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In order to practice the technique of stir-frying bean sprouts, the imperial chef stir-fried four plates of bean sprouts in the kitchen of Ang Lee's mansion. At dinner time, the four plates of bean sprouts were reheated and served on the table. After a few plates of mutton and beef, the table was full of dishes.
Although the Tang dynasty cherished cattle very much and did not allow them to be killed, cattle that died of old age or illness could be eaten. As long as the reason was explained to the government, they could be allowed to be slaughtered.
Of course, the ban on slaughtering cattle was more for the common people. For the nobles, it was not a big problem at all. As long as they broke the cattle's legs and said that the cattle accidentally fell down, they could be slaughtered. The officials naturally would not really investigate and did not dare to offend the nobles. Therefore, there was still beef to be sold in the market, but the price was more expensive.
In the future, the price of beef was much higher than that of bean sprouts. In the Tang dynasty, bean sprouts had not yet appeared, so in the eyes of Kunxiong, Fei Yu, and the others, bean sprouts were much more precious than beef.
As soon as the meal started, everyone rushed to eat the bean sprouts, but put the beef aside and did not ask about it.
The amount of four plates of bean sprouts was too little. For these fighting men, it was not enough to satisfy the appetite of one person, let alone five or six people. This made everyone feel that they were not satisfied.
"Big Brother, such good bean sprouts. As long as we sell them in the west market, they will definitely fetch a good price. It seems that I will be rich, haha!"
Li Kunxiong laughed excitedly after eating the last bean sprout.
Ang Lee shook his head and said, "No matter how good something is, it needs to be known to attract people to buy it. In Chang 'an, how many people know that bean sprouts are good things?"
"Big Brother, you're right! If people don't recognize bean sprouts and don't know that bean sprouts are good things, then I will suffer a big loss. "
Li Kunxiong was worried again.
"Big Brother, is there any way to solve this problem?"
"Why don't we take the cooked bean sprouts to the market and let people taste them for free? In this way, it will naturally be recognized."
"Hmm, that's a good idea."
Ang Lee listened to everyone's discussion and laughed softly. "You all just ran to the backyard to look at the vegetable greenhouse, but you didn't know that I had already invited Yu Chaoen, who serves His Majesty, and had him try the bean sprouts. I also sent all the newly born bean sprouts to the imperial kitchen."
"Big Brother, why are you doing this? Why did you give all the bean sprouts to the imperial kitchen? "
"Tomorrow, His Majesty will hold a banquet for all the courtiers. Big Brother wants to make bean sprouts appear at the banquet tomorrow so that His Majesty and the courtiers can have a taste. In this way, the news that bean sprouts are delicious will definitely spread throughout Chang 'an. By then, haha!"
Ang Lee laughed excitedly.
"Big Brother, you're brilliant! As long as His Majesty and the officials know about the benefits of bean sprouts, the sales of bean sprouts will definitely increase greatly in the future, and I will be able to make a lot of money. "
Ang Lee opened his mouth and said, "There are no wars to fight for now. If you follow me well, you will all have the opportunity to make money. However, you must not be too greedy. You must remember."
"Yes, we understand."
"Come, let's eat meat and drink wine. Come, come, come."
Li An and a few of his brothers ate and drank to their heart's content in a cheerful atmosphere.
In the imperial kitchen of the Daming Palace, more than a dozen imperial chefs were learning how to fry bean sprouts. Although one of the imperial chefs already knew how to fry bean sprouts, the scale of the banquet on the second day was very large, and hundreds of plates of bean sprouts were needed. Once the dishes were cold, they would not be very tasty. Therefore, the dishes had to be served quickly. This required more than a dozen people to prepare each dish at the same time to meet the requirements of the banquet.
"Fragrant, it's still so fragrant."
Yu Chaoen smelled the fragrance of bean sprouts from the imperial kitchen from afar, which made him feel very satisfied.
"Messenger Yu, why are you here?"
The chef of the imperial kitchen saw Yu Chaoen come over and hurriedly greeted him with a smile.
Yu Chaoen raised his head and said seriously, "Tomorrow, His Majesty will hold a banquet for the officials. The imperial kitchen is extremely important, and there must not be any mistakes. How are the preparations?"
"Messenger Yu, rest assured. All the ingredients have been prepared. There will not be any accidents."
The chef said seriously.
"Good, that's good. His Majesty is in a good mood these days. There must not be any mistakes!"
"Messenger Yu, rest assured. There will not be any mistakes."
