Returned to the Song Dynasty and became a faint king

Looking at the two large tables full of ingredients, I was not in a hurry. I first put some pine charcoal in the bronze cauldron to ignite, and then started to mix the barbecue ingredients.

When I picked up the salt, I almost got mad. This is kosher salt, unrefined kosher salt crushed into pieces. What the palace eats is better, but what the common people eat is even worse! Is it any wonder that the average life span of people in the Song Dynasty was so short?

So I showed them how to purify refined salt, and they were all stunned. As I kept stirring, the fine salt as white as sand slowly emerged.

Yue Yinping, Li Shishi, Shao Chengzhang and others were stunned. I said to Shao Chengzhang: Record this method and give it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and spread it throughout the country to control salt workshops. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and can also combat illegal activities.

After refining the salt, it was getting late. I quickly took out a few eggplants and put them on the charcoal for grilling. I mashed the garlic, shallots, and spicy polygonum together. Then season with refined salt and soybean oil.

After adjusting the seasoning, the eggplant was almost roasted. I used a dagger to open the eggplant and spread a layer of minced garlic on it. The scent comes out instantly! Li Qingzhao, Bao Zheng and others also ran over, but they didn't catch a single fish.

Just four eggplants were roasted, and Yue Yinping and Li Shishi shared one. Li Qingzhao and his brothers from the Su family got one, and Bao Zheng and his brothers from the Yue family got one.

I gave the last one to Shao Chengzhang. Shao Chengzhang was moved to tears. The emperor personally cooked food for him. Even if it was poison, he could finish it happily.

Only Yue Yinping and Li Shishi ate slowly and carefully. The few remaining people wolfed down the food quickly, and the six disciples eagerly gathered around the barbecue cauldron to watch me grill the tiger meat.

So delicious! They had never eaten anything so delicious. They could not help but salivate when they smelled the aroma of tiger meat!

Yue Lin asked softly: Master, when will this tiger meat be cooked? I said: It will be cooked soon, don’t worry, this time each person can get two skewers.

Each bunch weighs more than half a catty. Because they have been practicing martial arts recently, their appetite has doubled. So I roasted the eggplant for them first and let them sit on it first, and then they can eat the meat! It's a pity that there is no cumin and chili in the Song Dynasty, otherwise the taste will definitely be better.

Soon twenty skewers of tiger meat were grilled! Although there is no cumin or chili pepper, soybean oil, polygonum, and Sichuan peppercorns are also good! Smelling the tempting fragrance, I first gave each of my six disciples two bunches.

Bao Zheng and Li Qingzhao were about to offer their two strings to the ladies, but I stopped them. Peat people don't have any eyesight, so leave the courtesy to the teacher!

I took out two more strings and handed them to Shao Chengzhang. Shao Chengzhang was so moved that he almost died. I ignored Shao Chengzhang, but took the remaining six strings and walked towards my wife.

I gave Yue Yinping and Li Shishi two skewers each, and kept two skewers for myself. After the two of them tasted it, they praised me profusely.

After hearing this, I said: You two eat slowly, and my husband will roast the venison for you. After eating the venison, everyone still has a bear paw to eat.

Several little greedy cats cheered when they heard it. Soon the six of them finished the tiger meat, and they once again gathered around the barbecue and stared at it.

The venison is almost done! After I finally sprinkled the spicy polygonum powder on top of the venison, I announced that the venison was done! Each of the six greedy cats ate two skewers.

After giving two skewers to Shao Chengzhang, I took the remaining six skewers of roasted venison and gave them to my wife. The two of them also ate very happily. They were so happy tonight. The emperor personally cooked food for them.

I quickly finished the remaining two skewers of roasted venison. I'm going to prepare the last roasted bear paw tonight.

I have never seen this thing before, but I didn’t expect that now I can eat one every now and then. I really want to thank Qin Hui and Gao Qiu!

I put ten bear paws side by side on the bronze tripod for barbecue. The scene was really spectacular. Several little guys gathered around the grill and watched eagerly, drooling all the time.

Not to mention that I haven’t seen it before, even Shao Chengzhang, who is well-informed, has never eaten it a few times. Not to mention my six disciples! They were not descendants of a big family, so they had only seen and eaten such a rare species as bear paws the last time they had dinner in the palace.

I brushed each bear paw with a layer of honey and then a layer of soybean oil. Place it on the charcoal fire and slowly grill it. After a while, the bear's paws will be charred on the outside and tender on the inside. Then flip over and continue grilling. Several little guys watched quietly. They had never seen food cooked like this.

When both sides of the bear's paw are roasted and browned, I will use a dagger to open the bear's paw from the middle and roast the inside of the bear's paw. When it is almost cooked, sprinkle with fine salt and spicy polygonum powder, and the aroma will instantly increase several times.

First, each of the six disciples was given one, and they immediately started to feast. Another one was given to Shao Chengzhang. Shao Chengzhang was so moved that he almost died!

I gave the remaining three to Yue Yinping and Li Shishi, one each, and kept one for myself. Yue Yinping and Li Shishi were like kittens, smiling happily.

A bear paw weighs almost three kilograms, and all six little guys actually ate it! Just tonight, each of them ate almost six kilograms of meat. Fortunately, I am the emperor, otherwise I would have gone bankrupt raising an apprentice!

What I didn't expect was that Master Li actually finished eating without any leftovers! Fortunately, this is the Song Dynasty. If this were the future generations, those women would definitely not eat so much, but they would not be able to finish it.

It seems that people in the Song Dynasty generally have little fat in their stomachs, otherwise they would definitely not be able to eat so much meat. In addition, they are all martial arts practitioners, so it is normal for them to eat a lot. What I didn't expect was that Master Li could eat so much.

After we finished eating, it was getting dark. Then I called the eunuchs and asked them to go to Yue's house and tell Mrs. Yao that Yue Yinping would not go back tonight. She and her two brothers stayed in the palace to reunite.

After giving orders to the eunuchs, I took them to the East Palace to soak in the hot springs. Although it is late autumn now, the weather is already very cold. When we came to the East Palace, Yue Yinping took Li Shishi and Li Qingzhao and they occupied the big hot spring again. I and my five disciples had to go to the small hot spring!

Today, the five little guys had a really fulfilling time. Several people surrounded me in the hot spring and asked me to tell them stories, so I had no choice but to continue telling them (Journey to the West).

After soaking in the hot spring, I couldn’t wait to take Yue Yinping to visit the Imperial Garden! They were left looking at each other in shock. Yue Yinping blushed with embarrassment. She lowered her head and was pulled away by me!

Yue Yinping and I wandered around in the Imperial Garden. Yue Yinping was a little shy at first, but as time went by, she became less shy after I held her little hand!

Not long after wandering around, Li Qingzhao came over with two big and round maids sent by Mrs. Yao. We had no choice but to go back. Peat really didn’t leave us any personal space!

It turned out that Mrs. Yao heard the eunuchs' report, so she sent these two maids who were not very bright to follow the eunuchs back and serve Yue Yinping personally!

After Li Qingzhao, this dead girl, found out, he immediately found this place with his two maids! There was no choice but for Yue Yinping and I to go back. When we returned to the East Palace, several apprentices clamored to hear stories.

I didn’t talk about (Journey to the West) anymore, but I talked about (Dream of Red Mansions). While I was talking, I asked Li Qingzhao and Bao Zheng to write it down. I want to publish (Dream of Red Mansions) as a book in the future so that all the big families can read it. After the luxurious life, everything is so white and so clean...