Zhao Zhen glanced at the map on the wall, the appearance of the Great Song Dynasty is far from that of later generations, a large area of land is still in the hands of foreigners, Tufan, Western Xia and Liao Dynasty occupy a large area of land, Zhao Zhen no matter whether those places are deserts or fertile fields, barren or plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, all this must be collected in China.

Close the door of the imperial study with your own hands, which contains too many secrets of your heart, and the whole forbidden middle is also after the imperial study and the entrance of the palace with imperial equipment have been added to the guards, and the royal classes are generally on the palace wall, and there is no right to pass through the palace.

Only a handful of royal instruments can stand at a fixed number of points.

Zhao Zhen strolls in the palace, the current Great Song Dynasty Palace seems to have no change, but if you look closely, you will find a big difference, carved beams and painted buildings, various painted tassel configurations, gorgeous palace tents, shy maids, no wonder so many people for the throne one after another.

Passing through the Yingyang Gate of the back garden, a lively vitality will rush to the face, in addition to the back garden in the palace is not allowed to plant trees, even if some cherished flowers are placed in the palace as decoration, where can compare to the vitality of the back garden?

Today is August 15, Wang Yuyan's three daughters took the children to Daxiangguo Temple to incense, even if Zhao Zhen does not like Buddhism, but it does not affect the believers who pray for blessings, even if Wang Yuyan and others do not believe in Buddhism, they still pray for peace for the heavenly family in accordance with folk customs and customs.

It is rare to rest alone in the back garden, Zhao Zhen enjoys a rare comfort, the stone table in the pavilion is exquisite side dishes, sweet and sour pork, casserole tofu fish, and a stir-fried gourd is all the emperor's imperial meals at noon, Sancai personally served a bowl of snow-white chicken soup to Zhao Zhen before standing aside.

To be honest, Sancai felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, the official family was rich all over the world, but the imperial meal at noon was so simple, and now the Great Song Dynasty is even a small rich family There are more than these dishes, compared to the luxury of the first emperor, this is not for the ministers to see, but really every day.

If it weren't for the will of the official family, strictly ordering the meals to be simple, the masters of the Liushang Bureau are afraid that they will do their best to make a gorgeous imperial meal, how many times, the masters of those catering bureaus have begged themselves to let the officials order more meals, but every time everything is simple, which makes them feel distressed.

The meals of the princes are similar to those of the official family, but the official family is willing to order more food when they are with the harem concubines and princesses.

Zhao Zhen looked at the crisp cucumber and turned his head and said, "This is from the hot spring vegetable garden in the palace?" ”

Sancai hurriedly said: "The official family is a cold dish, but it can't be regarded as a big meat ......" Sancai is afraid that the official family will also withdraw the cold dish, then there are really few dishes, and the emperor's cold dish can be regarded as a big dish? !

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "I didn't say anything, this cucumber is so watery, when Xu'er and they come back, they will each send a plate, and they should drink those fruit drinks!" ”

Sancai hurriedly smiled and said: "That is, this palace is planted in the back garden, and it is the welfare of the royal family, so it is naturally different......."

Zhao Zhen smiled and shook his head: "What kind of royal welfare, it's just that the water of the hot spring is good, not to mention the smell of sulfur, and there is a hint of sweetness, which is very difficult!" I haven't written a poem for a long time, so bring a pen. ”

Sancai hurriedly took the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and Zhao Zhen drank a small cup of white wine and wrote on the white rice paper: "The cucumber is more than ginseng at first sight, and it is as small as a hairpin worth gold." Small things can't increase lifespan, what is the heart of 10,000 dollars and a meal! ”

The emperor's poems are naturally imperial poems, no matter when they were written, they must be collected to prepare for the creation of the imperial poetry collection in the future.

The refreshing cucumber is dipped in a unique sauce, and the taste is self-evident, and the bite is full of refreshingness, which really complements each other with the cold tofu, although it is not a shallot-to-tofu tofu, but it can be regarded as a clear and white.

The wine has a strong aroma, and now the liquor of the Great Song Dynasty can distinguish between the sauce flavor type and the strong flavor type, Zhao Zhen loves the sauce flavor type, the taste is long and sweet, although it is not as strong as the strong fragrance type, but it has a leisurely feeling.

Zhao Zhen didn't understand the drinking realm and the like, he only felt that being slightly drunk was the best state, and even then the liquor was still too strong......

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, he was thinking too far ahead, only considering the liquor and ignoring the light beer, the raw materials and process of beer are quite simple, much simpler than the liquor brewing in the Great Song Dynasty today, and the raw materials used can also be found in the Great Song Dynasty.

Only three ingredients are needed to make beer, and it is quite appropriate to call it "liquid bread" in later generations, a low-alcohol liquor full of carbon dioxide made from barley malt, hops, and water as the main raw materials.

Barley malt can be found everywhere, and the scientific name of hops in the Great Song Dynasty is hops, and ordinary liquor breweries can produce beer, but it takes a little time for the people of the Great Song Dynasty to get used to it, and Zhao Zhen intends to be the person who promotes beer.

While eating, he instructed Sancai to write down what he needed: "Sancai, you go and prepare a wooden barrel for me, as well as a load of barley malt and hops, and don't forget that there is also koji, and I will make some new sake by myself." ”

Sancai was a little stunned, why did the official family make their own wine?

"Official, there are still a lot of wine in our Liushang Bureau, even Cai Ji's Qingquan Bai still has one hundred and eighty bottles left, and the new wine will have to wait for a while before drinking!"

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "I don't have to wait for the new wine I brewed, you can drink it when it is brewed." ”

Zhao Zhen plans to brew a barrel of all-malt beer by himself, in later generations, good all-malt beer is very valuable, the raw materials are all malt, without adding any auxiliary materials, the cost of producing beer is higher, but it can spit out the malt aroma.

There is nothing to say about rice with sweet and sour pork, the combination of the two is like a natural pair, and no one can do without it.

The wind and clouds wiped out the food on the table, Zhao Zhen burped comfortably, the emperor is also a human being, and he also needs to indulge himself occasionally, he has been entangled in political affairs for a long time, Zhao Zhen plans to use an afternoon to get the beer out this afternoon, and then wait for the long fermentation, and two months later it will be the time to taste the fruits of labor.

After a small nap, Zhao Zhen was awakened by the itchy feeling coming from his nostrils.

Sneezing ......

After sneezing, he saw Ling'er's red smiling face, Zhao Zhen pinched it and frowned: "Why did you wear so much, you have to get the wind chill when you sweat and then take it off!" ”

Ling'er stuck out her tongue and said: "The eldest lady let her wear it, but if the girl doesn't wear good clothes, she is immoral......"

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Then since it was the eldest lady who said it, let's not run around, call your two younger brothers, how about your father take you to brew wine in the afternoon?" ”

Ling'er said with wide eyes: "Winemaking?!" Okay, Ling'er will go and call her brother! ”

Looking at Ling'er who jumped away, Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, so young that he understood that he was not separated from relatives because of his title, and Zhao Zhen had never heard her call the prince's younger brother or the younger brother of the king of Jin, but called her younger brother without discrimination.

Zhao Xu and Zhao Yun didn't care, no matter what Ling'er called, they happily agreed, and the three little guys actually consciously maintained the most rare family affection of the heavenly family, which made Zhao Zhen feel extremely gratified.