Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 217 Zhao Kun: I Can't Call This Stepmother

After sending Sima Yan and Su Tian away, Zhao Kun discussed the production of firearms with Gong Shuchou.

Although it is not an epoch-making product like muskets and artillery, things like explosive kits can still be made.

This battle is very dangerous.

During the communication with Wang Li, Zhao Kun had already heard it.

In order to consolidate the Guanzhong defense line, build a defensive position around Ji County, and then gradually reduce the scope of activities of the Da Yuezhi.

Although there is no problem in tactics, but the number of enemy troops is too large, and there will be many variables.

Once the reinforcements encounter confrontation in the wild, they are likely to be defeated by the Da Yuezhi cavalry.

If the reinforcements are defeated, Guanzhong will be in danger and the country will be in turmoil.

At that time, it will not be the problem of Da Yuezhi.

It is very likely that those remnants of the Six Nations will come out one after another to make troubles.

Although this is also a good time for rebellion, alien invasion is absolutely not allowed in righteousness.

After discussing until midnight, Gong Shuchou returned to his laboratory and started making firearms, while Zhao Kun and Wang Li simply lived in Qiankou Village.

Listening to the tinkling sound of the forge, Zhao Kun and Wang Li were speechless all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Kun got up early in the morning, went to check the progress of the forge, and then discussed the technical problems with Gong Shuchou, then returned to the mansion in the city alone.

Today Yingzheng is going to bring Gongsun Yu to see him, so he has to go back in advance to prepare.

.........

at the same time.

After Yingzheng finished his morning court, he went directly to Gongsunyu's side hall.

At this time Gongsun Yu is dressing up the thrush.

Ying Zheng walked to the vanity mirror, looked carefully at the stunning beauty in the mirror, and said with a soft smile, "Yu'er, you are still so beautiful."

"Your Majesty makes jokes about his concubines!"

Gongsun Yu leaned in Ying Zheng's arms tenderly, and said with a sigh: "Sister Li is a hundred times more beautiful than Yu'er, but it's a pity..."

"Okay, let's not talk about these unhappy things!" Ying Zheng stroked Gongsun Yu's beautiful hair, and suddenly remembered something: "Today I will take you to meet Zhao Kun."

"really?"

Gongsun Yu looked up at Ying Zheng happily, then nodded hurriedly: "The concubine has long wanted to see that child."

As he said that, before Ying Zheng could react, he ordered to the maid outside the door: "Partridge slave, go and get the gift I prepared!"

"promise."

The palace maid named Partridge made a promise and hurriedly left the side hall.

But Ying Zheng asked Gongsun Yu with a puzzled expression, "What gift did you prepare for that kid?"

Gongsun Yu heard the words, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't bring gifts, why are you still curious about the gifts that the concubine gave to Gongzi Kun?"

"I……"

Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment, and then said angrily: "That kid got a huge benefit from me, why should I prepare a gift for him?"

As he spoke, he did not forget to remind Gongsun Yu: "That kid is full of tricks, don't be fooled by him!"

"Look what His Majesty said..."

Gongsun Yu didn't know about Zhao Kun's plot to seize Pinyang, and thought that Ying Zheng had some prejudice against Zhao Kun, so he kindly comforted him and said, "Even if Mr. Kun is right or not, he is still just a child, so why should His Majesty bother with him?"

Ying Zheng: "..."

That kid plans to rebel all day long, is this something a child can do?

A set of shady plots to try to trick his father, and I don't care about him?
Ying Zheng was a little depressed, but he didn't know how to explain it to Gongsun Yu, so he changed the subject and said, "Hu Hai has turned eighteen, and it's time to get married. Do you have a girl you like?"

"Everything is up to His Majesty."

The concubine cannot be the master of the prince's marriage, so Gongsun Yu handed it over to Ying Zheng very freely.

Ying Zheng thought for a while and said, "I have two candidates in mind, one is the daughter of Zheng Guo and the other is the daughter of Li Si."

"Prime Minister Li's children are often married to the royal family, but the concubines don't want Hai'er to get close to the court. As for the daughter of Zheng Guo, I have met once. I think it is dignified and decent, and she looks beautiful, which is not bad." Gongsun Yu followed Ying Political words, expressed their own views.

Ying Zheng nodded, neither agreeing nor opposing.

At this time, Gongsun Yu suddenly asked again: "I wonder if Your Majesty has considered Young Master Kun's marriage?"

"Zhao Kun's marriage?"

"That's right! He will be sixteen next year. Even if he doesn't get married, he should be engaged."

As he said that, he asked curiously: "Could it be that he has a girl he likes?"

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said with a complicated expression: "Maybe there is already... It is said that he and the second daughter of Tongwuhou's family had secretly made love to each other."

"what?"

Gongsun Yumei's eyes widened, and she thought to herself, do young people nowadays have fun like this?
Actually make love in private!

