Throwing the messy thoughts out of his mind, Li Ke smiled and said, "I think it's already dinner time. If you don't mind, can you give me a bowl of rice you cooked?"
Li Ke's words made all the people stunned for a moment. Liu Laosan stood up from the ground with some stuttering and said: "Your Majesty... Your Highness, I... you... it is our honor for you to eat our food... It's just...it's just noodles...you can't get used to it."
"Hahaha, who said I can't get used to it? I've been to Xizhou. The situation in Xizhou is much more complicated than here. Come on, come on, give me a bowl of noodles." Li Ke laughed twice. road.
"Quickly... get a bowl of noodles for Your Highness." These people were very simple, and they were not like Changsun Laoyin who had so many thoughts in their minds. When Li Ke said this, they believed it and immediately gave it to him. Li Ke ordered a bowl of noodles.
"Let's go and have a look at your stove. I'll come down there myself." Li Ke simply stood up and walked towards Liu Laosan's house.
Naturally, everyone didn't have any objections, and they immediately walked towards Liu Laosan's house. Liu Laosan's wife was a little at a loss in the house. There were several women standing next to the face table, who came to help from the village. .
The dough kneaded on the noodle table was a bit dark, so it was naturally impossible for these people to eat white noodles. This noodle was made of thick noodles with bran and flour mixed together, which was also a rare delicacy.
"Come on, sister-in-law, please help me cut some noodles." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Your Highness... Your Highness... I shouldn't... I shouldn't." Liu Laosan's mother-in-law was at a loss and stammered, not knowing what to say.
"It's okay, let's go. We are all common people of the Tang Dynasty. I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty. We are all one." Li Ke said with a smile, "We princes all hope that everyone can live a good life. Everyone has a good life." The better, our Datang will become stronger!"
"Yes, then... how about... I will make some noodles again for you, Your Highness." Mrs. Liu Laosan stammered. They still have about a pound of white noodles at home, which were left over from the day they went to the house. I have never been willing to eat it.
"No, this is just fine." Li Ke pointed at the thick noodles on the noodle table.
Seeing Li Ke's insistence, Mrs. Liu Laosan could only cut off the reconciled noodles with a knife. This kitchen knife should be their own. Li Ke could tell that it should be what they had just exchanged. The kitchen knife was still there. It's very new, and the handle of the kitchen knife is carefully wrapped in cloth.
After cutting out a bowl of noodles, Li Ke said with a smile: "Give me more, I have a big appetite."
Li Ke's words made all the people laugh. I don't know why, but when they heard His Highness asked them for food, they felt inexplicably relieved.
After asking for the noodles, Li Ke learned to put the noodles in the pottery pot next to him. When the water boiled and the noodles floated, Li Ke smiled and said: "Everyone will work hard in the coming year. There will be a lot of food near Chang'an City next year." There are many jobs, and your monthly income will not be low when the time comes, and our pig iron production in Datang will be higher and higher. In the coming year, you will strive to buy an iron pot for every household! You must live a good life!"
Li Ke's words made all the people excited. Iron pot, they had never dared to think about it before. Now that His Highness has said it, it means they have a chance. An iron pot weighs more than ten kilograms! His Highness said they can afford it, then they can afford it next year!
"Your Highness, we must work hard and not embarrass you."
"Yes, we can't embarrass you, Your Highness. If it weren't for Your Highness, we would have starved to death a long time ago. Our lives will definitely get better and better!"
While talking, the noodles were cooked. Li Ke asked for a large wooden bowl, then directly poured out a large bowl of noodles, and then scooped two spoons of soup into a pottery basin next to it.
Liu Laosan obviously spent a lot of money today. Today he also bought two kilograms of mutton, cut it into pieces, and cooked the mutton soup for everyone to eat.
"Your Highness... please get some meat." Seeing Li Ke scooping up two spoons of soup, Liu Laosan said with some expectation.
Li Ke paused for a moment, and without being pretentious, he said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll eat a bowl of your mutton today."
While talking, Li Ke used a spoon to dig down the bottom and took out half a spoonful of minced mutton cut into small pieces. These people are very simple and they don't have many things. In their opinion, these things are the best. , they just hope to leave their best to Li Ke.
Pour half a spoon of meat into his bowl, Li Ke said with a smile: "Come on, come on, I can't eat all the meat. Everyone has a share today, come on, let's eat together."
He handed the spoon to the person behind him and asked Liu Laosan's mother-in-law to continue. Li Ke picked up a pair of chopsticks and scooped out a handful of noodles. There was only salt in the mutton soup. Li Ke took a big mouthful of noodles. , then put it in his mouth, and took a big mouthful of noodles with a "suck" sound.
The noodles were a bit rough, and no matter how unpalatable it was, it wasn't that bad. Li Ke was very picky about what he ate, but he wasn't that picky either. He had a full Man-Han banquet and a bowl of thin noodles.
"Haha, it tastes good. Although our pasta is a bit monotonous, I hope. Let me make a promise with everyone here."
"Next year, during the Chinese New Year next year, we will strive to make every household able to eat white flour and buy some meat. We can also eat white flour dumplings during the Chinese New Year, okay?!" Li Ke asked loudly, looking at the people around him. road.
"Okay!" All the people responded loudly!
"Then it's settled. I will come to your place for this meal next year. I won't let you if you can't eat white bread with mutton stuffing or pork stuffed dumplings! You all have to Work hard for me, and no family will be left behind." Li Ke said loudly with a smile on his face.
"Your Highness, we must work hard." All the people were a little excited and shouted loudly. Next year, they must let His Highness eat this meal of dumplings stuffed with white flour and mutton during the New Year.
"Hahaha, let's work hard together." Li Ke smiled and picked up another large piece of noodles with chopsticks, and simply started eating them. With their assurances, this noodle is not that unpalatable. .
After finishing a bowl of noodles, Li Ke drank all the soup, chatted with the people and watched them eat, and finally said goodbye to Liu Laosan's family and walked out of the refugee village.
By the time Li Ke left the refugee resettlement village, the magistrate of Chang'an County had already received the news and was standing guard outside the village.
Because Chang'an County and Wannian County are capital counties, the county magistrates of these two counties are all fifth-rank officials. Just like the saying more than a thousand years later, don't say you are rich in the magic city, and don't say it in the capital. The same principle holds true for officials in Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.
It can be seen from the actions of the Chang'an County Magistrate how high the political sensitivity of the other party is.
