In the main hall, everyone was silently drinking porridge, saying that it was porridge, but there were very few grains of rice, more like sweet potato soup.

In order to know whether this sweet potato can be full, Emperor Hongzhi deliberately ordered people to put less rice and more sweet potatoes.

A bowl of porridge went down, and I felt a little full when I got into my stomach, and I felt that there was still some place in my stomach, and Emperor Hongzhi ordered Xiao Jing to serve a second bowl.

And while Xiao Jing went to serve the porridge, he looked at the ministers below and asked, "Zhuqing has also tasted it, what do you think of the taste of this porridge?" ”

All the ministers basically drank the porridge in the bowl, and some pursed their lips with unfinished intentions, Liu Jian stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the taste of this porridge is sweet and delicious, the old minister has lived for more than 70 years, and he has never drunk such sweet porridge." ”

"Since it is sweet, then I will serve another bowl to Liu Qing's family, and another bowl to all Qing's families. Don't be in a hurry, the people take food as the sky, and fill their stomachs first. ”

The ministers wanted to ask what this was, but when they heard Emperor Hongzhi say that everything should not be in a hurry, it was not easy to say any more, so they had to suppress the doubts in their hearts first, and then entered the porridge link.

However, this porridge is really sweet and delicious to drink.

Xiao Jing looked at the field, to see who the bowl was empty, so he helped to serve it again, and it was half a day of work, a large pot of porridge was only left in a small half, and the people present drank four bowls and two bowls, and even Emperor Hongzhi, who had never eaten much, also used two and a half bowls.

In the end, Xiao Jing went to help Sheng again, but without exception they were all refused, and it was difficult to be kind before, but now. The ministers present pressed their bowls one by one, "Thank you, Father-in-law, the old man really can't eat it." ”

"The old man now feels that this belly is very strong, thank you for the kindness of Father-in-law Xiao."

Emperor Hongzhi also felt that his stomach was very strong, but his heart was extremely comfortable, which shows that this sweet potato can indeed be full, and the feeling of satiety is quite high, just with this satiety, it can already be used as a staple food.

He wiped his mouth with a silk handkerchief and asked, "Are you all full?" ”

"The minister is full, thank Your Majesty for your hospitality."

A bowl of gruel is considered a hospitable treat, it is really an absurd thing in this palace, even if it was left by Emperor Hongzhi for dinner before, at least it is four dishes and one soup, when a bowl of gruel will be sent away.

However, this time I drank porridge, but it was the only time I ate enough, or even ate enough.

Emperor Hongzhi put the handkerchief next to the imperial case, and did not let people remove those dishes and chopsticks, but said: "I know that Zhuqing has doubts in his heart, and wants to know what he just ate. ”

Vassal?

Or sweet potatoes?

The ministers first flashed this question in their minds, but then they felt that it should be a sweet potato.

Later, some people even thought of a few months ago, when they heard that Xia Zhan was busy planting some grain, and the name of this grain seemed to be sweet potato.

At that time, I also heard that this thing can yield thousands of catties per mu, naturally, this kind of crazy talk is definitely not believed, and it will be over when you have fun and laugh.

And now. Could it be that the thing he ate just now was the sweet potato grown by Xia Zhan?

This thing tastes good, and it ripens quickly, some people have calculated in their hearts, from hearing about this to now, it is only more than three months, and it can mature in more than three months, which is much faster than the maturity of wheat and some rice.

Of course, no one believes that the yield per mu is thousands of catties, but even with this taste and this maturity period, even if the yield per mu is less, it is still a very good grain.

Some people even thought in their hearts what kind of field this sweet potato could be planted, and then asked Na Xia Zhan to put some seeds, and then let the family field also plant some.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the thoughtful ministers, "I don't know if you still remember the anecdote that Xia Qing's family was busy planting sweet potatoes a few months ago?"

At that time, I heard the rumor that this thing could yield thousands of catties per mu, but I thought that this Xia Qing's family was crazy at that time, so I guess Zhu Qing also thought so, right? ”

"Now, the sweet potato has been planted, and a total of two acres have been harvested, one acre has received twenty-four stones, and the other has received more than twenty-five stones. The sweet potato you ate just now was planted by Xia Qing's family. ”

Emperor Hongzhi's tone was calm, but these words fell on the ears of all the ministers, but he did not hesitate to thunder and explode, more than 20 stones per acre?

Is Your Majesty crazy, or is Xia Zhan crazy?

Everyone present reviewed what happened in their hearts, the sweet potatoes were ripe, and Xia Zhan ran over to blow nonsense to His Majesty, falsely reporting the yield per mu, and then the wise and martial Majesty was fooled by him.

Although it is not ruled out that there was no fooling, and then after Emperor Hongzhi confirmed it, he summoned them to tell the possibility of this matter.

But compared with the former, the possibility of the latter is very small, a mu of grain yielding dozens of stones, who can believe this? Who can believe this?

It's a complete challenge to people's cognition.

"I don't know much about this sweet potato, so if you have any questions, please ask Xia Qing's family."

Saying that, Emperor Hongzhi glanced outside the hall, and then looked at Xiao Jing, "Xiao Banban, you just saw Xia Qing's house in Shang Ji Prison?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, I'll see you."

"What is he doing there? This porridge is cooked, why don't you see him coming? ”

"When the slave maid just passed, Master Xia was roasting sweet potatoes in Shangjijian, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also beside him."

"Go, get him to me."

"Yes."

Roasted sweet potatoes, of course, have to be roasted over a slow fire, and the emphasis is on a slow work, so that the roasted ones are fragrant, and if they are roasted with fierce fire, the taste of the roasted sweet potatoes will be greatly reduced.

However, the slow fire naturally roasted slowly, so it took a little more time.

Fortunately, when Xiao Jing went to find it, the sweet potato had already been baked, and a total of more than a dozen roasted charred sweet potatoes were baked, and Xia Yuan and Zhu Houzhao each held one in their hands and gnawed on it.

Peel off the skin, the sweet potato pulp has an orange color, and before I eat it, the fragrance has reached the nose, and when I bite it, the taste is soft and fragrant.

Xiao Jing hurried to Shang Ji Prison, and before he entered the house, he smelled a strong sweetness, and couldn't help but sniff, and when he entered, he saw the two of them squatting on the side of the stove and nibbling on a roasted sweet potato, "Oh, my Master Xia, you."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Yuan turned his head and nodded the roasted sweet potato on the side of the stove with his chin, "Father-in-law Xiao, it's just baked, you taste one." ”

"Thank you very much."

The sweet smell is really attractive, and after being interrupted by this, Xiao Jingzheng wanted to reach out to get it, but retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted, remembered the business of this time, and stomped his feet, "My Master Xia, my ancestor, don't eat it, the emperor is letting you go over." ”

Zhu Houzhao looked up beside him, "Father also wants to eat baked sweet potatoes?" ”

"Don't care if you want to eat it or not, the minister will go over first." Xia Yuan pinched the half-eaten sweet potatoes in his hand, found another tray, and picked up several roasted sweet potatoes in a row.

"Don't take them all, leave two for the palace."

"You know, don't you keep it?"

After that, Xia Yuan hugged the tray containing sweet potatoes into his arms, and did not delay any longer, and followed Xiao Jing out of Shang Ji Prison.

(End of chapter)