Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 144 Fruits and Vegetables
Feng An has been living in Feng Daiwen's Hou Mansion since he entered Beijing, taking care of his marriage.Back in the mansion, the five fathers and sons rarely got together and chatted that night. Feng An was very happy that his sons were promising, and he kept praising the brothers.

Nowadays, there is a huge industrial area near Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. Ordinary porcelain can be fired even with ordinary clay. It is a porcelain merchant group formed by the royal family, the Feng family and a dozen military families.

More than 200 porcelain kilns have been built, and they are fired day and night, and a large amount of porcelain is shipped to the countries of the Western Regions every month.The people in Chang'an City were the first to benefit. Porcelain bowls worth two cents and porcelain cups worth one penny were not exquisite, but they were used by every family.The large white blue and white porcelain plates used in restaurants cost only five Wen. It can be said that all beggars in Chang'an City now use porcelain bowls.Moreover, the widespread use of porcelain is rapidly spreading to surrounding areas.

From Youzhou, the wool sold in Yunzhong will be transported to Chang'an, and will be made into clothes, scarves, and gloves by the workshop under the name of Changsun. These will not be sold in Datang at present. In addition, Shuofang manufactures some of them for the army. Some of them are sold to people in cold regions, the price is not expensive, and they can barely make a profit.Plus tea, cotton clothes, these incomes are still a lot of money.

Frost sugar from Jiangnan and Lingnan is sold to neighboring countries, such as the Western Regions and the Peninsula, in addition to paying tribute to the palace every year.

There is no other way but because I don’t want to keep it for myself, I am really reluctant to sell it at a very high price, comparable to silk.

Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang, the Cheng family brothers, and others have now become professional escorts for the Western Regions, and each of them leads a team to take turns going back and forth.

The next day, Feng Daiwen endured the headache and opened his eyes. A glass of water was immediately handed over to him, and when he turned his head, he saw Yaya looking at him with a smile.

"What are you doing here so early?" Feng Daiwen looked out the window before it was bright, and said while stroking Yaya's hair.

"Oh, I'm here to tell the second young master something good." Yaya blushed slightly, shook her head and said with Feng Daiwen's big hand.

"What's a good thing? Let's hear it." Feng Daiwen asked while getting up and getting dressed.There are not many taboos, after all, this girl is determined to follow Feng Daiwen, and she will still be given an identity in the future.

"Second Young Master, hurry up and take a look. The seeds you let Yaya take care of were planted in spring, and they have borne fruit until now." Yaya said excitedly, pulling Feng Daiwen's arm.

"Oh, let's go and have a look." Feng Daiwen became interested in an instant, and set off immediately.

The entire Hou Mansion covers an area of ​​more than 10 mu, and the backyard has five mu. Since there are not many people in the mansion, Feng Daiwen asked Yaya to grow vegetables. Now, not only the backyard is full of open space, but even the garden has been turned into a vegetable garden.

Feng Daiwen had a pleasant surprise as soon as he walked to the backyard.

"This is? Cherry tomatoes!" Feng Daiwen was surprised to find that the flower beds were full of cherry tomatoes, so he couldn't help squatting down happily to observe carefully.

"It turns out that this is called a virgin fruit! All the seeds are dried and saved." Yaya said, it turns out that this stubborn girl is worried that there are not enough seeds, and all vegetables and fruits are not allowed to be eaten secretly, and she will go to count them every day.

Feng Daiwen took off one with a smile, rubbed it with his hand, and handed it to Yaya, "Try it, it tastes very good."

Yaya took it, put it into her mouth and bit it carefully, then chewed it quickly with her small mouth, and swallowed it. "Well, sweet and sour, delicious."

Feng Daiwen looked at the large patches of small tomatoes in the flower bed with satisfaction, and said happily, "Where did these come from? Why didn't I know?"

"Second Young Master, after you left, those Hu merchants came twice again, giving them plants and seeds, and I planted them all. Is it okay to accept them? Second Young Master." Yaya replied cautiously.

"Of course it's okay. Not only is it okay, but it's also a credit. He's fully cooked these and kept them as seeds. He can eat them with peace of mind next year. Let's go and see the others." Feng Daiwen said happily.

"These trees are a special fruit of the Western Regions. The Hu merchant said that he took a lot of effort to bring them to Chang'an, but he doesn't know what they are? There are no fruits yet." Yaya pointed to more than ten small trees. Said.

"It's really not easy for the Western Regions to bring the tree here. He will bring a lot less things. It's his hard work, um! This should be an apple tree, and we will know when it turns out. Unfortunately, I don't know how to take care of it." Feng Daiwen explained while observing.

"Oh, so it's called apples, and the Hu businessman gave five people, all of whom are willing to grow these vegetables and fruits." Yaya said on the side.

"Second young master, look, this is a hand melon from the Western Regions, which is bigger than the one from the South of the Five Ridges." Yaya pointed to a vine on a shelf.

"Well, this is called holding hand melon, also called chayote, Turkish melon, and longevity melon. It is indeed a good dish. It has a high yield and is easy to take care of. You only need to put up a shelf, and it will germinate every year. Both Jiangnan and Shuzhong Yes." Feng Daiwen looked at the shelf full of fruits, and remembered that there was such a plant in front of his hometown in later generations. When he was a child, he had to eat few vegetables for several months, and he ate every three to five meals.It can be used to cook noodles, fried, stewed, or boiled in plain water.

"Let someone pick this fruit and stir-fry it to eat. If there is a diced meat in front, save it as a seed." Feng Daiwen remembered what the old man said again, this is called a mother melon, and the whole thing can be buried in the ground.

"It seems that we should pay attention to fruits and vegetables in the country and other regions in the future." Feng Daiwen thought secretly, after all, transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, and the government also wanted to control the people, so most of the people never left the county where they lived.

Next, Feng Daiwen discovered small pumpkins, that is, pumpkins, as well as cucumbers, cauliflowers, walnuts, watermelons, eggplants, pear trees, and oranges. They are all varieties from the Western Regions, and some are also found in the Tang Dynasty, but I don’t know if they are the same variety. , which provided Feng Daiwen with a new idea, "grafting".Good ones can be grafted onto other trees in the future.

There are quite a lot of pumpkins, and they have been stored for a long time. I asked Yaya and found that there were more than 100 of them, which made Feng Daiwen very happy.Pumpkin itself is very sweet, and it is the best choice for cooking porridge, cooking, and making cakes.It happened to be getting married, so I saved it to cook a special dish. No matter what I have to do, I have to make a little special so that there will be enough aftertaste in the future, and I also want to make Guang'an face, right?

He called his servants and five vegetable growers to pick off the vegetables and save the seeds for the seeds. Feng Daiwen discovered that these five vegetable growers only knew how to plant. It seems that there is still a long way to go to achieve high productivity.But the harvest is joyful, and I have been busy with the command until after noon before I am free.

Seeing that there are so many vegetables, the harvest is not less than the grain yield per mu, Feng Daiwen decided to move back to the fiefdom of Wannian County after getting married, and develop grain and vegetables well.By the way, spend good time with Guang'an, after all, except for a period of time at first, the two never had the chance to be together for a long time.

Thinking that he was about to get married, Feng Daiwen couldn't help laughing...

(End of this chapter)