In summer, the bannermen in the capital cannot do without sesame paste.
Indeed, whether it is a small cold dish or the cold noodles that everyone must eat in summer, sesame sauce is an indispensable taste for the people of Imperial City.
I came from the "New Sichuan Noodle Shop" in the imperial capital. Their cold noodles taste smooth and chewy. In addition to being slightly sweet in the mouth, the sauce is mixed with the spiciness of mustard.
For their cold noodles, a large basin is placed on the counter and then poured directly onto the plate. It will not become lumpy after being left for a long time.
On a sultry summer day, eating a bowl of sesame sauce noodles mixed with mustard will definitely make you forget what it feels like to have a "loss of appetite".
In addition to their cold noodles and fried bean paste noodles, Kangxi loved their spicy and sour melon sticks the most.
This kind of spicy and sour melon strips has the water content of the cucumber extracted. It tastes not only crispy but also a bit chewy. It is sour, sweet, spicy and super refreshing. When paired with sesame sauce cold noodles, oh my, it is simply delicious.
Perfect match!
When Kangxi and Yuzhu were sitting and eating noodles, the proprietress of the noodle shop said in a sweet and crisp voice while serving noodles: "Masters, the fried sauce in this shop is freshly fried every day, and the noodles are by default "pot pick".
', if you need to get some water, you can tell us in advance. A bowl of noodles costs 30 cents, and you can get free refills of noodles, sauce, laba garlic, etc. You'll be satisfied!"
After finishing the noodles, Kangxi sighed: "If I had another big bowl of the 'snow cheese' that you have promoted so much, it would be really moisturizing!"
Snow cheese, also known as home-made ice cream, is made by shaving shavings from natural ice with a planer, then pouring fruit cheese (dried fruit), red fruit cheese and thick sour plum juice into it, stirring it with a stick in a wooden barrel or porcelain basin, and then pouring it in
In the cup, half drink and half chew.
What Yuzhu improved was the planer, which increased the efficiency of ice shaving by more than ten times.
"Old man, your stomach and intestines are not suitable for eating anything too cold." Yuzhu could not let the old emperor do whatever he wanted.
Because the old emperor would have diarrhea if he ate too much cold food.
The emperor's diarrhea is not a trivial matter, it may cause the world to collapse.
"You little bastard, you are too lazy to die, but you still want to control me. You are not allowed to eat this, and you are not allowed to eat that. You might as well starve to death." The old emperor acted like a child, and was more rogue than anyone else.
"This master, your grandson is really filial. My sons, who cares what I eat?" Just as Yuzhu and the old emperor were arguing, someone from the side suddenly interrupted.
Yuzhu turned around and saw an unusually tall elderly man wearing a Liuhe hat and a blue silk shirt, looking at them with a smile.
When the old emperor was present, it was naturally impossible for Yuzhu to speak first.
The old emperor just happened to come to chat, so he put down the bowl in his hand, cupped his fists and said, "My surname is Huang. I am doing business in the capital. I have three brothers, so my servants all call me Mr. Huang San."
"It turns out to be Mr. Huang San. I'm glad to meet you." The old man in blue shirt returned the gift and said politely, "What a coincidence, I am a lowly businessman from Wujiapu in Taigu, Shanxi Province. My surname is Wang.
Named Prime Minister."
Wang Xiangqing? Yuzhu has no impression at all and has never heard of this name before.
However, a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper next to Wang Xiangqing introduced him very politely: "To be honest, Mr. Huang San, this is the boss of our Dashengkui."
Oh, this makes the details clear.
However, Kangxi was still confused. He had no idea what Dashengkui did.
Yuzhu naturally knew very well what Dashengkui did. However, he didn't know that Dashengkui's boss was named Wang Xiangqing.
Because, Kangxi ordered, Yuzhu took action and massacred Egar Zang's entire family.
Yuzhu had to clean up the aftermath of Princess Heshuo Duanjing, so all the trade routes north from Rehe were blocked by the new army.
Unexpectedly, after the army blocked the road, they met Wang Xiangqing in the noodle shop.
Since they met by chance and Wang Xiangqing's conversation was good, Kangxi became interested and invited Wang Xiangqing to the teahouse for a chat.
Wang Xiangqing had nothing to do anyway, so he agreed obediently.
When there were no outsiders, Yuzhu dared to touch his nose and face, and he was as playful as the old emperor.
Since Wang Xiangqing was present, Yuzhu stood beside Kangxi in a polite manner.
The old emperor glanced at Yuzhu, who was bowing his head and looking extremely obedient, and said to himself, this guy is very knowledgeable.
Yuzhu's performance really confused Wang Xiangqing, making him mistakenly believe that the old and young in front of him were his real ancestors and grandsons.
According to the calculations of the banner people, Kangxi was already sixty-one years old. However, according to the old practice of the Han people in the imperial capital, the sixtieth birthday can only be a real one, not a false one.
In fact, the old emperor was still a few months away from turning sixty.
The Qiansou Banquet is also being actively prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When eating noodles, I gave too much sesame sauce and it was a bit salty.
The old emperor had a dry mouth, so he happened to be drinking tea and chatting with Wang Xiangqing.
"I wonder, what does Mr. Wang's family do for a living?" Kangxi wanted to find out the details of Wang Xiangqing.
Kangxi's question revealed that he was not a businessman.
In the business circle in the capital, anyone doing fur business has to deal with Dashengkui.
When Yuzhu saw Wang Xiangqing looking at Kangxi with wide eyes, he knew that the old emperor had failed in pretending to be a businessman.
