Chapter 766 Princess 15
Princess House.
“This pig is so big!”
"What on earth do they eat?!"
"Also, there are white pigs?"
"Speaking of which, I just heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say in the palace that this pig was a big deal. I didn't believe it at all, but I didn't expect... that this is the truth."
Several adults from the palace's animal husbandry department gathered around the pigpen and watched wildly. Their shock at this moment was beyond words.
As for the white pigs they were talking about, it was because someone outside heard that Sheng Huan was raising pigs, so in order to please the princess, they brought back two pigs from overseas that were different from the local ones.
Now these two pigs are fatter than local pigs.
"Were they really only raised for more than four months? Instead of a year?" The head of the Breeding Department muttered to himself.
Although pork is not delicious, it is still oily. If it is promoted, such a big pig will be enough to fill the stomachs of the people. After all, there is not enough oil, so why would the people care whether it smells or not.
As for the upper class, it doesn't matter whether they eat it or not. In fact, it doesn't matter if they eat it. After all, people used special spices to cook pork in the early years. Once these spices are added, the fishy smell in the pork can still be suppressed. It's just that the spices are expensive and ordinary people can't afford it. In addition, the cheapness of pork is well known. The nobles usually pride themselves on their status and will not eat it.
Speaking of which, it is indeed very strange that Princess Fengning raises pigs.
"My Lords." The pig farmer in the princess's mansion was proud when hearing these words: "These five pigs have indeed only been raised for more than four months. We, the servants, have carefully raised them according to the recipe given by the princess, and we dare not make any mistakes."
"It really only took more than four months?!" Several adults from the Breeding Department turned around at the same time, staring at the palace maid with eyes as fierce as wolves and tigers, as if they were going to pounce on her in the next second.
The palace servant was almost taken a step back by these gazes. He tried to steady himself and nodded: "That's right, only three days away, it will be five months."
"Princess Fengning..." The officer from the Breeding Department rubbed his hands and looked at Sheng Huan.
Sheng Huan was talking to Crown Prince Feng Xiucheng. She felt their gazes and looked over to meet their shining eyes. She smiled and nodded:
"He's right."
The officer of the Breeding Department took a deep breath and said, "This! This is simply unbelievable."
"This pig, which is almost five months old, has already reached the weight for slaughter!"
"If I raise it a little longer, will it get fatter and bigger?"
It's no wonder that everyone in the Breeding Department was so excited, after all, these pigs had indeed reached the weight for slaughter. You know, before this, it took some time to raise local pigs, and some even took two years to be slaughtered. Normally, it would take ten to twelve months, and the weight was only a little over 100 kilograms.
At this time, the pigs raised by Princess Fengning had obviously exceeded 100 kilograms, or even more.
As expected of her, she is Princess Fengning. She is better than others at raising pigs.
Seeing how excited everyone was, Sheng Huan spoke up:
"I have observed these past few days that this white pig grows faster than the black pig. It is a good idea to have one male and one female. I will keep them for breeding in the future."
"Brother Crown Prince." Sheng Huan said, looking at Feng Xiucheng, his eyebrows slightly curved: "Now that you are back safely, it is a good day to have a reunion dinner."
Feng Xiucheng stood with his hands behind his back. Hearing this, he lowered his eyes to look at Sheng Huan with a smile in his eyes: "I want to eat! Let's go to the East Palace."
“No.” Sheng Huan shook his head, his eyes raised: “We will kill the pig and eat it.”
"Brother Crown Prince, I raised this pig because I read in a book. The book said that after castration, the pig will not only grow very large, but will not even smell fishy and will be very delicious."
"Oh, right." The girl faced the evening breeze, her pearls and jade gently swaying, "There's also a recipe."
Feng Xiucheng looked at his sister's playful look and had no objection.
It doesn’t matter if the pork really doesn’t taste good. I can’t make my sister sad.
"Feng Ning said so. I can't wait any longer."
The officials from the Breeding Department were also excited when they heard this. Princess Fengning's words made them look forward to it.
If the pork is not fishy or smelly, then it is truly... a good pig that benefits the country and the people!
This is a pig that big at only five months old! Just thinking about it makes me excited.
"I greet Her Royal Highness the Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the others."
When the official from the Breeding Department was looking at him with longing, a man in blue clothes holding a guqin appeared.
The man in blue looked a little nervous because there were so many people here.
Sheng Huan looked calm, and said, "Everything remains the same."
"Yes." The man in blue bowed his head respectfully, then put down... the piano in front of the pigpen.
The officials from the Breeding Department looked bewildered.
What is this person doing? Why did he put down the piano here? Is he going to play the piano here?
Playing the piano to pigs?
Everyone looked puzzled.
A "clang" sound suddenly rang out.
