Chapter 145: The Road to the Imperial Examination

Gao Huaiyu received the holy decree, and along with the holy decree came a large amount of porcelain, silk and tea.

There was jubilation in the army, and for more than four years, on this island where birds don't, in addition to training, they also had to build walls, repair houses, grow vegetables and raise pigs.

After cleaning up the widows twice, and taking advantage of the fierce fire oil, it is finally useful, with our secret weapon, I really want to do a big job.

When it comes to nearby countries, Gao Huaiyu has ideas, and has been harassed by the Japanese several times, although in the end they have no return, and they have lost a lot of silver, but they don't even know where the nest is.

This time, he plans to take a trip to Dongwei to raise the prestige of our great country and exchange some food by the way.

Because of the beauty of fierce fire oil, in the past few years, Xia Hongdi has not stopped the storage of this black oil, and sent more to Dunyu Island.

Gao Huaiyu left more than 30,000 soldiers on the island, and set off with 30,000 sailors and 50 sea ships.

On the side of the imperial court, the decree sent to the small and medium-sized businessmen bypassed the big businessmen and made this group of people blow up.

Ningjiang Mansion, ancient family.

As one of the shippers on the Great Yellow River, the Gu family can also rank in the top ten in Ningjiang Mansion, but in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, it can only be regarded as a third-rate merchant.

The current head of the Gu family is the eldest son of the family, Gu Da Shao, the children of their family, especially Gu Da Shao's son and nephew, in recent years, the talent for reading has been highlighted.

In the past, Gu Dashao also wanted to operate the household registration of the children to facilitate the study of the imperial examination.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, but I actually fell from the sky.

"Father, this time our Gu family can't be more low-key, 10,000 stone grain for a imperial examination quota, no more than two in a family, father, we are not short of 20,000 stone grain!"

"Do you give up this bread? The key is, in our Ningjiang Mansion, there are only 50 people in total, how many people are going to grab it? Those big merchants haven't ended up yet!"

"Then let's rob it too, your son has not been in vain all these years, father, do you remember what your son said back then, the lady who let his father learn cooking?"

"What? What's the matter with you?"

"Hey, my son has heard, this lady is the current Mrs. Zhongqinbo, Zhongqinbo knows, the one who makes cement and toilets! Today's celebrities, you said, if your son climbs into this relationship, is this still worried that he won't be able to grab a place?"

"You want to go to Beijing?"

"Yes! My son doesn't want to sit still, if he can't seize such a good opportunity, he is afraid that he will regret it for the rest of his life!"

"Well, then go ahead, bring a heavy gift, it's not strange to have many people!"

The Gu family is like this, even if there is still a way, there is no way, and the competition for this imperial examination quota will break their heads, in addition to donating food, just bribing will cost more money.

Gu Dashao did not delay for a day, and got on his own sea boat, from south to north, and came to the capital.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there is no need for General Gao to buy grain, we businessmen can get together and cover the grain for half a year!"

Wei Shangshu will be happy, but he didn't expect that those medium-sized merchants have a good strength, and it has only been a few days, judging from the information that has been fed back, they have won that one.

"When will there be enough food in the official warehouse! I'm not too much!"

"Your Majesty, these businessmen have a quota for the imperial examination, but the matter of the imperial examination cannot be treated differently, and it depends on their real talents!"

"Having a quota is just a chance to have the imperial examination, of course, you have to treat everyone equally! If you can go to the end with your true skills, I don't stick to my identity, the court needs capable talents!"

"With the special case of Zhongqinbo, as long as it is beneficial to the people of the court, it is a talent!"

Talent Zhong Qinbo, is inspecting the project of Dongcheng, the three hundred courtyards, the main structure has been completed, and the tiles of Shu have been shipped one after another.

There is another month of interior decoration, and the mansion with the most convenient life in this Great Xia Dynasty will be completed.

