Early the next morning, Xiong Huai came out of Qin Meiren and saw Cai He standing outside the hall waiting.

Seeing the King of Chu come out, Cai He immediately approached with an excited face and saluted, "Meet the king." ”

Looking at the joy on Cai He's face, Xiong Huai's heart moved and asked, "It's the steamed bun that has been made!" ”

Cai He said: "King, last night the minister made people rush overnight, and finally succeeded in making a batch of steamed buns before the time. ”

Saying that, Cai He asked people to offer a hot round steamed bun and said, "King, this is the steamed bun just made today, please taste it." ”

Xiong Huai looked at the white steamed bun, nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to pick up the steamed bun half the size of an adult's fist, and after starting it, it was soft and slightly hard, and he took a bite gently.

The steamed bread in the mouth is tight, and the entrance is slightly dry and hard, which is different from the softness of the steamed bread in later generations, chewed carefully, although it is countless times better than the coarse and hard wheat grains, but there is still a feeling that is difficult to swallow, Xiong Huai couldn't help frowning.

Cai He saw that King Chu frowned, and he couldn't help but feel a pimple in his heart.

Because it is difficult to make rice and steamed buns, Cai He took his cooks and found the current water surface recipe after many experiments.

As a result, the king of Chu was still dissatisfied with this steamed bun, and Cai He immediately pleaded guilty: "King, the minister is guilty." ”

Xiong Huai shook his head, in one night, from scratch, to make steamed buns like this, it is also their heart.

As for why there is such a gap, Xiong Huai knows the reason, that is, there is no yeast.

How to get yeast, this is very simple, yeast and wine are produced almost at the same time, and it is easy to get it.

I wanted to give a hint, but when the words came to my mouth, Xiong Huai swallowed it back.

Yeast and flour are mixed together, which will cause the steamed bread to swell, and one serving of flour can make two effects, which also belongs to ancient black technology.

But before the Chu State buys enough wheat, this super cheap black technology that is not easy to keep secrets is still forgotten, and it will be opened two years later, just like the stone mill, and kept it secret for the time being.

To open, but also to open expensive gold fingers.

Xiong Huai remembered another legend in later generations, without yeast, honey can also be used temporarily, although the effect is not good, but it is barely enough.

And honey is expensive, which meets the psychological needs of nobles.

Xiong Huai thought of this and said: "What is the crime of the Taiguan, this steamed bun is well done, the widow is very satisfied, there is a reward, ten gold, and another one gold to all the people involved in this matter." ”

Cai He and the others were pleasantly surprised, and immediately thanked them.

After a pause, Xiong Huai prompted: "This steamed bun is good, but there is no meat, and the widow thinks that there are still shortcomings, if there is meat in the steamed bun, it will be better." Also, this steamed bun is not sweet enough, if you add honey, it will definitely be more delicious. ”

Cai He listened to the words of the King of Chu and broke out in a cold sweat.

The king of Chu was still dissatisfied with this steamed bun, otherwise he would not have put forward so many opinions.

Then I thought of the reward of the King of Chu just now, and I was immediately grateful.

Everyone in the Chu palace said that the king of Chu was benevolent and righteous, and it seems that this is true.

Cai He silently sighed in his heart, and when the king of Chu finished speaking, he immediately said gratefully: "The minister is stupid, and he is not as good as the king, I only wish that the king's order will be obeyed." ”

Xiong Huai smiled: "Okay, Taiguan go, you can try it in other ways, you can try it in steaming, boiling and roasting, and you can also fry it in oil." ”

As for the frying method, there is no iron pot now, and Xiong Huai did not mention it.

"Don't limit yourself to flour, you can also try to add other things. For example, rice flour, corn flour and the like, all kinds of things, the widows all supported the Taiguan to carry out experiments. ”

"As long as the Taiguan can make a flour delicacy, the widow will reward the Taiguan with a gold medal, and the chef who creates the food with a gold."

Xiong Huai believes that under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, no, there will be wise men, and the wisdom of the masses is unlimited.

Even watermelon can be fried with meat, and there is something that cannot be mixed and eaten.

"King Xie." Cai He said: "It's just flour making..."

Xiong Huai heard this: "You don't have to worry about the flour, just continue to let the palace attendants cook rice, if the attendants are insufficient, the widow can also let the palace guards help." ”

Cai He bowed and said: "The minister must live up to the king's trust." ”

Seeing that Cai He was about to leave, Xiong Huai reminded: "Widows don't like the smell of wine, so don't mix things related to wine with flour." ”

If you use sake and noodles, the taste of the product should be very strange, but the key is sake lees, which is poor yeast, and it is easy to get into trouble.

Cai He replied when he heard this: "Only." ”

An hour later, when Chen Zhen came to the Chu Palace, he saw an incredible scene.

Many attendants and guards, holding a mallet in their hands, sweated and licked rice on this cold spring day.

Next to these people, there are some palace maids, holding a medicine mortar-like thing in their hands, grinding something.

It wasn't until a guard poured the things in his stone mortar into the small tripod beside the maid that Chen Zhen suddenly realized.

The news that came out of the palace last night turned out to be not a rumor, but a truth.

Chen Zhen was suddenly shocked and angry.

That is, after the king of Chu returned to the Chu Palace, he was like a different person, indulging in food, consuming a lot of manpower, just to satisfy his appetite.

In addition, he was also very dissatisfied with Qu Yuan, as a son of the public office of the Chu State, Qu Yuan, who had always been worried about the country and the people, would actually flatter the King of Chu.

He offered this flour, and he worked so hard and wasted money that the king of Chu even used the palace guards to meet the needs of the king of Chu.

Soon, Chen Zhen walked into the palace where the King of Chu was located in the midst of a burst of crashing sounds.

"Meet the King."

"No courtesy."

Xiong Huai asked, "I don't know what is the important matter for Xianqing to ask to see the widow?" ”

Chen Zhen replied: "Great King, the news that the defeat of Si has returned, since the Zhu State withdrew its troops and returned to China, the Qi State saw that the main force of the Chu State had retreated, and raised troops to attack the country half a month ago. ”

As soon as he heard that Qi and Yue were fighting, Xiong Huai immediately became energetic and asked, "How is the battle going?" ”

"Back to the king, according to the news that the defeat of the country was returned, the initial battle of the Yue country was unfavorable, and the Huaibei region that we gave to the country of Yue has been recovered by the state of Qi, and the king of Yue will withdraw his troops, gather together, defend the city, and have temporarily blocked the Qi army, and asked for help from the defeat of the country."

"How did Si Defeat reply to King Yue?"

"According to the king's request, Si Defeat agreed to the king of Yue, but on the grounds that there is no order from the king, he is delaying time, preparing to consume the national strength of Qi and Yue first, and then wait for the opportunity to mediate."

Xiong Huai nodded and said: "Okay, so good, as long as the Yue State still occupies the Huaibei region of the Qi State, then the two countries of Qi and Yue will continue to contradict." ”

"Pass on the widow's order, send a messenger to condemn the Qi State for using swords and soldiers, and express to the Qi State the strong dissatisfaction of our Chu State, if the Qi State refuses to withdraw its troops, then let the Division be defeated and wait for the opportunity to send troops to mediate and save Vietnam."

"Yui."

Chen Zhen paused and said: "King, there is still news of the defeat of the division, at the same time that the Qi State sent troops to attack Yue. The Song State received a large amount of food support from the Qi State and officially swore to Vateng State, and the two countries of Song and Teng were at war. ”

"And Weichen received the news that Teng Gong had sent a messenger to Wangyingdu, and he must have come to ask the king for help."

"Teng Guo!" Xiong Huai frowned.