Yu Chaoen nodded and strode into the imperial kitchen. Looking at the various ingredients that were neatly arranged, he approved of the chef and praised him. Then, he walked towards the imperial chefs who were practicing frying bean sprouts.
"His Majesty has never eaten the dish stir-fried bean sprouts before. There must not be any mistakes tomorrow. Bring two plates over. I want to taste it personally and see how well you guys stir-fried it."
Yu Chaoen said with a face full of righteousness. In fact, he was just being greedy. He had not eaten enough when he was at Ang Lee's residence. Now, he could use the excuse of inspecting to have a good meal and satisfy his appetite.
"Quick, quick, quick. Bring it all up."
The chef hurriedly asked the imperial chefs to bring over the dozen plates of bean sprouts that had just been stir-fried and placed them in front of Yu Chaoen.
Yu Chaoen smiled with satisfaction, "Chef Li, sit down and try it too! See if there is anything lacking in this dish. "
"Yes, then this official will respectfully accept."
The chef was already attracted by the aroma of the bean sprouts. Seeing that Yu Chaoen wanted to eat together, he quickly agreed and sat down to taste the bean sprouts that had just been stir-fried.
The dozen plates of bean sprouts were not a lot. Yu Chaoen and Chef Li quickly finished five to six plates. It was only when they saw the empty plates that they realized that they had eaten too much.
Chef Li looked at Yu Chaoen with satisfaction and said, "Messenger Yu, what do you think of the culinary skills of these imperial chefs?"
"Good, very good. His Majesty will be very happy after eating these bean sprouts tomorrow. The civil and military officials will also praise your imperial kitchen."
Yu Chaoen praised the imperial chefs' culinary skills. He stood up and said, "There shouldn't be any problems with the imperial kitchen. I am relieved. I will leave now."
"Goodbye, Messenger Yu."
"Yes, yes."
Yu Chaoen rubbed his stomach and left the imperial kitchen with a satisfied expression. He had finally eaten his fill with such delicious food.
The next morning, Ang Lee woke up early and ate a simple breakfast as he waited to enter the palace for the banquet.
"Big Brother, why did you eat so little? You usually eat more than us for breakfast?"
Ang Lee smiled and said, "Big Brother has to enter the palace in the afternoon to attend His Majesty's banquet, so he can't eat too much. If he eats too much, he won't be able to eat those delicacies after entering the palace. Wouldn't that be a great loss?"
"Haha! That's true. His Majesty rarely treats him, so Big Brother must eat and drink as much as he wants. There is no need to be thrifty for His Majesty, haha! "
Li Kunxiong laughed loudly.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "That's right. Big Brother will definitely not be thrifty for His Majesty. He will definitely eat and drink as much as he wants."
"Hahaha! Big Brother needs to empty his stomach, but we don't need that. Everyone, let's eat and drink as much as we want, haha! "
After breakfast, Ang Lee and the others went to the vegetable greenhouse in the backyard and carefully took care of the vegetables in the greenhouse. In the past few days, other than the small canola that had grown a little, many other vegetables had sprouted. Looking at it, the entire greenhouse was green and full of vitality.
In the winter, to be able to see these green vegetables would make people feel very happy. Moreover, the temperature in the greenhouse was very warm, which made people feel very comfortable.
Inside the greenhouse were green vegetables. On the open space outside the greenhouse, there were dozens of carpenters who were mass-producing rocking chairs according to the standards of the assembly line. It gave people a kind of lively beauty, and formed a harmonious beauty with the calmly growing vegetables.
The banquet in Daming Palace was arranged in the afternoon. However, from early morning, the imperial kitchen and various departments in the palace had already started to work. The Emperor invited the officials to a banquet, and the standard was the highest. No accidents were allowed to happen. Therefore, no department in the palace dared to treat it carelessly.
The bean sprouts sent from Ang Lee's residence had been stored for a night. However, it was winter now, and under this temperature, it would take a few days for the bean sprouts to go bad. Therefore, there was no problem after being stored for a night.
Yu Chaoen was not at ease. He personally went to the imperial kitchen to check. Seeing that the bean sprouts were still fresh and full, and filled with a fragrant smell, he was relieved. This was the delicacy that he introduced into the banquet. If there was a problem, he would not be able to bear the consequences.
The imperial chef in the imperial kitchen was busy cutting plates and preparing some cold food. The hot food had to be served not long before the banquet began. Otherwise, it would quickly become cold in this season. After all, there was no thermos in this era. Even if a simple thermos was made, the insulation effect would definitely not be as good as in the future. Therefore, it was most suitable to make it now.
