"What's this? There's something better!"
Li Sixu was eloquent: "The meat I asked the imperial kitchen for today is the piece of meat from the belly. Different meat from the pig can make different dishes and flavors."
"Then the pork can be shredded, sliced, cubed, or even stuffed into dishes."
"In addition to pig meat, pig trotters, pig ears, pig head meat, and even pig internal organs can be used to make very delicious dishes."
"There are also pork bones and pork ribs, which can be used in cooking or soup."
While Li Sixu's little mouth was blaring, Yang Sixu made some leek dumplings for Xuanzong. The dumplings made with Lenggong leeks and freshly fried longevity fruit oil were particularly fragrant, and juices splashed out when you took a bite.
The hot dumplings fresh out of the pot are much more delicious than those made by the imperial kitchen.
Xuanzong somewhat believed in his little princess. If one knew how to cook pork, it would be as good as other meats.
Just use pork in the dishes, forget about cooking with pig's internal organs. If he hadn't been eating the fragrant dumplings and hearing about using pig's internal organs for cooking, he would have been turned off.
As if Li Sixu knew what the people at the table were thinking, she kept talking: "What I mentioned above can make pork dishes as delicious as the fried pork with garlic sprouts and braised pork on the table today." .”
"Take Erchen Wenwen's pork bones as an example. Pork bones are divided into ribs, keels, pig skulls, etc. The ribs are chopped into small pieces like braised pork, which can be used to make garlic pork ribs, sauce pork ribs, etc. Braised pork ribs, braised pork ribs in soup.”
"Today Sisi asked Concubine Xian to stew lotus root longevity fruit pork ribs soup. This soup has the effects of nourishing the spleen and muscles, nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, moistening the lungs and stomach, and resolving phlegm and detoxifying."
Li Sixu saw that Xuanzong had finished eating the braised pork and dumplings in his bowl, and asked Yang Qing to pass a small bowl to her, and then personally scooped a bowl of lotus root and peanut soup for her father.
"Father, give it a try!"
The braised pork cooked by Concubine Xian was much more delicious than the pork dish cooked by the imperial kitchen, but Yang Sixu picked up a few more chopsticks for him, and Xuanzong got a little tired of eating it.
Drinking a bowl of sweet lotus root longevity fruit soup will wash away all the greasy taste in your mouth. The faint fragrance of bone and the fragrance of lotus root are mixed between the gums, leaving an endless aftertaste.
Although he didn't dare to try eating pig's internal organs into food, Xuanzong still agreed with Li Sixu's words.
"I believe it, every part of the pig can be eaten."
"Then when the queen's pigs are raised, can I hold a pig-killing banquet in the cold palace?"
Li Sixu explained: "Last time, the prince's brother and fifth brother accompanied Erchen to a separate courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing. Fifth brother invited Erchen to eat braised pig's trotters, and Erchen promised to fifth brother that he would treat him to a pig-killing feast."
Holding a pig-killing banquet in the cold palace, what kind of place do you think the cold palace is?
Xuanzong viewed the current Leng Palace. Although they had to work in the fields, the eunuchs and maids in the Leng Palace lived comfortably. His princesses and queens seemed to have built the Leng Palace into a paradise in the Daming Palace.
The cold palace is not cold, but I am afraid that the eunuchs and maids in the harem would like to be relegated to the cold palace in the future.
Xuanzong was silent!
Yang Sixu, who knew what he meant, spoke from the side: "Your Majesty, longevity fruit can strengthen the spleen and appetite, moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. If eaten for a long time, it can prevent aging and prolong life. Moreover, longevity fruit can be used for frying, and the oil yield rate is as high as 40%. The old slave thinks that it should be promoted to private cultivation."
"Yes, if this product is properly cultivated, it can yield up to five hundred kilograms per mu. It does not occupy cultivated land. It can be cultivated and planted in wasteland and promoted to the public. It can meet the oil needs of the people."
Liang Dong didn't know that pork was so delicious. He was lucky enough to eat it at the same table with the emperor's ladies. He said excitedly: "There is also this captive pig. I also think that it should be promoted to the people. If it is cooked well, there will be an extra dish on the common people's table." Delicious meat.”
Li Kailuo, who is addicted to delicious food, also nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty, the longevity fruit and pork are delicious. The Queen has also summarized a method of raising pigs in captivity. I think this method is feasible."
After visiting Leng Palace and trying the delicious longevity fruit oil and pork himself, Xuanzong was deeply impressed.
But as an emperor, he finally saw the crux of the problem: "When Concubine Xian fried pork dishes, she used the iron pot that my princess asked you to make for her. A lot of iron is used to make the iron pot. This belongs to the imperial court. Things under control cannot be controlled by this wind!"
"Nachen will look for low-cost materials to make pots instead of iron pots for cooking fried pork dishes."
Liang Dong said that he would find other materials to replace the iron pot, and Xuanzong thought this method was feasible!
But even if the court promoted it with great fanfare, Leng Gong planted so many longevity fruits that Jiang Jiao brought back from Lingnan, and most of them were used for frying.
If we want to use the longevity fruit left by Leng Gong as seeds, we don’t know what year or month it will be before the longevity fruit fried oil can be popularized.
Xuanzong nodded without answering. Li Sixu seemed to have guessed what her father was thinking.
"Father, I have something to say about the cultivation of longevity fruit and the promotion of captive pigs."
Xuanzong, who was almost full, motioned for her to continue.
Li Sixu put down her chopsticks and said seriously: "I think that whether it is the cultivation of longevity fruit or the raising of pigs in captivity, if it has to wait for the imperial court to promote it, not only will the results be very slow, but also because it cannot adapt to local conditions, a lot of manpower and material resources will be invested, and it will also There are many force majeure factors.”
Xuanzong was convinced and nodded!
Li Sixu continued: "So I think growing longevity fruit for frying and raising pigs in captivity do not need to be promoted deliberately."
Without deliberate promotion, how can people all over the world be willing to grow longevity fruits and raise pigs in captivity?
Now even Yang Sixu, Li Kailuo, and Liang Dong, who had been dealing with Li Sixu a lot recently, were confused and were waiting for her to continue.
Under the expectation of everyone, Li Sixu spoke again: "Father, all you have to do is agree to let your son hold a pig-killing banquet in the cold palace."
Why did things come back again?
Xuanzong had no choice but to laugh, but soon he looked stern and thought of the key.
Things that have always been popular in the royal family will attract royal relatives and nobles to imitate them. His little princess wants to hold a pig-killing banquet in the palace, which seems absurd and uninhibited.
But if the news about the queen growing longevity fruit and raising pigs in the cold palace spreads, the official families and aristocratic families in the capital will be curious about the pork dishes and longevity fruit oil that the princess has figured out.
Pork dishes are popular in the palace, and more and more people will try to buy pork outside the palace. If the price of pork rises, raising pigs will be profitable, and more people will raise pigs.
In addition, there are many benefits to eating longevity fruit. The queen and princess planted longevity fruit for frying. It spread, and some people would go to Lingnan to find longevity fruit seeds for planting.
In this way, the court did not have to do anything, and the problems of raising pigs in captivity and promoting the cultivation of longevity fruits were easily solved.
Just like Liuli, because of the royal family's praise, aristocratic families rushed to imitate it. Every household in the capital was proud to have several pieces of Liuli utensils. It was felt that only those who could afford to display Liuli utensils would have a rich family.
After thinking through these joints, Xuanzong looked at Li Sixu with a rather pleased look.
"How can a tiger father have a dog girl? She is indeed my princess!"
