Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

"Your Majesty, do you want to drink?" After taking a seat, Su Chen, as the host, asked the guests if they wanted to drink.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Tai and Li Chengqian, and they both shook their heads at the same time.

Needless to say, no one drank today.

Soon, the steaming bacon was served on the table.

"Your Majesty, this is bacon. It is easy to cook and can be steamed or fried. When Qianjincai is on the market, cut it into slices and fry it with bacon. The taste is amazing!"

Li Shimin nodded, a little puzzled.

The bacon was black in the kitchen, but it was gorgeously transformed after it was served.

The fat was translucent light yellow, and the lean meat turned red.

Li Shimin picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, tasting it carefully, "Hmm! It tastes great, salty and fragrant."

"Guanyin, try it!"

Li Shimin ate three pieces of bacon in a row while greeting Empress Changsun.

Su Chen put the ingredients into the soup pot in order according to the degree of ease of cooking of different hot pot ingredients. Except for the addition of bacon, the ingredients were no different from the first time.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Boy!"

About ten minutes after starting to chopsticks, Li Shimin and Xiao Sizi called Su Chen at the same time.

The people at the same table looked at Li Shimin.

Su Chen was busy putting the ingredients into the hot pot for everyone, and suddenly two people, one big and one small, called him at the same time, "Uh, Xiao Sizi, you go first."

"Sizi wants to eat Longkou vermicelli first!"

This is Xiao Sizi's habit after having bacon, eating vermicelli while eating bacon.

"Okay!"

Su Chen turned around and took five bundles of potato vermicelli from the table.

Untie the hemp rope and put it into the soup pot, then look at Li Shimin and smile slightly, "Your Majesty, what about you?"

"Same as Mingda!" Li Shimin replied casually.

He just wanted Su Chen to be a fan. Today's lunch was later than usual, and he was a little hungry.

"Haha, good!" Su Chen smiled faintly. They were indeed a father and daughter!

"Sister-in-law, the duck heart and duck blood are ready!" Jin'er sat with Su Yan, and occasionally picked up ingredients for Su Yan.

"Jin'er, eat more yourself!" Su Yan took the dipping bowl and took the ingredients picked up by Jin'er.

She had eaten hot pot many times at Empress Changsun's house, and she knew all the ingredients. Li Chengqian was not so lucky.

Li Tai and Li Chengqian were just busy eating, and no one talked to them.

"Your Majesty, did you send a charcoal hot pot to the old man? I forgot before."

"Don't worry, I sent it to you."

Every time Li Shimin had hot pot, he would send someone to send some of the processed ingredients to the teahouse. He didn't need to roast the fire to eat hot pot, just prepare the charcoal.

Not only that, after some ministers in the court learned about hot pot, they all asked the emperor to send one.

Li Shimin was also generous, only charging the corresponding cost copper coins, and responding to the ministers' requests. But he also kept a secret, and did not teach them how to make the seasoning.

Only a few trusted ministers such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji knew about it.

"Boy, have you ever thought about running a hot pot restaurant in Chang'an City?" Li Shimin suddenly asked.

Li Shimin believed that if it was a cold winter, eating a hot pot would definitely be a blessing that everyone wanted, and it would definitely make a lot of money.

"Hot pot restaurant?"

Su Chen looked up at Li Shimin, who was busy with dry noodles, and there was not even a trace of bacon left.

"I never thought that Emperor Taizong of Tang had such an advanced idea!"

"Your Majesty has a good idea, hot pot restaurants have great potential! You can also open a hot and sour noodle restaurant, or fried noodles." Su Chen put down his chopsticks and agreed with Li Shimin's idea.

Li Shimin also put down his chopsticks and thought for a while.

"Oh? Hot and sour noodles, fried noodles? Yes, I will share the store with you 50-50, so you don't have to worry about it, just run it."

Su Chen smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, is there a place called Chongqing in Bashu?"

