"In this case, I will arrange for you to have a meal in the village first. After lunch, when you are leaving, I will arrange for the housekeeper to bring two catties of sweet potatoes, two catties of potatoes, and two catties of corn for each of you!" Li Xuan said.
All the ministers and nobles could not help but have strange expressions on their faces.
The King of Jin would drive people away at every turn.
Seeing this, Li Xuan thought that these noble ministers were too few, so he explained: "Don't be too little, everyone! Don't look at the sweet potatoes and potatoes I harvested, and there is a lot of corn.
However, there are still more than 2,000 villagers in the village, as well as a group of imperial guards and subordinates from the Jin Palace!
These kings all need to be rewarded, but in the end, I’m afraid this won’t be enough!”
"I understand His Highness the King of Jin's painstaking efforts!"
"Exactly!"
"However, in the future, if His Highness, Prince Jin, plans to sell sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn seeds, please consider me first!"
All the distinguished ministers said hurriedly.
"Don't worry, everyone, we are all nobles of the Tang Dynasty. In the final analysis, we are all our own people. If there is any benefit, I will take the lead in considering you!"
Li Xuan was full of charlatanism.
The people who came out of Wagang Village, including Cheng Zhijie, Li Ji and others, were impressed by what they said.
Similarly, some sensitive nobles directly thought of the auction of the escort team!
He couldn't help but glance at Li Xuan thoughtfully.
It seems that His Highness the King of Jin has special treatment for officials and nobles of the Tang Dynasty?
After Li Xuan finished speaking, he walked directly in.
Li Chang has already begun arranging for the kitchen to kill pigs and chickens for cooking!
At the same time, they also steamed a sweet potato for each person and fried a plate of hot and sour potato shreds!
Pair it with a few meat dishes and a tomato scrambled egg!
Suddenly, a group of distinguished ministers were slurping and eating.
Even civil servants such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui just ate four big steamed buns.
After finishing the plate of spicy and sour potato shreds and tomatoes and scrambled eggs in front of them, all the ministers and nobles raised their heads, stretched out their stomachs, and lay paralyzed on the sofa, with endless aftertaste on their faces.
Even Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde directly lifted up their robes, sighing and patting their bellies comfortably, making a "dongdong" sound.
"It's comfortable. The chefs in Prince Jin's Mansion can cook. Especially the spicy and sour potato shreds and tomato scrambled eggs are several times more delicious than those idiot cooks in my old Cheng's Mansion!"
"What Zhijie said is true. When it comes to cooking, the chefs in Prince Jin's Mansion are the most skilled. Even if the ingredients are the same, they still can't make it taste like this..."
"You don't even know how to eat. Add coriander and scallions to the chili peppers, and add some vinegar. The tiger cabbage tastes really good..."
Listening to the words of Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling, Li Xiaogong and others, the nobles who were originally lying on the sofa and reminiscing about the delicious stir-fries they had never eaten before gradually heard that something was wrong.
They couldn't help but sit up slowly and looked at it for a long time.
Then, everyone asked anxiously: "Everyone, what is chili pepper?"
"What are tomatoes?"
"Also, aren't these stir-fried dishes unique to the King of Jin? Do the Dukes of Su and Qi also have them in their houses?"
"..."
Only then did Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others realize the gaffe. They looked at each other and fell silent.
"well?"
Seeing this, Li Ji, Zhang Liang, Duan Zhixuan, Hou Junji, Wei Zheng and others realized something was wrong and looked depressed.
"Everyone, behind closed doors, we are all our own people, why do we have to hide even a few dishes?"
"It's really sad for me to wait like this!"
"Your Majesty, we are also the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, and we are also the nobles of the Tang Dynasty..."
"No hiding, no hiding!..."
Facing the resentful looks of all the veteran killers, Li Shimin glared at Cheng Zhijie, who was pretending to be dead, and then quickly smiled awkwardly and explained.
"Chili peppers and tomatoes are similar to sweet potatoes and potatoes. They are vegetables brought back from America by the King of Jin!"
"The vegetables you brought back with the sweet potatoes?"
All the nobles and nobles could not help but be startled.
Immediately, his face was full of interest.
"No wonder it tastes so delicious?"
"On weekdays, I eat up to four large steamed buns, but today I ate six. I want to continue eating, but my stomach is not strong enough!"
"Hey, I ate seven today..."
As he said this, all the old killers suddenly remembered something and quickly looked at Cheng Zhijie, Li Xiaogong and others.
"You all grow this kind of delicacy at home, and you didn't tell me?"
"What's even more outrageous is that you have been hiding it from us?"
"I always thought that as colleagues, we were our own people. I didn't expect that we were just feeling ourselves..."
"well……"
Cheng Zhijie, Li Xiaogong and others simply lay down on the sofa, closed their eyes and meditated, pretending to be dead!
Seeing this, all the nobles were very angry.
At the same time, I secretly made up my mind that after I go back, I must go to the houses of these old killers and take a good look at what kind of good things are grown in the glass greenhouses of these old killers.
Half an hour later.
Li Xuan followed his instructions and asked Li Chang to lead a group of servants and deliver a small basket of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn to each of the nobles.
Seeing this, all the nobles from the aristocratic families could only sigh secretly in their hearts.
Later, under the leadership of Li Shimin, he bid farewell to Li Xuan.
Before leaving, Li Xuan kept reminding them that if he sells sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes and other exotic items, whether they are fruits or seeds, he must tell them first.
No matter when, they will send someone to collect it at a high price as soon as possible.
Li Xuan nodded in response.
These distinguished nobles then left with relieved expressions.
After getting on the carriage, everyone stared at Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others with resentful faces.
And in Lijiazhuang.
After lunch.
Li Chang then led a group of guards and villagers to begin peeling corn again.
And after returning to the palace.
Li Shimin directly asked the people of Zhongshushe to draft the edict. Li Shimin drew the word "imperial edict" in red and sent it to the Menxia Province for review, and then directly to the Shangshu Province and handed it over to the Ministry of Rites.
These edicts were all rewards to Li Baoding, Wang Xuance and others who followed Li Xuan to the Americas to retrieve sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn.
Among them, Wang Xuance, Xu Rengui, Cheng Chusi, Changsun Chong, Yuchi Baolin, Fang Yizhi and Du Gou were granted the title of county son.
Li Chengqian, Li Baoding, and Li Chongyi all had titles, so they were only rewarded with some acres of land, and each of them was given an additional 300 food fiefs.
In addition, Li Baoding and Li Chongyi each received two vassal cities!
Taking this opportunity, Xue Rengui was directly awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief Prince Consort!
And the guards and soldiers who followed Li Xuan and others to the Americas also received some financial rewards each, as well as ten acres of fertile land, and were all promoted one level!
There were a total of twelve edicts, seven of which were for knighthood, one for prince consort, and the remaining four, all of which were edicts for large-scale rewards.
If we follow the normal process and it is just a review by the provincial department, it will not be completed without a day or two.
However, these matters of titles and rewards were communicated between Li Shimin and the chief officials of the three provinces a few days ago.
Today, officials from the three provinces and nobles from the court have also seen the yield of sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other strange things brought back from America by boys like Li Xuan and Li Chongyi.
Therefore, as soon as Zhongshu Sheren started drafting, the ministers, ministers, and many ministers in the province also got the news and were eagerly waiting for it.