Chapter 558 (1/2)
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the palace had a sweet potato feast.
All the concubines with grade got a bowl of sweet potato rice.
For the concubines who are used to eating delicacies, sweet potato rice is not delicious, but fresh and decent.
Decency is the most important thing.
Can the sweet potato rice given by Emperor Wende not be decent?
The concubines got a bowl of sweet potato rice, but Weiyang palace opened a sweet potato banquet.
Cooking and baking, all kinds of cooking methods, the best imperial chef, in a small sweet potato to play a pattern.
”I'm really hungry!”
Wendedi ate a baked sweet potato and felt full. I can't eat the dishes nearby.
Empress Pei personally filled a bowl of soup and put it in the hand of emperor Wende, ”Your Majesty, drink the soup and eliminate the food. I would like to congratulate your majesty for the high yield of sweet potatoes, and no longer have to worry about the famine of the people. ”
After drinking half a bowl of soup and wiping the corners of his mouth, he said, ”it's too early to draw a conclusion.”
Empress Pei pauses for a moment, ”does your majesty not believe Gu Jiu?”
”Naturally, I believe her. She has no courage to lie about such a big event. However, grain is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and we must treat it with caution. When spring comes, let Huangzhuang plant sweet potatoes. When the autumn harvest comes, if the production capacity per mu reaches 700 kg / mu, and there is no need to produce 1000 kg / mu, I will order the government to promote sweet potato cultivation. ”
”It's better for your majesty to be considerate than my wife. If the sweet potato can't reach 700 Jin per mu, it would be bad for the imperial court to promote it rashly. ” Said queen Pei softly.
Wende Di nodded, ”that's the reason.”
When empress Pei saw that Wende emperor was happy, she said with a smile: ”Gu Jiu has made great contributions this time. She is really a lucky star.”
For the sake of her son Liu Zhao, empress Pei didn't mind saying good things about Gu Jiu in front of Wende emperor.
Liu Zhao and Liu Yi are her sons.
Let's make a show for our sons.
Wen de Di laughed, ”don't worry, I will reward her. Just wait for the sweet potato promotion, I will reward her
”First of all, I thank your majesty for the eldest daughter-in-law.” Empress Pei was beaming with joy.
She thought, Gu Jiu got a reward, Liu Zhao will also follow. This is a good thing.
This meeting Liu Zhao is stained with the light of his wife, stay in the palace to eat sweet potato rice.
Gu Jiu is with him.
Gu Jiu whispered quietly, ”I feel that I have done evil, will stay in the palace to eat sweet potato rice.”
She was tired of eating sweet potato rice for a long time. She wanted to eat hard food. As a result, Wende Di rewarded her with a bowl of sweet potato rice.
Hum! Hum!
She can't stop eating.
Liu Zhao quietly picked up Gu Jiu's bowl of sweet potato rice and poured them into his own bowl. He ate them for her.
Gu Jiu beamed, ”guess what my father will reward me?”
Liu Zhao shook his head, ”I can't tell.”
Wende emperor ascended to the throne for two years, rarely rewarding people. Even if there are rewards, they are also some worthless odds and ends, let alone.
Gu Jiu asked again, ”guess what the emperor will ask later?”
Their husband and wife eat in the side hall of Weiyang palace. This is decency.
However, both of them knew that emperor Wende left them to eat in the side hall, and they would have something to ask.
Liu Zhao finished two bowls of sweet potato rice in one breath, took out his handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth and said, ”maybe it's about the cement road. You're ready to prepare.”
Gu Jiu puts down his chopsticks.
If wendetti asked about the cement road, what would she say?
Liu Zhao said bluntly: ”we will offer the cement cube, provide the engineering team, and help the imperial court to build roads.”
This is his advice to Gu Jiu.
The cement road is doomed to be impossible for Gu Jiu to build all the time.
It is related to people's livelihood and financial power. The court will not let it go.
Although the cement from Beijing to Luozhou was blocked by snow, the essence of gold gobbler has not been revealed. However, it did not hinder the imperial court to hold this sharp weapon in its own hands.
Gu Jiu nodded, ”I understand.”
From the beginning, she didn't expect to be a road expert. She didn't expect to build cement roads.
The cement road is a new source of money for the imperial court, and also a project of benefiting the people. Sooner or later, it will be handed over.
Gu Jiu has been very satisfied with the right to charge the cement road from Beijing to Luozhou for 40 years.
She is not greedy.
She has plenty of ways to make money.
There is no need to confront the imperial court and the emperor Wende.
Sure enough, just after dinner, the waiter invited the couple to talk to the hall.
Emperor Wende, empress Pei, and Empress Dowager both sat on the arhat couch, each occupying half of the seats.
The husband and wife bowed down to say hello.
”No gift! Is sweet potato rice delicious
Wende asked with a smile.