Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 21 Li Er's Attention

Lao Zhong didn't feel anything wrong, and said with a smile, "Master, you are overthinking! Is it so worthless that we gave up so many people in the dried fish business? After all, they are the biggest wealthy family in Lingnan. Feng family, think about who is the final beneficiary? What's more, for them, this is actually a matter of smooth sailing. After doing us a little favor, don't you feel grateful for their great kindness?
If they need you to do anything in the future, I'm afraid they will have to trouble you! "

Zhang Yi felt that he had lived as a dog in his two lifetimes, and he always looked at things from the eyes of the people in the future to measure everything in front of him. As a result, he was always suspicious of ordinary things.However, this favor is owed, and Babaili hastened to make use of the Feng family's privilege.

When Zhang Yi was looking back at his relatives in his dreamland, the bell of Jing Street in Chang'an City had already sounded, and then the officials of the 43 square cities in Chang'an closed their gates tightly. After the lights went out, the noisy Chang'an City fell into darkness. .

In the Taiji Palace, Li Er was immersed in processing the file in his hand, but he didn't see the woman in palace costume behind him.

"Erlang, it's time for you to eat!"

"Okay, I'm really hungry, how about having a meal with me, Guanyin servant girl?"

"Erlang, it's true, even though it's the most important state affairs, you should take good care of your body. It just so happens that elder brother sent some Lingnan specialties and asked the Imperial Dining Room to make some today. How about your Majesty's taste?" Empress Changsun said, there was a court lady Serve the meal.

"This fish is so strange, it's actually steamed?" Li Er saw the steamed fish on the plate at a glance, but he was a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that what fish eat is umami. If it takes a long time, not only the umami taste will be lost, but also a strong fishy smell will be mixed. In this way, it is unbearable to smell it, let alone eat it in the stomach.

However, he knew that the eldest grandson would not be able to fool him with dead fish. Although the palace cut it at a cost, it was still affordable to eat a piece of fish, but the fish on the plate in front of him was a bit smaller, and there were some fish under the fish. Taro.

"Your Majesty probably doesn't know yet!" The eldest grandson picked up a fish with chopsticks and served it in a small bowl to Li Shimin with a smile: "This is a new food that has appeared in Chang'an recently. Although the smell is a bit strong, but brother But they say that it tastes really special after adding taro and steaming it!"

After taking the bowl, Li Shimin began to taste it.

The fish was not big, only three fingers wide and two inches long, and it had a strong fishy smell, but out of trust in the eldest grandson, he still took a small bite.

Just chewed it twice and spit it out.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" The eldest grandson was terrified. You must know that Changsun Wuji sent the things to the palace.

"Maybe Guanyin put salt as icing sugar?" Li Shimin laughed, and said, "The fish on your plate is so salty!"

Immediately after speaking, the eunuch brought clear water for Li Shimin to rinse his mouth.

"Is it very salty?" Changsun frowned, then picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish with his teeth, biting off a small piece and putting it in his mouth to chew.

Sure enough, the strong salty taste entered her taste buds in an instant, and she spit it out in one mouthful.

Immediately, the eldest grandson's face darkened, and he looked at a court lady behind him and asked, "What's going on?"

I have to say that the eldest grandson is definitely a graceful, gentle and virtuous queen in front of Li Er, but in the eyes of others, it is just the opposite. The maid immediately knelt down in fright and said: "If you go back to your mother, the slaves don't know , this fish slave was staring at the cook in the imperial dining room, and he didn't even blink his eyes in the middle!"

Hearing what the maid said, Li Shimin waved his hand to signal the maid to back down, and then said strangely: "My Tang Dynasty has suffered from the pain of salt, and the price of salt has even reached 600 yuan a catty. There is no reason to pickle dried fish!"

The eldest grandson covered his mouth and chuckled: "Erlang doesn't know that the price of this fish is only [-] Wen a catty. If you use so much salt to pickle it, do you think those shrewd businessmen will do it?"

"These fish?" Li Shimin held the bowl in front of him again in surprise, looked carefully, and found that the fish inside seemed to be different from what he usually eats, and then said with a smile: "It should be sea fish, and only sea fish can be like this." smell!
I remember eating this food when Daye was 13 years old, but it was much bigger, so I didn't notice it for a while! "

The eldest grandson gently refilled a bowl of soup for Li Ercong and said, "Erlang, let's drink the soup first to clear his mouth! Since sea fish doesn't suit your taste, don't eat it!"

"No! You must eat it! Hahahaha!" Li Shimin laughed loudly, and said loudly: "Maid Guanyin, don't you think this sea fish is very suitable for use in the army? One is that it can be used as a vegetable, and the other is that it can be used as a substitute for salt. It can also be regarded as alleviating some of my Tang's suffering from lack of salt.

I just heard that it is not easy to catch sea fish, and now someone is making dried fish and selling them in Chang'an, which really surprises me! "

Although the five-toothed ship appeared in the Sui Dynasty, it can be said that the shipbuilding industry has been quite developed, but the backwardness of fishing gear has made any progress in fishing technology, so fish are not as easy to catch as people imagined in later generations. .

But as soon as a large amount of dried fish appeared on the market, Li Er keenly discovered the problem, that is, someone might have mastered the method of catching a large amount of sea fish.

After all, the profit-seeking nature of merchants will not change at any time. Who is willing to do things that make money without profit?
"My concubine also had this idea, and sent someone to inquire about it. It is said that a businessman named Shen in Chang'an returned to Chang'an from Lingnan last month. It was sold at a price of one catty, and it was sold out in one day, and the merchant also revealed that he would bring in a large amount of dried fish like this to continue selling in the near future!"

"The price of fifty cents a catty is indeed not expensive!" Li Ermi picked up another piece of fish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to taste it carefully. After a while, he suddenly called out to the side: "Listen to the wind!"

In an instant, an old eunuch in his fifties appeared in front of Li Er, with his hands slightly arched, he said expressionlessly, "My servant has seen His Majesty!"

"Look up this businessman surnamed Shen. Who does he do business with, who does he meet, and where he lives, he must be clear. The more detailed the better!"

As soon as the voice fell, Tingfeng fell into the darkness behind the lights like a gust of wind.

The eldest grandson continued to serve Li Er's meal with a gentle and virtuous appearance, and he ate fish if he didn't eat anything else.
　The baby is unhappy, and writing is so tiring, is there anyone to reward?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)