Chapter 162 The Imperial Palace Inner Treasury
"Please read Li Banju, please read, this is the inner treasury in the palace, and almost 80% of the property in the palace is stored here!" In a palace in the hinterland of the palace, the eunuch Luo Chongxun in front introduced to Li Zhang as he walked.
While walking, Li Zhang looked at the surrounding warehouses with jealousy. Unfortunately, all of these warehouses were locked tightly and could not see the property inside clearly, which made him very disappointed. You must know that this is the inner treasury of the palace, and almost all the personal property of Zhao Heng and Liu E, as well as the concubines in the palace, were hidden here.
Luo Chongxun took Li Zhang around the inner warehouse for a while, then took him to an underground warehouse and took out the key to open the heavy door, revealing the empty room inside and said, "Li Bandu, this is the cellar you requested, which is cool, light-proof, and good ventilation. I wonder if you are satisfied?"
The reason why Luo Chongxun brought Li Zhang with the inner treasury was mainly to store the potatoes harvested yesterday. Now Liu E has regarded these potatoes as her eyes. Apart from herself, only Li Zhang can touch them. The main reason is that she doesn't know how to save the potatoes, otherwise Li Zhang would not even think of seeing potatoes again.
Li Zhang entered this basement and took a walk. It was late autumn and the basement was quite cold, but there were ventilation holes around it, making this basement not stuffy and suitable for storing potatoes.
"This place is good. If you have a Luo Luo guard team, please find some dry land!" Li Zhang nodded with satisfaction, and then smiled again. Luo Chongxun was an official and became an introvert. Although his grade was not very high, he was deeply favored by Liu E. He was known as the most popular person in the palace. Therefore, Liu E had no time to deal with the matter of potatoes himself, so he gave it to Luo Chongxun to assist Li Zhang.
The eunuchs in the Song Dynasty were divided into two classes, one was the introspection and the other was the provincial eunuch. Among them, those who were introspection and those who were introspection and those who served in the imperial court were all considered introspection, that is, those who served in the emperor and the queen. In the palace, those who were prepared for cleaning and serving miscellaneous items were considered as the provincial eunuch. In comparison, those who were not very likely to contact the nobles in the palace. Therefore, for eunuchs, entering introspection is much more promising than those of the provincial eunuch, and the guards were even more senior officials who were introspection, only known to the chief and deputy.
"Li Bandu is polite, as long as you are satisfied!" Luo Chongxun said very politely again at this time. The closer people are to Liu E, the more they know the weight of Li Zhang in Liu E's heart, especially Luo Chongxun also knows the importance of potatoes to Liu E. This potato was presented by Li Zhang, so in Luo Chongxun's view, Li Zhang is also someone he needs to flatter.
After Luo Chongxun finished speaking, he immediately asked someone to take the soil. In a short while, several eunuchs brought a lot of loess, and the potatoes were also sent in. Li Zhang found a corner, spread a layer of loess and then placed the potatoes neatly, spread a layer of loess, and then put them on. Then a layer of loess, and then a layer of potatoes. Finally, they piled into a large pile of earth, and all the potatoes were stored in it.
"By the way, Luo Aiban, please ask someone to find some apples!" At this time, Li Zhang suddenly remembered something again and said again. It is said that apples can release a hormone that can inhibit the sprouting of potatoes and prolong the storage time of potatoes. Li Zhang also saw it online. I don't know if it is useful, but it doesn't hurt to try it.
"Apple?" Luo Chongxun was stunned when he heard Li Zhang's words, because he didn't know what kind of fruit the apple was?
Seeing Luo Chongxun's puzzled expression, Li Zhang suddenly remembered that the apples in the Song Dynasty were not called this name, so he explained again: "Apples are the name of my hometown, but in fact they are just sausages. Don't have too many, just a dozen, and there can't be any corrupt!"
"It turned out to be a tart, no problem, I'll let someone take it!" When Luo Chongxun heard the name "法", he immediately smiled. tart is a fruit that is always available in the palace. Now it's autumn again, and it's the time when the fruits are the most.
There are many origins of apples, both in Europe and Asia. There were records of apples in the Central Plains as early as the Xiayu period. However, there was no name for apples in ancient times, but it was called "大". According to different colors, there are varieties such as naphthalene, 大发, 大发, 大发, 大发, etc. However, later European apple varieties were introduced. Because the quality was better than that in East Asia, local apples gradually disappeared. Almost all the apples eaten in later generations were introduced from Europe.
There are many things like apples, such as the pork eaten in later generations. Originally, the black-haired pigs in East Asia were all eaten. However, because the white-haired pigs in Europe grew fast and had a high meat production rate, the black-haired pigs were replaced by the white-haired pigs. But in fact, they are all pigs, and there is no difference in essence. When black-haired pigs can be seen occasionally in the next generation, the apples native to China were almost completely replaced.
