Hanjing, Zhaowang Mansion.

The Crown Princess returned to her house to visit her relatives, and the Li family was lively and festive.

Although Li Fanghua was a dignified princess, when he arrived at home, he still had to pay his respects to his father Li Chao and his mother Thirteenth Lady first. This is also the difference between the Tang Dynasty and later generations. Li Chao used to see the Red Mansions and Yuanchun visited his relatives. When he returned home, his father and mother at home wanted to pay homage to the Yuan Dynasty Lady.

In the Tang Dynasty, whether the daughter is the crown princess or the daughter-in-law is the princess, they still have to be treated according to the preface of the elders and the young. During the Northern Dynasties, this was not the case at that time. The Hu Feng of the Northern Dynasties was very strong. The emperor's daughter married into her husband's family, and her parents-in-law had to worship the princess.

But in Tang, the trend was corrected.

During the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin emphasized the regulations that the Tang Dynasty governed the world with filial piety, so princesses had to pay tribute to their aunts and uncles. The aunts and uncles of the Tang Dynasty were also parents-in-laws. From then on, when the princesses got married, they would not have to greet the princess, but just sit and wait for the princess’ daughter-in-law to come to pay tribute to them.

Just like now, Li Chao's daughter married into the Eastern Palace and became the crown princess.

The Crown Princess had a high rank in the palace. There were internal and external women in the Tang Dynasty, and the inner women were concubines in the palace. The Empress, the Crown Princess, and the Four Concubines were the first rank.

The crown princess is second only to the queen, and is above the four concubines.

"Daughter to see my father!"

Xia Hua entered the door and kowtowed to Li Chao and his wife first.

Li Chao smiled with a hint. His daughter seemed to have grown taller again, her body grew a little, matured, and became more noble. Cui Yingying couldn't help but get up and help her daughter up. Her daughter was in the palace, and it was rare to go back to the door once. Although sometimes Xia Hua would send someone to summon Li Chao and his wife to the East Palace to meet, there were fewer meetings, and she was not as friendly as the house in the palace.

My father also accepted Xia Hua's greeting and received several gifts from Xia Hua. Although my father is worth millions now, he still couldn't stop smiling after receiving the gift from his eldest granddaughter.

My father, who is in his seventies, is still strong in his body. Although his hair is almost white, his face is full of redness. His father's fief is in western Liaoning, close to Liaodong, he drinks ginseng flags all year round, and he lives a free and easy life today. He has no worries and exercises frequently, but the longer he grows, the better.

"After the New Year, Xia Hua is already fourteen, and she has been in the palace for a year. Why hasn't her stomach moved yet?" The father asked Li Chao whispered.

My granddaughter entered the palace to be the crown princess, and my father was very proud. But seeing Xia Hua coming back this time, he was still not in a big belly, so he was a little anxious.

Li Chao already knew that his daughter had already had sex with Cheng Qian, so he even cursed Cheng Qian in person. But the young couple couldn't control such things for the first time.

For this reason, Li Chao had to find a skilled craftsman to make a batch of sheep intestinal condoms and give them to Cheng Qian. Before Xia Hua was 16 years old, they could have sex with her, but Cheng Qian had to wear condoms and contraceptives.

Cheng Qian was not very happy, and was scolded by Li Chao, which was considered to be agreed.

Li Chao was not anxious at all and was quite at ease when his daughter was not pregnant. Xia Hua was still too young, so getting pregnant at this time was not a good thing. As for the early birth of a son and early stability, Li Chao was not afraid.

Li Chao's daughter is the crown princess, who will threaten her daughter's status?

Xia Hua is very posing as an elder sister. Although he is actually ranked third in the family, he is also the eldest daughter of the family. He is the first elder sister who has already gotten married. When he returns home, he is busy sending gifts to his younger brothers and sisters.

Chengqian did not come back today. Although he was locked up in the Eastern Palace by Li Shimin now, by the end of the year, there were still many occasions that needed the prince to attend. Even if he just showed off his appearance, he could not be absent.

"Summer flowers, it just so happens that a few crops from Donglu and America in our greenhouse are ripe. Dad cooks himself today and makes some American food for you."

"I have heard of corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other Eastern Land crops. Are these things really that magical?"

Li Chao smiled and said with a hint, "These are treasures. After we cultivate the seeds well, we will plant them in large quantities in the future. Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, are drought-resistant and have high yields. Corn is as good as sorghum, but the corn produced is not comparable to sorghum." Li Chao was very excited when he said this.

At a very early age, Li Chao thought of sending people to America. But the conditions were not mature at that time, and after the shipbuilding technology and navigation technology were greatly improved, Li Chao also began to recruit expedition members and let them go on an expedition.

At first, Li Chao planned to let the expedition members sail along the Northeast coast and pass through the Bering Strait to North America. However, many batches of expedition teams set off in the front and after, and they took a lot of time, but they did not make any good progress. The main reason was that the route was not familiar, especially the harsh climate there, and many indigenous people there were still barbarians, which made the expedition team difficult to make progress.

Even if someone finally successfully crossed the Bering Strait later, the ice and snow of Alaska made the expedition team stand firm.

Later, Li Chao recruited many expedition teams and pointed them another bolder route, crossing the Pacific Ocean to South America.

This route is also difficult because there is no ready-made route, and every time you advance a distance, it will cost a lot. In the end, a fleet succeeded. They spent another five years on the wealthy route left by the previous few failed teams and finally arrived on the other side of the ocean.

Arrived in America.

After exploring there for a few years, then returned again.

