After finishing speaking, Emperor Zhengde seemed to remember something and asked:

"By the way, Lord Equestria, what is the name of that divine food you are talking about? What does it taste like? Don't be so bad that you can't swallow it. ”

"Your Majesty, the divine food that the minister said is called sweet potato, also called sweet potato, and it tastes sweet. Moreover, the minister has also studied a variety of ways to eat, which is quite delicious. ”

"Sweet potatoes? Is it similar to potatoes? Emperor Zhengde asked thoughtfully.

Diosche is yam, in China, there are very few native potatoes, and yam is the most important potato. The most important sweet potatoes, cassava and potatoes in later generations were all crops native to the Americas. Only yams, a common potato (some uncommon ones are not counted), are native to China.

Marin nodded suddenly:

"That's right, some of them are similar to yams, and they have a similar taste, but they are not as creamy as yams."

Recalling the taste of the yam, Emperor Zhengde nodded, and then asked:

"Did the owner of the horse bring sweet potatoes? Can you give me a look? ”

"That's a must, there are some sweet potatoes on the minister's ship, but you can send someone to get them on the ship."

"Okay, I will assign you a group of cavalry, one person and two horses, and quickly go to Tianjin Wei to get sweet potatoes!"

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Then, it didn't take long for the meeting to disperse. After all, this court meeting was actually nothing, mainly to receive Marin, a rare foreign lord. After the dispersal, Marin asked the guards to carry the sweet potatoes to the ship with his warrant.

On the second day, Ma Lin stayed in the hall and did not go out, and on the third day, the horse team came back from Tianjin Weidagukou, and at the same time brought back hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes and hundreds of catties of vermicelli.

These fans were made by Marin when he was in Keelung, because it took a long time to make fans, and it took more than 12 hours just to precipitate, so it could not be displayed on the spot. Therefore, Ma Lin simply made a few hundred catties of fans in Keelung, and then brought them to the capital. In addition, he also brought a set of tools made by fans.

In fact, the local method of making vermicelli is more similar to the previous steps of making tofu in the local method. Only the final stage is different, the tofu is collected in whole pieces after being marinated and pressed with a cloth. Vermicelli, on the other hand, is used through a funnel with mesh holes to leak a certain concentration of vermicelli paste into the pot and then boiled into vermicelli......

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On the morning of the fourth day, Marin entered the palace with sweet potatoes and vermicelli in the middle of the night. Because, today he wants to show the various ways of eating fans in court......

Because it is a regular dynasty, the number of people is obviously much smaller than that of the Shuowang dynasty on June 15. Moreover, it was not in the Jinluan Palace, but in the Fengtian Gate instead.

Ma Lin did not go directly to the court this time, but came to the imperial dining room outside Jingyun Gate to guide the imperial chefs to start processing vermicelli and sweet potatoes. It should be pointed out that there are two large imperial dining rooms in the Forbidden City, one is the outer dining room, which is the one outside the Jingyun Gate, which is mainly responsible for the emperor's banquet and ministers, and is also responsible for the food and drink of the cabinet ministers when they are on duty. The inner dining room is mainly responsible for the emperor's diet, and it is also more elegant. But this time, Marin's task was to give the Korean and Chinese bigwigs a taste of the delicacies made of sweet potatoes, which of course was made in the dining room. Moreover, this side is also closer to the place of the upper court.

Sweet potatoes are very simple, just get an oven and bake them directly. The imperial chefs in the palace are all top chefs, and it is not a problem to bake a sweet potato.

Then there's the way to eat the fans, which is more troublesome. Ma Lin wants to make two famous dishes: pork stewed vermicelli and duck blood vermicelli soup, but before making these two dishes, he needs to soak the hard vermicelli first.

What's more, this time duck blood vermicelli soup, Marin decided to adopt a high-end method, first let the imperial chef cook the duck soup as a broth.

Since it is a dashi, it naturally needs to be steamed for a long time so that the taste is correct enough. When Emperor Zhengde was in Fengtianmen to "listen to the government", Ma Lin took a group of imperial chefs to look at the pot where the duck soup was cooked in a daze......

It was easy to wait until the duck soup was almost cooked, and Marin began to direct the imperial chefs to officially do it......

Duck blood vermicelli soup is relatively simple, with dashi, you just need to cook the prepared duck blood, duck intestines, duck liver and other duck offal with the vermicelli for a while and then remove it, and then add the dashi to the bowl.

