement becomes extremely hard.

He turned his head and asked several people: "What does this thing look like?"

Li Shu looked bewildered: "Like a stone?"

The dusty thing looks so hard, what is it if it is not a stone?

Yang Guanghuai stepped forward and poked his fingernails hard, leaving only a whitish scratch on the concrete wall.

His mind turned quickly: "Your Highness, this thing is hard, and it is very good for fortifications. If it takes a short time to build, it can be called a great good!"

Lou Yu praised him, "That's right, do you know how long it took to build this thing?"

"How long?" Huo Yan asked.

Lou Yu looked at him: "Except for the firing process, it's only time for a cup of tea."

Several people couldn't believe it.

If this is the case, can their walls be strengthened and strengthened?

Thinking of the dilapidated city walls of Gyeongju, everyone understood.

But Lou Yu said: "In the future, workshops, houses, roads, etc. can all be built and paved with this material."

A new city should look like a new city!

Naturally, everyone has no objection, the eldest son of Qingzhou City is the biggest, even King Qing can't compare.

Lou Yu smiled, and patted Huo Yan with the knife on his waist, "You are strong, go and see if this wall is solid."

Huo Yan nodded, drew his knife and stepped forward.

This saber was picked out from the arsenal of the government office. Although it is not as good as his father's treasured saber, it is easy to kill the head of the enemy.

The blade shone brightly in the sun.

The rest stepped back to avoid being affected.

Huo Yan slashed at the wall with all his strength.

There was only a "ding" at first, which was the tremor of the blade hitting the wall, and then a "bang", the broken blade hit the ground, leaving a crisp sound.

Everyone: "..."

Huo Yan's eyes showed surprise, he looked down at his tiger's mouth, feeling a little shocked.

He knows his own strength, if this is a natural rock, it can still be justified.

But this is clearly something calcined in a kiln!

Even the steel knife was broken.

Everyone exclaimed and stepped forward, looking closely at the marks on the wall.The blade does leave a slit in the top, but very shallow.

Li Shu, who knew Huo Yan's strength well, was dumbfounded.

It took him a while to react, and he didn't dare to say: "Your Highness, I want to try it too."

Everyone backed away further, lest they be hurt by the short-sighted broken knife.

Li Shu let out a loud roar and exerted all his strength. When the blade collided with the wall, he felt a sharp pain in the tiger's mouth.

He stood by the concrete wall and mourned silently for his beloved sword.

Yang Guanghuai watched the two lively scenes, and was amazed: "Your Highness, I wonder what the cost of this thing is?"

Lou Yu explained with a smile.

Yang Guanghuai was greatly surprised, and couldn't help but believe in the hexagram of "the emperor's star enters the world".

The first time cement was fired, the quality was flawed. Lou Yu did not specialize in making cement, so he did not know how to do it, so he told the kiln workers: "This thing is called cement. If someone can improve the performance of cement, the hall will give us a reward."

The kiln workers have their own experience in firing utensils, and they are eager to try it.

Lou Yu never underestimated the ancient craftsmen, their labor wisdom can be passed down through the ages.

Therefore, how to use cement to build a suitable factory building is all left to the craftsmen.

He only needs to demarcate the area and let Wei Si supervise the craftsmen.

After seeing the magical effect of cement, Wei Si was already excited, and excitedly made personnel arrangements after receiving the task.

The more the merrier.

In just half a month, the gray walls rose from the ground, simple and solemn, cold and indestructible.

It lacks a humanistic atmosphere, but it adds a solid barrier.

At this moment, a secret report came from the Anbu of the capital.

The eighth day of September is the imperial concubine's birthday, and the emperor intends to issue an edict to call all the princes to the capital to celebrate her birthday.

Lou Yu's long-awaited plot finally arrived.

Letting the vassal king celebrate the imperial concubine's birthday is simply the greatest joke in the world!

Lou Yu burned the secret letter and went to the main courtyard to find King Shangqing.

King Qing was leisurely tending the flowers and plants in his yard, when he saw Lou Yu approaching, he asked kindly, "Why is Yu'er here?"

Lou Yu said surprisingly: "Father, are you sick?"

King Qing wondered: "No, Dad is in good health!"

"Father," Lou Yu approached him, "I need you to get sick, how about you cooperate?"

King Qing is in a good mood, acting, who can't?

He blinked at Lou Yu, then his face twisted and he fell back.

Lou Yu anxiously supported him, and said to Feng Erbi: "Father has fainted, go and call for a doctor!"

As a result, news of King Qing's sudden illness spread throughout Qingzhou Prefecture.

