Since he agreed to the emperor's request, Su Ren had to start preparing. Specialty dishes such as bean sprouts and tofu are naturally indispensable. Entertaining the four kings is considered a state banquet, and the standards are very high. Speaking of which, Su Ren's cooking skills are not that good.
, better than a Kit Kat. The same ingredients can be transformed into different patterns in Su Ren's hands. This is the main reason why Liu Che asked Su Ren to be the royal chef.
The time for the four kings to come has been decided, leaving little time for Su Ren. While thinking about the recipe, he lowered his head to think about it. He wrote and drew, and locked himself in the room all afternoon. Even if Dong Qian called
He came in under the guise of delivering water, but was kicked out by Su Ren with laughter.
Dong Zhongshu and Wen Dang passed by the door of Su Ren's room. Dong Zhongshu glanced at the closed door and Huang Shisan who was like a javelin at the door, and said to Wen Dang: "I don't know what this kid is doing?"
Wen Dang shook his head: "It's better not to disturb him. I heard that Taixue has already taken shape. How about taking advantage of the nice weather today to go and have a look?"
As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Liu Gao sneaking back. When he saw Dong Zhongshu and Wen Dang, he quickly said hello. Dong Zhongshu glanced behind Liu Gao and saw two servants carrying a huge tray covered with a thick black cloth.
, Dong Zhongshu asked: "What?"
Liu Gao looked back and said, "Flowers! The flowers Brother Ren asked me to find for him."
"Are there any flowers in this winter?"
Liu Gao smiled: "When I was in Shuzhong, whenever I talked to shopkeeper Cui, he mentioned his teacher's greenhouse. Mr. Cui actually built it in Chang'an. I didn't expect it to happen. During this time, we had it at home every now and then.
All the green vegetables are given by Mr. Cui."
Dong Zhongshu and Wen Dang then remembered that in a few days there would be some green vegetables in their rice bowls, such as shepherd's purse and spinach, but they were still juicy. They usually didn't pay much attention to it, but today they heard what Liu Gao said,
It suddenly dawned on me.
Wen Dang was surprised: "You mean, those green vegetables were grown by Shopkeeper Cui in winter?"
Liu Gao nodded and waved for the servants to carry the tray in: "That's right, that thing is very magical. It's a big house. It's covered with bamboo film on the roof and covered with silk. The two gentlemen also know that there is no shortage of bamboo in Sichuan.
and silk, and light the stove in the house. It's freezing outside, and the hot people inside are sweating."
"Bamboo film? Silk? How many copper coins are here?" Dong Zhongshu frowned: "It's really a lot of money. In order to eat green vegetables in winter, how many bamboos are harmed? How much does it cost?"
Liu Gao smiled and said nothing. He had no control over other people's affairs. He hoped to build one at home so that he could eat green vegetables every day. Ever since he followed Su Ren, money had never been a problem in Liu Gao's eyes.
Wen Dang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Only Zi Heng can come up with such a clever trick, no one else can think of it!"
"For the sake of food and drink, we waste money and people, how can we come up with a clever plan?"
"Forget it, Ziheng didn't do it himself. Besides, you also ate the green vegetables sent by others. Saying this behind your back is not the behavior of a gentleman. Come on, let's go to Taixue." Wen Dang dragged Dong Zhongshu away.
Got on the carriage.
After seeing off the two old men, Liu Gao hurriedly ran back. The big plate covered with cloth had been placed in Su Ren's room. The cloth had also been uncovered, and it was golden and looked particularly beautiful under the light. However, just now,
After being taken out of the greenhouse, some of them were already wilting and drooping their heads after experiencing the severe cold all the way.
Liu Gao saw that Su Ren was very happy and asked with a smile: "What kind of flower is this? So beautiful?"
"This is not a flower, it is a vegetable, edible!"
"Oh? Who would be willing to eat such beautiful flowers!"
"This thing is called day lily. Put some in the soup cake bowl. It is beautiful and chewy, and can also be eaten cold. It is also a medicinal herb that nourishes blood and tonifies deficiency, clears away heat and detoxifies, and can treat dizziness and tinnitus. On our way here last year,
We happened to meet each other when we were crossing the Qinling Mountains, so I asked people to collect some seeds, but I didn’t expect that Cui Chengru actually planted them!"
"It's such a good thing, you should eat more of it!"
Su Ren smiled and shook his head: "You should eat more, but you have to cook it and eat it in the sun. If you eat it raw, it will be poisonous!"
"Ah! So it's poison?"
"You should have heard the saying that medicine is three parts poison. No matter what it is, as long as the method is wrong, what you eat in your stomach is poison!" Su Ren's face was full of joy. With this thing, the task Liu Che gave him would be much easier to handle.
Then he asked Liu Gaodao: "You brought so much, is there any more where Cui Chengru is?"
"There are some more, just this big!"
"Go quickly and tell Cui Chengru that he will keep it all as I said. I will be of great use in a few days!"
Liu Gao glanced at Su Ren, nodded quickly, turned over and ran out the door.
Day lily is also known as day lily and forget-you-care grass. The "Book of Songs" records: In ancient times, a woman planted day lily at home because her husband was on an expedition to relieve her worries. From then on, the world called it "forget-you grass". "Compendium on Materia Medica" said
: "Hemerocallis is sweet in taste, making people happy and forgetting their worries." In fact, the toxicity of daylilies is due to the fact that it contains colchicine, which will turn into colchicine in the body and cause poisoning.