At this time, the Imperial Gate listened to the government and proceeded almost completely. The ordinary officials of the DPRK and China have dispersed, such as those low-ranking speech officials. But Emperor Zhengde and a top boss stayed, wanting to try the legendary food. The group of people who stayed mainly included a group of super-grade military generals and nobles, as well as cabinet members and the Shangshu and squire of the six departments.

Of course, they don't all have to try it first. Many people stay, just to see the excitement, to see if the sweet potato is really delicious and whether it is worth promoting and planting.

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Because the third watch was coming to the court in the middle of the night, many of the ministers just ate some pastries in advance to cushion their stomachs, but they didn't eat much.

When the first duck blood vermicelli soup was ready, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the morning. It just so happens that there are not many things in the morning today, and it is over. And the ministers got up at three o'clock in the middle of the night and set off, and it had been several hours now, and they were hungry.

When Ma Lin commanded the eunuchs to arrive near Fengtianmen with bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup, the duck soup gave off bursts of fragrance, which made some ministers salivate. And Emperor Zhengde obviously smelled the fragrance and wanted to eat it.

However, according to the rules, Emperor Zhengde could not eat anything of unknown origin casually, and he had to send someone to test the poison first. You have to wait for the test eunuch to eat it for a period of time before you can really start eating.

Seeing this, Ma Lin smiled, didn't say anything, and directly asked the eunuch for a small bowl. Then, use a small spoon to scoop a little of the soup from each bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup and place it in your own bowl. Then, take a sip of the ......

In this way, everyone is convinced that there is no problem. After all, Marin's status is noble, and there is no need to take everyone to take poison and seek death.

Those generals and nobles couldn't help it first, they already had a lot of food. Moreover, after a few hours of pilgrimage, I was already hungry. When I saw the fragrant duck blood vermicelli soup, I couldn't bear it anymore.

Then, the old but still healthy British Gong Zhang Mao took the lead in taking a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and then said in surprise:

"Huh, noodles?" But when I looked at it, it didn't seem like it. After all, the noodles are white, while the vermicelli is dark and slightly transparent.

But after tasting it, the hungry British Duke was very satisfied. Then, "hiss" and jerked up......

Seeing that the old man was eating so well, Emperor Zhengde couldn't help it. Then, he asked people to bring a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and he also started to eat it......

After eating a few bites, Emperor Zhengde was surprised:

"It tastes good!" Then, he buried his head in the ......

In fact, duck blood vermicelli soup may not be that delicious. However, this timing is a coincidence. Because, Emperor Zhengde and his ministers had just been in the court for a few hours, and they hadn't had time to eat breakfast, and this was the time of hunger. The duck blood vermicelli soup is a good breakfast, and the duck soup is also very suitable for drinking in the morning to warm the stomach. As a result, the deliciousness of duck blood vermicelli soup is magnified......

After that, the 30 bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup that were served together were snatched up. But there are still many big guys who haven't eaten it and are very dissatisfied.

But this was not a problem, and soon, the roasted sweet potatoes and pork stewed vermicelli were almost ready, and they were served......

Marin ate first as usual to dispel everyone's scruples. Then, the ministers of civil and military affairs who had not eaten the duck blood vermicelli soup went to get roasted sweet potatoes and pork stewed vermicelli to eat...... Of course, Emperor Zhengde, as the emperor, naturally has to taste it again......

After eating, all the bigwigs were still unsatisfied, very satisfied, and felt that it was not bad. Of course, I just think it's not bad......

After all, whether it is Emperor Zhengde or other civil and military ministers, as the top boss of the Ming Empire, what food has not been eaten?

Duck blood vermicelli soup, pork stewed vermicelli and roasted sweet potatoes are certainly delicious, but they are not too surprising in front of these bigwigs who have eaten all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Therefore, the three dishes carefully prepared by Marin are just good in the eyes of these big guys, and they will never go crazy after eating them as written, and then go out of control......

Of course, if you switch the time to the Tang Dynasty, where stir-fry was not popular, or switch the location to Europe, where dark cuisine was prevalent, it is possible to make people go crazy after eating. In Daming, where there are many delicacies, these three foods are not bad at best......

However, a "not bad" rating is enough. After eating the three delicacies prepared by Marin, the big guys of the Ming Court determined that sweet potatoes are indeed worth promoting and are good food......

And that's exactly what Marin wants......

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