The sun rose again. During the morning assembly, Li Longji looked at Yuan Qianyao a few more times but didn't say anything.
"Please send someone from Honglu Temple who knows the language of the Tiele Nine Surnames to teach the language of the Tang dynasty."
Bi Goo appeared. He sold the land to Li Yi at a cheap price.
Then, he would wait for the terraced fields to be built quickly so that he could collect rent every year. Now, there was a problem with language communication.
Privately, he owed Li Yi a favor. Even his teeth were inlaid by Li Yi.
In public, he wanted to earn more money for the Ministry of Revenue. How many acres of land was that?
"Okay!" Li Longji agreed.
Bi Goo retreated. Yao Chong stepped forward. "Your Majesty, Li Family Zhuangzi is collecting bean worms. At the same time, this morning's newspaper wrote about bean worm farming. I think we can try it out."
Yao Chong took out the newspaper as he spoke. Now, there were four copies of the newspaper.
There were more advertisements, half a page, and half a page more for other content.
The newspaper was more profitable. The price had dropped to three coins. A four-page newspaper was three coins. It was printed on one side and could be written on the back.
One was to make money from advertisements. The other was to reduce the cost of paper and printing.
Yao Chong picked out a newspaper and asked someone to bring it to him.
Li Longji didn't touch it. He had already seen it. His newspaper was the first to be printed. It was immediately sent to him.
Of course, three copies were sent at once. One for him, one for Empress Wang, and one for Baifu Palace.
When he was eating breakfast, someone was reading the newspaper beside him. When he reached the important part, he would take the newspaper and read it.
Last night, he already knew that Li Yi had given many people worms and bean worms.
He pressed his hand on the newspaper. "Li Family Zhuangzi came up with a way to make bean worms edible. He said that worms are like eggs and eating them is good for the body."
He paused and looked at the officials.
Everyone nodded. Shrimps, shrimps, and shrimps were all worms from the sea. They could be eaten.
Grasshoppers were now being caught and fried. The situation in the Southwest had been reported, and the local food was even more frightening.
"Losing more than ten catties of beans, we gained more than a hundred catties of worms. The worms can be buried in the sand and can be used at any time.
During the season when there are bean worms, I will eat two bean worms every day. They will be dry-fried and stir-fried. Before stir-frying, they must be blanched.
Then there are deep-fried, grilled, salted, lightly baked, dumplings stuffed with three delicacies, wontons, and pies. "
Li Longji made his stance clear. He would eat, and the rest would eat as well. He wanted the commoners to believe that this thing could be eaten.
I have also told you how to make it. I am now very knowledgeable about food.
Why not steam and stew it? Because it was disgusting.
"It's better to wrap the stuffing. We can't see the worms." Zhang Shuo stood up. He couldn't accept this.
"Bring me the insects provided by the Li Family Zhuangzi." Li Longji took a deep breath and ordered.
There were bugs, provided by the Li Family Zhuangzi. They had all been tested and there wouldn't be any problems eating them.
The insect was alive, Big Green Insect.
There was one on a tray, wriggling there.
Li Longji was at the top. He used his hand to grab some mustard and garlic juice mixed with chili oil under the table.
He used this hand to grab a bug and directly put it in his mouth. He chewed with a calm expression.
There was too much mustard. He wanted to cry, but he endured it.
"Let me do it." Lu Huaishen was the first to stand up. He grabbed the bug on the tray in front of him, threw it into his mouth, chewed twice, and swallowed it.
The officials understood. In the past, Li Shimin had eaten locusts raw.
That was a disaster. Now, it was really edible.
"Everyone, I won't force you. If you treat it as a bug, it's a bug. If you treat it as a vegetable, it's a vegetable."
Li Longji said to everyone with an easy-going expression.
At this moment, all the officials had a tacit understanding. They believed that His Majesty wouldn't force them, because this was a vegetable.
That's right, no problem. What kind of bug? A vegetable.
Everyone grabbed the bug, took a deep breath, and stuffed it into their mouths.
Each person ate a bug. They stood there and endured all kinds of psychological reactions. Physical reactions didn't actually exist. It was a psychological reaction.
