When Xiao Feng returned to the capital, the weather was already very cold, but there was still no snow.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, but there is still no snow this winter, which makes many experienced old farmers feel uneasy.

This is a harbinger of a major drought in the coming year.

Xiao Feng saw Jiajing's side, and said simply, "Altan Khan's side is fine, give me the back mountain of the World Entry View." And then he ran away like a burning ass.

Jiajing was stunned for a long time, Xiao Feng ran away, and he hesitated to confirm with Huang Jin.

"He just said that Altan Khan's side is fine, right, and then asked me for the back mountain of the World Observatory. These two things are not next to each other. ”

Huang Jin said with a smile: "I think Master Xiao is indeed in a hurry, otherwise he would have said a few more words." ”

Jiajing was very dissatisfied: "What's the urgency, it's not just to go back to see his family, it's useless!" Look at my ......."

Huang Jin knew that Jiajing wanted to talk to Xiao Feng more about his recent cultivation experience, so he poured tea for Jiajing with a smile.

"Banzai doesn't mean that I feel that the path of cultivation has been getting smoother and smoother recently, and when I was guided by the Tuna, it was longer than before, so it can be seen that the rise of the country's fortunes has indeed helped Banzai cultivation."

Jiajing nodded, this is true. When Xiao Feng was talking to him, he told him to keep his mood comfortable, especially when he was meditating and breathing.

Jiajing hadn't heard much of this before, he only knew that he should be calm when meditating. But Xiao Feng told him that comfort was more useful than calmness.

Jiajing tried it, and the effect was really good. He didn't know that when anyone was in a good mood, their bodies would feel much better than usual.

The problem is that it was difficult for Jiajing to maintain this state before. Since Jiajing ascended the throne, he has been fighting with his ministers, and although he has been victorious, the country is declining step by step.

If Jiajing is a complete faint king, he can still maintain the innocence of "why not eat minced meat". As long as people are really stupid, they can stay happy.

But Jiajing is not stupid, he is very smart. He hid in the West Garden, easily did not hold a court meeting, and gave power to Yan Song, all in order to maintain his peace of mind.

Staying calm is the need for monasticism. If he really dealt with so many bad things in the court every day, it would be difficult for even immortals to remain calm.

But this kind of calmness is actually hiding the ears and stealing the bell. Jiajing clearly knew that Daming was getting worse day by day.

The Japanese cowards were rampant on the seashore and plundered the county seat, and he could close his eyes and pretend not to see.

The White Lotus Sect spread everywhere, tossing from time to time, and he could pretend not to see it.

The clans are spending more and more time drinking, emptying the treasury, and he can pretend not to see.

The Jurchens are becoming more and more arrogant, and the large territory outside the Liaodong defense line of the Ming Dynasty is no longer controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and he can pretend not to see it.

But after all, it was pretended, and his imperial heart reminded him all the time that you are a sinner of the Ming Dynasty!

Sometimes when he was meditating calmly, the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang would pop out of his head and point at him and scold. Then Zhu Di jumped out again and scolded again.

Not to mention Zhu Gaochi, who was squeezed out of the Taimiao by him, scolded even more ruthlessly, Jiajing himself was a thief, and gave Zhu Gaochi a high anger bonus.

Don't talk about the ancestors and ancestors, even his cousin, who has been ridiculous all his life, looked at him with mockery.

"Brother, you can't do it either, in vain I picked you out of a pile of wine bags and rice bags."

In such a state, Jiajing's cultivation naturally felt bad, so after he saw Xiao Feng's true skills, he regarded it as a treasure and directly recognized his junior brother.

And since he had a junior brother, he first won the Tatar victory in Datong, and then took a personal conquest in the Tatar siege, which can be regarded as not falling behind.

The lair of the White Lotus Sect was ended, and the branches of various places were beaten to pieces, and it was not a climate. The arrogance of the Japanese was also suppressed, and Wang went straight to sincerity, hoping to Jinghai.

Not to mention that Jiajing's own small treasury is getting richer and richer, and the opposition of the ministers to his cultivation is getting weaker and weaker.

In this case, his mood is naturally much more comfortable than before, and when he meditates and breathes, the effect is naturally much better.

Because of Xiao Feng's repeated chattering with him, he attributed all this to the blessing of the Ming Dynasty's national fortune. This kind of emotion is unknown to others, and Huang Jin, who accompanies him day and night, is naturally clear.

