Chapter 69 The semen female partner chooses to farm (19)
With deep doubts, the royal chef followed the princess's wishes and prepared two salty glutinous rice fillings - salted egg yolk fresh meat and chestnut fresh meat.
He is responsible for preparing the stuffing, and there are many people to help him prepare it, so it can be steamed in a short time.
Halfway through steaming, you can smell the aroma - a powerful aroma that is completely different from the sweet rice dumplings, lingering in your mouth and nose.
After turning off the heat, it simmered all night and was not taken up until the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival.
The chef took a bite and his eyes instantly lit up.
tasty!
too delicious!
It turns out that salty rice dumplings are so delicious!
The Royal Chef seems to have opened the door to a new world.
From then on, I obeyed the princess and never had any doubts again.
She does whatever she says, even if she subverts traditional practices, she must have her reasons.
Dozens of people in the palace were all fascinated by the novel taste of salty rice dumplings, and King Jinnan was no exception.
He has no interest in sweet snacks.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, I can only try one or two bites of the Lantern Festival depending on the occasion. I didn’t expect that the rice dumplings can be made into savory dishes.
This morning, he ate three rice dumplings in one go and thought the rice dumplings made in the kitchen were stingy.
Xu Yin: "..."
Brother, are you still young? If you see the rice dumplings in future generations, what are you going to call them? Mini rice dumplings?
While eating, King Jinnan asked: "Princess, does she know whether Yuanxiao can be made salty?"
Xu Yin: The Dragon Boat Festival is not over yet, are you thinking about the Lantern Festival?
However, Xiankou Lantern Festival?
There are plenty of them! Fresh meat, abalone in chicken sauce, leek and egg, and super delicious pickled pork.
Any filling that can be used to make dumplings can also be used to make Yuanxiao.
Yan Kejin nodded while listening: "I am looking forward to next year's Lantern Festival."
Xu Yin: Ning is an invisible foodie!
The southern barbarians in May are completely summer in the eyes of the Central Plains people. Xu Yin has been fanning her hands for several days. One word: hot!
Therefore, the rice dumplings steamed in the morning may go rancid in the evening.
Xu Yin asked the kitchen to pack the remaining rice dumplings. The prince was going to inspect the mines and take them to share with the workers in the mines.
Although most of the miners are exiled prisoners, it’s a festival, so we give out rice dumplings to suit the occasion.
It would be great if you have ice. Freeze some and steam them whenever you want.
Xu Yin couldn't help but sigh.
The saltpeter was not found, so she had better get the motor out as soon as possible. She missed the refrigerator and the electric fan.
"Master, I see you are here, Shanba." Mammy came in with a smile and said, "This child is very polite. He said that he wanted to thank you for taking care of his family. He specially made rice dumplings and picked mountain products and sent them over."
Shanwa is the child who discovered hematite.
Xu Yin kept his promise, and after discovering that the hematite mine was worth developing, he rewarded him with one hundred taels of silver, and after that, he also arranged positions for his parents.
His father had broken his leg before, and it was cured, but he still couldn't walk, so he was arranged to guard the gate at the mine.
Her mother was a good cook, and the mine happened to need a few cooks to prepare meals, so one of them recommended her.
The wages in the mines are not high, but they are more stable. There are holidays and red seals and silver rewards during the holidays. It is much better than digging for food in the fields or collecting herbs in the mountains.
What's more, there was an additional reward of one hundred taels, and Shanwa's family was suddenly lifted out of poverty.
As soon as Xu Yin came out, Shanwa knelt down and kowtowed to her excitedly.
Xu Yin twitched her mouth, coming to the small world of ancient capital, the most uncomfortable thing was to kneel down and kowtow.
Fortunately again, I was already on my way south when I arrived. If I were in the capital, I would have to kneel down and bow to someone with a higher rank than myself, which would be really unbearable.
"How is your family?"
"As for Princess, everything is fine." Shanwa looked happy, "My father's legs are much better, and my mother cooks for the mine, earning 30 cents a day, and she and her two aunts take turns cooking, so she is not tired at all.
I can also do some embroidery work when I have time."
With that said, he presented the embroidered shoes made by his mother.
Xu Yin happily accepted it without any objection. She really thought Shanwa Niang's craftsmanship was good.
"Go back and ask your mother if you want to come to the palace to take over the embroidery work."
When the cocoons are in batches, we must open a silk weaving workshop and hire a group of embroiderers to use silk threads to embroider on silk brocade. Double-sided embroidery will be better. We can also try large screens and ornaments, which will be shipped to the Central Plains when the time comes.
In Beijing, make money from wealthy and idle people.
"Yeah." Shanwa nodded vigorously, "My mother will definitely be happy."
"Don't worry, I'll ask your mother for her opinion when you get home."
Shanwa brought rice dumplings, embroidered shoes and two pheasants tied with ropes that were still flapping.
Xu Yin returned to him two kilograms of brown sugar, a knife of meat, a basket of vegetables from the village, and twelve rolls of embroidery thread of different colors.
For tomatoes and other exotic vegetables, she comes with a simple recipe to prevent them from going to waste if they don’t know how to cook them when they take them home.
After Shanba left, Xu Yin ordered the big kitchen: "Just make pheasant soup for noon today. There is no need to make it too complicated."
The imperial chef was the best at making soups. It happened that the officials who were in charge of the exiled prisoners across the border learned that King Jinnan had come to the fiefdom and presented a batch of local fruits as tribute. Among them was a coconut gourd with fresh and delicious juice.
There's nothing better than simmering chicken soup.
So, the meal presented to Xu Yin at noon was——
Fresh Huaishan coconut chicken soup and white-cut chicken drizzled with garlic oil.
Eat authentic pheasant for two.
Xu Yin was so eloquent after eating that she ordered the other pheasant to be kept temporarily until the prince was at home, stewing it according to today's recipe.
Food needs to be shared.
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While Xu Yin was combining work and rest to enjoy the life of a southern barbarian, the team escorting Liu Cheng and Wang Zhihai finally arrived in the capital after a month-long journey day and night.
Once the charges against these two men were made public, the entire court was in an uproar.
There are so many poor places in Nanman, but there are also officials who are corrupt, and they are also using the banner of King Jinnan. No wonder they were tied up by the prince and sent to the capital.
Is this just throwing the face of the royal family underfoot or something? It’s so bullying!
If the owner of the fiefdom was not allowed to interfere in the government affairs, King Jinnan would behead the person directly, and no one would dare to say anything.
But he just tied the person over and let the emperor punish him.
The candidate for the new county governor was still appointed by the emperor.
Who dares to say that King Jinnan broke the rules? Aren’t they all within the rules?
As mentioned in the memorial, the residences of the two gangsters were raided, and the proceeds from the raids were used to offset the taxes paid by the people of the two counties until they were all used up.
This is correct. What you take from the people must be returned to the people. Otherwise, would the world be fair? What if the people rebel in groups?
What should I do if I don’t express my position in front of the emperor at this time, and the emperor suspects that they are of the same kind?
As a result, hundreds of civil and military officials came out to express their support:
"I second the proposal submitted by King Jinnan."
"I also second the proposal."
In fact, King Jinnan's approach is not very feasible in counties near central Beijing.
Because this area is relatively wealthy, the wealth of people's wealth and wealth that corrupt officials plundered over the course of a year might be richer than the emperor's private treasury.
Who is willing to give the people tax deductions with their free money?
After all, Nanman is so poor that it would be nice if the emperor were not exempted from taxes. How much money can there be?