"Your Majesty......"

Peng Pai clutched the blanket tightly in his hand, like a fish in his throat, quite moved.

"When I wake up, I will hurry up and freshen up, and then go and prepare some simple breakfast, and after eating, I will bring Tanggong and them over."

Yang Qi continued to lower his head and draw, not caring about the emotion in Peng Pai's eyes.

Although he is now the king of a country, he does not have much consciousness of the king of a country.

In Peng Pai's eyes, Yang Qi covered him with a blanket, which was a kind of grace. But in Yang Qi's eyes, it was an inconspicuous trivial matter.

Peng Pai carefully folded the blanket and placed it on the kang without making any noise to disturb Yang Qi.

After packing up the blanket, Peng Pai opened the door and went out to wash, and then prepared to help Yang Qi prepare breakfast.

It was busy for nearly an hour and a half.

Yang Qi drew the precise arquebus construction drawings.

In order to facilitate the understanding of Tang Gong and the other craftsmen, Yang Qi picked out a small sheep's hair pen and wrote the annotations of the small characters on the side.

Yang Qi's annotations are very detailed, and they are marked with labels, which is very easy to understand.

A complete arquebus build drawing is drawn.

Yang Qi put down the pen, moved his wrist, and moved his shoulders and neck.

When he raised his head, he saw Peng Pai holding a plate of food and standing respectfully in front of him.

Yang Qi cried and laughed: "It's okay to put it on the table, why bother holding it yourself?" ”

Peng Pai said with a serious face: "If you hold it in your hand, your subordinates can keep an eye on it, and if you put it on the table, if your majesty summons it, your subordinates will be overlooked for a while, and something goes wrong, then it will be terrible." ”

Since Yang Qi experienced an assassination, Peng Pai, who had been following Yang Qi's personal entourage, immediately raised Yang Qi's defense work to a level.

I heard that he also went to find those spies who followed Chen Lin from the Great Song Dynasty to ask for precautions for protecting the emperor.

Yang Qi shook his head helplessly and asked Peng Pai to put down the plate.

The food on the plate looked simple, but after Yang Qi tasted it, he felt that it was not simple.

A plate of tender soft meat similar to melon seed sprouts, Yang Qi frowned after just making a pair of chopsticks.

Peng Pai's heart bulged, and he asked carefully, "Not to your taste?" ”

After a pause, Peng Pai said cautiously: "My subordinates have tasted it personally, and there is no peculiar smell......

The reason why Peng Pai tasted it himself was to test the poison.

And among all the emperors who serve him, there will be those who have tasted poison.

Yang Qi remembered that when he was in the later life, he read a history of the Song Dynasty, which contained a sentence of emotion from Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong.

'I've never had a hot meal once in my life......

It can be seen from this that a dish has to go through how many tests it has to pass from the pot to the emperor's Chrysostom.

Of course, the reason why Yang Qi frowned had nothing to do with the heat or cold of this thing, but the material.

Yang Qi raised his chopsticks, knocked on the edge of the plate, and sighed: "Did you order them to do it, or did they take the initiative to offer it?" ”

Peng Pai looked dazed, "This is what they are ready to offer...... Questions? ”

Yang Qi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There is no problem with the materials, it's just too wasteful." Although our Yan Kingdom has the money-making machine of Nanguo Qianxing, we can't stand such a waste.

Although I, Yang Yansi, am now the king of a country, I don't want to set off extravagance in Yan Kingdom.

I don't want to encourage the greed of those with ulterior motives because of this wind. ”

From the seriousness of the corruption caused by extravagance, it can be easily seen from a careful reading of the Qing history.

The Qing Dynasty, especially at the end of the Qing Dynasty, was extravagant.

This has fueled the huge greed of the eunuchs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

An egg that is only sold in the private sector for two or three cents costs ten taels of silver to purchase from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This shows how serious the level of huge greed is.

If He Shen was the biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs was the biggest corrupt institution in the Qing Dynasty.

Yang Qi didn't want this kind of thing to happen to the people around him.

He would rather let the people around him go into business than corrupt them.

Because Yang Qi was reluctant to raise the butcher knife to the people around him.

Peng Pai still didn't see what the plate of budd meat on the plate was, he scratched his head and said suspiciously: "Your Majesty, this is a plate of minced meat, what kind of extravagance can it cause?" ”

Yang Qi glanced at Peng Pai, shook his head and smiled: "You still have too little knowledge, where is this minced meat." It's chicken tongue ......"

"Hiss~"

Peng Pai gasped and said in astonishment: "This ......"

A plate of nearly five hundred granules.

That's five hundred chickens.

