After retiring from the others, there was only one Brother Zhang left in the hall, and it was impossible for Brother Zhang to kneel for the emperor, but the Song Dynasty was good at kneeling in informal occasions, especially Brother Zhang himself was a scholar, and there was no need to kneel even if he saw the emperor without special circumstances.

After all, how could it be possible if he wanted him to kneel, if he didn't work, he would kill him, and then he would lock this world and come back with three million heavily armored synthetic troops to directly fight this side into a primitive society.

"You stunned, let me ask you, if it were you, how would you take this unification."

People, they are all the same, what is lacking, what is urgent, the most anxious here is to change from the orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains to a small court in the south, winning or losing is a trivial matter for the emperor, and seizing the unification is a first-class major event, plus Shandong also let the Liao people occupy, once the Confucian family presides over Mount Tai Feng Zen for the Liao people, it is really a matter of rest.

So Zhao Zhen, the old man, is now a little sick and rushed to the doctor, and when he sees a person, he has to ask two voices, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty say that it is to educate and educate, but now they have all indoctrinated themselves to Lin'an City, and I am afraid that they will be forced to jump into the sea if they are indoctrinated.

"Me?" Brother Zhang saw the old man asking himself, so he thought for a while: "I don't have any good way, after all, the two sides of the legal system are half a catty and eight taels, and the Liao State still has a small advantage." If you have to say that you want to seize this unification, it is better for everyone not to ask for it, spend money to support someone who can't be beaten with eight poles, and then destroy Liao first, and use the Yangtze River to survive for a few years, and wait until they take the world, for the legal rule of the south, then they also have to recognize our legal system. ”

This is a loss to Renzong Zhao Zhen, if any emperor doesn't pull Brother Zhang out and fry it, he will be considered a famous monarch through the ages, and even Zhao Zhen was so angry that he was about to have a heart attack, pointing at Brother Zhang and saying, "You, you, you...... You stunned! Ouch ......"

"Official ......"

The big eunuch rushed over to help Zhao Zhen smooth his chest, and after they tossed around for a while, after Zhao Zhen came over in one breath, he patted the dragon chair and scolded: "How can there be such a stunned person as you in the world, angry with me, angry with me......"

"In fact, this is also a helpless way, since ancient times, the north and the south have been fighting each other, the north is strong and the south is weak, the east and the west are against each other, the west is strong and the east is weak. This place is both south and east, and weak is actually quite weak. There are Liao, Western Xia, Longyou Duhufu, Tubo, and a little farther away there are Gaochang Uighurs, which all crawled out of places where it is difficult to survive, compared to people who fight for their lives, and this side of the war is for the sake of unification, for ordinary soldiers, orthodoxy has nothing to do with them, but they have to live. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen pursed his lips and said, "Then we really don't have any way at all?" ”

"It's not for nothing, if you can kill half of the civil officials in the court, maybe you can still fight back."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zhen almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, he heard this stunned man actually say such words, and for a while he didn't know whether to cry or laugh, he waved his hand: "Go, go, you let me go." I don't want to see you stunned. ”

The eunuch also shook his head: "Let's go, the official family let you go, what are you still doing in a daze." ”

Brother Zhang turned around and walked out, and halfway through, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Can you take care of a meal, I'm still hungry today." ”

Zhao Zhen smacked his mouth, he was originally depressed because he was driven to this place by the Liao, but today he was so angry by this stunned person that his blood surged several times.

But he was also calm, and waved his hand helplessly: "Go, take him to dinner." ”

When the big eunuch took Brother Zhang to dinner, Zhao Zhen sat alone on the dragon chair and carefully pondered what the stunned man said just now, although every sentence sounded like a big rebellion, and he felt that his relatives were all wholesale, but if he really tasted it carefully, it really had that taste.

After a while, the big eunuch came back, and Zhao Zhen raised his eyelids and looked at him: "Take that stunned man to eat?" ”

"When I went back to the official's house, he had already eaten it, but he still hated that the food in our dining hall was unpalatable, and said that it was no wonder that Her Royal Highness the Princess couldn't eat anything, and that whoever ate this thing would be crazy every day."

"This stunned!! I ......" Zhao Zhen tilted his head: "I want to see what he is capable of." Go! Go and tell that guy that today I want to see his cooking. I can tolerate him to talk nonsense in front of the palace, but if he can't make this meal, don't blame me for taking him to the army! ”

"Yes...... The slave and the maid will go. ”

At this time, Brother Zhang is eating steamed buns there, because there is no white sugar, there is a sour smell in the steamed buns, and even royal things are not necessarily very exquisite, no wonder Su Dongpo has invented so many dishes in his life, dare to love that these guys eat really roughly.

