After Kong Yingda led the Imperial College students away, the atmosphere in Savant's Restaurant immediately became strange. According to the usual practice of ordinary families, parents would usually protect their children in front of the teachers. However, once the teachers left and only the parents and students were left, that was when the naughty child would be in trouble. If the child was lucky, the father would be beating the mother. If the child was even more unfortunate, the parents would be beating the child.
Meton and Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but shrink their heads and wait for the storm to come. They were now envious of Zu Mingjun. He was actually so unrighteous and took the opportunity to run away with the Imperial College students.
"So, the catfish effect is fake?" Li Shimin said faintly. His tone was unfriendly. He realized that he had discovered too many lies today.
"Uh, uh!" Meton suddenly choked. He realized that he had gotten himself into trouble again. He had announced the secret of the living fish, but he had also brought up the catfish effect.
"From the surface, it was indeed the catfish that stimulated the sardines, which caused the sardines to survive. It's not wrong, right?" Meton carefully explained.
"What about the essence?" Li Shimin looked at Meton with a faint smile.
Meton was instantly dumbfounded. He had really shot himself in the foot. If he hadn't emphasized on looking at the essence through the surface, he wouldn't have been stumped by this question.
"Your Majesty, the Minister feels that the catfish effect may not be suitable for fish, but it is extremely suitable for humans. Isn't this a living example?" Qin Qiong promptly helped him out.
Li Shimin took a deep breath and glared at Meton. It was considered that he had let Meton off this time.
To him, although he knew that he might have used the wrong idea to rule the country, he had also gained a lot. The curved shaft plow cart, artificial incubation technology, and the soon to be discovered oxygen would also be of great use. All of these were caused by the little catfish in front of him. Looking at it this way, the catfish effect wasn't fake.
"Seeing that you have made some contributions, I will let you off this time!" Li Shimin said.
"Phew!" Meton immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for being so righteous. I will definitely be loyal to the country in the future and contribute more useful ink skills to the Tang dynasty."
"More ink skills! Are you inspired by Mozi's secret works again? "Li Shimin looked at Meton with an inexplicable smile.
Morton felt a headache coming on. These people were all famous in history for being shrewd. They must have seen through him.
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.... . It's not that I am stingy. It's just that Mozi's secret works have been passed down from generation to generation in the Mo Family Village. When my father passed them down to me, I was still young and couldn't remember them clearly. Many of them have already been blurred. I can only recall them occasionally. "Meton braced himself and said.
"Oh!" Everyone looked at Meton meaningfully.
Meton suddenly felt a lot of pressure. He quickly said, "Uncle Yu, hurry up and serve the dishes. I am afraid that His Majesty and these uncles are already hungry!"
"Let's eat first. After the meal, I will take you to see the Mozi's experimental fields." Meton asked everyone to sit down.
"Experimental fields? You mean the experimental fields that you said can double the yield per mu and reach six loads in the future? "Qin Qiong asked. The average yield per mu of the current fields was about three loads. Six loads was equivalent to doubling the yield.
"This kid is very evil! If he says that he can reach six loads per mu, the Old Man will definitely believe him. "Cheng Yaojin said confidently to Meton.
"Thank you for your trust, Uncle Cheng. We will know the specific situation in the afternoon. I can't guarantee that I will be able to produce six loads per mu, but I am confident that I will be able to greatly increase the yield." Meton said.
"See! I already said that this brat is very slippery, and his words are watertight. With him saying this, this old man absolutely believes that the Mo Family must have made a huge breakthrough. "Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.
"It would be a good thing if he could reach six loads. However, we have to prevent this from happening." Qin Qiong reminded him.
Li Shimin nodded silently. He remembered that the year before last had been a good harvest. He had gone down to inspect and found that the farmers were still very poor.
"Cheap grain harming the farmers?" Meton shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you worry too much. It might have been possible in the past, but now with artificial incubation technology, the farmers have more food and can feed a large number of chickens, ducks, and geese."
"Then what if there are a large number of chickens, ducks, and geese that can't be sold? In the end, won't the farmers lose money?" Li Shimin asked.
Can't be sold? Meton smiled slightly. There were so many chicken farms in the future, but there was no shortage of chicken meat in the Tang dynasty.
At this time, Master Yu brought up a full table of food. Among them, there was a plate of golden food that was overflowing with fragrance.
Meton's eyes lit up and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. With these, I guarantee that the Tang dynasty won't suffer from cheap grain harming the farmers for the next five years."
"Is this a drumstick?" Li Shimin asked doubtfully.
