Chapter 696: The Princess's Status
However, considering the identity of the other party's minister, the two feudal officials still reluctantly stepped forward to salute. After all, Lord You is an old oilman in the officialdom, so he gathered his doubts and said with a smile: "Lord Qincha has worked hard all the way, and the lower officials have prepared water and wine in the 'Lion Building' to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Lord Qincha." ”
"The hospitality of the two adults, but the little woman is disrespectful!" Lion House? Since the supreme governor of Jinling chose it to receive the minister, it should be good, right? I don't know if I can eat Jinling's authentic food. Xiaocao's smiling and calm appearance gives people an unfathomable feeling. In fact, in her heart, she has long been happy.
Seeing that the other party was young and generous, the contempt in his heart was a little more restrained. When he saw her get off the boat again, His Royal Highness King Xu actually stepped forward and stretched out his arm to let her hold her. Lord You couldn't help but think of the rumors about King Xu and the princess circulating in Beijing when he went to Beijing to report on his work last time.
Rumor has it that King Xu, who was still the king of Yangjun at the time, was struggling to pursue a female official in the court. The female official was originally just a peasant girl, because of the improvement of high-quality seeds, was appointed by the emperor to be in charge of the royal breeding base, and later made outstanding achievements, and was exceptionally named the history of the Su Dynasty, and the official residence was four products. Could it be that the minister sent by the emperor is the master of the Zhisu Neishi?
Looking at King Xu's appearance of caring for Lord Qincha, I thought of the news that had just come from Beijing - in mid-March this year, King Xu married Lord Zhisu Neishi as his wife. Doesn't that mean that Lord Qincha is King Xu's new wife?
Lord Fan suddenly felt in his heart, just Princess Xu, can let King Xu be willing to become her personal guard? It's just that, what's going on with Mr. Su? dispatched two great gods to escort her, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to Lord Qincha!
The two supreme governors of Jinling figured this out, glanced at each other, and the contempt in their hearts vanished. Especially Lord You, there was a faint excitement in his heart. If you govern Su Neishi, it is really as magical as the rumors. Does that mean that the rice breeding base in Jinling will soon be established, and gradually develop into the same place as the royal breeding base. That's a great feat! Two years later, when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he might have the opportunity to move up!
In the most famous lion tower in Jinling, Xiaocao tasted the sauce-flavored pork ribs, Jinling sauce duck, osmanthus sugar lotus root and Jinling soup dumplings as he wished.
The black meat of the sauce duck skin is tender, mellow and not greasy, fragrant and delicious, with the characteristics of fragrant, spicy, numb, crispy and tender, and the meat is tendony, fresh and attractive. It makes people salivate and never forget. Because the sauce duck has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and reducing fire, stopping bleeding and dysentery, and nourishing, Xiaocao added it to the menu of his medicinal food workshop.
As for the cooking method, Xiaocao handed over the problem to his own man. She believes that a small sauce duck recipe will not be able to defeat His Royal Highness King Xu. But she never expected that the boss behind the Lion Tower was Lord Fan, the governor of Nanzhili, who was here. As soon as King Xu expressed his interest in the dishes of the Lion Tower, before he could open his mouth, Lord Fan was about to give him the Lion Tower, thanking him for his kindness and promotion in recent years. At the end of the day, it means hugging your thighs.
Yu Xiaocao sandwiched a soup dumpling, which looked similar to the soup dumpling he made. However, Jinling's soup dumplings are more authentic, with three characteristics: white as jade, rich soup, and fresh and fragrant taste. The dough of the soup bun is crystal clear, the tendons are soft and smooth, the filling is fresh and smooth, the soup is very much, and the mouth is full of sweetness, sucked out with a reed tube, the soup is a fresh mess. Xiaocao ate a cage in one go, until the food was almost blocked in his throat, and then he reluctantly stopped.
However, when the sauce-flavored pork ribs were served, Xiaocao couldn't sit still. Pork ribs with sauce are on the sweet side and have a unique taste. The color is red sauce, the meat is crispy, the bone is fragrant, the juice is thick and fresh, and the salty is sweet. Xiaocao risked breaking her belly, tasted two pieces, and put down her chopsticks with tears.
When the sugar lotus root was served, she could only watch with her eyes blank. It looked like a wounded little beast, with a pitiful glint in its big eyes.
Zhu Junyang was angry and funny, and asked Wutong to give her master a diet pill before she put her mind at ease. He knows the amount of food the little girl eats, but today he ate twice as much as usual! This gluttonous girl is not afraid of breaking herself.
"Aren't we going to stay in Jinling for a few days? If you like to eat, you will take you to eat every day! Zhu Junyang slowly put down his chopsticks in the pitiful expression of his little daughter-in-law. If you haven't eaten enough, you haven't eaten enough, don't make your daughter-in-law hungry and cry!
The wilted Yu Xiaocao immediately became energetic: "Then come and eat sugar lotus tomorrow!" And that lion head, it seems to be quite delicious. And ......"
"Are you sure your stomach can hold it?" This girl, with big eyelids and a small belly, has committed it again, and she can't help but give a reminder.
