Chapter 306: A Gift to the Tang Dynasty
Today, Princess Changle returned to the palace after the round house, the palace attached great importance to it, not only the emperor pushed the political affairs, but even the prince Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Ke and other princes were all waiting in the palace, Li Yong and his party arrived at the palace gate, Princess Changle's carriage and Li Yong went straight to the harem, and Li Yong got off the horse, picked up a large bag of corn handed over by the calf and carried it on his back, the guards at the palace gate looked at Li Yong carrying a big cloth bag and were dumbfounded, what is this? They have been at the palace gate for a few years, and they have never seen anyone carrying a big cloth bag into the palace, not to mention that they have never heard of it, they have never heard of it, Huating Hou really likes to take the unusual road, seeing Li Yong striding with a cloth bag on his back, the guards asked curiously.
"Hua Tinghou, what are you doing?"
"Corn, a gift for Datang, do you want to check it?"
Li Yong smiled, corn? What is this rarity? Or a gift to Datang? Where did Hua Tinghou get this corn? What is corn? Just carried a cloth bag on his back to the palace with a swagger? We didn't dare to think about it, we didn't dare to ask, and the guards shook their heads again and again.
"No, no, Hou Ye, please, Hou Ye, please!"
Li Yong strode in the palace with a big cloth bag on his back, all the little eunuchs who had entered were stunned on the spot, when Li Yong strode to the Ganlu Palace, the little eunuchs in the Ganlu Hall looked at them one by one, and some even couldn't help but rub their eyes, what happened to Huatinghou? In the main hall, there was a father and a son, and the little eunuch quietly walked in to report.
"Qiqi sage, Huating Hou is here, he, he ......"
Li Er asked suspiciously.
"What's wrong with him?"
"He's carrying a big cloth bag."
"Carrying a big cloth bag?"
Li Er was very curious when he heard it, Li Yong can always give people unexpected joy, so he was not surprised after listening to it.
"Let's go, go and take a look, see what kind of medicine is sold in Li Yong's kid's gourd!"
Li Er got up directly and walked out, Li Chengqian, Li Tai and others also showed curious looks on their faces, and the group walked outside the hall, and sure enough, they saw Li Yong walking with a big cloth bag on his back, and everyone's eyes were all focused on the cloth bag, which must contain good things, how bad can Li Yong carry into the palace? Isn't it a bit too casual to pack it in a cloth bag? Everyone looked at the cloth bag on Li Yong's body and their eyes lit up, and when Li Yong approached, before he could see the ceremony, Li Er had already asked curiously.
"Li Yong, what are you carrying?"
Li Yong replied with a smile.
"The minister has been thinking hard about sending a congratulatory gift to the saint, and he has never thought of what to give."
Li Eryi listened to Long Yan Dayue.
"Okay, good, it's rare that you have this filial piety."
Li Yong said with a smile.
"After thinking about it, this thing is the most suitable, it is called corn, it is a new grain species, and it is particularly delicious to eat when roasted."
Li Er was stunned when he heard this, what is it? Corn? The smile gradually disappeared on Li Er's face, and everyone was stunned, thinking that what was in the cloth bag that Li Yong was carrying, and what kind of corn was it called? Still grilled and eaten? Only Li Zhi, the king of Jin, swallowed his saliva quietly, the reason why it was quietly was because he felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, Li Er turned his head and shouted.
"How daring, what kind of corn do you use to fool the ghost on such a day? What about a certain musket? Bring me a certain musket~"
Li Yong ran away with corn on his back, Li Er, you dirt bun, you don't know how powerful corn is, what else is your musket? Nadu is labor-capital, and Li Chengqian and Li Tai are pulling Li Shimin one by one.
"Father, dissipate your anger!"
"Father, calm down!"
"Today is the day when Changle returns to the palace!"
"Yes, yes, father, today is a happy day, how can you use a knife or a gun?"
The little eunuch over there had already pulled out his legs and ran, and ran quickly to the Lizheng Palace, Princess Changle arrived at the Lizheng Palace, and the eldest grandson queen immediately looked at the face of the princess Changle, and saw that her little face was ruddy and shiny, and the corners of her mouth were still with a happy smile, which was completely the appearance of a newlywed loving little young woman, and her heart was suddenly relieved a lot, and before Princess Changle finished her salute, the eldest grandson queen immediately pulled her to the apse and interrogated her carefully, Princess Changle replied in a shy and happy whisper, and the news on the face of the eldest grandson queen became more and more prosperous, Not only that, Empress Changsun was interrogating, but the personal palace maid beside her was also pulling Yingluo and others to interrogate something, and after a long time, Empress Changsun nodded again and again.