"That stunned!"

The big eunuch outside shouted: "The official family said, since you dislike this palace meal, then the official family wants to see what good methods you have, and the official family also said that he can tolerate your loss of honor in front of the palace, but if your food is not as good as your widow's mouth, don't blame him for pulling you to serve the conscription." ”

Brother Zhang didn't answer immediately, just stood up and walked around the kitchen with a steamed bun in his mouth, and he looked at and touched all kinds of dishes and seasonings. Then he spoke: "Although there are not many things, but they are still enough, and I will call you when they are ready." ”

"Hey...... You stunned! ”

"The world may be relatively long, so let's eat it as dinner at night."

The big eunuch was helpless when he encountered this stunned, so he had to give his words back to Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Zhen nodded after listening: "Okay, I want to see what tricks he can come up with." ”

Because of the limitations of the times, there are not too many seasonings here, such as MSG, the king of umami, but it can be replaced with chicken broth. Oyster sauce is also not available, but it can be replaced with fish bone boiled glue. Sugar is not, but honey can be used instead. Spicy is not, but it can be replaced with horseradish and wasabi dogwood.

Brother Zhang saw the things in the imperial dining room, rolled up his sleeves and began to dry, he immediately began to greet the little eunuchs in the imperial dining room to start chopping the old hen and the shaved meat of the water crucian carp into minced meat, and then stewed fish bones, chickens and ducks, ham hooves and scallops, and the dish he was about to make was officially the legendary boiling water cabbage.

Fortunately, there are more things in the kitchen, and Brother Zhang can still have a lot of room to play.

Tonight's menu is boiling water cabbage, Jiang Shilang tofu, vinegared radish, pine nut mandarin fish, honey roasted wings, roasted wild vegetables, meat foam pickles, tea oil toad, soup is sea rice and winter melon soup, the main food is scallion oil noodles, multigrain wotou, rice and chowder vegetarian jiaozi, and the dessert is almond tofu brain and ginger juice and milk.

There is no mutton that the Song people often eat here, most of them are some light and sweet tastes, only steamed dumplings and pickled vegetables with meat foam will have a spicy taste, but the main feature of this set of dishes is an appetizer and refreshing.

In addition to boiling cabbage, the other dishes are very fast, but this staple food is slower, mixed noodles, steamed buns and other things are okay, this rice is different, this Song people also eat rice, but the way to eat is different, they like to boil rice porridge or boil rice, and rarely eat steamed rice like Brother Zhang.

So it's a bit more troublesome here, and he also has to beat some of the rice into rice milk and mix it with glutinous rice to make steamed dumplings.

The ginger milk is buffalo milk, Song can't eat beef, buffalo is used to plough the fields, but it's not a big problem to get some buffalo milk, ginger milk is a typical Cantonese style thing, they are likely to eat it for the first time today.

His kitchen knife chopped on the board for an afternoon, and in the evening the big eunuch came again, he squinted and stood at the door, watching the clear soup and little water things being placed on the table by this stunned man, but his heart was disdainful.

"Okay, no? The official family is a little anxious to wait. ”

Brother Zhang sighed, poured the soup in the last boiling cabbage on the cabbage, and the cabbage slowly bloomed into a flower, the big eunuch sighed, stretched out his head and looked at it in surprise, and the cooks in the surrounding dining room also widened their eyes one by one, after all, they had been busy all afternoon, just waiting for this time.

After the dishes were ready, the big eunuch hummed and pointed to the food on the table: "You eat some first, I'll watch you eat." ”

Brother Zhang knew these stinky problems, and he was not polite anyway, he was hungry, so he took a spoon and a bowl, got some of each dish, made a big bowl, sat there and snorted and ate like this, it was really a bit gluttonous, and even the well-informed eunuch swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.

After waiting for a while, seeing that this bastard showed no signs of poisoning, the big eunuch raised his hand and asked people to bring things over.

At this moment, Emperor Renzong is sitting there with a headache, and now the situation on the front line is really not optimistic, if it weren't for the loyalty of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, he would have to think about what the man said, and kill half of his mother first.

"Official, the meal is here."

"Got it."

Seeing that Emperor Renzong didn't move, the big eunuch whispered, "This is all done by that fool." ”

"Oh?" Emperor Renzong's only joy during this time was Brother Zhang, he heard that this meal was made by this stunned man, and he also recovered from his troubles.

