Chapter 47: Chili Peppers
"Xu Shilang, there is no need to mention the matter of compensation, Your Majesty has been rent-free and tax-free, even if the other half of the land is lost, it is enough to compensate." The elders said one after another.
"This is Your Majesty's mercy, you elders can't just refuse for the tenants, and the manure transported from the Jingshi will be arranged by the official to be fermented in one place for the tenants to use." Xu Guangqi said.
At this time, there is no chemical fertilizer, feces are the best fertilizer now, Xu Guangqi said hello to the hospital early, and he is responsible for purchasing all the feces collected by the Health Bureau this year.
"When you go back, some of the tenants who have arranged for the potatoes to be planted will come to the official to receive the seeds, and the potatoes must be planted immediately. The rest of the tenants, who have not yet started to plant new crops on a trial basis, have to prepare for fertile land breeding. Xu Guangqi then commanded.
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Xu Guangqi is now in crazy work mode, eating and living on the farm. And the pepper that Zhu Youxiao needed had also been sent to the palace by the fast horse.
After coming to this Daming, Zhu Youxiao has never eaten chili peppers again, and now his saliva is almost left when he sees chili peppers.
"Good stuff! That's a really good thing! Zhu Youxiao laughed and said, "Set up the imperial dining room, I will cook it myself today." ”
"Your Majesty's status is noble, why don't you let the people in the imperial dining room take care of the cooking." Wang Liqian dissuaded.
"The people in the imperial dining room haven't even seen this thing, they know how to cook a fart, so let's cook it myself, let them learn it." Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but scold.
"If the ministers outside know that His Majesty is cooking, they will definitely discuss His Majesty's wrong, and they will definitely say that the gentleman is far away from cooking, etc." Wang Liqian said softly.
"Labor and management are not gentlemen, they are emperors, from ancient times to the present, there are several emperors who can be regarded as gentlemen, and gentlemen cannot be emperors." Zhu Youxiao was rude again.
"Your Majesty is a gentleman among emperors...... Wang Liqian said, patting his ass.
", set up the imperial dining room." Zhu Youxiao scolded with a smile.
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Zhu Youxiao first made one of his best dishes - fried meat with chili, and then made a bowl of fragrant rice from a farmhouse, making a total of three dishes before and after, all of which were simple home-cooked dishes, although there were only three dishes, but each dish was made in three servings. In his previous life, as a dick, Zhu Youxiao, who was too noble, didn't know how to cook at all, and could only cook some simple home-cooked dishes.
The imperial kitchen in the imperial dining room helped Zhu Youxiao to start, cutting vegetables, and washing vegetables. Of course, those below the rank of deputy chief don't even have the qualifications to wash vegetables, so they can only stand aside and watch. To put it simply, it is the chef of a three-Michelin-starred restaurant who is qualified to wash and chop vegetables.
Just when Zhu Youxiao was busy working in the imperial dining room, Zhang Yan heard the news that Zhu Youxiao went to the imperial dining room to cook in person, and immediately rushed to the imperial dining room.
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
Hearing that Zhang Yan was coming, Zhu Youxiao didn't stop what he was doing, but just asked, "Baozhu, why are you here?" ”
"Ah Qiu!" Choked by the smell of chili peppers, Zhang Yan couldn't help but sneeze first, "The concubine is rude." ”
"It's okay, anyone who smells this smell will sneeze, you go out quickly, the dish will be ready immediately." Today I will give you a taste of my craft. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
"The emperor is the king of a country, this is not the place you should come, if the emperor likes to eat, let the concubine learn to make it for the emperor." Zhang Yan bowed down and said.
"This is naturally no problem, you can make it for me to eat in the future, but today I will make it for you to taste first, so that you can learn how to make this chili?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile. Deeply educated by tradition, Zhang Yan also thinks that Zhu Youxiao should not come here, and Zhu Youxiao is not easy to refuse Zhang Yan's kindness.
"Well, that concubine is also going to school with the emperor to learn what to do, so that she can cook it for the emperor to eat in the future." Zhang Yan nodded obediently and said. Zhang Yan's words can only be said to this extent, and no matter how much she says, she is afraid that Zhu Youxiao will be disgusted.
"And one last course would be fine." Zhu Youxiao did not refuse Zhang Yan, but seeing Zhang Yan's uncomfortable appearance, his original plan to have a few more dishes fell through.
When leaving the imperial dining room, Zhu Youxiao told the imperial dining room to make some chopped chili peppers, or make some dried chili peppers. Although the number of chili peppers sent now is limited, if only Zhu Youxiao eats it alone, he will definitely not win and will be bad. As for chili powder and so on, these things can only be made when there are enough chili peppers.
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In the whole Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao may be the first person to eat chili peppers, Zhu Youxiao's body is still a little unable to adapt to this spicy taste for the time being, but the pleasure from the soul makes Zhu Youxiao want to stop this chili pepper.
But not everyone can get used to this spicy taste at first, at least the concubines present can't adapt to it at first, and some people eat a piece of chili pepper so spicy that tears are about to flow out.
"If you don't get used to it, you don't have to force yourself to eat it. This chili pepper will definitely not be used to eating it for the first time, so you can eat other dishes. Zhu Youxiao looked at the concubines with uncomfortable faces and said with a smile. Of course, no one will say that Zhu Youxiao's food is not delicious, and no one dares to say that Zhu Youxiao's food is not delicious.
Zhu Youxiao's words didn't seem to have much effect, most of the concubines were still trying hard, Zhang Yan saw this, smiled and said: "If you eat like this, the emperor won't have anything to eat." ”
Zhang Yan's words worked, and the concubines did not continue to try chili peppers.
"Your Majesty, is this chili pepper also taught by a god?" Zhang Yan couldn't help but ask softly. It was the first time she had seen chili peppers, and she believed that Zhu Youxiao must have seen it for the first time, so she asked.
"Yes, when I was in my dream, the man of God served me with such a meal." Zhu Youxiao smiled and nodded.
"Although this chili pepper tastes spicy, it is still very appetizing, and I believe that everyone will get used to it slowly." Zhang Yan heard that it was the food of the gods, and she couldn't help but try it again.
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The happiest thing about this meal belongs to Zhu Youxiao, and the others are still adapting, as for whether anyone has adapted immediately, Zhu Youxiao didn't see it on the spot.
"Your Majesty, the new clothes you painted last time, the concubine body has been fully prepared, I wonder when the emperor will be able to go over and take a look?" After dinner, taking advantage of the gap between the walks, Concubine Ren Rong took the initiative to ask about the clothes.
"Oh, the clothes are ready, have you tried them?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.
"The concubine has tried, but I don't know if the emperor is satisfied? The concubine wanted to ask the emperor to take a look. Concubine Ren Rong replied.
"Yes, I will go to the new military camp tomorrow morning, and the day after tomorrow I will go to your palace to see your new clothes." Zhu Youxiao said happily.