Chapter 162: The Imperial Palace's Inner Treasury
"Li Banyu, please see, this is the inner treasury of the palace, and almost more than eighty percent of the belongings in the palace are stored here!" In a palace in the hinterland of the palace, Luo Chongxun, the great eunuch in front, introduced Li Zhang as he walked.
Li Zhang looked at the surrounding warehouses greedily as he walked, but unfortunately these warehouses were all locked and couldn't see the belongings inside clearly, which made him very disappointed, you must know that this is the inner treasury of the palace, Zhao Heng and Liu E, as well as the private belongings of the concubines in the palace are almost hidden here.
Luo Chongxun took Li Zhang around the inner warehouse, and then took him to an underground warehouse and took out the key to open the heavy door, revealing the empty room inside and said: "Li Banyu, this is the cellar you requested, shady, protected from light, and the ventilation is also good, I don't know if you are satisfied?" ”
The reason why Luo Chongxun took Li Zhang with the inner library was mainly to store the potatoes harvested yesterday, and now Liu E has taken these potatoes as eyeballs, except for herself, only Li Zhang can touch them, mainly because she doesn't know how to save the potatoes, otherwise Li Zhang won't want to see potatoes again.
Li Zhang went into this basement and took a turn, it was already late autumn, and the basement was quite cold, but there were ventilation holes around it, so that this basement was not stuffy, and it was also suitable for the storage of potatoes.
"This place is good, and I'll have someone find some dry dirt later!" Li Zhang nodded with great satisfaction, and then smiled again, Luo Chongxun is an official who has entered the introspection guard, although the grade is not very high, but he is deeply favored by Liu E, known as the first celebrity in the palace, so Liu E did not have time to deal with the potato matter personally, so he handed it over to Luo Chongxun to assist Li Zhang.
The eunuchs of the Song Dynasty were divided into two classes, one for the inner province and the other for the inner service province. In the palace of the arch servant, the duty of the sweeper and the servant of the miscellaneous goods belong to the inner service province, which is not easy to contact the nobles in the palace, so for the eunuchs, entering the inner province is far more promising than the inner service province, and the escort class is a high-ranking official who enters the inner province, only under the knowledge of the chief and vice.
"Li Banyu is polite, as long as you are satisfied!" Luo Chongxun said very politely again at this time, the closer people are to Liu E, the more they know the weight of Li Zhang in Liu E's heart, especially Luo Chongxun also knows the importance of potatoes to Liu E, and this potato was offered by Li Zhang, so in Luo Chongxun's opinion, Li Zhang is also the person he needs to do his best.
After Luo Chongxun finished speaking, he immediately asked people to take the soil, and after a while, a few little eunuchs brought a lot of loess, and the potatoes were also sent in, Li Zhang found a corner, spread a layer of loess and then put the potatoes neatly on it, then spread a layer of loess, and then put a layer of potatoes, and finally piled up into a large mound, and the potatoes were all stored in it.
"By the way, you can get some apples in the Rowbaban!" At this time, Li Zhang suddenly remembered one more thing, and said again, it is said that apples can release a hormone that can inhibit the germination of potatoes and prolong the storage time of potatoes, Li Zhang also saw it from the Internet, I don't know if it is useful, but it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
"Apples?" Luo Chongxun was stunned when he heard Li Zhang's words, because he didn't know what kind of fruit an apple was?
Seeing Luo Chongxun's puzzled expression, Li Zhang suddenly remembered that the apples of the Song Dynasty were not called by this name, so he explained again: "Apple is the name of my hometown, in fact, it is also a coffin, not too many, a dozen will do, and there can be no rotten!" ”
"It turned out to be a persimmon fruit, no problem, I'll let someone take it!" When Luo Chongxun heard the name "柰", he immediately smiled and said, 柰 is a common fruit in the palace, and now it is autumn again, which is the time when there are the most fruits.
There are many origins of apples, Europe and Asia, the Central Plains has a record of apples as early as the Xia Yu period, but there is no name for apples in ancient times, but it is called "柰", according to the different colors, there are vegetarian naphthalene, Zhu Zhu, green persimfera, purple persimmon and other varieties, but later European apple varieties were introduced, because the quality is better than that of East Asia, so slowly the local apples disappeared, and the apples eaten in later generations are almost all varieties imported from Europe.
There are a lot of things like apples, such as the pork eaten in later generations, originally East Asia ate that kind of black-haired pigs, but the white-haired pigs in Europe are replaced by white-haired pigs because of their fast growth and high meat yield, so the black-haired pigs were replaced by white-haired pigs, but in fact, they are all pigs, there is no difference in nature, of course, black-haired pigs can occasionally be seen in later generations, but the apples of Chinese origin have been almost completely replaced.
After a while, a cage of apples was sent in, and Li Zhang did not bury them in the soil, but put them aside, because apples are not resistant to storage, and if they are broken, they must be replaced, otherwise the potatoes may also be damaged.