Five hundred chickens, eating only chicken tongues, what a luxury.

"Goo~"

Peng Pai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, not knowing what to say.

Yang Qi looked at the soup next to him again, and said, "Suckling pigeon soup, without a hundred suckling pigeons, you can't boil this kind of flavor......

"And these three quail eggs, which require three camels, three sheep, and three chickens......"

“……”

Three dishes and one soup, each dish is extraordinary.

Peng Pai made a rough estimate that the four dishes in front of Yang Qi's eyes didn't have four hundred taels of silver, so he couldn't afford to eat them at all.

In an instant, he realized what it means to be extravagant.

Poverty limited his imagination, and he had never eaten anything so delicate.

Naturally, I didn't expect that the four simple dishes in front of me would be so costly.

After introducing the four dishes, Yang Qi instructed Peng Pai: "Go down and tell all the craftsmen that each person will add a piece of chicken to today's lunch." At the same time, tell them that today I will have dinner with the craftsmen. Don't do any more of these special things.

The most important thing is to get me the cook who makes these three dishes......"

"Your Majesty is going to kill the cook?"

Peng Pai asked in amazement.

Yang Qi glared at him, "Although I don't like extravagance, but this person can make these three dishes, either he used to be an imperial chef, or his ancestors used to be imperial chefs."

This kind of person can be regarded as a talent, and it is a waste to stay in Yanmen Pass.

I'm going to change places for him and let his talents shine. ”

Peng Pai nodded and walked out of the room.

It didn't take long for Peng Pai to take a thin man wearing an apron to Yang Qi's room.

When the thin man entered, he saw Yang Qi eating the food he cooked, and he was eating sweetly, and a heartfelt smile suddenly appeared on his face.

The thin man's name is Tan Qing, and his ancestor is the imperial chef.

The craft was passed on to his generation, but he did not have the opportunity to enter the palace.

has been wandering among the people.

A place where you can't show your skills.

Later, when he was in Fuxingguan, because the big pot of rice was done well, he was promoted to the head of the fire and became a fire leader.

After the establishment of the Armory Workshop, he was transferred to the Armory Workshop.

I've been there until now.

After hearing that Yang Qi had arrived yesterday, he wanted to show his means to win Yang Qi's favor and become the imperial chef of Yan Kingdom.

For this reason, he specially took out all his savings, invited sixteen people, bought a lot of materials, and made these three dishes and one soup for Yang Qi from yesterday's preparation to the present.

Now he has been summoned by Yang Qi.

The thin man already felt that he was about to rise to the top.

"Villain Tan Qing, see Your Majesty."

After Tan Qing entered the room, he bowed down and saluted Yang Qi.

Yang Qi didn't seem to see him, and kept eating by himself.

It wasn't until he had eaten up three dishes and one soup that he raised his head and looked at Tan Qing.

"Your ancestor was the imperial chef?"

Yang Qi asked without being salty.

Tan Qing was exposed to the sun for a quarter of an hour, which made the joy in his heart a little less.

Now in the face of Yang Qi's not salty voice, his heart lifted a little more.

He felt that he couldn't guess Yang Qi's preferences, but Yang Qi seemed to have seen through him.

After pondering for a moment, Tan Qing bowed down honestly and said, "Back to Your Majesty's words, the villain's ancestor is indeed the imperial chef." ”

Yang Qi nodded slowly, "Ordinary cooks can't make these four things." Good craftsmanship and I like to eat ......"

The joy in Tan Qing's heart was brought up again.

However, Yang Qi's next sentence knocked him into a trough.

"But I don't like such an extravagant way of eating, and I don't like this extravagant way of eating to spread among the royal family of Yan and the officials of Yan State......"

Tan Qing looked at Yang Qi, who was sitting at the table drinking tea after eating, with a stunned expression, not knowing how to speak.

Yang Qi's words had blocked his way to enter the palace as an imperial chef, or join the official eunuch's house as a guest.

Tan Qing felt a thunderbolt on his head.

Slap on the horse's leg?

Could it be that this craft is destined to be buried?

Or, for a reason, to lose your life?

Yang Qi seemed to see through Tan Qing's thoughts, and he said calmly: "Don't worry, I won't kill you." Instead, it will recommend you a good place to go. When you get there, everything you have learned will be put to use, and there will be no shortage of glory and wealth.

But you have to remember that if any official asks you to cook at the house, you are not allowed to go.

And, from this day on, you are a member of the Scarecrow, under the jurisdiction of Peng Pai. ”

When Tan Qing heard this, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

He could only salute Yang Qi, "The villain thanks Your Majesty Longen." ”

Peng Pai glared at the side and said, "You should call yourself a subordinate." ”

Yang Qi accepted Tan Qing as a scarecrow.

