Qi Niang's words are like spring thunder.

Li Dalang's heart rippled, and he hurriedly said, "So effective? Quick, tell me quietly! ”

Qi Niang shook her head and glanced at Li Bai: "I listen to Master." ”

This girl is rarely well-behaved, but Li Bai has a headache. He thought about the high drum car before, he just thought it was a coincidence, and he didn't care, but today when he looked at Qi Niang's words and deeds, he felt something abnormal.

He didn't act rashly, nor did he interrogate, he just followed Qi Niang's words and said, "Oh? What is it? ”

"It's sour willow (sea buckthorn)!" Qi Niang stretched out her arms and gestured, "It's the kind of shrub with many thorns in the ravine, and the fruit is yellow and clear after autumn, I want to eat it, and you won't let it." ”

As soon as he heard that it was thorny food, Li Bai remembered it.

In the valley to the west of this place, there is indeed this kind of sour thorny willow, which is very common in the western part of Shudi. The mountaineers have always been cautious about these "poisonous and useless" sour fruits, and most of them let their seeds rot on the ground, and the next year new trees will be regenerated.

Li Bai asked: "Can this thing grow in saline-alkali land?" ”

"Of course, of course." Qi Niang nodded her head vigorously, "Drought and wind resistance, whether it is ridges, hills, valleys, sandy soil, it can take root and grow, and it is planted in patches, and the chance of survival is high!" ”

Moreover, the nodules of sea buckthorn are just like microbial fertilizer, which can also play a role in improving saline-alkali soil. ②

As soon as she came up, she praised the sour thorn willow too well, which made Li Bai hesitate, and Li Ning didn't look like she was in a hurry to solve it.

Qi Niang saw the expressions of these two people, and pierced with a flat mouth: "Master, do you think the sour thorny willow is useless?" ”

Li Ning smiled: "Take, bring firewood?" ”

Qi Niang: "......"

It's no wonder that these two guys have such an attitude, after all, the medical value of the sour thorn willow has not been noticed by the Tang people at this time.

At this time, the Tibetan people in the Yarlung Zangbo River valley had discovered the medicinal properties of sour thorn willow and recorded it in a Tibetan medical book - "Yuewang Medicinal Diagnosis". ①

It was a long time before people discovered that this thing has the same origin as medicine and food, which is very rare.

Qi Niang thought of the written record that Alpha showed her, and she was a little anxious, and gestured: "You believe me, this thing is really useful, not only can it help the lungs to relieve cough, invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, and make it into a plaster for medicine, and the firewood that Fang Cai Dalang said is also a very important use." Although firewood is of little use to rich families like us, it is different for farmers and mountain people. ”

"Also, these fruits can also be directly made into juice, making sherbet, jam, and fruit vinegar are delicious!"

Qi Niang originally spoke a serious story with a small face, but when it came to these saliva, she couldn't help it, and hurriedly "sucked", which was very cute.

Li Bai smiled helplessly and compromised: "It's really so good, then we have to try it ourselves before we can convince the farmers." ”

Qi Niang finally showed a smile: "I'm going to pick sea buckthorn fruits, I'm going to make you eat a pound!" ”

Li Bai supported his forehead: "...... I can't eat it, so I pick less. ”

Before he finished speaking, Qi Niang had already run away with the sword, Li Ning still didn't worry about such a little girl going alone, so she brought a few servants to chase her out, and the people had already run out of the alley.

The valley is not far to the west.

Li Ning caught up with Qi Niang, fished her onto the horse, and arrived with about a cup of tea.

The sour thorn willow in the valley was much taller than Qi Niang, and she couldn't reach it on tiptoe, so she let Li Ning and the servants behind her knock down the sea buckthorn fruit, and then put it into the basket according to the size, and she herself used her sword to chop off a few young branches of the sour thorn willow.

The young branches are different from the gray-black old branches, they are brownish-green, and there are many small thorns on them, and Qi Niang must be very careful not to be hurt.

Li Ning hurriedly said: "Take it for me, be careful to pierce you." ”

Qi Niang was used to running all over the mountains when she was in Kuangshan, and it was also handy to do this. However, the little girl likes the feeling of being hurt, so she simply handed it to Li Ning: "Then Da Lang should be careful." ”

Li Ning smiled: "It's okay-ahhhh!!h ”

Qi Niang: "......"

Good, there's something going on now.

Li Dalang was honorably wounded and returned home.

The cooks in the house got the news in advance, prepared a set of utensils early, and began to study how to get the various derivatives of this sea buckthorn fruit.

The jam is easy to say, in the spring, Qi Niang shouted to eat mulberry jam, and they fumbled to get it out. This matter is once raw and twice ripe, and then it is not difficult to boil the fruit next to it;

Juice also only needs to be juiced with some effort, and two spoonfuls of honey or sugar are added to make it a sweet and sour drink;

The main thing is that sea buckthorn vinegar takes some time.

Put the fruit and koji in a small jar, stir well, and wait patiently for the first half of the month to ferment. When the fermentation is complete, mix it with the crushed and sieved bran and ferment it again to obtain fruit vinegar.

Qi Niang can't wait for the first fermentation period to expire.

Seeing that the day of leaving Mianzhou was approaching, they simply brought jam and juice to the farmers to share food to taste.

They are all poor households in Fengjie County, and when they eat these things, their eyes light up, and they can't wait to stuff them all into their mouths, but they are reluctant to eat them all at once.

An old man recognized it and said in amazement: "This is sour thorny willow, it can be so delicious!" ”

The thing had thorns all over it, and the taste of the fruit was so sour that the old people called it "sour". In addition, it is rumored in the mountains that its thorn is poisonous, and over time, no one touches it.

