Chapter 1004 Eye-opening
"Please, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu reached out and lifted the straw curtain.
As a warm heat comes to your face, you will see a lush, crisp and green scenery. Not only fruits and vegetables, but also colorful flowers such as roses. Between the fruits and vegetables that are climbing, you can also see round fruits and colorful flowers, which look extremely pleasing to the eye.
"It's indeed a magical greenhouse, it really opened my eyes!"
Standing at the entrance of the greenhouse and looking at the strange scenery of the fragrant fruits, Qin Shihuang couldn't help but be amazed after staying slightly for a while.
"It's indeed an eye-opener, I thought it was all false news." Feng Quji's eyes widened.
Meng Yi's face was also dull, and his eyes were scanning back and forth in the greenhouse like a searchlight.
"Xing'er pays homage to the emperor!"
"Yu Ji pays homage to the Emperor!"
Xing'er and Yu Ji, who were still shouting, were frightened when they saw Qin Shihuang and quickly stopped talking and carefully greeted Lai Fu's body and saluted him.
"I tell you who it is? It turns out that they are two girls from the Shaoshi family. You don't have to be afraid. You go and play by yourself, don't be afraid!" Qin Shihuang waved his hands with a pleasant look, and didn't care about Yu Ji's messy name at all.
"Let's go out, don't disturb the emperor and brothers watching the vegetables!" Xing'er pulled Yu Ji and prepared to leave.
"Uncle Emperor, why didn't Ziying come with you!" Yu Ji looked at Qin Shihuang with her big eyes open.
"Ziying is studying at home and will come to class with the young master in a few days. You will see him then!" the emperor said with a smile.
"Oh, go back and tell him that I will treat him to the cantaloupe next time I come!" Yu Ji turned around and jumped and followed Xing'er.
"The two children grew up in a blink of an eye!" Qin Shihuang looked at Xing'er and Yu Ji's backs and sighed.
"What Your Majesty said is that I have been in Xianyang for five years, and time flies in a blink of an eye. When I first came, Xing'er and Yu Ji were only a few years old!" Chen Xu also nodded with emotion.
"I heard that Xing'er has already betrothed to others?" Feng Quji asked suddenly.
"Yes, my father made a marriage with his neighbor Niu Dashi, and he would marry Xing'er when he was a few years older!" Chen Xu said in a daze.
"Niu Dashi? Could it be the Lidian of Qinghe Town, who manages his fief for his beloved minister?" The emperor frowned slightly.
"Yes, Dashi and I grew up together, and I am like brothers. The marriage decided by my father is now well-known in Qinghe Town!" Chen Xu spoke quietly.
"Well, I originally wanted Xing'er to marry my youngest son Hu Hai, but since my in-laws had already made arrangements, I won't have any other problems!" Qin Shihuang shook his head with a little regret, but immediately turned around and said, "Has Yu Ji ever betrothed someone?"
"Uh, this is not yet. Yu Ji is only ten years old this year!" Chen Xu was still nervous about Hu Hai's incident just now, but the emperor instantly changed his words to relieve him.
"I want to join a marriage, but I don't know what my dear friends want?" Qin Shihuang's face relaxed slightly.
"Your Majesty speaks, I will naturally obey!" Chen Xu bowed helplessly.
"Ziying..."
"Your Majesty, Your Highness Ziying is the eldest grandson of the emperor, and Yu Ji is not the tragic relative of the Qinghe Marquis. His identity may not match. Please do not make a marriage in such a hurry!" As soon as Qin Shihuang said, Meng Yi interrupted the emperor without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, Lord Meng's words are reasonable. Although the Queen of Qinghe treats Yu Ji as if she is born, she is indeed from a humble background and is not a good match with Your Highness Ziying. Please think twice before you think about it!" Feng Quji quickly bowed and agreed.
Chen Xu did not speak. If Ziying could become the emperor in the future, it would be a good thing to take Yu Ji. Moreover, Ziying would get along well with Yu Ji in class on weekdays, and she had a childhood sweetheart. However, in this era where people valued equality and blood ties, the two did not have much chance to be together. Even if the emperor spoke Chen Xu agreed, he would probably face huge resistance in the royal family. This is not a matter of rights, but a matter of identity.
"Oh, okay, Ziying is still young, I'll say it in a few years!" Before he could speak, he was stopped by the two Shangqings. The emperor had no interest in discussing this matter in an instant. So he waved his hand and walked to the green vegetable field in front of him, squatting down, pointing to ask, "Love, what kind of vegetable is this?"
