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Chapter 626: The whole body is a treasure
Ying'er heard unfamiliar voices behind her, holding a sweet potato and turning around to look at it in confusion.
Ying'er was a little confused when she saw the emperor Li Zheng behind her. Although Li Zheng had been to the palace when Liu Mingzhi first came to Beijing, the oppression of Li Zheng, who had such a strong aura at the time, made Ying'er and others dare not raise their heads at all. look.
The second time was when Li Zheng went incognito to celebrate the full moon birthday of Liu Mingzhi's child. Although they had met once, there were so many guests that Ying'er might not be able to remember Li Zheng's appearance.
"Old sir, Ying'er looks familiar to you. She seems to have seen you but not yet. Has Ying'er seen you?"
Li Zheng was stunned and stroked his beard and chuckled: "Little girl, I went to have a wedding banquet when your son Liu Mingzhi and his daughter held a full moon banquet. Maybe you and I had a chance encounter at that time!"
Ying'er nodded understandingly: "No wonder Ying'er looks familiar to you, old gentleman!"
A trace of surprise flashed in Li Zheng's eyes, and then he looked at Ying'er with a gentle smile: "Little girl, you are really discerning, but you are the first person to say that I have a good face. Usually many people are very scared when they see me! "
"How could it happen? The old gentleman is so kind. They are afraid that you must have done something wrong and dare not look at you directly. When Ying'er secretly ate the cakes, she was afraid that the young master would find out and did not dare to go see the young master. This must be the case!"
Li Zheng tugged the beard on his chin and couldn't help laughing when he saw Ying'er. He pointed at the serious Ying'er and nodded with satisfaction.
"Little girl, what you said is right. Although it doesn't sound good, it's not far off. The only person in my family who dares to look directly at me is an old man named Xia. He really didn't do anything. I’m sorry, but I’m just too stubborn, little girl, what do you think I should do?”
Ying'er thought for a while and shook her head blankly: "Ying'er doesn't know, but Mr. Xia, as you said, must be a good person since he has never done anything bad. Since he is a good person, Ying'er thinks that he must be treated kindly. After all, the family An old man is like a treasure!"
Li Zheng nodded after thinking for a moment: "Well said, having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. I have learned from you. Little girl, you will be very lucky if you are kind-hearted!"
Ying'er chuckled and scratched her neck: "Ying'er is already living a good life now. The young master often says that those who are content are always happy. Let those blessings go to the poor."
Li Zheng stared blankly at Ying'er, who seemed unaware of the dangers of the world, and murmured: "We all know that we are always happy when we are content, but people's hearts are greedy. How many people can be content and happy?"
After coming back to his senses, Li Zheng looked at the sweet potato in Ying'er's hand: "Little girl, you just said that the yield of the thing in your hand is twenty-eight stones per mu, and it's not a good harvest? How many stones do you want to have a good harvest?"
Ying'er looked at the sweet potato in her hand and raised it in front of Li Zheng. Zhou Fei wanted to stop him, but Li Zheng stopped him with a look: "Old sir, look, does the front end of the sweet potato in Ying'er's hand have slender roots?" "
"Yes, what's the problem?"
"The problem is big. The length of the root of the old gentleman is the length of the sweet potato when it grows to its maximum size. However, the weather is getting colder day by day. God will not give these sweet potatoes enough time to grow up. Otherwise, we should be able to harvest more. .”
Li Zheng looked at the sweet potato in Ying'er's hand curiously: "Can you show it to me?"
"Of course, old sir, you can take a look at it as you like. If it's not enough, there are a lot more in the basket over there. I'll get you a roasted sweet potato to try. The young master said that everyone who passes by should have a taste. Sweet potato flavor!”
"Okay, okay, I thank you very much. Good intentions will be rewarded. Kind people should not live in panic!"