Both colchicine and colchicine are toxins. Eating too much of these substances will cause thirst and a burning sensation in the throat, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain leading to kidney failure, followed by respiratory failure and symptoms.
Death. If it is really poisoned, even later generations will not have any good antidote, let alone the Han Dynasty. I am afraid that the imperial doctors will be helpless. And there is another advantage. Under normal circumstances, the symptoms of poisoning will last two to five hours.
Only then will the attack occur, so as to avoid causing a fire and burning the body.
I picked off a small yellow flower, put it in front of my nose and smelled it, but there was no smell at all. This is the difference between greenhouse flowers and ordinary flowers. No matter how well you cultivate them, they still don’t have the fragrance of Mandarin flowers.
Su Ren had never seen the effect of something, so he had to find an experimental subject. Su Ren's original intention was to get a pig or sheep, but after reporting the matter to Liu Che, Liu Che immediately asked Gongsun Ao to go to Jingzhao Yinti
He killed a death row prisoner. Watching the guy finish off a large plate of day lily, Su Ren smiled in his heart. This was a poison test! The process of technical inspection and animal experiment was completely omitted, and he started directly with people. That aunt wore the national flag.
The 731 troops created by the country are nothing more than that, right?
After waiting for two hours, the death row prisoner finally responded. At first he was thirsty and wanted to drink water, but soon began to vomit. After three days of tossing, he kicked his legs and closed them unwillingly.
His eyes were closed. Seeing the tragic death of that man, Gongsun Ao took a deep breath and unconsciously moved farther away from Su Ren.
Liu Che clasped his hands excitedly: "Okay! Very good, this thing is indeed good. How did you come up with it?"
Su Ren smiled awkwardly: "It's a coincidence, it's just a coincidence. Originally, this thing was used for cooking. It's delicious."
"You are truly my blessed general. With you, there is nothing I can't do. Any weed I find at random is so powerful. I mean, what else don't I know?"
"What a coincidence, otherwise I would use this thing to make a dish and your Majesty could try it. It's really delicious."
"OK!"
"Ah!" Gongsun Ao looked at Su Ren and then at the emperor. He really didn't know what the two men were thinking.
Su Ren was not pretentious and immediately made another plate. He boiled it in hot water and served it cold. He picked up a chopstick first and chewed it loudly. He signaled Liu Che and Gongsun Ao to start. Gongsun Ao really didn't want to eat, but the emperor was there.
At present, he could only bite the bullet and taste it for the emperor. Before he could put it into his mouth, which was trembling, Liu Che snatched the chopsticks, took a bite for himself and chewed it together with Su Ren.
While eating, he nodded: "It's really good, it's delicious."
Watching Liu Che and Su Ren finish the plate of day lilies in front of them, Gongsun Ao's cold sweat flowed down his back and into his butt groove.
After finishing the food, a few people hugged the stove to warm themselves up and drink. Liu Che suddenly patted Su Ren on the shoulder: "When this matter is over, why don't you go out for a walk?"
"Yeah! Yes, go out and take shelter!"
Liu Che smiled: "Where do you want to go? Or go back to Shu County? I know where you have a child."
Su Ren smiled: "You know all this?"
"I also know that your woman is a Bo, or she climbed onto your bed."
"Did you investigate too clearly? Did you find out what actions we used?"
"Hahaha..." Liu Che laughed: "That's not true. If you don't mind, you can talk about it."
"Forget it, let's not talk about this kind of thing!" Su Ren drank a glass of wine: "I don't plan to go back to Shu County, it's too close, I want to go to Kuaiji!"
"Oh why?"
"If you want to run away, it's natural to run as far away as possible. Even if something happens in the southern barbarian land, they won't catch me so quickly."
Liu Che nodded: "That's good. Those people in the Southern Barbarians have been making a lot of noise recently. It seems that there will be problems soon. I have given orders to Yan Zhu, the prefect of Ji, to be ready at any time. You have experience in migrating the Bo people.
I feel relieved to have you help me."
Su Renyi turned his head and said, "I guess this means you have already planned it?"
Liu Che smiled meaningfully: "That's right! But there is a lot of miasma there, so you have to be careful."
"Your Majesty, I want to go too!" Gongsun Ao suddenly stood up and asked Liu Che for orders: "I have been staying in Chang'an all day and I have nothing to do. Since there is something going on in the Southern Barbarians, I am willing to share your Majesty's worries."
"Haha, okay! That's right!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gongsun Ao looked excited.
Su Ren thought for a moment: "I think this trip is an opportunity. If Your Majesty agrees, I would also like to take Wei Qing, Li Danghu, and Gongsun He with me."
"Why?"
"I know that your Majesty's thoughts are not on the Southern Barbarians. The north is my great enemy. Isn't the purpose of Your Majesty's building Shanglin Garden just to train troops? Why not use the Southern Barbarians as a place for military training? Although there are differences between the north and the south, the military techniques and formations are the same.
, there is nothing wrong with preparing for the future.”
Liu Che slapped his thigh: "If I were not the emperor, I really want to go with you. It would be so fun to ride on the battlefield! This time, I will help you. I will prepare a celebration banquet for you in Chang'an!"
“Want some day lilies?!”
"Hahaha..., yes, there must be. In the beginning of spring, I had people shovel the imperial garden, and day lilies were planted all over the yard!" (To be continued)