There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 307 Chatting with the Emperor for the First Time

Everyone was also full of smiles. Those who can be here are the confidantes of Emperor Xianzong, and they know that Emperor Xianzong has also invested in some of Wu Youwei's business.

Especially Wu Xiao, who already has the status of a child student, but he hasn't passed the exam yet, he is studying hard, and he is busy with business.

"Let someone prepare the imperial meal. I will have a meal with Wu Shidu today." Emperor Xianzong ordered the servant next to him: "Go and tell Concubine Wan."

"Of order." The little servant went to do it.

"Zhongming, you sit down too. You are all on your own now, so don't be tense." Emperor Xianzong pointed to the chair next to him: "Let's chat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wantong clasped his fists together, and then really sat down.

Wu Youwei glanced at him in shock...! ! ! "

So casual, is it really okay?

"Relax, the emperor just wants to see you." Wan Tong said to Wu Youwei in a fair and aboveboard voice: "But it's too conspicuous to summon you so suddenly, it's better like this.

Although it is also very conspicuous, at least it will not highlight Wu Youwei's difference too much.

Emperor Xianzong smiled and said: "Wu Shidu, look up, I always look at your head and speak strangely.

Wantong smiled faintly when he heard the words, and Wu Youwei dared to look up.

Maybe it was because of the closeness, it was the first time Wu Youwei looked at Emperor Xianzong so close.

Emperor Xianzong is very young, with a kind of vigor unique to young people, and he is an emperor, and his experience is too legendary, so he does not have the impetuousness of young people in his eyes, but calm and wise, a combination of contradictions, even more special Yes, the woman he fell in love with turned out to be the court lady who took care of him since he was a child.

Not everyone can successfully challenge this kind of view of love with a huge gap!

Emperor Xianzong was also very satisfied with Wu Youwei. Wu Youwei's appearance was more in line with the aesthetic point of view of the Ming Dynasty people, especially since he was born in Tanhua, appearance is very important.

To put it bluntly, this is also a world of faces.

Emperor Xianzong smiled, feeling very cordial: "I received a report yesterday, saying that the white sugar in the south has succeeded."

When Wu Youwei heard it, he was overjoyed: "Really? Then...when can I eat it?"

"Before the river was sealed off, it was shipped along with the tax and food." Emperor Xianzong said: "After several years of preparation, it finally succeeded."

It turned out that when the prescription was first obtained, Emperor Xianzong sent people to the south to contract the barren hills and plant sugar cane. After success, he began to recruit refugees to make sugar for the sugar factory.

The technology was mature last year, but he needs a large amount of white sugar, so this year, sugar production will start as soon as the sugar cane is harvested.

Snow-like sugar, not to mention Ming, has never been seen by Gentiles!

Emperor Xianzong said: "I have already ordered you to leave [-]% of the shares. I will wait for the money to be distributed in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Youwei actually didn't intend to share the money at all. Things like sugar are related to people's livelihood, and he didn't want to interfere at all. I can't even make a fuss

Just make sugar.

In addition, Emperor Xianzong also said his panacea: "It's just some honey, I don't need Zhongming to bring it in from now on, it's also available in the palace.

If you really have eaten it, that's it. There is no shortage of that bit of honey in the palace. Although it is rare, it is available in the palace, so there is no need to ask the courtiers to offer it.

"Yes." Wu Youwei scratched his head: "Actually, I don't have much in my place, and everyone has heard about it recently, and then they all want to try it, hehehe.

Emperor Xianzong couldn't stop laughing: "You are real, if you come again, you will say that you have dedicated it all to me. Since it is a gift from the elders, keep it well."

"With you as the master, I can still have a few bottles left." Wu Youwei said: "This is actually just a medicine for reducing fever. Snow lotus is cold in nature, and it will reduce fever the fastest."

In fact, it is only a temporary antipyretic, but although there are many antipyretic drugs in ancient times, it is definitely not as fast as snow lotus honey.

This matter was settled like this, the emperor used him as a shield, and Wu Youwei felt more at ease... I was really tired of rubbing pills.

Having said that, the royal meal is here.

Wu Youwei saw a bumper harvest!