At the same time, in front of the gates of the capital, the angels (envoys of the Son of Heaven) carried the oracle in their arms, and rode their horses to different places, heading towards the fiefdoms of various vassal kings.

It takes about five days from the capital to Gyeongju.

Lou Yu used these five days to sternly beat up the government office, and all the officials feared him even more, and they all obeyed the order of the son.

They all thought that Lou Yu was uncertain because of King Qing's serious illness.

Guo Lian also secretly imagined that if King Qing really couldn't afford it, would the emperor take back the fief, or would Lou Yu take over?

He naturally prefers the former.

At this time, Lou Yu was already immersed in a huge surprise!

A knife was displayed in front of him.

The blade of this blade is like autumn frost, the surface of the blade is cold and radiant, if you approach it a little bit, the cool air will penetrate your bones, it is cold and decisive.

Xu Sheng was unkempt, with an unshaven beard, his feet were bare, and his shoes had been thrown away somewhere.

He smiled naively at Lou Yu, his throat was like gravel: "Your Highness, it's a good thing that the villain did not disgrace his life."

This sentence, I don't know how much bitterness and bitterness during the period.

He suffered day and night, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. After passing out, he seemed to have opened up the two veins of Ren and Du. He got into the kiln and never came out again.

Except for the basic eating, drinking and sleeping, he only has the fire of the kiln in his eyes and the hot molten iron in his heart.

After more than half a month, he experienced countless failures, finally found a balance point, and created this unique sword.

He died without regret.

Lou Yu was also very excited, and quickly sent someone to inform the government barracks, ordering Huo Yan and Li Shu to come to the kiln with the best armor.

Thirty strokes of cutting armor, is it really possible?

Xu Sheng was exhausted, but he still had the strength to hold on. He must witness the miracle with his own eyes.

This is a miracle forged by himself!

Huo Yan and Li Shu came here upon summoning, seeing the precious sword on the case, Huo Yan's eyebrows twitched, his face was pale, Li Shu couldn't hold back, his eyes almost popped out.

Lou Yu sullenly said, "How about trying this knife?"

Li Shu couldn't bear it first, carefully held the handle of the knife, and slashed at the intact battle armor.

Looking at the mess everywhere, the ground was full of broken armor, he couldn't help swallowing, and the hand holding the knife trembled slightly.

Magic weapon!This is a magical weapon!

He got carried away, with a bright light in his eyes, and said to Xu Sheng: "Master, is this knife made by you?"

Although Xu Sheng was excited, his reason was still there.

He glanced in the direction of Lou Yu, and was about to say that the production method was given by His Highness, but he heard Lou Yu say:

"Xu Sheng has made great achievements in casting swords, and he deserves a heavy reward. But this kind of sword-making skills should not be known to others for the time being."

He looked around at the few people present, with a solemn expression: "You must keep your mouth shut about today's matter, remember?"

Those present, Huo Yan, Li Shu, Feng Erbi, Xu Sheng, all had no objection.

No one is a fool. How can such a peerless sword be spread so easily?

Lou Yu waved the rest away, leaving Xu Sheng behind.

"You did very well."

Xu Sheng knelt down and bowed excitedly: "Thank you for the gift, Your Highness!"

Lou Yu smiled, "Now that you have mastered casting skills, are you willing to continue working for me?"

Xu Sheng did not hesitate: "Gan is driven by His Highness!"

"These days have been hard for you, you go back to rest first, and then there are more important things for you to do."

Xu Sheng's eyes sparkled, "Yes!"

Lou Yu stepped out of the kiln and looked at the magnificent sky in the distance, which was a clear sky.

It's a fine day for digging potatoes.

When the potatoes were growing, Lou Yu would visit them from time to time.

From flowering to fruiting, he waited for nearly half a year, and finally came a basket of lovely potatoes.

A series of delicious dishes such as hot and sour potato shreds, potato beef stew, green pepper potato shreds, and mashed potatoes immediately came to mind.

In Lou Yu's heart, potatoes are forever gods!

Under Lou Yu's instructions, the farmers carefully dug out the potatoes and put them into bamboo baskets.

Everyone in the field was working in full swing, and baskets of potatoes were transported to the warehouse for storage.

This time there was a lot of output, Lou Yu used part of it for cooking, and left the rest for seeding.

Except for him, no one else knew what a potato was or how to cook it.

Lou Yu had no choice but to do it himself.

"Your Highness, how can you trouble yourself with such a thing?" Feng Erbi looked distressed, "It's better for you to teach slaves to do it."