Li Bai looked at the little little one beside him with a proud look, and couldn't help but say: "Yes, what my Qiniang wants to suggest you to plant is this sour thorny willow." ”

The old man hesitated a little: "Although this thing can be eaten, it can ...... Can we really make a living in the hands of the imperial court? ”

Li Bai was silent, and he was not sure that planting sour thorn willow would be enough to offset the taxes.

Li Ning came out at this time.

He had just received Li Ke's instruction, and waved his hand vigorously: "Rest assured, the Li family still has some industry in Jiannan, and there are not a few shops that involve food." My father has agreed, as long as the sea buckthorn fruit planted is large and sufficient, the Li family is willing to buy the fruit and branches and leaves. ”

There was a cheer from the crowd.

The heavy taxes on the heads of the low-level farmers were relieved by half of the Li family's words.

The farmers began to spontaneously thank Li Jialangjun, Li Bai and Li Ning, and they were most grateful to Qi Niang.

Soon, Qi Niang was surrounded by a group of people and threw it high.

The little girl was naturally bold, and after a moment of surprise, she cheered: "Wow, a little higher!" ”

Li Bai shook his head, looked at her outside, but asked Li Ning: "Is it really what Aya meant?" Why did he start acting chivalrous again, and take care of this? ”

Li Ning smiled mysteriously and leaned into Li Bai's ear: "It's not out of pocket." A few days ago, Qi Niang gave Aya a few prescriptions, from healing the five organs, strengthening yin and rising yang, bruises, bruises, and all of them have the peel branches and leaves of sour thorny willow without exception. Aya also sent someone to confirm the efficacy of this prescription in his own medical hall before he made this decision. ”

"You don't know, the old doctors sitting in the hall have used the prescription given by Qi Niang, it's amazing."

Li Bai listened to his brother's words and looked at Qi Niang in the sky in a daze. He didn't know that the girl had such a good grasp of human nature.

Although Aya is a hero, he is not a wronged person.

It is in the nature of businessmen to seek profits.

Now he is most happy to be able to win-win with the farmers and be the first person to eat crabs together.

After a long time, the crowd finally had enough.

Li Bai coughed lightly and called, "Qi Niang, don't you tell your neighbors about planting soon." ”

Qi Niang touched her nose, jumped to the ground, and said in a milky and serious voice: "Although the cuttings are late this year, they can be regarded as catching up with the tail." Starting tomorrow, everyone will have to look for such a tender branch in Dalang's hands. If such a small seedling is cut into the ground, it will be able to bear fruit in less than a year. ”

The farmers hurried to look at the twigs and remember the color and form.

Qi Niang tilted her head and thought about it, and said: "Also, everyone should pay attention to the distance between seedlings and seedlings, the distance between each row is also very important, and the ridge height is also required for planting in saline-alkali land." ”②

"Well, tomorrow when you go to the field, my eldest man will let people watch it, you don't have to worry."

When the farmers heard this, they immediately cheered.

Li Ning: "......"

What? I didn't even understand it myself!

Within a few days, farmers in the two nearby counties began to cut sour willows on the saline-alkali land.

They were very good at this farm work, and they could finish seven or eight points of land in one afternoon. From the first day of farming, Li Ning brought specially trained servants to demonstrate to the farmers, correcting the ridge height, row spacing and canal opening land, and was exhausted all day long.

Li Bai and Qi Niang didn't follow.

Before the summer solstice, they were about to set off for Chang'an.

This year's government trial in Jingzhao Prefecture is scheduled for the beginning of July. Although Jiannan Road is not far from Jingshi, it is time to set off in advance and go there to familiarize yourself with the environment.

Guest Li was in Yizhou, and when he heard that Qi Niang was leaving, he hurried back again, and asked Li Bai: "Qi Niang is still growing her body, how much money do you have left?" ”

Li Bai: "Fifty thousand, enough flowers." ”

Li politely didn't fight in one place: "Rebel." There are 50,000 left in 300,000 in a year, and Chang'an has money for eating, drinking, living and traveling, compared to Yangzhou, you want us to drink the northwest wind! ”

Li Bai: "......"

The old man didn't say a word, took out the cabinet voucher that had been prepared a long time ago, and stuffed it into Qi Niang's hand: "Ah Weng can't keep you, so I can only leave you more money." When you go out, you have to be willing to spend flowers. ”

Li Bai was speechless about Aya's differential treatment.

Qi Niang, who has always been excited to go out to play, turned red at this time, and looked at Li Ke with tears in her eyes: "Ah Weng, I can't bear you." ”

Li Ke hurriedly said: "Then stay!" ”

Qi Niang: "No. ”

The good granddaughter was reluctant to leave with a few false words, so she made the old man happy again.

Only then did Li Ke turn to Li Bai: "Leave the matter of the field and the cart to me, you don't have to worry about it." It's just that there have been rumors in Yizhou recently that Qi Niang is a fairy boy, and Jiannan Road is not far from Chang'an, I'm afraid...... In short, when I arrived in Chang'an, I didn't take Qi Niang to show up. ”

Li Bai understood the meaning of the words and nodded yes.

Li Ke said again: "If the township tribute is over, it must be paid with things." In October, all the people in the world will meet in front of the Hanyuan Palace. (3) Can you recognize friends in Chang'an to take you to get acquainted with it? I really can't ......."

Li Bai smiled helplessly: "Aya, don't worry." I have acquaintances in Chang'an. This time, I will visit him first. ”

Qi Niang's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Is it Pei Langjun?" ”

Li Bai nodded, and said to Li Ke: "It is the son of Pei Guangting, the current squire of the military department, Pei Zhi." ”