The flowers and trees on the green belt are alive and well, and when the locusts come, Heiwa let people cover all the trees, and send people to guard and catch insects, otherwise

, bare, leaving only a tree trunk, the view will be greatly discounted.

This time, the tiles are not only used in the thatched house and the stove room, but also have a lot of choices in color and size, and the tiles paved on the cement floor are black, gray, white, beige, etc.

In addition to the color of the tile, there are various patterns drawn, four tiles can spell out a complete flower type, these flower tiles, to wait for the living room floor to pave, the end is a rich and compelling.

The difference from the existing courtyard houses in Daxia is that Zhongqinbo has high requirements for the lighting of the house.

For the study of the four three-entry compounds, the big windows were opened, and the windows were also made of glass, although the glass of this dynasty was not transparent enough, but compared to the window paper, it was a hundred times stronger.

The cost control problem can not be so extravagant, but it can also install a few more glazed tiles on the roof of the study house, which can also maximize the illumination in the house.

The hostess's room, the intimate loyal and diligent uncle, also set up a cloakroom, retro wardrobe, with Huanghuali, both modern convenience, and ancient aesthetics.

The toilet has also been upgraded once, with stronger pumping horsepower, greater water storage, and a winter fur cover to ensure that the butt is not frozen.

Master Nan and Master Ji came to see it a few times, and they all said that they wanted to buy it, which is more convenient than anything else for the elderly.

On this day, Cuihua received a strange post, meeting Yuan Wenwu, the second child of her family, and after a closer look, she was an old acquaintance.

It happened that the next day was the next day, and the sons were on holiday, and Cuihua asked the porter to reply, and asked Gu Dashao to come to the house the next day.

Gu Dashao didn't expect that the door of Zhongqinbo's Mansion would be so easy to enter. He also thought about it for a long time, seeing that Cuihua's woman was inappropriate, and he didn't have a relationship when he met Zhongqinbo, and in the end, what he actually thought of was his foodie friend.

Yuan Wenwu and the brothers led a few guys back to the house to eat, and when they heard that Gu Dashao came to see him, he raised his eyebrows, he still remembered that back then, this master, for a bite to eat, stirred up half of the river.

When they met again, Gu Dashao was like a world away, this young man in brocade clothes was the fat boy who reported the name of the dish to him like a few family treasures and cried for him.

"Ningjiang Gu Yingwen has seen Second Master Yuan!" Very respectfully saluted Yuan Wenwu.

"Big Brother Gu, I haven't seen you for a long time, please take a seat!" The young man smiled, was generous, and invited guests to tea.

"Second Master Yuan is polite, don't you dare to be your big brother!"

"Hey, Brother Gu, let's go one yard to one yard, back then, not only did you exempt my family's boat fare, but we also ate a lot of delicious food with you, and my mother also earned you a lot of silver! For us, that journey was very interesting because of Big Brother Gu."

"Hehe, it's good that you don't blame it, back then, it was also the blessing of Mrs. Yuan, I ate a lot of delicacies, our food festival is still open every year, and it's very popular!"

Speaking of this, Yuan Wenwu was also very interested, chatted with Gu Yingwen for half an hour, changed a cup of tea, and ate some small cakes.

"Brother Gu, I didn't know you came today, but something?"

Yuan Wenwu felt that intersecting with this person could be regarded as a spring breeze, and he should be the kind of person who knew and was interested, so he took the initiative to ask.

"It's not a secret, this time I came, I did have something to ask for, and here's the thing."

After Gu Yingwen finished speaking, Yuan Wenwu touched his nose, hehe, this matter is not difficult.

He nodded: "I will inform my father about this, Brother Gu, you stay for a light meal, and I will tell you when I get the news."

begging someone to do something, but he didn't dare to keep the meal, although he was a little greedy for the craftsmanship of the Yuan Mansion, he still repeatedly refused, leaving a generous gift and returning to the inn.

