socalfunplaces Chapter 408
Chapter 408
"What is this?"
After two quarters of an hour, the group returned to the manor.
Li Shimin asked curiously when he saw the sweet potato starch drying in the square in front of the living room.
"Father, this is sweet potato starch. After it is dried, it can be made into sweet potato powder, and hot and sour noodles come from this." Li Chengqian answered carefully.
Li Shimin nodded and stretched out his hand to pick up a handful of starch. "Well, sweet potato starch is very similar to kudzu root."
Su Chen listened to the conversation between the two pairs of people on the side, and heard from Li Shimin's words that there is also kudzu powder in the Tang Dynasty.
However, unlike the kudzu powder in later generations, the kudzu powder in the Tang Dynasty was made by cutting kudzu roots into pieces, drying them, and grinding them into powder, not extracting kudzu starch.
The silk of kudzu vines is used to weave linen cloth, and the people grow hemp and raise silkworms, among which is kudzu.
"Boy, don't forget to give me five pounds of sweet potato powder." Li Shimin clapped his hands and reminded Su Chen without question.
Su Chen hesitated for a moment, and two hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes should be able to make sixteen kilograms of sweet potato flour.
"Hiss~ I'll try my best!"
Li Shimin glanced at Su Chen with a frown, "Hmph!" He shook his sleeves and walked towards the living room.
"Father!"
"Your son greets you!"
"Your Majesty!"
Li Tai and Princess Changle had returned to the manor after school, and a group of people were waiting for Su Chen and his friends to come back for dinner.
They didn't know that Li Shimin came to the manor.
"Well, no need to be polite!" Li Shimin smiled and nodded to everyone in response.
"Your Majesty, let's go to the backyard to wash our hands, and we'll have dinner later." Seeing that Li Shimin was about to sit down, Su Chen stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.
"Okay!"
Li Shimin raised his butt that was about to sit down and walked towards the backyard.
...Lunch was in progress.
"Rengui, don't be so reserved and eat as much as you can!"
Perhaps because he hadn't eaten at the same table with the emperor for too long, Xue Rengui was obviously a little uncomfortable, and Li Shimin reminded him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xue Rengui put down his bowl and chopsticks and bowed respectfully.
"Where is this during the meal? No need to be so polite in the future!" Li Shimin reminded him again while eating the delicious food without raising his head.
"Yes!"
Su Chen saw that the little Sizi opposite him had been staring at a dish on the table. While everyone was picking up the dishes, he gently turned the turntable and turned an unknown dish to the little Sizi.
The little Sizi smiled at Su Chen, carefully picked up the public spoon, and scooped out a large spoonful of tofu from the plate.
Li Shimin had never seen the dish, but he could recognize the ingredient tofu.
Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and looked at the little Sizi with a smile. "Mingda, what dish are you eating?"
"Father, this is Mapo Tofu, it's delicious!" Little Sizi looked up at Li Shimin and answered, she liked this dish very much.
Su Chen turned the Mapo Tofu to Li Shimin and scooped a spoonful for him.
"Your Majesty, try it!"
Li Shimin took the bowl and took the Mapo Tofu, "Okay, I'll try it!"
"Hey! Why is the soup in a paste?"
Su Chen smiled slightly. As a qualified bachelor in his previous life, Su Chen was still good at cooking.
"Your Majesty, this kind of cooking is called thickening. Use sweet potato starch and add appropriate amount of water to stir well, pour it into the wok and it will condense into a lake. In this way, the soup and seasoning will wrap around the ingredients, making the dishes more shiny and more flavorful."
Li Shimin nodded and put the Mapo Tofu into his mouth.
"Hmm! It's hot. Remember to mix some sweet potato starch. I'm going to take it back to the palace."
Su Chen thought Li Shimin was scolding him!
It's hot!
"Okay, Your Majesty. We've made a few new dishes these two days. I'll ask Master Liu to go to the palace later."
"That's great! Hmm, you guys can eat too. Don't be so reserved!"
Li Shimin gently turned the turntable. He had almost finished eating.
