Chapter 8: Potato Horror

After all, Li Zhi is still Li Shimin's favorite son, seeing him fall asleep on the ground, Li Shimin sighed and got up to pick him up.

"Let the imperial doctor prepare some sobering medicine and send it to the Lizheng Palace." After instructing the little eunuch, Li Shimin hugged Li Zhi and walked towards the Lizheng Palace.

"What's wrong with the child?" Empress Eldest Sun was shocked when she saw Li Zhi's appearance.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly and put Li Zhi into the arms of Empress Changsun and comforted: "Don't worry, it's okay." Our young slaves have grown up and actually know how to drink. ”

Empress Eldest Sun covered her mouth in disbelief and asked, "Is the young slave drunk?" ”

"Can't you smell the smell of wine? I don't know what kind of wine it is, but the taste is so mellow and rich. Only then did Li Shimin notice that the smell of wine on Li Zhi's body was even stronger than the taste of imperial wine in the palace.

"How can a slave drink?" Empress Eldest Sun was suspicious, she just thought that this wine smell was from Li Shimin.

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Today, the young slave went out of the palace with Qinghe to the Marquis of Linchuan's mansion, and after coming back, this is what it looks like." ”

"Marquis Linchuan's Mansion?"

"Guanyin, do you still remember the prince new mentioned by the young slave yesterday?"

"Is that him? How dare he let a slave drink? Empress Changsun was a little surprised, she still admired the Yongxue poem composed by Wang Xiang.

"When Qinghe comes, I'll know."

After nightfall, even the princess can't enter and leave the palace at will, and when she sent Li Zhi back, Princess Qinghe knew that there would be trouble, so she had been waiting outside the palace, and sure enough, it didn't take long for her father-in-law to come out and say that Li Shimin wanted to see her, and also whispered to remind her that His Majesty was in a bad mood.

Li Zhi, who has always been well-behaved and obedient, suddenly came back drunk and was in a good mood, Princess Qinghe shook her head helplessly, hoping that Xiangrui could make her father feel better.

When Princess Qinghe came to the Lizheng Palace, Li Zhi had just taken the sobering medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, and he hadn't woken up yet.

"Is the slave alright?" Princess Qinghe asked cautiously, muttering in her heart: You have slept comfortably, but the imperial sister wants to help you deal with the aftermath.

Li Shimin looked at Princess Qinghe's weak heart and said angrily: "Do you still know how to care about childish slaves?" Why did the young slave come back like this when he left the palace with you today? ”

Princess Qinghe didn't dare to hide anything, and truthfully explained that they went to Wang Xiang's mansion to eat hot pot, and repeatedly emphasized that Li Zhi only drank a little wine.

"A little wine can get drunk like this? I have taken the sobering medicine prescribed by the doctor, and I still sleep so deeply. Li Shimin touched Li Zhi's forehead, this kid fell asleep and muttered "Father, Father, Xiangrui, Xiangrui", which really made Li Er feel angry and funny.

Princess Qinghe smiled bitterly: "The wine on the prince's new mansion is different from ordinary wine, that is, the captain of the horse has only drunk three bowls and has not woken up yet." ”

Li Shimin was a little surprised when he heard this, he knew the amount of alcohol Cheng Chuliang, the people in the old Cheng family were all drunkards, and they usually drank seven bowls and eight bowls like drinking water, Qinghe actually said that he was unconscious after only drinking three bowls.

"The wine in the prince's new mansion is really extraordinary." Li Shimin suddenly remembered the fresh vegetables and cloud ears that Princess Qinghe sent to the palace.

"The prince invited the prince to the palace to discuss the wine-making workshop, and he once said that if the wine is graded, then his wine can be called a grade."

Li Shimin smiled dumbly: "What a big breath." But there was a slight interest in the wine.

Li Shimin is also a good drinker, and he really wants to see the wine that Cheng Shiliang can pour three bowls of wine, but now there are more important things, and he continues to ask with a straight face: "What does this have to do with the drinking of young slaves?" ”

Princess Qinghe whispered: "Originally, the young slave didn't drink alcohol, but the young slave drank a little wine after the prince offered the auspicious rui for a while. ”

Hearing that Princess Qinghe also mentioned Xiangrui, Li Shimin frowned and said: "Drinking is drinking, don't use any auspicious rui to fool me." ”

Princess Qinghe saw that Li Shimin was not believing and hurriedly said: "The new thing offered by the prince is indeed auspicious, and with this auspiciousness, there will be no famine in my Tang Dynasty from now on." ”

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun looked at each other in surprise.

There will be no famine in Datang again!

The influence of this sentence is too great, even Li Shimin boasts that he is the son of heaven and does not dare to say this, since ancient times, the world has not been certain in the final analysis, the people are not happy, the first thing is the food problem, the people will not have enough to eat before they think of rebellion, if there is really one day when there is no famine in the Tang Dynasty, then no one can shake the Li family's country.

Empress Eldest Sun changed her usual gentleness and said solemnly: "This is not a child's play, otherwise your father will condemn you to the crime of bullying the king." ”

Li Shimin's face was gloomy and silent.

Princess Qinghe also knew the importance of the matter, and hurriedly spoke: "The name of the auspicious gift offered by the prince is potatoes, which was obtained from a merchant in the Western Regions, and my father still remembers the potato chips I brought into the palace today, which are made of potatoes." ”

Li Shimin nodded and did not speak, and Empress Eldest Sun asked, "What is so special about potatoes?" ”

"According to Wang Zixin, potatoes can be used as both staple food and dishes, and the most important thing is that potatoes are very easy to grow, even in barren land, and the yield is extremely high."

