"Li Lang, Li Lang, look at how many worms I brought back. They're all chubby."
A thin layer of ice had already formed on the shore. Princess Yongmu didn't welcome the children. Instead, she brought people to the 20 mu bean fields to collect worms.
Eight days ago, she had already brought back a batch of bean worms. Those bean worms were raised in the fields specially set aside by the Li Family Zhuangzi.
They belonged to the species of worms. Next year, those worms would be used to breed.
She would choose the big and strong ones. Next year, she would find a way to lay eggs in the greenhouse and transplant them into the bean fields.
Now, the bean worms that were brought back from the vegetables were considered edible and needed to be buried in sand.
Layer by layer, she put a layer of sand, then another layer of bean worms, then another layer of sand, then another layer of sand, then another layer of bean worms …
Generally, five layers were enough. When it was time to eat, she would take them out layer by layer.
She wasn't the only one collecting worms. She was the starting gun. When she said to store the species of worms, the people of the imperial government followed and hid them according to the instructions in the newspaper.
When she said they could be eaten, they collected them. The people quickly collected them and stored them well.
There was no need to wait. All the restaurants and restaurants began to purchase the worms. The Li Family Zhuangzi's purchase price was announced.
The restaurants and restaurants had to pay at least 10% more in order to receive the worms. Otherwise, the people wouldn't sell.
If it was two or three% more, the people would rather sell to the Li Family Zhuangzi. They wouldn't want a little bit more.
The people weren't stupid. They knew that the Li Family Zhuangzi was haggling the price.
If the price was reduced by 10%, they would feel sorry for the Li Dongzhu's haggling heart.
"Let's fry them for lunch." Li Yi reached out and grabbed a few fat bean worms from the big basket. He swallowed his saliva.
Bean worms were specially raised. They felt clean in their hearts.
If they saw a bean worm by itself, they wouldn't want to eat it unless they were hungry. They could even eat it raw.
When people saw the baskets, they would think that they were food. They were no different from fish and shrimp.
They could even catch grasshoppers and fry them. There were also tussah worms.
Tussah worms looked scarier than bean worms. They had sharp edges and thorns, just like caterpillars.
The bean worms didn't know their fate. They were all moving around.
"I have 20 mu of them." Princess Yongmu used to be afraid of insects.
Ever since he found out that eating bean worms was better than eating eggs, and it also increased the income of the people.
Slowly, she came to realize that the insects were quite interesting.
"We have enough to eat in Zhuangzi. I'm raising them in Zhuangzi. They can be sold or given to anyone you like."
Li Yi naturally treated Princess Yongmu's bean worms as Zhuangzi's, and Zhuangzi's became tradable.
"Can I ask someone to send some home?" Princess Yongmu was very happy. Li Yi didn't mention buying her bean worms.
"We've collected all the chili peppers and even sent out the dried chili peppers. Next year … Next year, pick a few spring onions, but not too many. I still want to keep some for later. "
Li Yi glanced at the pine tree next to him, which disappeared with a whoosh. Ge Yan, Purple Jade, and Huang Bai started slowly.
Xiao Lan giggled heartlessly. Not only did Purple Jade start slowly, but it also stopped abruptly. Pia!
Purple Jade got up and glared at Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan bent her waist and glared back. Purple Jade looked away.
"Li Lang, are bean worms really better than eggs?" Princess Yongmu ignored the two of them.
"How is that possible? It's just publicity. In order to let everyone eat, the number of dishes cooked with eggs and bean worms is different."
Li Yi never thought that insects and cocoons were inferior to eggs.
There were various ways to cook eggs, but there were few ways to cook other things.
When it came to protein, a worm had more than an egg.
He was full after eating four boiled eggs, but could he be full after eating four worms?
Eggs could be eaten after being boiled, but when the worms were cooked, Li Yi felt that he couldn't eat them.
Unless the environment changed, he would starve to death if he didn't eat them.
