Chapter 33: Green Corn Goes on the Market (Part II)
His Majesty Li Er stared at Wei Yan for a long time, and then said with a smile: "Wei Yan, Wei Yan, you say, do you want me to praise you, or scold you?" ”
Wei Yan was serious: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that he should be praised, the minister is thoughtful, and the public and private are correct." ”
His Majesty Li Er snorted coldly: "Don't be ashamed to say it." ”
Wei Yan said earnestly: "Your Majesty, hello everyone, it is really good." ”
His Majesty Li Er snorted, ignored him, walked forward, walked around the corn field, and among the officials who followed His Majesty Li Er, someone asked Wei Yan: "Lord Wei, what is planted between this corn is soybeans, right?" ”
"yes, I don't know who this adult is?"
"In Xia Yan Jiuling, he served as the Zhengqing of Sinong Temple."
Wei Yan bowed his hand, Sinong Temple, in charge of the world's agricultural affairs, in later generations, people are the Minister of Agriculture, however, the Minister of Agriculture of the Tang Dynasty is a transactional official, and has nothing to do with politics, not as heavy as the official taste of later generations, Wei Yan feels it, sometimes, it is better to be simple.
"Growing soybeans in the mountains, I know it in the next, but it's the first time I've seen soybeans between the corns, and I ask Lord Wei to explain it in detail."
Yan Jiuling is very research-oriented and pragmatic. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the atmosphere of officialdom was mainly pragmatic, and there were not so many nonsense, which was very good.
"Yan Qing, isn't it usually planted like this?" His Majesty Li Er also asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, in order not to occupy fertile land, soybeans are generally planted in the mountains, but they are only simply planted soybeans.
His Majesty Li Er touched his beard and nodded, looking at Wei Yan, who explained very consciously: "Here's the thing, the housekeeper in the house complained, saying that the corn occupied the mountainous land, and there was no place to plant soybeans, so the soybeans at home could only be bought next year." Chen thought, between corn and corn, there is a distance, and the corn plant is tall, the root system is deep in the soil, and soybeans are just the opposite, in the past, overseas, such two types of crops, can be interplanted, the minister let the family try to plant, fortunately, neither of them has an impact. ”
His Majesty Li Er nodded and affirmed: "This method is good, both can be taken into account, great good." Yan Qing wrote down and promoted it throughout the country. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
His Majesty Li Er looked at Wei Yan with a smile and said, "Very good, Ziyue, this is another credit." ”
"As long as you can use it, the credit or something, the minister didn't think about it, otherwise it would have been reported to Your Majesty a long time ago."
Great Khan of the Guard, this can also be considered a credit! I thought it was very common to say that modern people have more fields and fewer fields, this kind of planting method is very common, the Tang Dynasty is vast and sparsely populated, Wei Yan didn't think about it so much, and he didn't think it was a credit.
After turning the cornfield, the mighty team returned to Wei Yan's house, His Majesty Li Er was honest and polite, and he let Wei Yan eat food when he was on the top, and he also named him to eat green corn. Wei Yan despised it in his heart, just like the Japanese puppet army who entered the village to loot during the Anti-Japanese War, the enemy of the people, despising it.
Let people boil a large pot of corn, then mash the corn kernels, mix the glutinous rice noodles, wrap them in plantain leaves and steam them, and the green soybeans are crushed, kneaded into a cake shape, and fried with oil, the corn is also fried, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it is a very delicious small snack.
When it was served, the kings and ministers ate with a mouthful of oil and praised. Fortunately, the officials of the three provinces and six ministries did not come, and His Majesty Li Er only brought the officials of Sinong Temple, otherwise, according to this appetite, the five acres of land left by Wei Yan would be emptied.
After eating the cake, His Majesty Li Er left Wei Yan, and the other officials were all sent away. Drinking the cool juice, His Majesty Li Er said: "The cake just now is good, ask the kitchen to make more, and I will take it back to the palace for the queen and Jinyang to taste." ”
"Your Majesty, rest assured, the kitchen has been prepared."
"Ziyue is doing things, I can rest assured."
“…… His Majesty has an overreputation, and the ministers dare not be it. ”
Wei Yan was in a complicated mood, feeling that his future was quite bright, and it was simply dark.
"Ziyue, you say you, you talk about learning, you can't even read all the words, what you write is called a mess, but you have a little talent in your belly, you can make a little bit of tinkering, a little food, you can also change tricks, you say, how can I use you? It seems that you have condescended to be a petty official of the Pharmacy Bureau. ”
His Majesty Li Er looked at Wei Yan with a very disgusted gaze, and looked at Wei Yan speechless for a while, we are a master of medicine and a senior intellectual, but you Datang don't know gold and jade.
Wei Yan smiled strangely and said, "Your Majesty, what is the minister's material, can you not know in your heart?" Eat, drink, and have fun, live a life, and do things, but what political affairs do you want the minister to handle, to be honest, the minister has no confidence, and he is afraid that he will not do well. If Your Majesty thinks that the minister is good and wants to reward something, Your Majesty sees it, the minister's house is so dilapidated, reward more gold and silver or something, and the minister will build a new house, hehe. ”
His Majesty Li Er immediately became angry, looked at Wei Yan's gaze very outrageously, and said angrily: "You said you, why are you such a scoundrel, you are a gentleman, you are like this, you are a scoundrel, and you are a little insistent, I really don't know how to say you." I've been ruling the world since I was a teenager, and it's the first time I've seen someone like you. ”
Wei Yan scratched his head and smirked, but his expression was a little complacent, that is, it was also a skill to make the great Tang Taizong Li Shimin like this.
"That's it, don't talk about this, even if you have the ability to use it, there are places in my world for you to show your strength, and I will never treat the heroes badly. You remember! ”
"Your Majesty is wise. The righteous father has long taught the minister, and the minister understands it in his heart. ”
His Majesty Li Er smiled and asked with great interest, "Tell me, how do you know so much?" That tortilla, soybean cake, can even say the way of farming, don't tell me that you can farm, see you don't even have a thick callus on your hands, you won't believe it if you say it, but will treat you for the crime of bullying. ”
Wei Yan smiled and said: "The minister has never done any farm work since he was a doctor in elementary school, but he often goes to the countryside with medical treatment, and the places he goes to are all poor and remote places. ”
"Well, what is medical care in the countryside?"
Wei Yan explained the policy of medical treatment to the first emperor of the ages, and after listening, His Majesty Li Er said: "This policy is good, but it is not practical in my Tang Dynasty, and it is too time-consuming to travel back and forth to various places." ”
said, with a look of regret. Wei Yan scratched his head and said: "Your Majesty, this question is the minister's business, the minister has some ideas, wait for the minister to think about it carefully, and hand you a fold." ”
"Okay, then I'll wait for your excerpt."
After resting for a while, His Majesty Li Er took people back, and when he left, he took away a lot of food and a few large baskets of corn that Wei Yan asked the kitchen to make, and said that the green corn of five acres of land could not be wasted, so that Wei Yan would often be sent to the palace a little, and he, as His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, should first take the lead in eating corn as a demonstration and contribute to the promotion and popularization in the coming year.
This made Wei Yan contempt again, and Ya was too good at making excuses. I always feel that the image of the first emperor in his heart is getting worse and worse. Therefore, people, especially celebrities, should cherish their own image.