Chapter 20 Kapok
abused Yuan Chonghuan.
Yang Reform has a great sense of accomplishment.
When you have a sense of achievement, you have strong ability.
At night, the dragon was alive and vigorous, tossing the queen's little Lori for half a night, and tossing the little Lori overwhelmed.
The next day, when I went to the court, I was also very interested, and I practiced the ministers singing hymns, and they sang so much that they swallowed the mountains and rivers, and their blood was boiling, and they went down to the court early without anything.
Back in Kunning Palace, Queen Xiao Lori had just gotten up and was lazily sitting in front of the dresser to make up. Several palace maids waited, Yang Gai waved his hand, and several palace maids left in interest.
Yang Gai saw the back of the queen Xiao Lori, and felt hot in his heart. Hold the queen little Lori from behind. The hands were restless.
"Your Majesty, you ...... This...... In broad daylight. "Queen Lori is still ashamed. A slight flush immediately appeared on the tender little face.
Yang Gai looked at the smooth smiling face, touched it, and couldn't bear it, lowered his head and choked the little mouth of the queen Xiao Lori, and gave a deep kiss. The queen's two little hands also involuntarily put their arms around Yang Reform's neck. gradually lost the strength to support, so I had to rely on Yang Reform's embrace to not soften.
When Yang Gengai finished kissing deeply, he found that the queen's little Lori's eyes were half-closed, and the mist was permeating her eyes, and she already looked like she was picking up.
Holding the hot body and looking at the appearance of the villain in front of him, Yang Gai felt that the evil spirit in his abdomen was awe-inspiring.
The queen suddenly laughed, pushed Yang Reform away, blushed, and said: "Your Majesty, spare the concubine, hehe, the concubine knows that the kapok in the palace garden (imperial garden) has bloomed today, and it is a good time to enjoy the flowers, Your Majesty should go and take a look." ”
The queen interrupted, and the evil qi in Yang Reform's abdomen was awe-inspiring, as if a valve had been connected, and he let it go clean.
"Kapok? Blooming? This looks like winter, right? Yang asked in surprise. In the minds of otaku, snow is winter, and the snow outside has not melted, so how can there be flowers to bloom? Could it be that this kapok blooms in winter like the cold plum?
The queen said with a smile: "It is a few trees maintained in the garden of the palace with a fire greenhouse, and it is not easy for kapok to survive in the north." ”
Yang Reform was shocked: greenhouse? This thing existed in the Ming Dynasty? Remember that a certain novel was used to make money in the Qing Dynasty?
Yang Gengai asked, "Empress, when did this greenhouse exist?" ”
"The ancient Han Dynasty has it, the Tang and Song dynasties have it, and Your Majesty can know that 'the white endive and cucumbers are scarce, and there is brilliance in the plate; Shi Qing Lu has an industry, and the special Zhou people Yong Caiwei' is the poem of which poet? The queen asked rhetorically.
"Whose poems? This seems to mean eating cucumbers? Could it be? This cucumber can be cultivated in a greenhouse for a long time? Yang Reform was surprised, whose poem is this? But at least certainly the former now. In other words, cucumbers cultivated in greenhouses were already available before the Ming Dynasty.
"This is the famous poet Lu You of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Fangweng's "Cucumber". The queen explained.
“? Land tour? Yang Reform was still shocked, when he was studying, he studied Lu You's poem "Wang Shi Beiding Zhongyuan said, the family sacrifice did not forget to tell Nai Weng" I still remember it vividly, but I didn't expect Lu You to eat greenhouse cucumbers. Yang Reform remembers a time-traveler who made a lot of money with greenhouse cucumbers in the Qing Dynasty. It seems that this is not very reliable to rely on the work of traveling through novels!
Could it be that the plane is different?
Yang was dragged to the palace by the queen in confusion.
This palace garden was specially cleaned. The stone floor is clean, with rows of potted plants, and the "small trees" planted in large pots are covered with purple and red flowers. It's beautiful.
In this "winter", seeing such gorgeous flowers, Yang Reform's mood is particularly comfortable. I don't think this greenhouse technology is covered. I think I can grow a little cucumber to eat, but it's spring now, so I don't need to use a greenhouse.
Looking at this bright red kapok, I remembered this greenhouse cultivation and cultivation of ornamental plants, and Yang Gengai remembered the legend in history that chili peppers were first introduced as ornamental plants.
Thinking of this, Yang Gengai's heart suddenly moved. Chili, this thing is very useful, at least it can be satisfied.
Well, yes, Yang is interested in reform.
So, he asked, "Companion, who is in charge of this 'palace garden'?" ”
Wang Chengen replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it is Zheng Huaizhong, the eunuch of the internal officials. (.) )
"Are you there?" Yang Gengai asked and looked around to see if the eunuch of the inner official was around him.
Wang Chengen looked around for a moment and returned: "Back to Your Majesty, here." Do you want to ask him to come and see him? ”
"Well, call him over, I have something to ask him today."
"Yes, Your Majesty." After Wang Chengen promised the emperor, he turned around and went to order a small eunuch next to him. After listening to Wang Chengen's words, the little eunuch immediately bowed down and walked away quickly.
