After the winter, the weather did not get warmer, and before I knew it, the goose-feathered snow fell again.

When Xiaoya and Steward Wang returned to the mansion, their heads were covered with white snowflakes, although they were wearing thick clothes, Xiaoya's face was still red from the cold, and they rubbed their hands vigorously as soon as they entered the gate of the Hou Mansion.

The strange thing is that Dazhu, Erzhu and Laifu are not in the front yard, Xiaoya and Steward Wang just sorted out the things they bought when they saw Aunt Lin with her head down and a bag of things ready to go out.

"Aunt Lin, where are you going?"

Aunt Lin was in shock from just now, and she didn't notice the two of them, she only reacted when she heard Xiaoya's question, and seeing that Steward Wang was also curious, Aunt Lin carefully opened the cloth bag in her hand, revealing a handful of black things in it and approached Steward Wang.

"Steward Wang, you are well-informed, do you see that this is Yun'er?"

Steward Wang took a closer look at the things in Aunt Lin's hand, took a deep breath and said in surprise: "If it's really Yun'er, how can there be such a precious thing in the mansion?" ”

In Wang Xiang's eyes, this is just an ordinary black fungus for twenty or thirty yuan, but he forgot that it is the Tang Dynasty now, and the fungus is still called cloud fungus, which is a tribute, and it is something that the emperor can enjoy, not to mention the homes of ordinary people, even the dignitaries and dignitaries of Chang'an City are rarely seen.

Hearing that Steward Wang also said that it was Yun'er, Aunt Lin was even more cautious.

"The young master asked me to exchange these cloud ears for silver to buy some beef and mutton, he said that he invited us to eat hot pot tonight, Da Zhu, Erzhu and Laifu are helping to make hot pot in the hall, Steward Wang, do you know what hot pot is?"

Steward Wang shook his head: "Unheard of." ”

Aunt Lin smiled bitterly: "I have been cooking for more than 20 years, and I have never heard of what hot pot is. ”

Yun Er is too precious, and Aunt Lin doesn't know how much it is worth, so Steward Wang has to go out with her, maybe the largest restaurant in Chang'an City, "Baiwei Lou", will be interested in these Yun Er.

Steward Wang and Aunt Lin braved the wind and snow to rush towards Baiwei Building, while Wang Xiang commanded Dazhu, Erzhu and Laifu to prepare hot pot in the hall.

It is not easy to eat hot pot without an induction cooker, first let them build a simple small stove with bricks, then make a hole in the middle of a good table and place it on the stove, and finally put the pot for cooking in the house on the table.

This is the strangest thing that Laifu has ever seen, who puts the pot on the table when he eats, and even the stove is under the table.

Although it took a lot of effort, Wang Xiang was quite satisfied with the final result, and he made up his mind to let the blacksmith build a pot that could burn charcoal under it when he was free to eat hot pot.

"Laifu, go put half a pot of water in the pot and boil, and when Aunt Lin comes back, I will make you a hot pot to eat."

"Okay!"

Laifu replied happily, in fact, he still hasn't figured out what the young master said about the hot pot is, but just looking at the meatballs and fresh vegetables on the table and the ham that the young master said, he knows that the hot pot must be a good thing.

The water in the pot was almost boiled dry, Aunt Lin and Steward Wang came back with beef and mutton, and Aunt Lin also brought back a whole beef leg bone, which Wang Xiang specially instructed her, although it was illegal to kill cattle in the Tang Dynasty, but the big families in Chang'an City would not fall to death a few cows one day, and they would pay some money to report to the government, and the restaurant would never lack beef.

To Wang Xiang's surprise, the small package of fungus was sold for six hundred taels of silver, so Steward Wang felt that it was sold low, you must know that Aunt Lin bought so much beef and mutton together, and it only cost less than five taels of silver, it seems that the price of fungus is not ordinarily expensive.

There are still dozens of packages of fungus in the warehouse, and Wang Xiang has already begun to consider whether to sell all the fungus in the warehouse.

In the end, he dispelled this thought, it is better to say that it will definitely be troublesome to take out all the fungus in the warehouse, and he can't explain the source of so many fungus, this thing is not something that can be bought with money, this is a tribute. In the Tang Dynasty, the fungus could not be cultivated artificially, and it was all picked in the mountains, and even the palace could not get a few catties of fungus in a year, which was not dry.

Forget it, there are many ways to make money, and it's a big deal to go back and sort out the method of artificial cultivation of fungus first, and then there will be a saying.

"Laifu, add water, Aunt Lin, you go and chop this beef bone and put it in the pot to cook, the best thing to use for hot pot is beef bone soup."

Aunt Lin looked at the ox leg bone that was thicker than her forearm and hesitated: "Young master, there is no knife for chopping bones in the house, I'll take it to Butcher Zhang and ask him to help chop it." ”

"Aren't there kitchen knives in the house?"

"A kitchen knife can't chop such a thick beef leg bone."

Can't chop beef bones with a kitchen knife? I used to chop it with a kitchen knife...... I forgot that it is the Tang Dynasty now, and it is estimated that the best Mo knife now is not as sharp as a kitchen knife in later generations.

"Then you can go......" Wang Xiang pondered, turned around and went to the warehouse to find a stainless steel kitchen knife to use, it was too inconvenient to find someone else to help chop a bone.

Let Xiaoya and Laifu put the vegetables and meatballs on the table on a plate respectively, slice the ham, put ginger slices and green onions in the pot, Wang Xiang also specially took out a bottle of two pots from the warehouse, and all the preparations were ready to wait for Aunt Lin to chop the beef bones and come back.

