"Minister Dai, how is it?"
Several hours later, he saw Dai Zhou walking into the hall with some dried sweet potatoes. Li Er asked impatiently.
"After I sliced this sweet potato, I asked the imperial kitchen to dry it with charcoal fire. Your Majesty, please take a look…!”
Dai Zhou handed the dried sweet potatoes to Li Er, his eyebrows slightly happy.
"Crack, crack…!"
Li Er picked up the two pieces and knocked them against each other. Immediately, a crisp sound was heard. Then, he laughed excitedly. Since the storage method has been solved, the people of the Great Tang will no longer have to suffer from famine. Haha…!”
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the problem of food shortage that had plagued the Great Tang for many years had been resolved, the officials were extremely excited. They all bowed and loudly congratulated!
"By the way, how does it taste after drying?”
Looking at the dried sweet potato in his hand, Li Er suddenly became interested. He glanced at the eunuch Wang De and ordered with interest,"Take it to the imperial kitchen and cook it immediately. I want to taste the taste of this dried sweet potato!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Wang De didn't dare to be negligent. He hurriedly ran to the imperial kitchen with the dried sweet potatoes in his hands. Not long after, he ran back to the main hall with a bowl of cooked dried sweet potatoes in his hands.
"Come, dear ministers, come and have a taste!”
Li Er first picked up a piece and then called out to the ministers of His Highness. Wang De, who understood, quickly carried the bowl and walked down.
"Hmm…?"
However, before the officials could taste it, Li Er, who had already impatiently taken a bite, could not help but frown.
Although the sweet potato was still sweet, it was far from the sweet and sticky taste when it was freshly cooked. The two were simply two different things!
"Although dried potatoes are easy to preserve, the taste is not as good as before…!”
"Yeah, yeah…!"
Many of the officials in the hall shook their heads after tasting it.
"Dear ministers, is there any way to keep sweet potatoes fresh?”
Li Er asked with a frown after eating the last mouthful of dried sweet potato.
This dried sweet potato was too unpalatable. It was simply difficult to swallow. Compared to the freshly cooked sweet potatoes, one was soft and sweet, while the other was dry and hard. It was a world of difference!
"Your Majesty, anything with water will rot. This is the law of nature. There is no solution!”
Dai Zhou thought carefully for a moment and finally shook his head.
"Yes! Perishable things all contained water. Although fresh sweet potatoes could not be preserved for a long time, they could still taste some when the season came every year. Compared to the food and clothing of the common people, their appetite was not even worth mentioning!”
Wei Zheng knew that Li Er liked fresh sweet potatoes, so he quickly stepped forward to remonstrate.
Although he didn't directly say that Li Er was greedy for enjoyment, his words clearly had that kind of meaning.
"Yes, finding an easy way to preserve it is the most urgent matter. If the people can't even survive, what's the point of having a good taste?”Dai Zhou nodded.
"The two beloved ministers are right. The most important thing now is for the people to have enough food and clothing. As for the matter of keeping them fresh, there's no need to discuss it anymore!”
Li Er could hear the hidden meaning in Wei Zheng's words, so he could only give up!
He had no choice. In order to be a wise ruler, he could only sacrifice his appetite!
"Alright, if you have something to report, if not, withdraw from court…!”
Thinking that he would soon not be able to eat the soft and sweet potatoes again, Li Er also lost interest in the court meeting. He waved his hand slightly annoyed and said to the ministers.
"We will take our leave!"
The officials bowed and left the court.
However, only Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong stayed. The two of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
"What do the two beloved ministers have to report?"
When Li Er saw the two old fellows standing in the hall, he was furious. He frowned and pretended to be dignified.
Yesterday, he only took a glance at the wine of the two old fellows, and they were so scared that they quickly drank it all, as if they were afraid that he would snatch their wine!
"Your Majesty, there is someone who might know how to keep sweet potatoes fresh.”
Yuchi Gong saw that everyone had left and spoke first.
"Oh…? Who is it?"
Li Er, who was originally listless, immediately perked up when he heard what he said.
"It's His Majesty's son-in-law, Fuma Li!”
Cheng Yaojin was afraid that Yuchi Gong would take all the credit, so he quickly said,"Although that kid is very stingy, I have to say that his brain is very useful. Since he can brew that kind of Bejewelled Nectar, he might have a way to preserve fresh sweet potatoes!”
"Duke Lu is right…!"
Yuchi Gong nodded in agreement." Bejewelled Nectar, hotpot, which one of them isn't a rare treasure? But this kid could make them. Perhaps he had a way to make sweet potatoes?”
"That kid? How is that possible?"
When Li Er heard the mention of Li Xuan, he was furious." Water is easily rotten. This is a natural law. Unless he has a heaven-defying technique, it's impossible to keep sweet potatoes fresh.”
Li Er waved his hand and looked confident. However, he was secretly tempted.
However, as the Supremacy of the Nine-Five, he couldn't ask Li Xuan for advice!
"How about this, this old minister will go and ask. If that kid has a way, this old minister will immediately come back and report!”
Cheng Yaojin seemed to have noticed something and said.
"I'll go too!"
Yuchi Gong also quickly volunteered!
"Alright, go ahead…!"
Li Er pretended to be impatient and waved his hand. He turned around and went to the royal study!
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