When they went there, a team of hundreds of people came back, due to illness, conflicts with natives, storms, etc., only a few dozen people came back in the end. Fortunately, they gained a lot. They had explored many places on the west coast of South America and even arrived in North America.

Not only did it bring back some natives from the United States, but it also brought back many natives from the Pacific Islands, and also many crops from the United States and the Pacific Ocean.

Among them are corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, treasures that Li Chao has always been looking forward to.

Li Chao presented these goods to Li Shimin like treasures, but Li Shimin didn't seem to care much. Perhaps it was because the Tang Dynasty is not short of land or food now.

But Li Chao knew that with the concept of the prosperity of descendants and family reproduction of the Han people, especially the inevitability of the development of agricultural civilization, population growth must be rapid.

There is no shortage now, and it will definitely be needed in the future.

Especially corn, potatoes, etc., it is drought-resistant. In many water-deficient places such as the northwest, it is very good to plant this.

Li Chao himself also kept a lot of seeds. He had a greenhouse, so he had been nurturing them for a long time.

"You have a good chat with your mother. If you are not at home, she often misses you."

I took a basket and went to the glass greenhouse in the back garden.

It is lush and has various off-season vegetable crops. Now several new greenhouses have been expanded.

"Oh, these tomatoes are really red and they are quite big." Li Chao liked it and reached out to pick more than a dozen of them in one breath. After a while, they scrambled eggs with tomatoes, tomato soup, and a sugar-mixed tomatoes. It is even good to eat them raw.

The chili peppers that day also grew very well.

The big green peppers, the long thread peppers, and the small but long sky-like peppers, red and green, the big and small, were all extremely tender, and Li Chao picked them one after another.

These chili peppers are much stronger than the wild mountain peppers produced in Yunnan, and people who like to eat spicy food will be blessed in the future.

The fried pork with chili peppers is also delicious.

I changed to a greenhouse, and the corn ridges were extremely tall. The tassels on the tender corn were not old yet. At this time, the steamed ones were the most delicious. You can also stew pork rib soup.

There is also a batch of old corn harvested some time ago at home, which is reserved for seeds, but today my daughter comes back, you can also make some food first. The corn flour, corn porridge and corn buns are good, and it can also be made into corn pancakes, which is also delicious.

The potato seedlings there also grew just in the right place. After peeling off the soil, the potatoes below had already had many beans as big as goose eggs, so I dug a few.

You can eat spicy and sour potato shreds, green pepper shreds, fried potato strips, fried potato slices, mashed potatoes, and fried potatoes at noon.

Potatoes are good things, they can be used as vegetables and food. They can be eaten more and use them in a lot of ways, and they can also fill your hunger and fill your body.

The pumpkin vines spread over there, and the yellow pumpkin flowers were in full bloom. Li Chao picked a few handfuls and could stir-fry some pumpkin flowers later. A green and white pumpkin was hidden and half exposed under the leaves. Li Chao picked it off and stir-fry the pumpkin. Although this pumpkin is not old, the tender pumpkin is also delicious.

Of course, old pumpkins are powdery and sweeter.

Well, what else to do?

There are peanuts there. I pulled a few handfuls of them, made a few salt and cooked them later. It was just right to add wine. My dad must like it.

There are sweet potatoes over there.

Looking at the green leaves, Li Chao couldn't help picking a few handfuls first. After a while, the sweet potato leaves were removed and the stems were left, and peeled. They could be fried in a plate. The crispy and delicious.

After digging the soil, the sweet potatoes inside will also grow ripe.

Li Chao first dug a few sweet potatoes, and then found another sweet potato. The sweet potatoes were steamed and eaten delicious, and they could be cooked to produce syrup. The sweet potatoes were more flour, which was suitable for roasting.

Of course, sweet potatoes can also be eaten raw or mixed with sugar and vinegar.

Looking at the basket full of American cuisine, Li Chao was satisfied.

When he left, he saw the ridges of tobacco in a corner. Li Chao didn't know whether it was right or wrong to cultivate it.

Back in the kitchen, tied up an apron, and started picking vegetables.

Xia Hua took the initiative to come to the kitchen to help. In the past, she often served as a kitchen helper for her father and stayed in the kitchen, and felt very friendly.

Cui Shisanniang, Ke Qiniang, Du Shiniang, Zheng Wanyan, Lu and other women were used to it. They all put down their airs and sat in the kitchen to help pick vegetables, while also surprised by all kinds of novel vegetables.

"No wonder it's called corn. The fruits on this stick really grow like jade grains." Xia Hua exclaimed.

"It's not only good-looking, but also delicious. Tender corn can be steamed or used for stewing soup, which is very sweet. After the corn is old and dried, it can be ground into corn flour, used to steam corn steamed buns, or cook corn porridge, and make corn pancakes, which are all very delicious." Li Chao knew it carefully.

“Can this be ground into flour?”

"Of course, this thing is as good as sorghum, but the yield is high. Do you know that even on the yellow soil lacking in Guanzhong, the yield per mu can reach 700 to 800 kilograms. If it is on the fertile land in Jiangnan, it can even be turned over again."

"Note that the yield I'm talking about is not a rod, but a threshed dried corn kernel."

"Impossible, it's so high? Who will plant millets and wheat from now on? They will all plant corn." Zheng Wanyan exclaimed.

Li Chao put a few tender corn on the cobs with peeled leaves onto the plate and prepared to put it in the steamer.

“In dry places in the northwest, or even on the trough, growing corn is indeed more cost-effective than growing wheat.”
Chapter completed!