Chapter 38 The Doctrine of Gezhi
"I was busy all the time during this period, and I almost forgot about this matter!"
When I learned that Zhu Yuanzhang brought Prince Zhu Biao to his courtyard just to see the mature potatoes and sweet potatoes, I remembered that these two crops were about to mature at the same time!
"Wen boy! I won't forget this crop that is beneficial to the country and the people!"
After hearing Chen Wen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and joked a few times.
"Brother Zhu! Please wait. Now I will go to the field to dig a few potatoes and sweet potatoes!"
"Let you and Brother Zhu try it out!"
Chen Wen also smiled at Lao Zhu's joke and asked the other party for advice.
"Everyone is at your disposal! This is your home, so let's arrange it!"
After hearing Chen Wen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang replied casually.
"That kid is going to prepare now!"
Chen Wen answered after seeing this, and walked out of the main hall.
"Girl! Don't cook for the time being, burn the fire in the stove! I'll cook myself later!"
After walking out of the main hall, Chen Wen did not forget Chen Nianzhen in the kitchen. He greeted her directly and walked towards the farmland in the small courtyard.
When Chen Nianzhen in the kitchen heard this, he stopped what he had and turned to be a fire-burning girl!
"Dad! Brother Chen can still cook? Didn't you say that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen?"
When he heard Chen Wen outside the house saying that he wanted to cook in person, Zhu Biao also asked Zhu Yuanzhang curiously.
"Biao'er! We told you, don't take the theories of those great scholars too seriously!"
"We let you learn from these great Confucian scholars, so that you can regard Confucianism as a tool of ruling!"
"No matter how gentleman he is away from the kitchen! Like your father, we had to learn how to cook from an early age when we were young!"
After hearing Zhu Biao's words, Zhu Yuanzhang corrected the other party's thoughts.
When he asked Zhu Biao, the great Confucian scholars to study, he wanted to learn the strengths of Confucianism in governing the country, rather than letting these corrupt scholars instill in Zhu Biao what they have or are not!
Therefore, while the father and son were together, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his face to correct Zhu Biao's thoughts!
"Dad! The boy understands!"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was a little dissatisfied with Confucianism, Zhu Biao did not continue to talk to his father about Confucianism.
Turning to Chen Wen's perspective, he was digging some potatoes and sweet potatoes, as well as the tender stems and leaves of the ripe sweet potatoes!
These food crops that seemed common in later generations were like treasures in the Ming Dynasty when food was short of food.
After a while, Chen Wen trotted to the kitchen with the ingredients dug out of the field.
"Girl! Go and wash these materials! By the way, clean your dirty little tiger cat face!"
Chen Wen walked into the kitchen and saw Chen Nianzhen, who was covered in dust by the boiler ashes. So he smiled and asked him to clean the ingredients and his little face.
"Ah? Master, you teased me again!"
Hearing that he was covered in boiler ash, Chen Nianzhen snorted quickly and trotted to the well in the yard to fetch water.
After glanced at the little girl Chen Nianzhen, Chen Wen smiled and began to prepare other seasonings, boiled a pot of hot water, and took out a tray of steamer.
Later he planned to let Lao Zhu taste the steamed sweet potatoes that were often found in later generations.
After Chen Wen finished all this, Chen Nianzhen also washed the ingredients and took them into the kitchen.
After sending her to the main hall to greet Lao Zhu and the prince, Chen Wen started cooking and cooking!
Because this time, the cooking method is steamed and roasted, the speed of serving is much slower.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the crown prince Zhu Biao also waited in the main hall for a long time. Fortunately, Chen Nianzhen, the innocent little girl, chatted with the two for a while.
Finally, half an hour later, Chen Wen prepared all the dishes and brought them to the dining table in the main hall.
"Old Master Zhu and Brother Zhu! These dishes are made of potatoes and sweet potatoes!"
"Please give me some more taste and comment on it?"
After Chen Wen put the dishes on the table, he invited Lao Zhu and the prince who were sitting in the living room to serve.
"It's finally done? Biao'er, let's tell you that Wang Zi's cooking skills can be said to be awesome!"
After hearing Chen Wen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, he called his elder, and came to the dining table and said.
"Zhu Bo praised it! It's all home-cooked dishes and home-cooked crafts!"
Seeing that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang actually praised his cooking skills so much, Chen Wen felt a little fluttered in his heart, but he answered humbly.
"Hey! This is not a joke. Just relying on your skills to open a restaurant. It would be strange if you don't make money!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he greeted Zhu Biao, the eldest son beside him for dinner.
The dishes made by Chen Wen were all full of color, fragrance and taste. Seeing that his father spoke, Zhu Biao also started to sniff the bamboo chopsticks in his hand and feasted.
As for the Confucian Bible classics, Zhu Biao has long been thrown away by him!
At this time, I can only focus on doing my food and nothing can be stopped!
"Boy Wen! What is this vegetable?"
"I don't seem to have seen it before? But it's delicious!"
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a sweet potato vine with chopsticks, put it into his mouth and chewed it before asking Chen Wen.
"Reply to Zhu Bo! This is the stem and leaf of the sweet potato planted by the boy, and it can also be called the sweet potato vine!"
"Don't underestimate this vegetable. As you know, eating more of this vegetable can relieve the symptoms of night blindness!"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang ask about the sweet potato vine, Chen Wen briefly introduced the information he knew about the sweet potato vine to Zhu Yuanzhang!
"Oh? This vegetable actually has such a magical effect! It can also alleviate night vision blindness?"
After hearing Chen Wen's introduction, Zhu Yuanzhang said in surprise after eating a few more mouthfuls of sweet potato vines.
"Brother Zhu! You also know that kid likes to tinker with some things about Gezhixue on weekdays!"
"Through observation, the boy found that not only the sweet potato vine, but also the carrots from the Hu land in the Yuanshi period! They have many benefits for people's eyes!"
Immediately afterwards, Chen Wen continued to popularize science with Zhu Yuanzhang and Prince Zhu Biao, trying to introduce some nutritional science concepts from later generations to this era.
"There is actually crops involved in this Gezhixue?"
After hearing Chen Wen's introduction, Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little curious.
"Reply to Mr. Zhu! This is natural!"
"This theory of Gezhi not only involves firearms and crops, but also can be deconstructed through Gezhizhi!"
"Take Gezhixue, which is related to agricultural crops, as long as the research is deep and thorough, it is not a problem to double the crop yield at will!"
Seeing that Lao Zhu finally became interested in Gezhixue again, Chen Wen immediately took this opportunity to promote the benefits of developing Gezhixue to Zhu Yuanzhang!
Maybe Lao Zhu was moved, and he could even skip the court officials' discussion and enter the stage of forming a research yamen!
Chapter completed!