Zheng Guang nodded: "Yes, it is this fried dish, from that time, I began to pay attention, I began to think, the reason why there is not enough food in the field is because there is no oil and water, if there is oil and water, according to the previous experiment, can the entire food consumption of Daming be reduced by about half?" ”

"It turns out that you can feed one person's food, and with oil, you can feed two people or more?!" Xu Pang was excited. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zheng Guang said heavily: "Yes! That's it! We have all gone into a misunderstanding before, there is a limit to the output of food, for thousands of years, the people have always been not full, we try every means to increase food production, reclaim wasteland, but always can not solve this problem, but if we think about it differently, people can not only eat food to survive, if some other non-staple foods are used to supplement food, can we reduce food consumption under the premise of making the people full? ”

Xu Pang's eyes became brighter and brighter: "We eat less because we eat other dishes, there is oil and water in the dishes, and the digestion of the stomach and intestines is slow, so we fight hunger, and the bare grain, the stomach and intestines digest too fast, do not fight hunger, and if we are hungry fast, we will eat more, eat more, and eat more, and we will not eat enough!" If every household in Daming can eat oil and water, then the consumption of food will be reduced by half, even if it is only reduced by one-third, it will be a huge blessing for Daming! Flat! You're going to do a great job! The great merit of ten thousand Buddhas! ”

Xu Pang jumped up excitedly, and hugged Zheng Guang to get his hands up and down.

Zheng Guang smiled helplessly, kicked Xu Pang away, and rolled his eyes: "Don't get excited too early, if you want every family in Daming to eat oil and water, how easy is it?" This peanut has not been planted in any place in the Ming Dynasty, and only the Franc machine people are sold on the market, and the people of my country do not even know that there is such a plant, and the land at home is only in the trial planting, the specific yield geometry, how to ensure the yield, breeding, fertilization, and insect removal, are all problems, this is a new plant, and it needs to be studied and then slowly promoted.

Promotion is not an easy thing, people's land is used to grow food, you want people to allocate some land to grow peanuts, you always have to make people believe that planting this thing can make people eat enough, will not starve to death, will not starve to death because of the decline in food production, but will make everyone eat full, do you think it is easy? This matter still needs to be considered slowly, and the oil output of peanuts is not small, but the existing technology of extracting cottonseed oil is always not clean, and the yield is very low. ”

Xu Pang looked at Zheng Guang steadily, as if he had a lot to say, but after all, he didn't say anything, just silently gnawed on the flatbread, staring at Zheng Guang while gnawing on the flatbread, it seemed that Zheng Guang was the next cake, and after eating the whole flatbread, he said a faint sentence that Zheng Guang would never forget for the rest of his life - if you can't do a big thing, I, Xu Wei, will kill my own eyes, and look at people to such a point, what is the use of these eyes?

After Xu Pang left the kitchen, he planned to go outside to relax, thinking about what Zheng Guang had to do to avoid being left too far by him, but as soon as he went out, he bumped into Li Chunfang and Zhang Juzheng, who were visiting together, these two people met on the road, and they were entrusted to ask Zheng Guang if he was willing to participate in the cocktail party jointly organized by the undergraduate scholars, and happened to bump into Xu Pang who wanted to go out for a walk.

"Brother Wen, it's just right, can Ping Zhi be in the house? Let's go to the cocktail party together, there are more than 100 people, all of them are new science and technology scholars, and everyone will soon become colleagues, contact and contact more feelings, and help each other more in the officialdom in the future. Zhang Juzheng asked with a smile, and Xu Wei helplessly pointed to the Zheng Mansion behind him: "Pingzhi doesn't have that kung fu now, people are busy in the kitchen!" ”

When Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang heard this, they were shocked, and Zhang Juzheng blurted out: "Kitchen? Busy? Li Chunfang was also taken aback, but then remembered Zheng Guang's otherworldly actions in the examination room, and speculated whether Zheng Guang really loved cooking, rather than cooking for the imperial examination......