Sure enough, they were right. The man in blue really started playing the piano.
The piano sounded beautiful, but he was playing it to... a pig?
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the pigs in the pigsty looked like an old man, drowsy.
Official from the Breeding Department: “…”
Is this...reasonable?
The palace servants who raised pigs in the princess's mansion were not surprised and explained it promptly.
"When the two white pigs first arrived, they were a little noisy. But when they heard the music, I noticed that they quieted down."
"Later, through experiments, I and others discovered that pigs that listened to music were quieter than those that did not, and even grew faster."
"The princess also said so. The music of the piano comforts this pig, and it is happy and fat."
Everyone in the Breeding Department was dumbfounded.
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Border.
"Generals, it's time for dinner."
The firemen served dinner.
The stern man in the lead raised his hand, and as soon as he raised his hand, today's battle strategy came to an end.
Dinner was served quickly.
It was a few pieces of bread, a plate of vegetables, a plate of soybeans, a bowl of chicken, and a bowl of broth, nothing else.
This dinner was good enough.
However, the stern-looking man in armor frowned, and his voice was neither light nor heavy, but it carried an inexplicable murderous aura.
"What did the soldiers eat?"
The fireman soldier nodded: "General... everyone eats the same thing."
The man is His Royal Highness Prince Xiao. As a prince and commander-in-chief, he stands together with all the soldiers. He is not at all alienated from them and they eat and use the same things.
So much so that when His Royal Highness Prince Xiao saw the food, he knew at a glance that there was not enough meat in the camp.
For soldiers, the most important thing is to eat meat!
They not only need to eat meat, but also need to be full. Only when they are full can they have the strength to defend their country.
King Xiao did not eat, but walked out of the camp.
His direction is towards dine-in.
"General!" Seeing this, the firearms soldiers hurriedly chased after him.
When King Xiao arrived at the dining hall, he saw the food that everyone was eating.
It was indeed the same as his, except that the meat in their bowls was pitifully sporadic, with very little oil or water.
King Xiao's face darkened.
The army only eats meat once every five days, but the amount of meat this time was too little.
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Let’s not talk about what’s happening at the border for now.
The next day, at Sheng Huan's side, the princess's mansion started slaughtering pigs.
In order to try something new, only one pig was killed.
When the fat was fried and made into lard residue, the aroma of the meat spread from the princess's mansion to the streets and alleys, making passers-by who smelled it swallow their saliva.
"Whose food is this? Why does it smell so good?"
"Mom, mom, I want to eat meat tonight."
"What meat are you eating? You look like meat to me!"
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Princess House.
"Delicious!" Gu Zhouyan was afraid that the lard residue would smell fishy, so he plucked up the courage to try it first. After trying it, the crisp sound exploded in his mouth, and it was crispy and crunchy. Not only did it have no smell at all, it also had a unique flavor.
"Feng Ning, it really doesn't smell bad at all, try it now."
He stretched out his chopsticks, held them in his palm, and passed them into the mouth of the girl who was sitting leisurely on the chaise longue.
Sheng Huan opened his mouth and gave him a look.
"It's really good."
Gu Zhouyan was happy and quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to Sheng Huan.
"Feng Ning, your lips are a little dry, drink some water."
His Majesty Ming Wang frowned as he watched this scene.
"Hey, I'm here too, okay? Don't treat me like air."
Gu Zhouyan, the little bully, snorted. He still held a grudge against those handsome men who were still staying in the princess's mansion. He had not forgotten why these handsome men appeared.
Laughing and having fun, taking it easy - watching a show.
It's really interesting when these two people argue with each other.
Prince Ming narrowed his eyes, curled his lips, picked up one at random, took a bite, and nodded instantly: "Interesting. Feng Ning, when father and mother come out of the palace in a while, I guarantee they will be surprised."
Sheng Huan came to the palace yesterday and said he was going to slaughter a pig. The Queen and Emperor Tiancheng also knew that the pigs Sheng Huan raised were different from others. Therefore, they were very interested in pork and decided to come over this afternoon to take a look and have a meal.
"Father and mother will definitely like it." Sheng Huan stood up and clasped the rings on his waist, making a crisp and pleasant sound: "Third brother, this pork can be made into many delicious dishes. Tonight, I will let you enjoy it to your heart's content."
"Wait and see."
While they were talking, two other married princesses also came. They ate the lard residue curiously, as if trying something new.
"Feng Ning, thanks to you, we are also blessed with a good meal today."
Emperor Tiancheng had only seven children, four of whom were born to the empress, and the other three, two princesses, were already married, and one prince was still young, only eight years old this year.
The reason why Emperor Tiancheng didn't have many children was because he and the queen were childhood sweethearts and had been married forever. They had always been deeply in love. Although there were beauties in his harem, they were not many.