"Okay, good, if you two can live in harmony and beauty, the queen mother will be relieved."
Princess Changle smiled shyly.
"Don't worry, the queen mother, Li Yong treats me very well, and I am also very happy."
At this time, a little eunuch outside rushed to him and shouted.
"Queen Mother, the big thing is not good, the Ganlu Hall is fighting, and the saint wants to copy the musket and beat the Marquis of Huating!"
Empress Eldest Sun was stunned and asked in surprise.
"What happened?"
Princess Changle stroked her forehead.
"Probably because of the corn, this time the sea trade brought back some grains, Li Yong thought that his father, mother and pheasant slaves should like to eat corn, so he broke a few and brought them to the palace today."
Empress Changsun suddenly heard this, it turned out to be like this, although she didn't know what corn was, it was rare for her son-in-law to have this filial piety, there was nothing in the palace, not the corn that she had never seen, it was also a piece of heart for her son-in-law and daughter, and she immediately glanced at the little eunuch angrily.
"What kind of system is it that is panicked?"
After listening to the explanation, Empress Changsun's heart immediately calmed down, but she also knew in her heart that the saint was just pretending, and she felt that Li Yong felt uncomfortable sending this mysterious corn, so Empress Changsun regained her usual grace and demeanor, and smiled at Princess Changle.
"It should be a joke, don't care about them, go ahead, Yuzhang and they all miss you very much, and they came to wait for you early in the morning."
Princess Xiangcheng, Princess Yuzhang, Princess Lanting, Princess Dongyang...... A group of princesses who are married and unmarried are waiting for Princess Changle curiously, and after Princess Changle walks in, she feels their inquiring gaze and can't help blushing.
"Oh, look at Changle's little blushing, the life behind this round house must be very moist!"
Princess Xiangcheng laughed and laughed, and the princesses who had become married couldn't help but laugh along, but Princess Yuzhang and other unmarried princesses were a little inexplicable, Princess Changle couldn't understand these words before, but now she understands, her little face has become even redder, and in front of the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin shouted.
"Li Yong, you come back to so-and-so!"
Li Yonggang ran a few steps, looked back, and found that no one brought Li Shimin a musket, so he asked for a while.
"What's the matter with the saint?"
Li Chengqian and Li Tai had already let go of Li Er, and Li Er walked in a hurry, not having a good airway.
"What's the matter! Honestly, what exactly is corn? ”
Li Yong was speechless.
"Corn, in fact, is a new grain species, which was brought back from this sea trade, and when I saw that you had never tasted the sage, I brought some for you to taste."
"How much corn do you have?"
Li Er asked, there was no emperor who was not interested in grain, and he couldn't help but be excited when he heard about the new grain seeds.
Li Yong said calmly.
"Not much, it's still in the breeding stage."
"Just breeding? Did you know that breeding is a university question? Do you know how important the new grain is to the imperial court, and you just got so much to eat it? ”
Li Er's voice suddenly reached eight zhang high, and when he saw most of the bags of corn on Li Yong's back, Li Er felt that his heart was dripping blood, and Li Yong couldn't cry or laugh.
"What about thousands of acres of cornland, are there dozens of them? Besides, the minister is also a piece of filial piety, the minister guarantees that the queen will be full of praise for the corn after eating, and the minister wants to honor the queen, is it wrong for the minister to honor the queen? Also, Changle also likes to eat corn, you see the pheasant slave's greedy drool! ”
Everyone looked at Li Zhi, and Li Zhi panicked at that time, why did he suddenly involve me? Li Zhi swallowed his saliva and waved his hand again and again.
"No, no, no, I'm not greedy at all, Goo-dong."
Li Er scoffed at Li Yong's words, and his mind was now full of corn.
"Then you can break two to try it, and when the breeding is successful, and when the corn starts to be planted on a large scale in two years, you can also let you eat corn every day."
Li Er didn't have a good airway, Li Yong was speechless when he heard it, you don't even know what corn is, just blow it here? The previous Champa rice has been bred for more than three years, and you haven't promoted it, are you embarrassed to say? But Li Yong didn't dare to say these words, he smiled.
"Alright then, then leave two tastes for the saint......"