Xiaocao immediately wilted again: "I can't eat it...... I can just take one bite of everything! ”
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Zhu Junyang couldn't help but hit her.
Xiaocao scratched her head: "It seems that it can't be ehed!" What to do? There are so many delicacies in Jinling that you can't eat them! ”
Governor Fan looked at the interaction between King Xu and the princess, and complained in his heart: It is said that the prince identified the princess when she was less than ten years old, and stayed by her side and waited for her to grow up. When I saw it today, the prince obviously spoiled the princess as a daughter. This greasy smell makes people goosebumps fall to the ground.
"Lord Qincha is right, Jinling is the famous ancient capital of the Five Dynasties (the Ming Dynasty did not set the capital of Jinling because the founding emperor was a traverser), which is not only prosperous and rich, but also full of food. This lion building is just the tip of the iceberg. A lot of delicacies are in the folk, Jinling snacks have their own flavors, if Lord Qincha has not tasted them one by one, it would be a pity! "Master Wu was worried that there was no excuse to stay for a longer period of time, and seeing that she loved food so much, he decided to seize this excellent opportunity given to him by God.
When Yu Xiaocao heard this, she became even more frustrated: "Master Wu, you are deliberately unable to get along with me!" Knowing that I am greedy, you still rush me! ”
Master Wu was so busy that he didn't dare to be: "Lord Qincha, the emperor has not set a deadline for your return, you can stay in Jinling for a few more days, inspect the customs here, experience the life of ordinary people in Jinling, and taste all kinds of snacks in Jinling......"
The grass is like an initiation, and it is resurrected with full blood in an instant: yes! She can use the excuse to follow the growth and harvest of rice in the Jinling experimental field, and keep it until this rice crop is mature and harvested. When the time comes, go back with brand new data, and no one will make a fuss about her!
Besides, if she can, she wants to experiment with hybrid rice. She knows a little bit about the principle, but the key is to experiment with it. Thinking about it, the smile on her face brightened.
When Zhu Junyang saw it, he smiled at Master Wu with a hint of appreciation, and personally poured him a glass of water and wine. Everyone else at the table is an old fritter who has been immersed in observation for many years, and they still don't know what to do? This King Xu is a favorite wife with no lower limit, as long as he can satisfy and make Princess Xu, that is, Lord Qincha, satisfied and happy, he will look down on that person.
Who is King Xu! The emperor's most favored right-hand man, both in the court and in the army, has a high prestige and status. In officialdom, it will be very difficult to mix without a backer. Such a tall and powerful backer, it is a fool not to make it up!
In the following days, Yu Xiaocao found that those Jinling officials who had doubts about her identity suddenly became warm and thoughtful.
First of all, the place where she and King Xu lived was placed in a beautiful and quiet courtyard. It is said that this is an annex of the richest family in Jinling. The food is also to her heart's content. It seems that they are all specially prepared for her according to her preferences. These people have a heart, and they do a very meticulous job. For example, knowing that she likes to cook her own snacks and delicacies, the kitchenette in the annex is well prepared and a new oven is delivered.
The governor also specially invited a "Jinling Tong" to serve King Xu and the princess. In his spare time, he took them around the famous scenic spots in Jinling, searched for the delicacies in the corners of Jinling, and told some legends and allusions about Jinling.
Xiaocao rested in the courtyard for a day, and then rode to the experimental manor more than ten miles away from Jinling under the eager eyes of Master Wu. It is said that this piece of Zhuangzi was originally the property of a certain vassal king of the previous dynasty. After the fall of the previous dynasty, it was taken over by the imperial court. When the officials of Jinling and the Shangjuan court said that they would build an experimental field in the south, the emperor allocated these thousands of acres of fertile land to support agricultural reform.
Most of the paddy fields in Zhuangzi are still planted with traditional rice. Only more than 300 acres of fertile land close to the manor were designated as experimental fields.
At this time, it is already April, the temperature in the south of the Yangtze River is high, and the planting time is earlier than in the north. The rice in the field is already calf high. The rice in the test field grows better, and from a distance, it looks like a thick green carpet. The green color is so refreshing.
Master Wu pointed to the experimental field, silently compared it, and said, "Lord Qincha, you see that the rice seedlings here are not as good as those of the royal breeding base in Beijing. The ones in the capital seem to be stronger. ”
Yu Xiaocao said in her heart: The wells and rivers on the outskirts of Beijing, she went over to transform them from time to time, and they all had a faint aura. Isn't it a matter of course that this side can't be compared? However, this can only be known by herself, and she can't say it!
Therefore, she thought that the climate and soil are different, and the growth of rice will also be affected to a certain extent. Then, when she was on the boat, she sorted out some advanced rice planting methods in her previous life and showed them to Master Wu and some experienced old farmers.
The test field was registered in front of the emperor, and the imperial court was so supportive, naturally it could not be handed over to a layman. This martial artist was born in a peasant family, and he was only admitted to the Jinshi at the age of forty, and he was named a seventh-grade petty official. When you are about to retire, you are only six grades.