The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

The Prime Minister asked the mayor of the capital if he could purchase fritters from their office cafeteria. What level is this?

The cook in the canteen of Kaifeng Mansion has gone crazy.

Only Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce know about Yun Yan’s plan to go back to the hype canteen, but the cooks don’t know it. Suddenly, so many takeaways are sold to officials at all levels of the court. In the end, even the prime minister came out. Is it possible that even the officials will know it in the end? eat?

All the chefs couldn't help fantasizing...

Of course, the government will definitely not need purchasing agents, and it will be fine to pass on the dishes directly.

Yun Yan looked back at the happy cooks, Bao Zheng's indescribable expression was in her mind.

People have come to ask, and they have inquired about the purchasing fee in advance, are you ashamed not to agree?

It is said that an official of the Privy Council was eating deep-fried dough sticks at the beginning. One day, he happened to be chatting with Wang Jian while eating. The mantou brought by Wang Feng was finished, and the one who was still eating deliciously, Wang Jian couldn’t help but keep watching. .

They are all elites in the officialdom, so why don't they know the taste?Of course, the man gave one to Wang Jian.

It just so happened that the fritters were also in line with Wang Jian's taste, so he couldn't resist ordering someone to buy them, but he couldn't buy them, nor did he buy them on behalf of others. After hearing the servant's report, he knew the reason.So, I went to Bao Zheng to buy it with the cheek.

This matter is also intoxicating, if Bao Zheng is not for his honesty, anyone else would feel that Wang Jianyi is old and old.

Even so, Wang Jian's purchase of deep-fried dough sticks also spread like wildfire. After all, these days, the ministers are still very concerned about the gossip about the prime minister.

Gossip gossip gossip, this fruit favored by the Prime Minister unexpectedly got a nickname, "Prime Minister Fried Tiao", and it became more and more popular, and everyone used this name-after Bao Zheng also sealed the prime minister in the future, the fried dough stick The origin is more legendized, but this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

The "Prime Minister's Fried Tiao" also made Kaifengfu's cafeteria popular in a small area, and other departments began to take the opportunity to go to Kaifengfu, wanting to watch and taste their noon meals.

If you don’t go, you don’t know. If you go, you will be shocked.The people of Kaifeng mansion are crazy, they just collected all the flowers and plants in the mansion, and planted vegetables and fruits. Looking around, there is a piece of emerald green, reflecting the red walls and green tiles behind, and the majestic palace, which is very strange.

Once I tasted the food in the Kaifengfu canteen, I was very happy again. I didn't expect that a canteen can make a taste that many well-known restaurants and foot shops in Tokyo don't have.It is even more surprising than the earlier purchasing agent that is popular in waiting for leaks.

Looking at it again, Bao Zheng also mentioned the words for one of the dishes, which were the words "rarely confused".

Anyone who comes here to eat and is confused after eating ducks will say it well after reading the words.

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After a lot of accumulation, when the fruits and vegetables began to be harvested one after another, Bao Zheng ordered another basket to be picked and sent to the palace for Renzong to taste.Renzong still remembered that the Kaifeng mansion was going to be remodeled, and now that he saw the results, he asked his waiter to send fruits and vegetables to the imperial dining room for tasting at noon.

This Chen Banban had some friendship with Bao Zheng, and also knew the current fashion, so he laughed and said that the dishes in the canteen of Kaifeng Mansion are quite famous now, why don't they ask them to bring in some more dishes.

How did Renzong know about this? After careful questioning, he really ordered dishes such as duck muddleheaded and ordered Kaifeng mansion to serve them.

Chen Banban went to pass the oral order, and almost fainted the cook of Kaifeng Mansion, but unexpectedly, his wish came true.So under the supervision of Yun Yanhui, he made noodles with the vegetables grown in the mansion.

The Prime Minister’s Fried Tiao, Duck Mudou, Pearl Shrimp Balls, Mushroom Tai Choi Sum, and Eight Treasure Rice are definitely must-haves.

Among them, duck confused slightly improved.

Because the word "rarely muddled" has been spread along with duck muddled, those who come to eat duck muddled like to delve into the word muddled.Yun Yan also asked the cook to change the yam in the ingredients into taro. In this way, the duck paste became thicker and more "confused", but the taste did not deteriorate. Everyone was happy.

After several dishes were sent to the palace, Renzong tasted them and found that the results were extraordinary. He also heard that the officials of Kaifeng government increased their enthusiasm and their attendance rate increased. He praised Bao Zheng and the cafeteria.

Hearing that even the officials praised the food in the cafeteria, the chef was ecstatic.

The officials of the Kaifeng government are also honored, and they eat more diligently (...).

As soon as the imperial mouth was opened, word spread, and with the promotion of caring people, the canteen dishes became famous in the whole Bianjing area.

Different from Taixue Canteen, Kaifeng Fuya Canteen has a variety of dishes. It has become famous in Bianjing, where there are a lot of delicacies. From the prime minister's fried dough sticks, eight-treasure rice, pearl shrimp balls, duck muddled to several signature dishes developed by Yun Yanhui, all It is famous in Bianjing.

Just because the Kaifeng Mansion canteen is not open to the public just like the Taixue canteen, so many people couldn’t ask for it, so they found officials working in Kaifeng Mansion, hoping that they would allocate it from their quotas and sell it to themselves.

The government does not restrict things like this, which is considered the ultimate goal.

The deeds spread to Daxiangguo Temple, and all the monks in Daxiangguo Temple couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.

"Why... I always feel that this matter is done by Brother Yan?"