It is potatoes, corn, pumpkin and beans stewed with ribs.

What a big pot, placed in the middle, especially eye-catching!

"This is my concubine's favorite food, the big harvest, I just made it today, I'll give you a taste!" Emperor Xianzong took the initiative to pick up the chopsticks: "It tastes good and the portion is sufficient.

Wu Youwei said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, this is the dish researched by the minister's family."

"Oh!" Emperor Xianzong suddenly realized: "I just remembered, you and Shang Ming made a recipe together!"

More than a recipe?Even the cooks were dug from other people's homes!

"It's called Dafeng Harvest. It has a good name and a beautiful meaning. It has both meat and vegetables." Wu Youwei said with a smile, "It's just that the portion is large, because there are too many side dishes, and even if the portion is not large, it can't fit so much.

"Wan Concubine is simple. I eat this dish every time. It can be served with a bowl of melon and vegetable soup, or egg soup, rice, or steamed buns." Emperor Xianzong nodded and said: "Slowly, I also like it."

In addition to the big harvest, there is also a golden jade, a dessert dish made with pine nuts and corn kernels with honey.

Chicken and Mushroom Powder is very authentic and full of fragrance.

A plate of Dinghu Shangsu, Wu Youwei thinks the flowers are very beautiful.

The staple food is corn pancakes, but the ones made in the palace are of course not the same as the ones outside. The corn flour is carefully ground, and eggs are mixed in it. It is soft and delicious, and there is a little bit of sweetness that comes with corn. smell.

"Come, eat, you're welcome, try the imperial meal!" Emperor Xianzong seemed to have a lot of affection for food: "It's all made of corn, I just thought that if I take the lead in eating, they will be able to accept the corn faster , tomato, sweet potato etc.

Cooking in the palace is full of oil and water.

But Wu Youwei thinks it's not healthy to eat like this, it's sweet, oily, and salty.

The quality of Daming's salt has been getting better and better recently. Luo Lun wrote to say that experimental salt fields have been built along the coast.

The effect is still good, but the price of salt has come down a bit.

"You ask them to put less oil in the imperial meals in the future." Wu Youwei suggested cautiously: "Eat more vegetarian food and eat less oily food.

"I've heard of it." Emperor Xianzong said, "Zhongming said you don't eat fat?"

"It's not that I don't want to eat it." Wu Youwei thought for a while: "Pork belly is still eaten, but too fatty meat is not good, it is not good for the body, if you want to eat it, it is best to stew it for more than half an hour.

Later studies have shown that after pork fat is stewed for more than an hour, it will be decomposed from saturated fatty acids to unsaturated fatty acids.

"What does this mean?" Emperor Xianzong expressed his puzzlement: "How long does it take to stew, isn't it all fat?"

"This is a master's way of keeping in good health." Wu Youwei couldn't explain it, so he could only push it to the master: "Eat with meat and vegetables, use less oil, eat more seasonal vegetables, mushrooms, etc."

"The way to keep in good health?" Emperor Xianzong was taken aback when he heard this, "Who is your master?"

Wu Youwei was embarrassed for a moment: "Master won't let me speak, and there are more than one."

Wantong said at the right time: "Your Majesty, the hermits and high-ranking people have strange tempers, fortunately, Youwei is not like that.

Emperor Xianzong thought about it, isn't it!

Hidden earth masters don't have a good temper, and they have a "hidden world" in front of their "superior people", and they hide because they don't want to be disturbed by others.

It is already very good to have a direct disciple as an official.

Moreover, this direct disciple can reveal all the abilities of a hermit expert. Looking at it now, he can be sure that even if there is a famine in Ming Dynasty in the future, the grain in the grain depot will be enough to deal with it.

Speaking of food, they also mentioned spirits. Only then did Wu Youwei know that their spirits were sold separately!

"Zhongming is still right. The food at home must be different from the food outside." Emperor Xianzong sneered and said, "Now that the results are beginning to be achieved, there are no rules on the grassland. If a sweat dies, stay here." All sons can compete for Khan position.

