Chapter 144: Fruits and Vegetables
Feng Ang has been living in Feng Daiwen's Hou Mansion since he entered Beijing, taking care of his marriage. Back in the house, the father and son rarely got together, and they chatted all night, Feng Ang was very happy that his sons had a chance, and kept praising the brothers, and they were happy during the banquet, and finally they were all drunk.
Nowadays, there is a huge industrial area near Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and ordinary porcelain can be fired from ordinary clay, and the porcelain merchant group formed by the royal family, the Feng family and more than a dozen military families.
More than 200 porcelain kilns have been built, firing day and night, and a large number of porcelain are shipped to the countries of the Western Regions every month. The people of Chang'an City were the first to benefit, two pennies for a porcelain bowl, a penny porcelain cup, although not exquisite, but every family used it. The white blue and white porcelain plate used in the restaurant is only five cents, and it can be said that the porcelain bowls used to beg for food in Chang'an City are now. Moreover, the widespread use of porcelain is rapidly spreading to the surrounding areas.
From Youzhou, the wool sold in the clouds will be transported to Chang'an, and will be made into clothes, scarves, and gloves by the workshop under the name of the eldest grandson, which will not be sold to the Tang Dynasty at present. Coupled with tea and cotton clothes, these items are still very rewarding.
Jiangnan and Lingnan's frosted sugar are sold to neighboring countries, such as the Western Regions, the peninsula and other places, except for some tributes to the palace every year.
There's no way it's not that I don't want to keep it for myself, it's really reluctant, and the price of selling it is very considerable, comparable to silk.
Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang, Cheng family brothers, and others have now become a professional escort group in the Western Regions, each with a team to take turns to go back and forth.
The next day, Feng Daiwen endured a headache and opened his eyes, and immediately handed over a glass of water next to him, and turned his head to see Yaya looking at him with a smile.
"What are you doing so early?" Feng Daiwen looked outside the window before it was bright, reached out and rubbed Yaya's hair and said.
"Oh, people are here to tell the second young master good things." Yaya's face turned slightly red, shook her head and waved Feng Daiwen's big hand and said.
"What's a good thing? Let's hear it. Feng Daiwen asked as he got up and dressed. There are not many taboos, after all, this girl is desperate to follow Feng Daiwen, and she still has to give an identity in the future.
"Second young master, go and take a look, the seeds you asked Yaya to take care of were planted in the spring, and they have all borne fruit so far." Yaya excitedly pulled Feng Daiwen's arm and said.
"Oh, let's go and see." Feng Daiwen was instantly interested, and then set off.
The whole Hou Mansion covers an area of more than 10 acres, and there are five acres in the backyard, because there are not many people in the house, Feng Daiwen asked Yaya to grow vegetables, which is good, not only the backyard is full of vacant land, but even the garden has been changed into a vegetable garden.
Feng Daiwen was pleasantly surprised as soon as he walked into the backyard.
"This is? Cherry tomatoes! Feng Daiwen was surprised to find that the flower bed was full of cherry tomatoes, and he couldn't help but squat down happily to take a closer look.
"So it's called cherry tomatoes! All the seeds are dried and kept. Yaya said, it turned out that this dead-eyed girl was worried that there were not enough seeds, and all vegetables and fruits were not allowed to be eaten secretly, and she would go to count them every day.
Feng Daiwen took one off with a smile, wiped it with his hand, handed it to Yaya, and said, "Taste it, it tastes good." ”
Yaya took it, put it in her mouth and bit it carefully, and then chewed quickly with her small mouth and swallowed it. "Well, sweet and sour, delicious."
Feng Daiwen looked at the large small tomatoes in the flower bed with satisfaction, and said happily: "Where are these all from?" How did I not know? ”
"Second Young Master, after you left, those Hu merchants came twice again, both to send plants and seeds, and I planted them all, is it okay to accept them?" Second Young Master. Yaya replied cautiously.
"Of course it's okay, not only is it okay, but there is also credit, these are completely ripe and kept as seeds, and you can eat them with confidence next year, and we'll go and see the others." Feng Daiwen said happily.
"These trees are a kind of fruit that is a specialty of the Western Regions, and that Hu Shang said that he spent a lot of effort to bring them to Chang'an, but I don't know what it is? No results yet. Yaya pointed to more than a dozen small trees and said.
"It's really not easy for the Western Regions to bring the tree over, and he will bring a lot of things less, so he's careful, huh! This should be an apple tree, and I'll know when it bears fruit, but unfortunately I won't take care of it. Feng Daiwen explained as he observed.
"Oh, it turned out to be called apples, and the Hu merchant also sent five people, and they all planted these vegetables and fruits." Yaya said on the side.
"Second young master, look, this is a hand-holding melon in the Western Regions, which is bigger than Lingnan." Yaya said, pointing to vines on a shelf.
"Well, this is called hand melon, also called chayote, ear melon, shou melon, it is indeed a good dish, high yield, easy to take care of, only need to build a shelf, and it will sprout itself every year. Jiangnan and Shuzhong are available. Feng Daiwen looked at the fruitful shelf, and remembered that there was also such a plant in front of his hometown in later generations. It is used to cook noodles, stir-fry them, stew them, and boil them in plain water.
"Let this fruit be plucked and stir-fried, and the one with diced meat in front of it shall be kept as a seed." Feng Daiwen remembered what the old man said, this is called a mother melon, just bury it in the ground.
"It seems that in the future, we should pay attention to fruits and vegetables in China and other regions." Feng Daiwen secretly pondered, after all, in ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and the government also controlled the people, and most of the people never left their county town when they died.
Next, Feng Daiwen found a small pumpkin, that is, a golden melon, as well as cucumbers, cauliflower, walnuts, watermelons, eggplants, pear trees, and oranges, all of which are varieties from the Western Regions, and some Datang also have them, but I don't know if it is a variety, which provides Feng Daiwen with a new idea, "grafting". In the future, the good ones can be grafted onto other trees.
There are a lot of golden melons, and they have been stored for a long time, and when I asked Yaya, there were more than 100 of them, which made Feng Daiwen very happy. The gourd itself is very sweet, and it is used to make porridge, vegetables, and cakes. It just so happens that I want to get married, and I keep it to make a special dish, so I have to make a little special feature so that I have enough aftertaste in the future, and I also want to let Guang'an have face, isn't it.
Called the next and five vegetable farmers to pick the vegetables and pick them off, and the seeds that should be left behind, Feng Daiwen found that these five vegetable farmers only know how to plant, and they don't know much about taking care of many of them, and it seems that there is still a long way to go if they want to have high yields. But the harvest was joyful, and he kept busy until after noon.
Seeing that there are so many vegetables, the harvest is not less than the grain per mu, Feng Daiwen decided to move back to the fiefdom of Wannian County after getting married, and develop the grain and vegetables well. By the way, accompany Guang'an well, after all, the two did not have the opportunity to be together for a long time except for a period of time at the beginning.
Thinking that he was going to get married, Feng Daiwen couldn't help but smile............
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