After doing the above, Li Zhang checked again, and found that there was no problem, so he and Luo Chongxun went out of the door, and then Luo Chongxun locked the door again, although it was an inner warehouse, but in fact, this warehouse did not have any complicated organs, but it was built very strongly, and the lock of the gate was also specially made, in addition to that, there were only strict guards, such as after Li Zhang came in, he could see patrolling guards nearby almost every moment.
"Li Banyu, this key will be handed over to you, and there is also this token, with it, you can come to the warehouse at any time to check the situation of the potatoes, but you can only enter this room, and it is absolutely forbidden to approach other rooms!" After Luo Chongxun locked the door, he handed over a key to Li Zhang and said very solemnly.
"I understand!" Li Zhang took the key and nodded and said, Liu E has not allowed him to go to Zishantang to study, at least before the spring of next year, in other words, all his energy in the past few months has to be focused on the storage of potatoes, of course, it is not that he needs to guard the potatoes every day, but at least it is necessary to come and see them every day.
Seeing Li Zhang's promise, Luo Chongxun took Li Zhang to familiarize himself with the road in the warehouse, speaking of which, the road here is tortuous, and there are many rooms, just like a labyrinth, ordinary people will definitely get lost if they come in for the first time, and after Li Zhang remembered the path, Luo Chongxun also repeatedly told him not to walk around, after all, there are many rules here in the inner library, in case someone is suspected of stealing, maybe he will be killed directly by the guards.
After leaving the inner library, Li Zhang found that it was already in the middle of the day outside, and the morning had passed, and the classes on the side of Zishantang had stopped, but it just so happened that the Analects had also been learned, and he didn't want to delay any longer, after all, he didn't need to take the top prize, as long as he could learn some basics, be able to read letters, and be able to communicate normally with people who had read books.
"Go home!" Thinking about the above, Li Zhang suddenly felt that not reading made him feel relaxed, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, with so much time, he could do something more meaningful.
At the moment, Li Zhang returned home, and then fell asleep, no way, during this time he went to school every day, got up earlier than the chicken every day, slept later than the dog, even if there was a ten-day day, he often couldn't rest because of other things, as a result, he always felt lack of sleep during this time, and now he can finally take a good rest, after all, the body is the capital of the revolution, and only by raising the body can we better devote ourselves to the revolution, no, it is a great torrent of transformation of ancient society.
With the above reason, Li Zhang slept more peacefully, and as a result, for three days, Li Zhang slept at home every day except for going to the palace to see the potatoes, and the rest of the time was spent sleeping at home, at most waking up and playing games, the information in the computer has been sorted out by him, but there are very few things that can be used, and the timing is not right, and now they can only lie in the computer.
This afternoon, Li Zhang woke up, this time he finally felt full of sleep, and then got up and moved his body, and then went out of the courtyard to go to the kitchen to find something to eat, but when he came to the kitchen, he met Yan Niang, who was also sleepy-eyed.
"A big girl's family, sleeping lazily at home every day, do you really plan to raise yourself as a pig?" Li Zhang couldn't help but pout when he saw Yan Niang, he didn't like each other from the beginning, and he still does.
"You still have the face to say that I, don't you sleep at home every day these days?" Yan Niang grabbed a fried dough stick left over from the morning and stuffed it into her mouth while giving Li Zhang a white look.
"I was too tired from studying before, so I only rested for a few days, how can it be like you every day since you entered the house?" Li Zhang also retorted unceremoniously, and then he looked at the kitchen and saw that there was indeed nothing to eat, so he also grabbed a fritter and nibbled on it.
"What's so tiring about studying, haven't you seen me before, in order to be close to my family, I was forced to learn all kinds of rules by the grandmother in the palace every day, and I could only sleep for two hours a day, and after leaving the palace, I was busy with the road every day, and I was tired to death every day, if I hadn't escaped earlier, I guess I wouldn't have killed me with Yelu longevity, and I would have been exhausted to death before I got to the big food." Yan Niang was not angry at this time, but a little calm Li Zhang complained.
"Then what are you going to do, you won't keep eating, sleeping and sleeping like this, right?" Li Zhang also put away his sarcastic smile at this time, and asked Yan Niang a little seriously.
"I haven't thought about it yet, in fact, I also want to do something, but I don't know what to do, I really can't do it, you can find me a mother-in-law, so that I don't have to eat and drink in vain with you when I get married." Yan Niang said with some distress at the moment, this girl's three views are not correct, marrying someone seems to her to be a very indifferent thing at all, and she has never thought about how to live after marriage?
"Forget it, wouldn't it hurt others if you married like this, but if you have nothing to do, I have something here, I don't know if you want to?" Li Zhang spoke again at the moment, he has not slept all the time in the past few days, and sometimes he will plan some things while lying in bed, and these things also need to be handled by manpower.