see you tonight princess

Potatoes are a species that has not been grown in China in this era. If Xia Lvsi hadn't accidentally found the bag of sprouted potatoes in the prime minister's treasury, it would take at least hundreds of years for this thing to be recognized.

Since everyone has never seen or tasted it, Xia Lu thoughtfully asked everyone to try it.

Xia Lusi ordered people to set up an earthen stove and an oil pan in the middle of the farmland.Then a sack of potatoes was brought in, and the two chefs quickly peeled and cut them into thick slices, and then cut them into strips. At this time, the potatoes became even square strips. After cutting, they were immersed in salt water. , for anti-oxidation at one time, and the starch juice floating on the surface can be washed away.

At this time, a pot of water was already boiling, and another chef picked up the potato sticks in the salt water and put them into the pot of boiling water.When the potato sticks are half-ripe, the potato sticks have become translucent, and when they are drained, the potato sticks are shiny and shiny, facing the autumn sun with a flattering luster and fragrance.

Everyone thought they could eat it, but unexpectedly the boiling hot oil pan next to it was the focus of today.

Xia Lvsi said, "Fry it in a frying pan."

The chef took the large colander and quickly dipped the potato sticks into the boiling oil pan.

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The crowd uttered a cry of "wow".

The hot oil is boiling, and the golden yellow hot oil bubbles are wrapped around the light yellow potato strips, rolling and rolling, and it becomes golden and crispy.And that unscented yet incomparably alluring fragrance wafted everywhere all of a sudden.

"It's delicious!"

"what is this?"

Xia Lvsi smiled: "This is French fries! Haha, I haven't eaten it for a long time. When it's ready, grab it and let everyone try it."

The French fries were scooped up with a large spoon, and poured into the bamboo to control the oil. I saw that the French fries had distinct roots, golden color, and overflowing aroma.

Everyone thought they could eat it.Xia Lusi put the french fries in Zhulouli in the bamboo dustpan, sprinkled two spoonfuls of special fine salt, and then shook it, shaking and shaking, until the french fries were evenly coated with the fine salt grains.Put it in a small bowl made of thick tung oil paper while it is hot, put French fries on one side, and quickly add a spoonful of red, sour and sweet tomato sauce in the corner.

"Come on, try it, these are potatoes!" Xia Lvsi quickly distributed the potatoes in the carton to the dealers.

Everyone picked up a piece of French fries one after another. The roots smelled delicious and crispy, and looked delicate and attractive.Put it in your mouth, the outside is crispy, and the inside is soft and waxy. The unique fragrance and crispy feeling of potatoes are full of fragrance.Potatoes are tasteless, but the few fine salt grains on the surface suddenly make French fries taste good.

Then dip some of the precious red tomato sauce that has been popular in Nandian for the past six months.It's too high, isn't this the surprise of a child eating McDonald's for the first time?

Everyone boasted: "It's delicious! These potatoes are so delicious!"

"Is this food or vegetables!"

"Haha, this is the beauty of potatoes. It is both a grain and a vegetable. It has a high yield and can be used as a substitute for rice and white flour. Cook and eat, stir-fry, stew, fry, deep-fry, omnipotent." Xia Lvsi smiled.

She greeted: "Come on, everyone can try it, line up and try a few of each."

It turned out that the two big pots in the field at this time, together with the fragrance that wafted for several miles, had already made the nearby farmers put down their work, and the three floors inside and outside the three floors gathered to watch.Xia Lu thoughtfully waved his hand and asked everyone to line up to taste.

"This kind of good thing, we are happy to plant!"

"Master, please plant these potatoes on my farm. The farmers in my farm have good farming skills and have stocked up a lot of fertilizer. They will surely have a good harvest!"

"Master, give me the seeds and give me the seeds. How much output other farms produce, I will not lose to them!"

"I want too."

"We want too!"

