Chapter 176: Unexpected Joy: Corn Seeds

It's winter now, and the weather in Lingnan is not very warm in winter, but Li Zhen has no plans to go to Nanyang in a short time, so he can only put away the peppers temporarily and make other plans when the weather is warm.

"It's a good thing, and we'll be blessed in the future." The thought of the deliciousness of chili peppers makes me drool.

In the years of Datang, he was really fed up with the days without chili peppers.

It's not that without chili peppers, the food is not tasty, of course not, although chili peppers are also an indispensable condiment in food, but it does not mean that you can't make food without chili peppers.

For example, Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine are not mainly spicy, and Li Zhen's reform of the Datang food industry is mainly based on these three cuisines.

But Ren is no matter how delicious the dish is, after eating it for more than ten years, Li Zhen has long been tired of eating, not to mention that although he is not a Sichuan person, nor a Hunan person, but he is also a person who is not spicy or happy, there was no chili pepper before, so he can only force himself to eat those foods that are not spicy, but he has long been tired of eating such things, and recently he has even become obsessed with grassland-style barbecue, just because he is tired of eating those delicacies.

But now it's okay, with chili peppers, the dishes of the spicy-based food system can finally begin to appear, and they can finally be eaten for a lifetime, spicy, spicy, sour and spicy, perverted and spicy...... Don't think that there are only eight major cuisines in China, although there are only eight major cuisines, but those small cuisines are not without characteristics.

Sobering up from the temptation of chili delicacies, Li Zhen looked at Sai Qunxiong deeply: "Sai Qunxiong, these seeds you offered are very useful to this palace, it seems that the reward promised to you by this palace before is still a little too little." Say, what more do you want? ”

Sai Qunxiong hurriedly shook his head: "Your Royal Highness, your reward is enough, I am already very content, I don't need anything." However, these my compatriots were born and died with me, and I have not been able to give them anything until now, so if you can, I hope that Your Highness, you will share the reward that belongs to me among my compatriots. ”

Li Zhen laughed: "Hahaha...... Sure enough, there is affection and righteousness, you can rest assured, your reward will not be less, and this palace is still counting on you to help this palace plant these crops. ”

"Then thank you, Your Highness." Sai Qunxiong was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around and greeted: "You guys don't hurry up and thank Your Highness." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness......"

"Hahaha...... Alright, the banquet is ready, let's go. So many things have happened, and Li Zhen doesn't plan to continue to stay on the dock: "The matter of the ship, let's wait for tomorrow to hand it over." ”

The matter of the ship is not in a hurry, as the owner of these ships, Li Zhen must also go up to visit in person, but today's harvest is big enough, he must go back to count his harvest first, and take a look at the future development ideas, the role of these crops is too great, compared with these crops, the more than 1,000 merchant ships are not the most important.

However, today is destined to be Li Zhen's lucky day, so that his harvest is not just a little bit just now.

"Dear ...... Your Highness, please ...... Wait a minute. Just as Li Zhen was about to leave with everyone, another voice sounded, but unlike Sai Qunxiong's fluent accent, this voice had obvious stumbling, obviously because of his unskill.

"Saimenghu, what are you doing? Don't apologize to His Highness yet? As soon as Sai Qunxiong heard this accent, he knew that it was one of his own people, and hurriedly turned around and scolded, he was afraid that Sai Menghu would anger His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him - through the matter of Liu Renliang and the poisonous potatoes just now, he knew that although Li Zhen looked kind on the surface, in fact, if someone really angered him or endangered his life, then he would not spare your life at all.

"It's okay, don't scare him." Li Zhen waved his hand to signal that Sai Qunxiong did not need to be nervous, and then asked, "You stopped me, is there something wrong?" ”

"Yes...... Respectful...... Your Highness, I have ...... here A seed that doesn't know ...... Would you like to...... Look? I don't know...... Is it useful...... "Sai Menghu's age is about the same as Sai Qunxiong, but he is bigger, and his arms are almost the thickness of an ordinary person's waist, if his muscles are not weak, then he is likely to be a warrior who can give birth to a tiger and a leopard - Li Zhen had already noticed him at the beginning, mainly because his physique was too attractive to attention, but he didn't take it to heart, there are not many others in Datang, but with a warrior who is against a hundred, if you really have the heart to look for it, you can still find it."

Li Zhen waved his hand arrogantly: "Oh? Then take it out, as long as it is useful to me, this palace will definitely not be stingy with rewards. ”

"Yes, Your Highness...... That's it. The Muscleman Tiger fumbled around and pulled a few golden seeds out of his pocket.

"Corn? Hahaha...... Sure enough, God is taking care of the palace and taking care of the Tang Dynasty, hahaha...... "Li Zhen is even more excited, there are five high-yield crops in the Americas that Li Zhen wants the most, namely sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkins, corn and peanuts, as for tomatoes or something, he is not too eager.

And just now in the bag, Li Zhen has found the first three, originally he was already satisfied, for the last two corn and peanuts, although he feels regretful, but with the first three, he no longer thinks it is important. But I didn't expect ah, someone actually held the corn seed in front of him, although there are only eight grains, but corn is very easy to plant, as long as the first batch is not wiped out, to multiply seeds with seeds, Li Zhen believes that as long as five years later, he will be able to spread corn throughout the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the people of Datang will have another kind of high-yield food that can satisfy their stomachs, and they really don't have to worry about being hungry anymore, and Li Zhen can really be free from worries.

And now that I think about it, although sweet potatoes and pumpkins are also very productive, but if you think about it carefully, it is not without shortcomings, first of all, although the yield of sweet potatoes is high, sweet potatoes are a low-calorie food, and the calories are only one-third of rice, which means that a person can eat one pound of rice to meet a day's calorie consumption, then sweet potatoes need to eat three pounds.

And sweet potatoes are cold, eating too much is not good for the body, if the people don't have no way to live, they will not choose sweet potatoes as the staple food anyway, this is the biggest disadvantage of sweet potatoes.

Thank you for the great reward of 'Nian Annihilation'.,It's not good to update these days.,I'm really sorry.。

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