Chapter 499: Cake Feast [Third Update 8/10]
Liu Renli was taken aback, this evaluation is really too high.
Besides, it came out of the mouth of the old emperor, and this is the matter of closing the coffin.
I didn't feel that I had done anything for a while, but I broke a few old cases, and led people to dig canals and engage in planting, how did this suddenly become a blessing for Tongzhou.
Just as he was about to kneel down and shirk it, the people who were watching and picking next to him all echoed it.
After all, looking at the old emperor in casual clothes and Zhang Fuling, who were very kind-faced, and didn't have any shelves, I thought that my fellow villagers came to visit.
"Lord Liu is indeed a good official, let us learn to plant, and also know how to resist spring floods, which is for the benefit of future generations, at least in a few decades there will be no harvest because of spring floods."
"Yes, we won't say beautiful words, it's really not easy for Lord Liu, follow us to eat and live on the Zhuangzi, just gnaw on the multigrain cakes, and there is no complaint, we sometimes can't see that he is an official."
"Hey, this is all His Majesty the Emperor who has taken pity on our people in Tongzhou!"
The last sentence seemed to touch everyone, after all, there were many women present, wiping their tears one by one, kneeling down and kowtowing to Liu Renli.
"Thank you Lord Liu for your kindness, and you also paid the money to help us buy rations, otherwise our children will have to be sold for a few years, this is Your Majesty's grace!"
"I didn't expect the emperor Lao Tzu to be far away in the capital, and he also knew the difficulties of our people, it was really the emperor's grace, long live the emperor!"
Immediately, a large number of people fell to their knees and kowtowed in the direction of the west side, knowing that the capital was the direction of the imperial palace at that time.
The old emperor was stunned, he could see that these ordinary people were sincerely grateful, but from thanking Liu Renli to thanking the emperor, this surprised him.
Watching these people kowtow in the direction of the capital, shouting long live the emperor, the sincerity touched the bottom of his heart at this moment.
glanced at Liu Renli, and Zhang Fuling beside him, Zhang Fuling didn't know when he came to Tongzhou, they didn't know that they came to the ground to call Liu Renli, who was the chief of the guard.
At that time, looking at his sincere and terrified appearance, I knew that this kid was really scared.
So these people, it is not like it was arranged in advance, so that these people can evaluate it like this, it seems that his actions in the past few months are convincing and admirable.
Liu Renli was frightened, in front of the old emperor, such praise was really too much, he hurriedly motioned for everyone to get up, this may be the so-called rainbow fart in the mouth of the second brother.
"Get up, it is indeed Your Majesty Shengming, come on, while it is still early, leave some people here to continue harvesting, and half of the people will follow me over to harvest golden potatoes."
Laifu leaned over, "The adults are left with strong labor, after all, collecting gold potatoes is a manual job, not like this." ”
Liu Renli thought about it and nodded, and smiled at Laifu, or this kid knew it in his heart, but he was nervous and forgot.
"Okay, you can continue, remember that the threshing floor should be guarded in shifts at night, and it will take seven or eight days to dry it in the first stage, and then it will be dried for three or four days after threshing, and taking care of it is the most important thing."
Everyone saluted and said yes, and Zhou Heng did not delay and stretched out his hand in the direction of the carriage.
"This way, please."
Liu Renli really didn't know what to call it, but it was better at this time, he didn't say anything, and he went with him if he wanted to take a look.
The old emperor was in high spirits, and walked quickly towards the carriage, and did not get into the carriage, so he followed Liu Renli and walked forward quickly, and the guards and the carriage opened some distance and followed the four of them.
Looking at the ordinary wheat field on the side of the road, the old emperor was still quite emotional.
"You say, 'This corn can be used as food?'
Liu Renli nodded, "It is estimated that His Majesty has already eaten roasted corn, those can be beaten and sacrificed, and it can really be used as food, this corn can be ground into flour and made into cakes, which is very satisfying." ”
As he spoke, Liu Renli waved his hand at Zhang Huaiyuan, who was following behind, and Zhang Huaiyuan quickly ran to the front and looked at Liu Renli with a confused expression, not knowing what he meant.
"Give me a tortilla."
