Putting aside the tiger for the time being, after giving it a pig trotter that weighed more than 20 catties, Lu Xiu asked it to stay at the side. Lu Xiu's mind was still on the construction of Lu Manor.
Five thousand marble slabs had been polished, and Lu Xiu got people to start laying them on the inside of the pool. In order to prevent water leakage, the materials were all made according to the specifications of the palace.
It was the same for the outhouse. The 20 square meters were covered with marble slabs and used squatting toilets.
"The weather is getting hotter." Looking at the thousands of people working in full swing, even Lu Xiu and the others, who were watching from the side, felt extremely stuffy.
"Yes, it's already summer now, so it's naturally hot and stuffy. You might not know this, but if it was last year, this old man might have gone to another place to avoid the summer.”Li Yuan said.
As the Retired Emperor, after the throne was taken away by Li Er, he naturally only wanted to enjoy himself.
"Yes, I am. It was too hot. He would have to drink some iced drinks later.”
Lu Xiu deeply agreed. There was no air conditioning or fan in the Great Tang, and the stuffy weather was indeed unbearable.
If the swimming pool was built, they could take a swim in it and bring a cool breeze to the hot summer. Or perhaps, it had produced a frozen fruit, which would be quite good to use to relieve the heat.
"Hehe, there's no need. This old man will treat you to a meal today.”Li Yuan laughed and said.
"You want to treat me?"
"Didn't you want to eat fruits the day before yesterday? I brought you some fruits that you promised you never had.”
"I don't believe that there are fruits in this world that I haven't eaten before.”
"Is that so? Wu He, pull him up for this old man.”
Li Yuan clapped his hands. After a while, Wu He and the others pulled a cart of more than ten green watermelons and stopped in front of Lu Xiu.
"See, this melon is called a cold melon. It was brought by a merchant from the Western Regions and is only grown in the imperial garden of the imperial palace. I used my connections to get someone to pick some for you to taste.”Li Yuan said proudly.
"Alright. I thought you were talking about watermelons.”Hearing this, Lu Xiu's face was filled with disdain.
"Watermelon? Little friend Lu, are you sure you're talking about the same kind of melon as me? Wu He, cut one for little friend Lu to try.”
Li Yuan naturally did not believe it. The winter melons had just arrived from the Western Regions and were planted in the Imperial Garden not long ago. Even they had only eaten them once or twice.
Wu He pulled out the Tang sword at his waist and cut the watermelon in half from the middle.
A half-white and half-red watermelon sac was displayed in front of everyone, with dense watermelon seeds dotted in the middle.
"Come, come, everyone get a piece." The watermelon that weighed several kilograms was cut into dozens of pieces. Li Yuan generously distributed them to everyone.
Lu Xiu did not refuse. He was very curious about how the original watermelon of the Great Tang would taste.
Eating watermelon in the shade of a tree in the hot summer was a wonderful thing.
After taking a bite, Lu Xiu immediately frowned and spat it out."Bah, it's not sweet at all. Instead, it's a little sour. Moreover, there are too many seeds.”
"Little friend Lu, don't you like it? I thought that although it wasn't very sweet, it would be very good to use it to relieve the heat, especially when it was placed in the ice cellar for a while before being taken out. It was cold and cool to relieve the heat.”Li Yuan asked in surprise.
"It's normal for husband to think it's not delicious. Yuyao thinks it can't compare to the fruits in the fruit sundaes.”Yuyao whispered.
Although there was only honeydew, yellow peaches, strawberries, and no watermelon in the fruit sundae, the taste was incomparable to the watermelon in front of him.
"Forget it. I won't blame you for being ignorant. I'll let you see what a real watermelon is.”
It was unknown how many generations the watermelon varieties in the future had been cultivated to achieve that sweetness.
Although the ancient fruits and vegetables were all natural and harmless, they did not taste good at all, so not all natural fruits and vegetables were good.
Anyway, Lu Xiu couldn't eat ancient fruits. The sweetness couldn't be compared to the later generations.
Lu Xiu asked someone to bring a few stones the size of a millstone. Then, Lu Xiu used his ability to eat fruits and gently patted the stones twice.
Then, the rock turned into a watermelon that weighed dozens of kilograms.
It was similar to Li Yuan's watermelon, but the color was different.
The watermelons that Li Yuan brought were at most six to seven catties each, while Lu Xiu's watermelons were Kirin watermelons. The largest one was even thirty catties!!
"What…what a big melon." Li Yuan was shocked. He almost couldn't hold it in his arms. Was it really a winter melon?
Although it was similar, the skin in front of him was light green, not the dark green color of the winter melon.
"Hehe, it's one of the more delicious watermelons. It's called the Kirin Melon.”
There were dozens of new varieties of watermelons in China, and they could be eaten for a month without repeating.
The Qilin Melon that he took out now was one of the best-selling ones.
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