Before Aunt Lin came back, Cheng Chuliang came first, and I heard his loud voice shouting: "Zixin, I heard Aunt Lin say what kind of hot pot is going on in your house, so my brother was curious to come and take a look, didn't disturb you, right?" ”

"No, no, eating hot pot is to be lively when there are many people, I was planning to ask Laifu to invite you over, don't be polite."

This is really not polite, hearing Wang Xiang say this, he immediately put on a look of sudden realization and said: "It turns out that it takes a lot of people to eat hot pot, or send someone to invite Princess Qinghe to taste the hot pot that Zixin said together." ”

"Yes, Rifle!"

"Hey! The little one went to the Pony Mansion and invited the princess to come over. "This kid is quite clever.

When Princess Qinghe came to the Hou Mansion, Wang Xiang wondered in his heart: How is it a little girl, although the long eyebrows and clear eyes are a beauty, but it doesn't look like a little girl.

Perhaps because she was still young, Princess Qinghe was a little shy without the slightest princess, clinging to Cheng Chuliang's side, Wang Xiang was envious and jealous, and called Cheng Chuliang a beast in his heart.

Xiaoya and Princess Qinghe, the two little girls, don't drink, and while the beef bones have to be boiled for a while, Wang Xiang found an excuse to go back to the back room and take out a large bottle of Coke from the warehouse.

When the cola was poured out, it was still "sizzling" bubbling, causing the little girl to shout and scream very surprised, Wang Xiang sighed and shook his head, sure enough, it was an uninformed little girl, look at the princess of Qinghe, although a pair of wonderful eyes are also full of curiosity, but still sit still.

"Brother Chu Liang, what is this?"

Although Princess Qinghe's voice was small, Wang Xiang's ears were sharp, and when she heard her call Cheng Chuliang "Brother Chuliang", she suddenly felt a chill in her heart, it was really a beast.

"This, this ......"

This won't come out, let you show your affection in front of me, pretending not to see Cheng Chuliang's eyes asking for help Wang Xiang pondered in his heart: I don't know if I have a fiancée like a flower, shouldn't a wealthy family like me have a fiancée like a flower? We'll have to ask about it later.

In the end, Wang Xiang was kind enough to let him go, and patiently explained to Princess Qinghe: "This is called Coke, it is a drink, it is very delicious, the princess can give it a try." ”

"Yes, yes, this is Coke, I just wanted to say, that, Zixin, let's have a bowl of Coke for my brother, I haven't drunk it for a long time."

Wang Xiang didn't bother to pay attention to the thick-skinned Cheng Chuliang, lifted the lid of the pot and poured a pack of hot pot base into the pot, and suddenly the fragrance overflowed, and everyone couldn't help but take a sharp breath.

"It smells so good!"

"Is this a hot pot?"

Seeing that everyone didn't know how to eat, Wang Xiang had to demonstrate first, picked up a slice of mutton sliced into thin slices, put it in the pot, soaked it for a while, and then dipped it in the sauce in front of him and put it in his mouth.

Well, the mutton of the Tang Dynasty is more tender than the mutton rolls of later generations.

Cheng Chuliang saw Wang Xiang's expression of enjoyment, and couldn't wait to clip a few slices of mutton, and followed his example, and soaked them in the pot without caring about the dipping sauce, and threw them into his mouth, and suddenly exhaled hotly, but he was reluctant to spit it out, and praised while chewing: "It's really delicious!" ”

With the demonstration of Wang Xiang and Cheng Chuliang, everyone also learned from each other, and they chose their favorite foods and put them in the pot to shake up.

The snow was falling outside, and the people inside were eating hotly, and they couldn't feel a chill, Cheng Chuliang was even more sweaty and sweaty, he felt that it was too enjoyable to eat like this, especially the good mutton dipped in the hot sauce that Wang Xiang said, the taste was indescribable, as for the bottle of wine called Erguotou, most of it went into his stomach, and he had secretly decided to come here to eat in the future.

Princess Qinghe picked up a piece of potato slices and put them in her mouth, she seemed to have a soft spot for potato chips.

"It's a very cold weather, why are there so many fresh vegetables in the Hou Mansion, even Yun'er has them, and why have these vegetables never been seen before?" It's no wonder that Princess Qinghe has this doubt, there are no fresh vegetables to eat in the palace this season, and there are many vegetables on the table that she has never seen before, such as this thing that is cut into round slices and called potatoes by Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang had already thought about how to answer these things when he took them out of the warehouse, so he was quite calm in the face of Princess Qinghe's questions.

"I used to learn from a merchant in the Western Regions how to build a greenhouse, and the greenhouse is quite magical, that is, fresh vegetables can be grown in winter, and these rare vegetables are also purchased from the merchant of the Western Regions."

"There must be such a magical greenhouse in the world, it must be quite difficult to build, right?"

Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Actually, it's not too difficult, I'll teach Brother Chu Liang this method of building a greenhouse when I go back, and the princess can also eat fresh vegetables in winter in the future." ”

After eating a meal for almost two hours, most of the two pots were staggering when they walked swaying, and when they went back, they still pulled Wang Xiang and didn't let go, and they kept shouting that they would come over tomorrow to eat hot pot, which made everyone cry and laugh.

Today is Wang Xiang's first day in Datang, looking at Cheng Shiliang who boarded the carriage with the support of Princess Qinghe, looking at Steward Wang and Aunt Lin who were busy before and after, and looking at the elated Dazhu, Erzhu, Laifu and Xiaoya who gathered together to chat, Wang Xiang felt a sense of steadiness in his heart, from today on, he is the new prince of Datang......