Seeing that Li Tai was puzzled, Li Zheng demonstrated to him and then he understood.

Apply a layer of lard on the surface of the pot and put all the corn kernels wrapped around the clothes into the pot.

Make a fire, cover the pot, press a few stones on the pot cover and press tightly, and try to keep the pot sealed as much as possible.

Continue to add firewood.

Li Tai said, hiding from the smoke that came with the wind, "Will your fire be too big?"

"Do you know how to make popcorn?"

"have no idea."

"Then what are you asking so much?"

“…”

Li Tai walked back and forth and said, "I found that asking questions with you will easily lead to a life-threatening failure."

Li Zheng leisurely added firewood and said, "A guy once said that others laughed at me for being too crazy, and I laughed at me for being unable to see through, and could not see the tombs of heroes of Wuling, and hoeing them into fields without flowers or wine."

I am still recalling Li Zheng's poem. The words are simple, but when I recite them carefully, it tastes a bit free and carefree.

Li Tai secretly wrote down the poem and asked, "No wonder you don't want to be an official. Is this your state of mind?"

"no."

"Then you still say that others laugh at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at me for not seeing through it."

Li Zheng patted Li Tai's shoulder and said, "There was a chicken before. It thought it was an eagle, and then it fell to death after hitting the cliff after slapping twice."

After thinking about Li Zheng's words.

It seems that a simple and somewhat absurd story does reflect a deeper truth.

Looking at Li Zheng's expression, Li Tai asked: "You think you will become the chicken that fell to death if you become an official."

Li Zheng shook his head and said, "No, because I am not an eagle at all."

"I don't want to be the chicken that fell to death, it's the reason why you don't want to be an official."

Li Zheng said piously after doing a brief revision: "Everything is stable, I am a chicken that will be chopped at any time. It is always good to be a little bit easier in this world."

Li Tai pointed at Li Zheng distressedly, "You, you, the people I have met since I was a child are all for fame and fortune."

Li Zheng listened to the bursting corn from the pot and said, "If I had to face the intrigue among the court all day long, I was afraid that I would be mentally perverted one day."

The sound of popcorn constantly exploded from the pot, and Li Tai leaned closer and asked, "What's going on in the pot."

As he said that, Li Zheng stopped Li Tai's hand that was about to lift the lid of the pot, "I can't eat it yet, don't worry, it's not going to be cured yet."

"Then what's going on here?"

"At that time, the sound of corn expanding and bursting due to heat. When it stopped, the popcorn here could be eaten."

"Is that true?" Li Tai still looked at the pot suspiciously, "Why did I hear the sound of the pot being about to crack?"

Waiting for the popcorn popping sound in the pot to stop, then I opened the lid and a heat coming from the floor.

When the heat dissipated, Li Tai also saw the yellow and white popcorn in the pot.

Wrapped his hands in his coat, Li Zheng picked up a hand and handed it to Li Tai and said, "Try it."

Li Tai took the popcorn, and even though he was wearing it, it was a bit hot. It took him a while to pick up one.

Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, Li Tai asked, "Why don't you eat it first?"

"I don't know if the things I made can be eaten. What if I die?"

Li Tai wanted to scold and laugh, but he ate a popcorn, which was a little warm in his mouth. "It tastes quite novel, but it tastes nothing."

"Yeah?"

Li Zheng also picked up one and tasted it. The taste was much worse and it tasted bad. "Just add some honey."

Li Tai ate one after another, "But it's pretty good to use as snacks."

Li Zheng nodded, "It's not so good, I can't stop eating it."

"I'll make more food for the children in the village."

"I'll send some to the palace, too."

Li Yifu hurriedly ran and said, "The county is collecting grain outside."

"Collection of grain? What kind of grain?"

Li Tai explained: "I know this. Tuyuhun and the Tang Dynasty started a war and are fighting in Liangzhou now. I don't know what the result will be."

"What does that have to do with collecting grain?" Li Zheng asked again.

Li Tai said helplessly: "It's not that there is not enough food."

"The same is true for what Xiaguan heard. A dou of rice is twenty cents, the same as the market price."

"Is that true? Is anyone going to sell food?"

"It's quite deserted and no one is going to sell it."

Li Yifu explained: "The food is so expensive now. Who would be willing to sell it? Even if you eat more, you should keep it for fear of being hungry in the next meal."

A locust plague in the past two years almost made the Tang Dynasty’s harvest almost out of reach, and a frost storm last year caused a large-scale reduction in grain yields.

It cast a shadow on the Tang Dynasty, which had already made the worst.

He even sprinkled salt on Li Shimin's wound.

The harvest this year is crucial. If there is another severe drought disaster this year, it is hard to say whether Li Tang can still do it.

Fortunately, the harvest is coming soon, and the situation in various places has improved.

I hope this year, there are very few grain stocks in Chaozhou now, and the battle in Yinshan has been fought from last year to this year.

Maybe the grain in the official warehouses in various places will be almost used up.

The court is short of food now, at least Li Er must not have much excess food in his hands.

Thinking of this, Li Zheng turned to look at Li Tai.

Li Tai came back to his senses after realizing it, "Look at what I do, I have no food."

Li Zheng thoughtfully and said, "How much land can I exchange for with potatoes and your father?"

"You have to exchange potatoes for land."

"I'll think about it again." Li Zheng said seriously.

Li Tai finally smiled with relief, "My father is short of food now. If you are willing to offer food at this time, maybe your father will give you a greater reward. What else do you think about? Maybe my father will directly enthrone the county seat when he is happy."

Li Zhengran said calmly: "Don't worry."

"What's not in a hurry?"

Li Zheng sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and said calmly: "Everything is stable."

Li Shimin from Ganlu Palace was furious and shouted angrily: "I have only received five stones of food yet?"

Li Junxian and his men knelt down in front of Li Shimin, lowering his head and saying nothing.

There is indeed no food in Chang'an, let alone the farther suburbs in Chang'an.

It all points to a harvest this year, who will sell food before it is harvested.

Li Junxian whispered: "Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent."

It’s not that I have thought about forcing the expropriation, and now there are tight food in all parts of the country.

If I go to collect grain, this emperor will still do it.

Li Shimin stomped his feet anxiously, could he really make concessions to the aristocratic family?

"Your Majesty! Duke of the Wing Kingdom is asking for a visit."

"Li Shimin nodded and signaled to let someone come in."

Duke Qin Qiong of Yiguo walked up and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take out fifty stones of grain to rush to the war in Liangzhou."
Chapter completed!