Peng Pai and Tan Qing couldn't guess Yang Qi's intentions.

What does a chef do with a scarecrow?

Let him help find out the news?

Assassination?

They would never guess that Yang Qi's intention in doing this was for the sake of clean government.

This can be regarded as a precautionary measure.

In all dynasties, the wind of corruption is not justified.

Even in later generations, corruption is still rampant.

Yang Qi didn't believe in this evil.

He must be upright with this crooked wind that has been blowing for thousands of years.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all for you to keep an eye on.

I see how greedy you are?

If you can hide the embezzled money for the rest of your life and bury it in a coffin, you're great.

casually laid a crucial chess piece for the integrity of Yan Guo in the future.

Yang Qi asked Peng Pai to send someone to play Tan Qing on the road.

Dealt with such a small episode.

The sun had climbed up the treetops.

Tang Gong and the others were already waiting outside the door early.

Yang Qi asked Peng Pai to bring people in.

"Subordinates and others see Your Majesty's ......"

Frequent daily gifts, after greetings.

Yang Qi led Tang Gong and his party to the table.

"Look, this is my new idea of a firearm, see if you can make it, what's the difficulty?"

After Tang Gong and the others' eyes fell on the drawings on the table, they couldn't pull it out again.

Such exquisite drawings can be said to be rare in life.

Neat thin lines outline a complete diagram of the components of the arquebus.

In addition to this, there is a dismantling of all the parts next to it.

There is also a large amount of text commentary.

These skilled craftsmen can easily judge which component is difficult and which component is the key from the drawings.

Except for the difference in proportions, it is almost a miniature version of the drawing.

They only glanced at it, and they knew the making of arquebuses by heart.

Except for a small part of the components whose materials require special qualities and take a lot of time, the rest is not difficult at all.

The reason why they still attract them and can't pull out their eyes is because of this picture.

You must know that the drawings of the craft inheritance that they learned before were all sketched with the most rudimentary stick figures.

Compared to the picture in front of me, it is like a comparison between a stick figure of a brush drawing and a CAD drawing.

"Your Majesty, have you studied blacksmithing?"

Tang Gong was shocked, and looked at Yang Qi with a blank look and asked.

It's no wonder that Tang Gong has this question, he is really used to seeing stick figures, and suddenly there are such exquisite and detailed drawings, which makes him uncomfortable, and he also wonders if Yang Qi is a craftsman.

Yang Qi shook his head with a smile.

Tang Gong and the others eagerly looked at the picture on the table, and then looked at Yang Qi.

Someone sighed dejectedly, "If our ancestors can draw such a beautiful picture, then things like wooden oxen and flowing horses will not be lost...... It's a pity, it's a pity......"

Yang Qi heard their intentions through these words.

"You want to learn?"

As soon as Yang Qi said this, he came out.

Tang Gong and the others nodded excitedly.

Yang Qi cried and laughed: "It just so happens that I have been staying in Yanmen Pass for the past few days, and I have time to teach you." When you come back, prepare pen and paper, and I'll teach you myself. ”

Tang Gong and the others excitedly bowed to Yang Qi, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for teaching the divine technique......

Yang Qi pointed to the arquebus on the table and said, "You go down to forge the arquebus first, I'm in a hurry to get this thing." We'll talk about the art of drawing at our leisure. ”

When Tang Gong and the others heard this, they shook their heads and said, "This thing is not difficult, we don't need to go out at all, just explain it to the apprentices." Your Majesty, please hurry up and teach us the art of drawing. ”

Yang Qi almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of reverse blood, feeling that the picture I worked so hard to draw, you will take a look?

Yang Qi didn't believe that he would only teach the drawing skills after they had forged things.

Then Tang Gong and the others gave Yang Qi a lesson on the spot.

I saw that Tang Gong and the others sent someone to call a few apprentices, but they didn't even show the drawings, everyone dictated the style to the apprentices, and gave them an order to go down and build it.

Yang Qi felt that they were sloppy and terrible, and he was simply amusing himself.

After Tang Gong and the others gave orders to their apprentices, they stayed in Yang Qifang one by one, looking at the drawings on the table and figuring out how to draw, without worrying that their apprentices would not be able to cast anything.

An hour has passed.

The results are in.

A large pile of arquebus parts appeared in front of Yang Qi's eyes.

Yang Qi took those parts, and after assembling them, he was stunned.

He only had two words in his heart.

These are all traversers, right?

And they all came out of the arsenal before they crossed over, right?