Light snow, one of the 24 solar terms, rain and cold thin, so condensed and snow, the small is not prosperous.

With the arrival of winter, the climate is getting colder, the dew on the ground in the early morning has turned to frost, and the morning fog has become thicker. In the expectation of the ladies of Chang'an, Chang'an City finally ushered in the first snow of the first year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty. The weather was not too cold at this time, so the snow was half ice and half melting, and it melted as soon as it hit the ground.

The ladies did not care about this, and when they saw the first tiny flakes of snow in the morning, they put on the fur of the Egger that they had purchased for several months, and hurried into the chariot and drove to the heavens. Now the ladies of Chang'an City, if they don't have a piece of Aige fur, they will definitely not dare to go out.

Winter is cold and long, and it is also the most likely day for the ladies who sit idle at home to gain weight (please forgive me for using such an indecent word), and there is an activity called yoga launched by the heavens, which is deeply loved by the ladies. Although the old men in the family are also learning the "Five Fowl Opera", it is said that it is a secret technique passed down from the palace, which can strengthen the body. But the ladies still prefer soothing and calm yoga, after all, it is a bit indecent for women to learn how to pounce on the leopard.

On the bluestone avenue in the north of Jiadi, the carriage on the mansion of Dali Qing Wang Xuan is moving slowly. Yan'er sat in the car, pouting, her face full of unhappiness, obviously very reluctant to accompany the old lady Wang Chen to the heavens to learn Narauszi yoga. Watching a group of middle-aged women break their arms and twist their buttocks is really not a beautiful thing.

"Mother, I won't accompany you to the heavenly room, I'll eat hot pot with Sister Qing'er!" The sharp-eyed Yan'er saw Qing'er and Qin Li on the side of the road, and saw that they were about to enter the newly opened "Little Fat Sheep Hot Pot City" of the Royal Industrial Group next to them, so she hurriedly asked the servant to stop the carriage and said hello to Wang Chen.

Fortunately, Liu Qing is the granddaughter of Liu She, the imperial historian, and she is a talented woman who is knowledgeable and reasonable. So he didn't stop Yan'er, and ordered the maid Xiang'er to follow with a few accompanying guards, and then let the servant continue to drive, eager to show off his huge value of fire fox Qiu to other noblewomen.

Qing'er and Qin Li were naturally overjoyed when they saw Yan'er, and they entered the Little Sheep Hot Pot City while laughing. Since this Little Sheep Hot Pot City is a transaction under the Royal Industrial Group, all the shareholders of the group have obtained a different number of VIP cards, so the audience is also much larger than that of the Heavenly Elite Pavilion and the Seven Tricks Exquisite Pavilion.

As soon as you enter the hot pot city, you can feel the warm breeze blowing on your face, dispelling the cold outside. The waiter of Hot Pot City respectfully led the three of them to an empty table, pulled out the chairs for them to sit down, and took out a menu depicting graphics and words for them to choose from.

Speaking of this hot pot, it's really not Liu Che who thinks of it. A few months ago, Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, once invited Liu Che and other princes to a banquet, and at the banquet, what they ate turned out to be hot pot! Liu Che almost didn't swear at that time, and almost thought that Liu Fei had also crossed over, because he not only ate hot pot, but also "Mandarin Duck Hot Pot"!

The "Mandarin Duck Hot Pot" in Liu Fei's Mansion is a sub-grid tripod, which is to divide the tripod into different cooking spaces to avoid different flavors of soup skewers, which is convenient for diners with different eating habits such as sour, spicy, numb, and salty. The tripod is divided into five grids, the middle is a circle grid, and the outside is divided into four grids, you can put pork, dog meat, mutton, beef, chicken and other meat products in different grids, so that you can eat five different flavors of hot pot.

According to Liu Fei, every winter, he must eat hot pot, and every time he will take the princess and his favorite concubine, the family will sit together, enjoy the fun of life brought by hot pot, and Deng is very lively.

Liu Che had to admit that Liu Fei was very good at eating hot pot. He also placed two sets of "dyers" next to the grid ding. The so-called dyeware is a plate with condiments when eating hot pot. There is also a heating device underneath, called a "dyeing furnace". The dyeing furnace consists of a cup and a furnace with a rectangular body and an open flat bottom to facilitate the placement of fuel to heat the condiments in the ear cups. Liu Fei's way of eating hot pot is slightly different from that of later generations, heating the seasoning, and then dipping it into it.

