Wei Xuanzhen already hated Chen Zhengtai to the core.

Last time, I suffered a big loss.

He was not convinced.

This time, Chen Zhengtai caused the same hatred of the entire clan because of the concealment of fugitive slaves, and he took this opportunity to teach this kid a good lesson, and it was best to send this person to three thousand miles away.

The Chen family, which has lost Chen Zhengtai, will sooner or later become a piece of fat, and the time will ...... The Wei family can tear off the fattest piece.

Chen Zhengtai smiled at Wei Xuanzhen: "Wei Gong really wants to see my priceless crops? ”

Wei Xuanzhen's face was expressionless: "The old man has never seen anything in the world, of course he wants to see it." ”

Li Shimin saw that the two of them were fighting again, but at this time he was very unhappy in his heart, Chen Zhengtai, you have reached this point, and you are still talking so fast here, I have broken my heart for you these days, you are still here leisurely, this kid......

I wanted to scold in my heart, but I knew that it was important to do business at this time.

So Li Shimin's face tightened: "What kind of crop is it?" ”

Chen Zhengtai was very determined: "Teacher, if you want to know what kind of crop it is, first ...... You have to eat something first. ”

It's eating again.

What about the royal trial, can you be more serious?

Li Shimin already feels that this royal trial has deviated from the unknown direction, from the plaintiff's anti-water, to eating, this is the whole world, I am afraid that there has never been such a royal trial.

Li Shimin said with a straight face: "This is not child's play. ”

But Li Shimin's voice fell, but Wei Xuanzhen's eyebrows were raised, in fact, he wished that this time the imperial trial was as ridiculous as possible.

The more Chen Zhengtai messes around here, the more His Majesty will not be able to get off the stage, and even if he wants to cover up, he will not be able to do it.

Wei Xuanzhen said: "Your Majesty, since Chen Zhengtai tried his best to defend it, this food is related to this case, why don't you take a look at what he is doing first?" If not, I am afraid that even if His Majesty condemns the crime, he will not be able to accept it sincerely. ”

Wei Xuanzhen's voice fell, and many people followed: "Yes, since Chen Zhengtai mentioned eating, maybe this case is really related to this food, why not let this Chen Zhengtai try it." ”

Seeing that everyone said this, Li Shimin sighed in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried, so ...... That's all I can help.

So, he sighed, then looked at Chen Zhengtai and said, "You think carefully and don't make mistakes." ”

This is a final warning to Chen Zhengtai, and Li Shimin hopes that Chen Zhengtai will understand.

Chen Zhengtai said: "So can students go to the back kitchen, this kind of thing, others have no cooking experience, students have to get it themselves." ”

Many people can't help but rejoice.

This Chen Zhengtai ...... It is really the fearlessness of the ignorant.

During the royal trial, he thought about eating.

Eat it, just eat it, but this guy still likes to make it himself.

The so-called gentleman is far away from cooking, where does he look like a county prince, but ...... Fortunately, when this guy is exiled to three thousand miles away, maybe his cooking skills can be used to show his skills.

Li Shimin only had a gloomy face and nodded.

At this time, Wei Jieyi came to his senses and said, "Brother Chen, I want to go too, I want to work hard and struggle with you." ”

“……”

Wei Xuanzhen just wanted to step forward and slap this damn nephew to death.

Chen Zhengtai and Yan Yuese said to him: "Be good, I'll come when I go." ”

The man has slipped away.

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Chen Zhengtai has arrived in the back kitchen, here, Chen Zhengde has been waiting for him for a long time, and as soon as he saw his cousin coming, he immediately said: "Brother, you are fine, why do you look so good." ”

Chen Zhengtai looked at him with disdain: "Don't be verbose, are the things ready?" ”

"It's all right."

Chen Zhengtai patted his head and said with relief: "Yes, yes, there is a future, I don't look down on the rest of the Chen family, only you brother, I appreciate it the most, the future of the future, I'm afraid it's not under me, work hard, and ...... Don't get in the way here, get out of the way. ”

In the back kitchen, there are more than a dozen potatoes.