Zhang Ju was upright, and he couldn't help but go inside, and he was still very indignant as he walked: "How can you cook?" It's unseemly! Li Chunfang immediately followed up, very curious, Xu Pang shook his head helplessly, gave up the idea of distraction, and followed, Zhang Juzheng walked in a hurry, and soon saw Zheng Guang's figure in the low kitchen, looking at Zheng Guang around an apron and making faces, Zhang Juzheng was surprised: "Pingzhi!" How did you come up with the idea of cooking? ”

As soon as Zheng Guang turned his head when he heard the sound, he saw Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang coming together, Xu Pang followed behind, and just made two sauce pancakes, so he picked them up and walked out of the kitchen, and handed them to Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang one by one: "Come, uncle, brother Zishi, come and taste the sauce pancakes I just made, and taste how it tastes!" ”

Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang were stunned for a moment, looking at Zheng Guang with a smile on his face, and the so-called sauce pancake with a good appearance, the aroma was excited, and the gluttonous worms in the stomach were hooked out, and suddenly the two of them forgot the original intention of Fang Cai, took the sauce pancake and gnawed it, and as soon as they bit down, Li Chunfang first couldn't help but admire: "Fragrant, salty and delicious!" The dough seems to have a flavor, but it is very light, so it is supplemented with sauce, and it is really delicious in one roll and one bite! ”

Zhang Juzheng also praised: "I have never eaten such delicious pancakes, and there are vegetables in them?" Pingyuki, your craftsmanship is really good! It doesn't hurt to make it for your family often! ”

Xu Wei said with a smile: "You guys, this thing is not made by Ping Zhi for his family, but by Ping Zhi who intends to make it into military food for the sergeants and soldiers to eat!" Pingzhi feels that the current military rations in the army are too bad, and in order to enhance the physical strength and combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Pingzhi plans to innovate the military rations! I also want to write to His Majesty to suggest that it be implemented throughout the country! ”

When Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang heard this, their expressions were similar to Xu Wei just now, they were confused, and after a while, Li Chunfang reacted, looked at the sauce pancake in his hand, and then looked at Zheng Guang, opened his mouth, and squeaked for a while before saying: "Pingzhi, this, this is military rations?" You don't want to do this kind of thing, there's oil on it, and sauce, do you know how expensive oil is? There are not millions of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but also 800,000, which can't afford to sell the entire city of Beijing! ”

Zhang Juzheng quickly reacted, pointed to the sauce pancake and said with an ignorant look: "Pingzhi, just this cake, let alone making military rations for soldiers, even a person like me who has a little money can't eat it for a long time, you put it in the outside market to sell, you can't buy it without thirty dollars!" You put oil on it, Daming doesn't have so much meat, not so much flax, so there is not so much oil! ”

Zheng Guang smiled and began to pretend: "Who told you that this oil has to be refined from meat or flax?" ”

Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang looked at each other, looked at the cake in their hands, and suddenly their eyes widened, Zhang Juzheng said with a panicked face: "Pingzhi, I have no grudge against you, why do you use cottonseed oil to harm me?" You can't eat that! That's for lighting! ”

Li Chunfang also looked frightened, holding her stomach, as if she wanted to vomit, Zheng Guang hurriedly stopped: "What cottonseed oil, of course I know that cottonseed oil can't be eaten, this is not cottonseed oil, it's peanut oil!" Look at Fat Xu, he just ate a whole thing, and there is nothing wrong with it! ”

Xu Pang said innocently that what Zheng Guang said was true, Li Chunfang and Zhang Juzheng were stunned again, and said in unison: "What is peanut oil?" Can flowers still produce oil? ”

Zheng Guang took out a peanut and held it up and said, "Do you remember the fried peanuts I invited you to eat before the list?" This is the oil squeezed from peanuts, so it is called peanut oil, peanuts can be eaten, peanut oil can also be eaten, so you can rest assured that you will not have diarrhea after you go back! ”

Li Chunfang breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up, staring at the peanut in Zheng Guang's hand and said loudly: "Pingzhi, I remember you said that this peanut grows in the ground, the crop of the Francois people, isn't it?" ”

Zheng Guang nodded, and then smiled: "Yes, what grows in the ground is the same as flax, which can be eaten oil, but the oil content of this thing is much higher than that of flax, if it can be promoted and planted in large quantities, the people can also afford to eat this kind of oil, after all, it grows in the ground, not refined from meat." ”

Hearing this, Li Chunfang began to get excited, obviously thought of something, Zheng Guang told the two of them what he said to Xu Pang before, Zhang Juzheng thought of this early in the morning, Li Chunfang also paid attention, but he didn't think about it so deeply, and now when he heard Zheng Guang say this, he immediately understood what the appearance of peanut oil meant.

"Pingyuki, what are you waiting for? Write to Your Majesty at once! Hurry up and get on the book! Dedicate this thing to Your Majesty! Let Your Majesty know! Promote planting nationwide! Zhang Juzheng's face was flushed, as if he had just experienced some pleasant and embarrassing strenuous exercise, and took Zheng Guang's hand and was about to run into Zheng Guang's study, Zheng Guang hurriedly shouted: "Uncle, don't worry, don't worry, this matter can't be booked yet!" No, I can't! ”