"It's more expensive than eggs!" Xiao Lan took Princess Yongmu's arm and said.
"Because it's less, and it's indeed better than planting beans. From a nutritional point of view, raising bean worms is more cost-effective compared to losing beans and gaining bean worms."
Li Yi was not hyping up bean worms. He was calculating the ratio of the reduced yield of soybeans to the overall nutritional intake of bean worms.
For those who raised bean worms, they considered the price.
From a biological point of view, Li Yi came to the conclusion that raising bean worms in bean fields provided more protein for the Tang dynasty.
He would not lie about this matter. He only needed to consider letting the people distinguish between bean moths, frost moths, willow moths, and other species.
Why didn't they eat other moths? Because they were prone to allergies, which were poisonous.
Mulberry moths were silkworms, and the probability of protein allergies was high.
Tussah moths, or tussah silkworms, had low allergies.
The golden pupa they ate later was actually a silkworm, but after special breeding, it was poisonous.
Otherwise, if they couldn't eat silkworm pupa, how could they treat allergies?
Now, the Tang dynasty didn't eat silkworm pupa, and there were examples of people who died from eating it.
Tussah silkworms could only be eaten in the north. Chang 'an had them, but most of them were in Bohai. The area controlled by the Khitans was the best.
"This year, the people in the northern part of Hebei Province will send a large amount of hazelnuts, pine nuts, cocoons, platycodon, and other things. There will also be ginseng and pine mushrooms."
Li Yi said to the people around him. Life was better now. Wasn't there a trade route with the northeast?
The matter of that person wanting to marry the princess of the Tang dynasty was ruined by him, and trade flourished.
That Khitan King Li Shihuo was already so old, but he insisted on marrying a young princess of the Tang dynasty.
Even Princess Yongle was not Li Longji's biological daughter. She was also not Li Dan's biological daughter.
The key was that after marrying her, he died a year later, and the princess became his younger brother's wife.
Just like Princess Jincheng, he felt that it was not easy to marry the princess of the Tang dynasty. Whoever wanted to marry her would have to die first.
If Li Yi did not agree, there was no need for him to marry her. If he wanted to find trouble, he would deal with him directly.
Last year, the northeast region received benefits, mainly from thermos bottles, kerosene lamps, and some medicine.
The kerosene from the kerosene lamps was continuously shipped over to be sold, and the price was not low.
None of the thermos bottles were brought back to be replaced. It was not bad, and the price was so high. The people who used it were very careful.
"Li Lang, the ginseng there is better than codonopsis pilosula and salvia miltiorrhiza." Princess Yongmu evaluated the ginseng from the northeast.
"There are overlapping and different functions. For example, if you go to the highlands, the ginseng there is not very effective.
However, the ginseng over there is indeed useful for prolonging one's life. If I can extract it in the future.
No matter what kind of ginseng it is, it can be injected to treat diseases.
Plant it every year. Collect the wild ones, and plant it for a year. Fertilize it, and it can be eaten for five years. However, you have to increase the quantity.
After eight years, the grown-up ginseng will retract and grow. Then, it will gradually grow bigger. "
Li Yi thought of something. He did not lack ginseng now, but in the future, he would lack ginseng.
Five-year-old ginseng is not bad. He can use it to extract the active ingredients.
No one knows how to grow ginseng now. It needs to be covered with grass curtains. Then, it needs to be removed from the soil.
When Feng Yu first developed this technique, it was mostly for export. He sold it to the Japanese Empire.
Later, the Japanese Empire sent an inspection team over, and the local officials in the northeast region were all fawning over them.
They answered whatever they asked, and they even asked the ginseng growers to visit and explain to the Japanese Empire.
Then, the Japanese Empire understood. Damn, we bought such expensive ginseng, and you are planting it like a big radish? Fine!
Then the Japanese Empire adjusted the price. Suddenly, the price dropped from the mountains to the valleys.
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