Chapter nine hundred and sixty seventh strange pond
Hearing this, Du He smiled and said calmly: "Your Highness, I, Du He, am not short of money. If I give you chili peppers, I will treat you as friends."
Li Chengqian looked at Du He's smile and believed it at first, but he soon came to his senses.
make friends?
impossible!
You know, many of the ministers here today are against the teacher in every way.
Unless the teacher is stupid, how can he make friends with them.
"Teacher, everyone is gone!" Li Chengqian said suggestively.
Du He looked around, and sure enough, everyone was gone and there were no outsiders.
He then whispered: "Your Highness, you are indeed one of the strongest men in the Tang Dynasty... I can't hide anything from you. There are actually two reasons for doing this for my master!"
"What two reasons?" Li Chengqian rubbed his hands excitedly and asked in a low voice.
Only then did Du He explain his reasons for doing so.
"First, now that we have planted peppers, it is said that a tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, and a tree that is superior to others will be destroyed. I don't know how many people are envious of our achievements. If someone interferes with it, we are in trouble.
The county cannot always take care of the court. As time goes by, there is no guarantee that something will not go wrong. Now, if so many peppers are sent out for the teacher, by then, even if someone in the court interferes, these guys who collected the peppers today may not necessarily be
Let’s talk, and we won’t be embarrassed to add insult to injury, so we will win!”
"Secondly, a pound of chili peppers is already a sky-high price. There are many rich people in Chang'an City, but not everyone is willing to spend money to buy chili peppers. How can you dare to set such a high price if you are not allowed to try them?
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After hearing this, Li Chengqian was filled with admiration and hurriedly bowed and said: "Teacher's foresight and foresight really make students admire him very much!"
…
"puff!"
Wow!
Changsun climbed out of the pond in a hurry, stood on the shore, and wrung out all the clothes on his body.
A gust of wind blew and he shivered.
In the distance, several passers-by saw this and left with strange expressions.
Changsun said angrily: "What are you looking at? Have you never seen such a handsome man?"
He lowered his head and looked at his reflection in the water, feeling one hundred and twenty satisfied.
After soaking in this pond for almost an hour and drinking a lot of water, the spiciness has already subsided. Apart from a dull pain in my stomach, there is nothing serious.
However, he felt a faint smell around him.
I can't tell where it came from, it seemed like it came from a pond or from my own body.
Could it be that he pulled it himself?
Changsun Chong looked a little unhappy.
But he reached under his butt and dug around, but didn't see anything.
strangeness!
Changsun Chong shook the water droplets from his hair and walked forward, when he happened to meet Lao Fu again.
He was so angry that he blocked Lao Fu's way and asked: "Fu Dazhu, what's going on with your farm? Why does the water in this pond look clear, but has a smell?"
The old man asked curiously: "Master Changsun, are you talking about the pond under the wall?"
"Exactly!"
The old man smiled and said: "Master Changsun, it's no wonder. The water is a little different. If you don't believe it, just look carefully."
With that said, the old man covered his nose and ran away.
Changsun Chong was stunned, turned his head, and looked carefully.
I saw two big words written on the wall as high as a person: toilet.
Toilet?
Could it be that the water in the pond was leached from the toilet?
Changsun Chong's expression changed drastically, he lowered his head and smelled it carefully.
No, it smells like shit.
"Ah sneeze..."
"Du He, I'm not done with you!"
"ah!"
Changsun Chong's angry roar echoed around, but the people around him were avoiding him as if they were crazy.
…
Two days passed.
The news that peppers were grown on the Huxian farm finally spread in Chang'an City.
Then, Du He asked people to release Sun Simiao's experimental conclusions.
The fact that chili pepper is not a food material but a medicinal material is gradually recognized by people.
Without the help of Sikong Mansion, all the magical legends about chili peppers will gradually disappear.
The secret guard reported the news to Li Er, and Li Er stopped paying attention to the matter.
But in the morning of the next day, many officials from the court stood up to slander Du He. The reason was simply that Li Chengqian was the prince and Du He was the consort. Planting chili peppers was not their proper job. Moreover, the chili peppers had infinite effects. This was definitely an exaggeration.
There is absolutely no such thing.
Only then did people discover that those who impeached Du He and Li Chengqian were actually some inconspicuous officials in the DPRK.
People like Wang Gui, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian and others actually said nothing and looked on with cold eyes.
As a result, these officials were reprimanded by Li Er, and the matter was dropped.
When the news came back to Hu County, Li Chengqian admired Du He even more and fell into admiration.
He said excitedly: "Teacher is really good at predicting things. He has known for a long time that someone in the court is going to stand up and slander him, so he promised in advance to give all the ministers chili pepper to stop their mouths. As long as these important ministers don't speak,
How could my father take this matter seriously? Gao... He was really Gao. He solved the matter without any effort at all! I just didn't know what the teacher said, sending peppers is to sell the peppers better.
What do you mean by that!"
The first of the two reasons mentioned by Du He has been fulfilled.
The second one showed no signs yet, and Li Chengqian couldn't help but be a little curious.
At the same time, the first batch of peppers from Huxian Farm has been harvested.
Du He personally directed everyone to cut open each pepper and remove all the seeds, and then deliver it to the houses of the big shots in the court as promised.
Li Chengqian was very puzzled by this behavior: "Teacher, since the pepper is a gift from you to the ministers, wouldn't it be better to keep it as it is? Cut it open and lose part of it, wouldn't it make people unhappy?"
"Your Highness, this is wrong. The essence of chili peppers lies in the meat outside. As for the seeds, they are tasteless and seem redundant when eaten in your mouth..." Du He explained with a smile, "Since it is a gift, then it must be given.
The best, how can we let everyone eat this imperfect chili, right?"
"Oh, the students really admire the teacher's understanding of justice. Fortunately, there are rumors in Chang'an that the teacher grows peppers to make money. How do they know the teacher's nobility!"
Du He said at the right time: "Nobility is the epitaph of the noble, and despicability is the underpants of the despicable."
Li Chengqian thought about it carefully and found that this sentence was insightful and should be passed down through the ages. However, the words "big pants", although the metaphor is appropriate, are not aesthetically pleasing.
But this is what the teacher says, so if you agree, that’s it.
The peppers sent to Chang'an were enough to load two carriages.
In order to show his importance, Fu Dazhu, the son of Sinong County, personally escorted him and delivered it to the residences of the ministers. Moreover, it was done with such great fanfare that it became a strange thing that happened in Chang'an City recently.