Seven hundred and thirtieth chapters anger can not reveal
"I just want to help the people around the world taste how this corn tastes. After all, land is related to the people's food and clothing issues. The common people have never seen this corn. It is difficult for people to plant it on a large scale." Li Shimin said.
Take a look.
He is no less an emperor, but his words are different.
You eat it just to give it to the people of the world, and I eat it just to satisfy my appetite?
Okay, he admitted that he ate corn just to satisfy his appetite, but was Li Shimin really as noble as he said?
I'm afraid it's not possible.
But who calls someone the emperor?
The emperor said yes, that is, who dares to refute?
Anyway, Lin Xuan didn't dare.
However, Li Shimin's words reminded Lin Xuan that foreign species like corn are not so easily accepted.
Corn was introduced to China in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, for more than a hundred years, only about one-third of the land was planted.
Until the Kangxi period, corn was introduced to China for more than 200 years, but there were still many places where it could be grown but not yet.
Many people think that because transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, by the time the seeds arrived, it was already past the farming season and they had to wait until the next year.
In Lin Xuan's view, this explanation is simply untenable.
Why can't the promotion be carried out across the country? Why must it be promoted place by place?
In Lin Xuan's view, the fundamental reason was that the people were unwilling to accept it and the court did not pay enough attention to it.
Don’t think that just because the literati and poets traveled around in ancient times, you can walk around in ancient times.
In fact, it was not that easy to go out in ancient times.
In addition to high tolls, road navigation is also a big restriction.
In ancient times, if you wanted to go to other places, you needed a road led by the government.
The starting point and destination are clearly written on the road guide, and stamps are required to pass the customs along the way.
And you can’t go to places you don’t need to pass through.
To put it simply, you can't go to a place that you don't need to pass by to get to where you want to go.
This resulted in people from various places in ancient times being confined to their local areas, and many people may have never even been to their own county in their entire lives.
If you tell him that corn has high yields and is grown elsewhere, they won't believe it at all.
For the common people, the food from the land is related to their family's food and clothing problem in the coming year. If they plant corn that has never been planted before, if there is no harvest, the family will starve to death.
It is for this reason that they dare not easily plant something they don't know.
Adding a kind of food does not just mean planting it.
Planting methods, eating methods, and storage methods all need to be considered.
If the emperor eats corn, it will be of great help to the promotion of corn.
As the saying goes, what goes up leads to results.
In an era when imperial power was supreme, the emperor's preferences still had a great impact on the people.
"Your Majesty, you only need to take off your coat, clean it, add some salt, put it in a pot and cook it for a stick of incense, and then you can eat it," Lin Xuan said.
"So simple?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.
"You only need to do this for the corn at this time. When the corn matures, there are other ways to do it." Lin Xuan said.
"Okay, I understand. Come and escort the Marquis of Jingyang County out of the palace." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan:......
He also thought that since Li Shimin also wanted to eat, it would be okay to ask him for some.
It's not that he likes eating corn so much. For him, corn is a kind of memory, and it's enough to taste it.
Mainly Li Lizhi and Lin Wanxi like to eat it.
Lin Xuan didn't have the courage to break the corn anymore. These were the last ones, and the corn would get old after a while and couldn't be cooked.
Who would have thought that Li Shimin would send him away immediately after asking, without giving him a chance at all.
Lin Xuan originally thought of telling Li Shimin that he could only eat the outside of the corn and not the cobs inside, but now he has no idea.
He was somewhat looking forward to what Li Shimin's expression would be when he ate the stick inside.
After Lin Xuan was carried away, Li Shimin asked Li Mu to send the corn to Shangshan Bureau to make it according to Lin Xuan's instructions.
When the corn was cooked and served to Li Shimin, Li Shimin finally understood why Lin Xuan broke the corn twice.
The scent alone is very tempting.
Looking at the crystal-clear corn, Li Shimin moved his index finger, picked up one and took a bite.
The corn at this time is already fresh and tender, and the taste is naturally good. In addition, it is the first time for Li Shimin to eat it, and he has a novel mentality.
"It's really delicious. This corn is really a divine thing. It's not only delicious, but also simple to make and high in yield. God has blessed me in the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin said happily.
"Your Majesty accepts the destiny of heaven and obeys the people's wishes. God will send such auspiciousness." Li Mu said with a smile.
"Haha~"
Although Li Shimin knew it was fake, he still laughed heartily.
Since he ascended the throne, except for the time when the Eastern Turks were wiped out and Jieli Khan was presented to him, he had not been so happy for a long time.
After eating a few bites, a piece of corn cob was revealed which was darker than the corn outside.
Li Shimin didn't know that the corn cobs inside the corn were inedible. Thinking that the outside was so delicious, the inside must be even more delicious, so he opened his mouth and bit it.
The corn at this time was relatively tender, and the corn cobs inside were not as stiff as those of old corn. Li Shimin bit it off with a little force.
Li Shimin chewed it a few times and found that the corn inside was not only hard, but also tasteless, which was completely different from the corn outside.
If Lin Xuan knew what Li Shimin was thinking, he would definitely say: "Nonsense, what does corn on the cob taste like?"
"Strange, why does the corn taste so delicious on the outside, but not only hard on the inside, but also very unpalatable? Could it be that the heat is not enough?" Li Shimin said a little strangely.
"Your Majesty, I am waiting at the Shangshan Bureau. I did exactly what the consort said." Li Mu said.
Those imperial chefs had never cooked any corn, and when they learned that Li Shimin was eating it, they dared not be careless at all. Li Mu said that it would only take one stick of incense, and they would cook it as soon as the incense went out. They did not dare to delay at all.
Li Shimin also knew this and thought to himself: "Did Lin Xuan not make it clear and deliberately held back?"
Li Mu said with some uncertainty: "Your Majesty, is it true that only the outside of this corn can be eaten, and the inside cannot be eaten?"
Li Shimin was stunned and remembered that Lin Xuan once told him that one acre of corn could produce about a thousand kilograms. He had picked up the corn before and estimated it based on the number of knots reported by Bai Qi. It was even more than what Lin Xuan said.
Much more.
At that time, he was still thinking that Lin Xuan had made a mistake, and he was happy for a while.
Now that I think about it, the corn is not fully mature yet. If the inside is really inedible, when the corn matures, the yield will be similar to what Lin Xuan said.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin was extremely angry.
Although it was possible that Lin Xuan had forgotten, Li Shimin had a hunch that Lin Xuan deliberately didn't tell him, and maybe he was still thinking about laughing at him.
"Pass on my decree, order the Marquis of Jingyang County to set off and return to the Heroic Guard within three days. If there is any delay, you will be severely punished!" Li Shimin said.