Zhang Huaiyuan stretched out his hand and took out two, handed them to Liu Renli, and then quickly stopped, still following the team behind, just such an action The old emperor looked at Zhang Huaiyuan twice, but he didn't expect Liu Renli to have such a person around him who knew the number of etiquette.
Liu Renli raised the two cakes in his hand and introduced them respectively:
"There are two cakes here, one is made entirely of cornmeal, and the other is white flour mixed with one-third, which is more delicious in terms of taste."
The old emperor was not polite, he reached out and took one piece and threw the rest to Zhang Fuling, Zhang Fuling and Fang Jizhong also broke a small piece like the emperor.
This is pure cornmeal, and the entrance is a little dry, presumably to facilitate the storage of less water, but the more you chew, the more you feel sweet.
With this kind of rich taste, he knew that this thing was absolutely fine to satisfy hunger, and it was even more delicious than ordinary mixed noodles steamed cakes.
Then he took the cake mixed with white flour in Liu Renli's hand, and broke a piece of it as usual, this time without waiting for it, he made a move.
"Sweet? Why is this so fluffy and delicious, it's delicious, you can try it too! ”
Saying that, he threw the cake to the two, and Zhang Fuling kept nodding after eating.
"It tastes better than pure cornmeal, but I think that pure cornmeal should be better, right?"
Fang Jizhong held two and a half large cakes, broke them into small pieces and ate them, and he had no one to send them out, so he had a little more in his hand, and he felt delicious when he ate this thing, but he felt choked when he ate so much.
Liu Renli smiled, "It's been three days since that pure cornmeal cake, and we don't have time to go to Zhuangzi to eat, so we take it with us a little bit at a time, and as for the one mixed with white flour, it's freshly steamed today." ”
The old emperor raised his eyebrows, three days?
If you can still achieve this taste in three days, wouldn't it be used as a ration in the army, this thing is much more delicious than ordinary steamed cakes.
Glancing at Zhang Fuling, seeing him nodding towards himself, obviously this person thought the same, the old emperor suppressed the excitement in his heart, and his steps behind his back sped up a little, not to mention that it was really refreshing to walk a few steps outside.
"You guys hurry up, why are your legs and feet not as good as me, by the way, Liu Aiqing, where are the golden potatoes planted?"
Liu Renli pointed to a group of people not far away and said:
"Your Majesty, there are already some people waiting there, and they are waiting for the golden potatoes, after all, this is the largest yield."
The old emperor nodded, and a few people walked over quickly, almost approaching, Zhang Huaiyuan and Laifu ran over first, and gave a little order, these people hurriedly stood in line, with smiles on their faces, and the joy of harvesting was overflowing.
Liu Renli glanced at Zhang Wanxun, this golden potato is not so fast, although it is not very hot now, it is still very uncomfortable to bask for a long time.
"Otherwise, I'll have people bring tables and chairs, and the carriage will stop here to block it, and it will take a long time to collect the golden potatoes, so let them burn a charcoal pot and roast some corn here, and they can also roast some food while they wait, so that we won't arrange a meal at noon."
Zhang Wanxun was stunned, this Liu Renli is strong enough.
In the entire government and the opposition, I really can't find such a person, except for Lord Zhang Fuling, of course, these two people are really taught by a master, and they are all so picky, if they were to change one, I am afraid that they would have sent someone to prepare food, good wine, good food, and good hospitality.
"What, just roast corn, don't you eat it yourself, and there are also Master Zhang Fuling and that one, is this really good?"
Liu Renli spread out his hands, his face full of innocent expressions.
"I didn't know that Your Majesty was coming, so naturally they were going to eat according to the plan, what can I do?"
Liu Renli's voice is not small, he himself is really a little anxious, harvesting potatoes is not waiting for anyone, after all, when it comes to the sowing of the next season, this is the most anxious thing, the emperor can't ignore it when he comes, and now it's really big.
Zhang Wanxun also scratched his head a little, because he didn't say what he was doing when he came out, he just came over with the guards, and he didn't prepare anything to eat.
At this moment, Fang Jizhong walked over quickly, with a smile on his face, and bowed slightly towards the two.
"Hey, it's embarrassing for Lord Liu, you don't have to worry about eating, the guards have dry food, we roast corn very well, Your Majesty likes it, such fresh food is just in time for the occasion!"