Tang Dynasty: Beyond Time and Space, My Best Friend, Princess Jinyang!

Chapter 334

"Mingda, do you agree to this marriage?" Xiao Ran did not answer Li Shimin, but asked the little princess instead.

"I don't agree~" The little princess hugged Xiao Ran, "Little Nang Jun is my friend~"

"Uncle, you saw that Mingda didn't agree, so I don't agree either."

Li Shimin was speechless for a while.

Xiao Ran picked up the corn, "Mingda, this is actually not bad, it's delicious."

"Hmm~" The little princess hadn't eaten corn yet.

The little princess stretched out her little hand, picked up a grain of corn and put it in her mouth, "Wow~ so delicious~"

After the little princess finished eating, she picked up a grain, not to eat it herself, but to give it to Xiao Ran.

"Little Nang Jun Ni is also delicious~"

"Hmm!"

Li Lizhi picked up one and tasted it, "This one is different and delicious."

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun also picked up half and tasted it.

"It's really good... This one is delicious too." Li Shimin nodded.

"Uncle, corn has a lower yield, but it can be used as a staple food. Sweet potatoes have a high yield, but they are not a staple food." Xiao Ran pointed at the corn.

"Brother, sweet potatoes are so delicious, why not?" Princess Yuzhang said, "Not Sister Li."

"Yeah~ sweet~ so good~ fragrant~"

"Unbalanced nutrition. Although sweet potatoes contain carbohydrates, dietary fiber and a certain amount of vitamins and minerals, their protein, fat and other nutrients are relatively low, and may not provide enough nutrition to meet the needs of the human body."

Li Shimin frowned, and heard every word clearly, but he didn't understand it when connected.

The reactions of others were similar to Li Shimin.

"You can eat rice and corn all the time, but you can't eat this." Xiao Ran said more directly.

"Sweet potatoes have a relatively short storage period, are prone to rot or deterioration, and are not easy to store for a long time, while corn, rice, wheat, etc. can be stored for a long time to ensure a stable food supply."

Li Shimin looked at the sweet potatoes, "Not easy to store... but this output is enough to make up for this shortcoming."

The output in this era is really too low, and the output of sweet potatoes can make up for other shortcomings.

The taste is really good.

The Tang Dynasty is different from the 21st century. Starving people to death in the Tang Dynasty is not a rare thing.

So the problem of unbalanced nutrition can actually be ignored in the Tang Dynasty.

I am almost starving to death, eating tree bark and grass roots, who would still worry about unbalanced nutrition!

So this problem is not a problem in the Tang Dynasty.

But the problem of inconvenient storage is indeed a bit of a headache.

"This moisture is destined, this kind of thing is easy to rot, the cellar can be better, but not much."

Xiao Ran also talked about the storage method.

"Okay, okay... this is great. If you can't store it, then eat it early and you can eat as much as you want." Li Shimin also knew that many people often don't have enough to eat.

The high yield of sweet potatoes can make up for this problem.

"It's okay if it can't be the staple food, as long as it can fill your stomach." Li Shimin was already very satisfied.

"Brother, how is the corn yield? This is also very delicious." Princess Yuzhang ate with relish.

"Here, the yield per mu is about 1,000 to 1,400 jin, and the good ones are about 2,000."

"Ten shi... This is not low, much higher than the current grain in the Tang Dynasty." Empress Changsun nodded.

"The main thing is that this is easy to store and can be used as a staple food, which sweet potatoes can't compare to."

"Okay, this is also a good thing." Li Shimin held a sweet potato in one hand and a corn in the other, "In the future... the people of the Tang Dynasty should rarely go hungry in the future."

"Hahaha..."

"Don't worry, uncle, there is also this!" Xiao Ran picked up the potato, "This tastes good."

"Not as sweet as sweet potatoes!" Li Lizhi took a bite, "The taste is different, and it's also very good."

"How is the yield per mu?" Li Shimin pointed at the potato. Li Shimin was concerned about the yield per mu.

"Generally speaking, it is no problem to produce 30 to 50 dan per mu. It can reach 80 dan or even 100 dan. The Tang Dynasty certainly cannot achieve these, but they are also very high, about the same as sweet potatoes."

"Is this also so high?" Li Shimin put down the corn and picked up the potato, "Why is it so scary."

"Potatoes can be used as staple food. Although they are not as easy to store as corn and rice, they can be eaten in many ways. Steam, boil, fry, bake... all are OK. Sweet potatoes are easy to get tired of, but this is much better."

"Good, good, good..." Li Shimin was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

Several crops brought great shock.

"Next spring, prepare more seeds for me. I will try it in the Tang Dynasty first."

"No problem." These things are not expensive."You really gave me a big surprise." Li Shimin took out a box from his arms, "This is for you!"

"What?" Xiao Ran took the box and thought it looked very nice.

Xiao Ran opened the rectangular box and saw something like paper inside.

"Don't you want to see the Lanting Preface? This is it!"

"Snap!" Xiao Ran closed it all at once, "Lanting Preface???"

If this thing is accidentally broken, it will really be a sinner.

Xiao Ran suddenly became uneasy.

"Yes, the authentic Lanting Preface, sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, in exchange for the Lanting Preface, I don't know what else to give you."

"Let me see it, didn't my uncle say it before?"

"I said I'd show it to you before, now it's yours!" Li Shimin took the potatoes and sweet potatoes, and he didn't feel bad.

The sadness of losing the Lanting Preface was dispersed by the joy of getting sweet potatoes and potatoes.

"Uncle, really? You really gave it to me?" Xiao Ran couldn't believe it. This thing was lost in history, and the last record was in Li Shimin's hands.

Many people in later generations thought that it was buried in Li Shimin's tomb.

Li Shimin must have liked it very much.

"Sir, don't you joke! Can I tell a lie?"

"This..." Xiao Ran thought it was too valuable, "Uncle, don't you really like Lanting Preface?"

"It's true that I like Lanting Preface, but I am also the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with letting the people of the world have enough food, Lanting Preface can actually be given up, and I won't lose."

Li Shimin said this, Xiao Ran felt a little sorry.

"I'll just take a look at it, otherwise you should keep it, uncle!" Xiao Ran said: "I don't understand calligraphy, and I can't appreciate it. I don't think this thing is beautiful."

"Have you seen Lanting Preface?" Li Shimin frowned.

"I've seen the copied photos..."

It's in the textbook, but I don't find it amazing, I don't get it at all.

This is the work of the calligrapher, ordinary people can't appreciate it.

"You really don't want it?" Li Shimin was reluctant to give it up.

"I'll just take a look."

Xiao Ran said he was embarrassed to ask for it, but he held it tightly, saying no with his mouth, but his body was very honest.