The potato is not small, and it has been peeled, Chen Zhengtai raised the kitchen knife, did not hesitate to slice the potato, into a garlic clove, on the other side, someone has already set up the stove, on the stove is a big urn, the water in the big urn is hot, Chen Zhengtai sprinkled salt into the hot water, and then threw the potato into the boiling water, the potato will roll in the boiling water, to eight ripe when the fish out. After the water is dried, a little hot oil is boiled, and then the eight ripe potatoes are thrown into the oil pan and fried until golden brown, and finally the golden potatoes are removed.

This golden potato has a strange aroma.

Chen Zhengtai hurriedly put the things into the food box and returned to Minglun Hall.

In Minglun Hall, everyone was waiting in a hurry, everyone was talking, and someone whispered: "This Chen Zhengtai is only afraid that he wants to please His Majesty with food, the matter is so serious, it is the delicacies of the mountains and seas, does he Chen Zhengtai still want to rely on this to get away with it?" ”

"The Chen family is confused, I can see it a long time ago."

"Hiding fugitives, heinous ........."

But at this time, I saw Chen Zhengtai carrying a food box.

Everyone was silent.

Chen Zhengtai unveiled the food box: "Teacher...... This thing will be a potato, and the teacher may wish to taste it. ”

Seeing this, Zhang Qian stepped forward to take the food box, and gave another look at a eunuch, who was about to come forward to test the poison.

Li Shimin's heart was anxious, and he had a premonition that this disciple was going to be completely buried today.

Impatiently, he said, "You don't have to try, send it to me." ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin sat down, and Zhang Qian bowed down to bring out the fried potatoes full of orange and yellow.

Li Shimin took the chopsticks, and in front of everyone, he only gently picked some with the chopsticks and put them in his mouth.

Everyone looked like they didn't care, although this thing smelled good. But so what?

Although this aroma seems to hook many people's gluttony, everyone has a straight face, but they still look like they will not be bought.

This fried golden potato entered Li Shimin's mouth at this moment,

At first, there was a strong fragrance, and then there was a slightly salty taste, but when he chewed it, it had a somewhat sweet taste.

Potatoes contain a lot of starch, so they have a bit of sweetness.

And after this potato is fried, it is a little crunchy at the same time, which is ...... Not bad.

But for Li Shimin, it's just good.

He is accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and it is good to have a good evaluation of this novel food.

Li Shimin slowly put down his chopsticks and looked up at Chen Zhengtai: "This is your crop?" ”

"Yes."

"Today I am in the Imperial Trial......"

"Please continue to taste."

"What do you mean by that?" Li Shimin's face was pulled down, and he still wants to eat?

Chen Zhengtai said very seriously: "These two potatoes were cooked by the students themselves, and the students hope that the teacher can eat them cleanly." ”

Li Shimin obviously felt that Chen Zhengtai was a little uninteresting, and he burned his eyebrows, and he was still playing tricks here.

Everyone else couldn't help but laugh.

Wei Xuanzhen coaxed from the side: "Your Majesty, since this son has such a plea, you might as well fulfill his wish." ”

He thought to himself that in the future, His Majesty would no longer be able to eat the food cooked by Chen Zhengtai.

Li Shimin's face was even more solemn, but he still continued to move his chopsticks, he felt a little regretful in his heart, seeing that this kid didn't care at all, he was afraid that he really didn't know whether he was alive or dead...... Don't...... This is his last filial piety, and he knows that he will not escape the blame, so he ......

Li Shimin moved his chopsticks and ate the potato in one bite.

This plate of potatoes is made of two potatoes, which weighs four or five taels, because potatoes contain a lot of starch and can bring rich calories to the human body, so after Li Shimin ate one, he felt a little full.

He continued to eat until he had finished eating both, then he put down his chopsticks, at which point he ...... The stomach is no longer just full, but slightly swollen.

He came early in the morning.

There was a lot of delay along the way, so it was now close to noon, and before eating, I felt a little hungry, but now, I feel that I have regained my spirits.