So in Huang Jin's words, Jiajing nodded silently: "I don't know what he wants for the barren mountain, except for some trees on the mountain, it's weeds, give it to him." ”

Xiao Feng did not return home, but went directly to the WTO Accession Concept. Acting as the second view of the main old crutch, he led Xiao Feng to see the baby he cared about.

The treasure was hidden in a freshly dug cellar, which was next to the blacksmith's shop, and by the temperature of the fire, the cellar was kept dry and warm.

Bundles of vines were built in an extremely orderly manner, and the huge cellar was already piled to the brim, exuding a unique breath of life from plants and trees.

Xiao Feng picked up a piece of vine and looked carefully at the spores contained on it, with a smile on his face.

"Is it all here, is there anything else?"

Lao Guan shook his head: "Zhang Tianci said, according to your instructions, a large cart was transported to Henan, a large cart to Shandong, and a large cart to Sichuan.

Henan's was handed over to Lu Yi, and it has been put into Luoyang's WTO entry concept. Shandong's was transported to Qingzhou and handed over to Yang Jisheng. ”

Xiao Feng nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's hard for Zhang Tianci, there is too little time left for him this year, and it is not easy to grow so many vine seedlings."

This thing has taken root and is very well lived. After next year, there will be no shortage of vine seedlings, and the people of Daming will not have another great hunger. ”

Lao Guan had never seen the fruit that this thing could grow in the end, and he was very suspicious.

"Lord, is this the fairy vine you are talking about? Could it be that the fruit that grows can become a god after eating? ”

Xiao Feng smiled slightly: "That's right, it's an immortal vine." Lao Gui, when people are extremely hungry, if they can eat their stomachs, they will be the same as gods. ”

Qiaoqiao is like a fairy at the moment. She was really hungry, and she was quietly gobbling up the big method, eating steamed buns like a storm.

Since Xiao Mansion was poisoned, Qiao Niang has raised the level of safety inspection, and every time before cooking, she has to go through three rounds of strict testing.

The first round of testing is food testing, and the purchased ingredients must be washed repeatedly in the water, and then the water used to wash the vegetables is tested to ensure that it is non-toxic.

The detection method is the silver needle and the poison test pill provided by Tao Zhongwen, it is said that most of the poison will change color when it touches this pill, and it is dedicated to the palace!

The second round of testing is the kitchen utensils test, which repeatedly cleans all the utensils used for cooking, and then tests the water again to ensure that it is non-toxic.

The detection methods are also silver needles and poison pills.

The third round of testing is cooked food testing, and all prepared dishes and soups are tested with one serving of each sample to ensure that they are non-toxic.

The detection method is Wangcai. Wangcai ate every time with a round stomach, and his small eyes were full of confusion, looking at the group of onlookers watching it.

When did it become so polite? I don't eat enough, they don't dare to serve the table? Has my status become so high? Sure enough, it was a day......

When Xiao Feng returned home, everyone was very surprised, because he came back very suddenly, and he didn't send a letter to his family in advance.

Xiao Feng glanced at it and found that Wang Yingxiang was missing from the dining table, so he knew that she had not returned to Xiao Mansion until today.

Xiao Feng smiled, feeling a little relieved, but also a little disappointed. He shook his head slightly, isn't this what you wanted, you lost a fart, slut!

This is the backyard women's table, when Xiao Feng is there, Qiao Niang often sends the food to Xiao Feng's middle courtyard, is served by Xiaomei, and eats with Liu Xueer.

As soon as Xiao Feng was not at home, Liu Xueer was the first to be unable to bear the loneliness, so she pulled Xiaomei and ran to the backyard to gather the table.

So at this time, Liu Xue'er was sitting on the top, and the left and right sides were next to her Liu Ruyun and Zhang Yunqing, and when they saw Xiao Feng coming back, they moved to the side at the same time to make room for Xiao Feng.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Feng's face. Liu Xue'er looked at him and looked at the two positions on her left and right.

Qiao Niang covered her mouth and smiled at his jokes. Liu Ruyun lowered his head and picked up the vegetables, pretending to be nothing, but the afterglow secretly aimed at him.

Zhang Yunqing looked at him expectantly, and almost patted the seat he had just given up with his hand.

Only Qiaoqiao had no distracting thoughts, chewing buns in his mouth, and painting at Xiao Feng.

"Sit down, sit, sit, the buns are cold, and all we have eaten recently are Wangcai's dog leftovers!"

Xiao Feng walked over with a smile and sat on Liu Xue'er's left side very naturally, that is, between Liu Xue'er and Liu Ruyun.