When a few meals came to him, he stood up and watched: "Interesting and interesting, it looks like some country things, but it is thick and thin, that is, although this boiled cabbage soup is beautiful, but it also makes people lose their appetite." ”

After speaking, he picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of boiling water cabbage soup, thinking that it was the kind of bland and tasteless soup, but after entering his mouth, he was opened at once, although it was not as light as the little master's ears, but it was indeed shocked for a long time.

After that, he drank a few more sips, and hissed in his mouth: "Strange thing, how can this bright soup of cabbage have such a strong meat flavor?" It's weird. ”

He was amazed, and then ate a crystal clear rice jiaozi, a mouth is first different from the flour elastic, then the wild vegetables are slightly bitter, then the shrimp is fresh, and finally the horseradish dogwood is passed on to the spicy, Emperor Renzong is not good at eating spicy, and his face is so spicy that it turns red.

At this moment, the big eunuch thought that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward, but was just about to help but was pushed by Zhao Zhen: "It's nothing, it's just this spicy ......"

He hurriedly picked up the moist white flower on the side and took a bite, and then he felt a fresh sweetness, and he hummed: "What is this?" ”

"That kid said this is called almond tofu."

"Good, good, good."

Not to mention, Zhao Zhen is more and more addicted to these dishes, Zhao Zhen, who has been dealing with a bite for a long time because of his bad mood, today he ate six pickled vegetables with meat foam just for the multigrain wowotou bun, and soaked a bowl of rice with sea rice and winter melon soup, ate a small plate of noodles, and finally ate four of the colorful and spicy dumplings.

But after all, he was an old man, and after eating, he sat there and panted: "This guy does have some ability, no wonder he will say that my dining room is not good, this look, it is indeed not good." It's just that I can't figure out how this cabbage can be so delicious and full of meat. And the white and tender tofu, how can it be so sweet. ”

Speaking of this, he slapped the door of his head: "Go quickly, bring some hot water to my hard-working daughter, who hasn't eaten in days." ”

"Slave and maid, let's do it."

"Wait, I'll come with you."

My distressed little daughter is not good, she hasn't eaten a normal meal for several days, and she is always full after two bites and she will vomit if she eats again.

Even if he is a dead horse and a live horse doctor today, maybe this fool can really be a fool and be blessed.

A few meals were sent to the sick princess's boudoir, and Zhao Zhen waited outside until the palace maid inside rushed out and said excitedly with tears: "Official, eat...... Eaten, Her Royal Highness the Princess ate. ”

Zhao Zhen didn't care about any imperial etiquette at this time, opened the curtain and walked in, and saw that his daughter was eating the spicy dumplings in small bites, so spicy that she hiccuped and drank a bowl of milky dessert with ginger flavor, and then drank a big bowl of soup and ate a lot of rice.

This is not to say that people are iron rice or steel, although there is no medicine here, but after eating the thing, it is only a stick of incense, and the princess's pale face is really flushed, and her spirit is obviously much better.

"Rong'er, are you still dizzy?"

"It's much better, thank you for your concern......"

"If you still want to eat, tell me." Zhao Zhen's eyes turned red: "Eat more and eat more, my good Rong'er, these days have been bitter for you, and I blame my father for being useless...... Alas......"

"Father, don't want to be like this, my daughter is not comfortable when she hears it, being able to get the grace of her parents is already a blessing for Rong'er to cultivate in three lives."

While speaking, the big eunuch suddenly walked in briskly from outside, leaned into Zhao Zhen's ear and said, "Official, that fool said that he cooked a meal for Her Royal Highness the princess alone, and asked someone to bring it over." ”

"Quick! Bring it here! ”

After the things were served, Zhao Zhen found that it was just a plate of red, green, and green radish peels and orange peels, revealing a sour and spicy taste, as well as a bowl of sour peppery soup with egg drops, shredded tofu and coriander, and a large bowl of white rice with distinct grains.

"That boy said, let Her Royal Highness the princess soak and eat."

"Bubble!"

A bowl of soup and rice that can't be put on the table, but it was eaten clean by the princess who couldn't eat, the sour and spicy orange peel and radish skin with the flavorful mushy soup, rolled in this rice, the taste is not very good, but it is enjoyable, so that Her Royal Highness the princess, who has a small appetite, has a small stomach to eat until her stomach is bulging.

"Official...... That kid is leaving! The big eunuch ran in again at this time: "He also asked if you would kill him, and if you didn't kill him, he would leave." ”

(End of chapter)