The prince is also here to eat today, and the palace has to keep filial piety for three months, and they have made their eyes green, and they have already discussed with Mrs. Yuan, hoping to come to her house to eat a meaty vegetarian meal.

Hearing that someone walked through Yuan Wenwu's back door, a group of people didn't laugh at him, and listened with relish for a while about the acquaintance process between him and Gu Dashao.

"Is that the Ningjiang Mansion that eats the boy's urine eggs and live beads?" The prince remembered the letters of those years, and the two kinds of food in this land had been left for him

Shade.

"Hehe, Your Highness, you have a really good memory!"

"It's not that Lone has a good memory, but that I was disgusted for a long time by your letter and described it, and I still don't dare to forget it!"

Hey, young and ignorant, proper black history.

However, the crown prince took the job and said that he would inform the emperor so that the baby of the merchant on this ship could take the imperial examination.

After saying this, everyone waited for the cuihua to be served.

In addition to the royal family, officials and ordinary people don't need to be vegetarian, but because of the prince, Cuihua will not challenge the nerves of the ancients, and she will have a lot of vegetarian dishes.

Eggplant fish: Remove the stem and skin of the eggplant, cut it into thick slices, beat a few egg mixtures, put the eggplant in it, each piece of eggplant should be evenly coated with egg liquid, put it in an oil pan and fry it over medium-low heat until golden brown on both sides.

Heat another pot, add an appropriate amount of oil, put in the onion and garlic cooking pot, put vinegar and soy sauce and stir-fry for a while, put the fried eggplant in it and stir-fry evenly, put a small amount of water, put an appropriate amount of salt to taste, and then put a small spoon of sugar and mix well. Cover and simmer for half an hour.

This dish has no fish in it, but the fish is fragrant, soft and glutinous, and super delicious.

Salted egg yolk and tofu pot: Cut the tender tofu into small cubes, a few salted egg yolks, half a bowl of fresh milk, and mince the garlic.

Prepare the sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, soy sauce, add some hot water and stir well.

Put oil in the pot, add the garlic and salted egg yolk, fry over low heat until the salted egg yolk is densely bubbling, put in the tofu, pour in the milk, and then pour in the juice that has been adjusted before, after boiling over high heat, simmer over low heat for half an hour, sprinkle in chopped green onions.

At this time, the tofu inhales the taste of salted egg yolk, the taste is smooth and tender, and the soup is very fragrant.

Braised vegetarian chicken, the key to this dish is homemade vegetarian chicken.

Put the green onion and ginger slices, cinnamon, and pepper bay leaves into the water to boil, then add an appropriate amount of grass ash water and salt, and finally put in the tofu skin.

After boiling until the tofu skin becomes soft, remove it, then while it is hot, layer the tofu skin, roll it up tightly, and finally wrap it again with gauze, tie it and fix it, and let it cool.

After cooling, the tofu skin sticks tightly together and becomes very porcelain, and it is cut into thick slices to make vegetarian chicken.

Braised vegetarian chicken, that is, use an oil pot to fry the vegetarian chicken until golden on both sides, and then put it in: sugar, soy sauce, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, chili pepper seasoning sauce, turn on high heat, simmer for a quarter of an hour on low heat to get out of the pot.

Looking at its surface, the dish is dark red, shaped like chicken, eaten into the mouth, soft and tough, delicious and mellow.

There is also Dongpo vegetarian meat made of winter melon, the first wave of early-maturing chili peppers, and tiger skin green peppers, soaked overnight, the color is like amber braised eggs.

Of course, there will be no shortage of tender bean curd, with chili oil, the secret dipping water is on the line in minutes.

Fortunately, in Daxia's filial piety, eggs were not excluded, otherwise it would be really miserable.

The young men devoured it, soaked in brine overnight, and peeled the braised eggs, which was simply crazy.

After the meal, I also ate sweet tofu flowers, which was perfect.