I rely on food to guide the whole harem

"Auntie, the butterfly beside Li Meiren came to tell me that Li Meiren wants to drink milk tea today."

"Auntie, Ju Xiang from Xu Cairen's side came to tell me that Xu Cairen wants to eat crispy pumpkin today."

"Auntie, Xiaolan next to Zhao Xuanshi..."

Oh, there really is a court lady named Xiaolan... Tang Yinjiang thought a little deliriously.

This is already the eighth serving of crispy pumpkin she has made, and she has also cooked [-] servings of milk tea and [-] servings of popcorn.

These concubines didn't know what was going on, so they just ordered what was important, and they all staggered the time, which made her flustered all morning and almost died of exhaustion.

After a while, I will cook a pot of milk tea at once and keep it warm, and whoever comes will scoop up a portion.

It's a pity that crispy pumpkin and popcorn are not good, both of which pay more attention to the taste, and the taste will change when it is cold or re-fried.

"Kang Zhaoyi, Lin Zhaoyi, Ji Jieyu, Xie Cairen, Dong Cairen...they all want to order!"

After sitting down and resting for a while, Xiaotao ran in again and said that Tang Yinjiang felt that what she heard now was not Xiaotao's voice, but the ordering robot of a certain hungry group or a certain group...

"Okay! I'll get up right away!"

"Sister, I've smelled a strange fragrance from you from afar. It's a good thing, so I don't ask my sister to taste it."

Ji Jieyu panicked and replied: "Go back to your mother's words, it's a new tea soup from the Imperial Dining Room, it's called milk tea."

After saying that, he offered the whole small cup of milk tea that hadn't touched a thread, "If the empress is interested, my concubine is willing to give this tea to love and empress."

Concubine Zhuang pursed her lips and smiled: "What is this, you and I live in the same palace, we are sisters of our own family, why should we be so polite, how can this palace take away people's love, we just order someone else to go to the imperial dining room to get it. "

"This cup has a lot of weight, why don't you taste it with your concubine?"

"So good."

Ji Jieyu personally picked up the small cup and scooped out a small teacup with a spoon. The sweetness of the milk tea instantly pleased the two of them.

Concubine Zhuang took a sip from her teacup, and said Xinqi, "This tea has a smooth taste and a novel taste. It's really delicious, very good." After speaking, she raised the teacup and took a sip.

Ji Jieyu: "The person who came up with this tea is really a wonderful person."

Concubine Zhuang waved her hand, and the palace maid behind hurriedly stepped forward to obey her orders: "Go to the imperial dining room and get two more cups of milk tea. I want to have a good chat with Ji Jieyu."

"Sister, look at my popcorn, it looks very cute."

"Sister, the taste of this spicy strip is unique, sister hurry up and try it."

"Ah - so spicy!"

"Take a sip of milk tea and press it down."

Concubine Jing and Concubine Chen are enjoying plum tea in the gazebo of the imperial garden.

Concubine Shu, who also came out to admire plum blossoms and compose poems, paused, milk tea...?She frowned slightly, the tea brewed by the nanny?

And popcorn?Spicy strips?What are they?Concubine Shu signaled the palace servants not to make a sound, and looked at the two of them with some doubts in her heart.

It doesn't sound like a serious dish name... There is something to talk about.Concubine Shu played with the hand stove, probably it was some eye-catching cover from the imperial dining room!There are always some novel names, and when they are presented, they are those old dishes, so boring.

Concubine Shu waved her hand and went back to the palace.

Hey, the world is noisy, and I can't even find a quiet place to write poetry.

On the other side, Tang Yinjiang, who was already exhausted, had already emptied his family and had no money!

No, no matter how much money she has, she won't be able to make it, let alone she doesn't have much money at all.

I want to charge.

As soon as this idea came up, it lingered in Tang Yinjiang's mind.

Originally, it would cost money to invite the imperial dining room to open a small stove, and there is no reason for the cook to pay for the ingredients by himself.

That is to say, her reputation was not obvious before, even if someone paid to let Xiaozao go, she would not be found on her head.

However, most of her current guests are low-ranking concubines, and high-ranking concubines don't need to talk about charging, they will reward them after drinking.

Therefore, the price cannot be set too high, and take the civilian route.

In this dynasty, because of raising a large number of cattle and sheep, ranches were opened. Although the raw material milk is not a very common food for civilians, it is not too expensive.

The milk tea she sends now is usually served in a small cup, and the visual capacity is about 350-400ml.

At this time, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 1000 Wen, and 200 Wen can be exchanged for a small cup of milk for milk tea from other imperial chefs.

In addition to other materials, Tang Yinjiang did some calculations. She only needs to sell a cup of milk tea for 300 yuan to get back her capital. She decided to price it at 500 yuan a cup, so that the low-ranking concubines will feel a little expensive and not worth it. As for not being able to drink.

You have to earn some money to develop new products, right?

"Girl..." Xiaotao said in embarrassment, "This is not good, will the girls be angry?"

"Didn't you say that the Imperial Dining Room originally charged money to order food?"

"Yes...but..."

"Then there is no but, even if you start to get angry, you will accept it later. After all, who can resist the temptation of milk tea~"

Just do what you say, and Tang Yinjiang, who came next, asked Xiaotao to return to the charging plan. Most people have already accepted the setting of paying for the small stove, and there is nothing wrong with it.

A small number of them think that it was Tang Yinjiang who teased them by himself, which in turn would cost them a part of their goodwill, but it is not easy to go to the imperial dining room to boss them around in a low position.

Concubine Ning just drank a cup of milk tea for breakfast, she was in high spirits, and she would charge for it when she went to order in the afternoon.