After a while, a eunuch was brought in. Wearing regular clothes, wearing a black gauze hat, a regimental collar shirt and a belt, and a Yunyan's complement on his chest. He was about forty or fifty years old, and his hair was blue and white, and he looked like a kind elder.
"Slave maid Zheng Huaizhong knocks to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Zheng Huaizhong had already knelt on the ground and kowtowed to say goodbye.
"You are Zheng Huaizhong? Get up, I have something to ask you, by the way, this kapok you prepared for me is very beautiful, I like it. Yang Reform's first impression of Zheng Huaizhong was good. Look at him with an amiable appearance.
"Slave and maid, thank your majesty for your appreciation." After saying that, he got up.
"Zheng Huaizhong, well, you are very good at the ornamental plants of this palace garden (note: the Ming Dynasty called this name, and the Qing Dynasty called the Imperial Garden)? I can plant this kapok if I see you! ”
"Slave maid...... Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid knows a lot about this ornamental plant, and has raised a lot of strange flowers and plants. Zheng Huaizhong replied.
"Really? That's it, Zheng Huaizhong, I heard that there is a plant introduced from overseas, it seems to be called chili pepper, I don't know if you have seen it? "Chili peppers were introduced to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and now it is the Chongzhen period, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Gai felt that he could try it, and looked at whether there was such a thing in the palace of the Ming Dynasty.
"Back to Your Majesty, this 'chili'...... The slave didn't seem to have heard of it, and the slave wanted to ask about the appearance and characteristics of the plant, and maybe the slave could know its alias. Zheng Huaizhong thought for a while and replied that Yang Reform did not, but serving the emperor is the only thing for the eunuchs, so the service is very thoughtful, it doesn't matter if you haven't seen it, quickly ask the emperor what the plant looks like, and then ask someone to get it back. Are you still afraid that the emperor will be unhappy? The emperor was pleased! This eunuch has face, and he can eat well in the palace, and this eunuch is not in vain. Don't take that knife in vain.
Yang Gengai was frustrated when he heard that he had never seen it, but he felt that Zheng Huaizhong was right, maybe it was because the name was different, and the same thing had different aliases. Yang Gaiai said: "This thing is about one year old, it doesn't grow tall, it can grow about two or three feet, the leaves are green, the fruit is about the thickness of a finger, the fruit is green at the beginning, and the fruit turns red when it is ripe, and the fruit has a spicy taste, so it is called a pepper, and there are several seeds in this fruit, which is similar to a cake, but it is very small." ”
Yang Gengai struggled to recall what the chili peppers he had eaten were like. Paint a picture of what you know. However, Zheng Huaizhong still did not give him a positive answer.
Zheng Huaizhong thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the slave maid has never seen this kind of plant, but the slave maid will send someone to look for it, if it is really as His Majesty said, it should be found soon." ”
Yang was disappointed. Looks like this pepper still has to work hard to find it!
"Alas...... Is it? That's a shame. Yang Gengai had a look of regret.
Zheng Huaizhong saw the emperor's expression of pity, so he made up his mind and immediately sent people to look for it, and searched all over the world to find this thing called "chili pepper". What do I eat as an internal official? To put it bluntly, the biggest "business" is to serve the emperor, and it is also a matter of duty to find exotic flowers and plants.
Back then, Zheng He, the idol of our eunuch world, was the eunuch Zheng He, who was the official eunuch of this internal official, and what he did was the business of finding rare treasures, exotic flowers and plants for the emperor. He also led a fleet overseas to spread the Emperor's virtues. What a glorious thing that is, it has always been the pride and model of my generation of eunuchs, I must work hard and behave well in front of the emperor, and in the future, I may not be on the same errand as the eunuchs of the Three Treasures, and it is no secret that the emperor likes overseas customs!
Thinking of this, Zheng Huaizhong felt his blood boiling and full of high morale. Secretly set a goal for yourself, you must find "chili".
Yang Reform was a pity that he didn't find the chili pepper, but he would never have thought that there was still a eunuch in his palace who became "Zheng He" and became the second eunuch of the "Three Treasures Eunuch". If you know, you must sigh, the world is so big, there are no surprises.
The interest in the tour was gone, Yang Reform and the queen were ready to go back to the palace, and on the way, the queen asked Yang Reform: "Your Majesty, how do you know about this "chili"?" "Empress Zhou is very interested in Yang Reform's clear knowledge of chili peppers.
Yang reformed his head, and he never thought that Chongzhen in history was an "otaku", rarely out of the Forbidden City, rarely out of the palace. It's an otaku who is even more "homely" than himself. To say that you know this "chili" is a bit unreasonable.
Yang Reform can only talk nonsense: "Hehe...... I have also heard that it should have been introduced from overseas, and it is said that there are people in the south who grow this thing, and it is said that this thing can drive away rheumatism, and I think that in the humid areas of the south, it should be able to help my people get rid of rheumatism, so I just asked, but I don't know very well! ”
The speaker had no intention, the listener had a heart, and Zheng Huaizhong, who had not gone far, happened to hear the conversation between the emperor and the empress. Knowing that this emperor was for the sake of those people in the south who were affected by dampness, he asked about this chili pepper, and thought that this emperor was really a good emperor! A Holy Lord Mingjun! I am even more determined that I must find "chili peppers" to help the emperor relieve his worries.
Overseas? Nanyang?;