Chapter 19 Staying in Xiangzhou Mansion

In the previous chapter, it was mentioned that Zhao Goutian had already come to Xiangzhou before dawn. He judged that the situation of the Jin people was stronger than the people, and it was wise to keep a low profile. So, he and Wang Boyan quietly entered Xiangzhou City with people.

As soon as Wang Boyan, the governor of Xiangzhou, entered the city, he immediately sent his subordinates to rush to the Zhizhou Mansion to prepare in order to welcome Zhao Gou to move in. Zhao Gou said on his lips, thank you Wang Shuai, but he thought in his heart, did this traitor put some corrupt treasures in the mansion, and he had to hide them in a hurry? ! Hehe! However, after thinking about it, he thought that Wang Boyan was the person who became the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter what, he was a top person, since he was ready to pick him up Zhao Gou, he must have prepared everything, and this time he sent his men to the Zhizhou Mansion, he should really want to welcome him to stay.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou's disgust for Wang Boyan has eased a lot, although he is a traitor, but he is really considerate of him (if Wang Boyan is not considerate, I'm afraid the original Zhao Gou will not let him be the prime minister), Zhao Gou is a mortal, and his heart is also flesh and blood, and it is easy to be moved and softened. So, Zhao Gou smiled and patted Wang Boyan's arm and said, "Wang Shuai, you have worked hard recently, and the Zhizhou Mansion let me live, what should you do?" ”

Wang Boyan arched his hand and said, "The generalissimo lives well, and his subordinates are at ease wherever they live." ”

Zhao Gou thundered at Wang Boyan's sycophancy, he was deeply victimized by the rotten girl culture in modern times, so when he saw men flattering him, he always chuckled in his heart, and felt a kind of physiological nausea. So he took his hand off Wang Boyan's arm and said, "Wang Shuai, you are already my close minister, so you don't need to say these polite words in the future." ”

Wang Boyan looked grateful, and then said, "Wang, what your subordinates say is sincere, not polite. ”

Zhao Gou heard that Wang Boyan had changed from an official position to a king used by the hunting team and Lan Qi, and said in his heart, this thing really climbs when he sees the pole! But on the surface, he nodded with satisfaction, with a posture that you will be your own person from now on.

There was nothing to do all the way, and after two quarters of an hour, Zhao Gou entered the Zhizhou Mansion that Wang Boyan had carefully prepared for himself. Although Zhao Gou also lives in Zhizhou in Cizhou, it is far worse than the current Xiangzhou. If Xiangzhou Zhizhou Mansion is a four-star hotel, then Cizhou's is at most a guest house.

Zhao Gou patted his mahogany bed, if it were in modern times, his bed would be worth a suite. It's a pity that he rubbed his stomach and was a little hungry. His heart suddenly moved, thinking that he hadn't entered the kitchen of the Song Dynasty yet! Don't know what the kitchen looks like?

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou immediately became interested, called Lan Jue, who was guarding outside, and asked him to lead the way to the kitchen. Lan Jue was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "King, the gentleman is far away from cooking." ”

Zhao Gou rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "The responsibility of the king is to be aware of the situation, not to be a gentleman." You don't talk nonsense, lead the way. ”

Lan Jue was stunned when he heard this, so he had to order the officials in the mansion to lead the way to the kitchen.

Zhizhou was a six-rank official in the Song Dynasty, probably equivalent to a modern county magistrate, and the mansion could not be built too large according to the regulations, so soon, Zhao Gou entered the kitchen. In ancient times, there was no refrigerator, so the kitchen paid the most attention to ventilation, and as soon as the door was opened, a gust of cold wind blew Zhao Gou shivered. When I looked closely, it seemed as if a dark shadow had suddenly jumped in front of me. Zhao Gou was surprised, and said in his heart who ran to the kitchen early in the morning to steal something, he drew his sword and squinted, and took a closer look, okay! Qiu Shiqiu's big belly was hiding behind the noodle bag, looking pitiful and licking his mouth.

Zhao Gou smiled and asked strangely, "Is it necessary for you to avoid me!?" ”

Qiu lowered his head with a big belly and said, "I, I didn't expect to hide, but in the kitchen, when I see someone coming, I always have to hide, and I have always been like this......"

Zhao Gouxin said that this foodie must have stolen his own food since he was a child, so he had a subconscious, thinking of this, he felt more and more that Qiu Da Belly was funny, so he smiled, "If you are hungry in the future, let someone make it for you, you don't have to go to the kitchen to steal!" ”

Qiu Da Belly heard Zhao Gou say this, immediately smiled, and then stared at the peanuts behind Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou saw him like this, shook his head, and said You should restrain yourself first, the peanuts are still raw!

Zhao Gou took a closer look in the kitchen to see what he could eat now. Although it was wartime, Zhizhou was a six-grade official in the end, and the ingredients in the kitchen were exquisite. Flour, rice, all kinds of frozen meat, frozen fish, peanuts, walnuts, sesame, jujubes, and a few glutinous rice snacks buckled under the dustpan. Of course, there were no foods such as corn, peppers, potatoes, etc., which later came from the Americas. Zhao Gou is also mentally prepared for these.

