CHAPTER XXIX

"Shopkeeper Cai." Wang Yueying knocked at the door.

"Yue Er Dong, you're here." Shopkeeper Cai opened the door and saw that there was no one left and right, so he changed his words and said, "Please come in." ”

"This is a new recipe, I brought some fish from Taozhuang today, and I will make it for you to taste later. This month's theme is 'fish'. Wang Yueying walked into the private room and took out the recipe in her sleeve and handed it to Shopkeeper Cai, "When I just walked in, I found that there were very few guests today, what happened?" ”

"The imperial court is going to fight with the Mumu country in the north, and everyone is worried about this, and there will be fewer people coming out to eat." Shopkeeper Cai sighed and said.

Wang Yueying had also heard of the Mumu Country before, and it was said that the people of the Mumu Country were all very tall, and they were nomadic tribes living on the grassland, known as the famous people on horseback.

"Haven't we always cooperated with the Upper Kingdom and the Mumu Kingdom?" After ascending the throne, the emperor of Shangguo named himself Emperor Yong'an, hoping that Shangguo and Mumu and other neighboring countries would be in Yong'an for a long time. It also sent troops to maintain the border areas and protect the merchants of the Shangguo and the Mumu Kingdom for trade and commerce. Although there are occasional minor frictions among traders, they are generally peaceful.

"It is said that the old emperor of Makime Province has been in poor health in recent years and wants to pass on the throne to the prince." Shopkeeper Cai lowered his voice and said, "It's just that there are many princes, and all of them want to sit in this position, if anyone can defeat our kingdom, this throne will be secure." ”

"Hasn't the emperor always been peaceful? How can there be a war? "Wang Yueying is still very strange, how did the competition for the throne of this Mumu Kingdom affect the Shangguo?

"This emperor hasn't been to the court for a long time, and I don't know what happened." Shopkeeper Cai looked around and said in a lower voice, "It is said that this should be the meaning of the regent. ”

The regent of the kingdom is the uncle of Emperor Yong'an, speaking of this regent, there is a love story with the current queen mother, which is well-known throughout the country.

When the regent was young, he and the current queen mother were talented and beautiful, and everyone admired them, which can be described as a pair in the sky and a pair in the ground. It's just that the father of the regent, the grandfather of Emperor Yong'an, I don't know where I learned that the current queen mother is destined by the phoenix. Therefore, regardless of the deep affection between the two, they insisted on pointing out the queen mother to the first emperor, and the regent never married in his life.

When Emperor Yong'an was seriously ill, Emperor Yong'an was still very young, and on his deathbed, he asked the regent to treat Emperor Yong'an well. The regent has lived up to the trust of the first emperor over the years, and has been protecting Emperor Yong'an to let him ascend the throne, and he is even more conscientious, diligent and diligent for the people, and is deeply loved by the people, and everyone privately calls him "the regent nine thousand years old".

"If this is a war, I'm afraid it will have to be conscripted from all over the country." Shopkeeper Cai expressed everyone's worries in one sentence.

"It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and there's no way to fight if I really want to fight. However, if there is a real war, the price of food will definitely rise. Shopkeeper Cai, you first find someone to find a place to dig a cellar, and when there is no food, our restaurant will definitely suffer first. Wang Yueying doesn't know what to pay attention to when fighting, but the people take food as the sky, and there will definitely be many people who have no intention of farming in a war, and the price of grain will definitely rise.

"It's still the second owner, you are witty, I am writing a letter to the big owner." Shopkeeper Cai picked up the letter in front of the table and said.

"Then you write first, and I'll go to the back kitchen and make a few dishes." Wang Yueying saw that there was nothing to do, so she got up and walked downstairs.

"Ah, the real thing is delicious." Before Wang Yueying reached the kitchen, she heard laughter from there.

"What's so delicious?" Wang Yueying walked over with a smile, "What are you eating on my back?" ”

Seeing that it was Wang Yueying, Master Tu picked up a salted duck egg with a smile and said, "Isn't this the salted duck egg you taught us before, I tried to cook a few today, and it tastes really good." ”

Wang Yueying took the salted duck egg, picked a little and put it in her mouth and tasted it, "This salty and light is just right, for rice, but this egg yolk is not good, and it will take a while to marinate." ”

"Is there anything wrong with this yolk?" Shopkeeper Tu looked at the golden egg yolk and asked, everyone said it tasted good just now.

"If you take a little longer, the yolk will start to run oily, and it will be the best at that time." A figure appeared in Wang Yueying's mind in a trance, holding a salted duck egg and smiling at her, she heard her own complaint, "Why you can get the flowing oil every time, there must be a secret", but the person's face was never clear.

Wang Yueying shook her head, maybe it was a friend from her previous life, "Master Tu, I have prepared a few new dishes." ”

"I just saw those fish and knew you had a new recipe." Master Tu said happily, "Make it for me to taste, and I'll give you a hand." ”

The atmosphere in the back kitchen is not as tense as the lobby, when Wang Yueying brought tomato fish, sauerkraut fish, fish balls and other dishes to the table, Master Tu and the little apprentices picked up the chopsticks that had been prepared and began to feast, Die'er looked at Wang Yueying with admiration on the side, "Madam, you are really amazing." ”

"Wet, good times." A young man had a hot fish ball in his mouth, and he followed behind Master Tu while constantly fanning the wind with his hand.

Master Tu slapped the young man on the back, "This is not your master and I did it, it was made by Yueniang." ”

The young man was spit out and jumped to the ground by a fish ball, and the fish ball slowly rolled up a circle of dust, looking at the fish ball with a regretful face.

Master Tu didn't care about him, he grabbed a chopstick and threw the fish meat into his mouth, "The moon is cool, and the slang is green." ”

It is quite appropriate to describe the two fathers and sons as saying, "Do you think these dishes can attract people?" ”

"Definitely." Master Tu swallowed the fish in his mouth, "Yueniang, you don't know, now the gourmets from all over the country have calculated the time, and they come to our Yuanhe Town at the beginning of every month, just to taste the new dishes of our Piaoxiang Building." ”

"That's good, then I'll give you the recipe, and you can study it." Wang Yueying's heart is also a lot more relaxed, the reputation of Piaoxianglou is here, and even if she fights a war, she will not be delayed.

"Die'er, come over here." Wang Yueying called Die'er and instructed, "You and Lao Sun Tou go to Taozhuang to catch some more fish, bring some back, and we will eat fish at night." ”

"Alright, ma'am, I'll go now." Die'er received the task for the first time and was very excited.

"There is one more thing, you go and talk to Steward Lu," Wang Yueying ordered quietly.

After listening to this, Die'er lost her previous excitement, looked at Wang Yueying and nodded, "Madam, don't worry." After speaking, he rushed to Taozhuang with Lao Sun Tou.

The distance between Taozhuang and Piaoxianglou is not far, and it will take about an hour or two for the carriage to come back. Wang Yueying thought of the few clothes she had made in the Tuojin Embroidery Workshop before, and she didn't know if they were ready, so she wanted to go over and take a look.

"Master Tu, I'll go out first, and you try to make these dishes first."

"Okay, you go." When Master Tu got the recipe, it was like seeing a treasure map, he studied it carefully and answered without raising his head.