In a small silver and exquisite dish on Chu Ran's right, there were only three chili peppers.

Chili peppers are slightly smaller and similar to real-world chili peppers.

What surprised Chu Ran a little was why did he put the three chili peppers there alone? This is a bit strange.

With the memory of this body, it seems that he has no impression of chili peppers, and it seems that he has not eaten this kind of thing since he was a child.

"Your Majesty, do you want to eat that chili?"

Zhao Yindong on the side looked at Chu Ran staring at the chili peppers and asked in a low voice.

"Xiao Dongzi."

Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Chu Ran looked at Zhao Yindong: "You have been with me for ten years, although I am now the emperor, but don't be so restrained, you make me feel a little abnormal." ”

Chu Ran did not answer Zhao Yindong directly, but chatted.

Zhao Yindong entered the mansion when he was 5 years old and waited for the predecessor of his body for more than ten years. On weekdays, the two are also playmates, and they are not so restrained.

On the contrary, now that Chu Ran has ascended the throne and become the emperor, Zhao Yindong has changed all of a sudden.

He was originally an ordinary person in the real world, but now seeing that everyone around him is so restrained, he is not very comfortable for a while.

Chu Ran also knew that the system in the palace was strict, but he might not be able to change others, but it shouldn't be a problem to change the fifteen-year-old boy in front of him.

"The emperor is now the king of a country, where does the small one dare to speak out like before." Listening to Chu Ran's words, although Zhao Yindong said this, his eyes already showed gratitude.

Originally, when Chu Ran was the prince, he was the only eunuch to serve in the mansion. Now that Chu Ran has ascended the throne and become the emperor, there are countless eunuchs serving around him, which makes Zhao Yindong feel a sense of crisis.

"Okay, let's talk naturally, just like I used to do in the mansion." Chu Ran smiled, picked up the chopsticks in front of him and pointed at the plate of chili peppers: "What does this chili pepper mean by putting it there?" ”

There were three red peppers next to a table of dishes, which made Chu Ran feel particularly eyesore.

However, this body didn't seem to have any impression of chili peppers in his memory, so Chu Ran couldn't find the answer from his memory.

"That's something precious!"

Looking at the three red peppers in the small plate, Xiao Dongzi swallowed.

"Back in the mansion, the emperor should have a chili pepper every day, but the emperor doesn't like to eat it." Thinking back to the previous days in the mansion, Xiao Dongzi said: "At that time, the emperor's chili peppers were all taken to the queen mother. ”

Zhao Yindong also felt a little strange, the emperor used to think that chili peppers were spicy and didn't like to eat them. I don't know why, but I asked again today.

"Is this pepper precious?"

Listening to Zhao Yindong's words, Chu Ran was a little surprised.

The plate of chili peppers was in the position that Chu Ran could hold, and Chu Ran stretched out his chopsticks and put a chili pepper in front of him.

The pepper was about the same as the one in the real world, small and pointy. The whole body is red, and there is nothing strange to see.

Zhao Yindong, who was on the side, saw Chu Ran sandwiching the chili pepper, and hurriedly brought a cup of tea from the side and put it next to Chu Ran.

I put the chili pepper in my mouth and took a bite, and the taste was similar to that of the real world, with a moderate amount of spiciness, and there was nothing amazing about it.

Although Chu Ran is not very spicy, the chili pepper in front of him is really average for him.

"Of course the peppers are precious." Zhao Yindong didn't understand why the emperor suddenly asked this: "Your Majesty, the standard of your daily imperial meal is three chili peppers, and the daily reward of the emperor's relatives and princes and ministers is only one chili pepper." ”

Remembering that a few months ago, he occasionally ate a bite of the chili pepper that the master had left uneaten, and the spicy and stimulating feeling, Xiao Dongzi couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Chili peppers are so precious???

Originally, I didn't have any impression of chili peppers, but now it seems that even the emperor can only eat three chili peppers a day is an extremely precious thing in the Great Xia Kingdom.

"Where is this pepper produced in our Great Xia Kingdom?"

Although he learned about the preciousness of chili peppers from Xiao Dongzi's mouth, Chu Ran couldn't help but wonder a little.

It stands to reason that chili peppers are ordinary things, and the growing environment requirements are not high. In the real world, it's just a few dollars a pound.

Even if the cultivation level here is backward, it will not reach the rarity of an emperor who can only eat three peppers a day.

"If you go back to the emperor, we won't be able to grow chili peppers in the Great Xia Kingdom at all. The chili peppers in our palace are all bought from Dazeguo, and there are no other countries with chili peppers within thousands of miles except Dazeguo. ”

Although Zhao Yindong is a little eunuch, he has been studying continuously as early as when he entered the mansion.

Chu Ran is the only prince of the Great Xia Kingdom, and he will inevitably become the emperor in the future. And as the little Dongzi next to the emperor, he must master a lot of knowledge in order to solve the emperor's doubts when needed.

For things like chili peppers, Xiao Dongzi naturally has more information than ordinary people.

Dazeguo!

Hearing this name, Chu Ran recalled in his mind.

The previous crossing was too sudden, and although he had inherited the memory of this body, Chu Ran had not digested it for a while.

Now hearing the name of this country, Chu Ran couldn't help frowning.

Daze is the most powerful country within a radius of thousands of miles!

There were six countries within a radius of several thousand miles from the Great Xia Kingdom, and the other four countries, including the Great Xia Kingdom, were all vassal states of the Great Ze Kingdom.

To say that it is a subject country is just to put it nicely. In fact, for these countries, Dazeguo usually doesn't pay attention to it at all. It is only during the Chinese New Year that some tributes will be collected.

Daze has a population of tens of thousands and a vast land. As for the other small countries in the surrounding area, each country has a population of only 20 or 30 million at most.

It can be said that the population of a large Ze country is larger than the population of the other surrounding countries combined.

And the Great Xia Kingdom is also one of the subject countries of the Great Ze Kingdom.

"It seems that the name of the Great Xia Kingdom sounds loud, but in fact it is just a vassal country."

Chu Ran, who originally thought that the country he ruled over could be like the Heavenly Empire in ancient times, couldn't help but be slightly disappointed at this time.

Next, Chu Ran briefly asked Zhao Yindong a few words and had a general understanding of the situation of chili peppers.

For some reason, chili peppers are extremely precious in this world.

Within a radius of several thousand miles, there is only a small area of cultivation in Daze country.

As the saying goes, one or two chili peppers are ten taels of gold. This sentence proves the preciousness of chili peppers.

A tael of fresh chili peppers can be exchanged for ten taels of gold, so that one pound of chili peppers is 10,000 taels of silver. According to the price of this world, one pound of chili peppers is equivalent to 10 million in the real world.

At such a price, I am afraid that the best truffles cannot be reached.

In addition to giving Chu Ran three chili peppers a day, the princes and ministers of the Great Xia Kingdom would also get one every day. Although the quantity is not large, at least two taels of chili peppers are consumed a day.

In this way, the consumption of chili peppers alone reaches two thousand taels of silver a day. In this way, just the chili pepper alone will cost more than 700,000 taels of silver a year.

Rare things are expensive, or maybe people in this world have a unique preference for chili peppers. This food has become a luxury for the royal elite and wealthy merchants.

No wonder Chu Ran ate two imperial meals only to find that there were no chili peppers in the dishes, which shows how precious chili peppers are in this world.

"Maybe my appearance can make a difference in the world."

Looking at the chili peppers on the plate in front of him, Chu Ran was thoughtful.