An hour later, Dai Zhou came back with a plate of dried potatoes.

"How's Aiqing?" Li Er looked at him excitedly.

This potato was dried by Dai Xuan and the cook in the imperial dining room over a slow fire, because this potato has more moisture, and the speed of drying is too slow, and it will take six or seven days to dry it, and the people in the country can't afford to wait.

Dai Xuan handed the plate to Wang De, who handed it to the emperor.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's dry, and when it's baked, the potatoes in the room are fragrant."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for finding a way to store."

"Good, good, just...... I wonder what it tastes like. ”

Wang De put the plate on the dragon case, and Li Er picked up a piece of dried potatoes and looked at it.

The dried potato chips are very hard and make a "click" and "click" sound when they are knocked on the table.

This.......

"Wang De, send it back to the imperial dining room and let them cook it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang De took the plate of potato slices away and handed it to the cook, "Cook this dried potato again." ”

The cook wiped the sweat from his forehead, what is this for? Take a strange thing and bake it to dry, and then boil it again, when did the emperor taste so strange?

But even if you wonder no matter how much you wonder, you don't dare to ask, who dares to question the emperor's will.

A moment later, Wang De came back with a bowl of boiled dried potatoes.

Li Er couldn't wait to taste a piece, and waved his hand to let Wang De bring it to the ministers.

"Huh?"

Li Er frowned, why is this potato the same thing as before, it is simply difficult to swallow.

"After this potato is dried, the taste is much worse."

"yes, I don't have that soft feeling at all."

"What can I do? If you don't have a proper way to preserve it, it won't be a terrible thing. ”

The ministers began to talk about the taste of the dried potatoes again, and none of them did not shake their heads.

Li Er reluctantly swallowed the last bite of the potato.

If you spit it out in public because it is unpalatable, you will definitely be criticized by these stubborn officials.

It's hard to be an emperor, it's hard to be a good emperor who goes down in history.......

"Ladies and gentlemen, this dried potato affects the taste very much, in addition to this sun-dried, is there any other way to keep it fresh?"

He thinks it's a pity to think that the potatoes that have just been made into dried potatoes, if the method of keeping potatoes fresh in the future is just to dry them, it will be a waste.

Wei Xuan rubbed his hands together and bowed deeply, "Your Majesty, all food with a lot of water will speed up the rate of decay, this is the law of nature, not something we can intervene in, the current problem is to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people, followed by his taste, so I still advocate planting a large area first." ”

Li Er's face was slightly gloomy.

These officials are the most good at deducting words, just now he just said that it was a pity for this potato, and he insinuated that he did not care about the food and clothing of the people, and only cared about his own appetite.

Li Er waved his hand, Wang De immediately understood, took a step forward, pinched his throat and shouted: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”

"The ministers are leaving."

The crowd shook their backs, turned and walked away.

Li Er sat on the dragon chair with his hand on his forehead.

The thought that he would never be able to eat delicious potatoes again in autumn made him feel bad.

When the footsteps gradually moved away, Li Er also stood up and prepared to go to the Lizheng Palace, taking advantage of the fact that there were still fresh potatoes to eat a little more.

As soon as he stood up, he saw two people still standing in the main hall.

"Duke E, Du Aiqing, why don't you leave? But something to start? ”

Wei Chigong and Du Junqiu looked at each other and smiled, and it seemed that they both thought of going together.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that someone may know the method of keeping this potato fresh." Wei Chi bowed his head and said slowly.

As soon as he heard this, Li Er immediately came to his senses, "Who?" ”

If anyone can solve this problem, then he must be rewarded.

"Your son-in-law, Zhao Yin." This time it was Du Junqiu's turn to speak.

"Yes, Your Majesty, since he can grow potatoes, there should be a way to keep them fresh."

When Wei Chigong thought of the potato just now, he was a little unsatisfied, if he only ate dried potatoes in the future, what would it mean.

As soon as Zhao Yin and Li Er's anger was mentioned, he didn't fight anywhere, deceived his baby daughter, slandered him, insulted the courtiers, and deceived the courtiers, he really dared to do anything.

But the queen and Changle still ate his set, and they were deceived by him.

"What son-in-law, that kid, what else will he do except cheat and abduct? Can he come up with a way to keep it fresh? ”

"Your Majesty, he can grow potatoes, cook hot pot, and make wine, maybe he can really have a way." Du Junxuan tried his best to persuade Li Er.

For the people, yes, for the people.

"This Wei Zhou also said just now, this potato has more moisture and is easy to rot, this is the law of nature, no matter how capable he Zhao Yin is, can he still go against the sky? You two think too highly of him. Li Er waved his hand.

"The old minister is willing to go and ask, if it doesn't work, it's not too late for us to think about it."

Wei Chigong hurriedly asked for help, for fear that Du Junxuan would snatch this opportunity if he was one step too late.

"The old minister is also willing to go with him."

"Okay, let's go together, let's go." Li Er turned around and walked towards the apse.

Just said by the two of them, in fact, Li Er also felt that Zhao Yin should have a way, this kid has a very active brain.

But as a ninety-five, I can't go to a yellow-haired boy to ask for a way.

Since the two of them took the initiative to ask for help, it happened to be as he wanted.

......

Outside the Xuanzheng Palace.

"Duke Luguo, please wait a minute."

"Zhao Guogong, is there something wrong?" Hou Junji stopped when he heard the sound.

In the past, the two didn't have much intersection, but they both belonged to the prince's party, and he also greeted him very politely.

"What did Lu Guogong think about the taste of the potatoes in the court just now?" The eldest grandson Wuji said straight to the point.

Just now he noticed that Hou Junji looked twice into the box containing the potatoes after eating the potatoes, and only after making sure that there were no more did he withdraw his gaze, and then asked the envoy who brought the potatoes back to the residence, and he was sure in his heart that this guy must not have eaten it.

"Well, yes, I wonder why the eldest grandson asked about this?" Hou Junji didn't know his purpose, so he didn't say much.

"I still have some in the house, why don't you go to the house with me, I'll bring you some back and give your son-in-law a taste?"

When Hou Junji heard this, his eyes were full of little stars, "Really? ”

This emperor only gave one to each person, which shows that this thing is cherished, and he will have it in his house?

"I can't lie to you." The eldest grandson Wuji laughed.

"Okay, then I'm welcome, hahaha, this potato is really delicious, but unfortunately there is only one per person, and I haven't eaten it yet." Hou Jun gathered his hands and spread his hands, his face was still unfinished.

"Hahaha, Lu Guogong, go this way." The eldest grandson Wuji pointed and walked towards the southwest with Hou Junji.