This is a royal taboo!

His Majesty has such an expression, could it be that he agreed to this marriage?

Thinking of this, Gongsun Yu tentatively asked: "How does Marquis Tongwu think about this matter?"

"I haven't talked to him yet!"

Ying Zheng shook his head, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Gongsun Yu, "Why don't I invite the Wang family here, and you can take this opportunity to find out the truth and then make a decision?"

"This……"

Gongsun Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's fine."

"Then I will send someone to notify them immediately."

As Ying Zheng said, he walked out of the side hall in a hurry.

.........

On the other side, Zhao Kun's mansion.

The servant is roasting the leg of lamb according to Zhao Kun's method.

And Zhao Kun went to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, several cooks were busy, seeing Zhao Kun coming in, it was not surprising.

Zhao Kun glanced at them, and suddenly made an unexpected discovery, so he tilted his head and asked, "Are you making tofu?"

Zhao Kun had seen how tofu was made in the countryside before, so when he saw stone mills and gauze nets, he immediately thought of tofu.

But wasn't tofu invented by the "Huainan King" in the Han Dynasty?Why did the Qin Dynasty exist?
Could it be that he crossed over and Tofu was born ahead of schedule?

Just when Zhao Kun was puzzled, a cook stopped what she was doing, and said with a smile, "Master, you are very knowledgeable. You already know this new thing."

"What just came out?"

"That's right! This is from Qiankou Village. It is said that a alchemist named Gongshuchou refined the tofu. I went to Qiankou Village to collect sweet potatoes and learned this craft. I am planning to let you try it out. "

Gongshuqiu invented tofu?

Zhao Kun showed a surprised expression. He didn't expect Gong Shuchou to have this ability!

However, it is said that the "Huainan King" seems to be tofu made by alchemy.

As for who invented tofu, there is no real definition, it just says that tofu came from Huainan King.

It's like, we subconsciously think that Edison invented the electric light, but in fact the electric light was invented by the British Humphrey Davy.

Perhaps there was tofu as early as the Qin Dynasty, but the person who invented tofu was not very famous, so he was ignored by everyone.

Or maybe the "Huainan King" improved the process of making tofu, making tofu more delicious, and thus became well-known.

In short, anyway, today there is another special dish.

Seeing Zhao Kun looking at the soy milk in the pot, dazed, the cook was very proud. While stirring the pot, she said to Zhao Kun, "Don't worry, my lord, you will be able to eat Laosang's tofu soon."

Zhao Kun: "..."

Nonsence!

Who wants to eat your tofu!
It's too old to be serious.

Zhao Kun blushed a little.

However, he suddenly thought of something, and said to the cook who was about to make some marinade: "Wait a minute, don't be in a hurry to make tofu, let me try a bowl of tofu."

"Tofu brain?" The cook stopped what she was doing and looked at Zhao Kun in confusion.

Zhao Kun didn't explain much, and directly took the pot of stew from the cook's hand.

I saw that the water inside turned out to be gypsum water.

"So they make tofu like this." Zhao Kun muttered, and after thinking about it, he put a little less gypsum water into the pot.

The difference between gypsum water and slurry water lies in the speed of tofu solidification, while the production process of tofu and tofu nao is not different, it is only a matter of how much stew.

But the cooking process of Zhao Kun made the cook very puzzled, and even felt that he was wasting things.

But due to the coercion of the "son of the first emperor", she didn't dare to say anything, and could only watch with regret.

The rest of the people also looked at Zhao Kun curiously.

They all know that Young Master Kun loves food, and that cooking is invented by Young Master Kun.

Seeing Zhao Kun making tofu nao now, I can't help but look forward to it.

Soon, the last process was completed.

Next, is the moment to witness the miracle.

The cook always believed that Zhao Kun's method was wrong, and the food he made was not edible at all. After watching it for a while, she asked the rest of the people to grind the soybean milk again.

As for Zhao Kun, he didn't care about the cook's approval at all.

Still quietly waiting for the tofu brain to take shape.

About half a quarter of an hour later, Wang Ya came in from the door and called softly, "Master..."

"Do not talk!"

"what?"

Wang Ya tilted her head and looked at the cook suspiciously. The latter shook her head with a wry smile, and raised her hand to signal her to watch.

In this way, Wang Ya came to Zhao Kun's side, looked at him, and then at the pot, until the tofu slowly solidified, and then her eyes widened.

Soon, the tofu stopped solidifying.

Zhao Kun knew that this was tofu nao.

Because the tofu at this time is not fully formed, it is only in a semi-liquid state, and it looks white, smooth and tender, very beautiful.

"Wow! So beautiful!"

Wang Ya had never seen tofu before, so she couldn't help but exclaimed, and as soon as she made the sound, she immediately covered her mouth with her hand, blinked her big beautiful eyes, and looked at Zhao Kun apologetically, it was really cute.