She felt that the maid in the imperial dining room offered food to a little beauty and refused to give her food, but she sent someone to order it, and even accepted benefits from her!What audacity,

He casually pointed to another chef who often ordered to make it, and after receiving it, he smelled almost the same milky fragrance, and a sneer twitched at the corner of his lips.

It's just a dish of tea, as if to judge who can't make it, the chef in the imperial dining room for so many years is not as good as you, a little maid?

As soon as I took my mouth, the milk was very smooth, and the tea leaves were better than before, but there was a lingering fishy smell in the same sweet milk tea, Concubine Ning frowned, and hurriedly took a sip of the clear tea gargle.

"What's the matter with Li Yuchu, I can't even make a cup of milk tea. Change!" Concubine Ning slammed the teacup on the table heavily.

Afterwards, the maids in Concubine Ning's palace went back and forth to the imperial dining room many times. They changed Liu Yuchu, Qian Yuchu, and several well-known imperial chefs. The smell never goes away.

"Come here, go get some tangerine-stuffed kudzu root. These royal chefs are useless waste. If they can't make it, it's a big deal. I won't drink it."

Gu Yu took the tangerine-stuffed kudzu root brought by the little maid beside him, and served Concubine Ning to eat it, "You're right, our empress is a daughter of gold, so I won't be wronged like this!"

Qi Jieyu passed by the main hall where Concubine Ning lived, carrying a food box containing the milk tea she just bought, popcorn, crispy pumpkin, and spicy strips.

Her natal family is rich, and from time to time she will ask someone to bring her some money to make her life easier in the palace, so Tang Yinjiang's price is just an ordinary price in her eyes, and she directly packs all the snacks on sale at once.

The most intense is of course the sweet smell of milk tea, and there is also an overbearing spicy smell.

The fragrance filled the air, impacting her nasal cavity bit by bit, the more she smelled it, the more she recited it, and it was hard to change what she said, thinking of this, her eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Gu Yu."

Gu Yu has been with Concubine Ning for a long time, and she thought she could understand what she meant just by looking at her eyes, so she bowed her head and said yes, "I will ask Qi Jieyu to bring it to my empress."

Concubine Ning glanced at her displeasedly, "Who said you want it? Didn't you just say you won't be wronged?"

"What does that empress mean...?"

"What I don't want to eat, others are not allowed to eat."

"Yes, ma'am."

An aunt who was in charge of the pastry room in the imperial dining room lingered for a long time in front of Tang Yinjiang's cooking cubicle, and finally plucked up the courage to enter the door, and quietly came over to ask Tang Yinjiang.

"Aunt Yinjiang, your milk tea smells so delicious to me, can you make me a cup quietly too? Don't worry, I have money."

"Of course it's possible." Tang Yinjiang handed her a bowl from the milk tea pot that had been simmering over a low fire without saying a word. There was no way, the business was so good that the small cups were all used up, so he had to use a bowl.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the aunt from the pastry shop came out, she brought a whole lot of eunuchs to do odd jobs. Li Chun stepped forward and said with a sneer, "Tang Yinjiang, let me finally get hold of it this time!"

"What's the point? None of my materials are within my share. What's wrong with me buying the materials myself? If you use this to convict me, all the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room will not be able to escape!"

"Heh, I mean you are selling dishes in the palace without authorization!"

"It's the emperor's permission for the ladies to open a small stove, so that the ladies can eat some local dishes for a change, and the imperial dining room doesn't have to be too burdensome, but who asked you to increase the price to sell it? Even the maids can buy it, you Dare to say that you are not selling dishes privately!"

It's over, I got dizzy and didn't think so much.

After all, in her heart, maids and empresses are both human beings, forgetting that this is in the palace, maids are not entitled to touch what the empress eats.

"Tie her up and see Jin Yuchu, and see what she has to say!" Li Chun gave an order, and several young eunuchs rushed up and pushed her out of the cubicle.

"Miss Concubine Liu is here!"

"What's the matter? The imperial dining room is so lively." With the support of the maid, Empress Liu, Shi Shiran walked into the imperial dining room.

Tang Yinjiang's eyes lit up, it was Liu Cairen, oh no, now it's Liu Concubine!

"What palace rule did she break?"

Isn't this Liu Cairen from before? Why was he suddenly promoted to the concubine? This is a quadruple jump. I heard that this Liu Cairen has never been favored in the palace for two years. He only entered the palace for the first time for the sake of the golden knife imperial chef. If you are a talented person, you should not please His Majesty!

All the people in the imperial dining room knelt down, and Lichun was sweating profusely. This Tang Yinjiang followed Concubine Liu before, and later heard that he also ran to Concubine Liu every day. One can imagine how good the relationship between the two is. It's over, Tang Yinjiang has a backer!

"Go back to your mother, the court lady Yin Jiang is selling dishes privately in the imperial dining room."

"Oh? Is there any evidence?"

"Go back to your mother, the aunt in the pastry shop can testify that she just bought a cup of tea soup from Yin Jiang!"

"I asked that aunt to pick it up for me."

"Impossible!" Li Chun suddenly screamed.

Liu Pin lightly wrote: "Then let that aunt come out and confront her."

Among the court ladies and eunuchs kneeling on the ground, an elderly court lady got up tremblingly, and knelt down in front of Concubine Liu.

"You tell me, you want to buy it yourself, or I entrust you to do it for you." Liu Pin frowned and looked at the other party, her eyes seemed to have deep meaning: "It's a crime to sell without permission, and it's not clean to buy without permission, right? As long as Auntie tells the truth , I will make the decision for you."

As soon as this remark came out, the aunt in the pastry shop immediately replied: "The servant girl was bought by the order of the concubine Liu!"