The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 253 Things I don’t understand
Li An walked out of the Internet cafe at a loss. Li An still didn't see the face of the only female emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, even after seeing her clearly, Li An couldn't tell who that person was?

However, Ang Lee knew that he should have changed history. However, Ang Lee did not disappear because of the changes in history. This may be a great blessing among misfortunes, but there are still two points that have always puzzled Ang Lee.

The first thing is the emperor also named Li An. Who is this emperor? It will definitely not be me, because that happened 500 years later. I am a person who lived in the Zhenguan period. It spans 500 years. Isn't it too long? Will he be immortal?
The second is that the history of the Zhenguan period has been sealed. Just now, Li An wanted to check the events of the Zhenguan period for the first time and wanted to see who was the emperor after Li Shimin. But unfortunately, when he checked, I was told that I did not have the authority to inquire about that period of history, and that period of history was directly sealed.

This is a puzzling thing, why was this piece of history sealed?
But this is different in the Tang Dynasty. Maybe in the Tang Dynasty, Li An could use his identity as the eldest son of the Tang Dynasty to investigate some things, but here, Li An could not do anything. In the end, Li An chose to return to the Tang Dynasty, even though he knew that he History has been changed and he has nothing to worry about, so Ang Lee has nothing to worry about.

As for those things that you don't understand, don't worry about it for now. You can figure it out later.

In the Tang Dynasty, in November of the ninth year of Zhenguan, the sweet potatoes in Lijia Village were ripe. Most of my friends who were close to 50 years old had taken advantage of the opportunity to herd cattle and chop firewood. Because they were hungry and thirsty, they secretly entered the production team or private sweet potato fields. , the experience of opening the vines to steal sweet potatoes, right?
If you are lucky, you will encounter fluffy sand. With a gentle dig, or even a tug with a red sweet potato vine, a nest of sweet potatoes will emerge.If you are unlucky and encounter a relatively solid piece of land, you will be in trouble. Your hands will bleed when you dig it out, and even if you dig it out, the sweet potatoes will be shriveled and thin.

Therefore, experienced "sweet potato thieves" first look at the location where the crime is committed before committing the crime.Often one person looks out and the others divide the work and dig.

Of course, today's Lijia Village does not need to be like this. The children, the elderly, and the adults all happily dug up sweet potatoes. After digging out the sweet potatoes, Li An also started to talk about how to eat them in public. First, he talked about the students. eat.

If you are more particular, go find a stream, wash it, then gnaw off the skin, and then eat the "fresh meat" deliciously.

If it is a friend who chops wood, it is even easier. Just pick up the hatchet and peel off the skin in three or two strokes.But I can’t find water and I don’t have a knife, so what should I do?
Don't worry, everyone has a solution: rub the muddy sweet potatoes on the grass a few times to roughly remove the mud, then take a bite, hold the skin outwards, bite the upper and lower teeth together, and gently bite off the skin.

The rest was naturally swallowed.However, this way of eating is extremely unhygienic, and many friends have contracted ascariasis, which may be the result.

Let’s talk about burning it and eating it.

Find some firewood, set it up, and make a wildfire.The fire needs to be strong and firewood needs to be abundant.When the fire was over and a large pile of ashes remained, the sweet potatoes were thrown in and covered carefully.Then I went to chop a bunch of firewood, let the cattle sit for a while, and when I came back, I turned on the fire, and the cooked sweet potatoes rolled out one by one.

Not to mention the taste, when I opened one, it was still steaming hot, oily and watery, and fragrant.

However, sometimes when the heat is low, the sweet potatoes are still raw, but I don’t care and eat them half-cooked.But you know the result, the exhaust gas is rushing around in your stomach, and then, you know anyway, haha!

After Li An finished speaking, he found that everyone present showed a slight expression of wanting to eat. Li An did not say anything more, but immediately ordered Liu Fangzi on the side: "Brother Fang Zi, go get some firewood." Liu Fangzi Nodding, after a while, I got the firewood. I lit it with a match. When the fire went out, I got some sweet potatoes and put them in. I waited for about an hour.

The sweet potatoes were finished roasting. Each person handed one over and broke open the sweet potatoes. It was exactly what Li An said. The sweet potatoes were fresh, sweet and delicious, many times more delicious than those wild vegetables.

After the sweet potatoes are harvested, it’s not over yet. There are still sweet potato vines in the field, which are also edible. First of all, the sweet potato vines can be used to feed pigs. Of course, some people also pinch the tender sweet potato tips and fry them. Nowadays, most people still follow this mainstream way of eating.

Cut sweet potato vines and chop them into pieces to feed the pigs.

What to do if you can’t finish feeding?In order to prevent the sweet potato vines from rotting, they must be tied into handfuls, tied with corn and straw, and put on the tunnel to dry.When there is a shortage of food in winter, you can still chop it up and cook it thoroughly, and you can still feed it to pigs!

Is it over? Of course it is not over yet. After digging the sweet potatoes and drying the surface moisture, the farmer will dig a hole near the house to save the sweet potatoes.This hole was the sweet potato cellar that every rural household had at that time.Not deep, but it must be dry and water-friendly.Put straw inside, put the sweet potatoes one layer at a time, and finally close the hole, and the sweet potatoes lie quietly inside, waiting for people to take them.

After the sweet potato is stored in the sweet potato cellar for a period of time, the water content gradually decreases and the sugar content increases.Especially in winter, sweet potatoes have shrunk in size and shrunk slightly after being stored for a long time.Braised pork is the most delicious at this time. Whether eaten raw, cooked or roasted, it is hard to find other foods that can compete with that sweet flavor.

While digging, Li An explained the techniques for storing sweet potatoes one by one. These techniques will be passed down with Lijia Village for thousands of years, and everyone will remember Chen Zhenlong, the man who brought the sweet potato vines back to the Ming Dynasty. The names are the same, remember Ang Lee’s name.

After Li Shimin learned about the sweet potato harvest in Lijia Village, he immediately sent people to calculate the yield per mu. The final statistics was that the yield per mu was [-] kilograms. This number not only shocked Li Shimin, but also shocked all the officials present. .

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were both shocked and speechless, and then there was nothing more to say. The entire Tang Dynasty began to uniformly promote the planting of sweet potatoes. After this national policy was announced, Li An knew , the Tang Dynasty would have lost many people.

At the same time, the Chinese New Year will soon be coming, and the weather in Datang is getting colder and colder. There is no cotton in Datang at this time. At this time, Li An began to realize that what he had to do was again There are more.

There is no cotton in the Tang Dynasty, and winter protection is a troublesome matter. In order to reduce the number of people who freeze to death, Li An plans to use coal stoves.

(End of this chapter)