Chapter 201: A great guest came to Kyoto
"Girl, think about it, anyway, I'll do things by Qin Gongzi's side, by the way, the old man has also tasted some of the delicacies on your food festivals, it's not bad, you are only at such an age, it is not easy to come up with so many tricks, especially that, that chili sauce." That chili sauce, it's really good. Master Xu said again.
Of course, things that can sweep the Great Celestial Empire are good, Hua Manxi continued silently in his heart, but a smile spread on his face, and said to Master Xu: "Since Master Xu likes it, I will ask someone to send you a few cans." ”
In the past few days, the chili sauce has been selling like crazy, although a lot of inventory has been prepared, but it is still in short supply, and I can't buy it in line, if not, there is no need for Master Xu to open this mouth, after all, although Qin Xiaoye is an authentic foodie, he has never lacked silver on his body.
"Little girl, go up, go up, haha." Master Xu nodded approvingly and left the kitchen with a smile.
Since Hua Manxi has entered the kitchen, naturally she can't go out empty-handed, and she will make a few more dishes and serve them out after they eat Western food today.
This time, she made pumpkin pie, as well as fried chicken nuggets, french fries, and Hua Manxi also used tomatoes brought back from the desert island, and first tried to make a little tomato sauce to eat with French fries.
As soon as this thing was put on the table, it was robbed crazy, except for Chen Xiuli and Wang Shishi, they had never eaten this kind of snack, naturally it was fresh and curious, plus this thing was indeed crispy and delicious, it was really unstoppable.
"Oh my God, this tomato actually has this effect, this french fries originally had no taste, as soon as you dip it, it immediately changes to a taste, it is really amazing, it has the feeling of the finishing touch." Song Su praised.
"Yes, tomato sauce is pretty much the same when cooking." Hua Manxi nodded in agreement.
Not much to say, the group only ate the somewhat dry pork chops made by Master Xu, and they were not so full, and these snacks in Huamanxi happened to come up, and they all rushed to eat them unceremoniously.
In the end, Qin Baiting burped and said to Hua Manxi: "Chef Hua, I'm really embarrassed, I wanted to invite you to dinner, but I didn't expect you to invite us to dinner again, it's really rude, rude." ”
Hua Manxi smiled and said indifferently: "It's okay, Qin Gongzi's master is also very good, and I have benefited a lot." By the way, Qin Gongzi, I still want to ask you, if you want to be an imperial chef, what procedures should you go through? ”
"You, you want to be a chef?" Qin Baiting's eyes lit up a little, and then he patted his chest and promised, "If you want to go, you don't need to go through any procedures, I will just take you directly to the imperial dining room." ”
It seems that this Qin Xiaoye is still a celebrity in front of the emperor, and he can not only ask the queen mother to reward him, but also stuff himself into the imperial dining room.
There are people in the court who are easy to do, and Hua Manxi finally deeply understands the true meaning of this sentence, but she still politely refused: "No, I didn't enter the imperial dining room for anything, it was what Master Xu told me, there is no end to learning, all schools and factions have various characteristics, although it is not a collection of the world's great strengths, but it is not unreasonable to be well-informed and well-informed." I just wanted to see more, so it was more helpful for me to go through the normal procedure. ”
"Chef Hua is so open-minded, Qin Baiting, you can't understand it as a son who goes to the back door to get an official position, you better save it, Chef Hua, I'll tell you-" Song Su glanced at Qin Baiting, sat down directly with a stool, leaned on Hua Manxi's side, and said with a glance, "This imperial chef has to go through strict selection, first of all, you must get the post recommendation of the magistrate, and then take the official post to Beijing, and go to the Imperial Merchant Restaurant in Kyoto to be a miscellaneous servant, if you can show your hands in the middle of the first grade, Get the opportunity to go to the stove, let the dignitaries and nobles in Kyoto accept your dishes, and then by the shopkeeper of Yipinju, uh, that is, Qin Baiting and his mother, the cousin of the current emperor, and the granddaughter of the current queen mother, recommended, you can enter the palace, of course, the business of Yipinju is so hot that it is not good, there are more cooks on the stove, these cooks, before entering the imperial dining room, there will be a final at the palace banquet, by the queen mother or His Majesty, or the concubine and other tastes to keep people, and get the favor of the master in the palace, in order to stay. ”
Yipinju, this name is not the first time Hua Manxi has heard of it, but I didn't expect it to be so big, it was opened by the emperor's cousin, no wonder I can grasp the movements of the imperial dining room.
"Master Qin, I didn't expect you to be a relative of the emperor, disrespectful, disrespectful." Hua Manxi listened to Song Su's words, and turned his head to Qin Baiting and teased.
"That's it, in Kyoto, if it is said that Qin Xiaoye's reputation is not good, there is no one who has a good name." Song Yan also teased.
