Chapter 70: A female mate chooses to farm (19)
With deep doubts, the imperial chef prepared two salty glutinous rice fillings - salted egg yolk meat and chestnut meat according to the princess's wishes.
He is responsible for mixing the stuffing, and there are plenty of helpers, so he can steam it in the pot quickly.
Halfway through steaming, I smelled the aroma—a powerful aroma that was completely different from the sweet rice dumplings, lingering in my mouth and nose.
After turning off the heat, it simmered all night, and it was not taken up until the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival.
The chef took a bite and his eyes lit up instantly.
tasty!
too delicious!
It turns out that the salty rice dumplings are so delicious!
Yu Chu seems to have opened the door to a new world.
From then on, I always obeyed the princess and never had any doubts again.
She does whatever she says, even if she subverts traditional practices, she must have her reasons.
Dozens of people in the palace were all fascinated by the novel taste of salty rice dumplings, and King Jinnan was no exception.
He has no interest in sweet snacks.
After the Dragon Boat Festival and Lantern Festival, I can only try one or two bites of the rice dumplings according to the occasion. I didn’t expect that the rice dumplings can be made into salty dishes.
This morning, he ate three rice dumplings in one go and thought the rice dumplings made in the kitchen were stingy.
Xu Yin: “…”
Brother, are you still young? So what would you call the zongzi if you saw it in future generations? Mini rice dumplings?
King Jinnan asked as he was eating: "Does the princess know whether the Yuanxiao can be made salty?"
Xu Yin: The Dragon Boat Festival is not over yet, are you thinking about the Lantern Festival?
However, Xiankou Lantern Festival?
There are plenty of them! Fresh meat, abalone in chicken sauce, leek and egg, and super delicious pickled pork.
Any filling that can be used to make dumplings can also be used to make Yuanxiao.
Yan Kejin nodded while listening: "I am looking forward to next year's Lantern Festival."
Xu Yin: Ning is an invisible foodie!
In the eyes of the Central Plains in May, it seems that it is completely in the summer. Xu Yin has never left his hand for several days. One word: Hot!
So the rice dumplings steamed in the morning may go rancid in the evening.
Xu Yin asked the kitchen to pack the remaining rice dumplings. The prince would go to the mines to inspect and take them to give a share to the workers in the mines.
Although most of the miners are exiled prisoners, it is a festival, so making rice dumplings is appropriate for the occasion.
It would be great if you have ice. Freeze some and steam them whenever you want.
Xu Yin couldn't help but sigh.
Since the saltpeter is not here, it is better to get the motor out as soon as possible. She misses the refrigerator and electric fan.
“Master, I see you are here, Shanba.” Mammy came in with a smile and said, “This boy is very polite. He said that he wanted to thank you for taking care of his family. He specially made rice dumplings and picked mountain products and sent them over.”
Shanwa is the child who discovered hematite.
Xu Yin kept his promise and after discovering that the hematite mine was worth developing, he was rewarded with one hundred taels of silver and after that, he was given jobs for his parents.
His father broke his leg before, and it was cured, but he was still unable to walk, so he was arranged to guard the gate at the mine.
Her mother was a good cook, and the mine happened to need a few cooks to cook, and one of them recommended her.
The wages in the mines are not high, but they are better than stability. There are holidays and red envelopes and silver rewards during the holidays, which is much better than digging food in the fields or collecting herbs in the mountains.
Not to mention the additional reward of one hundred taels, Shanwa's family was suddenly lifted out of poverty.
Once again, I was lucky that I was already on my way south when I came here. If I were in the capital, I would have to kneel to someone with a higher rank than myself, which would be too much.
“How is everyone in your family?”
"As for Princess, everything is fine." Shanwa looked happy, "My father's legs are much better. My mother cooks in the mine and earns 30 yuan a day. She and her two aunts take turns cooking, so she is not tired at all. I can also do some embroidery work when I have time."
Speaking, he presented the embroidered shoes made by his mother.
Xu Yin happily accepted it without any objection. She really thought Shanwa Niang’s craftsmanship was good.
“Go back and ask your mother if you want to come to the palace to take over the embroidery work.”
When the cocoons are in batches, we must open a silk weaving workshop and hire a group of embroiderers to embroider silk brocades with silk threads. Double-sided embroidery will be better. You can also try large screens and ornaments, which will then be shipped to the Central Plains, In Beijing, make money from wealthy and idle people.
"Yeah." Shanwa nodded vigorously, "My mother will definitely be happy."
“Don’t worry, I’ll go home and ask your mother for her opinion.”
Shanwa brought rice dumplings, embroidered shoes and two pheasants that were still flapping on a rope.
Xu Yin returned to him two kilograms of brown sugar, a knife of meat, a basket of vegetables from the village, and twelve rolls of embroidery thread of different colors.
She included a simple recipe for tomatoes and other exotic vegetables, so that they would not be wasted due to the inability to cook them when brought home.
After Shanba left, Xu Yin ordered the kitchen: "Just make pheasant soup for noon today. There is no need to make it too complicated."
The imperial chef was the best at making soups. It happened that the officials who were in charge of the exiled prisoners across the border learned that King Jinnan had come to the fiefdom and presented a batch of local fruits as tribute. Among them was a coconut gourd with fresh and delicious juice. There's nothing better than simmering chicken soup.
So, the meal presented to Xu Yin at noon was——
Fresh Huaishan coconut chicken soup and white-cut chicken drizzled with garlic oil.
Eat authentic pheasant for two.
Xu Yin felt so good after eating that she ordered the other pheasant to be kept temporarily until the prince was at home, stewing it for him as he did today.
Food should be shared.
…
Just when Xu Yin was enjoying the life of a southern barbarian combining work and rest, the team escorting Liu Cheng and Wang Zhihai finally arrived in the capital after a month-long journey day and night.
As soon as the charges against these two men were made public, the whole court was in an uproar.
There are many poor places in the Southern Barbarians, but there are also officials who are corrupt, and they are also under the banner of King Jinnan. No wonder they were **** by the prince and sent to the capital.
Is this just throwing the royal family’s face under your feet or something? It’s so bullying!
Had it not been for the fact that the owner of the fiefdom was not allowed to interfere in the government affairs, King Jinnan would have directly beheaded the person, and no one would have dared to say anything.
He just tied the people over and let the emperor punish them.
The candidates for the new governor were still appointed by the emperor.
Who dares to say that King Jinnan broke the rules? Aren’t they all within the rules?
As the memorial said, the residences of two goods were raided, and the proceeds from the raids were used to offset the taxes of the people of the two counties until all the taxes were paid.
This is correct. What is taken from the people must be returned to the people. Otherwise, would the world be fair? What should we do if the people rise up in rebellion?
If you don’t express your position in front of the emperor at this time, what should you do if the emperor suspects that they are the same people?
As a result, all civil and military officials came out to express their support:
“I second the proposal submitted by King Jinnan.”
“I also second the proposal.”
Actually, King Jinnan’s approach was not very feasible in counties near central Beijing.
Because this area is relatively wealthy, the wealth and wealth that corrupt officials plundered in a year might be richer than the emperor's small private treasury.
Who is willing to give away the white silver to the people to deduct taxes?
In the final analysis, Nanman is too poor, so poor that the emperor is not exempted from taxes. How much money can there be?
(End of this chapter)