What should I eat? Zhao Gou muttered, and suddenly saw Qiu's big belly behind the noodle bag, and suddenly had an idea, and said in his heart that it would be better to make oil tea noodles! In the era of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, fried noodles were the most important military food. Presumably, there must be its progressiveness. Thinking of this, Zhao Gou only felt that he was hungry, so he said to Lan Jue, "Hurry up and light the fire, Marshal Ben will make you something delicious." ”

Lan Qi didn't plan to persuade Zhao Gou anymore, he hurriedly beckoned a few cooks and cooks who came to inquire about it, and lit a fire and heated the stove. The Song Dynasty was a class society, and the cooks and maids in the Zhizhou Mansion had never seen an official who cooked by himself, let alone a prince, so soon a group of people gathered outside the kitchen, chattering about what the generalissimo King Kang was going to do.

Zhao Gou first quietly asked Qiu Da Belly, have you ever eaten oil tea noodles? Qiu said that he had never heard of such a thing. Seeing his reaction, Zhao Gouxin said that this would be easy to do. He confidently and boldly scooped up half a pot of flour, and then put a large bowl of peanuts, walnut kernels, and sesame seeds from the side of the grain rack, Zhao Gou shook his head, if only he wanted to have melon seeds. Unexpectedly, even melon seeds, which are popular with the masses, came from the Americas. Alas, the oil tea noodles without melon seeds are white and slightly flawed!

In ancient times, unlike modern times, it was possible to control the gas stove to produce large and small fires, but the ancients were also very smart, they cut fire holes in the wood stove of different sizes, and they could move the iron pot to obtain different degrees of fire. Zhao Gou first put the pot on the high heat, poured in a large spoonful of oil, heated it, poured the hot oil into the bowl, and set it aside. Then, put the pot on low heat, stir-fry the walnuts and peanuts on the oil base in the pot, and crush them while stir-frying. The crowd of onlookers all made a sigh from the sidelines, which meant that they couldn't imagine that the generalissimo was quite professional in this regard. Of course, Zhao Gou is professional, you must know that every stylish foodie is a good cook.

When the walnut kernels and peanuts are almost fried, he puts the sesame seeds into the wok, and continues to stir-fry quickly, the sesame peanuts have the strongest fragrance, and soon, the aroma is wanton, and Qiu's big belly is almost dripping onto the belly. Zhao Gou knew that when they were cooked, he took out these miscellaneous fruits, poured the flour into them, and quickly stir-fried them until the flour turned yellow and wafted out bursts of burnt aroma. Zhao Gou knew that half of the work was done. He quickly poured the oil, miscellaneous fruits, and a large spoonful of brown sugar into the pot that had just been put aside and had already cooled for most of the time, and quickly mixed and stir-fried. Wait until the flour in the pot turns from light yellow to burnt yellow, the miscellaneous fruits are quickly mixed with flour and oil, and all the gnocchi is also broken and stirred, and a large pot of oil tea noodles is made.

Zhao Gou put the oil tea noodles into the bowl, and when he looked back, he saw that everyone was snorting, drooling, and looking at him in a daze. Zhao Gou thought proudly, how about it, blinded by the dawn of modern civilization? But on the surface, he still looked calm, beckoning Lan Qi to boil water quickly.

Lan Jue and the kitchen handyman boiled water with their hands and feet, and then, according to Zhao Gou's words, used boiling water to boil the oil tea noodles and distributed them to everyone on the lookers. Don't forget, what is camellia noodles? It is the favorite snack of the people of the north when they visit the temple fair! Even modern people have to bow down under the camellia skirt, not to mention the ancient people who had less sugar and less oil in their diet. They drank oil tea noodles with chirps, and they all thought it was delicious. Even Lan Jue, who grew up in the palace since he was a child and later followed Zhao Gou out of the palace and entered the palace, also felt that the oil tea noodles were really delicious, he looked at Zhao Gou in surprise and asked, "Wang, when did you learn to fry this thing?" ”

Zhao Gou sighed in his heart, Lan Qi was a eunuch who raised him since he was a child, and he suddenly had this skill, so he really had to explain. So, he smiled trickily and said, "Of course it's given by God." ”

This set of words given by God is useless to fool Zong Ze Wang Boyan, but with Zhao Gou's understanding of Lan Qi and the ancient working people, they who believe in ghosts and gods should accept this.

Who knows, a cook suddenly said, "Emma, if I were from heaven, I would teach the generalissimo how to defeat the golden soldiers, instead of frying oil tea noodles." ”

To tell the truth, this cook is really not a singer with Zhao Gou, her words were attached to the ear of another cook, but who made this cook have a wide heart, a fat body, and a full vitality, she said a word softly, enough for the whole kitchen to hear clearly.

When Zhao Gou heard this, Khan came down at that time, fortunately, Zhao Gou is not alone now, he already has his own loyal servants, only to hear that Qiu Da's belly was anxious, copied his bowl and brought it to the nose of the talking cook, and said angrily, "Big sister, why are you talking!?" Do you dare to say that such a delicious camellia noodle is not heaven's? Qiu's big belly is not at a high level of education, and he doesn't seem to remember this sentence taught by God, but this does not affect him to speak up for Zhao Gou.

Lan Jue couldn't listen anymore, he frowned, and said, "Girl, how do you know that God didn't teach the Generalissimo the skill of repelling the golden soldiers?" You go to Cizhou to inquire, is the deeds of Generalissimo Kang Wang Dianshu becoming a soldier known to everyone? ! ”

Zhao Gou was a little embarrassed when he heard these two people boast about him like this, but when the people in the kitchen heard this, they all seemed to believe it, and they all showed ecstatic expressions.

The cook who had just spoken was also full of admiration and admiration, patted her thigh, and said heartily, "Generalissimo, wait for the slave family to make you something to eat!" ”