"Strange, didn't Brother Yan go to Tianqing Temple?"

"That's right, if it's Tianqingguan, how can you get involved in the cafeteria?"

"But this timing is too coincidental. From the beginning of growing vegetables in Kaifeng Mansion to the fact that the cafeteria is now famous, counting the time, isn't it the time when Brother Yan came in?"

"It's indeed too suspicious..."

Without any evidence, the monks all decided that it must be Yun Yanhui who changed the canteen of Kaifeng Mansion.

There's no way, they've all seen how much Yan Geer can put in effort in eating. An international food festival has already been held, let alone a mere Kaifeng government office cafeteria?

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The cunning Yun Yanhui found Bao Zheng again after becoming famous in the canteen of Kaifeng Mansion, expressing that he wanted to release the method of making deep-fried dough sticks for free in the name of Kaifeng Mansion.

When Bao Zheng heard this, he was overjoyed: "Brother Yan can still think of benefiting the common people, that's great!"

In this era of technological secrecy, it is really not easy to have such awareness!

Yun Yan scratched his head back, "You're too much, I just want to release the recipes that are the easiest to make, the closest to civilian life, and the easiest to spread among the few famous signature dishes, so as to further promote the development of Kaifeng Mansion Canteen. reputation."

Bao Zheng: "..."

It is rare for ordinary people to eat it, and it is not enough to spread it.Prime Minister fried dough sticks, a food with strength and a story, is obviously easy to gain a popular base. The spread of the practice will only promote the reputation of the canteen, making Kaifeng mansion canteens everywhere.

After the prime minister’s fritters were famous in Bianjing, they flew into Wanjia again. Then, the origin of it will also be in Bianjing. Any outsider who comes here, eats this food, and asks about the source, will hear that it comes from Where is it.

Even, after a while, Kaifeng Mansion can release a recipe.

This advertising effect can't be exchanged for anything, which is also the reason why Yun Yan Hui obviously could sell the formula to other foot stores, but he didn't do so.

From this point of view, Yun Yanhui did indeed sacrifice his own interests for the benefit of the crowd.But for Yunyan, money can never be earned, and a sense of accomplishment is more important.

What Yun Yanhui did really pushed the prime minister's deep-fried dough sticks and the reputation of Kaifeng Mansion's canteen dishes to a new climax.

Kaifeng Mansion posted a notice, which was written by Shao Yin Bao Zheng himself, to the effect that the food in the canteen of Kaifeng Mansion has been sought after by the general public recently, and Kaifeng Mansion has also received everyone's desire to eat these foods, as a service Where the common people live, the Kaifeng government is willing to publish the production method of fried dough sticks, one of the most famous dishes, so that it can be enjoyed by all people.

Later, the detailed production method and precautions of the fried dough sticks will be recorded by others.

This behavior caused the people in Bianjing to applaud and praise the generosity of Kaifeng Mansion, and they went to copy recipes outside Kaifeng Mansion, which was overcrowded.

Kaifeng mansion posted canteen recipes, and the prime minister's fried dough sticks flew into the homes of ordinary people.

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Besides, after Gongsun Ce and Yunyan returned to the Kaifeng government office, one specialized in assisting Bao Zheng in the administration of prisons, and the other dedicated himself to reforming the government's logistics and economy, each achieving success.

Gongsun Ce only saw the effect of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, but Yun Yanhui didn't understand the details of Bao Zheng's decision and administration, and could only vaguely match the rumor with the original work he knew.

For example, before Bao Zheng, filing a complaint in Kaifeng mansion had to pass through the main gate, two gates and three gates to the lobby. If the mansion officials were not dealt with, it is very likely that the papers of complaints would not reach the governor of the mansion. No wonder people at the time said "the gate of the yamen opens to the south, don't come in if you have a reason and no money".

Now that Bao Zheng took office, he ordered the back door of Kaifeng mansion to be opened, so that the people could freely come in and complain.The government office faces south from the north, and Bao Zheng sits facing the back door in the north, so it is called "sitting upside down in the south office".

One day after Gongsun Ce accompanied Bao Zheng in the trial, he met Yun Yanhui and told him that he was going to the countryside to handle errands.

The management area of ​​Kaifeng Prefecture includes the capital and the Gyeonggi area. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there was a saying of Chixian. The county governed by the capital was called Chixian, and the place next to the capital was called Jixian.Under Kaifeng Prefecture, there are two Chi counties, Kaifeng County and Xiangfu County, and fifteen Ji counties including Chenliu and Yongqiu.

If it is leisurely to do errands in the city of Bianjing, you can always get back within a day, but if you go to the counties under the jurisdiction, maybe it may take several days to go to the countryside, and the journey is tiring.

Yunyan met Gongsun Ce when he heard that he was going out of the city to do business in Xiangfu County. Because the two knew each other best in Kaifeng Prefecture, he went to the cafeteria and packed a bunch of non-perishable food for him. It’s not good, you should bring more food.”

Gongsun Ce couldn't help but laugh, "That's the case, this is too much."

"Is there a lot? Not much! How can going out be better than staying in the mansion?" Yun Yanhui insisted on stuffing all the food into Gongsun Ce's luggage.

Gongsun Ce had to carry a pile of food to Xiangfu County for business.

After a few days, Yunyan was discussing how to cook the newly harvested eggplants with the people in the cafeteria, and suddenly heard someone report: "It's terrible, Mr. Gongsun came back, brought four big stomachs, and took the leftovers from noon. I’ve finished eating, and I’m still screaming hungry! I’m afraid it’s a reincarnation of a starving ghost!”