For each dish, the emperor didn't start eating first, and no one else had the courage to eat first, except for a few people.
This is also the reason why most people are not used to eating at the same table with the emperor.
...
After lunch, everyone came to the living room.
"It's a bit hot today!" Li Shimin intentionally or unintentionally lifted the sleeves of his outer robe, revealing the sweater that Empress Changsun knitted for him.
Su Chen didn't understand why Li Shimin said it was hot today at first, but he figured it out when he saw the sweater.
A complete show-off!
Su Chen didn't take the bait. He pretended not to see it even if he saw it.
"Father, are you wearing a sweater?"
Princess Changle noticed the sweater Li Shimin was wearing, walked up to him, lifted up one of his hands, and lifted up his sleeves.
"Well, your mother just knitted a sweater yesterday, it's very warm!"
Li Shimin nodded proudly.
Princess Changle gently lifted the sleeve of the sweater and looked at it carefully. The wool thread was very thin, and the needle eye was almost invisible.
Princess Changle was very envious of this.
She knew that she didn't have such a skill at the moment.
"Li Zhi, let's not envy, I'll go there some other dayWhat kind of department is this? Let them develop a machine for knitting sweaters, just like a loom. "
Su Chen saw the envy on Princess Changle's face and immediately comforted her.
Princess Changle looked at Su Chen and smiled, "Yeah!"
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested.
"Boy, tomorrow I will arrange for the weaving and dyeing order to come to the manor to listen to your arrangements." Li Shimin immediately said that if sweaters can replace pure hand-woven knitting like weaving cloth, wool can play a greater role in the Tang Dynasty.
"Uh~ Your Majesty, I don't know how to knit sweaters, I can't arrange it. I can only take some wool and let them study it themselves."
"Besides, I've been very busy recently."
Su Chen hurriedly refused. He had never seen that thing and couldn't draw it.
"Haha, what are you busy with?"
Li Shimin laughed angrily. When did he see Su Chen busy before?
"Build a kang!"
"What? What is a kang? "Li Shimin had never heard Su Chen talk about a kang.
Su Chen glanced at Li Chengqian.
"Father, a kang is similar to a couch. You can light a fire under the kang to keep warm. Father, you can go with me to see it. Su Chen just built a big kang yesterday."
Li Chengqian bowed and answered respectfully.
"What are you waiting for? Lead the way immediately!" Li Shimin immediately stood up and urged.
"Father, please!"
Li Shimin nodded, glanced at Su Chen and saw that the latter had no intention of getting up, so he did not force Su Chen to follow him.
Even if Li Ke, Li Tai and others had seen a kang, they had to accompany Li Shimin to see it.
Otherwise, it would be a disrespect to the emperor.
After Li Shimin left, Su Chen waved to Wang Xi.
"My Lord!"
Wang Xi immediately stepped forward and waited for Su Chen's instructions.
"You arrange for someone to cut some bamboo, the same thickness as the explosives. Saw it into sections and fill it with mud and sand, and control the weight to 3.2 kg. "
Su Chen thought about making some fake explosives and tying them to the arrows for the Xuanjia Army to practice. Maybe in the future, muscle memory can be formed, and it can be freely released and retracted within the maximum range.
In addition, we should try whether the arrows tied with explosives will affect the range and accuracy of the bows and arrows.
"Okay, my lord, I will arrange it now!"
Su Chen nodded and looked at Princess Changle beside him. She seemed to be still thinking about the sweater.
"Lizhi, are you still thinking about knitting a sweater?" Su Chen looked at her with a smile.
Princess Changle smiled faintly and nodded.
"You don't want to knit a sweater for me, do you?" Su Chen stretched his head in front of Princess Changle and said jokingly.
Princess Changle tilted her head and looked at Su Chen with an extremely exaggerated smile:
"Yes!"
Su Chen immediately sat up straight and bowed: "Uh~Thank you! "
"Hmph!"
Princess Changle snorted, remembering not to show shyness in front of Su Chen.
Otherwise, she would lose momentum!