"Your Majesty, this is called coriander, and I also call it coriander. It is warm in nature and spicy in taste. It is a Western Region spice crop. It can be used as medicine or cooked. It has the effect of enhancing the stomach and spleen to digest food and regulate qi. It is a very good vegetable, but the taste is strong and strange, and it may not be in line with the taste of the people in the Central Plains!" Chen Xu followed Qin Shihuang and squatted down to explain.
This piece of coriander was planted very early, but it was really not loved by the family. Chen Xu had made cold dishes twice. After cleaning, cut them into sections, add garlic paste and salt sesame oil and can be eaten simply. However, the strong smell made Xing'er and Yu Ji cover their noses and yell too smelly at first sight. Even the delicious water that Chen Xu always likes Chen Xu's production will never touch it again after eating it. Ying Shiman and Meng Wan avoided it and became the leader of the anti-cilantro alliance in the Hou Mansion. Even the servants who are usually flocking to Chen Xu's food and rush to eat it after Chen Xu's forced to eat it, many people felt poisoned directly, especially several kitchen workers and chefs. Every time they saw Chen Xu pull out the coriander, they turned around and escaped from the kitchen, because Chen Xu forced them to eat a few bites after each time they were ready. The strange taste was almost the same as killing them.
Therefore, Chen Xu made some cold rice in the entire Hou Mansion of Coriander for a few days. When eating, the whole family was as far away as if they saw poisonous insects. He watched Chen Xu ate in front of him happily and praised the delicious food, but the whole family was no longer fooled.
So the coriander in the half-division grew older and older. Now it was bolting and blooming so much that it could not be chewed, but I only ate a small piece of it.
However, there is a very erotic legend about coriander in later generations.
Legend has it that when King Wu attacked Zhou, Zhao Gongming came out of the mountain to assist King Zhou, and also brought his three sisters with high magic power, namely Yunxiao, Bixiao and Qiongxiao on the Sanxian Island. Later, Zhao Gongming was killed by Lu Ya. Sanxiao wanted to avenge his brother Zhao Gongming, so he set up the Nine-Curve Yellow River Formation and used the Hunyuan Jin Dou to successively take down Jinzha, Muzha, Nezha and Twelve Golden Immortals from Jiang Ziya's camp, and directly beat Jiang Ziya so that he almost knelt down and begged for mercy. Later, Yang Jian broke into the formation, because he could not defeat the Tiandi of Fairy Bixiao, so he shamelessly released the two... Well, it was Xiaotian Dog, as a result
The Xiaotian Dog seemed to smell the sea, and rushed up and bite the crotch of Fairy Bixiao's pants. Bixiao lost her square inch in shame and anger... She covered her lower body and retreated. Fairy Qiongxiao came to help, cut the Xiaotian Dog into two pieces with a golden dragon clipper. Yang Jian was also taken away by Yunxiao with a Hunyuan Jin Dou. The three fairies hated the shameless fairy beast of the Xiaotian Dog, so they took the Xiaotian Dog back to make dog meat hot pot. The remaining hairy claws were dug and buried randomly. Later, a plant with a strange smell grew from the buried place. This plant was called coriander because of its strange smell.
However, according to Chen Xu's opinion, this must be just a folk legend, because coriander was passed down from Europe. If coriander was recorded in China during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it can only be said that the nine-curved Yellow River formation must be in Europe, which coincides with the strange books such as Shanhai Jing. Some people later studied that the Xia Dynasty was actually ancient Egypt, and the Chinese civilization originated in Africa, and it also proved that Mount Buzhou is the highest Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. After Mount Buzhou was knocked down, the earth cracked, forming the East African Rift Valley in later generations...
Fortunately, coriander is transformed from the hair of Xiaotian Dog, not from the hair of Fairy Bixiao.
Chen Xu was a little lucky.
"It is a delicious food that strengthens the stomach and digests food. I will bring some back to the palace later. Concubine Zheng is not good on weekdays and has a bad appetite. Maybe eating some can make her feel appetizing!" Qin Shihuang stood up and turned around and squatted in front of a piece of green onion next to him, looking at the giant onion that was also beginning to bolt and bloom.
Why do we talk about giant onions? It is because this is a piece of onions.
