On the top floor of the Moon Tower in the capital, Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao, Zhu Houzhao, and Liu Jin sat at the table by the window, eating hot pot while admiring the prosperity of the capital.

The hot pot was invented by Liu Jin, but Zhu Houzhao, a foodie, couldn't extricate himself after eating it once at Liu Jin's house, so it was also spread to the palace.

As a result, Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Zhang, and Empress Dowager Zhou also fell in love with hot pot in an instant, and whatever happened in this palace, it would be spread to the inside and outside of the capital in an instant.

The emperor likes to eat hot pot, and naturally all of a sudden hot pot is also quickly popular throughout the capital, Mochizuki Tower, as the benchmark of the catering industry in the capital, it is natural to follow the trend, and soon the hot pot is also launched This artifact, the business is naturally hot.

Hot pot is a thing that is definitely a pleasure to eat in the winter, without too many complicated operations, using the broth as the bottom of the pot, all kinds of meat and vegetables are cut into thin slices, and the soup is on the hot soup base a few times, and then dipped in some condiments, the meat is extremely delicious, and the aftertaste is endless.

Almost in the shortest possible time, it has swept the entire Beijing-Tianjin area, and is deeply loved by countless people, from princes and nobles to ordinary people, who love it and can't extricate themselves.

"Delicious~ delicious, the beef in the past was really wasted, and it is best to use it to eat hot pot."

Zhu Houzhao also praised again and again while eating, he is simply a foodie, especially recently he has been training at the Tianjin Daming Royal Military Academy, although the food in the military academy is also very good, but there is no way to compare with the food in this Moon Tower.

In addition, he has indeed reached the age of growing his body, and his appetite is excellent, and he puts a plate of beef in it, scalds it a few times, and takes it out instantly, with a dipping sauce, and eats it with sweat.

"Eat slowly, no one will rob you~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao's appearance, and he was also slightly distressed, he had been in the military academy for a while, and the changes in the whole person could be seen.

In the past, Zhu Houzhao was somewhat careless and cynical, but now he is more resolute, and the spirit of the whole person is refreshed, which makes him feel very gratified.

But thinking about the hardships and hardships in the military academy, he was also very distressed, and he was reluctant to criticize Zhu Houzhao when he saw Zhu Houzhao eating meat in a big mouthful.

If it had been before, Emperor Hongzhi would have said a few words about him.

"Father, did you add chili peppers to your dipping sauce?"

Zhu Houzhao was sweating profusely when he ate, and Liu Jin next to him also carefully sent a towel, Zhu Houzhao wiped the sweat on his forehead, and the whole person was addicted.

Eating hot pot, dipping sauce and chili, which was also invented by Liu Jin, was spicy at first, but after eating it a few more times, the whole person will be unable to extricate himself from his love for chili, the more he eats, the more refreshing he is, and the more he eats, the more enjoyable he is.

In this winter, hot pot with chili pepper is definitely the perfect match.

"Chili?"

"The kind of red stuff that the fleet brought back from the Golden Continent?"

Emperor Hongji has a very good memory, and he still remembers chili peppers.

"Yes, you must add some chili peppers to this hot pot, so that you can enjoy it."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, and then encouraged Emperor Hongzhi to try to eat chili peppers.

"Really?"

Emperor Hongzhi said suspiciously.

"Of course, Xiao Jing, add some chili peppers to my father~"

Zhu Houzhao took out a bottle of chili sauce from his arms, which was also from Liu Jin's mansion, and he had been collecting it like a baby.

After listening to this, Xiao Jing took the chili sauce and tasted it with chopsticks first, and suddenly his whole face turned red.

"So spicy~So spicy~Water, water~"

Xiao Jing's eyes were spicy with tears, and a small yellow door next to him hurriedly handed over the tea, Xiao Jing took a few sips, and then eased up.

"Your Majesty, this pepper is too spicy, you better not taste it~"

Xiao Jing looked at Zhu Houzhao, and then at Emperor Hongzhi's suggestion.

"yes, looking at you like this, I really want to try it."

"Come on, add a little bit to my dipping sauce~"

Emperor Hongzhi immediately became interested when he saw it, and said with a smile.

After listening to this, Xiao Jing also carefully got a little bit into the Hongzhi Emperor's dipping sauce plate, not daring to make too much, for fear that it would really make Emperor Hongzhi cry.

"I'll do it too, I've heard that this pepper is spicy~"

Zhang Mao looked at Zhu Houzhao's hearty appearance, and couldn't help but say.

"I'll give it a try~"

Liu Jian said with a smile.

"Everyone try, all taste, this is brought back from the Golden Continent, we are the first to taste this pepper in the whole Ming Dynasty, and after this year's pepper promotion and planting, we will have endless peppers."

Seeing that everyone was interested, Emperor Hongzhi also smiled and instructed Xiao Jing.

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Xiao Jing hurriedly added chili sauce to everyone.

