Datang romantic little landlord

Seeing that Li Wangyou was so determined, Li Er could only nod his head in response. After returning to the palace, he would issue an imperial edict to give Li Wangyou the [-] mu of land on both sides of the Gan River.

After finishing these gossips, the beautiful boss smiled and invited Li Er and the princes to have dinner.

Li Er said with a smile: "Masters, let's go, we will eat a big family today, I will taste it and see how delicious these potatoes will be when made into dishes."

Li Wangyou said: "I will definitely satisfy my uncle and the princes."

Li Er just smiled and said nothing. The potatoes did taste good, but in his opinion, they were just good.As far as food is concerned, it is good, but it is not necessarily delicious.

Potatoes naturally need to be vigorously promoted. Even if the taste is not mentioned, Li Er is moved by the yield of twenty shi per mu.

But Li Er felt that what Li Wangyou said about the potatoes being able to make dishes, and even describe it as delicious, was exaggerated.

Not only Li Er thought so, but Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also thought this way, but no one mentioned it.

On the other hand, Cheng Yaojin, an old man, didn't care about his face, so he yelled directly: "Boy, this potato tastes good, and it's perfect for food. But if you say that these potatoes are used for cooking, you are joking." I've tasted the potatoes too, it's time to ask your cook to make some dishes like Wangyoucuo, the hot pot I ate last time is also good. Let's save the potatoes for seeding, don't waste them."

"Hey, Uncle Cheng, it's too late for you to say that. Those potatoes have already been put into the pot to make a delicacy. Uncle Cheng can taste it first. If it doesn't suit your appetite, my nephew can ask the cook to replace it for Uncle Cheng. "Li Wangyou is also used to the face of this old rascal, so he doesn't care at all.

Hearing what Li Wangyou said, Cheng Yaojin nodded in satisfaction: "That's how it is, Your Majesty, then go and see what this kid can do with his tricks."

Li Er nodded, and under the service of the old housekeeper Li Heng, he went to the restaurant of Li Mansion Castle to take a seat.And the maidservants of Li's mansion can start to deliver drinks and delicacies like wearing flowers.

Li Wangyou explained to everyone: "Uncle, this is hot and sour potato shreds, which are shredded and fried potatoes; this is mashed potatoes, which are boiled and mashed potatoes; Potatoes; this is chicken with potatoes, and it's delicious."

When these dishes were brought to the table, Cheng Yaojin was dissatisfied again.

"Zhiniang thief, Ziyou, you are really stingy. Why didn't you see any meat when you asked me to wait for dinner?"

Li Wangyou really wanted to point at this old man's nose and scold him, you're blind, isn't this roast chicken with potatoes meat?

But he couldn't swear, not because he didn't dare, but because Datang chicken was really not considered meat.

In the eyes of Tang people, only the meat of animals is considered meat, and poultry is not considered meat.Therefore, Datang chicken is generally very cheap, and ordinary people also use chicken to entertain guests.

Historically, in order to prevent the censor from being extravagant and wasteful when he was on a business trip to investigate cases, and eating people with a short mouth, Li Er ordered "forbid the censor to eat meat", which means that the censor is not allowed to eat meat when he is on a business trip.

But Ma Zhou liked to eat chicken by nature, so when he was on a business trip, he was impeached for eating chicken.As a result, Li Er replied: "I forbid the censor to eat meat, for fear that the prefecture and county will be expensive, so why not eat chicken?"

It means that I forbid the censors to eat meat when they are on business trips, because I am afraid that they will be extravagant and wasteful. How can eating chicken be meat?

So Datang's common sense is that chicken is not meat, so Cheng Yaojin said this.

Li Wangyou complained about the shamelessness of the old gangster in his heart, eating and drinking for free and being picky, it was really abominable.On the other hand, he had to say with an apologetic smile: "There is meat and meat, Uncle Cheng, wait a moment, there are dishes to follow, they will be here soon."

Just as he was talking, the servant girl in the mansion brought another large bowl of delicacies.

Li Wangyou smiled and said, "Uncle, gentlemen, this meat is here. This is beef stew with potatoes. It is the most delicious. Uncle, taste it quickly. Is it delicious?"

As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions turned ugly...

683 Shameless?

When Li Er heard that it was stewed beef with potatoes, he couldn't help but stare, and looked at Li Wangyou with dissatisfaction.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also looked weird.

Cheng Yaojin, an old man, fanned the flames: "Wow, boy, you are really brave. You actually gave me beef in front of His Majesty. Tsk tsk, you are really brave."

The reason why everyone made such expressions was because Datang broke the law by eating beef.

In fact, it was not only the Tang Dynasty who broke the law by eating beef, but also other dynasties.