No wonder everyone says that Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, is arrogant and extravagant, and he is afraid that he will not be refined in all kinds of uses, just looking at his attention to hot pot, it can be seen. Liu Che was also interested, and immediately decided to build a little fat sheep hot pot city in Beique Jiadi, so that the magnates could live a warm winter, and of course, more importantly, to make a lot of money from them. In order to maintain high-end quality, the entry qualifications of the Heavenly Elite Pavilion and the Seven Exquisite Pavilions were too high, and those middle-class families and second ancestors did not have the opportunity to enter and consume at all. Liu Che felt that it was very necessary to prepare a consumption place for them and slaughter them fiercely.

In fact, Liu Che has deeper considerations. It is very complicated to completely change the way of life and the structure of thinking of the whole society, and forceful measures will only cause great backlash and even strong antagonistic feelings. The best way is the subtle influence, and this influence comes from the most subtle aspects of life - clothing, food, housing and transportation.

In these respects, Liu Che brought all kinds of new things to the upper ruling class of the Han Dynasty, and gradually increased their acceptance of the unknown within the scope of their acceptance. Now that they have accepted the tables and chairs, the furs, and the architecture of the royal recreational lodge, they no longer demand to sit upright; If you wear it, you will no longer be forced to wear a mattress; The construction of pavilions no longer blindly follows the old system. In the future, they will be more open to new things and will be more open to the changes around them.

Of course, Liu Che didn't expect these little things he did to have much real effect. However, if you can make money at the same time, you can somehow reverse the lifestyle of some Han Dynasty people and dig a few small anthills on the embankment of the stubborn old forces, which may save a lot of effort when the real reform is carried out in the future. There is a hundred benefits and no harm, why not do it?

Qing'er and the three of them waited for a while, and the waiter brought a copper mandarin duck pot, which was the charcoal-burning spire hot pot in later generations. The kind of grid tripod used by Liu Feifu is too big, and the hot pot base alone has to be put on several catties, which is really not suitable for a table of several people, stressing the atmosphere, and pursuing a high-end little sheep hot pot city.

Liu Che simply copied the Donglai Shun Shabu mutton and little fat sheep hot pot in the later generations, made a delicate small copper pot, and summoned the imperial chef to prepare more than a dozen flavors of hot pot base according to the various seasonings existing in the Han Dynasty, and even some medicinal diets suitable for winter tonic. In order to prevent diners from getting angry, several herbal tea drinks are specially configured.

Before the official opening, Liu Che summoned the princes and tried it, and they almost swallowed their tongues. Thinly sliced beef and mutton, honeycomb-shaped frozen tofu, chewy meatballs, golden wheat cakes, fragrant roast lamb legs, and a variety of never-before-heard snacks, dumplings, xiao long bao, Yangzhou fried rice......

When the wine was hot, Liu Fei sprayed a strong smell of wine in his mouth, hugged Liu Che's arm, cried profusely, and said continuously: "Your Highness, do you know? Compared to you, Fifth Brother, what kind of hardship did I have in the past?! I eat like pigs, and I live in a house like a kennel, and I'm miserable! ……”

When the princes heard this, they couldn't help but have black lines in their heads. The whole Han has two counties in the fiefdom of Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, and he is arrogant and extravagant, and he spends extravagantly, if you live like pigs and dogs, then aren't we pigs and dogs? !

Liu Che can understand Liu Fei somewhat, Liu Fei is already talented, and he was born in the imperial family, so it is inevitable that he is arrogant and arrogant, and he has never really looked down on anyone. It's very underestimating the taste of the world. And Liu Fei is most proud of the fact that he sublimates all kinds of details in life to the realm of art as much as he can, at this point, even if Liu Che has more than 2,000 years of knowledge in his mind, he has to admire it. Speaking of Liu Fei's wine tasting, the kind of indulgence and enjoyment that is comfortable, and the natural and unpretentious charm when he toasts and smells the fragrance, even in later generations, he is definitely the top master.

Now, Liu Fei feels that he has lost to Liu Che in terms of diet and residence, which is far more decadent than giving up the fight for the position of prince, after all, this is where he is most proud. Of course, Liu Che was also a little unbearable, relying on the advantage of crossing the crowd to hurt the fifth brother's fragile and sensitive liver, just like a child who won the first place in the class by cheating, seeing the child who had been the first in the class for several years crying, there will always be some apologies in my heart.

So, after the banquet, Liu Che, who was apologetic, let the drunken Liu Fei take away the boiler, various secret recipes and several imperial kitchens of the Prince Zhan Shifu. In the middle of the night, Liu Che suddenly came to his senses, sat up violently, waved his fists angrily, and roared viciously: "I'll wipe it!" Our old Liu family really doesn't have a good thing! ”

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