This food, once you are full, feels a little greasy.

Li Shimin thought to himself, compared with the bone broth, this thing called potatoes is nothing special, and it tastes ...... It feels more like cooked grains.

"Has the teacher eaten enough?" Chen Zhengtai said with great concern.

Li Shimin only nodded.

"Dare to ask the teacher, the taste of this potato will not be unsuitable for the teacher's appetite."

"It's good." Li Shimin felt that if he had an inconsequential conversation like this, the royal trial would directly deviate from the original direction.

Chen Zhengtai said: "If from now on, let this potato replace the staple food, what does the teacher think?" ”

Substitute for staple foods......

Li Shimin was stunned.

In the ancient world, people had the impression that the staple food was grains.

The so-called five grains, respectively, are rice, millet, millet, wheat, mushroom, of which millet is the length of the five grains, this millet is actually sorghum, because in ancient times, people eat more commonly, so slowly 'millet' has become a symbol of the ancient people Ceres.

The word sheji that people often talk about is actually a synthesis of the god of the land and the god of grains.

Social ...... i.e. land and food.

In the ancient worldview, land and food were the foundation of a country's survival, and as a monarch, it was necessary to set up a shrine and perform sacrifices in person, hoping that the heavens would be in good weather.

This shows what this grain means to a ruler.

In an agrarian society, this was the cornerstone of the state and a necessary condition for the rise of a dynasty.

This thing...... Can it replace grains?

Li Shimin had a question in his heart.

He only ate this food as an ordinary food, and he didn't think there was anything special about it, but now that he thinks about it, it tastes like ...... There is also a feeling of fullness in his stomach, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, and then, he nodded slowly: "This thing is not much different from the taste of grains, but I am used to eating white rice, but I think white rice is more appetizing, but ...... If you call it a valley, it doesn't hurt. ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "In the students' crops, this potato is planted. ”

Only then did Li Shimin realize something.

Hearing Chen Zhengtai say that the things eaten by His Majesty can replace the grains, all of a sudden cheered up the officials, and they scrambled to look at the remnants of potatoes on the case in front of Li Shimin.

"These days, the students have cultivated a field in Erpigou, which is to plant this potato, so it is stipulated that no one in the vicinity of this experimental field shall trample on the crops at will, especially not on horseback. Half a month ago, Wei Jieyi's elder brother came here on horseback, with a group of slaves, and almost trampled on the crops. The students were only afraid that the crop would be lost, so in a hurry, they lost their minds. In the past half a month, the student thought so, so he was detained, and now he has done a deep reflection, no matter what the reason, the student should not beat people, especially Wei Jieyi, although he was at fault first, but he didn't know after all...... Now because of this misunderstanding, such a big incident has occurred, so that even the teacher is alarmed, this is really the student's fault, and I beg the teacher to forgive me. ”

Chen Zhengtai solemnly apologized.

I did it, I confessed all the sins, the beating was a misunderstanding, and now I know that I was wrong.

Li Shimin's face softened when he heard this, he looked down at the potato, and thought, this is so good, I will get off the donkey......

"Your Majesty...... Even if the potato can replace the five grains, what can it be? There are five grains in the world, and there is no need for other food to replace it. The minister can eat rice, he can eat millet, he can eat wheat, why should he eat this potato? Chen Zhengtai kept saying that this potato is priceless, even if it is a grain, how can it be called priceless? I beg your Majesty to be the master of the ministers. ”

Wei Xuanzhen hurriedly stood up, he felt that this Chen Zhengtai was quite inexplicable, just rely on this? Want to get away with it?

This is simply an insult to the intelligence of the world.

The ministers nodded their heads one after another, feeling that it made sense.

Although Li Shimin was unpleasant, he didn't seem to have any words, this time he ...... The officials can be said to be in unison, if Chen Zhengtai is not dealt with today, I am afraid that the subjects of the world will not be convinced, but this potato is also rare, I don't know if Chen Zhengtai can be dealt with lightly.