Based on the calculation that one mu of land needs [-] catties of seeds, Xia Lvsi carefully harvested [-] to [-] catties of potatoes, except for a small amount of supply to Zhaoli City, and the rest planted thousands of acres of fertile land.The huge harvest that can be expected in the future gives Xia Lusi the confidence to develop animal husbandry and industrial workshops.

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Before Xia Lvsi planted potatoes on a large scale in winter, she had tried to grow potatoes for two seasons. Her farmers had accumulated a lot of experience. In the end, these farmers were sent by her to teach the experience and guaranteed a new crop. The advanced planting technology is mastered by ordinary farmers in the fastest speed, which ensures the harvest.

This kind of operation is a routine operation in modern agriculture, but in the era of thousands of years ago, the agricultural technology of the Southern Dian Kingdom was relatively backward, and the farmers fought on their own. It can only be passed on one by one, and it is difficult to promote it quickly and on a large scale.

Therefore, after one winter, the cultivation of vegetables that are more resistant to low temperature has not stopped, and even the precious greenhouse vegetables have produced more. In winter, Xia Lusi's airship has become more and more busy.In addition to the dry land, various pastures, alfalfa, and cassava crops are planted by the woods, and Xia Lusi also raises a lot of pork, cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, ducks, and fish.

At the beginning of spring in February, Xia Lvsi's [-]-acre potato field had a bumper harvest, and the newly built large granary was quickly filled to the brim.Xiao Zhuzi doesn't go to the field to count the crops now. His favorite job is to count the piles of copper money boxes, silver ingot boxes, and gold ingot boxes in the treasury of the Xia Mansion in Jiangzhou City.

Xia Lvsi smiled and said: "Look, last year in my father's prime minister's mansion, I held those ingot boxes and cried and refused to leave. I said that sooner or later I will let you lie on them to sleep. How about it? You are here these days sleep."

Xiao Zhuzi wept bitterly: "This is great, if I don't want to serve the prince, I would like to lie on it and sleep every day."

But at this time, the leader of the imperial guards presented an urgent military report to Xia Lusi and whispered something, Xia Lusi's face became more and more serious.Finally, she said to Xiaozhuzi: "I'm afraid you can't sleep here for the time being. Immediately allocate the granaries in all counties and counties in Jiangzhou. All the grain will be loaded into large ships and transported to Zhaoli City for the unified deployment of the eldest princess."

"What's the matter..." Xiao Zhuzi was stunned: "This is it."

It turned out that the Mobei Kingdom took advantage of the thaw to invade aggressively, and the ten princes of the offshoot of the Duan royal family once again launched a coercion, forcing Duan Lingge to grant military power, and forcing Duan Xi to make him the prince regent, in order to remove Duan Lingge's control of the imperial power.

For this purpose, the ten princes secretly colluded with the Mobei cavalry, the battle ahead was urgent, and the atmosphere in Zhaoli City became chilling.Duan Lingge mobilized [-] elite soldiers to support the last pass between Nandian Kingdom and Mobeiguo - Beiguan.

However, the deployment of troops required a lot of money and food. At this time, the major families were afraid that the war would affect their own interests, so they were unwilling to support Duan Lingge, making it difficult for Duan Lingge to rely on the expenditure of the treasury for a while.Xia Lvsi found out about this, so he naturally wanted to rescue Duan Lingge no matter the cost.

Xia Lusi mobilized the entire Jiangzhou and even all the large ships in the prefectures and counties with freight traffic. It happened that the potato harvest was bumper, and a full mobilization of 30 catties of potatoes, two seasons of rice added up to one million catties of grain, plus Xia Lusi's one year The hoarded 10 taels of silver were sent to the Beiguan battlefield in an endless stream.

With the support of a large amount of money and food, it is the confidence in governance. Duan Lingge, who has been tied down for many years, can finally let go of his hands and feet this time, and employs a group of young generals, and firmly adopts the policy of strictly guarding against death and forging ahead.The morale of the whole country was greatly boosted, the army of Nandian Kingdom won frequently, and the cavalry of Mobei Kingdom retreated steadily. Within half a month, the situation on the battlefield was reversed.