Qin Baiting was a little embarrassed to be said, coughing and said: "No, there is no such thing, although I have a little bit of a relationship with the royal family, but I, Qin Baiting, have today's status and can serve as a deputy general in the military camp, I fell and beat it out, not through the back door, no-"
"Why do I think you are a little bit of a desire to cover up what you say, you will deceive Chef Hua by saying this." Shen Miaojun didn't give him face, and directly pierced him.
"Hey, this is really not what I bragged, if you want me to say, Brother Gongzi of Kyoto, except for the prince of Zhenguo who has the name of the god of war, who else dares to come out and compete with my Qin Xiaoye?" Qin Baiting was not happy, stood up and put the wine glass in his hand on the table.
"Ouch, what a big breath, people don't fight with you, because they are afraid of hurting the baby bump of the Yunhua County Lord, where are they afraid of you." Shen Miaojun choked with him.
"You-" Qin Baiting is not very old, and he has grown up in a honey pot since he was a child, where has he been angry, the worst time, he ran to the military camp to avoid the marriage of the prime minister's family, so he was impulsive and enthusiastic, just a little.
Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, Hua Manxi only felt a headache, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Then Master Qin, the local official post, does it mean Lord Chen?" As long as you take Lord Chen's post, you can go to Yipinju? ”
"Naturally not, Chen Xiuli is a small county order, where can he be enough to recommend a person to Yipinju? At least above the state capital, where are you in Shishan County? Just look for the prefect. ”
"Shishan County belongs to Anzhou, who is the prefect of Anzhou? Just ask him to write a post, but the Anzhou Prefecture is quite far from here, Chef Hua, don't go to a girl's house, I'll send him a letter, just let him send the post, and when you go to Beijing, we will follow you, and we will take care of it. Qin Baiting frowned, and said thoughtfully.
"How's that going to work? The state capital is not far away, I want to see it. Hua Manxi set his eyes on Chen Xiuli's body, with the intention of asking.
Chen Xiuli nodded and said, "It just so happens that my prefect is looking for me, and I will go with you." ”
"I'll go too! I'll go too, and I'll go with you. Wang Shishi suddenly interjected, "Yuehui's family is also over there, she is going home in the next two days, we will go back with their convoy, it is very comfortable." ”
Li Yuehui and Chen Xiuli had a delicate relationship, Hua Manxi subconsciously raised his eyes and glanced at Chen Xiuli, Chen Xiuli understood, nodded and said, "Yes." ”
"Then I'm going too!" Qin Baiting hurriedly interjected, "Anyway, I'm here to enjoy the mountains and rivers on vacation this time, and it's good to go to a few more places." ”
"Brother, what about me?" When Qin Qingrong heard that Qin Baiting was going to follow Chen Xiuli and Hua Manxi to Anzhou, she raised her head and looked at him a little nervously.
"You're naturally with me." Qin Baiting said without thinking about it.
"Qin Baiting, aren't you, we came together, and now you want to leave us?" Song Yan and Song Su were unhappy, "Since everyone is traveling in the mountains and rivers, and we also have an escort carriage, why don't we go with Chef Hua to get the official post, and then escort her to Yipinju, which can be regarded as repaying Chef Hua for cooking for us on a desert island." ”
Where did Hua Manxi think that this thing would develop like this, this group of sons and brothers, all arranged their schedules clearly.
"That, I received everyone's hospitality, but now the food festival is still a few days away, I can't leave, and we have to have a charter for our partnership to make tomato sauce, so there is no hurry to get the official post, I'll go after a while." Hua Manxi politely refused again.
She just went to get an official post, so what is she doing, taking a large group of people to go, or the ladies of the Hou Mansion from Kyoto, and people will say that she is a bully.
Qin Baiting heard her say this, sighed and said: "I finally understand my mother's feelings, maybe when I insisted on going to the barracks, she thought this in her heart, this stupid child, you have to endure hardships, isn't this a matter of words?" As long as I send a message, the prefect will obediently bring the official post, where can you take time out of your busy schedule to go? ”
Hua Manxi looked at his chattering appearance, but he had a little bit of orchid fragrance, and couldn't help pursing his lips and smiled: "Sure enough, the world's mothers are wordy, don't say it, your appearance is really a little similar to my mother's mother." ”
Everyone laughed again, and began to ridicule Qin Baiting angrily, and was happily drinking wine and talking, when suddenly the little guy beside Qin Baiting hurried over and bowed his head and said a word in Qin Baiting's ear.
Qin Baiting's expression was on the side, and he bowed his head and whispered in Chen Xiuli's ear.
Chen Xiuli, who had always looked cold and calm, also changed slightly, but then pressed down, turned to Hua Manxi and said: "Manxi, there are distinguished guests from Kyoto, I and Baiting will pick them up first, and I will make a few light side dishes for me." ”