Zhang Yunqing's face collapsed suddenly, and he picked up the soup bowl to block his face. Liu Ruyun lowered his head, and the speed of picking vegetables increased significantly, and he didn't even know that he had sandwiched a piece of ginger and put it in his mouth.

Xiao Feng took the dishes and chopsticks handed by Qiao Niang, and said with a smile: "Miss Liu, I just have something to ask you, how has Taibaiju been recently?" ”

Zhang Yunqing put down the soup bowl at once, the tears in his eyes were still flashing, but the corners of his mouth were upturned.

Brother Xiao sat over there because he had something to discuss with Liu Ruyun, hahaha, I'll just say, there is no one who came first and then arrived!

Liu Ruyun was stunned for a moment, the chopsticks slowed down, and then he realized that he was chewing a piece of ginger in his mouth, and spit it out with his hand.

"Xiao Gongzi, Taibaiju's business is already very poor, Shi Zhenxiang has thought of a lot of ways and bought a lot of expensive ingredients to develop new dishes, and compete with us, but the effect is not great.

But during this time, it was cold, and the bigger restaurants put out hot pots. Shi Zhenxiang didn't know where to buy the best beef and mutton.

Later, Zhang Tianci inquired that the cattle and sheep that came in from the imperial court market were all sold to various places by the household department. Tan Tong has also been in charge of this matter.

Tan Tong selected the best cattle and sheep from them and sold them to Shi Zhenxiang first, I secretly sent someone to eat them, and they were indeed fatter than ours.

Mrs. Xue'er once mentioned this to her father, Lord Liu, and Lord Liu tried it, saying that Tan Tong had a tight grip on the cattle and sheep, and he couldn't get into it. ”

Hot pot originated very early and was already very popular in the Ming Dynasty. And the hot pot of the Ming Dynasty is very close to the current hot pot, not only shabu beef and mutton. Almost everything that can be fried and eaten can be eaten shabu-shabu.

Liu Ruyun frowned slightly, and the slight oily light on her face made her face look more tender and smooth, and she looked unhappy.

It's no wonder that she has better cooking skills than Shi Zhenxiang now, and her apprentices are better than Shi Zhenxiang's apprentices, but the hot pot has nothing to do with cooking!

Hot pot is actually an ingredient, the chef is at most using a knife, boiling it out in water, the taste depends on the ingredients and dipping sauce, no matter how good the cooking skills are, there is nowhere to show.

Therefore, Shi Zhenxiang is indeed not given for nothing, and under such a disadvantage, he can still seize the opportunity to find another way to win back a game.

Xiao Feng bit the bun, thoughtfully, and then smiled: "Isn't it just a hot pot, what are you worried about." Coincidentally, the cauldron where we first refined MSG is still there, right? ”

Qiaoqiao nodded: "Here, my mother is in the warehouse!" ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "Miss Liu, tonight, I'll teach you how to stir-fry the ingredients." You have butter in the kitchen ready for them to taste another kind of hot pot.

Although Shi Zhenxiang is a small character, he has enough disciples and grandchildren, and it may really be bad at a critical moment. Just take this opportunity to defeat Taibaiju. ”

The big iron pot was set up in the yard, Lan Niang, Qiao Qiao, and Zhang Yunqing were responsible for the firewood under the pot, and Qiao Niang helped transport the peppers and oil.

Xiao Feng stood beside the pot with a huge shovel, watching the oil turn over the flowers, Xiao Feng picked up a large piece of butter and threw it into the oil pot.

The milky white butter with a slight yellow tint melts quickly in the vegetable oil, and a smell that is more fragrant than beef spreads in the air.

Seeing that the heat was almost over, Xiao Feng asked Liu Ruyun and Qiao Niang to pour all the red peppers into the pot.

Liu Ruyun was very distressed: "So many chili peppers, do you have to pour them in?" It's a waste......"

Xiao Feng smiled and said: "The peppers are not fragrant, don't worry, these fried peppers will not be thrown away in vain, and the stir-fry can still be used." ”

The large pot of chili peppers and peppercorns were poured into the oil pot, Xiao Feng began to stir-fry, Liu Ruyun watched this operation intently, and memorized every step and detail attentively.

This is what Xiao Feng learned from it, and he had practiced it once in his own pot, but it was the first time he had used such a big pot.

Maybe Xiao Feng's operation is still a little flawed, but for people who have never seen red oil hot pot in this era, this is definitely a dimensionality reduction blow.

Minced ginger is also put into the oil pan, adding a spicy flavor to the spicy stir-fry sauce. Liu Ruyun looked at Xiao Feng's eyes full of little stars.