Zhao Kun smiled, reached out and rubbed her head: "It's okay, this is tofu, it's delicious."

"Tofu?" Wang Ya tilted her head, a little dazed.

Zhao Kun didn't say much, and directly picked up the porcelain bowl that had been prepared, filled it and handed it to her.

Wang Ya took the porcelain bowl, her pretty face flushed, and she was immediately attracted by the tofu in the bowl.

Seeing that the tofu was shaking like jelly, it was very special, and its appearance was very attractive, Wang Ya was dumbfounded.

At this time, the cook was also attracted by the tofu in the bowl.

"This tofu is soft but not congealed. I'm afraid it will melt after a while!" The cook looked at the tofu in the bowl, and didn't understand the significance of making this tofu.

The tofu in her impression is the kind that solidifies into a block, not this kind of "failure".

But Zhao Kun smiled disapprovingly, and explained to her: "This tofu is made, so you don't need to cook it, you can eat it directly."

As he spoke, he took out a few more porcelain bowls and gave the cook and the others a bowl for each of them.

Then, under the witness of the cook and Wang Yaji, I took a spoonful of it with a spoon and put it in my mouth.

In the process, they were all insane.

It seems that I have never seen that food can be so beautiful and cute.

Before he knew it, Zhao Kun's appetite was also aroused, and he ate and drank bowl after bowl.

He didn't let out a sigh of relief until he ate a whole five bowls, and smiled at the stunned people: "Why don't you try it too?"

"This……"

Several people looked at each other.

They had long been aroused by Zhao Kun's behavior of eating tofu nao, so they just hesitated for a moment, then picked up the spoon and prepared to eat.

At this time, Zhao Kun said with a smile again: "If you like sweet food, you can put honey and maltose in it. If you like salty food, you can put soy sauce, salt, meat cubes, and chili."

Hearing this, Wang Ya, the cook and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Soon, they put different condiments according to their own taste.

Wang Ya seems to like to eat sweet, so her tofu nao is sweet tofu nao.

As for the cooks, they prefer to eat salted tofu.

In short, when the first mouthful of tofu nao entered their mouths, they were immediately conquered.

Time passed quickly, and when all the dishes were ready, Ying Zheng and Gongsun Yu arrived as scheduled.

Zhao Kun also learned from Wang Ya that Wang Ben and his wife also came.However, he didn't think much about it.

Just treat it as the last dinner before parting.

As soon as they stepped into the courtyard gate, Gongsun Yu and Ying Zheng smelled a strong aroma of barbecue, and couldn't help sniffing their noses a few times.

"smell good!"

Gongsun Yu couldn't help sighing.

Zhao Kun trembled slightly when he heard her voice, and quickly turned his head to look, only to see a dignified and beautiful woman standing beside Ying Zheng, very intimate.

"Is the foster father's vision so good?"

Zhao Kun was stunned for a moment, thinking that the stepmother definitely didn't run away.

I just don't know who is more beautiful, her or my old lady.

Before Zhao Kun could react, Ying Zheng smiled and waved to him: "Kun'er, come here."

"coming!"

Zhao Kun responded, greeted Ying Zheng with a pleasant smile, and bowed to Ying Zheng: "My son has met the adoptive father."

"Yes, Not Bad."

Ying Zheng nodded playfully, then looked at Gongsunyu calmly.

Zhao Kun's eyelids trembled, and with sadness in his heart, he said to Gongsunyu hesitantly: "This... this is mother, I... I still can't say it now, how should I call you?"

Gongsun Yu was still attracted by the smell of roasted leg of lamb just now, but now he could not help but look astonished when he heard Zhao Kun's words.

Ying Zheng beside him couldn't help coughing violently, and looked at Zhao Kun very strangely.

My heart said, what nonsense are you kidding!Others have sons!

When the three of them fell into embarrassment, Gongsun Yu broke the embarrassment first, and smiled kindly at Zhao Kun: "You are Zhao Kun, right?"

Zhao Kun let out a "hmm", then scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

Gongsun Yu still had a smile on his face, nodded slightly, then took out a box and handed it to Zhao Kun: "It's the first time we meet, and I don't know what you like, so let this be my meeting gift for you!"

"what?"

Zhao Kun looked at Gongsunyu in surprise. He didn't expect the stepmother his adoptive father found for him to be so polite, so he turned to look at Yingzheng.

Ying Zheng smiled and nodded, indicating that he could accept it.

"Thank you Sanniang, please come inside!" Zhao Kun warmly guided Gongsunyu to take his seat while receiving the gift.

Gongsun Yu: "..."

Ying Zheng: "..."

The two looked at each other with astonished expressions.

Ying Zheng's face was even darkened.

Nima!

Didn't you just say that you can't say it?
Now that you have received the gift, you call someone else's mother?

What about your manners?
I simply don't want Bilian, you bastard!
　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a full order!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)