Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 107 Hot Girl, Godfather

The issuance of new money was not smooth, in the final analysis, it was because of the credibility of the imperial court.Yan Ermei suggested to follow Shang Yang's method of emigrating Mu Lixin to rebuild the court's credibility and dignity. Li Cunming was inspired, came up with a method, and began to show off his showmanship again.

It was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn at this time, and there was a heavy rain on this day, and the air was a bit chilly.

After the rain, dark clouds hang low in the sky like lead.

The Qianqing Palace is very lively and warm, with a table full of sumptuous food, a copper soup boiler burning red charcoal fire, and the hot soup in the pot is boiling.

Li Cunming invited the empress and concubine Yuan to have dinner together. Empress Zhou was thoughtful and sent someone to the medical school to invite Chen Yuanyuan.

The four of them sat around the table, and Li Cunming said with a smile: "How can I have a drink on the small red clay stove? In this cold weather, drinking wine, eating hot pot and singing songs is really a great pleasure in life!"

"So this is a hot pot." Concubine Yuan looked at the copper soup pot.

Empress Zhou smiled and said: "Sister Yuan Fei doesn't know something. Soup pots have existed since ancient times. The copper tripods in the period of Emperor Wen of the Three Kingdoms have been used to cook food. Around the Northern Song Dynasty, in the taverns in Bianjing, there were already soup pots in winter. city."

Concubine Yuan was surprised: "Queen, how do you know so much?"

Queen Zhou said: "Soup pots are popular among the people. I lived a hard life with my father since I was a child. He read fortunes and fortunes on Qianmen Street. Sometimes he got some money. A good meal at home is to buy some bits and pieces of meat. Vegetables are boiled in a soup pot and eaten with sauce."

"It's all my sister's fault, it's caused the Queen's sadness." Concubine Yuan said apologetically.

Empress Zhou said with a smile: "Where, I always miss the taste of soup pot, but I never tasted it after entering the palace. Unexpectedly, the emperor held a soup pot feast today, and I happened to eat it!"

Empress Zhou was right. Hot pot was only popular among the people at the beginning. It really became a "palace banquet" in the Qing Dynasty. Among them, Emperor Qianlong's "Thousands of Seniors Banquet" is the most famous.

Li Cunming looked at Empress Zhou and said, "You like to eat hot pot. I will let the imperial dining room cook more for you in the future. However, the folk way of eating is not authentic. Today I will take you to eat authentic hot pot!"

With that said, he lifted the lid of the soup pot.The heat rose up, and after dissipating, the bright red soup in the pot was bubbling and bubbling.

"Why is the soup this color? The concubine used to eat clear soup." Queen Zhou slightly stretched her neck to take a look, and asked, "Your Majesty, what did you add to the soup?"

"Secret hot pot base!"

Li Cunming smiled, picked up a glass bottle on the table, which contained chili sauce, and said: "When eating hot pot, the most important thing is the bottom material, followed by the dipping water, and the third is the ingredients. Some chili peppers were sent from Guangdong and Guangxi a few days ago. , I made chili sauce, you guys have a taste."

As he said that, he personally brought over four plates, picked out chili sauce, added oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other seasonings, and handed them to Queen Zhou and the three of them respectively.

Then rolled up the sleeves, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Eat!"

When a piece of cooked mutton-shabu was wrapped in chili sauce and chewed in his mouth, Li Cunming almost burst into tears. What a taste he had not seen for a long time!
Before time travel, Li Cunming, like many young people, was an out-and-out social creature.What he enjoys most is meeting up with a few friends after work to have hot pot together.

The spicy taste jumps and bursts on the tip of the tongue, chewing the elastic mutton in the mouth, and paired with a sip of wine, it is so refreshing!

Now that there is chili in the Ming Dynasty, chili sauce can be made, and authentic hot pot can be eaten in modern society.Li Cunming felt very happy, not to mention having three beauties by his side.

He ate a few slices of meat, looked up at the reaction of Queen Zhou and the three with great interest, and almost laughed out loud.

Empress Zhou's face was flushed, fine sweat was oozing from her small nose, and she kept drinking water.

