Because it was related to his profession, the man forgot that the emperor was still there, and his face turned red with excitement: "This longevity fruit oil smells very fragrant. If planted in large quantities, it will be us who will benefit." For ordinary people, the tenth princess has really done a great thing that is beneficial to ordinary people."
Liang Dong was already a little numb to Li Sixu's magic. The spring the princess asked him to make worked wonders for swords and instruments, and the Ministry of Industry was amazed by it.
The guy who was talking to the princess was so excited that his veins were popping out, as if he had found a way to make money.
Liang Dong tried to stay calm and asked Li Sixu: "Princess, how is the yield per acre of this longevity fruit?"
"Sisi and her mother planted almost an acre of land and harvested about three hundred kilograms of longevity fruit."
Li Sixu explained: "But because it was my first time to plant, I had no experience, and some of the seedlings died. It can be said that what was actually planted was less than one acre of land."
Thinking that in the world she came from, the fertile land could produce 800 to 1,000 jins per mu, and the poorer land could produce 600 to 800 jins per mu. In the Tang Dynasty, where productivity was slightly lower, Li Sixu only I can estimate conservatively.
"Sisi inferred that if we sum up our experience and plant it properly, it should not be a problem to produce five hundred kilograms per mu. In addition, this longevity fruit is quite drought-resistant and has low soil requirements. It can be grown on loose and well-ventilated land, and it can be cultivated in wasteland. Longevity fruit doesn’t need to take up farmland.”
If planted properly, it can yield 500 kilograms per acre, and the oil yield can reach about 40%. I heard that this longevity fruit has many benefits. Long-term consumption can strengthen the body and make people less likely to get sick.
"If the longevity fruit can be promoted to the public, it will benefit people all over the world."
Seeing that Xuanzong's eyes fell on the queen from time to time when he stepped into the oil shop, Li Kailuo said: "Your Majesty, the princess and the queen have made great contributions to planting the longevity fruit, and I think they deserve a heavy reward."
This Li Kailuo really wins his heart!
Li Kailuo opened a hole for him, and Xuanzong coughed: "Ai Qing's words make sense!"
He looked at Li Sixu: "What reward does my princess want?"
"My sons dare not take credit. The longevity fruit was actually planted by my mother."
Li Sixu winked at Xuanzong and smiled sweetly: "I think that my father should reward my mother, so I don't have to worry about Erchen being a soy saucer."
What a naughty little guy!
Xuanzong then set his sights on the queen: "The queen planted the longevity fruit and found that the longevity fruit has a high frying rate, which is a credit to benefiting the people. Move out of the cold palace today and go back to Nanxun Palace!"
Li Kailuo, who had followed him to the Leng Palace for no reason. From the moment he stepped into the oil shop and saw the emperor's eyes falling on the empress, he knew that the little princess had gone through so much trouble to get the queen out of the Leng Palace.
Does your majesty mean to restore your empress' status now?
After all, Nanxun Hall is the closest palace to the emperor, where only the queen can live.
Both Li Kailuo and Eunuch Yang, who had followed him to Leng Palace, looked happy. Even Xuanzong thought that Queen Wang would be grateful and would reconcile with him.
Unexpectedly, the queen knelt down gracefully and said: "Your Majesty is so kind to me. I am deeply grateful, but please forgive me for not being able to leave the palace."
Xuanzong's face darkened!
Although this was expected by Li Sixu, her mother dared to openly resist her father's order to move her out of the cold palace, and even called herself a sinner, which made Li Sixu sweat for her.
Just when Xuanzong felt that the queen was still resenting him because of Wang Shouyi, the queen whispered softly: "Your Majesty, the sinful woman raised pigs in the cold palace."
Xuanzong: "..."
Does she mean to stay in the cold palace to take care of a few pigs and not move out of the cold palace?
Is raising pigs more important than ruling the sixth house for him?
Xuanzong felt depressed for a while and wanted to get angry but couldn't find where his anger was.
In annoyance, he blurted out: "Can I not even compare to a few pigs?"
After saying that, I realized I had said the wrong thing.
The atmosphere in the oil workshop instantly fell into stasis. Everyone who followed Leng Gong wished they could dig a hole and bury themselves on the spot.
"The oil fryer was roaring. It was so noisy that Sisi's ears were almost deafened. Was the queen just talking about raising pigs?"
Li Sixu seemed to have not heard what Xuanzong had just said, and kept telling Xuanzong: "Father, in addition to the longevity fruit oil, the several pigs raised by the queen in the cold palace have made them fat and strong."
"The Queen Mother heard from Yang Qing that before entering the palace, even if there were no changes in the family, she had not had much meat. Then after careful analysis by the sons and the Queen Mother, they found that the royal kitchen in the palace mostly used mutton for dishes, and rarely used fat. Because of the greasy pork, dignitaries are imitating it and prefer to eat sheep, so the price of mutton is high and the price of pork is low."
Li Sixu continued to whisper: "The queen asked the maids and eunuchs in the cold palace and learned that among the people, pigs are often kept free-range, which consumes a lot of food, but the selling price is low, the income from raising pigs is small, and there are very few people raising pigs. , so there is no high-quality and low-priced meat on the people’s tables.”
"The mother and her son came up with the idea of raising pigs in captivity, feeding them wheat bran mixed with wild vegetables. The pigs gained weight much faster than those raised in free range. One pig had been raised for only a few months and already weighed nearly 100 pounds. Erchen estimated that it would raise a pig It can grow to about two hundred pounds in one year.”
A pig grows about two hundred kilograms a year, and is fed cheap wheat bran and wild vegetables. If so, wouldn't meat appear on ordinary people's tables?
However, I thought of the steamed and greasy pork cooked occasionally in the royal study room.
Xuanzong had doubts about the deliciousness of pork: "You said pork is delicious and cheap?"
"If the pork was just steamed, I wouldn't dare say it tastes delicious, but now with the peanut oil and the iron pot Mr. Liang helped me make, I can prove to my father that pork is a rare delicacy."
Her little princess talked so much that she had covered up his slip of the tongue a long time ago. No matter who it was, no one would have the guts to talk about his rights and wrongs. Today, the fact that he was annoyed by the Queen's slip of the tongue would not be spread. go out.
Hearing that Li Sixu wanted to prove that pork was delicious, Xuanzong was very interested: "How can my princess prove it?"
"My son, I want some pieces of pork and some freshly fried longevity fruit to make some dishes for my father."
Xuanzong knew that his little princess was very capable, always unexpected, and had endless novel ideas in her mind. Whether it was medical skills or general skills, every time she came up with something, it was amazing.
But I have never heard that she can cook.
Could it be that he learned a few tricks from Concubine Xian?
His little princess wanted to cook for him, even if it was pork, which he didn't like to eat. As her father, Xuanzong also planned to support her.
Li Sixu told her which part of the pork she wanted, and Xuanzong asked Yang Qing to send someone to the imperial kitchen to get the ingredients, and told Yang Sixu: "Go and call Concubine Xian to the cold palace."
Is the father afraid that her cooking will be overturned and the Concubine Xian will be the one to support the show?
Feeling Xuanzong's love for her, Li Sixu smiled naively: "Father, the queen stayed in the cold palace to raise pigs, so that there would be more meat dishes on the tables of the people of the world."