Don't look at martial arts novels, or TV dramas of later generations, when those heroes of the rivers and lakes enter the restaurant, they open their mouths: "Xiao Er, here are five catties of beef and ten altars of good water and wine." It is very bold and unrestrained.

But no matter what dynasty it was in, if someone dared to yell like this, I am afraid that the shopkeeper would first find someone to report to the Yamen to arrest this kind of bold maniac who wanted to eat beef, beat him to the board, and serve hard labor.

In farming society, cattle represent productivity, and all dynasties have listed cattle as special protected animals, which must not be killed.

There is a clear stipulation in "Tang Law Shuyi": "The owner who kills his horse or cattle will only serve one year." It means that the owner who kills his own horse or cattle will have to serve a year of hard labor.

Even if the cattle were raised by Li Wangyou, if they were killed and eaten for meat, they would be arrested and sent to hard labor.Of course, he is an honorable man, so he can't do hard labor, but at least he has to be fined copper.

In the Tang Dynasty, even old, weak, sick and disabled cattle could not be killed. Only cattle that died naturally could be slaughtered for food.

So Li Wangyou was so grandiose, and served a dish of beef stew with potatoes. Isn't this a violation of the law?How to make Li Er happy.

Li Wangyou looked at everyone's expressions, and quickly explained with a smirk: "Uncle, gentlemen, I did not kill this cow. It was a cow in my house yesterday that accidentally fell down the cliff and fell to death. Yang Mingfu You can testify for me, I have a certificate issued by the county government."

As he spoke, he actually took out a piece of official document from his bosom, on which was a certificate issued by the county government of Hu County, proving that the cattle in Li's mansion were slaughtered after he fell to death, not privately.

Seeing the document issued by the county government, Li Er, Fang Xuanling and the others nodded, regardless of whether the document was tricky or not, they each stretched out their chopsticks to pick up a piece of beef and threw it into their mouths.

After all, even Li Er, Fang Xuanling and the others rarely had beef, so how could they not like it.

And this beef, of course, didn't fall from a cliff and fell to death, it was simply a fake proof that Li Wangyou asked Yang Zuan to leave the back door.

What he ordered the old housekeeper Li Heng to do before was to kill the cow, and he also asked Niu Wu to go to the county to find Yang Zuan to issue a certificate.

Now that there are potatoes, how can there be no goulash with potatoes? Wouldn't that be a great waste?What's more, in fact, Li Wangyou has been craving beef for a long time, but he just couldn't find an excuse.

After killing the cow today, it happens to be able to feast on it.

What kind of beef hot pot, stewed beef offal, boiled beef, fried steak, sizzling beef, beef jerky... Thinking of it, Li Wangyou felt that his saliva could not be stopped.

"Ziyou, this shredded potato is really good, hot and sour, very appetizing."

"Ziyou, this mashed potato is extremely soft and delicious."

"Your Majesty, I thought this stewed beef with potatoes was the most delicious, and Ziyou was right. I never thought that potatoes could make such a delicacy."

Li Er and the others were full of praise for a potato feast, and now everyone finally fully understood the value of potatoes.

After almost sweeping away the delicious food on the table, Li Wangyou ordered the maid to remove the banquet and replace it with green tea, and Jun Chenkai began to talk about how the potatoes were grown.

Fang Xuanling couldn't help sighing: "Your Majesty, we are really guilty today. These potatoes are wasted. They should really be kept as seeds. Such a precious crop is only to satisfy our hunger. Let the minister feel sad."

Du Ruhui also had the same attitude: "Hey, if I knew potatoes have all these wonderful properties, I really shouldn't eat them today."

Li Er nodded, and then glared at Li Wangyou angrily: "Ziyou, you bastard, why didn't you speak up sooner? Wasting so many potatoes, wouldn't it delay a major event?"

Li Wangyou almost vomited blood because of Li Er's words, damn it, who couldn't stop with chopsticks just now?Most of Nuoda's pot of beef stew with potatoes went into the stomachs of Li Er and Cheng Yaojin, and at this moment, he had the nerve to reprimand himself, how shameful?

Of course, Li Wangyou could only slander to himself, and at this moment he could only reply with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye: "Yes, yes, it's my nephew Meng Lang. Originally, I just wanted my uncle and the princes to taste the taste of these potatoes, but I didn't Thinking of eating such a precious seed, I will not dare next time."

Li Er was thick-skinned enough to actually nod his head: "It's good to know, and you must never be like Meng Lang in the future."

Li Wangyou couldn't help but put up his middle finger in his robe, and continued: "The potatoes can be sown in spring in April this year, and in autumn in November. After the two seasons, how much uncle wants to eat next year?" Potatoes are all okay, and my Tang Dynasty will never be short of food in the future."