The guys of the Liu family threw a few pieces of tangerine peel into the pot, and then poured boiling water to brew, and the soup could be made in about half an hour.

"Man! Ginseng five treasure soup, come to a jar. ”

"Gotcha~"

shouted a promise and turned eighteen turns, and there were several sounds of persuasion and fist clinking glasses in the hall, and there was a bit of wanton and joy like a fish in water.

The guy was dressed in a short beat, grabbed a few copper coins rewarded by the old man and put them in his pocket, and continued in a friendly manner: "As soon as noon arrives, our chefs are all working, and your soup is hurrying!" ”

At this hour, there were still empty seats on the table of the Eight Immortals in only a few places, and the shopkeeper at the counter opened all the drawers behind him, took out the number plates, hammered his sore shoulders against the wall, and looked at the crowded street market outside the gate.

At the gate, two half-person-high urn jars are symmetrically placed, attracting the attention of passing children, and the altar surface is wiped out to be extraordinarily shiny, presumably for decoration.

In the back kitchen of Yipin Xiang Food Building, the chef used a colander to play in the wine vat a few times, took red ginseng with a pot under cold water, boiled it, and then changed to a simmer and boiled slowly.

The chef saw a person carrying a jar of rice wine and a few osmanthus fish, and smiled familiarly: "Brother Qin, did you buy wine to eat again?" ”

The man's face was relatively stiff, his complexion was like wheat, and he blinked his eyes and lifted the wine jar up, "Nanxiangtou sells wine, and it is less than half a tael of silver." ”

"How's the grade?"

The man simply put the jar on the side of the board, lifted the wine cork and said, "Try it?" ”

Needless to say, from the smell of the inquest, from the chef's look can be seen to be satisfactory, after tasting he realized that this rice wine exudes a beautiful aroma under the premise of sugar, wine, sour and the basic taste, if only a certain taste is highlighted, it will make the wine too sweet, too sour or have a bitter and spicy feeling, affecting the quality of the wine.

Rice wine in the north with millet and millet as raw materials, belongs to the low-degree brewing liquor, the taste is mellow and not easy to get drunk, its basic taste has sweet, fresh, bitter, astringent, spicy, sour and many tastes, in the evaluation occupies a large proportion.

Generally speaking, a good rice wine must be fragrant and pure and delicious, especially the sweetness of the sugar, the mellow aroma of the wine, the deliciousness of the acid, and the bitterness of the koji must complement each other, so that it can be sweet and refreshing, and the aftertaste is long.

"Authentic rice wine, believe it? You don't see when I've been fooled, do you? ”

"It seems ......," the chef nodded, "this year's grain harvest is good." ”

Most of the wine in the north is made from sorghum and rice, and there is not much fruit wine, and there is little wine from flowers. In today's dynasty, like tribute wine, you can't buy it even if you have money, but it's not necessarily, as long as you have the heart to throw gold, it is estimated that you can still buy it.

If it is an ordinary wine, it is about four taels of silver, and it depends on the price of the grain.

The chef was a little impressed and couldn't help but secretly wonder, this Qin brother has always been well-informed, and he can catch up wherever there is a benefit, but he is not faster than them.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the chefs who helped the kitchen came one after another.

"Brother Qin, I just heard someone call you eighteen outside, what's the matter, you really do eighteen at home?"

Hearing someone's question, Qin Shiba's expression was slightly stunned and then eased up, and he replied habitually: "Alas, it's all the old saying, the family attaches great importance to incense, according to the uncle's calculation." ”

A guy who ran the hall opened the curtain and came in to report the name of the dish, and when he saw Qin Shiba, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder: "Why are you here, it's time to change shifts." ”

"By the way, a long snack in a while, this ginseng five-treasure soup was asked for by that Lord Song." The man hesitated for a moment and then turned back and shouted, "Well, I'll go by myself, at most one more trip." ”

Qin Eighteen knew it, the people didn't know it, but he knew very well, there was only one Lord Song in the capital, and one of the three princes, the Imperial Doctor.

He smiled and said, "Ginseng Five Treasure Soup? Sounds good, but it doesn't look good among regular customers. ”

"Let's Liu Ji Yipinxiang, you still don't know? Many snacks have good names but are not delicious, and some snacks make people feel good because of the tight quantity. The guy smiled, "Pompousness, it's a kind of our culture. ”

The corners of Qin Eighteen's mouth twitched.

That's right...... This kind of boasting is really fresh and refined.

But...... Well, distinctive.

In the corner of the second floor of Yipinxiang, Song Yushi felt a little wonderful, and Cao Jiang, the head of the household, would even go to the restaurant.

"Song Yushi." Cao Shangshu also wore civilian clothes with him, and he was not very conspicuous in the noisy restaurant.

"Cao Shangshu is free, come to a taste of fragrance to try fresh?"

"Oh? Song Yushi laughed, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites have always been heavy. ”

Knowing that this person has always been quiet and calm, Song Yushi glanced at the unobstructed scene around him, which can be regarded as a bright and bright light.

