When Queen Changsun learned that Li Shimin was leaving the palace, she hurriedly brought a bowl of longan and lotus seed soup. Li Shimin naturally couldn't refuse the queen's kindness, so she picked up the bowl and drank it in one gulp, regardless of whether it was boiled or not.
Fang Yiai accompanied the emperor to bid farewell to the eldest grandson, the empress, and hurried to Zhangjiacun together.
By the way, Fang Xuanling has arrived at Zhang San's home. Xiaoyu, the younger sister, just finished packing the potatoes, and was introduced to Fang Xuanling by her third brother. Zhang San knew that the two of them were under pressure in front of Fang Xuanling, so she
Let them go to Zhang Jin's house to see if the waterwheel can be completed today.
"Isn't it incredible?" Fang Xuanling only had eyes for the baskets of potatoes, which weighed at least 140 to 50 kilograms.
This is not counting what Zhang San ate before and what he ate at home today. Fang Xuanling has seen the land where potatoes were originally grown. If calculated according to this calculation, the yield of potatoes per mu can reach 17, 18, or even 20.
There are many stones, which means two to three thousand catties.
God, Fang Xuanling's heart beat faster when he thought of this. Seeing these three baskets placed in the kitchen, looking at Zhang San's simple kitchen and the low fence wall, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but feel heartbroken. If this news
If it's leaked and stolen by someone, that's fine.
"Zhang San, let me tell you, I want the emperor to send troops to take over these potatoes and block the news. I really don't trust you if they are left here." Fang Xuanling calmed down his excitement and said to Zhang San.
"Well, it's not necessary, is it? Isn't it just a pile of potatoes? Besides, only my sister and I know about this thing, and no one else knows about it." Zhang San disagreed.
After saying that, I saw Fang Xuanling yelling at Zhang San with a glaring look: "What do you mean? Do you know that with these potatoes, the people of the Tang Dynasty will be able to have enough to eat in the future? In the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty,
It will be just around the corner, you..."
Fang Xuanling was so angry at Zhang San's words that she pointed at Zhang San's nose and said.
"Uncle, please calm down. I'll do whatever you say." Zhang San quickly followed Fang Xuanling and said.
At this time, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats outside. Fang Xuanling and Zhang San stood at the door and looked at the door. They saw Li Shimin coming and hurriedly went out to greet him.
Zhang San felt depressed in his heart. He had known that he would not have sent potatoes, but now he was in trouble. Although he thought so in his heart, he kept on walking and followed Fang Xuanling to greet Li Shimin.
Li Shimin tightened the reins, jumped off the horse, walked two steps in front of the two people, and asked: "Are those potatoes real?"
Fang Xuanling and Zhang San quickly saluted, only to hear Li Shimin say: "No need for so many false gifts, let me ask you, can potatoes really yield twelve or three stones per hour?"
Zhang San thought to himself, Li Shimin really deserves to be the emperor on horseback, and his riding skills are really impressive.
Fang Xuanling quickly said: "Wei Chen has checked it, and it is indeed true." Hearing Fang Xuanling's affirmative answer, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing.
"I would like to congratulate Your Majesty and the Tang Dynasty. With this gift, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty will be just around the corner." Fang Xuanling congratulated beside him.
"Well done to Mr. Zhang, go and look at those potatoes." Li Shimin praised Zhang San and walked straight into the courtyard.
Fang Yiai also followed Zhang San and Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin into the courtyard. Under the leadership of Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin saw the potatoes in the kitchen.
Then he picked up one and said, "How did you get these potatoes?"
Zhang San knew that he had to explain again, and said that these potatoes were the only ones left in the world, and that the master found them from overseas. Li Shimin naturally didn't believe it, but he didn't ask much. As the emperor, Li Shimin only believed what he saw.
But no matter how I investigated, I found that Zhang San was just an ordinary farm boy with nothing special about him. It seemed that he needed to send more people to check out the Qinling Mountains.
"Mr. Zhang County, you have found such auspiciousness for me, the Tang Dynasty. I will reward you well later. Someone, please call the Jinwu Guards to come over and bring these potatoes back to the palace. It is really not safe to store them here."
Li Shimin gave Zhang San a bad check and then ordered a guard.
At this time, Zhang San was complaining, "Damn, you just confiscated it from me? There is no actual compensation. You are really stingy. If you don't follow martial ethics, is there any king's law?"
After thinking about Li Shimin's identity, Zhang San had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. Thinking that he would not have potatoes and beef stew to eat in the future, he regretted it very much. He should not have let the potatoes go to the sky at this time, so he should have grown them secretly by himself.
Just when Zhang San was full of grievances and had nothing to say, he heard Li Shimin say: "Why are you not satisfied?"
Zhang San was so frightened by his light words that he hurriedly said: "I don't dare. This was originally intended to be dedicated to the Tang Dynasty and to the Emperor. I just thought that no one in the palace would recognize this thing, in case it is not properly preserved."
, then wouldn’t these potatoes be wasted?”
Hearing what Zhang San said, Li Shimin felt that this was also the case. At present, Zhang San only had three kinds of potatoes, but Li Shimin was not at ease if he put them here. He thought the same as Fang Xuanling. This thing must not be leaked, otherwise the disloyal people would
People who are like this are bound to have crooked thoughts.
At the very least, we have to wait until potatoes can be grown on a large scale. Before that, we have to be careful.
"Your Majesty, this batch of potatoes must be well protected. I heard from Mr. Zhang that the potatoes can be sown again in July and August. Only Mr. Zhang in the world knows that if you put them in the palace, if they are stored improperly and even one of them is lost, it will be fine.
For such a big deal, why don't we move it to Zhangxian Nan's new residence first, leaving a special place to store the potatoes, and letting Jinwu Guards take care of them day and night, so that Zhangxian Nan can take care of the potatoes more conveniently," Fang Xuanling said.
After hearing what Fang Xuanling said, Li Shimin felt that this was the only way to go. It would be troublesome to let Zhang San enter the palace.
Although Zhang San felt that it would be troublesome if a group of soldiers lived in his home, but since Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin said so, there was nothing they could do. Fortunately, it only took more than two months.
When the time comes, it will be planted in the ground. Zhang San's new mansion has been built and is being cleaned. Zhang San is planning to move in within the next two days.
Soon a team of Jinwu Guards came to Zhang San's house and moved the potatoes to Zhang San's new home.
After Zhang San arranged the potatoes, he returned home and saw Li Shimin looking around the house with Fang Xuanling as if he had come to his own home. At this time, Fang Yiai had already been with his father and Li Shimin.