Lan Mo read the victory reports one after another. There were so many victory reports in various battlefields that Duan Lingge could receive more in one day.After Duan Lingge listened, her expression was still the usual expression of emotion and anger. She usually only gave praises, and would not rush to make too many opinions, so that people around her were not sure of her true thoughts.

But Xiao'e was different. Every time she heard a battle report, she jumped up and clapped her hands for joy.Xiao'e smiled and said, "Oh my God, I only know that this idiot son-in-law has opened some strange shops in Zhaoli City and they are very popular, and I only know that she sends some fresh vegetables, eggs, milk and poultry every day to honor the princess." , but I didn’t know that she could have so much money and food.”

"Uh, I really never thought that she would have such financial resources after operating in Jiangzhou for a year. After all, Xia Shizi used to spend all the money he had, even the five hundred gold given by the princess. Before she left for Jiangzhou , her housekeeper, Xiao Zhuzi, told me that our son seems to be unable to keep money, no matter how much money we make, it can be spent in a short time. , Is it just the legendary, prodigal daughter-in-law... She also said that the last time she came back to visit her relatives, in the end there was no copper coin in the treasury except for the travel expenses." Lan Mo scratched his head, feeling incredible.

Duan Lingge smiled, she always listened to the battle report, and seldom read it by herself.Because Xia Lvsi's family letters were always delivered at this time when she was reading the battle report every day, and she would always read the family letters in person.She smoothed the rice paper in her hand. Xia Lusi's handwriting has been practiced for several months, and it is somewhat beneficial. At least each word is no longer falling apart. It looks like a painting.

However, each of her characters is still a two-inch square, and the family letter is long, and a thick stack takes a lot of paper.In the future, if she becomes more proficient at writing, she will be replaced with a Chinese calligraphy copybook and a lower regular script copybook.Xia Lvsi wrote in her family letter in big characters: The last shipment of silver taels has been escorted out by the imperial guards. I have written another letter to urge Lan Mo to take care of it carefully. Princess wife, don't worry.I hope that the war ahead will go well. For a war of this scale, Jiangzhou can barely handle it. In the future, the princess wife needs to speed up agricultural investment, copy Jiangzhou's experience, and make the state controlled by the royal family and all the controllable land. Use it as soon as possible to enrich the treasury.

Wife, didn’t I tell you that a leopard bit me before, saying that I’ve had good fortune for decades, but I’ve got this fortune, and it’s not even a copper coin left Yes, clean and slippery.Alas, I told you last time that I met that gluttonous leopard again. She even ate a piece of gold ingot from me. She didn’t let her bite me all over my body, making me earn money every day. I’m really at a loss !

After hearing Xiao'e and Lan Mo's words, Duan Lingge's originally indifferent expression finally contained a faint smile: "Xia Lvsi has financial resources, but it seems that she can't keep her money." Living in wealth. After this battle, the monkey's treasury may be spent without a single copper coin left."

"Ah, it's really so miserable!" Xiao'e covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise, feeling a little sympathetic for this moment, she had scolded the prodigal son-in-law many times in her heart before.Xiao'e sighed and said, "Hey, Lan Mo, do you think it's because of this, after the autumn harvest in November last year, she didn't come back to visit her relatives and see the princess. So she won't come back this spring either?"

"Uh..." Lan Mo smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer the question.Although it seemed like this, the son-in-law didn't mention the matter of coming back, but he didn't tell the truth.Saying in front of the princess that the son-in-law will not come back to see the princess, sister Xiao'e really knows which pot to open and which pot to carry.

Duan Lingge didn't say anything, she just suppressed her smile and returned to her usual indifferent and calm expression. She took out the last page of the family letter, wrote "read" as usual, and put it in the lacquer box lock rise.

When Lan Mo bowed to take the lacquer box, Duan Lingge said softly, "Lan Mo, make arrangements as soon as possible. I'm going to Jiangzhou."?