After a while, a cage of apples was sent in. Li Zhang did not bury them in the soil, but put them aside because the apples were not resistant to storage and they had to be replaced if they broke, otherwise the potatoes might also be broken.
After doing the above, Li Zhang checked again and found that there was no problem. Then he left the door with Luo Chongxun. Then Luo Chongxun locked the door again. Although it was an inner warehouse, the warehouse did not have any complicated mechanisms. It was just very sturdy. The locks of the door were also specially made. In addition, there were only strict guards. For example, after Li Zhang came in, he could see patrolling guards nearby almost every moment.
"Li Bandu, I'll give you this key, and there's this token. With it, you can come to the warehouse to check the situation of potatoes at any time, but you can only enter this room. Other rooms are absolutely forbidden to approach them!" After Luo Chongxun locked the door, he immediately handed the key to Li Zhang and reminded him very solemnly.
"I understand!" Li Zhang took the key and nodded. Liu E no longer allowed him to go to Zishantang scholars, at least not to go before the spring next year. In other words, all his energy has to be placed on the storage of potatoes in the past few months. Of course, he does not want him to guard potatoes every day, but at least he is still necessary to come and check it out every day.
Seeing Li Zhang agreeing, Luo Chongxun took Li Zhang to familiarize himself with the roads in the warehouse. Speaking of which, the roads here are tortuous and there are many rooms, like a maze. Most people will definitely get lost if they come in for the first time. After Li Zhang remembered the path, Luo Chongxun repeatedly reminded him not to walk around. After all, there are many rules in the inner warehouse. If someone suspected of stealing something, they might be beaten to death by the guards.
After leaving the inner treasury, Li Zhang found that the sun was already in the middle of the sky. The morning had passed, and the class at Zishantang was also stopped. However, it just so happened that he had finished learning the Analects of Confucius, and he didn't want to waste his time anymore. After all, he didn't have to take the top scorer. As long as he could learn some basics, understand the letters, and communicate normally with people who had read books.
"Go home!" After thinking about the above, Li Zhang suddenly felt that not studying made him feel relaxed. He also breathed a sigh of relief. With so much time, he could do something more meaningful.
Now Li Zhang returned home and fell asleep. There was no way. During this period, he went to school every day, got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog. Even for ten days, he often couldn't rest because of other things. As a result, he always felt that he was not sleeping enough during this period, and now he could finally have a good rest. After all, the body is the capital of revolution. Only by maintaining the body can he better devote himself to the revolution. No, it is a torrent of great transformation of ancient society.
With the above reason, Li Zhang slept more at ease. As a result, for three consecutive days, Li Zhang spent all his time sleeping at home except for going to the palace to check potatoes. At most, he was bored to play games. The information on the computer had been sorted out by him, but he could use it very little, and the timing was not right. Now he can only let them lie down on the computer.
That afternoon, Li Zhang woke up and finally felt full of sleep. He got up and moved his body, and then left the yard to find something to eat in the kitchen. When he came to the kitchen, he met Yan Niang, who was also sleepy.
"A big girl's house, sleeps in at home every day. Do you really plan to raise yourself as a pig?" Li Zhang couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw Yan Niang. He didn't like the other person from the beginning, but he still does this now.
"You have the face to say to me, aren't you sleeping at home every day these days?" Yan Niang grabbed a piece of fried dough stick left in the morning and stuffed it into her mouth while giving Li Zhang a blank look.
"I was too tired of studying before, so I only had a few days off. It's not like you have been doing this every day since you entered the mansion?" Li Zhang retorted without hesitation. Then he looked at the kitchen and found that there was really nothing to eat, so he also snatched a fried dough stick and started eating it.
"What's so tiring about studying? You have never seen me before, in order to get married, I was forced to learn various rules by the nanny in the palace every day. I could only sleep for two hours a day. After leaving the palace, I was busy rushing on the road every day, and I was so tired every day. If I hadn't escaped early, I would probably not have to kill me. Before I could reach Dashi, I would have been exhausted." Yan Niang was not angry at this time, but Li Zhang complained calmly.
"What are you going to do? You won't keep eating, sleeping, and sleeping like this?" Li Zhang also put away his sarcastic smile at this time, but asked Yan Niang a little serious.
"I haven't thought about it yet. Actually, I want to do something, but I don't know what to do. If it really doesn't work, please find me a family for me. If you get married, you won't have to eat and drink for free." Yan Niang said with some worries at the moment. This girl's three views are not right. In her opinion, getting married is a very indifferent thing, and she never thought about how to live after getting married.
"Forget it, wouldn't it hurt others if you get married like this? But if you have nothing to do, I have something here. I wonder if you would like it or not?" Li Zhang said again. He has not been sleeping all these days. Sometimes he will plan some things when lying in bed, and these things need to be handled by people.
Chapter completed!