He just remembered that the name Chongqing seemed to have existed in the Song Dynasty.

"By the way, can I take a look at the map!"

He silently checked the holographic map and found the approximate location of Sichuan.

'That's right, Chongqing is now called Yuzhou. '

Li Shimin listened to Su Chen's question, thought about it carefully, and said: "If I remember correctly, there is no prefecture named Chongqing in Shu."

"Hahaha, it's good that there is no hot pot restaurant called Chongqing Hot Pot, and hot and sour noodles are also called Chongqing Hot and Sour Noodles. Open a chain store, and Chongqing Hot Pot will be all over the Tang Dynasty in the future!" Su Chen said excitedly, and even the store name was chosen this time.

"Chain? Chongqing?" Li Shimin heard the sound and didn't know which word it was.

"That's right, Chongqing, double happiness! The chain means opening branches in every county in the Tang Dynasty." Su Chen nodded and explained.

"Double happiness, good! What a good name, let's call it Chongqing Hotpot!"

Li Shimin immediately made the decision and agreed with the meaning of Chongqing."Well, Your Majesty, we should wait until two seasons of sweet potato harvest before opening the hot and sour noodles. Otherwise, it will be like Li You selling pork, which will be sold out in a month and affect our reputation."

The sweet potatoes grown now contain too little starch and are not suitable for making sweet potato noodles.

"Well, just arrange it as you see fit." Li Shimin nodded, then smiled faintly and asked, "I don't know how much investment is required for a hot pot restaurant, how much do I need to invest?"

Su Chen thought about it and thought it wouldn't cost much to open a hot pot restaurant. "Your Majesty, you just need to take care of the store, including the decoration of the store."

"I'll pay for the rest, okay?"

Li Shimin nodded without thinking, "Yes!"

Empress Changsun glanced at Li Shimin, then at Su Chen, and smiled and shook her head.

Although she was not very good at business, she knew that every business needed someone to take care of it, and it cost money to purchase ingredients on weekdays.

How could it be as simple as the father-in-law and son-in-law said.

Empress Changsun didn't want to remind them, so she would let the emperor and his wife argue about it.

Just treat it as adding some fun to life, which is also a good thing.

"Brother-in-law, the sweet potatoes and Zhenguan beans in the imperial garden were all harvested yesterday, and the yield is still very high, more than 60 stones per mu. In a few days, local governments may report the yield. When does the manor plan to start harvesting?"

Li Chengqian saw Zhang Long and his men digging a few sweet potatoes outside the living room door before, and told Su Chen about the harvest in the imperial garden.

"Wait for the weather to clear up for two more days. It's too wet to work on the ground now."

"When should those cotton seeds be planted?" Li Chengqian continued to ask.

"Yes, there are cotton seeds!"

After hearing Li Chengqian mention it, Su Chen suddenly realized that he had forgotten the cotton seeds.

"The problem is, I don't know when to plant this cotton, and which place is suitable for planting!"

Su Chen has never seen cotton growing in the ground, let alone the sowing season.

"But fortunately, Atana should arrive in Chang'an soon. When the time comes, ask those who have seen Bai Die in the Western Regions and you will know. First, give it to the people around Chang'an to plant a section for trial. The prefectures and counties in the south and north can also try planting it."

After a pause, Su Chen continued: "The cotton of the Tang Dynasty cannot rely entirely on trade in the Western Regions. It is safer for the people of the Tang Dynasty to plant it themselves."

"Okay, you are very reasonable! I will take some cotton seeds back to the palace and send people to Jiangnan and Hebei."

Li Shimin agreed with what Su Chen said. Such a good crop should be controlled in his own hands.

"Okay, Your Majesty!" Su Chen nodded in response.

"Well, there is also bacon, two big pieces and eight small pieces!"

"Don't forget it!"

Li Shimin reminded solemnly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I remember it! The two pig hind legs are too thick, it is better to hang them for two or three months before eating." Su Chen smiled and reminded.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

"That's great!"