Chen Xu didn't know when he was planted. Later, he grew bigger and bigger. Each of them was as thick as a thumb and the roots began to expand. Chen Xu recognized it later.
Onions, like coriander, are also spicy vegetables. And because they are not yet mature and before they can eat them, Chen Xu has never dug them out and eaten them. The main reason is that Chen Xu doesn’t like the taste of onions.
After looking at the onion, Qin Shihuang walked to the front of a melon field again, looking at the large green leaves mixed with grapefruit-sized fruits, squatting down and touching this one and then touching it in surprise, "Love, what kind of melon is this?"
"Your Majesty, this is called watermelon. It is not yet ripe and it will take more than half a month to eat it. This melon is delicious and juicy, and it is a good thing to cool down in the middle of summer!"
"Well, okay, when you mature, I must leave some for me and Feng Xiangmengqing to taste it!"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu nodded quickly.
"What kind of melon and fruit is this?" Walking a few feet forward, Qin Shihuang squatted down to see another green-skinned fruit that looked like a melon but had a lot of larger size.
"Your Majesty, this is called Hami melon. The courgette produced in the Western Regions oasis has tasted like honey when it matures, and it is also an extremely rare fruit and melon!"
"Okay, I'll leave it for me to taste later."
"Yes, your Majesty!"
"What kind of fruits and vegetables is this?" The emperor stopped to observe next to a vine-shaped plant not far away.
"Your Majesty, this should be a grape, but I have not grown up yet, so I am not sure!"
"Grapes? Could it be the grapes that make the beautiful scenery of grapes?" Feng Quji asked from the side.
"No, although the grapes in the Western Regions and the mountain grapes in the Central Plains are of the same type, they are very different. The grapes in the Western Regions are plump and huge, and the juices are sweet. They are both extremely delicious fruits. If used to make wine, they are much better than mountain grapes!" Chen Xu explained.
"Well, I really didn't expect that there were so many delicious fruits and vegetables in the Western Regions that were unprecedented in the Central Plains. If I hadn't been familiar with the world and geography, I would have been unable to taste these fruits and vegetables in my life. I am indeed worthy of being the best place for me to eat in the Qin Dynasty. I know everything about the delicious food in the world!" Qin Shihuang stood up with emotion and said.
"Qinghehou, where are the cucumbers we have eaten today?" Meng Yi couldn't help but speak.
"Just in front, there are cucumbers on the row of hangers!" Chen Xu pointed to a row of shelves not far ahead.
"Let's go and have a look!" The emperor couldn't help but speed up and soon came to the front of the cucumber rack.
At this time, the larger cucumbers had been picked by Chen Xu and sent to the palace. What we saw were several inches of crisp and tender melons, and there were a large number of yellow flowers blooming on it, which looked extremely fresh and pleasing to the eye.
"So it's just a cucumber, it looks like the cane leaves are somewhat similar to melon!" Feng Quji nodded.
"Feng Xiang said it well. These cucumbers and melons and watermelons are both melons and vegetables. They are crawling on the ground and build hangers for them to climb. They can maximize the use of space, and can also ventilate and light, increasing the number of solidity." Chen Xu explained with a smile.
"The young master is worthy of being an omnipotent talent. You can know everything in the world without leaving your home. With the young master assisting me in the Great Qin, my people in China will be blessed with you!" Qin Shihuang praised without hesitation.
"Qinghehou, what are these purple fruits and melons?" After seeing the cucumber, Meng Yi turned around and squatted in front of a piece of eggplant.
"Mr. Meng, this is called eggplant, it is a vegetable, not a fruit and melon!"
"It seems that I have grown so big, it should be edible!" Meng Yi touched a round and smooth eggplant, as if he was touching a woman's breast.
"Eggplant cannot be eaten raw, it can be fried into dishes. The easiest way to eat it is to bury it in hot carbon ash and then smelly and then tear it into thin strips, then add garlic paste, salt and sesame oil to mix. It is soft and strong in the mouth, and it is also a unique dish!"
"Hiss~" Meng Yi took a sip of water and reached out to pull down an eggplant, stood up excitedly and said, "Since that's the case, why don't Qinghe Hou make a dish for us to see!"
"Haha, it's not bad. It's better to choose a day than to meet the day. I suddenly became a little hungry!" Qin Shihuang smiled so hard that he couldn't stop agreeing.
Well, I know that it’s fake for you to come to see, and it’s real to want to eat my food!
Chapter completed!