Chapter 516: Vegetables and Coal
From the greenhouse, Cheng Chubi picked up a cabbage, and then walked slowly in the direction of the palace.
After a month, the cabbage in the greenhouse also grows, and because of the lack of sunlight, the cabbage becomes whiter and more tender.
It looks like it's made of jade.
"Baby, what do you think I've brought you?" Cheng Chubi showed a faint smile on his face, and took the cabbage forward like a treasure.
"Hey!"
However, Empress Gaoyang sighed, and even a single cabbage could not arouse her interest.
It's Chinese cabbage, but it's Chinese cabbage!
The Chinese cabbage in winter is quite a rare thing!
"My darling, who upset you?" Cheng Chubi walked into the palace, and saw that at this time, Empress Gaoyang was sitting on the bed next to her, sighing.
The little boy next to him was teasing Li Cao.
This little guy looks like a real tiger.
"What's going on?" Cheng Chubi asked, walked over, and hugged her.
"Hey!" Empress Gaoyang sighed.
"What the hell is going on?" Cheng Chubi was even more puzzled, you have become an emperor, and you still have troubles?
"Hey!"
"What's wrong?"
"Recently, there are several more glass shops in Chang'an City, which are said to be making money every day." Empress Gaoyang looked at Cheng Chubi with a resentful expression and spoke.
"Well, indeed, what? And the treasury is not enough money? Cheng Chubi asked.
"Now it takes money to build roads, bridges, disaster relief, and schools, and where is the money from the treasury?" Empress Gaoyang is ambitious.
It is necessary not only to build roads, but also to build schools and eradicate illiteracy.
So, the money is really not enough.
"Money, every minute, I thought you were worried." Cheng Chubi laughed and said, "At the beginning of the year, I asked you to find someone to enclose the land, did you enclose it?" ”
"It's already circled, but those lands are either bare or full of mountains, could it be that there are gold mines down there?" Empress Gaoyang opened her mouth and said, "I remember that the people below replied that those lands produced something called charcoal, which would produce a pungent smell when burned, and it was also poisonous. ”
"It is said that even the poorest people are not willing to use charcoal as fuel, and only the craftsmen of our court will use charcoal to burn iron."
"Do you want to open a big blacksmith's workshop? However, even if it is an iron workshop, it can't be like those glass shops, making money every day. Empress Gaoyang sighed and said, "Hey, is it a penny for me, the emperor." ”
"Don't worry, Shi Tan's income will not be worse than those glasses." Cheng Chubi laughed and said, "Come on, quickly invite a few craftsmen from the craftsman room, this king has something to announce." ”
"Whoa!"
A eunuch answered and hurried to the manufacturing bureau.
A few minutes later, several skilled craftsmen came to Cheng Chubi's face, with respectful expressions.
Looking at these people, Cheng Chubi couldn't help but be happy.
Because these people are from the Qin Palace.
Now he is also a five-grade official, although he is still a carpenter and blacksmith, but he can be regarded as having an official rank.
The craftsmen who came out of the Qin Wangfu had the lowest grade of seven grades, which was considered to be a high grade among the craftsmen.
"Look, can this thing be made?" Cheng Chubi handed a piece of paper to these people, and these people quickly took it and looked at it.
Then he nodded and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, this thing is easy to make, and it will be able to be made tomorrow." ”
"Then please, everyone, this thing is a matter related to thousands of households." Cheng Chubi couldn't help but speak.
The group of craftsmen answered, and then began to look for raw materials and began to make them.
"Let's eat cabbage stew today, how about it?" Cheng Chubi said with a smile.
"Cabbage? In this winter, where will there be cabbage? Yu'er's eyes showed doubts, and said, "And what is the cabbage?" Could it be a white dish? ”
"Ding-dong......" Cheng Chubi smiled, picked up the cabbage on the ground, and said, "Look, what is this?" ”
It's very proud, such a big cabbage, ordinary people really can't see it.
"Isn't this just a big jade carving? This jade carving is quite good-looking, was it brought back from Qinghai by my brother-in-law? The little girl asked.
Cheng Chubi brought back a lot of jade from Qinghai, which most people know.
Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes, feeling that you have regarded this cabbage as a jade carving.
"Oh, my little fool, this is cabbage." Cheng Chubi is very helpless, please, this is cabbage, is the cabbage good?
"Liar, I don't believe it." The little girl pouted and said, I looked like I had seen through you a long time ago.
"Tear it up!"
Cheng Chubi ripped off a piece of Chinese cabbage and put it in his mouth to eat.
At this time, the two girls found out that this is really a dish!
"Can you really eat it?" Xiao Er'er said in surprise.
"Didn't you see me eating?" Cheng Chubi opened his mouth while eating.
"How does it taste?" The little girl asked.
"Sweet, with a faint smell of. Damn, this thing was just poured dung a few days ago, me! Cheng Chubi directly burst into a thick mouth, and quickly spit out the vegetables in his mouth.
I felt sick all of a sudden!
Damn, I feel a mouthful of.
"Let's wash it and eat it again." Cheng Chubi shook his head helplessly and said, "It's better to wash this thing, hey." ”
Empress Gaoyang looked at the huge cabbage and said thoughtfully: "This thing can grow so big, it is obviously extraordinary." ”
"It's just a cross of a few vegetables." Cheng Chubi didn't care.
"This thing can feed people." Empress Gaoyang said.
"This is true, a dish, a few people eat it, absolutely no problem!"
"Can it be generalized?"
"Yes!"
"Good, good, good, God bless my Datang, God bless my Datang!" Empress Gaoyang said very happily, making Cheng Chubi look confused.
What the hell is going on? It's just some Chinese cabbage.
Regardless of this woman, Cheng Chubi walked to the kitchen and began to make cabbage stew.
Empress Gaoyang and Xiao Er'er haven't eaten vegetables for a long time, and they need to supplement various vitamins, and this cabbage is the best supplement.
In less than an hour, the smell of incense began to spread from the inside of the kitchen to the outside.
Cabbage is nothing in later generations, but it is indeed a very rare thing in this era, even if it is an emperor, he may not be able to eat cabbage all the time.
Not to mention this freshly cultivated Chinese cabbage.
(End of chapter)