"But as it happens, isn't this a sudden plague of locusts? Originally, chickens and ducks were kept in captivity, and many spent countless grains. And now the locusts all over the mountains have become the best food for chickens and ducks, and if you think about it, you used to need millet to raise chickens and ducks. But now, it doesn't cost a penny to let these chickens and ducks feast and grow meat. Let alone...... The chickens and ducks can lay eggs, and the eggs can hatch chicks and ducklings, and as long as the locusts are not eliminated every day, the number of chickens and ducks will continue to grow. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This...... I really didn't expect it.

Isn't this locust a natural nourishment for chickens and ducks?

"At that time, the students are only afraid that by the time the locust plague is eliminated, there will be hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks here for the students, and all of them will be fat and strong, but once the locust plague is gone, where can the students afford to raise so many chickens and ducks? So...... By that time, these chickens and ducks ...... You have to sell it immediately, otherwise...... I had to starve them to death. If you want to sell it, you can only sell it at a low price, or even ...... When the people couldn't afford to pay, the students had to give these chickens and ducks to these victims, the victims were miserable, the crops in the fields were swept away, this year is the year of the great famine, if you want to live, for many days in the future, I am afraid that you can only eat chickens and ducks to survive. ”

Li Shimin: "......"

He was actually a little hungry.

I've been eating porridge for a few days, and I really want to eat chicken at this time.

Chen Zhengtai said again: "So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the students have seen this, and in order to take precautions, they are well aware of the hardships of the people, and even ...... The prince also heard that many people had never eaten chicken in their lives......"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but be moved, Li Shimin was aware of the suffering of the people, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"The prince was only afraid that the people would spoil the ingredients, so together with the students, it took countless efforts to finally study the method of a chicken, which is simple and convenient, and does not need to know much about cooking, and even does not need to use any expensive cooking utensils, as long as there are people, even in the wilderness, the chicken can also be made, not only that, this chicken tastes particularly delicious......

Li Shimin couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and suddenly felt that there was a flame burning in his belly, and he couldn't help but say: "It was the prince and you who researched this cooking method, and it was really for the people......"

"Did the student ever cheat on the teacher?"

“……”

Chen Zhengtai continued: "This chicken, the prince and the students called it called the flower chicken, which means that the flower on the street can be cooked with the best delicacy. Teacher, because of this catastrophe, even if the prince and the students tried their best to relieve them, they ...... What everyone can eat is only two meals of gruel a day. Many of them are hungry with their chests on their backs, and they are as skinny as firewood, if they don't eat a little chicken and duck to make up for their bodies in such a year of catastrophe, how can the weak people endure it, and ask the teacher to learn clearly, if the prince and the student have any mistakes, please ask the teacher to punish the student. ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, his eyes suddenly turned red.

Chen Zhengtai defended himself like this, which can be regarded as righteousness: "Yes, yes, that's what Erchen thinks." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he was a little shocked in his heart, he still didn't believe it, and looked at Deng Jian: "Is this the case?" ”

Deng Jian and others said: "That's it, the prince said that he wanted to teach us the easiest way to roast chicken, and in the future, Erpigou would send chickens to the small people, etc., and the prince gathered everyone together and taught us how to master the heat in person and teach us how to wrap in mud." Even...... The chicken was burned, and the people were invited to eat the chicken***, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really benevolent......"

Many people said this, this numb face, seems to have become extremely sad and emotional, this sudden disaster, broke everyone's yearning for a better life in the future, pushed them to the edge of the cliff, only Erpigou, brought them hope, and the prince personally taught them to make chickens, which moved them inexplicably.

You must know that even on weekdays, they only have a bite of meat to eat during the New Year's holidays, and poorer people may not be able to eat starry meat for the rest of their lives.

And at this moment, the inner emotions of this depressed and numb person were finally vented, and many people couldn't help but choke up, weeping one by one, and then wiping their tears with their dirty hands.

Li Shimin's body was shocked.

He was silent.

Seeing this black and oppressive person, crying bitterly one by one, he even felt that his eyes were even more blurred.

If so......

Then Li Chengqian is not here to show off his might and enjoy the blessings here, but ......

Called Flower Chicken...... The easiest way to make a ...... Local materials can be used......

Li Shimin did not know whether Chen Zhengtai and Li Chengqian's methods would work or not.

I don't know if these chickens and ducks can really be eaten by the victims in the end.

But...... At least he saw Li Chengqian's efforts.

And this ...... It's comforting enough.

My prince, that's how it should be.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and sighed: "When I first selected subordinate officials for the crown prince, I repeatedly instructed them: You should counsel the prince, and you should usually tell him about the hardships of the people living among the people, so that he can know how difficult the people under the rule of the Tang Dynasty are, so that the prince can love the people and be benevolent. After all, he grew up in the deep palace, where do you know how many people are hungry and cold outside the Zhu Wall, but he is the prince, he is clothed and fed all day long, clothes come to reach out, food comes to open his mouth, how can he have this experience. “

Li Shimin suddenly showed a look of great relief: "But I never imagined that he could actually understand the suffering of the people and run for the well-being of the people in this Erpigou." In order for the people to eat chicken, they learned the art of cooking. People say that a gentleman is far from cooking, but the prince learning and teaching cooking methods is what a real gentleman should do. When I read history, I often think that the virtuous monarchs of the past dynasties have a quality, that is, they are close to the gentleman and far from the villain. This is the original meaning of the red who is close to Zhu and the black who is close to ink, and today the prince and my protégé are together, and they are close to Zhu Zhechi, and what they do makes me happy. Prince, get up, I didn't hurt you. ”

As he spoke, he personally helped Li Chengqian, who had palpitations, up.

Li Chengqian felt as if he had been granted amnesty, and he only felt as if he had walked through the ghost gate.

Now he reacted, and immediately said: "My father punished his sons because he was afraid that his sons would go astray, and his sons were young and punished, as for Chen Zhengtai's ......"

When he said this, Li Shimin suddenly pulled down his face: "There is no big or small thing, it's called senior brother." ”

Li Chengqian was full of desire to survive at the moment, and immediately said: "Yes, as for senior brother...... Erchen learned a lot from his senior brother in this Erpigou, and he felt a lot. ”

Li Shimin was full of relief: "That's fine." ”

At this time...... Suddenly felt that Li Chengqian was particularly pleasing to the eye.

He turned his head and looked at the stunned ministers.

The anger in my heart has disappeared for the most part, but I suddenly feel that my waist is much straighter, what the prince did, it still gives me a long face, and he really deserves to be a hero of Lao Tzu, haha......

Li Shimin deliberately said in a loud voice: "This chicken ...... Is it really easy to cook and delicious? ”

Suddenly...... Li Chengqian came to the spirit: "Father, look at it, the son of the minister will make the chicken himself, you can take a look!" ”

Li Shimin swallowed his saliva, he was already hungry at this time, he nodded very reservedly: "Local materials, I want to see for myself, how you use local materials." ”

"Erchen personally came to demonstrate." Li Chengqian has forgotten the pain in his shoulder, and the whole person is extraordinarily energetic, when it comes to making chickens, he is now a professional.

Li Shimin closed his eyes, and seemed to want to see if Li Chengqian really understood this cooking technique, as Chen Zhengtai said, you must know that although people look down on cooking and think that a gentleman is far from cooking, but for an emperor like Li Shimin, what he values most is that his eldest son can really bend down for the sake of the disaster victims to seek the welfare of the people.

If so.

It's the blessing of Datang!