Concubine Yuan opened her mouth wide, fanned her mouth with one hand, and shouted: "It's so numb and spicy, but I still want to eat..."

Li Cunming said: "Number is right, spicy is right, this is hot pot! There is a saying among the common people, Chinese prickly ash needs numbness, pepper needs to be spicy, without garlic, it is useless, and this is what it describes."

Looking at Chen Yuanyuan again, Li Cunming was taken aback, and asked, "Chen Yuanyuan, why are you so calm, aren't you afraid of spicy food?"

Chen Yuanyuan was eating with relish, quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, raised his head and said without changing his face: "It's not spicy, I don't feel it, I just think it's very refreshing and delicious!"

Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan cast envious and admiring eyes, Li Cunming was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Hehe, I don't see that you are weak and weak, you can eat spicy food like this, so I will call you spicy girl from now on!"

Concubine Yuan chuckled: "The emperor is so funny, this title is quite appropriate."

Chen Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, pointed to the bottle of chili sauce and said, "Your Majesty, how is this chili sauce made, and is there any name?"

"Want to learn? I can teach you!" Li Cunming said, suddenly on a whim, and made a joke with Chen Yuanyuan, "This kind of chili sauce is called Laoganda!"

"Old godfather? What a strange name." Queen Zhou said.

Chen Yuanyuan curled her lips and said, "How can there be such a name? I understand, the emperor is not serious, and he took advantage of the slave's family!"

Li Cunming said nonsense in a serious manner: "Who took advantage of you? I am the emperor and the father of the people of Ming Dynasty. The chili sauce I made is named Laoganda. The people eat chili sauce and call it godfather. Humiliate them?"

"Your Majesty's explanation, although a bit far-fetched, makes sense." Queen Zhou covered her mouth and smiled.

Chen Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, with an expression that you are the emperor and you have the final say, and continued to be a foodie.

But Li Cunming thought in his heart: "Little girl is so arrogant, believe it or not, I will throw you on the bed and make you call Dad!"

Thinking this way in his heart, he still said with a serious face: "Chen Yuanyuan, I invite you to eat hot pot, and it's not for nothing. I want to open a hot pot restaurant in the city, and you have to contribute when the time comes, understand?"

"Understood, I don't want to eat your hot pot for nothing..." Chen Yuanyuan said vaguely with something in his mouth without raising his head.

After eating the hot pot, Li Cunming summoned Cao Huachun and gave him face-to-face instructions.

After a few days, Cao Huachun took down the real estate of Zuixian, and after careful decoration, the first hot pot restaurant in the Ming Dynasty officially opened.

On the opening day, there was a lot of noise.All kinds of flowers were placed in front of the store, and the firecrackers kept ringing.Yan Ermei, Jiang Dejing, Gong Yonggu and other officials from the DPRK and China came to support, and Li Cunming cut the ribbon himself.

The emperor participated in an event for the first time in Nanjing City, and it turned out to be for a newly opened restaurant.As soon as the news spread, it quickly spread throughout the city, and the people in the city flocked to the streets to watch the excitement.

"La Meizi hot pot?" Someone pointed to the shop plaque and read, "What is La Meizi and what is hot pot?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it. Hey, you see that there are many couplets posted on the pillars in front of the store. What are they written on?"

Then someone shook his head and said: "Hot enthusiasm, enjoyment, horizontal comment: hot girls are waiting for you. Tsk tsk, it can't be a brothel?"

"Wandering around the world, I can't forget hot girls; traveling all over the world, I think of old godfathers. Hengbiao: the taste of home. Hey, let's say it's a brothel, why there are old godfathers in the brothel, and old godfathers are also out for sale ?”

People laughed loudly, and someone pointed to the other two couplets and said: "It's your fault not to eat once, and it's my fault to only eat once. Hengpi: If you make a mistake, you are wrong. Cook what can be cooked in the world, gather friends who can gather in the world, Hengpi : What more can I ask for. Hey, it turns out to be a restaurant, and it's all fancy!"

Many people laughed and shouted: "Just for these hilarious couplets, I want to go in and cheer!"

(End of this chapter)