That night, Li Fengman directly took two potatoes, one for boiling and the other for cooking.
The boiled potatoes made Wang Dynasty and the old rich and noble believe that these potatoes could indeed be used as the main food, and Li Fengman was not talking about it.
The sour and spicy shredded potatoes were carefully cooked by Li Fengman for Princess Jinyang and her four daughters, telling them that this potato is indeed delicious when it is a dish, and their brother and father are not bragging.
A quarter of an hour or so.
The boiled potatoes came out of the pot, Wang Chao and the old rich and noble were half of them, peeled the skin, took a bite, the face was soft and bland, there was no taste, as Li Fengman said before, the taste of this thing is indeed not very good, but there is no problem at all when used to satisfy hunger and satiety, at least it is soft and chewy, and it is very easy to swallow, which is no less than a hundred times better than drafting root bark.
"It tastes better when eaten with refined salt or soy sauce."
Li Fengman kindly reminded that boiled potatoes are indeed a little difficult to eat if they are eaten alone, but if they are accompanied by some seasoning, they are actually okay.
The corners of the mouths of the dynasty and the old rich man twitched at the same time, it is really not a family to know that firewood and rice are expensive, how can any kind of household afford refined salt and soy sauce, if this potato is distributed to ordinary people to eat, how many families can be willing to take it to eat refined salt?
However, when Zhao Da brought two saucers filled with refined salt and soy sauce to them, the two old men couldn't help but stretch out their hands.
"Well, it's delicious, it's delicious!"
Wang Chao and Lao Fugui'er couldn't help but praise loudly, but they added a little salty, and the taste of the potatoes rose in a straight line, which made the two of them can't help but have an appetite.
Li Fengman said at this time: "If you don't have refined salt or soy sauce, you can actually eat it with green onions or garlic, but the taste is slightly inferior to the previous one." ” The two old men didn't care, it was good to fill their stomachs, as for taste, that was a matter that only big families would consider.
However, the trick of green onions or garlic is good, and the average farmer is not very short of these things.
"Li Gongzi, this potato is fresh and crisp, like an ordinary fruit, I'm afraid it won't be easy to survive for a long time, right?"
Wang Chao soon discovered a drawback of potatoes, and while eating potatoes with soy sauce, he asked Li Fengman softly.
Li Fengman didn't hide it, and said directly: "It's really not easy to preserve, if the primers are not stored properly, they are very perishable and sprout, and once the buds are born, they will produce some slight toxicity and can no longer be eaten." ” The complexion of the two old men has changed, this is not, it is not easy to preserve, no matter how high the yield is, it can only solve the temporary difficulty, there is a hair?
"Master, I wonder how long this thing can be preserved?"
The old rich man asked in a serious voice.
Li Fengman said lightly: "Three months to six months, it will be difficult to say how long it is." ” If there is cold storage, it may be longer, but here in the Tang Dynasty, there are no such advanced and convenient conditions.
"Only half a year at most?!"
The hearts of the dynasty and the old rich and noble people were cold all of a sudden, and it was a pity that the grain with such a high yield could only be kept for half a year at most.
"Half a year is short, but in many places, potatoes can actually be harvested twice a year, and their growth cycle is also very short, generally only three to four months to mature and harvest.
If you plant it, you won't be able to make a fortune right away, but you won't go hungry for at least a whole year. ” Li Fengman said: "More importantly, the cultivation of potatoes is extremely simple, whether it is dry land or mountainous land, whether it is fertile land or barren soil, it can be cultivated.
Ordinary peasant households can grow grain on fertile land and potatoes on wasteland, so that they can at least use potatoes to cover the staple food for half a year. ” The dynasty and the old rich man couldn't help nodding, this is indeed a good way, now the current situation of Datang agriculture is that most of the grain that farmers work hard to cultivate cannot support the consumption of rations throughout the year, so generally after spring plowing to before the autumn harvest, many farmers will shrink their clothes and diet, and endure the pain of hunger.
If the family planted one or two acres of potatoes at this time, it would be equivalent to an extra ration of forty or fifty stones, even if it was only half a year, it would be enough for them to support until the autumn harvest.
Overall, it's a great thing!
As he spoke, Li Fengman had already peeled and shredded the other potato and soaked it in water to clean it.
The fire in the stove is lit, put the hot oil into the pot, cut a small pepper in the middle, and then put half a green onion directly into the hot oil.
"Wow!"