Lou Yu hasn't cooked for a long time, and his hands are still itchy. Hearing this, he said: "If you have nothing to do, go and call Mr. Huo Yan, Li Shu, and Mr. Yang. After the pot is ready, everyone can try it."

Dasheng banned the killing of farm cattle, and the pigs had never been sterilized, so Lou Yu took the next best thing and slaughtered a chicken.

As soon as Li Shufu was admitted to the hospital, he felt his mouth fluid and his index finger twitched.

He turned his head and said to Huo Yan: "Your Highness is so kind, the cook cooked a good dish, and he didn't forget to ask us to eat together."

Huo Yan was noncommittal, but judging from his expression, he agreed.

As soon as the two arrived at the main hall, they ran into Lou Yu head-on.

Lou Yu's sleeves were rolled up to the crook of his arms, and he personally brought a large bowl of delicious dishes. When he saw the two of them, he smiled and beckoned them to sit down:

"I harvested some potatoes from the field today, and made a special dish. I ask you to come over and try something new."

Dasheng spices are not as sophisticated as modern ones, and Lou Yu can't show his previous cooking skills, so he can only make do with it.

But this strong fragrance alone has already made everyone's eyes turn green.

"What kind of delicacies did your Highness have?" Yang Guanghuai walked in, dressed in a blue dress with wide sleeves, "the aroma is really overflowing."

Lou Yu smiled and said, "Don't you guys prepare your own bowls and chopsticks and wait for me to serve you?"

"Your Highness, I'm going to prepare." Feng Erbi quickly ran to the kitchen to get four sets of tableware.

He has been with Lou Yu for a long time, and he knows very well how much Lou Yu values ​​these three people.

If there is an incident in the future, Huo Yan and the three of them will make great contributions, and they will rise to the top.

Feng Erbi wanted to make friends with them.Anyway, he was going to take it for His Highness, just by the way.

The other three people solemnly thanked them.

Lou Yu raised his eyebrows: "Why is there a pair missing?"

"No." Feng Erbi wondered.

Yang Guanghuai said with a smile: "Master Feng, did you forget to prepare for yourself?"

Master Feng?

Feng Erbi was taken aback, is this calling him?Can he also be called "adult"?

Lou Yu pushed him with a smile, "How about I get it for Master Feng?"

How dare Feng Erbi let His Highness serve him?Hastily fetched a pair of bowls and chopsticks.

everything's ready.

Lou Yu lifted the lid with a smile, and the rich aroma rushed to his face. The potatoes he had been thinking about for months were finally ready to eat!

Li Shu is the most sincere: "It's really fragrant!"

Lou Yu likes honest people, so he was the first to give him a scoop.

The honest man was not too hot at all, and stuffed it straight into his mouth.

The chicken he ate first felt that the meat was extremely smooth, tender and delicious, but unfortunately there was too little meat, and he lost it before he could taste it.

Seeing that there were only a few pieces of pale yellow potatoes left in the bowl, he regretfully picked up the potatoes and put them in his mouth.

Soft and glutinous, melts in the mouth, and has a unique fragrance.

This is too delicious!

He looked at Lou Yu with red eyes: "Your Highness, this is the potato you planted?! It's so delicious!"

However, no one paid any attention to him, they were all too busy tasting delicacies.

The sweetness and softness of the potatoes exploded in his mouth. Lou Yu closed his eyes and savored it carefully, with a happy smile on the corners of his eyes and brows.

Although it is far from modern, but for him who is tired of eating big meals, it is nothing less than top-level delicacy.

Huo Yan has never been particular about food, and he couldn't help but be captured by this dish.

In addition to finding it delicious, he found something more than Li Shu.

This potato is quite filling, and it seems to be easier to serve than wheat. If it can be widely planted, it will surely alleviate the famine for the people of Dasheng.

Huo Yan couldn't help looking at Lou Yu.

The young man was dressed in civilian clothes, the sleeves were casually rolled up to his arms, he lost a bit of his usual solemnity, but he became a bit more free and unrestrained.

A thought suddenly appeared, Huo Yan was really startled.

He remembered that when he was first admitted to the hospital, Lou Yu brought the food himself.

Did Lou Yu cook this dish himself?

Huo Yan couldn't help laughing, what kind of person is the person under this face?

He seems to know everything, everything will be.

He has a wide range of knowledge, not only knowing how to grow potatoes, but also teaching craftsmen to make cement.

What's more, the peerless sword that Xu Sheng forged was also made by him, right?

If it is really one body with two souls, then this son is only 14 years old. How did he know these truths?

The more we get along, the more curious Huo Yan is about this prince.

"Your Highness, have you hired a new cook?" Yang Guanghuai said, "This dish is quite different from the past."

