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The reason why Shangguan Wanjun woke up was rather strange, as there was a lot of snoring around her.

At the same time, Huapin Tang Yihua also opened his eyes and felt the movement of the person beside him.

"Madam, are you awake?"

Shangguan Wanjun sighed helplessly: "You were woken up too?"

Huapin-Tang Yihua also nodded helplessly, and the two of them stood up and looked outside.

"It's not cold here."

Shangguan Wanjun glanced at him, but was worried in her heart. This was really a waste of time. Fortunately, she had the foresight to bring along the bricklayers, carpenters and others.

Looking at the mountains ahead, Shangguan Wanjun had some thoughts in her mind.

"Some people will cook, some will start cutting down trees, and some will prepare to build houses and open up wasteland for farming." Let's build two hundred houses for the people first, so that fifty people can live in each house. Then they can develop slowly on their own and gradually grow on a large scale.

The refugees took hoes and began to dig the foundation, while women and children helped to wash rice, vegetables and cook.

Shangguan Wanjun took the guards and soldiers to look around, and finally squatted down to check the soil.

"It's difficult to grow crops in this soil." Huapin-Tang Yihua said: "What should we do?"

Things have already started, it’s not easy to go back home.

This kind of soil might be suitable for growing grapes. She remembered that watermelons were already being grown in this era, so why not try growing a large number of watermelons?

The yield of crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes and yams should not be high, but you can try planting them in moderation. I don’t know if this place is suitable for growing bamboo. After all, the transportation cost and time are too high if they are transported from other places.

"Get pens, ink, paper, inkstone, and folding tables and chairs." She planned to make a plan and proceed according to it.

Liu Cheng quickly brought people to get the things she needed. She stroked her dress, sat down, and began to plan seriously.

"Send someone to bring some watermelons. I want the seeds inside. Also, some grapes, the kind with seeds."

Liu Cheng said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Does the emperor want to grow watermelons and grapes?

"Lianhua, send people to the mountains to look for wild grape plants." Perhaps she could also try to grow wild grapes.

Some vegetable fields have been plowed by horses. This method was proposed by Huapin-Tang Yihua, because they did not bring cows, only horses.

Half an hour later, everyone had a hot wild vegetable porridge. The wild vegetables were found nearby and the water was collected from a nearby stream.

While eating wild vegetable porridge, Shangguan Wanjun kept thinking about how to make this place better.

In the morning, many people had already sown seeds in large vegetable plots and were waiting to see the results in a few days.

Shangguan Wanjun lived in a tent for several days and finally arrived at the first mud house here.

"It looks pretty good." But I don't know what it's like to live here.

Huapin Tang Yihua had never seen a mud house before, so she felt it was new to her.

Shangguan Wanjun lamented the speed of labor in this era: "I wonder when all 200 houses will be completed."

This is not only a huge project, but also requires growing food at the same time.

As soon as Shangguan Wanjun had some free time, she began to paint based on the appearance of wild vegetables. She was joined by Huapin - Tang Yihua, Minglan, Muxiang, Ouhe and ten painters brought from the palace.

Before lunch, they had already drawn twenty kinds of wild vegetables, a total of fifteen works.

The wild vegetables listed above include shepherd's purse, wormwood, bitter herb, gray herb, plantain, wormwood, purslane, chicory, bracken, toona sinensis, plantain, alfalfa, mud cabbage, wild pea, dandelion, houttuynia cordata, locust flower, elm money, wormwood, and chicory, twenty kinds of food.

1. Shepherd's purse is one of the wild vegetables mentioned in "The Book of Songs". It has the effects of harmonizing the spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding, and improving eyesight. It is often used to treat postpartum hemorrhage, excessive menstruation, etc.

2. Artemisia white wormwood, also known as Artemisia argyi, has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and removing blood stasis.

3. Dandelion: Dandelion, belonging to the genus Dandelion of the Asteraceae family, has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and removing blood stasis.

4. Gray vegetable: The young leaves are edible and have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying.

5. Plantain: It has diuretic, heat-clearing, eyesight-improving and expectorant effects.

6. Mouse ear grass, also known as Qingming vegetable, is covered with thick white cotton hairs and looks green with a hint of silver-gray. It has yellow flowers and prefers a relatively humid environment. Therefore, it grows widely in low-altitude rice fields or moist grasslands.

The edible part of purslane is the tender stem, which is available from June to August each year. It is sweet and cold in nature. After blanching, it can be used in salad dressings, various fillings, and porridge. It is a popular wild vegetable in spring and summer.

8. Chicory, also known as wild chicory, is a wild herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family.

The young leaves are eaten raw with sauce, which is a bit bitter, but very refreshing. You can also blanch them in boiling water and eat them cold or make porridge or stir-fry.

9. "Ferns are found on the southern hills, and we pick them." — "Zhaonan" in the Book of Songs. After picking fern, don't leave it out for too long. It can be eaten fresh, washed, rinsed, and then stir-fried. It can also be blanched and sun-dried, and later used to stir-fry meat or preserved in jars.

It is worth mentioning that there is a plant that is similar to Chinese toon. If you don’t distinguish it carefully, you won’t be able to recognize it. It is easy to be allergic to it and your body will be covered with bumps.

10. Toona sinensis is also a traditional wild vegetable. It is not only nutritious, but also has a unique fragrance. The edible part is the young leaves or buds of Toona sinensis. The picking season is around Grain Rain, which is March. You can make scrambled eggs with Toona sinensis.

11. Plantain sprouts in early spring, with leaves spread out on the ground like spoons. Those that have grown older can reach over a foot in length. They resemble hosta leaves, slightly larger and thinner. Three or four stems rise from the leaf clusters, forming long spikes resembling rat tails. The flowers are densely packed... Harvest the young leaves and simmer until cooked, soak in water to remove any saliva, rinse thoroughly, and season with oil and salt. — "Compendium of Materia Medica for Famine Relief." Plantain primarily develops in a rosette shape, and its edible part is its young leaves. Young shoots are generally harvested in April and May. After lightly boiling in boiling water, they can be eaten cold, dipped in sauce, stir-fried, used as stuffing, made into soup, or steamed with flour.

12. Alfalfa is commonly known as golden flower. The main edible part is the tender sprouts of alfalfa, which tastes fresh and tender.

After washing, stir-fry the alfalfa with heavy oil over high heat until it is extremely tender and fresh. Eaten cold, alfalfa is refreshing and delicious, with a unique flavor.

Plantain is also a traditional Chinese medicine. The seeds picked in July and August become the famous plantain seeds in traditional Chinese medicine after drying, which has a certain effect of clearing heat.

Wild vegetables of this era not only played an important role in dietary therapy but also held special cultural significance. For example, shepherd's purse is used in the Book of Songs to illustrate the noble qualities of a gentleman, symbolizing the fearlessness of cold and the tolerance of modesty.

In addition, the traditional custom of boiling eggs with shepherd's purse also reflects people's wishes for health and good luck.

Shangguan Wanjun decided to find dozens of women and personally teach them to recognize wild vegetables so that they could provide some performance for their lives within their capacity.