In the afternoon, the invited officials of the imperial court went to Daming Palace one after another. They went straight to a side hall next to the Supreme Liquid Pool. The area here was larger, and they could see the beautiful scenery of the Supreme Liquid Pool. Therefore, the banquet location was chosen here.
It was winter now, and the water in the Supreme Liquid Pool had already frozen. Moreover, it was a very thick layer of ice. There was no problem for people to walk on it.
Ang Lee looked at the icy surface of the Supreme Liquid Pool. He recalled that he had once led his subordinates to perform their skiing skills here and received the praise of Emperor Li Longji.
In the blink of an eye, a whole year had passed. Time could be said to have passed extremely quickly. This made Ang Lee, who was standing here again, feel rather emotional.
"It's been a year, a whole year. Time really flies! Last time, General Li was still here performing skiing for His Majesty. Now, General Li is already a fifth-grade official of the imperial court. "
Unknowingly, Li Linfu suddenly appeared behind Ang Lee. Moreover, he suddenly said such a sentence, which made Ang Lee feel rather shocked.
"Right Prime Minister, this official pays his respects to Right Prime Minister."
"General Li, you don't have to be so polite. I thought that I would be the first to arrive here. I didn't expect General Li to be one step faster than me. Haha! This is also good. While the other officials haven't arrived yet, I will have a good chat with General Li. "
Li Linfu's attitude was still very amiable, and there was not the slightest bit of ill intent.
Ang Lee raised his head to look at Li Linfu. He discovered that this old man, who was known in history as a treacherous official with a honeyed mouth and a sword in his belly, had aged a lot. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Perhaps it was because the calculations were too tiring that Li Linfu's appearance had changed in half a year.
"Since this official went to Cuandi, counting the days, it has already been half a year since I last saw Right Prime Minister. This time, I was burdened by trivial matters and did not pay a visit to Right Prime Minister. I hope that Right Prime Minister will forgive me."
Ang Lee's official position was much lower than Li Linfu's, so he naturally did not dare to be disrespectful.
Li Linfu smiled amiably. "Haha! General Li returned to the capital and did not even see His Majesty's face. It can be seen that things are very busy. How could this Prime Minister mind? "
Ang Lee was slightly surprised. After he returned to the capital, he had never seen Li Longji. Li Linfu was actually so clear about this matter. This did not mean that Li Linfu was clear about Li Longji's every move and who he saw every day.
"Thank you Right Prime Minister for your understanding. After this official returned to the capital, this official was really too busy. The mansion was abandoned for half a year, and it took many days to clean up the weeds."
Ang Lee hurriedly explained.
"Is that so? It seems that General Li is really too busy! "
Li Linfu praised Ang Lee and continued, "For the sake of the Tang dynasty, General Li personally went to Cuandi to quell the rebellion. For half a year, you have made great contributions to the Tang dynasty. General Li is young, but your contributions are no less than those old generals. His Majesty saw that General Li was too young and worried that General Li's success at such a young age would not be good for the future. Therefore, he did not give General Li a high position. I hope General Li will not be resentful in your heart!"
"Right Prime Minister, you are too serious. This official is not even 20 years old this year, but I was conferred the official position of Grade Five by His Majesty. This official is already very satisfied. Moreover, Right Prime Minister, you also said that His Majesty did this to prevent this official from achieving success at such a young age. Therefore, this official cannot complain."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
"Good, good, good. General Li is really sensible. This Prime Minister always feels very happy and comfortable chatting with General Li!"
Li Linfu's tone became more amiable.
"Thank you Right Prime Minister for your praise. This official feels the same."
"Hahaha, good, good."
Li Linfu smiled even more amiably.
"Benefactor, benefactor, hahaha!"
Just as Ang Lee and Li Linfu were chatting happily, An Lushan brought his eldest son, An Qingzong, and General Shi Yungan over.
"Haha! So it is Marshal An Jie. You have come early enough! "
Li Linfu seemed to have formed a habit of treating everyone with a harmless and amiable appearance. Those who didn't know him would think that he was really a kind old man.
"Benefactor, you came even earlier! Hahaha! "
It had to be said that An Lushan laughed very foolishly, very foolishly.
Ang Lee's lips curled into a disdainful smile. He turned slightly and saw An Lushan's exaggerated face. He felt really disgusted and uncomfortable.
An Lushan seemed to have seen Ang Lee's disdain towards him. A trace of anger flashed across his eyes. However, in front of Li Linfu, he didn't dare to show too much of it.
"Benefactor, this is?"
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