But Chen Zhengtai said: "Gong Wei, this is your mistake, this potato is indeed worth millions of gold, and it is worth a fortune." ”

"Nonsense, you come and tell the old man, how is this worth a million gold."

Chen Zhengtai said: "Because it can yield thousands of catties per mu." ”

As soon as this statement came out.

The entire Minglun Hall was exceptionally quiet.

Wei Xuanzhen almost felt like she couldn't breathe.

What is the concept of 1,000 catties per mu?

Under the current conditions, ordinary people planted rice in the best paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, if it was a bumper harvest, they could roughly harvest about two and a half stones of rice, and in the Tang Dynasty, one stone was roughly equal to one hundred and twenty catties, that is, one acre of the best field, if it met a bumper harvest, it could receive nearly three hundred catties of rice.

However, if wheat is grown in the north, it is more difficult to have such a harvest, and it is the best field to harvest two stones a year. The vast majority of wheat fields can only receive about one and a half stones, that is, less than two hundred catties.

This is the output of the entire Datang, thus... In the eyes of ordinary people in Datang, if a family has 30 acres of land, it can barely fill its stomach, and at the end of the year, it can save some surplus grain to cope with possible natural disasters. And if a family only has ten or twenty acres of land, it can only barely keep itself from starving, and once it encounters a famine, the whole family is very likely to fall into the situation of selling children and daughters.

Limited to the problem of low grain production in this era, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties, although the land of the Central Plains was fertile, it could not carry much population, and the reason for this was this.

What about the yield per mu? The yield of 1,000 catties per mu is equal to one acre of land can be used as five acres of land, what kind of concept is this?

Wei Xuanzhen opened her mouth wide, completely stunned at the moment.

Li Shimin's face turned blue, and he produced thousands of catties per mu, which was something he couldn't imagine, and he even felt a little dizzy, as if he was in a dream.

Wrong...... Even when I dreamed, I just dreamed of a bumper harvest, one acre of land, growing three to five hundred catties of grain, and then the whole world celebrated, and the whole country boiled.

But......

Li Shimin suddenly said to Chen Zhengtai: "Chen Zhengtai, don't talk nonsense. ”

"If Your Majesty does not believe it, then please ask Your Majesty to go to the experimental field in person, and in the past few days, it happens that the potatoes in the experimental field have matured. Oh, yes...... The student also forgot to tell this potato...... It can be done twice a year, and even three crops in the future......"

See for yourself......

Yes, seeing is believing.

Li Shimin turned out to be a ghost, he already felt that his body was no longer called by his own consciousness, Chen Zhengtai's words, as if he had magic power, so he got up, bypassed the case, and muttered: "Where is it...... Where to ......"

Grain...... Food......

In that chaotic mind, there seemed to be only these two words left.

The ministers were in an uproar, and the people were shocked, so they looked at each other, and they all saw the incomparable surprise in each other's eyes, and the entire Minglun Hall had become a pot of porridge.

Wei Xuanzhen didn't believe it, he didn't believe it even when he was killed, seeing that His Majesty was like this, he hurriedly stopped Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Don't listen to this nonsense, Your Majesty...... Have you forgotten that Your Majesty is in the royal trial......"

Wei Xuanzhen blocked in front of Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was furious, standing in front of him, he was half his eldest brother, and the most important thing was ...... This person is the patriarch of the Wei family, Chang'an Wei is, from a famous family, Li Shimin is a little jealous of them on weekdays, but now ...... Li Shimin was like a brute bull, raised his hand, and slapped Wei Xuanzhen in the face neatly.

Syllable......

Li Shimin is good at arching and riding horses, Kong Wu is powerful, this slap went down, directly knocked Wei Xuanzhen away, his body was like a broken thread bead, and fell a foot away, first he felt that his jaw was crooked, and his face was hot and painful, but then, he fell and his nose was blue and his face was swollen.

At this time...... Heard Li Shimin's roar: "Get out!" ”

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I overslept, I was supposed to stay up late to update, but I couldn't help sleeping, and today's first one is a little late, and there are two chapters of 10,000 words, and the tiger will serve it as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.