Why can't you eat it?

Chen Mu entered the spring garden with this thought in his heart, bypassing the door, surrounded by a courtyard, all of which are the standard of the royal garden, which is neither big nor small, it is a big garden, the only difference is that the silk is the top, and the little eunuch who follows the emperor flatteringly explained: "Transparent light, for warmth, the cloth has been brushed with oil." ”

The garden is full of spring, and the flowers are vibrant, which is in response to the name of the spring garden, and there are melon vines and bean bowls in the corners, which is very novel to Chen Mu. It's not that he hasn't seen it, and he hasn't seen it carefully, but the key is that he doesn't know that there are such greenhouses in this era.

"Go, pick one for me."

The little eunuch climbed low and slipped very high, rolled up his sleeves and jumped to the emperor to pull down a cucumber, holding it in both hands to offer it to the emperor, the emperor 'clicked' and broke it and sniffed it, just when the emperor enjoyed it very much, the little eunuch who had just picked the melon presented a red lacquered wooden plate and put it next to him, which seemed to have been prepared.

Under Chen Mu's blank gaze, the emperor naturally put the two cucumbers on the wooden plate, waved his hand and said, "Go and bury it." ”

After that, he turned his head to look at Chen Mu and asked, "Does General Chen want to come and smell it?" ”

I answered and led the cavalry to stomp through Chen Mu's heart.

He had eaten cucumbers, he had seen cucumber slices on his face, and he had seen people use them in his previous life, but this was the first time he had seen people break them and smell them, and then bury them in the ground.

What is this, this!

Said okay this emperor to save it!

"Your Majesty, don't throw it! This water is very sufficient, sliced, the sky is dry, and the nobles in the palace apply their faces, so that they can be made! ”

Chen Mu's words came out without thinking at all, and his mind was still stuck in Emperor Longqing asking him if he wanted to come to smell it, could the emperor be so willful?

Long Qingleng paused for a moment, picked up the cucumber and looked at it, smiled dumbly at Chen Mu, and said with emotion: "In the world, the people who burned the city and destroyed the village by General Chen actually know the method of maintenance, and I should also be impressed!" ”

"It's a pity to waste it, just follow General Chen's and send it to Concubine Li Guifei, she always complains about the dry weather, and try." The emperor wiped Chen Mu's hands that did not feel dusty with the hand towel handed by the eunuch, waved his hand to Chen Mu to signal around, and said with a little heaviness on his face: "Bite the spring garden, I don't think it is useful, I don't know how much charcoal fire will be burned this winter, just for these Xu Chunse, how extravagant?" ”

"I originally wanted to remove it, but the palace people said that feng shui should have fire to calm it, is it really so effective?"

Chen Mu's brain was still a mess, this master sighed at the waste, and on the other hand, he threw away the good cucumber, he didn't hear that Long Qingye was schizophrenic!

"Your Majesty, this melon ......" Chen Mu didn't know if it was right to ask, but it might be that Longqing was too kind, which made Chen Mu a little bolder, and he asked, "Why don't you eat it, but lose it?" ”

"Eat? You can't eat it. ”

Emperor Longqing glanced at Chen Mu in surprise, and said seriously: "These vegetables are against the time of day, and they grow when they shouldn't be grown by manpower. ”

Chen Mu already wanted to raise his head and hit the wall, and Emperor Longqing didn't forget to cut two more knives in the back, "General Chen is my great general, I will study more in the future, and I will understand the scriptures and righteousness!" ”

He didn't know what to say.

But in the end, Emperor Longqing's answer made him feel comfortable, at least not the kind of thing that he was really doing wasteful things while saying that he was distressed and wasteful, but how could he change the emperor's existing views?

"Your Majesty, in fact, the minister entered the palace, not to see why the peony flowers bloom in winter, but to bring the method of cultivating vegetables in winter back to Xuanfu, so that the sergeants can have vegetables to eat in winter, and even let the people of Xuanfu not rest in winter."

"This is not a matter of time, Your Majesty, this can keep thousands of people alive because of this!"

Emperor Longqing looked at Chen Mu's eyes with alertness and suspicion, and this expression had already expressed the meaning very clearly without opening his mouth: What are you talking about!

"In Xuanfu, in Jiubian, it is difficult to practice in winter, one is because the weather is cold, and the other is because there is no food to eat, the sergeants eat noodles all day long, and have no money to buy meat and vegetables. There are vegetables in Beijing, but there are no in Xuanfu, and even if there is, where can the flag army afford it, because the cost is too high. ”

"Pickled vegetables, dried vegetables, air-dried meat, cellar vegetables, and warm soup dishes, which is not against the time, but as long as His Majesty's people can be fed, it is a good dish!" Since Chen Mu had already spoken, there was no reason to cringe anymore, so he simply said it cleanly and said: "When the minister came, he thought that this was to rely on fire to imitate the temperature of spring to make the cauliflower grow, but the minister didn't know how to do it, so he wanted to come to the palace to ask His Majesty for advice." ”

"Your Majesty said that the spring garden consumes a lot of materials every day, Chen Liang made coal, with a special stove, two pieces can burn for more than half an hour, the temperature is high and the fire is fast, and there is less charcoal poison, and I plan to do Wanquan Siqi Army in the future to subsidize the family industry, which can reduce the consumption of vegetables in greenhouses."

"Feeding my people is a good dish?"

Emperor Longqing took a deep breath, slowly bowed his head, and was very moved, and said, "Maybe you are right, but no." ”

"My health is not good, and the imperial doctor is helpless, barely continuing before the crown prince can take on the big job, General Chen, when you know this, do you dare to take the untimely things back to Xuanfu to plant?"

Chen Mu was dumbfounded-this is touching porcelain!

"You have a heart, but you can't do it now, the government and the opposition call you Chen Mian, and people impeach you for those innocuous little things, and the ministers can distinguish right from wrong and block it for you, but you don't think it's really cotton, there are some things that no one can stop."

"Alright!" Emperor Longqing shook his head a little helplessly but still smiled, and said to Chen Mu: "I also know about the affairs of Xuanfu, go back and ask the military department to see if I can allocate some more silver to you to subsidize the sergeants, but it is estimated that there will not be much, it is difficult for the imperial court, this is walking on thin ice." ”

"Is it so difficult to fight in the middle of winter? No one has ever told me that this palace is a palace! I am not as comfortable as you generals. Emperor Longqing looked into the distance and said with a smile: "A few years ago, when I first ascended the throne, I wanted to eat a tan and the imperial food supervisor tossed it, it was the most delicious pie I have ever eaten, both it looked and tasted, it was better than what I ate in the past when I was in Yuwang's Mansion. ”

"Later, I wanted to know how much silver it cost for such a delicious pie, and the imperial food supervisor reported the account, fifty gold." Long Qing shook his head, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, but he didn't smile, "I have lived outside the palace for many years, as long as I have five coins of silver, I can be outside the Donghua Gate, not far from the house I gave you, and you can buy a big box for five coins of silver!" ”

"But I have never been out of Beijing, and I don't know what it is like outside of Beijing."

Emperor Longqing shook his head and said to Chen Mu: "The coal and stove you said will be sent to the palace in the next few days, and there is no need to be well-made. I can't help you with this dish, the first assistant is old, so don't bother him, talk to the second assistant, maybe they can help you. ”