Only tell Kangxi that it was sent by King Hami. After some thinking, Kangxi blurted out "Hami melon". Since then, people have been using "Hami melon" to call "Shanshan melon", and its original name has gradually been forgotten.
The king of Hami couldn't extricate himself after tasting it once, and wanted to send this fruit to Emperor Kangxi and ask him to taste it himself.
However, in ancient times, there was no good technology to preserve fruits, and the traffic was inconvenient, even if we hurried on.
It will take half a year to send Shanshan melon to Emperor Kangxi. At this time, the melon has basically rotted. If it does not rot and has no previous sweet smell, Kangxi may not like it. So King Hami asked for opinions extensively, hoping that everyone could come up with a good way.
Finally, someone came up with a good idea, that is, planting melon seedlings in wagons and cultivating them with the soil in Shanshan area. In this way, when we arrive in Beijing, Shanshan melon is just ripe, and this method can ensure fresh Shanshan melon.
Ancient fruits:
Fruit is an indispensable part of people's life. It can not only provide rich vitamins for the body, but also satisfy people's appetite.
Because of the good taste of many fruits, their prices have always been high, and some people even take "freedom of cherries" as their goal. It can be seen that these fruits are popular, but their prices are really high.
There are also many stories related to fruits. For example, Yang Guifei likes litchi very much, but it is not easy to eat fresh litchi.
In ancient times, the traffic was inconvenient, and many fruits often needed to be rushed, and it took several months to get to Beijing. Therefore, there is a poem like "Riding a princess in the world of mortals and laughing, no one knows it is litchi".