As both courtiers, having a meal together in front of everyone outside the court will not be criticized, Song Yushi is measured, and he doesn't say much polite words, "It's better to sit together." ”

"Yes."

Within half an hour, Xiao Er came over with a board to report the name of the dish.

"A chicken with oyster sauce, drizzled with cumin oil, it's already ordered!"

"The strange taste of the five flavors of dried fruits...... Hmmm, good. ”

"Let me give you a recommendation, our five dim sum products include candied cherries, sweet potato melon strips, red jade crisp rolls, and tea-flavored cakes...... Oh, not really. ”

"Then, how about changing ~ the first product of the soup to the first official swallow? Hey, the guest officer has good eyesight, this is the blind signboard in our building......"

"Gluttony comes to the second product, golden silk roasted wheat and lama cake almond tofu."

"Why don't you have a sweet and sour lotus root as an appetizer? Yes, you don't have to wait, this one has a fresh dish~"

……

After a few minutes of satiation, the chest and gallbladder opened, so it was not refreshing, Cao Jiang didn't use a tael of silver, and went out of the restaurant to sit in the official sedan chair and went back to the official office.

On both sides of the Qianqing Gate, there are duty rooms in the palace, such as the Wenhua Palace, the Wuying Palace, etc., which are the daily office locations of the six departments.

After Cao Jiang returned to the official office, he had just sat down in an official uniform with five chapter patterns and peacock purple, when he saw a eunuch in Tsing Yi being introduced into the hall by the attendants.

"Yo, a few adults are here." Although he is a eunuch, this person does not have half the color of a subordinate.

"The celebrant urged the miscellaneous family to ask, but the jade of the Qionglin banquet came out of the official treasury of the household department? How can there be defective products, please check which state capital it is from. ”

The celebrant is a eunuch institution, Hongming Taizu Xuantong was placed in the previous dynasty, in the previous dynasty was one of the "twelve eunuchs" who managed the eunuchs and palace affairs in the inner court, there were eunuchs such as the admiral, the palm seal, the pen, and the court, among which the admiral eunuch was in charge of all the etiquette, the name of the sentence and the management of the errand, and the service of the minister.

In the beginning, the celebrant did not have much power, and was subject to many restrictions, in the middle and later periods, due to the emperor's neglect of government and young chong and other reasons, the emperor often let the eunuch in charge of the seal of the eunuch on behalf of the emperor to approve the proposed folds, so far, the celebrant used this opportunity to continue to expand his power, did not interfere in the central decision-making, which caused bad consequences to the political, economic, military, and judicial of the previous dynasties.

Although Huang Taizu racked his brains to set up a lot of constraints, the effect was generally not good.

In the hands of Emperor Taizong, the second generation of the Yibei Dynasty, in order to prevent the eunuchs from dictatorship, Taizong resolutely made a second comprehensive adjustment, completely changed the establishment, and explicitly ordered the edict that "the ministers shall not interfere in political affairs, and the offenders will be beheaded." ”

Since then, the celebrant has been assigned to the Ministry of Rites.

In order to distinguish it from the head of the Ministry of Rites, Taizong issued an edict that the court etiquette in charge of the Imperial Rite Supervisor was concretized into the preparation of silk and the imperial survey, the reward of pen and ink calligraphy and painting, and the long attendant of the messenger and other people to go out and provide the feasts.

"The utensils in the official treasury are all handed over to the state treasury and delivered to the palace for use, and they are definitely from regular channels." The head of the household department was responsible for the size of the entry and exit of the official treasury, and took the lead in opening his mouth.

The words were in his ears, but Cao Jiang's heart was tight, and his face was a little bad, but with a glass of water, he immediately returned to normal, sitting quietly at one end and just listening patiently.

The eunuch in Tsing Yi changed his words: "However, the Ministry of Rites still has some retained inventory, and the miscellaneous families have selected and inspected it, and the same batch of warehousing with it is in good condition, and they must have been selected layer by layer, my lord can rest assured, there should be no suspicion of shoddy." ”

Cao Jiang smiled, is this currying favor with him?

"Since I've already asked the palace, forget it, it's just an artifact, ask the people below to check the source of the record, it's best to write another document, so that the miscellaneous family can go back and have an explanation to the top."

Cao Jiang didn't care, their people did it, didn't they have the final say?

However, judging from the attitude and meaning expressed by this eunuch, he was optimistic, "Of course...... By the way, what do you call your father-in-law? ”

"Since the miscellaneous family entered the palace, they have a single name and a Xin character."

......

"My lord, people from Dali Temple came to visit." At this time, a person suddenly came in to communicate, and several people in the room immediately stopped the topic.

It's not in the mansions, what kind of visit is it?

The eunuch in Tsing Yi narrowed his eyes and looked towards the door.

Cao Jiang was startled at first, and then relaxed and secretly speculated: It's just a junior, and ranking by generation is not enough for him to put in his eyes, what can he be nervous about.

Coping can be coped.

He turned his head and whispered, "Don't mention one more word." ”