"But I heard that on the grassland, when a son grows up, he will be allocated a pasture. Some cattle, sheep, horses and yurts have been separated, and the family property is left to the younger son to inherit?" Wu Youwei also forgot where he was. I have seen such a statement.

"That was when the old Khan was still there. When he is gone, the youngest son is still young, and his brothers are all around him. Unless he is 34 years old, his brothers must be older than him, so he will be safe and sound." matter." Emperor Xianzong obviously had more research than Wu Youwei: "Now, once a certain Khan has a health problem and can no longer lead the tribe, that tribe will have civil strife at that time!

Wu Youwei really didn't know this. He didn't take the initiative to study the history of ethnic minorities when he was studying history!

As for the ethnic groups on the grasslands, he remembers Mongolia. At that time, Mongolian special tourism was quite popular.

The sky is blue and wild, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low.

Blue sky, white clouds, mushroom-like yurts, beautifully dressed Mongolian girls, Mongolian grandmothers who can cook mutton, Mongolian herders riding horses and holding poles...

What impressed me the most was 66 yuan for a piece of lamb; 800 yuan for a roasted whole lamb!

The Mongolian tea is salty, and after drinking it, most of the bottle of mineral water they brought is missing...

Wu Youwei told Emperor Xianzong about the eating habits and eating structure in Mongolia.

"You can also eat it in the palace." Emperor Xianzong said surprisingly: "There are cooks over there in the palace, but they are rarely used in normal times."

"Ah?" Wu Youwei was taken aback: "Mongolian?"

"Mongol warriors are unparalleled, and there are also Mongolian guards and guards in the palace and in various noble mansions." Wantong explained: "There are not only Mongolians, but also Tatars, Huihui, and Goryeo..."

Wu Youwei only paid attention to one point: "Huihui? Are you from Xinjiang?"

"Xinjiang? No!" Emperor Xianzong explained, "It's Hamiwei."

Later, Wu Youwei learned from Emperor Xianzong's explanation that most of the Western Regions during the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties were the fief of Chagatai, the second son of Genghis Khan, that is, the Chagatai Khanate.

In addition, the Yuan Dynasty once set up the Ali Mari (Ali Mari) province in the present-day Ili River Basin, but it was soon incorporated into the Chagatai Khanate.

A province was established on the south bank of the Amu Darya River, and later merged into the Ili Khanate.

According to the comparison of the maps of later generations, that is, the province of Bieshabali was once set up in the area of ​​Urumqi. Later, because it was too far away from the Central Plains, it was once occupied by the Chagatai Khanate, and later became the jurisdiction of the Yuan Dynasty again.

The Ming Dynasty was in a state of retreat in the Western Regions, and set up Erlisi military and civilian marshal's mansion in the northeast of today's Kashmir and west of Tibet; in the fourth year of Emperor Chengzu Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Hamiwei was established, and local clan leaders were appointed as officials at all levels to govern local military and political affairs and maintain the safety of commercial and trade routes. , Implementing prison control over the Western Regions.

In fact, after the demise of the Chagatai Khanate, its descendants built Bieshabali, and the capital was in Bieshabali (now Jimsarbei Pochengzi). that area).Now there are still local clan leaders who govern local military and political affairs for officials at all levels, and come to pay tribute almost every year.

However, Wu Youwei thought of the historical records of later generations: in the middle of the 15th century, the Turpan tribe was powerful. In 1472, Hami and other guards were once attacked by Turpan. Retreat to Jiayuguan.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate evolved into the Yarkand Khanate.

Completely broke away from the Ming Dynasty, and no longer...

After Wu Youwei finished listening, he asked a question: "Can they make naan?"

Emperor Xianzong was taken aback when he heard this, and then he laughed loudly and said, "Yes! I can do it! There is still a naan pit in the imperial dining room."

Wantong also smiled, although the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, Wu Youwei knew he was happy!

The other servants all looked at him curiously, saying that such a scholar who loves to eat is really rare!

"Does Your Majesty know that in a dry environment, especially in a place like Hamiwei, it can be stored for a month or two without any problem?" Wu Youwei remembered the naan because of it. Without any preservatives, it can be stored for a month or two!

Emperor Xianzong and Wantong are not happy...