Before Li Yong finished speaking, Li Eryi snatched Li Yong's cloth bag, and then picked it up and carried it on his back, since these corn were all broken, it would be a waste if he didn't eat it, Li Chengqian and the others and the eunuchs were dumbfounded, the emperor actually snatched the big cloth bag and carried it on his back? It is shocking enough for the dignified Zhonghua Pavilion Marquis to carry a big cloth bag, and now even the emperor is carrying a cloth bag, Li Yong almost didn't laugh out loud when he saw Li Er's search, what is corn? Then feed the chickens and pigs, Li Er, an emperor, really regarded him as a baby, Li Chengqian, Li Tai and a group of eunuchs greeted him.
"Father, let the sons carry it!"
"Saint, let the slave come!"
Li Er also reacted, handed the big cloth bag to the little eunuch next to him, and Li Yong stepped forward and smiled.
"Pick them all up, wash them, wear them with slender wooden skewers, and then let the imperial dining room prepare some beef and mutton venison, cut them into fat and thin pieces, marinate them for a quarter of an hour, and then wear them with slender wooden skewers, and then prepare them for charcoal fire."
The little eunuch next to him listened for a while and didn't know what to do, should he do it or not? Li Er waved his hand and said.
"Why don't you go and tell the imperial dining room, divide the corn into three parts, send one to the Dacheng Palace to the Emperor, send one to the Lizheng Palace, and pack up the remaining one according to what Li Yong said, roast and eat."
While speaking, Li Er walked into the Manna Hall, and Li Tai said with a smile.
"Brother-in-law, I'm waiting for you."
Li Chengqian also smiled.
"yes, yes, come in."
Although the emperor wanted to copy the guy again, Li Tai and Li Chengqian didn't think that their father would really do anything to Li Yong, because if the emperor really wanted to do something, how could he do it himself? How could they both stop it? And they don't know what corn is, how important it is, but they feel that their father's casual strength when facing Li Yong is really incomparable, Li Zhi called his brother-in-law in a hurry, when he was greedy at this age, he looked at those corns and drooled a long time ago, but he didn't dare to speak, the charcoal fire burned, Li Yong stepped forward very wisely and began to roast meat, roast corn, facing these few people who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains, he feels that he still roasts himself.
"Well, yes, it's much better to eat roasted like this than a whole sheep or a whole deer!"
Li Er praised, of course, what attracted everyone's attention more was the corn, the sweet smell of charcoal roasting permeated the tip of the nose, it was simply mouth-watering, Li Er praised it after tasting it, and invited the little eunuch to command.
"Go, send these to the Legislature."
Under the salivating gaze of Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Zhi and others, the little eunuch trotted away with a tray of smoke, and was forced to show off his face, Li Yong thought that his daughter-in-law was also over there, so he pinched his nose and recognized it, Lizheng Palace, Queen Changsun was also there, so Princess Xiangcheng and they were also a lot more serious, which made Princess Changle finally avoid the joke, and her little face finally stopped burning badly.
"Qi Yu Niangniang, this is the roasted corn and barbecue meat sent by the sage, and they were roasted by Huating Hou himself."
Empress Eldest Sun said with a smile.
"Li Yong is really filial, let's put it here!"
"Oh, it was baked by Hua Tinghou himself, we all entrusted the blessings of Niangniang and Sister Changle!"
Princess Xiangcheng smiled playfully, everyone praised it, Princess Changle listened to it with a light smile on her face, but she felt a little distressed in her heart, full of wine and food, Li Yong and Princess Changle returned home together, in the Lizheng Palace, Li Er asked with a smile.
"How?"
Empress Eldest Sun pursed her lips and smiled.
"Okay, the little two are as good as honey and oil!"
Li Er couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.
"It's just like when we got married, so you're finally relieved, aren't you?"
Li Yong and Changle Yuanfang's vacation has passed for a long time, Li Yong and Princess Changle can't still hide in the honey of the Xishan Courtyard to mix oil, after all, there is no honeymoon in this era, in fact, Li Yong still has important things to do, he and Changle Yuanfang's affairs, Lu Guogong and other elders have bothered to operate, no matter what, Li Yong and Princess Changle have to come to the door to thank them, so Li Yong and Princess Changle put on the attitude of juniors, and obediently came to visit with gifts, Lu Guo's Mansion, British Mansion, and Eguo's Mansion...... If it weren't for Princess Changle and Li Yong together, every Li Yong would have to come out on his stomach when he stood up, since there was a glimmer of heavenly wine, the amount of alcohol of the old goods in Chang'an has risen by leaps and bounds, Hejian County Palace, Li Yong looked at the snow-white flowers in the garden and was stunned for a while, and asked in a lost voice.
"Isn't this cotton?"
Li Chongyi burst out laughing.
"What the hell is cotton? This is Bai Diehua, it turns out that there are things in this world that you Li Yong don't know? ”