Feng Erbi immediately said: "What new cook? This is made by His Highness himself!"

It is their blessing to be able to eat dishes cooked by His Highness himself!

Huo Yan had guessed just now, and he was not surprised when he heard the words, but the corners of his lips raised slightly.

On the other hand, Li Shu and Yang Guanghuai, one stared wide-eyed, the other was stunned and speechless for a while.

"What?" Lou Yu asked with a smile, "Is my cooking so weird?"

Li Shu looked at his delicate porcelain hands, then at his slender white arms, and said sincerely: "Your Highness, it's not strange, it's just unbelievable."

"Your Highness is proficient in cooking, something Yang never expected, His Highness is a great talent." Yang Guanghuai also sighed with emotion.

Feng Erbi and You Rongyan: "Your Highness is wise and intelligent, cooking a dish is nothing more than a trivial matter."

"Okay," Lou Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Let's get down to business after eating."

The four put down their bowls and chopsticks and sat upright.

Lou Yu said: "Eat and eat, let's talk about our impressions."

He named the top students: "Sir, come first."

Yang Guanghuai cupped his hands and said: "This food is delicious, soft and waxy after cooking, and easy to melt. It is suitable for all ages. It is really a good product. If it can be widely planted, it may reduce the food pressure in Gyeongju."

Li Shu immediately echoed: "This subordinate thinks so too! Your Highness, let's order more potatoes!"

Finally to Huoyan.

Huo Yan's eyes met with Lou Yu's, without avoiding it, he only asked: "Can this thing last for storage?"

"It can be stored for two to three months in winter. If the skin turns blue, there is a risk of poisoning once eaten, not to mention sprouts."

Speaking of this, Lou Yu instructed Feng Erbi: "When you teach the farmers how to eat potatoes later, you must explain this matter."

Feng Erbi nodded solemnly, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will remember."

I didn't expect such a delicious potato to be poisonous.

Huo Yan nodded: "So, we can use wheat as the main ingredient and potatoes as the auxiliary."

Both Yang Guanghuai and Li Shu agreed.

"According to Hoyan."

That's what Lou Yu originally thought. The reason why he asked Ce and the others was to deepen their sense of participation and make them feel more belonging.

He got up and smiled, "I specially left a plate in the kitchen. Mr. Yang brought some back for the children to taste, and Huo Yan brought some back for A Xuan and A Qiong."

Then he said to Feng Erbi: "San Mo didn't come today, you can bring some back for him to taste."

Feng Erbi quickly thanked him.

There are still leftovers, which are specially reserved by Lou Yu for his parents.

Li Shu hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what about me?"

"Do you have children?"

Li Shu: "..."

Can you be discriminated against if you don't have children?

The three of them were about to leave, when Lou Yu suddenly said, "The angel is coming, everyone, please proceed with caution."

Li Shu said frankly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the subordinates have already made arrangements."

He looked at Huo Yan sympathetically: "Compared to us, Brother Huo is more wronged."

At most, they pretend to be a rabble, anyway, they have not never been, and their acting skills must be able to deceive the eyes of angels.

But Huo Yan is bad.

If the angel saw that Prince Qing's mansion treated the Huo family's criminal slaves kindly, he might seize this little pigtail and let the emperor decimate Prince Qing's mansion for a crime.

So Huo Yan must live a miserable life.

Lou Yu said warmly, "Thank you for your hard work."

Huo Yan didn't care, and replied lightly: "No problem."

Left and right is just a job of kneeling down to serve people, and he can act it out if he gets some beatings and scolding.

On the day when the angel came, the autumn was crisp and cloudless.

Zhang Tiantian was riding on the horse, looking up at the dilapidated and decayed city towers, and King Xin Daoqing really lived in a miserable life.

He told his left and right: "You go to the city to report."

Riding horses from left and right into the city, the rampage caused the common people to scream and scatter in all directions.

The two didn't care at all, one rushed to the magistrate's office, and the other rushed to Prince Qing's mansion.

There was such a commotion in the city that Lou Yu got the news before the messenger arrived at the palace.

He stood in front of King Qing's bed, and comforted him: "Father, you have to be patient, when he leaves Qingzhou, you can continue to live a lively life."

King Qing felt sorry for his son: "It's useless to be a father. I asked you to deal with the angel in person. Be careful."

He has self-knowledge, if he is called into Beijing, there may be some accidents.

His son is smarter than him and knows how to hide, so he is indeed more suitable to go to the capital than him.

Princess Qing glared at him, "Just stay on the bed quietly!"

Soon, messenger