A pungent smoke rises, shredded potatoes are put into the pot, accompanied by aged vinegar, a little refined salt, after several stir-frying, out of the pot and served on the plate.
In order to match the taste of several children, Li Fengman did not dare to add too much chili pepper to taste, only a little sour and spicy.
"This, Li Gongzi, can you taste it?"
Wang Chao looked at the steaming plate of hot and sour shredded potatoes on the table, and couldn't help but ask Li Fengman out loud.
The old rich and noble children were the same, and they were also watching with their eyes, obviously they were extremely curious about this kind of potato, which could be used as both a ration and a vegetable.
"One bite per person."
Li Fengman did not refuse, picked up chopsticks, and sandwiched two or three filaments for each of them.
Zhao Da and Li Hu also have a share, and potatoes are rare in their eyes now, and it can be regarded as a different kind of gift for them to eat.
"Huh?!
Not bad!
Crisp and refreshing, sour and spicy appetizing, this taste is several times better than the boiled potatoes just now!
” "I don't want this potato to be so delicious when cooking, doesn't that mean that if you plant this potato, you can not only make a living, but even save vegetables?"
Several people were full of praise for the taste of sour and hot shredded potatoes, and their expectations for potatoes were a little heavier.
Although this thing has the defect of not being stored for a long time, but its advantages are also quite obvious, the growth cycle is short, and the yield is extremely high, a family only needs to plant an acre of potatoes, basically can eat for half a year, if it is in two seasons a year, this year's ration will also be available.
The rest of the fields can be planted normally, and without consuming food rations, even if the yield is not high, it can be dried and stored year after year in case it is not needed.
Overall, this potato is indeed a godsend!
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Most of the remaining plates of hot and sour shredded potatoes were eaten by Princess Jinyang and Qinghan's children, and sure enough, these children fell in love with this dish after only one bite and enjoyed eating.
It's a pity that the remaining potatoes have to be planted and can't be eaten more.
Li Fengman asked Zhao Da to take someone to put away the potatoes for the time being, and instructed him to put them in the sun the next day, if it was always cloudy, he could try to grill slowly with a simmer to dry the soil outside and warp the skin.
The dynasty withdrew and went straight to the study.
The emotions in my heart were surging and uneasy, and it took a long time before I slowly quieted down.
Grinding, lifting the pen, he wanted to write a report to report the potato to the emperor, compared with the high yield of potatoes that he had just seen, the previous Chengde tea wealth relief was nothing.
If all the people in the world grow potatoes and have surplus grain stored at home, they will encounter a situation similar to the drought in the northwestern counties, and they will have a certain amount of self-bearing, even if the imperial court does not provide disaster relief, or cannot provide disaster relief in time, people will not starve to death or riot in these affected places because there is no food.
There is food at home, there is no panic in my heart, the appearance of potatoes is beneficial to the country and the people, and the prince is abolished, oh no, it should be Li Feng and Li Chengde now, and it is simply a meritorious person.
Such a person, as long as he does not rebel or rebel in the future, the people of the whole country will cover him, and even the emperor will never dare to find his bad luck easily.
A person's reputation has reached a certain level, that is, an unbreakable umbrella, and what Li Feng needs most now is such an umbrella.
The timing of this potato is just right.
The dynasty believes that even His Majesty the Emperor, who is far away in Chang'an, must also hope that Li Chengde can gain such fame, so that even if Li Shimin dies in the future, Li Chengde will not be in any danger again.
"Holy Wan'an: Weichen secretly guards the deputy commander of the dynasty to kowtow to the emperor to say hello, the emperor, the minister has been guarding the side of the king of Zhongshan County according to the holy order, conscientious, day and night, dare not have the slightest slack......" “…… Today, the minister found a thing in the Li Mansion, called the potato, its shape is round, its taste is sweet, and it can be eaten for food rations.
This is the king of Zhongshan County from the hands of the merchants of the Western Regions, easy to cultivate, ripe in March, and the yield is extremely high, one acre of land can produce 26 stones of potatoes.
The minister was shocked, and if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have almost believed it......" “…… Chen was fortunate to taste half a potato himself, boiled in white water, eaten with salt, and the taste was very delicious.
In addition, this thing can also be a vegetable, sliced into shreds, put into the pot to cook, the dish is crisp and sour, more delicious than the radish, and it is also a rare delicacy......" “…… I only sigh that this thing is rare, and there are only one hundred and thirty pieces in the Li Mansion, which need to be carefully cared for.
