Chapter 389

Qin Mu had changed into a snow-white brocade robe, making him look clean and neat, very much like a graceful young master.

The imperial aura that was usually hard to hide had vanished without a trace.

There was a steamer on the kitchen stove, and wafts of fragrance were drifting out from it.

Besides that.

There were also boiled dumplings on the long table nearby.

The Imperial Kitchen was full of the atmosphere of daily life.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!"

Princess Changle's voice rang out outside the Imperial Kitchen.

"This girl, how did she know I was here?"

Qin Mu said with some helplessness.

There was nowhere to hide!

Women are troublesome!

Subsequently.

Princess Changle, Empress Zhangsun, and the others walked in.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

As soon as she entered, Princess Changle's saliva was already flowing.

The entire kitchen was filled with fragrance, with an indescribable sweetness.

"Eh! Husband, why did you suddenly think of eating dumplings?" Li Xueyan saw the plates of dumplings on the table and felt very curious. Did her husband come to the Imperial Kitchen in person just to eat a meal of dumplings? Empress Zhangsun and Wu Zetian's eyes were also full of confusion.

"Since you're here, try some first."

Qin Mu didn't explain anything, but let Empress Zhangsun and the others taste the dumplings. Princess Changle couldn't wait any longer; she picked up a dumpling and put it in her mouth.

"Hmm!? Why is it so delicious?"

As soon as it reached her mouth, Princess Changle was instantly amazed.

The taste of this dumpling was completely different from what she usually ate.

There was no gamey smell of beef or mutton, but rather an indescribable texture of meat.

"It really is delicious! Husband, how are these dumplings made?"

"That's right, I've never eaten such delicious dumplings before."

"It really is very delicious!"

Empress Zhangsun, Li Xueyan, and Wu Zetian also couldn't stop praising them.

The taste of these dumplings was completely different from what they had eaten before.

"The secret is in the meat filling; this isn't made with ordinary beef or mutton."

Qin Mu explained.

"Eh? Not beef or mutton? Then what meat is this? Why is it so delicious?"

Princess Changle blinked her dark, bright eyes, her mouth still full, and before she had finished speaking, she stuffed another dumpling into her mouth.

Ah!

A delicacy of the human world!

"This is made with pork."

"Pork?"

Hearing this, the expressions of Empress Zhangsun and the others changed suddenly.

In the Great Tang era, pork was also known as 'cheap meat,' with a sour, fishy smell, and was not used as food.

Even the poor commoners were unwilling to eat pork.

"Such a delicious meat filling, and it's made with cheap meat?"

Princess Changle asked in surprise.

"Husband, what is going on? Cheap meat has a sour, fishy smell, so why don't these dumplings have even the slightest unpleasant odor?"

Li Xueyan picked up a dumpling and observed it carefully, but still couldn't find the reason.

Empress Zhangsun and Wu Zetian also frowned, unable to figure it out.

"That's because I processed it specially, which ensures the pork is delicious and tastes excellent."

Qin Mu smiled slightly.

Actually.

He had been considering the matter of raising pigs for a long time.

Previously on the Tibetan Plateau, the climate and environment were not suitable for raising pigs.

Yizhou was different.

The climate here was stable, the rainfall was abundant, and the environment was extremely superior, making it extremely suitable for raising pigs.

This task naturally fell to Shen Wansan, and he taught Shen Wansan the method of castrating pigs to ensure the meat was delicious.

Shen Wansan did not disappoint.

Within just a few months, he had built tens of thousands of pigsties around Yizhou and led the local people to get rich by raising pigs.

There were many mountains in Yizhou, which were not suitable for large-scale planting of crops.

The life of the common people relying on farming was quite difficult.

Now that the people didn't have to farm but raised pigs instead, their lives had improved greatly very quickly.

Plus the super wheat, super oilseed rape, and baobab trees previously obtained from the system!

The current grain supply of Great Qin had reached an astonishing amount.

It is no exaggeration to say.

Even if the people of Yizhou did nothing.

The harvested grain would be enough to supply tens of millions of people for several years!

The people everywhere truly felt the changes brought to them by the Emperor and Great Qin, and one after another, they were grateful, calling Qin Mu a living Bodhisattva.

Qin Mu's reputation also grew day by day.

In various places in Yizhou, people spontaneously built shrines to sing the praises of Qin Mu, praying for blessings morning and night, hoping that heaven would bless the Emperor of Great Qin with a long life.

After all.

Being able to encounter an emperor for the ages in one's own lifetime is a matter of great fortune.

After all, in history, emperors with achievements are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, while the incompetent and lawless are as numerous as ox hair.

"My god, I didn't expect cheap meat to be so delicious; it's really too delicious!"

Princess Changle kept exclaiming while tasting the dumplings.

Empress Zhangsun, Li Xueyan, and Wu Zetian were also filled with emotion and amazement.

Qin Mu was like opening a door to a new world for them.

"Your Majesty, the sweet potatoes are ready."

Wei Zhongxian respectfully handed a sweet potato to Qin Mu.

"Brother-in-law, what is this again?"

Looking at the roasted sweet potato with red skin and yellow flesh, and smelling the fragrance it emitted, Princess Changle was instantly attracted.

Wu Zetian and the others also crowded around.

It wasn't that they weren't reserved.

It was just that the roasted sweet potato smelled too good!

"This is called a sweet potato, one of the things offered as tribute by the King of the Yuezhi Kingdom."

Qin Mu explained.

This was the benefit of being the suzerain of the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions.

The Western Regions were vast and bordered the Roman Empire.

Trade between the two places had never stopped.

And sweet potatoes were transmitted to the Western Regions from the Roman Empire. ===== CHAPTER 391 =====