Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Potato Feast

Qin Zhao looked at the fold in his hand and sighed, these people knew that they were coaxing day by day, seeing that Zhao Yunheng entered the capital, they immediately said something unruly, and some people were desperately biting to prevent Zhao Yunheng from leaving, and it was chaos for a while.

Zhang Dequan looked at Qin Zhao's face and hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "The slave just received news from the queen's palace, saying that the queen's mother was cooking in person today, and asked the emperor if he would like to go up?" ”

Qin Zhaozheng was so annoyed by the fold in his hand that his brain hurt, and he asked with interest when he heard this: "This is fresh, I haven't seen her to see me for many days, what's wrong?" ”

Zhang Dequan smiled and added: "It is said that the potatoes planted by the queen mother can be eaten, isn't the mother thinking about the emperor?" ”

Qin Zhao put down the things in his hand and stood up: "She is in the vegetable garden now?" ”

Zhang Dequan carefully sorted out his clothes; "Your Majesty Shengming, Niangniang is in the vegetable garden at this time, Your Majesty wants to go and see?"

Qin Zhao snorted coldly as if he had found a good excuse for himself, and walked out as he spoke: "There are many of them that I have planted myself, of course I have to go and see them, the queen is really ignorant, and she doesn't know how to call me together." ”

Zhang De said wholeheartedly that you just want to see the queen, and you still find so many reasons, just admit that you can't do it! Although he thought about it like this, he still looked kind and smooth: "Your Majesty is right, there is a lot of hard work in this." ”

Qin Zhao became even more proud when he heard this, and led a group of people towards the vegetable garden.

Lu Qingjin was digging potatoes, and was startled when he saw a group of people coming over, and then saw Qin Zhao's awkward appearance, and the fire that had just risen disappeared all of a sudden.

She beckoned to Qin Zhao: "Your Majesty is here to see your potatoes?" Come on here! ”

I have to say that after staying with Qin Zhao for a long time, Lu Qingjin's words were also very accurate, and he immediately satisfied Qin Zhao's vanity, he walked over with disgust and said, "How tired this is!" You're all queens, just let the people below do the work! Otherwise, if you say it, you will think that I am treating you harshly! ”

Lu Qingjin was in a good mood and didn't want to lose his face, and echoed: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty is right, but no one has seen this potato, I'm not worried that the minions below don't know how to dig it!" When the time comes, if it is not good, Your Majesty will not have anything to eat. ”

Qin Zhao squatted down and looked at it with some doubts: "Why didn't I see what was in this soil!" But the rhizome of this potato seems to be edible. ”

Lu Qingjin pulled out the potato seedlings that had been loosened and said with a smile: "It is indeed edible, but the taste is still not as good as this potato, and Your Majesty will know when the concubine cooks it in the evening." ”

She brought out the potatoes next door directly, and the already large potatoes rolled out of the soft soil almost in piles, and the whole ground was magnificent for a while.

Qin Zhao's eyes widened and he picked up a potato, this potato still had soil, it was bigger than the palm of his hand, although the skin was rough, it was not difficult to see the juice and tubers under its thin skin.

Lu Qingjin took the potatoes in his hand and rubbed the soil and threw them into the cloth bag next to him: "Your Majesty, what's the matter, this is just one on the top, there are so many here!" Wait for all the concubines to be dug up and sent to other palaces for them to taste too. ”

Qin Zhao immediately saw the value of potatoes, after all, Da Yu was in an embarrassing time, and there was enough to eat, but the variety was too scarce, resulting in the people only barely being able to eat.

He paused, took the tool in the eunuch's hand and dug the one next to him: "Is this thing difficult to plant?" ”

Lu Qingjin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said happily: "Of course it's not difficult, didn't Your Majesty already see it at that time?" This potato can be divided into several pieces, and when it is harvested, it will be doubled! It's almost a tenfold harvest. ”

Qin Zhao glanced at Lu Qingjin deeply, it was rare not to find fault, Lu Qingjin was a little inexplicable, but he saw that Qin Zhao already knew the value of potatoes, so he didn't say anything.

The two of them dug one by one, and after picking it up, the cloth bag was full after a while, and Lu Qingjin grabbed Qin Zhao: "Forget it!" There are so many potatoes in a hurry, and they can be kept in the soil for another two days, so go back and taste them first, and talk about the rest tomorrow. ”

Qin Zhao was very tired when he was in the imperial study, and he was even more tired after digging potatoes here for a long time, so he followed Lu Qingjin back to the palace in a daze.

Lu Qingjin looked helplessly at Qin Zhao, who fell asleep as soon as he arrived in the palace, and sighed, or Zhang Dequan on the side explained; "Your Majesty thought that the affairs of the prince of Wei had not rested well in the past two days, so Niangniang should go to the kitchen first!"

Lu Qingjin glanced at him and left, not asking anything.

Qin Zhao felt that he hadn't rested so well for a long time, he was awakened by the fragrance, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Qingjin staring at him!

Qin Zhao leaned back and said with some annoyance, "What are you staring at me?" Not a spark of decency! ”

Lu Qingjin didn't bother to pay attention to his duplicity, pointed to the food on the table and said, "The concubine is thinking that if you don't wake up, these will be cold, and this potato will not taste good if it is cold." ”

Qin Zhao raised his eyes and saw that the strange shapes on the table were all fragrant dishes, he picked up the chopsticks and tentatively picked up a long strip and put it in his mouth, the entrance was warm with a special aroma, the inside was extremely soft and glutinous, and the tongue was very comfortable after eating.

He looked at Lu Qingjin in surprise: "This tastes very good, but that potato is made?" ”

Lu Qingjin saw that he had already started eating, so he picked up the fried french strips and ate them, and replied vaguely: "Of course, this table is made of potatoes, Your Majesty can eat it with confidence!" Yes, yes! ”

Qin Zhao tasted the mashed potatoes in the bowl and felt even more comfortable, after all, Da Yu still ate brown rice, he didn't rest well during this period of time, and his stomach was uncomfortable, and now he was even more in tune with the taste, and he didn't raise his head to eat.

Lu Qingjin had already eaten a lot at noon, and he didn't have to work hard when he was in the vegetable garden, so he couldn't eat a little bit, and said while tasting the mashed potatoes carefully: "The yield of this potato is very amazing, and the concubine thinks that if there are more varieties and then promote them to the people, I am afraid that the food problem of Dayu will be solved in a few years, so why bother with so much to eat a lot of food." ”

Qin Zhaoshen thought that he couldn't take care of the situation in the capital, so he said: "I know what you said, there happens to be an imperial village that is still empty, and a few days ago someone said that the land in the village is fertile, so tomorrow you can go and see if you can plant potatoes there!" I have sent someone to protect you. ”

Lu Qingjin got the desired result, and gave Qin Zhao vegetables with a smile, Qin Zhao looked at her and shook his head helplessly.