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in the afternoon.
When the Empress and Emperor Tiancheng arrived, the Princess's residence was already filled with a rich aroma, which made the nearby residents feel that their dinners were no longer tasty.
"Greetings to Father, Emperor, and Mother."
Emperor Tiancheng raised his hand and looked at Sheng Huan: "Feng Ning, take me and your mother to see the pigs you raised."
"Yes." Sheng Huan was quite positive: "Father, Your Majesty, Mother, the pigs are kept in the West Courtyard, you come with me."
The queen held Sheng Huan's hand and was also curious about what the pig looked like.
The prince, Feng Xiucheng and the others had seen the appearance of the pig, so it was not surprising. They also reminded him along the way.
"Father, Emperor, Mother, Feng Ning has gained a lot from reading. It takes perseverance to find this method in the vast sea of books."
Emperor Tiancheng and Empress were honored by it.
Their daughter is amazing.
"You'll know when you see it later."
Although they had a premonition, when Emperor Tiancheng and the Empress really saw the fat pig, they still couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"This pig really doesn't look like it's almost five months old."
The Queen is strange.
Sheng Huan saw the queen like this and laughed: "Mother, don't say you don't believe it. If I hadn't been raising him, I'm afraid I wouldn't believe it either."
As Sheng Huan spoke, he calmly felt the Queen's pulse.
After these days of regulating her spiritual power, the old illness that the queen suffered from childbirth at an advanced age has almost been cured.
Emperor Tiancheng stared at the big pig with a gleam in his eyes.
“This is actually a five-month-old pig.”
"If we raise more, people will be able to afford to eat and eat well, and life will be more fulfilling."
"Feng Ning, isn't the dish ready?" Emperor Tiancheng couldn't wait to taste the pork: "Come on, let me see if it's really delicious."
If it tastes good, maybe pork will become the staple meat in the future.
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All dishes are served.
Dazzled.
“This is sweet and sour spareribs, sweet and sour pork tenderloin.”
When the palace maids started serving the dishes, they introduced them one by one.
"This is braised pork, sweet and sour pork, shredded pork with fish flavor, boiled pork slices... pork meatballs, stewed pork ribs with potatoes, minced meat and mashed potatoes..."
After the dishes were served, the palace maids stepped back to serve.
"Today is a family dinner, everyone can eat as much as they want."
Emperor Tiancheng started eating first and picked up a piece of braised pork.
It's rich but not greasy and melts in your mouth when you take a bite.
"Father, is it delicious?" Sheng Huan looked at him, his long eyelashes casting a shadow under his eyes.
"it is good!"
Emperor Tiancheng was very respectful.
"Everyone, come and eat. I didn't expect that this pork can be made into so many delicious dishes. It's really delicious!"
Others started to pick up their chopsticks. Even though they were used to eating delicacies from land and sea, no one could find fault with the pork delicacy.
"Oh, right." When Emperor Tiancheng was eating a potato, he suddenly looked at Sheng Huan and said, "Feng Ning, what is this potato? It tastes pretty good."
Emperor Tiancheng confirmed that he had never eaten this thing. He had never heard of the name potato either.
A smile flashed across Sheng Huan's eyes for a moment.
Today, she is not just introducing pork.
The ripe potatoes in the field are yet to be unlocked.
"Potatoes." Sheng Huan put down his chopsticks and curled his lips:
"Father, these potatoes are from foreign countries. I read in a travelogue that they are very productive and filling. I saw someone selling them by chance before, so I bought them. I wanted to see if that was true."
"Speaking of which, there weren't many when I first bought them, but I planted several more crops later. Today, I remembered it and asked the palace servants to dig it up. The palace servants said that they didn't expect to dig up much, but they didn't expect to dig up so many that they couldn't even put them all in the big baskets."
Sheng Huan said, seeming a little unbelievable: "But it's too late today. I wanted to ask someone to dig again tomorrow to see how many potatoes can be dug out."
"Wow!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Tiancheng stood up from his seat.
He was the emperor, and he should have been calm. But at this moment, thinking of his daughter's words that several baskets would not be able to hold all the potatoes, his heart began to beat violently, and he could not wait to see the potatoes.
Those future crops that I don’t recognize.
"Feng Ning, take me to see it."
The others present clearly understood why Emperor Tiancheng was so excited.
After all, food is the foundation of human beings.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also looked at Sheng Huan: "Feng Ning, where do you want me to be planted?"
"Father, Prince, don't worry." Sheng Huan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I planted the potatoes in the princess's garden. If you want to see them, you can dig them up anytime."
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At that time, the border.
His Royal Highness Prince Xiao locked himself in the tent for a long time.
Finally, he spread out the letter paper and decided to write a letter and send it to the capital.
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