The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

The origin of this matter starts from a few days ago.

A few days ago, Yan Song called Hai Rui and the leaders to discuss the establishment of a canteen.

Hai Rui said that the cafeteria must be built, but for such a trivial matter, don't bother Yan Song to ask about it personally, right?

Yan Song said, no!Food is the most important thing for the people, and the canteen is a major event, which is related to the overall situation of Kaihai, and there is no room for sloppy slack.

Hai Rui and the officials were taken aback by Yan Song.

This Yan Ge old man, which song is he singing?

Yan Song made a final decision and took charge of (bfdb) canteen construction by himself.

In order to do a good job in this sea opening, Yan Song changed the old stingy concept of "just eat enough" in the past imperial court projects, and instead built a canteen with high standards.From all over the world, hundreds of great chefs have been recruited, and all current cuisines such as Shandong cuisine, Anhui cuisine, Northwest cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine have been brought up, regardless of the cost. There are hundreds of windows and a "on the tip of the tongue" Great Ming Dynasty", making the cafeteria look like the Great Ming Food Exhibition.

The move didn't cost much, but it quickly won the hearts of engineers and White Lotus followers.The delicacies served at the windows of these cafeterias made them extremely happy.

But Yan Song tasted the dishes in these canteens, but he was not satisfied.

Although in terms of food types, compared with the past dynasties, Daming is already very rich. Dumplings, noodles, steamed buns, steamed buns have appeared, and even the prototype of hot pot.

But Yan Song always felt like something was missing while eating.

Fortunately, Yan Song had already made preparations.

Half a year in advance, he began to send people from the south to search for a certain crop that was introduced to Ming from South America.

Since Europeans discovered the New World of America, North and South America have been connected to the world. South American crops, such as tomatoes, pumpkins, corn, and sweet potatoes, have been introduced to all parts of the world with European merchant ships.

What Yan Song wants to eat is that little red thing, although it is only a little bit, it can also make the taste of food different and exciting.

Hard work pays off.

It took half a year for the manpower sent by Yan Song to find what Yan Song wanted, successfully cultivated it, and sent it to Tianjin.

This matter caused a sensation.

Yan Song ingeniously handed the red thing to the chef.It is also mysterious and does not let others know what it is.

The chefs were dumbfounded.

What is this little red thing?

Someone had the guts to take a sip, and I'll go, sticking out his tongue so hot it was so swollen.Tears and snot came out together.

Yan Song smiled smugly and told everyone that this is called chili pepper, which is native to South America.In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, it had been introduced to Southeast Asia and southern China, but no one knew how to eat it, and no one dared to try it.

Yan Song sent people to the south to find these wild red chili seeds, brought them back and planted them for a while, and mass production was formed.

Many chefs who were tearful by the spicy food did not understand how delicious this spicy little thing is so delicious?Why is Mr. Yan Ge so respected?

Yan Song coughed, and said in his heart that if you know how these little red things will become popular in China in the future and become iconic gourmet ingredients, even chefs in many provinces will not cook without this thing, and even make a lot of crooked nuts How should I feel when I almost swallowed it with my tongue?

Yan Song coughed and told them how to make chili dishes, such as spicy chicken diced, fish-flavored shredded pork, and the most awesome trump card - hot pot!

Yan Song also personally instructed these chefs how to use these peppers to cook these iconic delicacies that will become popular in China in the future.

In fact, the hot pot has already appeared in the Song Dynasty, but at the beginning, it was cooked in a copper pot to cook some beef and mutton.

But when the chili was mastered by Yan Song, the hot pot with chili was put into the hot pot, which formed the modern hot pot in the future!

The red red oil, the tumbling chili, and the thinly sliced ​​beef and mutton are rolled on the fire!

The hot pot is rolling three times, and the gods can't stand still!

These officials, engineers and migrant workers in Tianjin were a little afraid when they saw the booming hot pot for the first time. They didn't understand what Yan Ge Lao put in the red copper pot.No matter how you look at it, it doesn't feel like a normal hot pot.

Are you trying to kill us?

Hai Rui dismissed Yan Song, and severely criticized Yan Ge's depraved behavior of not doing his job properly but knowing how to eat and drink:

"Yan Song! You are the minister appointed by the imperial court to develop the sea, not a minister who studies hot pot! You don't want to build a successful port as soon as possible, but you are busy inventing such heresy things as hot pot. What is your intention?"

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Chapter 515 Foodie Michelangelo [4]

Hai Rui somewhat hated iron for being weak, and was righteous and critical of Yan Song's behavior. He even wrote a crooked poem: "No one knows it's chili pepper."

It is a bitter satire on Mr. Yan Ge's practice of not doing his job properly and wasting money.

But Mr. Yan Ge just smiled and was not in a hurry to refute. Instead, he sat down and demonstrated how to eat hot pot in person, and he said to Hai Rui:

"Otherwise, no, no! It is said that food is the most important thing for the people. If I, Tianjin Kaihai, can't make these hundreds of thousands of migrant workers eat and drink well, and improve their sense of happiness, how can we complete the Kaihai in a short time~ Engineering heavy duty?"

This is the truth.

In the past, the reason why the common people turned pale when they heard about the project and feared it like a tiger was mainly because the government and the court were too stingy.Migrant workers in the construction project, just a bowl of brown rice, can't get enough to eat, let alone the taste, as for the beef and mutton?Are you thinking too much?Dream to eat -.

This actually has a huge impact on migrant workers.

Because the past projects were all heavy physical labor, all relying on human physical strength, shoulders and backs.If there is no meat in the stomach, the stomach is not full, and there is no strength at all, serious accidents often occur, resulting in death or permanent disability, and the court often does not pay compensation.

Therefore, the rise and fall of several dynasties in the past were all due to the construction of large-scale projects by migrant workers, such as the Qin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Yuan Dynasty.

Yan Song is not the case.

He knew that for such a big project as Tianjin Kaihai, the Bailian believers must eat and drink well, and capture these people from their appetites.