Chapter seven hundred and ninety seventh concubine Xian is sick
The crowd gathered around the big white pig, chatting and commenting, and it was very lively.
I saw this white pig, which is much larger than the black pigs I usually see. The most intuitive feeling is one word: white.
Two butchers came forward with sharp knives and cut up the white pig in front of everyone.
At this time, everyone discovered that apart from the different colors of the pig skins, the white pork and the black pork also had another biggest feature, that is, the same piece of meat. The fat part of the white pig accounted for more than half, while the fat part of the black pig only accounted for a little bit.
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In distant later generations, people pursued eating lean meat, but felt that fat meat was too greasy and eating too much was bad for the body.
But in this era of poverty, many people can't even afford food and water. When eating meat, if they can eat more fat, they will feel happy in their hearts.
Therefore, when white pork appeared, many people were shocked.
This is the big fat meat of my dreams!
Many people started to drool.
The menacing old man just now suddenly took out a money bag and slammed it on the table: "This is a regular amount of money. Give me twenty pounds. I want here...here...and here!"
These are the fattest parts of the pig.
The shopkeeper took the money and said with a smile: "Okay, pay first and choose as you like!"
"Me, ten pounds!"
"And me, thirty pounds!"
"Me, me, me, twenty pounds!"
This is the county seat of Hu County, and there is no shortage of wealthy people.
In the blink of an eye.
A pig was divided into pieces.
Those who were still hesitating just now, when they took out their money, it was gone.
The shopkeeper said: "I'm sorry, everyone, this sacred pig is not an ordinary pig and is difficult to raise. Therefore, our store only sells one per day, first come first served! Even if you can't buy the sacred pork, you can still buy high-quality products.
Pork!”
yes!
Everyone suddenly realized this and rushed to the high-quality pork sales window to pay for the meat.
People who thought it was expensive just now no longer think it is expensive now.
The high-quality pork was quickly sold out.
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Within a few days, the reputation of high-quality pork and sacred pork was completely established.
The supply of high-quality pork and sacred pork is limited, but its reputation is growing. Many wealthy people, after eating white pork, no longer eat white pork, and even do not like high-quality pork.
And more people, after eating high-quality pork, feel that this is the most delicious thing in the world, and they will no longer go back to eat ordinary pork.
The business of the pig farm is getting better and better, which can be described as making money every day.
For a time, pork was all the talk in the streets and alleys.
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Royal Palace.
evening.
A ray of sunset light shone into the imperial study from the window and fell on the floor, forming mottled shadows.
Zhao Yang hurriedly walked in and whispered: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xu Xian's illness is still not improving. The imperial doctor just came to report that there is nothing we can do!"
Snapped.
Li Er threw down the brush in his hand and said displeasedly: "They are all a bunch of trash. The dignified imperial doctors can't even cure the illness of the concubine Xian. It's really unreasonable. Let me go and have a look!"
After that, Li Er put down his official duties and came to the harem in person to visit Concubine Xu Xian.
Concubine Xu Xian, whose real name is Xu Hui, was a famous talented woman in the south of the Yangtze River when she was young. She was very fond of Li Er because of her appearance and talent. Moreover, in the harem, Concubine Xu Xian did not seek fame and wealth, nor competed for it. Her personality was quiet and elegant, and she was always praised by others.
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A few days ago, Concubine Xu Xian began to be unable to eat.
After diagnosis and treatment, the imperial doctor in the palace was helpless.
Li Er hurriedly walked into the palace and saw Concubine Xu Xian being helped out to greet the Holy Driver.
He felt extremely distressed and hurriedly helped Concubine Xu Xian back to rest.
"Don't worry, my beloved, I will definitely find the best imperial doctor for you to treat your illness!" Li Er looked at Concubine Xu Xian's sick look with great pity.
Concubine Xu Xian took Li Er's hand and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine's illness is probably incurable. Since that day she ate pork, she doesn't want to eat anything else!"
Um?
Li Er suddenly became alert.
Could it be that someone poisoned me?
He hurriedly asked: "My beloved concubine, is your disease caused by eating pork?"
"Exactly, Your Majesty, after I ate a meal of pork that day, I felt that all the delicious food in the world was tasteless and I didn't want to eat anything. I even felt that the water I drank was bitter. This illness is so strange.
I'm afraid there is no cure!" Concubine Xu Xian said weakly.
Swish.
Li Er stood up immediately and said with a gloomy face: "Go, check, check for me whether there is anything wrong with the pork that day!"
Zhao Yang hurriedly arranged for people to investigate.
Not long after, Zhao Yang came back in person to report: "Your Majesty, the pork and pork dishes that day were all inspected by the palace, and there is nothing wrong with them."
"It's really strange. Could it be that after eating pork, I don't want to eat anything else? Why not ask the imperial kitchen to make some more pork for my concubine to try!" Li Er suddenly thought.
Concubine Xu Xian shook her head: "Your Majesty, it's useless. I thought the same way before, but I don't want to eat the pork I cooked anymore!"
"No," Li Er said suddenly, "it must be the pork. Come and call the people who bought the pork that day, the cooks, and the palace maids and eunuchs who delivered the meals. I want to interrogate it myself!"
Not long after, the eunuchs who had left the palace that day to buy pork, the royal cooks who cooked the dishes, and the palace maids and eunuchs who delivered the meals were all called over.
Before Li Er could speak, he saw a eunuch kneeling on the ground.
"Your Majesty, please spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"
I saw the eunuch trembling and shouting.
Li Er was furious: "Tell me, did you tamper with the pork?"
The eunuch said fearfully: "Your Majesty, you are wronged. How dare I do such a thing? My slave... That day, Concubine Xian said she wanted to eat pork, so I was ordered to go out of the palace to buy pork. Who knew that when I got to the butcher shop, the pork was...
It has been sold out, and I thought that if Concubine Xian couldn’t eat pork, she would definitely blame me, so she bought two kilograms of pork from a passerby for a certain amount of money!”
"No, pork costs five cents per catty. Why did you spend the same amount to buy two catties?" Zhao Yang asked loudly.
The eunuch hurriedly explained: "Mr. Zhao doesn't know something. It's not ordinary pork, but white pork. This white pork is sold in pork shops for less than ten cents per catty, but outside, it's not fresh for three hundred cents per catty."
, some even sell for 500 Wen per catty... Your Majesty, I really don’t know that there is something wrong with that pork, Your Majesty, please punish me!"
White pork?
Is it really a problem with white pork?
Li Er thought about it and immediately ordered: "Zhao Yang, leave the palace quickly and buy a few kilograms of white pork. Let the imperial doctor in the palace take a good look at it to see if there is anything wrong with the white pork!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Immediately, Zhao Yang received the order and took people out of the palace. He bought several kilograms of pork at a high price and took it back to the palace and handed it over to the imperial doctors for examination.
A group of imperial doctors gathered around several kilograms of white pork and tried all kinds of methods, but they didn't find anything special about the pork.
If I must say something, this pork looks extremely white!