However, if you pretend to fail, you have failed, but you won’t lose half of your meat?
"To tell you the truth, Mr. Huang San, I specialize in small businesses in leather goods, tea, cotton, linen and silk in the Uliasoutai and Khovd areas." Wang Xiangqing cupped his fists and raised his hands, saying very politely. "Wang Xiangqing is a man.
Very personable guy.
Even if Kangxi was a fake businessman, Wang Xiangqing not only did not expose the truth, but introduced the scope of his business in detail.
After hearing about Ulyasutai and Khovd, Kangxi couldn't help but feel refreshed.
In the first phase of the Qingzhun War, which was personally directed by Kangxi, Ulyasutai and Khovd were recovered.
Galdan is the most promising Mongolian to take over the mantle of Genghis Khan!
If Kangxi were the stingy Daoguang, not only would Uliasutai be lost, but within three hundred miles of the imperial capital, there would always be a threat from the Junggar people.
God bless the Qing Dynasty. After the three Qing-Zhun wars, due to the civil strife in Junggar, under the joint attack of Kangxi and Cewang Alabutan, Galdan committed suicide in shame.
The map of Uliasutai had been thoroughly studied by Kangxi long ago.
Seeing that Kangxi described the characteristics of various places in Uliasutai in detail, especially the location of water sources, Wang Xiangqing was confused.
He is not a businessman, but he knows the terrain characteristics of the Mongolian grassland so well. Who is this Mr. Huang San?
Seeing that Wang Xiangqing never scratched Kangxi's itch, Yuzhu could no longer remain silent. While Kangxi was drinking tea, he deliberately asked Wang Xiangqing: "For the great business of Wang Dadong's family, we still need to thank Jin's illustrious martial arts."
If the skin is gone, how will the hair be attached?
If Kangxi hadn't conquered such a huge grassland territory, how could Wang Xiangqing's business become more and more prosperous?
You must know that the quality of business is directly related to the safety environment.
It was precisely because they learned the lesson from the defeat of the previous Ming Dynasty that no matter who the Qing army fought, their trade routes would definitely be cut off.
The profiteers who dare to smuggle grain and other materials will, as long as they are caught, attack the three tribes in the name of supporting the enemy.
Of course, in the war with Hou Jin, the Ming Dynasty's embargo policy on strategic materials was obviously a complete failure.
From the Hou Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, from Laolu to Dorgon, the eight major Shanxi merchants smuggled a huge amount of various materials out of Shanxi.
It relied on the various materials smuggled out of the customs by Shanxi merchants, and the backend that was not even enough for iron pots, allowed it to thrive.
Objectively speaking, the rise of Shanxi merchants was entirely due to Shanxi's geographical advantages.
Because Shanxi has long been the interface between farming civilization and grassland civilization, the grassland nomads are a group with extremely low productivity and need to obtain a large amount of living materials from the Central Plains, which provided the foundation for the rise of Shanxi merchants.
After the rise of Nurhaci's Houjin forces, from Wanli to Tianqi, the Ming Dynasty always hoped to restrict the development of the Houjin through economic blockade.
However, Shanxi merchants colluded with the Ming Dynasty's border generals and used Zhangjiakou as a base to transport grain, grass and other military supplies to the Jin Dynasty through Mongolia, and even passed on intelligence to help the Jin Dynasty defeat the Ming army.
During the Huang Taiji period, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties broke into the Great Wall several times and plundered a large amount of treasures and materials from Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other places.
At this time, the stolen goods selling gangs headed by Shanxi merchants appeared. They obtained the gold and silver property plundered from the people of the Central Plains from the Manchus, and then collected a large amount of grain, grass and military supplies from the Central Plains, and transported them outside the customs to finance the future.
However, Wang Xiangqing, the founder of Dashengkui, was not a traditional Shanxi merchant. He had no relationship with the eight imperial merchants in Tonglu, Shanxi.
Wang Xiangqing was originally a poor Shanxi merchant. After following Kangxi's army into Uliasutai, his business gradually expanded.
It must be admitted that Wang Xiangqing relied on his serious business skills to become rich.
Therefore, Yuzhu does not hate Dashengkui.
What Kangxi was interested in was the military topography of Uliasutai, which was very clear.
As for Wang Xiangqing, he was only interested in the money in the Mongolian pockets.
However, trade routes were military transportation routes, and Wang Xiangqing could answer and speak to Kangxi's words.
Different from the modern gossips everywhere, in Kangxi's era, there were really not many people who were familiar with the terrain of the prairie.
Even if Yuzhu wants to lead troops into Uliasutai, he must rely on Mongolian guides.
"Master Wang, who do you think will win in the end between the Qing Dynasty and the Junggars?" Kangxi could never care about the business experience of merchants. His perspective on the problem was always the territory and population, and the Junggars' influence on the Qing Dynasty.
huge threat.
Wang Xiangqing put down the tea cup and said very seriously: "To be honest with Mr. Huang San, in the past, the outcome of our Qing Dynasty was really unpredictable. However, since General Yu led his troops to capture the Hutus Pass,
After that, I dare to say that our Qing Dynasty will definitely win."
Kangxi glanced at Yuzhu calmly, "Well, the little bastard not only knows how to enjoy life, but he also has a good way of leading troops to fight."
Wang Xiangqing openly held the jade pillar in front of the old emperor.
Yuzhu didn't show the slightest hint of happiness, and still stood with solemn hands without showing any trace.
"Why do you see it?" the old emperor asked Wang Xiangqing curiously.