Liu Bang has not left the imperial city for a long time.

For more than a month from Qin Hui's imprisonment to his death, the emperor was either in Concubine Chen's bed or discussing matters with ministers.

You can often hear a group of people arguing fiercely in Chui Gong Hall, either Zhang Taiwei roaring horribly, or Han Shizhong arguing with each other, and you can even hear Yue Fei arguing with them...

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty seemed to have been given a shot of chicken blood. Everyone seemed to have endless energy. The first thing everyone did when they opened their eyes every day was to count the days with their fingers.

It's just a thank you to the Food Bureau. After all, it's not a Chinese New Year or a holiday. There are a lot of extra mouths in the palace to eat. The extra work is divided among everyone, and the female officials and eunuchs will inevitably complain.< /p>

"Eat, eat, eat, then you know how to eat!"

It's nothing to cook with the emperor, this is what I do.

But what kind of delicious food do those stinky Qiuba know?

The little palace maid's eyes widened, and she kept describing to the people next to her how the deputy general Yue Shaobao was eating:

"But my sister doesn't know that that man was like a starving ghost reincarnated. He swallowed three bowls of bird's nests in one bite!"

The people next to me showed expressions of surprise in unison, and from time to time they made "tsk tsk" sounds to express their amazement at this behavior.

And the starving ghost they talked about was Niu Gao.

This time, all the generals in the army have gained something. For example, Yue Yun, for example, the emperor insisted on giving him a title of champion. The young general was very happy, but when he saw Yue Fei's face fell, he didn't dare to accept it.

In the end, the emperor pointed at Yue Shaobao's nose and scolded him for a long time, asking him if he felt that his title was low. If so, he would give Yue Yun the title of Duke!

This makes sense, Yue Yun is only a few years old, and his father is still just a county prince. If he becomes a prince, he will be on the same level as Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong, and have a higher title than Yue Fei.

The maid next to her was very interested and echoed:

"Yue Shaobao is too ignorant! The last time I saw it with my own eyes, when Taiwei Zhang asked for a job for his eldest son, he was scolded by the officials for a long time. In the end, he didn't agree. Now the officials want to take the initiative to grant him a title. , he actually refused to allow the young general to accept it!"

"Who says it's not the case!" The female officer answered, "The Major General is so handsome, and he has a Marquis at such a young age..." She held her hands between her chests with a imaginative expression:

"I don't know which girl is so lucky to marry him..."

Little girls of this age are most prone to yearning, but when the emperor gave the savage who had three bowls of bird's nests in his mouth a pair of pure gold maces, everyone became angry again.

"The officials are generous, but it's a pity that the wild man ruined things."

"Yes, it's made of pure gold. It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars at least."

Perhaps sensing something, Niu Gao, who had just accompanied the emperor out of the imperial city, sneezed several times in succession, which made Wang Gui complain several times in front of the emperor, saying that he had lost his manners in front of the emperor and should clean himself up.

Study hard with Huang Yanjie.

These days, everyone is used to making jokes in front of the emperor, but... this is limited to a few of them.

It is strange to say that the higher the official position, the more serious people are in front of the officials, and the higher the official position is in front of the emperor, the more they look like unilateral bullying by the officials.

Just like last time, Captain Zhang somehow mentioned that he was visiting a girl in Sizhou City. The official just looked at him and he kowtowed several times...

Niu Gao held the pair of maces wrapped in cloth. In addition to going to the palace to discuss matters every day, he even had to hold them while eating and sleeping. He was really closer than his own son.

But the emperor claims to be pure gold, but in fact...

In fact, it is also pure gold! Is it possible that Niu Gao can still sell this thing?

Yue Fei stopped Wang Gui and kept admitting his mistake to the emperor, but Liu Bang didn't pay much attention, but said with some confusion:

"What kind of holiday is today?"

A group of people, not counting the guards, there were dozens of them. They pondered for a long time and replied very firmly:

"No."

"Since it's not..." Liu Bang became even more confused, "Why are there so many people?"

It's not like he has never visited Lin'an at night. He knows that although there are many people in Lin'an, they are not as crowded as today.

The emperor's reminder made everyone react... But except for His Majesty who really regarded shopping as shopping, who among them would dare?

Not to mention the crowds outside Chaotianmen, but it is no exaggeration to step on the feet of three people with one foot. When you look out of Chaotianmen, the whole Lin'an seems to have become a vegetable market.

There are fireworks everywhere.

As the group of people walked forward, Yang Yizhong sent someone to find out the news. At the same time, Zhao Mi and Zhong Feng, who were following, also asked people to send more people.

If something happens to this group of people, the whole Song Dynasty will be destroyed from top to bottom.

