Wang Can smiled and said: "Everyone, I, Wang Can, am really not such a person. The reason why I took out such a book is to let you know that now the imperial court has the ability to promote books on a large scale. However,
I haven’t implemented it. It’s not that I don’t want to, I just don’t want to break up with you all like this. I hope it will be good to you and me and everyone will be good.”
Wang Shenfu sneered and said: "Wang Can, don't put it so nicely. It's not that you don't want to, but that the court now needs to borrow food from my family."
Wang Can said: "The imperial court has never borrowed food from you. If you are willing to support the imperial court, that is your conscience. If you are not willing to support it, the imperial court will not force you to do so."
Wang Shenfu said: "Singing is better than speaking."
Wang Can said: "Everyone, I invite you to come here for three things. Take a look at the "Compendium of Materia Medica". That is the first thing I invite you to do. I just want you to take a look."
Wang Shenfu said: "What about the second thing?"
The rest of the people also looked at Wang Can.
They were all a little curious about how Wang Can would bluff their food.
Because in the final analysis, it’s still food.
The starting point of all this is food, and the final point back to the far point must also be food.
Wang Can said: "The second thing I want you to do is to invite you to taste some delicious food. Anyone who comes, please inform the madam and ask the madam to send someone to bring in all the food that has just been cooked."
"yes!"
The attendant at the door received the order and immediately went to the kitchen.
Li You is in the back kitchen.
When Li You heard Wang Can's words, he arranged for his attendants to carry pumpkin soup and boiled sweet potatoes to the front hall. Li You had already tasted the pumpkin soup. The pumpkin was soft, glutinous and sweet, and melted in the mouth. The pumpkin soup was even more refreshing.
, it makes you feel good all over after drinking it. As for the sweet potatoes that you eat, they are also glutinous and soft, and they are so sweet that you feel happy. They are all excellent delicacies.
Bowls of pumpkin soup were brought to the front hall.
There is more pumpkin soup, but less sweet potato.
When everything was placed in the hall, it was placed on a desk in the hall.
Wang Can waved his hands and said: "Everyone, these are two kinds of food, one is called pumpkin and the other is sweet potato. Come on, who of you is willing to go and taste it?"
"I'll go first!"
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui answered in unison.
They both spoke at the same time.
Then, both of them walked to the desk. Fang Xuanling tasted pumpkin soup. Now that the pumpkin soup had cooled down, a bowl of pumpkin soup on a hot day was very comfortable to relieve the heat and relieve fatigue. Fang Xuanling drank
After taking a sip of soup and eating a piece of pumpkin, his eyes widened immediately with an incredible look on his face.
tasty!
too delicious!
For people of later generations, pumpkins are a common thing. But now, pumpkins appear for the first time. Such food is like a peerless delicacy. In fact, everything is rare and valuable.
.As long as the supply is small, it is uniquely beautiful because it is rare.
After Fang Xuanling ate the pumpkin soup, Du Ruhui also ate a piece of sweet potato. When the sweet potato rake entered his mouth, Fang Xuanling's eyes widened with a look of surprise on his face.
tasty!
too delicious!
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other, and they both saw the astonishment in each other's eyes. Because the food impressed both of them, they exchanged tastings.
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
Fang Xuanling looked at Wang Can and praised.
Du Ruhui said: "This food from Mr. Wang is indeed unique!"
Wang Can said: "Prime Minister, Du Xiang is very complimentary."
Wang Shenfu stroked the beard under his chin, snorted, and said: "You are from the imperial court, so you are naturally praising the food Wang Can brought out. Your words are not trustworthy at all."
Wang Can said: "Wang Shenfu, this food is placed in front of you. Whether it is delicious or not, you will know once you try it. It is not like I will poison it. If you think it is not delicious, you will know after you try it.
Know."
Wang Shenfu shook his sleeves and said, "I would like to try the taste."
He strode to the desk.
Because Wang Shenfu is old and has few teeth, he can only eat soft and glutinous food. He is not sure about the hardness of sweet potatoes, so for the time being, he picks up a bowl of pumpkin soup and takes a sip of the soup first. When this mouthful of pumpkin soup enters
In the mouth, swallowed down the throat and entered into the belly, Wang Shenfu's complexion immediately changed.
It's not that it tastes bad, it's that it tastes good.
This sweet taste is so good, it is something Wang Shenfu has never tasted before.
Wang Shenfu could no longer bear the temptation, so he immediately picked up another piece of pumpkin with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. This piece of pumpkin was so soft and glutinous that it melted in his mouth, and he swallowed it into his throat without chewing at all.
At this moment, Wang Shenfu felt shocked.
too delicious!
So delicious!
Especially for an old man like Wang Shenfu, this kind of food is really good.