Li Shimin's face did not speak, and Empress Changsun knew what he wanted to ask, so she continued to ask: "Then how much is the potato yield?" ”

Seeing that Empress Changsun and Li Shimin were staring at her, Princess Qinghe felt unprecedented pressure, hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and said, "Eight stones per mu." "She didn't dare to say twenty stones as soon as she opened her mouth like Wang Xiang.

Hiss!

Even so, Princess Qinghe could clearly hear the inhalation of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and she heard Wang Xiang talk about the yield of potatoes at that time, so she continued with a wry smile: "This is still the yield reached in the barren land when the year is bad, if it is planted on good land, the yield per mu can reach more than 20 stones. ”

Li Shimin finally couldn't keep his composure, his body trembled slightly, not to mention the yield of twenty stones per mu, even the yield of eight stones per mu can definitely be called auspicious, the best fertile land in Guanzhong planted rice and encountered a bumper harvest only yielded three to four stones per mu, a grain that can reach eight stones can be planted casually is not auspicious, as for twenty stones, Li Shimin can't believe it at all.

Li Shimin suddenly thought of the two ugly stones that Li Zhi brought back, and asked, "The potatoes you said are fist-sized and look like stones?" ”

Princess Qinghe nodded.

"Come on, go to the Taiji Hall to get Xiangrui!"

When the little eunuch brought the two potatoes over, Li Shimin looked at them carefully and didn't see anything special, so he had to ask, "This is the potato?" ”

Princess Qinghe saw that it was the two pieces of auspiciousness that Li Zhi asked Wang Xiang for when he left, and replied, "It's exactly this." ”

"How many of these things are on the prince's new mansion?"

"I don't know, but in the past two days, he has cut potato chips to eat hot pot in his house, so there must be some more."

Li Shimin said angrily when he heard this: "Shaft, how can such auspicious rui be greedy, if he dares to eat potatoes again, I will peel his skin!" ”

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Wang Xiang drank too much wine and shivered inexplicably when he peed at night, thinking that he was blown by the cold wind, and shook The little brother was about to go back to the house to continue sleeping, when he suddenly heard the door of the Hou Mansion slammed open, and he suddenly felt a thrill.

Nima, someone at the foot of this Son of Heaven actually dared to smash the gate of the Hou Mansion!

With a little wine, Wang Xiang ran to the front yard angrily, and was about to go crazy, when he saw that the soldiers who broke in were all armored soldiers, and he was stunned.

Steward Wang, Aunt Lin, Xiaoya, Laifu, Dazhu, Erzhu, all of them were all escorted aside in sleeping clothes, trembling, I don't know if they were frozen or frightened. The bright steel knife was on his neck, looking at it was terrifying, Wang Xiang's wine woke up most of the time, cold sweat was repeated, and he was lying down, could it be that Wang Zixin had committed something rebellious before, and now the East Window incident happened? This time he was miserable!

"Who is Wang Zixin?" The black-faced man who took the lead asked loudly.

Wang Xiang stepped forward and whispered: "I, I am, I don't know ...... adults."

"Your Majesty's dictation, order the prince to hand over all the potatoes in the palace, if there is any private possession, it will not be forgiven! If you dare to eat potatoes again in the future, you will not be forgiven! If this thing is leaked, it will be forgiven! ”

Wang Xiang was stunned for a moment, he only heard that the three were immediately unforgiving, and they were all related to potatoes.

Nima, what is the matter, Lao Tzu ate some potatoes of his own house in his own house to provoke anyone, Li Er also made three immediate cuts, but he scared Lao Tzu to death.

Of course, Wang Xiang didn't dare to say this, and honestly brought the black-faced man to the kitchen, and there were a few leftover potatoes tonight on the cutting board, one of which was cut in half, and the black-faced man immediately cast a murderous look to scare Wang Xiang.

"Anything else?"

Wang Xiang trembled and said, "It's gone." ”

The black-faced man glared at him and asked again, "Is there anything else?" If there is a private possession, it will not be forgiven! ”

There are still a lot of them in the warehouse, but Wang Xiang doesn't dare to say it.

"It's really gone, that's all left, if Your Majesty likes to eat potatoes, just take it, this potato roast beef is especially delicious......"

I wanted to pat myself on the back, but when I saw that the big man's face was getting worse and worse, Wang Xiang immediately shut up and didn't say anything more.

If it weren't for Lao Cheng's face, I would definitely smoke you! Also potatoes roast beef! Not to mention the auspicious thing like potatoes, even the ox is also used by the people to cultivate the land, how can it be used to be greedy!

The black-faced man carefully put all the potatoes into a brocade box, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the kitchen knife next to him in his hand, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he went out to his waist in a hurry.

Wang Xiang wants to cry without tears, what kind of person, even our kitchen knife will not let go......

A group of soldiers came and went in a hurry, and after they left, Wang Xiang found that his back was already soaked, the gate of the Hou Mansion fell to the ground, and the cold wind blew in, making people feel a biting cold.

After a long time, the little girl suddenly howled and cried: "Wow! I'll never eat potatoes again. ”

This is the voice of everyone in the Hou Mansion at this moment.