Chapter 293 Chapter two hundred and ninety-three : Chili Sauce
Chapter 293 Chapter 293: Roasted Pepper Sauce
Author: The Secret in the Tree Hole
I picked them for three consecutive days in Zhujiazhuang, but I only picked the tip of the iceberg of the thousand acres of pepper land. However, there is no room for more peppers here in the house, and no more peppers will be available for the time being.
Xu Chunshan immediately stopped the work and waited for further notice.
He and his people worked hard for several days and made five hundred jars of chili sauce. The jars were piled densely in the room. He felt that there was already a lot and he could send it to the emperor first.
Naturally, Xu Dajun still had to negotiate this task. He had never been to Mingren Garden, let alone talked to the manager.
So, after school that day, Xu Dajun went to Mingren Garden.
The steward named Wu was still in charge of Mingrenyuan, and Xu Dajun looked at him and felt friendly.
It's easy to talk to him about things.
"Guanshi Wu, it's like this. The peppers have already produced fruits. Although they are still green and cannot be dried and stored for a long time, my father thought about making a roasted pepper that can be stored for a month.
If you add chili sauce, you can mix it with rice. It tastes fragrant and tasty, ensuring a comfortable meal.
Now, five hundred altars have been made. Take a look. Should you send them to the emperor first so that he can see them?"
Manager Wu has been paying attention to every move in Zhujiazhuang. From the preparation of the land to the planting of the pepper seedlings to the flowering and fruiting, he knows every step clearly. Naturally, he also knows that the peppers were picked there a few days ago.
What about the big battle? There has been a lot of talk about it in the city these days.
Xu Chunshan also knew that he made the chili sauce. What he knew, it was impossible for the emperor not to know.
Therefore, he had planned to send someone to make the chili sauce in a day or two.
After listening to Xu Dajun's words, he immediately said: "Let your father prepare. I will send someone to take him away early tomorrow morning."
Five hundred jars of roasted pepper sauce would require at least ten vehicles to pull it. The news made people who were paying attention to Xu Chunshan know about it immediately.
I was originally curious about what the chili peppers were made of, and how they were sold or not. But now that they were cooked, they were taken away?
After all kinds of inquiries, I didn't know everything in detail. I only knew that this thing was going to the capital, and it seemed that the people who came to negotiate with Xu Chunshan often hung out at Mingren Garden.
Now, as long as you are not stupid, you will know what is going on.
At this moment, how dare you pry into Xu Chunshan's affairs? He hid away as fast as he could.
Xu Chunshan is eager for this kind of purity. These days, there are many people wandering around Jintai Alley, just like flies, they can't be swatted away or sting, they just buzz and disturb people's eyes.
Manager Wu told him to continue working, and his original words were as follows: "How can five hundred jars be enough? You keep working, don't stop, I will come and take you away later."
He immediately sent a letter to Uncle Zhang and asked Uncle Zhang to start picking peppers and continue making chili sauce.
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The journey by car and horse from Qingzhou to Beijing takes half a month.
But this is an ordinary person. How can he be the same as others when giving things to the emperor?
Therefore, the people in charge of Wu took away 500 jars of roasted pepper sauce and traveled day and night to reach the capital in just a few days.
It's August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is also the first major festival for the Emperor's accession to the throne, so naturally it must be held grandly.
The palace banquet stipulates that all Beijing officials above the fifth rank can bring their family members to the palace to participate.
Queuing up to enter the palace began at this time, and the entrance to the palace was strictly inspected. It was not until the beginning of the Youshi period that all the people attending the banquet entered the palace.
The Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was held in Qionglu Pond. The emperor, queen, concubines, and royal family members were all in the Qiongyu Tower next to Qionglu Pond. There was a huge terrace upstairs, and they were sitting on a high platform.
You can have a panoramic view of everything below.
The seats for the officials and their family members are naturally below, arranged one by one according to the rank, starting from the Qiongyu downstairs and along both sides of the Qionglu Pond.
Baoyu Pavilion opposite Qiongyu Tower is a large stage for singing and dancing performances.
At the beginning of the lanterns, everyone took their seats and waited for a long time. The emperor and the queen came together. Naturally, the noble person had to appear last and attract the attention of the whole audience.
As soon as the emperor and empress arrived, singing and dancing began.
The palace people also filed in and presented various delicacies to everyone at the table.
There are always many people at palace banquets, and this time there are officials and their families of fifth rank or above, so the number of people is even greater. The imperial dining room has been preparing since yesterday.
The palace banquet has a fixed number. It has already been stipulated what dishes can be cooked and what dishes cannot be cooked. It is not just random.
All kinds of food must be beautiful. Of course, they must be prepared in advance. However, when the dishes arrive on the table, most of them are already cold, and the taste is naturally greatly reduced.
Palace banquets have always been like this. What everyone values is the glory of having fun with the emperor. How you eat is not important.
Therefore, people who go to a banquet are mentally prepared. They don’t plan to go to the banquet to eat well. They just taste it.
The music studio has been preparing for tonight's show a few months ago. The song and dance performance was very exciting. Among them, there was also a performance in which the soldiers bravely killed the enemy and won a complete victory. The emperor applauded it.
, with the word "appreciation", the whole audience wanted to join in and applaud.
I thought that the highlight of the show was the song and dance performance, but midway through, the palace people filed in again, and each table was served a dish that was very unfamiliar to everyone.
This vegetable is shiny with oil, the green bits are wrapped in beige bits, and it exudes a strong fragrance.
The beige particles should be garlic, you can smell it.
But they couldn't tell what the green things were. Is it vegetables? Is it courgette? Is it beans? It doesn't look like it.
How could such a slightly unrefined dish appear at the palace banquet?
Everyone was filled with doubts and curiosity. Even the concubines and royal family members in the Qiongyu Tower were surprised when they saw this new dish.
Is this because the people in the imperial kitchen failed in their duties and made a mistake? Or what?
Isn't someone going to be unlucky?
Many people started to have conspiracy theories in their minds. Those who originally wanted to whisper among themselves were afraid of touching something, so they all pretended to enjoy the song and dance seriously, and tacitly ignored the newly presented dish.
The emperor on the high seat glanced slightly and caught everyone's expressions.
Immediately, I gave Manager Luo a wink, and then the singing and dancing stopped temporarily.
Those who paid attention to the movement on the high platform immediately sat up straighter. Knowing that the emperor had something to say, they all lowered their ears and listened respectfully.
The emperor swept away everyone, and then slowly said: "The new dish that was just presented is called roasted pepper sauce. It is specially made from a vegetable passed down from other countries. Everyone, please try it out."
Once Long Yan comes out, it is poison. How dare everyone not taste it?
For a time, everyone at the table tasted the new dish one after another.
One entrance.
Um?
How should I describe this taste? It has a strong garlic aroma and a hint of spiciness, like dogwood seasoning, but it seems to be richer and more fragrant than dogwood.
Everyone, who was already hungry and unable to take more than a few bites of the dishes at the palace banquet, especially the family members of the lower-ranking ministers, were the first to enter the palace and had nothing to eat during the trip. Now they ate this roasted pepper sauce
, I was immediately scratching my heart and lungs, eager to have a bowl of rice or a steamed bun and have a good time.