In his heart, Wang Shenfu could no longer hold back, so he reached out and picked up a piece of sweet potato. When the sweet potato rake filled his mouth, especially the softness of the rake glutinous rice, it was still a temptation for Wang Shenfu, making Wang Shenfu
My heart was filled with excitement and my tongue was in turmoil.
Already completely attracted.
Wang Shenfu looked up at Wang Can and said, "Wang Can, this is indeed a delicious food."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Everyone's face already showed a look of shock.
There was a look of curiosity on every face.
When everyone came forward to taste the pumpkin soup and sweet potatoes, they all praised it. Originally, the pumpkin soup cooked from one pumpkin was not a small amount, but it couldn't handle the crowd, and after a while, there was not a bit left. As for the sweet potatoes, originally,
I didn't dig out a few, so I finished them in a short time.
Every one of them was praised.
They looked at Wang Can with curious expressions in their eyes.
Wang Can, where did this food come from?
What exactly is this.
What kind of food are so-called sweet potatoes and so-called pumpkins?
Wang Shenfu was the leader. He coughed twice. In an instant, everyone stopped talking. All their eyes fell on Wang Shenfu, waiting for Wang Shenfu to speak.
Wang Shenfu nodded and said: "Wang Can, I have to admit that these sweet potatoes and pumpkins are indeed extremely delicious food. They are extremely delicious and really delicious. But what is the use of such food?"
After a pause, Wang Shenfu said: "Such food is probably rare in the world."
"Hahaha……"
After Wang Can heard this, he laughed.
Wang Shenfu said: "Why are you laughing?"
Including the rest of the people, they all looked at Wang Can, staring at Wang Can. They were also curious as to why Wang Can was laughing. Could it be that Wang Can had a lot of such food?
Wang Can said seriously: "Everyone, I just said that I invite you to come for three things. The first thing is to let you read the book "Compendium of Materia Medica" and the contents of the "Compendium of Materia Medica".
The fonts let you know that the imperial court is actually capable of printing books on a large scale so that countless people can read them."
"This is a very important thing!"
"I have to let you know."
"The second thing is these pumpkins and sweet potatoes. This is not to show off to you, but to let you know that there is such delicious food. I also want to share this delicious food with you so that you can have a taste."
After a pause, Wang Can continued: "The next thing is the third thing."
Wang Shenfu said: "What is the third thing?"
All eyes turned to Wang Can.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also looked at each other. In fact, they had guesses in their hearts. Because Wang Can wanted to complete the task, Wang Can wanted to shock many representatives of the aristocratic families, that is, to show off his muscles.
Let everyone take a look at these sweet potatoes and pumpkins. This is the normal routine.
Although the two of them had speculations, they did not speak out.
They don't interfere with Wang Can's rhythm.
Everything is decided by Wang Can himself.
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Can said: "The third thing is to ask you to come with me to see the planting situation of pumpkins and sweet potatoes. I have dedicated an acre of land in the backyard of my house.
Half an acre is pumpkin, and half an acre is sweet potato. They have been planted and are already mature. If you are here today, how about you come with me to visit?"
Wang Shenfu said coldly: "I'm very happy!"
The rest of the people also nodded hurriedly, because now their interest has been aroused. Because they have eaten sweet potatoes and pumpkins and know how delicious this food is, they all want to take a look.
Wang Can stood up and said: "Everyone, please follow me!"
After finishing speaking, Wang Can walked straight out.
Wang Shenfu and the others, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui also followed behind, and a group of people headed to the backyard where the farmland was.
It's actually not that far from the front hall to the backyard.
In less than a quarter of an hour, they had arrived at an isolated acre of land. This acre of land was isolated by Wang Can, and half of it was planted with sweet potatoes and half with pumpkins.
Wang Can led everyone in and allowed everyone to visit. However, after everyone entered, there were attendants guarding the door. The reason for this was to prevent people from stealing sweet potatoes, because sweet potatoes are easy to pull out. On the contrary,
Pumpkins cannot be taken away. Even if there are small pumpkins that are easy to take away, the problem is that if they are not mature, then the pumpkin seeds cannot be scattered.
In this acre of land, the sweet potato vines have begun to wither and turn yellow, but the pumpkins are lush and green, and there are countless pumpkins that have matured. Each of these pumpkins weighs twenty or thirty kilograms, and they are all huge pumpkins. Especially many pumpkins.
, all grew from a vine. Such a scene fell in everyone's eyes, and everyone's face showed a look of shock.
horrible!
There are countless pumpkins in half an acre of land.
Can't even count them.
In particular, someone had squatted down and started to dig up the sweet potatoes on the ground. They also discovered sweet potatoes one by one. They were all huge and even in size.
Such a situation also shocked everyone.
At this moment, they understood a problem.
The reason why Wang Can called them here was to show off his muscles and to tell them that Wang Can had such food. Once such food became popular, all the food hoarded by the aristocratic families would rot in the granaries.