As the god of food in the capital, Liu Ruyun's intuition about food is definitely expert, and she can almost feel how miraculously delicious the contents of this pot are.

As a senior foodie, Qiaoqiao also has an expert-level intuition, she smelled the smell of more and more fragrant, and said longingly: "I really want to eat it." ”

Xiao Feng fried this big pot of ingredients for half an hour before stopping. He couldn't help but smile when he looked at Qiaoqiao's appearance.

"Then eat, Qiao Niang, take out the hot pot."

Qiao Niang hesitated: "We're all done eating, or tomorrow." ”

Qiaoqiao hung her head in disappointment and didn't say anything. Xiao Feng looked at Qiaoqiao, and suddenly thought of the night he had just crossed over.

Only there was meat in his bowl, and Qiaoqiao bowed his head and chewed the pickle sticks in his bowl, without even raising his head, never looking at it.

"What's wrong with eating, I haven't eaten enough. Miss Liu, go and cut some beef and mutton, just cut it according to the part you usually eat hot pot.

If you have fish, cut some fillets, which can be slightly thicker. Qiao Niang, you go and prepare some vermicelli, vegetables, and tofu. ”

At this time, people don't eat hairy belly, shutters, yellow throat or anything in hot pot, and naturally there is no duck intestine. Only poor families will buy these goods and go home to add some oil and water.

If you want the mainstream to accept these things, it is not enough to rely on deliciousness, you also need to break people's hierarchical concepts, and Xiao Feng has a way to deal with this.

The red and bright hot pot boiled, Xiao Feng first scalded a piece of beef, sandwiched it and ate it, and then smiled at everyone, this taste is definitely of a medium level in Sichuan.

Then everyone tried it, and the chopsticks suddenly became faster, and everything on the table was rapidly decreasing.

In the end, Qiao Niang was afraid that everyone would eat the accumulated food, and resolutely refused to add more dishes to everyone, so everyone put down the chopsticks unsatisfied, and then found that they couldn't walk anymore.

The next day, the second floor of Zuixian Building continued to be used as a private seat to serve stir-fried dishes, while the first floor, which had a poor thermal insulation effect, was changed to hot pot.

Shi Zhenxiang stood on the second floor of Taibai Ju, watching the guys in the Drunken Immortal Building put copper hot pot on the table, and couldn't help but sneer.

"A few days ago, Liu Ruyun also set up a few tables of hot pot, what was the result? Her beef and mutton are not as good as mine, so the taste is naturally not good!

Willing to spend money to come to Taibaiju and Zuixianlou, which one doesn't have a good tongue! Before, her stir-fry pressed me, and now my hot pot presses her!

As long as you survive this winter, it may not be what will happen later! Lao Tzu didn't believe it, and he couldn't think of more good dishes! ”

As he pondered, his eyes suddenly straightened. What's the situation, why is the soup in this hot pot all red?

Is it chili? No, that's how chili peppers are used? Isn't chili pepper used for stir-frying?

In a daze, the guys from Zuixianlou shouted loudly: "The latest dish of Zuixianlou, spicy hot pot, is available in limited quantities, welcome to taste!" ”

People with status in the capital eat fresh, and when they hear that it is the latest dish of Zuixianlou, they don't care if it's delicious or not, they must try it.

At the moment, everyone has shown their membership status, from gem card to gold card to silver card, noisy and shouting, asking to taste it first.

Liu Ruyun walked out and said to the guests with a smile: "Everyone wants to eat, but there are only so many pots." I have an idea.

This hot pot is enjoyable for everyone to eat together. You can choose friends who have a good relationship and share a table together, the faster people get together, the sooner you eat! ”

When people heard this, they immediately began to look for friends. often eats in a restaurant, and their identities are relatively close, so they naturally have three points of friendship, and they quickly put together a table.

The table was filled with a lively seat, and while others were still looking for friends, they had already picked up the slices of meat and scalded them in red oil.

After the meat slice was taken out, several people looked at the color suspiciously, and then tentatively put the meat slice into their mouths.

"It's so fucking delicious!"

"Not only the meat slices are delicious, but the tofu is also delicious!"

"It's so delicious to eat with fans!"

"Is this a fillet? Fish fillet shabu-shabu? I don't think I've ever eaten this before, so try it! It's delicious! ”

The admiration attracted all the people who were waiting in line to eat hot pot in Taibai Ju, and ran to Zuixian Building to line up again.

Shi Zhenxiang's face was pale, he was stunned for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth and called out to the guy.

"Take a handful of chili peppers and throw them into the hot pot soup to see if it's really delicious!"