Chapter 294 Two hundred ninety-four : Understand, understand
Chapter 294 Chapter 294: Understand, understand
Author: The Secret in the Tree Hole
This unique, mouth-filling and appetizing roasted chili sauce seems to open some taste buds, making people who are already hungry even hungrier.
Zhong Guiren, who had just been diagnosed with pregnancy a few days ago, did not dare to eat randomly, but the emperor asked her to eat the roasted pepper sauce. With the emperor watching, it would be a bad idea for her not to eat it.
At the moment, she tasted just a little bit of the tip of the spoon, but the taste jumped into her mouth, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
She had always had a bad appetite ever since she was pregnant, but now that she tasted this taste, it was very satisfying to her appetite. She couldn't help but continue to take another spoonful, and then another spoonful, until she was almost
After finishing the small amount of chili sauce on this plate, I still felt like I still had some unfinished food.
Zhong Guiren was the first among the emperor's first draftees to be favored and the first to become pregnant. She had a name in front of the emperor, and she felt that she was different from the others.
Immediately, he looked up at the emperor and said softly: "Your Majesty, I wonder where this chili sauce comes from? Is it made in the imperial kitchen? It tastes very good to my concubine."
Everyone's ears suddenly pricked up, and they wanted to ask, but it was better for Mr. Zhong to ask first.
The emperor looked at Guiren Zhong and said with a smile: "I will ask Manager Luo to send you two altars later."
After that, he glanced at the crowd and continued: "This roasted pepper sauce was brought quickly from Qingzhou. This vegetable is called pepper, and it was a seed that a person named Xu accidentally obtained from a foreigner.
, it is extremely difficult to grow them, but I have some connection with him, so after the peppers were grown, he made some novel and delicious chili pepper sauce, and sent it to me as soon as possible."
"When I first received it, I was very curious. I couldn't see what was worth looking forward to in this mediocre sauce. But when I tasted it, I ate an extra bowl of rice for dinner that night for the first time!"
"I have obtained such a delicious thing, so naturally I want you all to try it and enjoy this delicious food with me. Dear lords, what do you think? Is this roasted pepper sauce to your liking?"
Who dares to disagree with Long's words?
Even if it doesn’t fit, it must fit!
Not to mention, this roasted chili sauce is right, it is really appetizing and memorable.
But everyone couldn't help but think more about it.
The emperor is diligent and caring for the people, and works hard to govern, but he does not seem to be someone who would take out a mere piece of food as a serious matter. The emperor does not attach importance to the appetite, so why do you do so?
As a minister, you have to figure out the emperor's words and deeds all the time. If you can't understand what the emperor means, okay, then you won't have the chance to see the emperor again.
The Minister of Hube stood up, raised his hands to the high seat and said: "Back to the emperor, this roasted pepper sauce is rich and charred, spicy and mellow in the mouth, leaving people with endless aftertaste. It is really delicious!"
Who can't flatter you?
No one would miss the opportunity to show their face in front of the emperor.
At the moment, this minister, then that minister, took turns to praise the roasted pepper sauce. There was also an adult from the Hanlin Academy who was born in the Imperial Academy, and even improvised a song based on the unique flavor of the roasted pepper sauce.
Poetry comes.
A good palace banquet suddenly turned into a roasted pepper sauce praise meeting.
But the person involved who caused this wave expressed that he was happy to see the results, and that was what he wanted.
In this atmosphere, General Zhou stood up at the table. He raised his hands to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen likes spicy food. This chili sauce is really suitable for Wei Chen's appetite. That's it, it's not enough."
Wei Chen wrapped it in his mouth, so Wei Chen was shameless and asked the emperor for a favor. How many jars of this roasted pepper sauce should Wei Chen be rewarded with?"
General Zhou was a close confidant of the Emperor. When the Emperor was still a patron king and was on the battlefield, he was the Emperor's vanguard general.
It was only him who spoke to the emperor so casually.
The emperor immediately laughed and scolded: "This roasted pepper sauce is not easy to come by. It takes a lot of energy and manpower to grow it! Making roasted pepper sauce is more delicious and I like it too. How many jars do you want me to reward you with?"
Dream on! If you want to eat, buy it yourself!"
General Zhou looked like a bear and said, "Buy? May I ask Your Majesty, where can I buy this humble minister? Who can I buy it from?"
The emperor said: "In a few days, a shop specializing in this roasted pepper sauce will open in the capital. You can just go and buy it."
At this point, if everyone still doesn't understand, then they are not worthy of sitting here at this moment.
The person named Xu in Qingzhou has a close relationship with the emperor. It is obvious that these chili peppers and chili pepper sauce are closely related to the emperor.
Which person with such a deep connection can be so proud that he can travel thousands of miles to deliver something to the emperor, and the emperor also accepts it, tastes it, doesn't say anything about it, and then gives it to these ministers to taste?
The emperor loves the people, and he loves the soldiers even more. When he was in the military camp, he always called himself brothers and sisters. He would rather lose himself than lose these brothers who were born and died.
I heard that the military expenses of the Nanshan Army alone cost several million taels of silver each year, and there were also Black Cavalry Guards. From the emperor's private treasury, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year were inevitably spent.
The Donghu people in the north have always been restless, and the battle is expected to start this winter.
Fighting a war is indispensable, and military expenditures are indispensable.
The late emperor was extravagant, and the national treasury was not rich at all. The emperor's private treasury also needed money to fill it.
Okay, I understand, I understand.
Smart people don't need to be explicit when they speak.
At the end of the palace banquet that night, the ministers and their families left the palace one after another. Before returning home, they told their wives on the carriage that they must pay close attention to see which shops have opened in the capital in recent days.
When the time comes, I will definitely go buy some more chili sauce and bring it back.
As for food, everyone in the house needs to eat it every day. What should we eat? Not to mention that this roasted chili sauce is delicious, so it’s not bad to buy it and eat it.
Let the emperor earn money in a roundabout way. The emperor looks good and is happy in his heart. If the emperor is happy, then everything is fine!
The concubines in the harem even wrote to their parents' families all night long to buy! They had to buy more, but they couldn't lose the battle, and they couldn't buy less than other concubines!
Therefore, on the day that the Xuji Shaojiao Sauce Shop opened on Shixiang Street, which is not the most prosperous street in Beijing, it was very popular, and the shop was almost packed.
The customers who came in were all crowded together, and they all wanted to be the first. They didn't even ask about the price, they just asked for a hundred jars or two hundred jars for me.
This grand occasion made other people who did not know the inside story stop curiously. What does this shop sell? Food? Chili pepper sauce? What is it? I have never heard of it.
Buy some and try it back?
Hmm? Sold out?
Is this sold out? Didn’t the shop just open?
What exactly are you selling?
Come and have a look tomorrow!
Then, when I asked tomorrow, it was gone again?
Do we have to wait two days this time?
What kind of shop is this? Is this for business? You don’t even greet me when there is business?
I came back two days later and found nothing.
Come again, come again, come again.
Finally, good guy, how much? One tael of silver per jar?
What the hell? Stealing money!
Well, buy it and try it to see what kind of delicacies you like.
After tasting it, um, it smells really good!
It's not expensive for only one tael of silver. Such a large pot can feed a family of more than ten people for half a month.
The main reason is that things are rare and valuable. They are not available anywhere else. There are so many princes, nobles, relatives, and noble families, and everyone is buying a lot of them! How can it be worse?
The Xuji Shaojiao Sauce Shop in Beijing is booming, making money every day.
Xu Chunshan, who is far away in Qingzhou: Huh? I opened a shop in the capital?