"To be precise, it's a fried drumstick. This half is a fried chicken steak!" Meton added.
Meton thought of the fried chicken steak and Kaifeng dishes that could be found everywhere in the future. The amount of chicken meat consumed every day was terrifying. With the current agricultural level of the Tang dynasty, it was still a problem whether they could supply it.
Li Shimin picked up one and took a bite. At that time, his mouth was full of flavor. The chicken meat was smooth and tender.
"It's delicious!" Cheng Yaojin couldn't help it. He reached out and took a big bite, praising it as he ate.
Everyone took a bite. Soon, a large plate of chicken drumsticks and chicken steaks was wiped out.
Li Chengqian maintained his status and only ate one piece before he realized that there was no more.
"This is the third batch of the Gourmet Plan prepared by the Mo family. In the following time, these fried chicken restaurants will be opened all over the country. They will be known as the delicacies of the mouth," Meton said.
Qin Huaiyu and the other two's eyes lit up. Each of them had a share in the Gourmet Plan. If they could also join, it would be an endless source of income in the future!
"Good, good?" Li Shimin's face was full of admiration. Although the son of the Mo family was usually very slippery, he had a lot of clever ideas, and his strange moves were endless. This delicacy made him couldn't help but exclaim, no matter how many chickens there were, they could be sold.
After everyone took a sip of tea and calmed down, Meton pointed to another plate and said, "Your Majesty, please look. This is roast duck! Master Yu, remove the bones, slice the duck meat, dip it in a special sweet sauce, add green onions, shredded radish, and roll it with a thin luo bun. "
As Meton taught, he rolled one up and put it into his mouth. His expression of enjoyment made everyone's appetite rise and join the ranks of the gluttons.
Without waiting for everyone to finish eating, Moton introduced another dish.
"This is braised pork with soy sauce …"
"This is pickled fish with pickled cabbage …"
…
In the future, the four most representative delicacies of chicken, duck, fish, and fish were all brought out. For a moment, cups and plates were in a mess.
After eating, everyone was worried. With the spread of these delicacies, it was believed that in the future of the Tang dynasty, the supply of meat would definitely exceed the supply. It would certainly spur more people to breed meat and raise the price of food.
"Braised pork with soy sauce? It's delicious. What kind of meat is it?" Cheng Yaojin asked belatedly after eating.
"Pork!" Meton quickly replied.
"Pork?" Cheng Chumo suddenly exclaimed. In the Tang dynasty, pork was considered inferior meat. They had eaten it there. How could they know that such a delicacy as braised pork with soy sauce was made of pork?
Not only was Cheng Chumo's stomach churning, but even Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin, and Li Chengqian were pale.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin, Cheng Yaojin, and the others looked calm. When they were fighting for the world, they had eaten all kinds of meat. Eating some pork was considered good food in the army.
"Meton, don't you know that pork is eaten by inferior people? What's wrong with you?" Qin Huaiyu said angrily.
"Is it not delicious?" Meton asked in surprise.
"It's delicious!" Qin Huaiyu wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start.
"Yes! I think it's delicious! "Yuchi Baolin silently supported Meton.
"But …"
Before Qin Huaiyu could finish his words, Qin Qiong slapped him hard on the head and shouted angrily, "Back then, when we were in the army, we ran out of food for a few days and nights. At that time, I even hunted a wild boar. Everyone relied on this boar to survive those difficult few days. You little brat, you are still being picky."
Li Er was even more calm. He was a ruthless person. When there was a locust plague in Guanzhong, he swallowed the locusts himself, not to mention making such delicious braised pork with soy sauce.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian quickly sat up and thought carefully. It was indeed delicious and not as disgusting as before.
"Good boy, I support you. I remember that the wild boar had a strong fishy smell, but your braised pork with soy sauce has no fishy smell at all. It's really good." Cheng Yaojin said. He was a foodie. He tasted everything that flew in the sky and ran on the ground. Although fried chicken legs and roast duck were delicious, he was not used to eating them. However, this braised pork with soy sauce was really to his taste.
"This is a breed that is being cultivated in the Mo Family Village. It has already achieved initial results. In the future, after the fishy smell of pork is removed, it will definitely replace mutton and become the favorite meat of the people of the Tang dynasty." Meton said. Although he liked meat, he politely declined mutton.
In his previous life, Meton had eaten authentic hand-held rice once. As a result, his mouth was full of the greasy taste of mutton oil for the whole day. In the future, he could only eat mutton skewers. He really couldn't eat anything else.
The leftovers were quickly cleared away, and only then did Qin Huaiyu and the others return to normal.
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