Datang: An eight-year-old master of the bar, he gave everyone a blow at the beginning

Chapter 157 Cooking Beef Stew with Potatoes in Tai Chi Palace
"Your Majesty, this thing is called a potato. It comes from a foreign country. You can cut it into thumb-sized pieces along the skin and plant it. The yield per mu is fifty shi!"

What Yu Chihuan said was already conservative, the potato production of later generations was at least six thousand catties or more.

Li Er was shocked. He picked up the potatoes and muttered to himself.

"If this thing could be promoted outside the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't it mean that every household would be filled with food?"

Yu Chihuan nodded and said: "Your Majesty, if this thing can be popularized, it will indeed enable thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty to bid farewell to the famine and obtain a living environment with ample food and clothing. It will be the style of the Tang Dynasty not to pick up lost items on the road and not to close their doors at night!"

Li Erlong Yan Dayue, he made a decision on the spot.

"Aiqing, I'm going to give you the royal cultivated land in Shanglinyuan to grow potatoes. You can plant as many acres of land as you want!"

Yuchihuan thought for a while, then nodded.

"Your Majesty, a thousand acres of arable land in Shanglin Garden is enough for my minister!"

Li Er was both surprised and delighted: "Come here, convey my will, and order the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Shaofu to cooperate with Yuchihuan in planting potatoes. Don't be negligent. I respect you!"

"Here!"

The prince did not dare to neglect, and immediately drew up an order.

Soon, Li Er's imperial decree left Zichen Hall and sent it to the six ministries of the three provinces.

Yuchihuan is a little dizzy now, he never imagined that when he came to Taiji Palace, he would have an additional official position of farming.

Li Er leaned over and stared at Yu Chihuan.

"Aiqing, do you want to be Minister of the Household Department?"

Eunuch Wang was stunned. He never thought that Li Er wanted an eight-year-old brat to be the secretary of the household department!

The Hubu Shangshu has great power and can control the taxation and cultivated land of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Even the arable land of princes and relatives is under the jurisdiction of the household department!

Yuchi Huan twirled his fingers and calculated carefully.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Finance seems to be an official of the third rank, and the Yushi doctor is also the official rank of the third rank. Your Majesty, it seems that I have not been promoted?" After he finished speaking, he raised his head and stared at Li Er innocently.

Li Er suddenly felt guilty.

"Aiqing, if you go up to the Minister of the Household Department, you will be the Zuo Pushe and You Pushe of the Shangshu Province. This is the official position of the prime minister. I am afraid that you will not be able to convince the public at such a young age!"

Yuchihuan disagrees.

"Your Majesty, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. If I don't even have the ambition to be a prime minister, I might as well go home and watch the cows!"

Li Er said in awe.

"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, Yuchihuan, if the yield of potatoes is indeed [-] shi per mu, I will promote you to be prime minister when you grow up!"

After he finished speaking, he patted Yuchihuan's small shoulder appreciatively.

Yuchihuan stretched out his little finger, about to hook Li Er.

"Your Majesty said you can't lie. If we hook our fingers, whoever breaks his promise will be a fool!"

Li Er didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Okay, I promise you, anyone who breaks promises is a big fool!"

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his little finger and hooked it with Yuchi's ringed little finger to complete the oath.

The prince was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Li Er was an old urchin, but he admired Yuchi Huan even more, and dared to bet with the emperor of Tang Dynasty!
In the entire court, except for Yu Chihuan, no one would dare to be so presumptuous in front of Li Er.

You have no jokes!

Since Li Er made an oath with Yu Chihuan, he would definitely not break his promise.

The most important thing is that Li Er really appreciates Yu Chihuan, otherwise he wouldn't use him so much.

Yuchi's ring goal was achieved, and he immediately cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty, there is no beef in the Imperial Study Room, I am afraid that I will not be able to cook potatoes and beef stew for you today!"

Li Er's face turned black immediately. He must have beef in the imperial study, but he had already denied it just now, so he could only stutter Coptis chinensis. He waved his hand and said, "Ai Qing, you have worked hard today, hurry home and rest."

"Wei Chen retire!"

Yuchihuan was overjoyed that he could finally go home and cook potatoes and beef stew.