After a while, the person who inquired about the news came back... In fact, there was no need to inquire at all, after all, this matter had been spread throughout Lin'an City.

It's just that these noble people worry about important matters of their family and country all day long, so naturally they won't pay attention to such trivial matters.

After listening to what this person said, everyone present looked thoughtful...

Well, the main thing is to learn from the emperor.

"Qi Ming Yao Shu" says: "For the ointment ring, soak it with rice shavings, water, and honey. It will be as strong and lustrous as soup cake noodles. Use your hands to scoop the dough, which can be about eight inches long. Make the two ends meet each other, and cook it with oil.

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This kind of fried pasta is not new. Back then, there was a hawker in Bianjing City who mixed the dough with glutinous rice flour, added a little salt, kneaded it and twisted it into the shape of a ring bracelet, and then fried it with oil... leaning on this fried ring

Bing, that man just bought a house in Bianjing City with three entrances and exits.

The excitement today comes from this thing.

It is said that there are two vendors under the Zhong'an Bridge. The Li family sells sesame and green onion pancakes, and the Wang family sells fried glutinous rice balls.

On the day Qin Hui was tortured, more than 100,000 people crowded into Lin'an City, but Dali Temple was only so big. After all, there were only a few people who could witness this scene with their own eyes.

What to do with more people?

In addition to squeezing into the teahouse and listening to people's stories, I could only wander around... But when Qin Hui was being tortured, he came to Lin'an, and he treated him as if he had met him. When he went back to brag about it in the future, he already had the capital.

The two families under the Zhong'an Bridge were originally selling their food well. When the tragic news of Qin Hui's death came, the Li family who sold sesame seed cakes still felt uneasy and said to the Wang family:

"Watch me deal with them!"

After saying that, he unscrewed two pieces of dough and kneaded them into two little figures, one was Qin Hui with a raised eyebrow, and the other was Wang with a crooked mouth. He then used a kitchen knife and cut the two figures into noodles...

This attracted many people around who had not witnessed the big scene to cheer him up, and made his biscuits business become very prosperous.

The Wang family selling fried dumplings nearby saw them and said quickly:

"This is nothing to you, look at me!"

After saying that, he pinched out two little people, one male and one female, stuck them together on their backs, and then threw them into the oil pan together.

Cook and fry it in various ways, making it roll around in the pot, tossing and turning, until the skin is charred and the bones are crispy... The Wang family kept shouting:

"Come and see! Qin Hui is in trouble!"

The passers-by all around clapped their hands and cheered. After the people on the other side fished it out, they tore off a bit of this one, broke off a piece of that one, and swallowed it, feeling relieved.

Everyone asked the Wang family to make more fried food... The two families formed a team, with the Li family responsible for cooking and the Wang family responsible for frying.

In one day, this fried little man became the most popular food in Lin'an City, attracting many restaurants to imitate it and named it:

Fried cypress.

If a restaurant can't provide this thing now, then his business will naturally lag behind others; when every restaurant has it, he will work hard on the taste.

Some have sugar, some have salt, and some get soy milk for free...

What is so lively today is a fried cypress eating competition held in Lin'an City, led by several large restaurants... If only people could do business in Lin'an! So many people, their daily necessities of life are

It's a huge expense. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to make more money, even if Zhao Ding is chopped up next time, I'm afraid there won't be such a lively time.

With this competition, hawkers from other industries naturally benefited from it and came to join in the fun.

In this way, we have what we have today.

Everyone saw the emperor thinking for a long time, but they didn't know what he meant.

He only thinks that officials are people who have read the books of sages. Now that the people hate the prime minister so much, he may be a little unhappy in his heart.

After all, this is the person he personally selected.

Unexpectedly, the emperor thought for a while and asked:

"Could it be that Ling Chi was kinder that day? We should actually fry Qin Hui?"

No one answered the emperor's question, because soon, his eyes lit up:

"Let's go! Let's try the fried cypress too!"

That day at Dali Temple, many people had already met the emperor.

So when he went out today, he followed Hu Quan's example and got a lot of beard on himself.

With just one look, this group of people knew that they all had identities. In addition, there were unknown numbers of Imperial Guards hiding secretly. Wherever they went, others avoided them.

I don’t know how many times I was scolded by these vendors behind my back.

But the good thing is that they don't have to queue up.

When they saw these people spending money generously again, the dealers changed their expressions again, and all of them were overjoyed.

There were so many of them that they ate from Chaotian Gate to Yuhang Gate for almost an entire hour... This food was very greasy, so they basically bought a few portions and everyone shared it, and the handkerchief Liu Bang used to wipe his mouth was on

, now they are all stained with oil.
To be continued...