Chapter 217: Songs

It was given free for three days, so that the reputation of rich chicken tea and fragrant duck quickly spread all over Yindu. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info people eat tender and fragrant chicken and duck meat in their mouths, but it is the story of how Prince Zhao managed the locust plague in Yudi. At this time, Ming Zhao didn't know that he had become the number one celebrity in Yindu, and he was sitting calmly in the Dongshan Palace reading the classics hidden here.

At that moment, one of the guards pushed open the door and walked in.

Ming Zhao glanced up at him, didn't say anything, and continued to look down at his book.

"Prince Zhao, Miss Feng has news. ”

Miss Feng?Ming Zhao raised his head in surprise, he looked carefully at the guard in front of him, "Are you?"

"I'm from the Dark Star Organization, and I've been trying to come in and save you since you were imprisoned, and I only found a chance to come in today. ”

"You just said that Miss Feng has news, what news does she have for you to tell me?"

"Miss Feng said, please rest assured, everything has her!"

Ming Zhao listened, first stunned, then smiled, and nodded, "I'm relieved, because she is here, I know there will be no problem." ”

"Then I'll get you out tonight!"

Ming Zhao shook his head, "My father's will for me is to come and pray for the ancestors, if I leave with you, it will be a blatant disobedience to the king's orders, and at that time, no matter what the senior sister and senior brother do outside, it will be useless." I can only stay here, don't worry, those people outside won't dare to harm my life. It's the junior sister's side, please go and tell her, let her be careful and do what she can. ”

The guard nodded, and left the Dongshan Palace with Ming Zhao's words.

Late at night, there were two spread out pieces on the desk in front of Shang Jun, one from Jidi and one from Yudi. These two notes had been placed in front of him since the afternoon, and when he had read them, he fell into deep thought.

In the recital, the officials of Jicheng City praised the prince for his merits, saying that as soon as he arrived in Jidi, he went deep into the people, led the people to eliminate locusts, and also came up with a good way to attack insects and chickens and ducks to eliminate insects, so that the loss of Jidi was minimized. Of the 1,200 households in the thistle, only 500 were severely affected, and the rest of the people were only slightly affected. Only half of the relief food allocated by the imperial court was used, and the people were very grateful.

In the recital of the officials of Yucheng City, it can be seen that the locust plague in Yudi is very serious, all 1,100 households are seriously affected, and all the relief grain allocated by the imperial court has been used up.

Xi Nei waited by his side all the time, pouring fresh hot tea for Shang Jun from time to time, and he could see that these two notes gave Shang Jun a lot of headaches. Before, there was a secret report that Prince Zhao used the public for personal gain in Yudi, and exchanged the grain from the official warehouse for the locust city favor to the common people, and then used the locusts in exchange to raise chickens and ducks and sell them for money, filling his own pockets.

Shang Jun can let go of some corrupt behaviors of local officials on weekdays, but when his son went to the people, he openly made him very angry and disappointed, so he immediately sent Huang Nei to summon Prince Zhao back, and after scolding him in person, he sent him to Dongshan Palace.

Prince Zhao did not defend himself during the whole process, and let Shang Jun send him to Dongshan Palace. The queen also took the opportunity to intervene and sent people to spy on him and prevent him from contacting the outside world. Although Shang Jun saw it, he didn't intervene to stop it. Xigui is becoming more and more unable to see through the Shang Jun who he has served all his life, and he neither disposes of Prince Zhao on the spot, nor prevents the queen from sending people to spy on him. This ambiguous attitude is really unpredictable.

"Xigui, which of these two notes do you say is true?"

Xigui hurriedly bowed, "The slave is ignorant, I can't see it." However, the sheepskins attached to the song sent by the officials of Yucheng City are interesting, and although the slaves and maids are not literate, they can also understand it. ”

Shang Jun picked up the sheepskins and flipped them over, some of them were painted with zigzag lines, some were drawn horizontally and vertically, and many symbols were made in them.

"This generation is interesting, I've never seen an official report the disaster like this!" Shang Jun smiled, "But it seems to be very clear." ”

This table and curve make it clear that after Ming Zhao arrived in Yudi, the management of the locust plague in Yudi is clear, although it is not like the Jicheng city officials who sprinkled a lot of gorgeous rhetoric, but it is obvious that Yu Di under the governance of Ming Zhao, the locust plague gradually decreased, until the final end of the process.

Xigui smiled, "The slave maid just thinks this last picture is the most interesting, these chickens and ducks seem to be alive, from the duck shed to the people's homes, and from the people's homes to the workshop, and then turned into cooked food, as if you saw it with your own eyes." ”

Shang Jun nodded, "This makes the practice of raising chickens and ducks on behalf of the common people is indeed very fresh, if it is really feasible, it can be used as a disaster relief strategy in the event of a famine in the future." ”

"Your Majesty, you've been busy for so long, and you're hungry! Concubine Ming has already boiled fine porridge and sent it over, saying that when you are tired, you will be waiting for you to enjoy it. ”

Shang Jun stood up, moved his waist, and sat on the couch all night, indeed a little sore back, and he also wanted to have a refreshing porridge to drink.

"Concubine Ming has a heart, let's present the things!"

"Yes!"

Xigui hurriedly prepared the fine porridge and side dishes for Shang Jun, and brought over a food box.

"What is this?"

"This is the most popular cooked food for the people in the capital recently, called Fugui Chicken and Chaxiang Duck. The slave maid specially asked Xiao Xia to buy it back, and she waited for you to eat it for supper. It just so happened that Concubine Ming sent a fine porridge over, and this thing has a different taste for fine porridge. ”

"Fugui Chicken, Chaxiang Duck, why is it a strange name, is it delicious?"

Only those who serve Shang Jun close know that he has a little-known preference, that is, to taste folk food, and he likes to follow the trend the most.

Shang Jun had already taken a piece of tea-fragrant duck and put it in his mouth as he spoke, chewed it twice, and immediately his eyes lit up, "This taste is very special!"

"I heard that this is stewed with fragrant tea and various spices, and after it is cooked, it is slowly smoked by lighting pine and cypress branches, and a duck has to be smoked continuously for half a month to become it!"

"No wonder, just eat the mouth is a strong pine and cypress fragrance, and then chew carefully, there will be a tea fragrance, and after swallowing, there is a very special aftertaste, presumably because of those spices. It's really nice!"

"You can try this rich chicken again, it tastes very good. I heard that after the chicken is killed, it is cleaned up, and then all kinds of fragrant mushrooms are stuffed into the belly of the chicken, and then tied with a thin thread, smeared with lard, and then picked up with lotus leaves. Spread yellow mud on the outside and roast it over a fire. The aroma of mushrooms and chicken is all trapped in the yellow mud, so the flavor is particularly strong. ”

"Really?" Shang Jun was very curious, he had never heard of such a way to cook chicken, and after he ate a piece, he couldn't help but praise, "It's really delicious! The fragrance is rich, the mouth is rotten, and it is very tender!"

Xigui smiled, "There is still a story about this rich chicken and tea fragrant duck, can you be interested in hearing it?"