Li Er stared at Yuchi Huan's overjoyed expression and frowned.

"My lord, why does this little Yuchihuan seem to be laughing at me?"

Standing behind Yuchihuan, Wang Gonggong could see Yuchihuan's expression clearly, and he agreed.

"Your Majesty, Master Xiao Yuchi is indeed laughing at the two of us. He probably knows that His Majesty is hiding the beef from the Imperial Study Room!"

Li Er blushed instantly, he became angry from embarrassment, and said: "Come here, call Cheng Zhijie to come in and see me!"

"Here!"

The eunuch of Zichen Palace will go out to summon immediately!

In a moment, Cheng Yaojin came to the Zichen Hall to face the Holy Spirit. He was just about to bow down to pay homage to Li Er, but Li Er jumped down from the dragon chair and beat Cheng Yaojin violently!
Cheng Yaojin didn't dare to fight back after being beaten by Li Er, so he had to be beaten, he asked.

"Your Majesty, what is the crime of this humble minister?"

Li Er punched Cheng Yaojin before returning to the dragon chair, condescending and majestic.

"Cheng Zhijie, you slaughtered cattle without permission, can you be convicted of a crime?"

Cheng Yaojin was dumbfounded, most of the farm cattle he slaughtered privately were sent to the Tai Chi Palace and given to the Imperial Dining Hall, he frowned and said.

"Your Majesty, you should know that all the cattle in Weichen's family fell to their deaths!"

When Wang Gonggong heard what Cheng Yaojin said, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Nonsense!" Li Er became furious, and said, "I was impeached by Yuchi Huan just now for privately slaughtering farm cattle. You are not allowed to send beef to the palace in the future, otherwise you will be severely punished!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Cheng Yaojin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect Yuchi Huan to be so bold as to dare to stroke the beard on the dragon's head!

But Cheng Yaojin also looked at Yu Chihuan with admiration, thinking that this doctor Yushi is still very competent, at least he didn't bully the good and fear the evil!

Li Er thought for a while and added: "Cheng Zhijie, farming cattle are the coolies for the common people to plow the fields. In the future, don't kill farming cattle indiscriminately, otherwise I will never forgive you!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Cheng Yaojin suddenly became listless, his biggest hobby is eating beef, now Li Er does not allow him to slaughter farm cattle privately, he dare not disobey the order and disrespect!

Li Er waved his hand and said, "Cheng Zhijie, let's go, I want to be alone!"

"Wei Chen retire!"

If Cheng Yaojin was granted an amnesty, he immediately bid farewell to Li Er and left Zichen Hall.

Li Er then said to the prince: "Grandpa, cut this potato into small pieces and plant it in my garden. I want to see if this little thing has such a high yield as Yuchihuan said!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

The prince didn't dare to neglect, and immediately left Zichen Palace with a potato the size of a fist.

After Li Er made such a noise from Yu Chihuan, he immediately didn't have the mood to correct the memorial, so he simply returned to the harem to rest!

What Li Er didn't expect was that he had just passed the Changle Palace where Princess Changshan lived, and he smelled the aroma of beef. He suddenly became furious and rushed into the Changle Palace.

"Chang Shan dares to hide it from me and cook beef privately!"

The maids and eunuchs of Changle Palace were shocked when they saw Li Er coming in, and they all wanted to salute, but Li Er stopped him. This time he decided to surprise Princess Changshan.

As a result, as soon as Li Er approached Princess Changshan's boudoir, he heard some words that surprised him!

"Brother Huan, this beef stew with potatoes is really delicious!"

"Chang Shan, the potatoes and beef are already cooked, stop drooling, eat as you want!"

"Thank you, Brother Huan!"

"Bah... ahh..."

Soon, the sound of chewing came from Princess Changshan's boudoir.

Li Er pushed open the door abruptly, and immediately saw Yuchihuan, an eight-year-old brat, staying with Princess Changshan.

There was a mobile stove in front of them, and an iron pot with steaming potatoes and beef on it.

Immediately there is something I don't understand!
Li Er smiled instead of anger.

"Well, you Yuchihuan, you are hiding here in Changshan and cooking potatoes and beef stew!"

(End of this chapter)