After Ying'er left, Li Zheng patted the sweet potato soil and broke it apart. The white and tender flesh of the sweet potato was revealed. Li Zheng put it under his nose and sniffed: "It's sweet, fragrant, and juicy. It's indeed edible, but I don't know how it tastes." Like! Where are Song Yu and the others?"
Manager Zhou pointed toward the basket: "Master, look, Miss and Song are staying over there!"
"Let's go over and have a look!"
"yes!"
"Master Jiang, what do you think? With a grain yield of about twenty shi per mu, you, the Minister of Household Affairs, are very secure!"
Jiang Yuanming held a sweet potato the size of a football and his mouth watered with joy: "I don't dare to think about it. I don't dare to think about anything. Although I don't know how it tastes, no matter how bad it tastes, as long as it can fill my stomach in the lean years." It’s just something to survive, but it’s a pity that it’s only a dozen acres of land, so I feel sorry for you!”
"Why, this sweet potato is someone else's private property, and you're feeling distressed even before large-scale planting begins? No wonder the civil and military officials in the court say that you, Mr. Jiang, are a miser. I think it's true!"
When Jiang Yuanming saw the emperor's arrival, he put down the sweet potato in his hand and laughed twice: "Mr. Huang, you can't say that. I am in charge of the food and drink of the people all over the world. What should I do if I don't be stingy? If you agree to let me spend it casually, it's not like that anyway. My family’s money, as long as you nod your head without feeling distressed, I don’t care!”
Li Zheng was choked by Jiang Yuanming and was speechless. He could only change the topic about the household department: "How is it? Are you sure the yield per mu is more than 20 shi?"
Jiang Yuanming and the other three nodded cautiously: "I have looked at the accounts. The lowest one is more than ten dan, and the highest one is almost thirty dan. Do you see the bamboo baskets placed separately over there? All eight acres of land are separated, and one pile is One acre of land!”
"Mr. Huang, I suggest that sweet potatoes be promoted on a large scale. I just looked at the land where sweet potatoes are grown. They are all sandy land. This thing seems to be easy to grow!"
"Brothers, give way and let the old man's ox cart pass!"
Shi Laowu and a group of villagers were driving towards the village with sweet potato seedlings, but they were blocked by Li Zheng and others and had to remind them.
Li Zheng looked at the sweet potato seedlings on the ox cart with some confusion: "Brother, what are you doing with these? What are you doing with these useless seedlings instead of pulling sweet potatoes?"
"Hey...this is a good treasure. You can cook it and eat it. It can be eaten by pigs, cattle and sheep. It tastes better than grain!"
Li Zheng looked at the sweet potato seedlings on the ox cart in surprise: "What? Can people eat these things?"
Shi Laowu looked at the gorgeously dressed Li Zheng and others, turned around and took out a few vegetable pancakes from the basket behind them and handed them to them: "Why don't you guys try it? It tastes great with some garlic sauce."
Li Zheng and the others hesitantly looked at the vegetable pancake made from the sweet potato seedlings in Shi Laowu's hand. Li Zheng was brave enough to directly ignore Zhou Fei's obstruction and took the vegetable pancake. He broke off a small piece and dipped some garlic juice into his mouth. .
Li Zheng, who was ready to swallow it, his eyes lit up and started to devour it: "It's delicious, better than the imperial chef... better than the ones made in big restaurants. Is this pancake really made from sweet potato seedlings?"
"Eh...how can I lie to you, old man? Otherwise, why would we take them home?"
Song Yu and the others were a little moved when they saw Emperor DìDū eating with gusto, so they all tasted it, but they all ate without grace.
"Brother, thank you. Brother, I haven't eaten so heartily for a long time."
"Why thank me? Thank you, Uncle Tongyuan."
Li Zheng looked at the oxcarts going away and heaved a sigh of relief as he looked at the people harvesting sweet potatoes: "My whole body is full of treasures. The leaves can be eaten, and so can the sweet potatoes. They are treasures!"
