back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 527 Boiled Meat

Lu Chengqi frowned and said, "Are you so squeamish? They are all grains, and the craftsmen can eat them. Why can't I eat them?"

The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, the little emperor liked to be serious, this was something they all knew.But I never thought that the little emperor would be so serious.To be honest, the food in the Military Weapons Supervision is not bad, it is much better than that in ordinary people's homes.If you want meat, you can have meat, if you want eggs, you can have eggs, and fresh vegetables and fruits are provided in time.The development of Dashun's animal husbandry is thanks to Lu Chengqi's policies.The use of administrative means to intervene in the prices of livestock and poultry, or the use of funds from Huangzhuang to forcibly increase the prices of livestock and poultry, has allowed the market to burst into vitality, causing many farmers to start breeding pigs, chickens, ducks, geese and the like.

Of course, as more people are raised, the price of pork and poultry will drop.But the good news is that the prices of livestock and poultry have dropped a bit, but the prices of eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs have been rising steadily.This is all because the Royal University, the Royal Military Academy, and the Ordnance Supervision buy a lot of eggs every day. When the supply exceeds the demand, the price naturally goes up.

Lu Chengqi would not notice these small details.But he could feel that the income of farmers around Chang'an City had increased.Previously, most vegetables were grown to help the family.Now by raising chickens, ducks and geese, you can actually make a fortune, which is beyond everyone's expectations.

Su Song, as a technical fanatic, would not pay attention to such a situation. He just knew that the canteen in the military prison did not meet the specifications of the emperor, so he persuaded him: "Your Majesty, why don't you go to the minister's place to eat..."

It was Lu Chengqi's acquiescence to give them a small treat.After all, it is unrealistic to treat them equally. Shen Kuo and the others are officials after all. If they are the same as craftsmen, then it should be messed up.Classes still have to exist, and it is impossible to completely eliminate them.Without class, how can there be upward momentum?

The truth is that he knows it, but Lu Chengqi doesn't want to go to the small stove they opened. If he wants to truly understand the conditions of the craftsmen, he has to experience it himself.Besides, before rebirth, Lu Chengqi even ate a five-dollar boxed lunch. Could it be that the food of the military inspector was worse than the five-dollar boxed lunch?

"No need, I will eat whatever the craftsmen eat!" Lu Chengqi said lightly, "You three gentlemen, lead the way!"

All three of them knew that once the little emperor made up his mind, he would not be able to bring back even nine bulls.Knowing that it would be useless to persuade them, the three of them walked silently towards the cafeteria.The little emperor wants to eat in the cafeteria, can they not accompany him?At the thought of eating pork, the three of them, who were used to eating delicacies and delicacies, had weird expressions on their faces.

It was almost noon now, and the craftsmen had to wait for the noon clock to ring before they could put down their work and go to the cafeteria.To be able to rest for a while at noon is a unique treatment in Dashun.Not to mention, if you complete your mission ahead of time, there will be additional rewards.Such good benefits made these artisans reluctant to stop and rest in order to support their families.

When we got to the cafeteria, we found that there was no one there.Su Song said: "Your Majesty, if you think the food here is not to your taste, you can go..."

Lu Chengqi waved his hand, and said resolutely: "I've made up my mind, there's no need to persuade me any more." In fact, Lu Chengqi has another purpose, which is to test whether the experience he brought back from the Jurchen is a pig that has passed through. The unpleasant smell is gone.More than half a year has passed, the first batch of meat pigs should have grown up, and the military inspector is the first batch to supply them. Try it yourself and you will know if it works.

It is said that the minds of the Tian family are difficult to guess, but Lu Chengqi's mind is still in the 21st century. How can these "ancient people" guess it?

Under the watchful eyes of Tang Xun, Shen Kuo and Su Song, Lu Chengqi picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and the first dish he ordered was boiled pork.This boiled meat is a traditional dish of the Han people, and it has been around since the Zhou Dynasty.It's just that at that time, the Zhou Dynasty used a cauldron to cook.

Tang Xun walked to Lu Chengqi's side and whispered, "Your Majesty, this is pork..."

Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "What I want to eat is pork!"

The three listened and looked at each other.Shen Kuo was surprised and said: "But this pork, it's hard to be elegant..."

Lu Chengqi said sternly: "How can it be difficult for pork to be elegant? I know that you see pigs being dirty, and you think pork is dirty too? I can guarantee that if sheep are raised in pens, they will not be much better than pigs."

The three of them had nothing to say, they could hardly swallow pork.Lu Chengqi couldn't understand: "...the three Qings are not Hui people, why don't they eat pork?"

Shen Kuo was taken aback, and said, "Which tribe is the Hui?"

Lu Chengqi knew that he had slipped his tongue, so he hurriedly rescued the situation and said: "I mean the Uyghurs, the Uyghurs, a slip of the tongue..."

Su Song was a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, have you never heard that Uighurs don't eat pork?"

Lu Chengqi was dumbfounded, which was also caused by his lack of historical knowledge.The predecessor of the Uyghur was the Uyghur. During the struggle against the Turks, the Uyghur people gradually grew and formed a tribal alliance centered on Uyghur.They are: Huihe, Puguhun, Bayegu, Tongluosijie, Baximi, Geluolu, Yaoluoge and other nine tribes.The leader of the Huihe tribe was hereditary from the "Khan surname" in the "Nine Surnames", that is, "Yaoluoge".Later, due to the war, the Uighurs escaped separately and divided into three branches: one moved to the Turpan Basin, and they were called Gaochang Uyghurs or Xizhou Uyghurs; ; One branch moved to the Hexi Corridor and was called the Hexi Uighur.Then it evolved into only the Xizhou Uighur and the Yellow-headed Uighur.

But the problem is that this Uighur is not the predecessor of the Hui people. In the official history, when the economy of the Central Plains was developed, a large number of Persian and Arab merchants came to China’s coastal cities such as Guangzhou and Quanzhou by sea and land, as well as Chang’an and Kaifeng in the interior. settle down.After the Western Expedition of Mongolia, a large number of people from the Western Regions immigrated into China, absorbing Han, Mongolian, Uyghur and other ethnic elements, and gradually formed the Hui nationality.Fortunately, at this time, no one knew about this period of history, otherwise Lu Chengqi's identity would be clearly revealed

Lu Chengqi pretended to be stupid and said: "So the Uyghurs eat pork? That's because I remembered it wrong, I remembered it wrong..." Knowing the truth that there are too many mistakes, Lu Chengqi stopped talking about this topic and continued to cook.When the cooks in the cafeteria saw Lu Chengqi, their hands were shaking excitedly while cooking. Lu Chengqi complained in his heart: "At the university meeting, the cafeteria aunt's hands were only shaking, why are you shaking like this, did you get Parkinson's? !!!”

After finally filling a large bowl with food, Lu Chengqi started to eat lunch under the "watchful eyes of everyone".As soon as the boiled meat was in the mouth, it didn't have any smell, Lu Chengqi was pleasantly surprised: "It turns out that the quality of the boar that was gelded is indeed much better!"

Seeing those three people ordering the same dish but looking sad, Lu Chengqi felt happy in his heart, and said: "Three gentlemen, picky eaters are a bad habit, eat quickly!"

The three of them frowned and tried to eat, but found that it was really not that bad.Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "Have you discovered the benefits of pork? It's cheap and has a lot of quantity, so it's not bad!" Lu Chengqi personally thinks that pork is better than beef. After all, a pig can be slaughtered for a year at most, and a cow can be raised for at least two or three years , how can this be compared?

(End of this chapter)