Chapter Twenty-Eight: Showing Off Your Culinary Skills
At noon the next day, Zhang Yuan was enjoying the beautiful noon sun, and the mountain breeze blowing from Lantian Mountain was blowing the evaporating water vapor from the stream and the pond, which made people reluctant to open their eyes.
"Brother Yuan, you are really idle now."
A thunderous shout startled Zhang Yuan from his half-asleep and half-awake state.
Zhang Yuan opened his eyes and saw Wei Qing striding towards him, and he showed a smile.
"What's not idle, don't you have to go to Chang'an to take office after a while."
The half-month holiday is coming up for a few more days, and Zhang Yuan is very worried when he thinks about it.
Wei Qing said with a laugh.
"I thought that my brother had an idea when he called me this time, so I didn't have to go to the top value."
Seeing that Wei Qing took the initiative to mention it, Zhang Yuan got up with a smile and pressed Wei Qing on his recliner.
Wei Qing looked at Zhang Yuan with a confused expression and asked.
"Brother Yuan, what do you mean by this?"
Zhang Yuan's face was full of flattering smiles, staring at Wei Qing's heart.
"I'm looking for you this time, Brother Qing, just so that I don't have to go to the top duty, and then stay at home openly."
Wei Qing thought about the scene when Liu Che gave Zhang Yuan a half-year vacation before, and his face changed and he said to Zhang Yuan.
"Brother Yuan, don't you want to take me to Jianzhang Palace to make a request to Your Majesty?"
Zhang Yuan continued to say with a flattering smile.
"Don't worry, rest assured, I want to live a few more years for my brother, and I won't look for excitement anymore."
Although he didn't understand what it meant to be stimulated, Wei Qing could clearly hear that Zhang Yuan would not do that kind of stupid thing again, so he calmed down.
"Then brother, what do you want me to help you?"
"Can you help Brother Wei and Princess Pingyang get on the line?"
Zhang Yuan coldly told his intentions, which directly scared Wei Qing a lot.
"What?
Brother Yuan, if you go to talk to Your Majesty and ask me to accompany you.
But what do you mean by wanting to befriend Princess Binh Duong now? ”
The two people who are most feared and respected by Weiqing in the Han Dynasty are Liu Che and Princess Pingyang.
One is his current master, and the other is his former master.
Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
"Don't be nervous.
You also know that I have been working on one thing during this time, and I want to make friends with Princess Pingyang just to cooperate.
If this thing is produced, it will be of great benefit to the Han Dynasty, but the money that can be generated in it is also incalculable.
I'm worried that there will be some nobles who can't help but come to snatch it, so why don't I just find someone to cooperate with first.
Princess Pingyang benefits the Han Dynasty, and as the bloodline of the Liu family, she will not let the Han be damaged, so I am doing this for the Han Dynasty. ”
After some explanation, Wei Qing's face looked a little better.
"Brother Yuan is really embarrassed, the younger brother just didn't control his emotions and misunderstood his brother."
Zhang Yuan nodded understandingly, among the tens of millions of people in the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yuan may be the only one who knows that Princess Pingyang will be Wei Qing's daughter-in-law in the future, and the wife of a brother cannot be bullied.
"This matter has passed like this, and there is no unpleasant thing between you and me.
Now let's talk about going to see Princess Pingyang.
I have some demands, the first of which is that I want Princess Pingyang to come forward to find Your Majesty and give me another two months off.
Two months later, I will show the finished product to Princess Pingyang, and Her Royal Highness will show it to Her Majesty, and I believe that with this thing, Your Majesty will probably not think about sending me any other errands. ”
Wei Qing's curiosity was completely mobilized by Zhang Yuan, the previous three-bow bed crossbow did not arouse Liu Che's favor for Zhang Yuan, nor did it fulfill Zhang Yuan's wishes, what made Zhang Yuan have such a strong self-confidence now.
"Will it take two months to have a finished product?"
Zhang Yuan nodded.
"And it may not be a very good thing, I don't dare to guarantee the quality for the first time, but what I can say is that even a defective product will surprise Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Wei Qing has always believed in Zhang Yuan in this regard.
The horizontal wheel water row has been seen in various smelting workshops in Dahan, and the people in Guanzhong also use curved plows to plow their fields.
The armor soldiers of the Han Dynasty were all replaced with stainless steel weapons that only officers could use earlier, and Zhuo's iron pot was all over the entire territory of the Han Dynasty, and the three-bow bed crossbow not long ago shot tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, so that the Huns no longer dared to invade the border cities of the Han Dynasty.
As for products such as watermelons and potatoes, Wei Qing and all those who knew it felt that Zhang Yuan was more careful than others before they discovered it.
Looking at Zhang Yuan, Wei Qing immediately made a decision.
"This matter is feasible, but I want to send someone to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion to ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess before making a decision."
Zhang Yuan hopes that Wei Qing can play a role like this, and Zhang Yuan has not thought about it.
With such an obvious intention of taking refuge, it depends on whether Princess Pingyang can make up her mind to recruit Zhang Yuan at that time.
"Then this time I will ask the young brother, the elder brother only hopes to be able to give full play to all the ambitions he has learned in his lifetime.
The annoyance of officialdom is really not suitable for the foolish brother, and this sentence can be conveyed to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. ”
Wei Qing's eyes flickered and said.
"Okay."
Then he suddenly withdrew his serious expression, patted his stomach and said teasingly.
"Brother Yuan, you can't trouble people to do things and not give them food.
At this hour, Zhang's mansion has passed the time to eat, but the little brother is still hungry. ”
Zhang Yuan also laughed and stomped Wei Qing off the recliner.
"Let's go, go to the place where I cook, show my brother your hands, and let you see what a gluttonous feast is."
Wei Qing immediately became excited when he heard Zhang Yuan's words, since Zhuo's iron pot spread all over the world, the name of the Han Chef God has been covered on Zhang Yuan's head, but it all depends on Zhang Yuan's mood to really eat the dishes made by Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan's entry into the kitchen was a big deal, and the greedy children immediately slipped out of their respective homes.
Dahan's ingredients are not abundant, and Zhang Yuan can only rely on the only ingredients and condiments to make some dishes that no one has ever seen.
Shredded potatoes, braised pork, steamed winter melon with ham, tofu and fish head soup with wead vegetables and three cups of chicken at the end.
Zhang Yuan was in charge of the spoon by himself, and he also did it himself when he cut vegetables and put them on the plate, and Wei Qing, the Hou of Guan Nei, directly started the work of adding firewood and fire.
The children in the circle were all hungry and crying, but Zhang Yuan did not relent, these dishes were not enough for him and Wei Qing to eat by themselves, so maybe the father's love was overflowing and these little children were shared.
As for the cook, Lao Wang watched Zhang Yuan cook these delicacies with bright eyes, and firmly remembered all the processes.