"A little less, a little less, I'll have this one bottle~"

Zhu Houzhao saw that the chili sauce he had finally gone away with was suddenly less good, and he immediately felt distressed.

This thing is very rare now, there are so many seeds brought back last year, Liu Jin also secretly got a little chili sauce, it really has to be eaten openly, and after the harvest of chili peppers this year, it is really rare now.

"Haha, I want to see how spicy it is~"

Zhang Mao followed Zhu Houzhao's example, picked up a piece of beef and rolled it in the dipping sauce, with red chili sauce on it, ate it in one bite, chewed it carefully, and tasted it.

"So spicy~So spicy, water, water~"

It's just that before he chewed a few times, Zhang Mao couldn't help but scream, and the whole person almost cried with spicy, it was so spicy, he had never cooked anything spicier than this in his life.

"Is it that spicy?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and also tried it in a good way.

There is no doubt that the result will soon be spicy.

When Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang saw this, they also hurriedly followed and tasted it, and soon, they all shouted that they couldn't stand it, and it was spicy.

"This stuff is too spicy, isn't it?"

Emperor Hongji looked at the chili sauce, a little incredulous.

"Chili, chili, all with a spicy word, affirmed~"

Zhu Houzhao saw that everyone couldn't stand the spicy look, and the whole person was very happy, he directly ate a small mouthful of chili pepper into his mouth, and the whole person enjoyed the delicious taste of chili pepper.

"Don't say it, this thing is spicy, but after eating, the whole body is warm, and I feel that the qi and blood in the whole body are constantly running."

After Zhang Mao was spicy, he had a little aftertaste, and then tried again, this time it was also spicy, but he didn't drink water, and his forehead was spicy and sweaty.

"It's really refreshing, this taste is completely different~"

Zhang Mao hurriedly shouted.

"What Zhang Gong said is very true, after the first taste, the spicy is not good, but if you taste it carefully, it will have an endless aftertaste~"

Li Dongyang also nodded and said.

"It's so spicy, I really can't stand it."

Xie Qian smiled and shook his head and said.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's really good to eat hot pot with this chili pepper in winter."

Liu Jian smiled and said.

"Come, come, let's try it while it's hot~"

Today is Emperor Hongzhi as the east, he has been in a very good mood recently, the country and the people are safe, the Haiqing River banquet, the treasury is gradually enriched because of the development of capitalism, not to mention his own small treasury.

This military power has been taken into his own hands, and the grassland people in the north are now very peaceful, and the Tusi in the southwest has slowly calmed down under the change of land and return, so to speak, this is the most comfortable time for him to live a small life since he became the emperor.

So after this morning court, he took everyone out to go shopping, and by the way, he also invited everyone to this Moon Tower to eat hot pot.

Liu Jin kept smiling, tasting the food carefully, and quietly listening to the speeches of the bigwigs.

Everyone present, that is, Liu Jin's official position is the smallest, so Liu Jin is also very knowledgeable, watch more, listen more, think more, and follow the bigwigs honestly.

Everyone tasted the chili peppers, chatting and chatting, and naturally they also talked about the matter of the Golden Continent.

"I heard that the scale of this gold mine in Yuxi is very large, and there are many people in the Beijing and Tianjin areas who are planning to go to Yuxi to mine gold after the beginning of spring."

When it comes to Golden Continent, it is natural to talk about gold, and naturally it is also about the place of Yuxi.

Fish Creek is a place where Du Mingen and others rested on the Kamchatka Peninsula in later generations when they went to the Golden Continent, because the salmon that migrated in the river at that time was also named Fish Creek.

Yuxi does not belong to the Golden Continent, but in Asia, and it can be known from the map that you can take a boat to Yuxi, and you can also reach Yuxi from Liaodong all the way north.

Because of this, coupled with the fact that gold mines were found here, according to the description of the crew, everywhere the gold mines were covered with a river, a thick layer of golden sand, and a handful of sand was grabbed casually, and it was full of gold.

Therefore, many people in the Beijing-Tianjin area have taken a fancy to the gold mine here in Yuxi, and are planning to go to Yuxi to mine gold here after the beginning of spring.

"The gold mine in Yuxi is nothing, the real gold mine is the Golden Continent, where the gold mines are everywhere, and the reserves are very large, and the mining is also very convenient, and now there are many people here in Tianjin who are preparing to go to the Golden Continent to dig for gold after the spring."

"The Golden Continent is still too far away, this fish stream is close, it will take about a month at most to go to the fish stream, and the south of the fish stream is the Japanese and North Korea, if there is anything that needs to be added, you can go directly to North Korea and the Japanese country."

Liu Jin listened carefully, and when he heard about the Wa Kingdom and the gold mine, Liu Jin suddenly remembered an extremely important thing in his mind, this gold is very attractive and everyone loves it.

But everyone also loves this silver, the Iwami silver mine in the Wa Kingdom is one of the most famous silver mines in history, and the reserves are extremely rich, and the key is that now the Ming Dynasty seems to be able to take it down.