"You're really buying?" Yu Huaide couldn't help but ask when he heard the price of 500 carrots.
"Yes, I'll buy as much as you have." Li Yi said confidently.
"I, I can sell you 500 kilograms. I still have some left to give away." Yu Huaide said.
"Song De, don't count it. Pack it back for Shopkeeper Yu." Li Yi heard the number and it was exactly 5000 carrots.
He had saved and circumcised the carrots and was worth 500 kilograms.
Yu Huaide happily ordered someone to send the money back and bring back the carrots.
"Shopkeeper Yu's business is not small." Li Yi said with a smile.
He was thinking about how many carrots he brought back from the Tubo border.
The second richest person in the capital office was indeed rich.
He had to ensure his safety along the way and he had to make connections.
No wonder he was so arrogant when he first met him. He had the capital to be arrogant.
"I barely make ends meet. Li Dongzhu hasn't tried it before. Why did you ask for so much all of a sudden?" Yu Huaide lifted his skirt and expressed his doubts.
"I've seen it in a medical book." Li Yi gave a reason.
"Is it medicine?" Yu Huaide's eyes lit up.
"All food is medicine. But for this radish, I call it a carrot. It's not wrong to say that it's medicine.
Children have rotten mouths. If you eat more carrots, they won't rot.
There's also night blindness. It's called sparrow blindness. Eating carrots can also improve it. "
Li Yi said what he wanted to say. As for the other aspects of carrots, he couldn't show them at the moment so he didn't mention it.
When it came to medicine, Li Yi smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Yu has helped me a lot. When I wrote the medical book, I didn't write the carrots because I haven't seen them before.
Now that Shopkeeper Yu has brought them back, you can write them down in the medical book and add them to the common people. "
Li Yi praised Yu Huaide. He still hoped that he would get more good things from Tubo in the future.
Otherwise, why would he buy the carrots for 500 kilograms? A thousand gold market horse bones.
Yu Huaide's face turned red. He didn't expect that he could do good things for the common people.
"Li Dongzhu, you treat me … so nimble. I can drink wine. I'll prepare some wine as an apology."
Yu Huaide was happy. Not only did he get his money back, but he also did something big.
"Shopkeeper Yu, you don't have to be like this. If there are any good things in the future, remember this Zhuangzi. "Li Yi shook his head gently.
The carrots were here. They weighed a thousand catties. If they were planted in the greenhouse, they could eat a lot of them first.
"No, no, no. You must make amends." Yu Huaide insisted.
Now he could not enter Pyong Kang Square. If he could not enter while recuperating, then he could not enter. Even if he recovered, he still could not enter. What should he do?
The two of them exchanged pleasantries. Li Yi invited the other into the courtyard to inquire about Tubo.
Yu Huaide was also willing to talk about the customs of the Western Regions. While they were talking, it was almost noon when the carrot delivery team returned.
Three carriages, carrying a thousand catties of carrots, covered with tarps to keep them warm.
Song De found someone to weigh it. It was a little more than 500 kilograms. The other box was not counted.
"Shopkeeper Yu, I'll make carrots for you." Li Yi wanted to cook personally.
He chose a few carrots and cut off the top section. He even used a bamboo knife to make it so that the metal would not oxidize and hurt the top section.
He cut the carrots into pieces, dipped them in oil, and put them into a casserole with yam and lamb belly to continue cooking.
He cut them into slices and stir-fried them with black fungus and egg.
He shredded them and mixed them with dried cucumber strips and sesame paste to make a cold dish.
These three carrot dishes were placed in the cafeteria for Yu Huaide to taste.
"It's delicious. Li Dongzhu's cooking skills are not inferior to his medical skills. This … carrots, cooked noodles, raw crispy, mixed with sesame paste starch jelly, have a different taste."
Yu Huaide praised as he ate. At the same time, he noted that he knew how to slice, stir-fry, shred, and mix. As for stewing, he knew how to do it.
Li Yi smiled and nodded. He was not modest at all. He was indeed better than the cooks of the Tang dynasty.
The two chatted happily. After the meal, Li Yi sent Yu Huaide out of Zhuangzi.
He turned around and shouted, "Quick, let me choose all the carrots. Take out the rotten ones and put the shriveled ones aside."
He was anxious because the carrots were clean and there was no mud on them.
Why did they have to be washed? It would not be easy to preserve them.
"Eat carrots for the next two days. Cut off the head and use a bamboo knife. Don't spoil it. I want to plant it."
Li Yi instructed. The farmers were busy. These carrots were good stuff that cost five grams per catty.
"Slice them and send them to the oven to dry. They can still be eaten after soaking. Soak the cut carrots in water first. Don't rush to oil them …"
Li Yi said. He put the cut off head into a pottery basin. The water in the vat in the house was not so cold. He poured a little in, but it did not go over the top of the carrots.
Then he asked someone to distill the humus. He let the distilled liquid cool and added it to the pottery basin.
The others followed suit. They had never planted carrots like this.
After working for more than four hours, all the carrots were processed.
"Very good. Buds will sprout in two days. Send them to the greenhouse to plant them. As for those with buds, plant them in the greenhouse now. "
Li Yi was satisfied. What he needed to do next was to wait.
He would wait for about a year. If there was enough nutrition, he could plant them a month earlier.
What he wanted was seeds, not food. It would not take so long to plant them.
On the other side, Yu Huaide went back and began to organize his carrots. When he gave them to people, he would tell them that it was medicine and not ordinary.
At the same time, he also announced that he had a good relationship with Li Yi and Li Dongzhu. Li Dongzhu had cured his gonorrhea and they ate together.
He said this to Pyong Kang Square and also to Chang 'an.
The last day of November.
Li Longji brought Empress Wang over. He asked Li Yi to check the child first.
"Brother Yi, I heard that you bought carrots for five grams per catty?"
Li Longji asked casually when he saw carrots during the meal.
"It's a new kind of crop. Like other carrots, they can keep seeds but can't be eaten. If they are eaten, they can't be planted. So carrots are more expensive than cabbages."
Li Yi introduced the growth cycle of carrots.
Li Longji thought for a moment and said, "There are no seeded carrots around Chang 'an. They can't survive the winter."
"Yes, they can't. They can only live in places that are not cold in winter. But I have a greenhouse to plant carrots. Next year, there will be a lot of seeds.
In spring or summer, I will sell them to people to plant. The south needs to cultivate the seeds.
I don't know if the Agriculture Temple has learned to build greenhouses. There will be a lot of vegetables in winter. People won't get sick, especially diseases caused by vitamin deficiency. "
Li Yi's attitude was not good when he mentioned the Agriculture Temple.
In his opinion, there should have been officials from the Agriculture Temple who came to ask him about this matter. He was also willing to answer.
"Yes." Li Longji was sure that the carrots he signed and allocated were planted together with the Six Li Village and the hot spring vegetables.
But he thought of a question, "Brother Yi, how did you plant them without seeds?"
"Water seedlings and soilless seedlings. When they grow buds, they can be planted. In fact, if I don't find it troublesome, I can take something from the bottom of the carrots' leaves and cultivate them into complete carrots. "
Li Yi was full of confidence when he said this. He had a petri dish and he could get the culture fluid if he wanted.
Li Longji felt that he was used to Brother Yi's ability, but he was still surprised when he heard it. "Brother Yi can do this?"
"Next year, I will teach students other classes besides mathematics. I will teach them the method of finding the roots of all things. In a few years, there will be a lot of talents."
Li Yi said with deep eyes.
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