Steel Dynasty - Chapter 278

[Chapter 278 Poached Eggs on New Year’s Eve]

The night was getting darker.

At this time, Xiao Ming asked everyone to take their seats. Niu Ben sat on his right hand, followed by Lu Fei, Luo Xin and other generals.

The first one on his left is Pang Yukun, followed by Zhan Xingchang, Chen Wenlong and other civil servants.

There were hundreds of officials sitting in the entire main hall.

Xiao Ming sat in the main seat, looking at the team members, and the restlessness in his heart during the day gradually calmed down.

Yes, he came to this country of Chongqing and achieved such achievements in just one year. If you give him some more time, what about the Age of Discovery? He, Xiao Ming, can also lead the way.

“Today is New Year’s Eve. Being able to come to the palace as a guest makes my palace a lot more lively. Otherwise, I would feel a little lonely celebrating the New Year alone.”

Everyone sat down and Xiao Ming glanced at everyone.

“It’s an honor for us to be invited by His Highness to be guests at the palace.” Lu Fei bowed his hand to Xiao Ming.

Li Kaiyuan said hurriedly: “What Lieutenant Lu said is absolutely true. I can celebrate the New Year with His Highness on this New Year’s Eve, but there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave. Hehe…”

The others laughed immediately after hearing this.

Pang Yukun said: “Your Highness, it is said that His Highness has arranged a lot of singing and dancing dramas on New Year’s Eve. Is this true?”

“This is true, but before that, we have to eat, and after the meal, we will set off the fireworks. After the fireworks, we will watch the singing and dancing.” .” Xiao Ming told him the arrangements for tonight.

As soon as these words were said, everyone below immediately burst into laughter. It was a lively night.

After a while, the servants in the palace filed in with delicious food and placed a table of food in front of everyone.

These meals are carefully prepared by Xiao Ming in the kitchen, and most of them are dishes with modern characteristics.

Everyone showed excitement when they saw these dishes.

What they look forward to most when they come to the palace is these delicacies.

When all the dishes were served, the wine was served again. Xiao Ming said at this time: “Please, please.”

After hearing this, everyone immediately picked up their chopsticks and started eating. Lu Fei directly grabbed a chicken leg and gnawed it. got up.

Xiao Ming looked at the eating of everyone below and laughed. He was used to these meals, but to outsiders, these meals were still very rare.

Unfortunately, many of the meals on this table do not meet modern requirements. This is all due to the lack of ingredients, such as no chili and no sugar.

It was precisely because of this that he asked Yue Yun to bring back some food crops this time.

At the same time, he is also thinking about how to start planning for Qingzhou’s agriculture after the Chinese New Year. After all, the number of crops in Qingzhou is now very single, and this will be very detrimental to the development of Qingzhou’s industry.

After all, the development of industry requires raw materials, and the problems that occurred in the textile mill this time have explained everything.

In addition to cotton, Xiao Ming is also thinking about a crop that is sugar cane. As long as sugar cane is available, white sugar can be produced, and with white sugar, many foods can be produced and processed.

At that time, he could consider producing portable food for military use, which would be very important for cavalry traveling long distances or for expeditionary armies.

“Your Highness, the oil from Wangfu is so delicious.” While Xiao Ming was thinking, Chen Qi suddenly said.

Xiao Ming said with a smile: “Of course, because I asked the servants of the palace to make these oils myself.”

Pang Yukun suddenly became interested when he heard this, and he said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, I see this dish in the palace The delicious food is inseparable from this oil. Your Highness might as well pass on this oil and the techniques to the Wei family restaurant. This way, it can attract many merchants to come for food and accommodation. This can also increase the government’s income, right? “

Wei ?”

The restaurant used to belong to the Wei family, but later because of needs, Xiao Ming asked the government to buy the Wei family restaurant.

This will also make it easier for the secret guards to monitor the guests.

When Pang Yukun said this, an idea suddenly sprouted in Xiao Ming’s mind. In modern times, the symbol of commercial development in an area is the hotel.

Nowadays, merchants in Qingzhou come and go very frequently, and restaurants in Qingzhou can be said to be often full, which is also a profit point for Qingzhou.

“Pang Changshi’s words are reasonable. I didn’t expect that a New Year’s Eve dinner on New Year’s Eve would also make me feel something.” Xiao Ming said happily: “In this case, after the New Year, I will summon the cooks from the Wei Family Restaurant to enter the palace. , let him learn cooking skills from the palace’s cook. From now on, the palace will provide oil to the Wei family restaurant every day. In this way, these delicious dishes will definitely make businessmen who come to Qingzhou reluctant to leave.”

Niu Ben took a sip of wine and said. “Your Highness, if this is really the case, I will go to the Wei Family Restaurant to eat every day after I run away.”

“Me too, Your Highness, you don’t know, the food in the palace is really delicious. Once I go home, I will never eat again. “

The food at home tastes just like the food at home.”

On New Year’s Eve, all the officials relaxed, and Zhan Xingchang asked: “Your Highness, we usually eat cooked food. I’m afraid the food in the palace is different. “

Yes, the dishes in the palace are all stir-fried.”

“Stir-fried?” Many people whispered.

Although the living standards of officials have improved a bit, their lives have only become better this year. In the past, they basically cooked and barbecued their meals.

Because the iron pot, the basic tool for cooking, is not so easy to produce.

During this period, Xiao Ming has been busy with matters such as the military workshop and the Galen ship, and he has just begun to show his strength in the area of people’s livelihood.

So he asked the servant to go to the kitchen and asked the cook to bring the iron pot and stove to the main hall, and then asked him to bring oil, salt and eggs.

When all these things were ready, Xiao Ming said: “For cooking, you need this thing first, the iron pot.”

Xiao Ming stood up and walked to the iron pot, which was already placed on the burning briquette stove.

Niu Ben and others stopped eating at this time and gathered around. Chen Qi said: “I have never seen this iron pot before. Could it be that His Highness invented it?”

“It was His Highness who invented it.” Qian Dafu was proud. said.

“How are you cooking down there?” Pang Yukun asked, his eyes rolling around, thinking that now Xiao Ming had finally exposed the secret of delicious food.

After the Chinese New Year, I must ask Xiao Ming for a pair of iron pots to cook with.

This Chinese New Year is all about playing, and Xiao Ming was also very playful at this time, so he said: “Don’t worry, I will show you a scrambled egg on the spot.”

Then Xiao Ming put the oil in the pot, because the pot was already hot. , the oil also heats up quickly.

At this time, Xiao Ming sprinkled some salt in the oil pan, cracked the eggs, and beat them into the pan.

“Crackling.” When the eggs were put into the pot, the oil suddenly spattered, and some of it hit Lu Fei’s face, which was pressed against the pot, causing him to scream.

All the officials stared hard without turning their eyes.

This time Xiao Ming made poached eggs. After a while, the eggs were cooked. At this time, he shoveled out the poached eggs and asked, “Who wants to try it?”

(End of Chapter)