Wanli 1592

Chapter 289 Confession
"Good! Good! I have grown up, turned black, and matured a lot. This is the man of my Xiao family. The four sons of the Xiao family can fight each other, and there is no coward. And you, the fourth child, You are the most outstanding member of the seven generations of our Xiao family, our Xiao family has not produced a single noble, but you have done it, and you have done a very good job! I am very satisfied as a father!"

Xiao Wenkui patted Xiao Ruxun's shoulders several times, expressing his inner joy.

The five father and son sat at the dinner table together, and Xiao Wenkui asked Uncle Zhao to immediately order some hot dishes from the kitchen to fill Xiao Ruxun's stomach.

"Your father and I have also been to the palace banquet, not to mention the imaginary, it is to go to see not to eat, to meet some important people, and then to see the gorgeous palace dishes. It is delicious, but it is not enough. Those sour old men are enough to eat, but our generals can eat three catties of big-bellied men at one time, how can those things be enough!

Don't be afraid of trouble, Dad asked the kitchen to bring you some meat dishes, all of which are fresh and delicious, your favorite before!Fill your stomach first before talking about anything else. Your three sister-in-laws are talking with Caiyun, so don’t go, go when you’re full! "

Xiao Ruxun didn't refute either, and he was indeed not full. He was full of thoughts in the palace, and didn't think about eating at all, but those heartless people were probably full, and some people specially asked the palace servants who served food Get them some more food to eat, Xiao Ruxun has been thinking about things at home and outside, absent-minded, now when he returns home and looks at the leftovers on the table, he is really hungry.

"When I come back this time, I can take a good rest for a while. Our family, let's have a good reunion. The emperor's grace is mighty. I will give your three brothers a three-month vacation, so that our family can have a good reunion.

The last time we got together was four years ago, and I don’t know when the next time will be. In the past three months, the five of us, father and son, should have a good time playing, and tell us all about the places we want to eat in and out of the capital. Your father didn't do well in the capital, but the only thing he didn't lack was money! "

Xiao Wenkui probably drank too much, and he was not stingy with spending money. He said that he would take his sons to the best restaurants in the capital to eat the most expensive dishes. It is said that those cooks are all royal chefs from the palace, so the emperor eats them all. Yes, not only do you have to spend money, but you also need to have status to eat. If you are a businessman with money, they will not be willing to eat for you, and you will not be able to eat even if you spend money.

Xiao Ruxun never believed in this kind of thing, because cooking for the emperor is no longer the business of Honglu Temple. What the emperor ate was small cooking stoves made by the eunuchs themselves. Some young eunuchs and old eunuchs learned their skills from the chefs, and then the master taught the apprentices to pass it down from generation to generation, and specially made food for the emperor. The emperor ate very well!
Just like Emperor Chongzhen claimed to be frugal, and he had to fast and eat vegetarian food for ten days every month. While saving money, he also prayed for Daming. The eunuchs talked about this matter, and the eunuchs worked for the emperor loyally and wholeheartedly. The emperor's request was their pursuit, so they came up with a way.

When making vegetarian dishes, first kill a goose, cut open the stomach, wash the internal organs, then stuff the vegetables into it and steam them with the goose, and when the goose is cooked, take out the vegetables in the stomach and use The stock flavored the vegetarian dishes before serving them to the emperor.

As soon as Chongzhen ate it, eh!delicious!tasty!good!Will do that from now on!Big reward!

As a result, the monthly cost of eating vegetarian dishes is greater than that of eating normal meals.

Can you point to the cooks in the private restaurants to come up with such a way for you?

Unless the imperial cook is an eunuch who came out of the palace and really cooked meals for the emperor, what kind of imperial kitchen is that?What we make at home may be more delicious than what they make, and we spend money indiscriminately. It's purely out of face, just like Xiao Ruxun's original intention, to go hunting in the wild by ourselves, and then barbecue in the wild on the spot, the taste is better than those in the so-called imperial meals Restaurants are better.

But at this moment, Xiao Ruxun's mind was disturbed by that "three-month vacation", the joy just now was swept away, and what was left was full of melancholy.

I don't know what kind of thoughts the old man and the three brothers should think when this matter is said.

"Father, if it's something His Majesty has eaten, then we can spend as much as we want, but the key is is it true? Can a private restaurant invite the person who cooks for the emperor? Can you still make a big show of it? Don't be afraid." Did the imperial court know about playing with him?"

Xiao Rulan raised doubts.

"Don't believe me, Boss, I'm telling you for my father that the background of this restaurant is really not simple. If an ordinary restaurant dared to play such a banner, it would have been ordered to close down, but this restaurant, not to mention the present, Zhang Juzheng So powerful, I dare not touch this restaurant!"

Xiao Wenkui told secret palace secrets in a mysterious way.

Xiao Rulan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

"Could it be funded by one of those companies?"

"You guessed it, it's run by the British government. I don't know where they got the royal chef, but what is certain is that it must be the royal chef from the palace. Is it? Looking for a scam? That will be a scandal!"

Xiao Wenkui made an oath on his face.

Xiao Ruxun smiled, and said, "Father, eldest brother, second brother and third brother, we don't need to argue. When we go to eat, ask their chef in charge to come out and take a look. If he is an eunuch, he is really the imperial chef. , that is a fake product. What our majesty is eating now is arranged by the trusted eunuchs around him. From purchasing to making imperial meals for your majesty, the eunuch system is responsible for it all. If it is really an imperial chef, isn't it an eunuch? ?”

The father and son over there were stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing in unison.

With a smile like this, several meat dishes were also served, Xiao Ruxun ate and drank a lot, and the family talked for a while, Xiao Ruxun planned to tell the story and let his father and brothers know.

"Father, eldest brother, second brother and third brother, this time I won the reward in triumph, not only did I become a marquis and was promoted to an official position, but I also got a job."

Xiao Wenkui stopped talking when he heard the words, and asked: "Send? What kind of dispatch? It's good to get a dispatch! You were the general soldier of Ningxia before, and you made such great achievements. Not to mention anything else, the general soldier of Jizhen also wants to There are, right? That is the most important military town defending the capital."

The three elder brothers also looked at Xiao Ruxun expectantly.

Xiao Ruxun hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's not true. It's the admiral in Yunnan, Guangxi, etc., who is the commander in chief of the Pingnan Army at the border. The Dongwu country in the south committed crimes. The imperial court sent me to lead the troops to conquer the Dongwu country."

(End of this chapter)