The minister asked the saint to immediately issue an order to send someone to bring the potatoes to Chang'an, for the Sinong to step up planting and promotion, so that my people in the Tang Dynasty should have no famine day, and my Datang national strength will flourish, this is God bless the Tang Dynasty, God bless the saint, and the ministers are happy and crying, and they can't ...... themselves."
Yang Yang sprinkled more than a thousand words, and it was achieved overnight, and the dynasty's recital has never been written so comfortably, and it feels so enjoyable.
After writing, Wang Chao double-checked back and forth, and after making sure that there were no typos, he gently dried the ink on the notebook, and then folded and sealed it.
"Hulai!
Come in for Lao Tzu!
Wang Chao shouted outside the door of the study, and Hu Lai pushed the door directly in.
"Go, send this secret report to Chang'an as soon as possible, and present it to the Holy Emperor's Imperial Case as soon as possible!"
"Huh?
Wang Tou'er, you actually wrote the report yourself?
Hu Lai took the secret letter, his eyes widened, and he looked at the dynasty with an incredulous expression, "What's wrong today, aren't you afraid that the emperor will scold you for writing ugly?"
” In the past, no matter how urgent and important it was, the dynasty would never write half a word by himself, and generally asked Hu Lai to write it on his behalf.
There is no way, the writing is ugly, ashamed to see people, and he has been reprimanded by the emperor before, so since he discovered that Hu Lai has a good calligraphy talent, all the official correspondence of the dynasty is written by Hu Lai.
It's just that what's going on today, the sun is coming out in the west?
Boss Wang, who has never been very face-saving, has also begun to ask for face?
If Hulai remembers correctly, this old man has not touched a pen for almost three years.
Today is so unusual, and it is still full of interest, it must have been stimulated by something, it is amazing.
"What so much nonsense, hurry up!
If it's too late, see if Lao Tzu doesn't break your legs!
” Wang Dynasty glared at Hu Lai fiercely, this kid is so old or so ignorant, don't beat people in the face and scold people without revealing their shortcomings, don't you know?
How can the words written by such an excellent person as Lao Tzu be ugly, chic and elegant, full of personality, but ordinary people don't know how to appreciate it!
Seeing that the dynasty was about to go crazy, Hu Lai was excited, smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and hurriedly slipped away.
"By the way, there is also corn, I forgot about it!"
Soon after Hu Lai left, Wang Chao slapped his head, and his heart was full of chagrin, because he had just been so excited by the potato incident that he ignored another staple food that Li Fengman had grown.
The yield of corn is said to be at least ten stone per mu, and the previous dynasty was not sure, so it was not reported to Li Shimin for a long time.
Now that there are potatoes as a base, it is not fiction that the yield of corn can be guaranteed.
Ten stones, although it is much worse than potatoes, but compared with rice, buckwheat and corn, it is more than several times better, and it can definitely be called a divine object!
And corn does not seem to have the disadvantages of potatoes that cannot be stored for a long time, he seems to have heard Li Fengman mention in front of him before, corn and rice, wheat these staple grains, can be stored for several years after drying without rotting, after grinding into flour, the same can be made into steamed buns.
Compared to potatoes, which can only be stored for half a year, corn is a real farmer's treasure.
If potatoes and corn can be promoted and planted at the same time, Datang's national strength will inevitably multiply or even multiply in a short period of time.
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"Do you want to write another one?"
Wang Dynasty was a little entangled in his heart, Hu Lai had been gone for a long time, and it was probably too late to recover the report.
However, the situation of corn is worse than that of potatoes, and if it is not reported in time, the Holy God will not blame him if he knows about it in the future.
"Forget it, after all, the yield of corn has not been confirmed, it is too reckless to play it now, in case there is a discrepancy in the yield of corn in the future, wouldn't the Holy One have to blame me?"
Wang Chao shook his head lightly, and forced the thought of writing another report.
Li Fengman once said that the harvest period of corn is in these two days, and after the corn is harvested, the yield of each plant and the approximate yield per mu are determined, and it is not too late to report it.
"After receiving the report, the Holy Lord will definitely send Si Nongqing to come over for on-the-spot inspection, and then report it together with the corn, and the same will be true!"
With a plan in his heart, Wang Chao's restless mood suddenly calmed down, slowly sat on the chair, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he and Lao Fuguier tasted potatoes together just now.