Chapter 195: Falling into an Ice Cave (Asking for Everything)
After a while, Lin Sen put all kinds of things into the house.
"Your Majesty and the generals, please see, there are three main drinks here, all of which are the most suitable for drinking in this hot weather, all of which have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, quenching thirst, dispelling fire and dehumidifying.
This is an herbal tea, not a cooled tea, but a decoction with a cooling effect, which can be drunk like ordinary tea.
And this is the boy's favorite in the summer...... One of them, called sour plum soup, sweet and sour, salty for all ages, and has the effect of relieving greasy and helping digestion, a cup after summer dinner is the most refreshing, Your Majesty can drink more of this.
The last one is very common, and it's just ordinary mung bean soup. However, these things must be drunk in moderation by Princess Jinyang, and cannot be drunk too much. Lin Sen first pointed to the three barrels of drinks and said with a smile.
He is also introducing it here, Cheng Yanjin has already made a bowl of it himself, and it seems that he also has a preference for the sour plum soup, so he can't help but come to another bowl.
"You kid does have a set of tinkering with these things, this sour plum soup is really delicious, I ate a little too much meat just now, and I won't get tired of drinking a bowl immediately."
Before others had time to praise it, Cheng Yanjin, who was the old man, praised his son-in-law first, and he didn't look embarrassed at all, but Lin Sen scratched his head a little embarrassed. Is it really good for us to behave like this and not avoid relatives? Well, Lin Sen actually thinks he is doing a good job.
"These are just a little water drinks prepared by the kid to eliminate food, mainly because I am afraid that you will not have the stomach to taste the deliciousness of these things next." Lin Sen said with a smile.
"Your Majesty isn't curious about what that dish is made of, its practical is the white gourd of this cold gourd, the cold gourd is naturally not a new thing for Your Majesty, but the kind of cold gourd grown by the kid is not only bigger, but also much sweeter, or sandy, and the taste should be much more comfortable.
In addition, the melon seeds also please leave first, the melon seeds of this new cold melon are larger than other cold melons, and the melon seeds are fragrant and attractive after frying, so delicious that they can't stop, and they are also very good as snacks. Why, these are the fried cold melon seeds. ”
Lin Sen took out a large watermelon weighing more than ten catties, cut it in front of everyone, and showed off his own knife work by the way, leaving only the red flesh in the fruit bowl and letting everyone eat it with a fork.
And the white pulp is still left, and you can also make another watermelon skin scrambled egg, or fried watermelon skin, the taste is smooth and sweet, it is also a dish that Lin Sen quite loves, of course, it is also good to make a cold salad with other ingredients after blanching, and the taste is better than that of ordinary cucumbers.
Cold melon is the ancient name of watermelon, of course, some land will be used to refer to autumn melon or winter melon, and there are also cucumbers called so.
As for saying that there will be watermelons in the Tang Dynasty, it was not Lin Sen who took it out first, because among the archaeological achievements of later generations, watermelon seeds were found in a cemetery in the Western Han Dynasty, and watermelons were even grown with watermelon seeds, which shows that this thing has long existed in history.
It's just that Chang'an City doesn't seem to have seen this thing on weekdays, considering that this thing itself is heavy and round, it is very difficult to transport, and everyone's awareness and thirst for this thing are also very limited, and no one is willing to ship it all the way to sell, which is a very normal thing.
"Well, it's delicious, it's really sweet." "Cool!" Several veterans were full of praise for eating, and they didn't stop boasting about it, just like plowing the field, and they stuffed those watermelons into their big mouths in two bites.
"As the name suggests, this melon is inherently cool, and it is best to relieve the heat in summer, especially after it has been chilled with well water, and it is also considered a multi-purpose, it is a good thing. In addition, this thing is most suitable for growing in sandy soil, does not occupy arable land, and is quite easy to feed.
Of course, you can't eat too much of this, your stomach will be uncomfortable. It is also best not to eat it with mutton, because mutton is warm, and the effect of eating it with cold melon will be weakened. Lin Sen continued to introduce his own watermelons, which really made Wang Po sell melons and boast about herself.
Last year, he had this idea, and he was not happy without watermelon in summer, and this year's plant transformation system has become powerful, and he can really transform it, so he naturally transformed a lot of watermelon seeds, and found an inconspicuous sandy land to plant, and chose the same good varieties with high sugar content and large size.
Just looking at the smile that even Li Shimin eats, you know that his sales are quite successful. As for the watermelon seeds, of course, they are all collected, fried and eaten, and while there is one more snack, it can also reduce the possibility of other families planting this good watermelon casually, of course, this idea cannot be expressed.
"This cold melon is indeed much more delicious than what I ate in the palace. Don't forget to send a car to the palace when you turn around. Li Shimin has become more and more unpolite, and he really doesn't treat himself as an outsider even if he eats and takes.
"Boy, saved." Lin Sen looked at the other generals and looked at him eagerly, he didn't understand that they all meant this, so he naturally nodded honestly.
This thing is a bit of a unique meaning around Chang'an City, it is said that it can't be cheap, but it really doesn't cost much, he is naturally happy to pretend to be generous, for a circle of good people.
Of course, when these watermelons are really released, they will definitely not be so swaggering and cut for everyone to eat, and rare things should be worthy of its price, and there are additional ways to increase their value.
"Actually, this cold melon can also be used to squeeze juice." Lin Sen said as he operated.
"You can drink watermelon juice alone, or you can add some smoothies and other small pieces of fruit to make it a beautiful and delicious summer color.
If there is a crystal cup to put it, it must be much more beautiful, but the kid's family is poor and can't afford to use such a good thing, so he has to be wronged by everyone. ”
Lin Sen made a few smoothies and brought them to a few bigwigs. For Lin Sen's endless stream of good things here, several generals are used to it, and they pull it into their mouths without hesitation at all.
"You've eaten so many cold things, you must not eat too much of this smoothie, otherwise your stomach will not be able to stand it." Lin Sen gave an intimate advice, but obviously he said it a little late, and the cups of those generals were already empty.
"If that doesn't make you feel cool enough, there's a way to do it, kid." Lin Sen smiled mysteriously.
"If you have something to say, let it go!" Cheng Yanjin shouted impatiently, naturally he was not polite to his son-in-law, of course, he had never been polite to anyone.
"Well, okay, putting ice cubes in the house will cool the house, you must know it. But there's a way to make this cooling process a little faster, kid. ”
Lin Sen simply let people bring in a few pots of Xiaoice, then sprinkled something inside, and made a few wooden organs to put next to the ice basin, signaling Xi Weizhong and them to move.
That's actually a few manual fans, simply use the gear set to make a double speed amplification, and then drive the fan blades above, this thing can be made by children who have played with Lego robots.
Sure enough, it didn't blow for a while, the temperature in the house dropped a lot, and the tulou had some effect of being warm in winter and cool in summer, and the temperature in the house was much lower than outside, and now there was no trace of heat at all.
"I also put a lot of ice basins in the house and let people fan hard, but why is it not so cool? The ice cubes tend to melt quickly. Li Shimin couldn't help but ask out loud.
From the appearance of the ice cube just now, his attention was turned away from eating, and he was paying attention to these new things, and his curiosity and desire for control were definitely much stronger than the calmness of the other generals, or even for granted.
"And how do you have so much ice here? Could it be that there is an ice cellar in the tulou? Or were you lucky enough to find an ice cave? Li Shimin followed and asked.
So the scene became a group of bigwigs snorting watermelon seeds waiting for Lin Sen to answer, which was like a scene of three triages, which made Lin Sen a little stressed.