Iron Dynasty

The night is getting darker.

At this time, Xiao Ming asked everyone to take their seats, and Niu Ben sat on his right, followed by Lu Fei, Luo Xin and other generals.

On his left was Pang Yukun, followed by Zhan Xingchang, Chen Wenlong and others.

In the entire main hall, there were a total of hundreds of officials.

Xiao Ming sat in the main seat and looked at the team, the restlessness in his heart gradually subsided during the day.

That's right, he came to this Great Yu Kingdom and achieved such achievements in just one year. Give him some more time, what about the Great Voyage Age? He Xiao Ming can also lead the way.

Today is New Year's Eve. If you can come to the palace as a guest, it will make this king's palace a lot more lively. Otherwise, this king will feel a little deserted when he celebrates the New Year alone.

Everyone sat down, Xiao Ming's eyes swept over everyone.

His Royal Highness is able to invite us to the palace, which is also my honor. Lu Fei bowed his hands to Xiao Ming.

Li Kaiyuan hurriedly said: Xiaowei Lu said very much, this New Year's Eve can celebrate the New Year with His Royal Highness, but the lower official is smoking on the ancestral grave, hehe...

The others burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Pang Yukun said: His Royal Highness, it is said that His Highness has arranged a lot of song and dance dramas this New Year's Eve, is there such a thing?

This is true, but before that, eat first, set off fireworks after eating, and watch the song and dance after the fireworks. Xiao Ming explained the arrangement for tonight.

As soon as these words were said, everyone below immediately laughed, which was quite lively tonight.

After a while, the servants in the palace filed in with delicious delicacies and placed a table of meals in front of everyone.

These meals are carefully cooked by Xiao Ming's kitchen, and most of them are dishes with modern characteristics.

When everyone saw these dishes, they showed excitement.

What they look forward to most when they come to the palace are these delicious foods.

The dishes were all served, and the wine was served again. Xiao Ming said at this time, Everyone, please.

When everyone heard the words, they immediately picked up the chopsticks and ate it, while Lu Fei grabbed a chicken leg and ate it.

Xiao Ming looked at the people below and laughed. He was used to these meals, but in the eyes of outsiders, these meals were still very rare.

But unfortunately, many of the meals on this table do not meet modern requirements, all because of the lack of materials, such as no chili peppers, and no white sugar.

It is precisely because of this that he asked Yue Yun to bring back some food crops when he went out this time.

At the same time, he is also thinking about how to start planning for Qingzhou's agriculture after the Chinese New Year. After all, the number of crops in Qingzhou is very simple now, which is very unfavorable for the development of Qingzhou's industry.

After all, the development of industry needs raw materials, and the problems in this textile mill have explained everything.

In addition to cotton, Xiao Ming is still thinking that a crop is sugar cane. As long as there is sugar cane, white sugar can be produced. With white sugar, many foods can be produced and processed.

At that time, he could consider producing portable food for military use, which would be very useful for cavalry on long journeys or expeditionary troops.

His Royal Highness, the oil in the palace is really delicious. When Xiao Ming was thinking, Chen Qi suddenly said.

Xiao Ming said with a smile: Of course, because the king asked the servants of the palace to make the oil himself.

Hearing this, Pang Yukun immediately became interested, and he said to Xiao Ming: Your Highness, I think the deliciousness of this dish in the palace is inseparable from the oil. Your Highness might as well pass this oil and technique to the Wei family restaurant. In this way, On the contrary, it can attract many businessmen to go to board and lodging, which can also increase the income of the government office, right?

The Wei family restaurant used to belong to the Wei family, but later because of need, Xiao Ming asked the government to buy the Wei family restaurant.

In this way, it is also convenient for the secret guard to monitor the guests who enter the host.

When Pang Yukun said this, an idea suddenly emerged in Xiao Ming's mind. In modern times, the symbol of commercial prosperity in a region is the hotel.

Now Qingzhou merchants come and go very frequently, and restaurants in Qingzhou can often be said to be full, which is also a profit point for Qingzhou.

Pang Changshi's remarks are reasonable. I didn't expect that having a New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve would also make this king feel something. Xiao Ming said happily: Since this is the case, after the new year, this king will call the chef of the Wei family restaurant into the palace. , let him learn cooking skills from the chef of the palace, and from now on, the palace will provide oil to the Wei family restaurant every day, so these delicious dishes will definitely make businessmen who come to Qingzhou linger.

Niu Ben took a sip of wine and said, Your Highness, if this is the case, I will go to the Wei family restaurant for dinner every day after Niu Ben.

Me too, Your Highness, you don't know, the food in the palace is really delicious. When I go home, I will eat the food at home at the end of the day.

On New Year's Eve, all the officials also relaxed. Zhan Xingchang asked, Your Highness, we usually eat cooked meals. The meals in the palace are probably different.

That's right, all the dishes in the palace are fried.

Fried out? What is fried? Many people whispered.

Although the living standards of the officials have improved a little, they have had a better life this year, and they used to cook and grill their meals.

Because the basic tool for cooking, the wok is not so easy to produce.

During this time, Xiao Ming has been busy with matters such as the military workshop and the Galen ship, and he has only just begun to show his strength in terms of people's livelihood.

So he asked the servants to go to the kitchen and asked the cook to bring the iron pot and stove to the main hall, and then to bring oil, salt and eggs.

When these things are ready, Xiao Ming said: To cook, you need this thing first, an iron pan.

Xiao Ming stood up and walked to the iron pot, which was already on the burning coal stove.

Niu Ben and the others stopped eating at this time, but gathered around, Chen Qi said, I've never seen this iron pot before, so isn't it invented by His Highness?

It was invented by His Royal Highness. Qian Dafu said proudly.

Then how do you cook the vegetables? Pang Yukun asked, his eyes rolling around, thinking that now Xiao Ming has finally exposed the secret of food.

After the Chinese New Year, be sure to ask Xiao Ming for a pair of iron pans to go back and cook.

This New Year is just for fun, and Xiao Ming is also very playful at this time, so he said: Don't worry, now this king will show you a scrambled egg on the spot.

Then Xiao Ming put the oil into the pot, because the pot was already hot because of this, and the oil was also hot quickly.

At this time, Xiao Ming sprinkled some salt in the oil pan again, cracked the eggs, and smashed them into the pan.

Crackling. The egg was placed in the pot, and the oil splashed suddenly, some of which fell on Lu Fei's face against the pot, calling him hot.

All the officials did not turn their eyes at this time, staring hard.

This time Xiao Ming made poached eggs, and the eggs were cooked in a while. At this time, he shoveled out the poached eggs and asked, Who wants to try it?