Li Ji is busy as a dog, and the dog is not as busy as him. So he learned wisely and threw the pot to Zhongshu Province.

The diligent emperor does everything himself, which will prevent some people with ulterior intentions from taking advantage of loopholes. Although such an emperor is not eloquent, he is worthy of respect.

The wise emperor paid attention to the selection of talents, and would appoint bold people to replace him in some government affairs. As long as you choose the right virtuous minister, you will also create a prosperous world, and you will not be busy like a dog.

Li Ji chose the latter, and he transferred Kong Lin to Zhongshu Province, which drafted government affairs and then sent them to his subordinates for deliberation. He slipped himself, slipped away.

Li Ji, who slipped away, was not idle, he went out of the palace with a dog's leg.

With the back of his head, he also thought that he went to the Guangwang Mansion.

However, Li Ji did not go to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, but to have something serious to do. The crop seeds in the palace were piled up like a mountain, and Li Ji was preparing to plant them.

In fact, there are official fields in the imperial court, and there are many more after the overthrow of Zhu Wen. But Li Ji didn't want to plant in the official fields, because he needed to work hard to convince those officials, and maybe there would be an impeachment of the imperial history saying that he was not doing his job.

Instead of fighting with the courtiers in such a verbosity, it is better to use Zhu Youneng, a loser, to breed privately.

For Zhu Youneng, it is not strange that he grows anything. No one dares to ask, who asks who smokes with a big mouth.

Zhu Youneng floated again, anyway, I'm not an official, and I can't be a threat to the imperial power. Then I kicked my nose in the face, and shouted one by one, Brother Li and Brother Li, who made you go out on patrol.

"Brother Li, what do you call this?"

"This is a peanut, this is corn, this is called a tomato, as for this, it's called bastard Zhu Laoer." Li Ji became funny.

"You scolded me?" Zhu Youneng could hear it.

"How could I scold you, this thing is indeed called the bastard Zhu Lao Er." Li Ji swore solemnly.

Zhu Youneng immediately wondered: "Why does it have such a strange name?"

They are talking about chili seeds, and this matter cannot be revealed, otherwise Zhu Youneng will definitely suspect it. So Li Ji began to talk nonsense in a serious manner: "This thing is imported from overseas by a person named Zhu, but this person surnamed Zhu is also the second oldest like you, and everyone calls him Zhu Laoer." This Zhu Lao Er didn't know what it was, so he planted some by himself, and after he planted it and tasted it for his neighbors, the neighbors scolded him for being a bastard Zhu Lao Er, so this thing was named like this. ”

"No, he kindly gave food to his neighbor, why did the neighbor scold him? It's also unconscionable. Zhu Youneng still felt strange, the emperor wouldn't want to make fun of himself.

Li Ji shook his head: "You don't understand this, this thing is actually a condiment, and it is extremely spicy when put into food." than, thousands of times hotter than the pepper you eat. But after eating it, I really wanted this taste. So when people ate it, they scolded Zhu Lao and the two bastards and teased them, but after eating, they missed this taste again. ”

"Then you can't have such a name, those peanuts and corn tomatoes you said, the names are a little better, this is too strange." Zhu Youneng resolutely opposed.

This name must be hammered, Li Ji doesn't want to call it chili pepper anymore: "Who is to blame, because I don't know the name, the neighbors will ask after eating it: You tasted the dish that Zhu Lao Er gave you, what does it taste like?" People would first scold: 'Bastard Zhu Er', and then it spread. Let me tell you Brother Zhu, not only our capital is called that, but also the Laizhou border near the sea on the other side of Shandong, and the people call it this name. ”

Zhu Youneng immediately believed it: "Brother Li, brother, I beg you something." Let's not call it this, you give it a name. ”

Li Ji shook his head: "It's difficult, even if I change my name, the people of Kelai Prefecture are already called that." This crop spreads all over the world sooner or later, and people call it 'Bastard Zhu Lao Er' all the time, so let's change its name, how awkward. ”

Zhu Youneng became a little frustrated: "Then my land is not allowed to plant this."

This can be regarded as coercion, and Li Ji also has his way to deal with it: "If you don't let the seeds, I won't give you land rent."

Zhu Youneng was dumbfounded, isn't this scolding himself for being a bastard Zhu Youneng: "That's not good, if it gets out, where will I put my face."

Li Ji couldn't help laughing: "People call it the bastard Zhu Lao Er, and they don't scold you by name." There are more people with the surname Zhu in this world, and the second in line abounds. ”

Zhu Youneng thought for a while: "That's not good, this land is mine, if I grow this thing, people won't laugh off their big teeth when they ask."

It was really difficult for this guy to accept such a name, so Li Ji had to compromise: "Okay, since Brother Zhu said so, then how about we change its name and call it 'Bastard Zhu Lao La'?"

"You can't give this Zhu away." Zhu Youneng was in a hurry.

"No, after all, this strange thing was brought back from overseas by Zhu Laoer. How can we forget our roots, we must bring a red character. This Zhu Lao Lao is not Zhu Lao Er, what does it have to do with you? ”

Zhu Youneng: "......"

After a series of forced compromises and concessions, Zhu Youneng finally accepted the name, and 'Bastard Zhu Lao La' was the new term for chili peppers.

In the future, there may be literati who think it is indecent and remove the three words bastard, but Zhu Laola may go down in history.

In the third year of Tianyou, the capital was surprised by the strange thing Zhu Lao Spicy, the taste is like the feeling of bathing in fire, but its deliciousness, the folk call it 'Wang Baug Zhu Lao Spicy' is also.

Duan Hu was originally Zhu Wen's person, as a palace guard, after Zhu Wen fell, Li Ji did not punish him. Instead, he continued to reuse him as a palace guard and took turns with Zhang Mao, for which Duan Hu was grateful and willing to swear allegiance.

These palace guards, who are usually imposing, have become peasants at the moment. They pushed wooden carts, drove ox carts, and sweated to transport the seeds of the palace crops to Zhu Youneng's fields.

Winter wheat is past the planting season, and Li is showing them how to grow peanuts and corn.

Although there is no chemical fertilizer, the yield of these modern scientific research seeds will never be low.

It has just rained in the capital recently, and the land is still a little wet. Li Ji personally taught and ploughed a shallow ditch with an iron hoe on the cultivated land.

"Duan Hu, do you see it, do it. The distance between them is about one and a half feet. ”

Duan Hu hurriedly took the iron hoe: "Your Majesty, let's come with me, the villain has rough skin and thick meat, Your Majesty still needs to take care of the dragon body."

Li Ji was just pretending, he didn't want to do this, he threw the hoe to Duan Hu: "Youwei, you come."

Youwei was carrying a bamboo basket of corn seeds, and Li Ji taught him: "Look at it, just order one grain, and the spacing is not too much."

Growing corn is a relatively simple thing, and Li Ji will teach it. Fortunately, there are many people, and the ancients have great strength, they seem to be tireless, and Li Ji has long hid under a big tree to rest.

Similarly, there is also Zhu Youneng who hides and is lazy.

"Brother Li, fight two rounds?" Saying that, Zhu Youneng took out two cricket jars.