"The Li Family Zhuangzi gave these bugs. I heard that he even fed them medicine. It's more convenient and useful," Gao Lishi said at the crucial moment.
He was afraid that someone would vomit, so he emphasized this sentence.
As expected, when everyone heard that it was the Li Family Zhuangzi who fed them medicine and was good for that, they instantly didn't feel disgusted and wanted to eat another one.
Li Longji picked up the teacup and drank some water. It was too spicy. He almost couldn't hold it in.
"Everyone, it's not delicious raw, but cooked ones are better. The common people eat bugs. As long as they're cooked, there's no harm. It's just like eating meat."
Li Longji waved his hand. The palace maids broke the teacups and served each official a cup.
Everyone quickly drank. The bugs had a grassy smell, so they used the tea to suppress it.
"Your Majesty, it's too difficult to eat raw. It's better to fry it. It's crispy," Grand Chancellor Jiang Jiao said. He found that raw bugs were hard to swallow.
He was the older brother of Jiang Hui, who wanted to be close to the common people and gave weapons to those who surrendered.
The historical incident didn't happen. Li Yi stopped him.
He still didn't know that Li Yi didn't have a good impression of him and his younger brother Jiang Hui.
Li Longji glanced at him. "The best way is to mix the bugs with flour and then bake them into snacks. But the common people don't have this ability. I'll think of another way. Everyone, you have to work harder. "
"It's not important how you eat it. What's important is to promote it." Li Family Zhuangzi. During breakfast, Li Yi spoke to Princess Yongmu and Xiao Lan.
There were bean bugs for breakfast. They were first blanched, then wrapped in dough and fried with a layer of bread crumbs.
"I think the preparation method is more important. This is better than the one I baked last night." Xiao Lan ate six bugs in a row.
She still wanted to eat more. It was delicious. There were no more on the plate. There were ten bugs in total. She ate six while Princess Yongmu and Li Yi ate two each.
Princess Yongmu was very quiet at this time. She ate in small bites and kept looking at the kitchen. She wanted to see how the kitchen staff cooked.
"Li Lang, you said yesterday that tussah worms can be eaten. What about mulberry silkworms?"
Princess Yongmu thought of the mulberry trees that everyone was planting now.
"Mulberry silkworms are allergic. Tussah silkworm cocoons are also allergic, but it's not as serious as mulberry silkworms. That's why everyone doesn't eat it. It's not that they don't want to eat it. It's that they will die if they eat it."
Li Yi was very patient. He explained the difference between the two types of silkworm cocoons.
"Li Lang, are you allergic to bugs when you eat them?"
Princess Yongmu didn't understand. Since she learned new scientific knowledge, she always wanted to explore it.
"Mulberry silkworm worms are too small. How can you eat them if you're not allergic? Tussah worms are as big as bean bugs.
During the process of silk reeling, they must be boiled before they can be separated. Then, they need to use water from plant ashes.
In the end, when the silk comes out, the pupa can't be eaten. Mulberry silkworm pupa is small, but tussah silkworm pupa is big.
Now, tussah silkworms can cut cocoons, but mulberry silkworms can't cut cocoons. Mulberry silkworms are small. If tussah silkworms cut cocoons, there will be more broken silk. It's not good for weaving. "
Li Yi introduced the processing technology. In fact, all kinds of silk were not easy to reel.
In his era, the technology was very advanced. Only then could they reel out all the broken silk.
Otherwise, it would be a live pupa. If the silk was broken, the silk would be connected, and the pupa would die.
A live pupa was cut open by cutting the cocoon. Silk reeling was cut open by cutting it open. How could it be wound continuously?
Princess Yongmu only understood 80% of the content. She was very unhappy and didn't follow.
She asked softly, "Do you want live or dead?"
"Dead. Dead ones will be used as fertilizer. Then, we'll reel out the silk and sell it to other places in exchange for benefits."
Li Yi chose to give up on eating and strengthen the export. In two or three years, the Tang dynasty's navy would be large.
It was not like building an aircraft carrier. It would take a long time.
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