Borrow the day to change the day

Wen Tiren was obviously taken aback when he heard this, thinking that what the old man said just now was that the people of Ming Dynasty would not have enough food, and you, the mighty Marquis of Zhongxing, would not have enough to eat. He also said "it is about to be done", could it be that Marquis of Zhongxing expressed the wrong meaning again?

He was about to open his mouth to ask what was going on, when the palace door opened, and immediately a servant appeared in front of them, issuing an imperial edict to see them.

As soon as Wen Tiren saw it, he suppressed the thought of asking, the most important thing is to go to the palace to see him.

"The emperor is early enough, really hardworking!" Zhong Jinwei looked at the little fishy white that Dongfang had just revealed, sighed, and then went to see him with Wen Tiren.

When they entered the Wenhua Hall, they found that Emperor Chongzhen was already sitting on the throne, writing memorials with an imperial pen in his hand.

On the right side under the steps of the throne, there is an extra table with the Four Treasures of the Study on it. Wang Chengen stands with his hands down, standing on the side.

He originally planned to go to Tongzhou early in the morning, but later he stayed because of the need for a record of the discussion.I'm going to wait until the matter is discussed before going, and it will only take a few days.

None of the other servants and court ladies disappeared, apparently Emperor Chongzhen had prepared the environment for discussion.It can also be seen from this that Emperor Chongzhen probably didn't want to wait for them to arrive before letting the maids go out and waste this time.

When Emperor Chongzhen looked up, they were both taken aback.I saw that Emperor Chongzhen was in good spirits, but his eyes were also swollen.

"Your Majesty, didn't you also stay up all night?" Zhong Jinwei asked with a surprised expression.

"Hehe, I can't sleep! This matter is a long-term national policy that will affect the imperial court, and I have to think about it carefully." Emperor Chongzhen was a little embarrassed, and explained it quickly, so that people who don't know it would think that he was in the harem. Concubine Ai played all night.

After he finished speaking, he found that Wen Tiren's eyes were also swollen.Emperor Chongzhen asked curiously: "Wen Qing, could it be that you..."

The two sides looked at each other, and they both laughed, and then Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei and said, "Master Zhong, you are the only one who is heartless and sleeps so soundly at night."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he started to laugh. After a while, he put away his smile, and said seriously to Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wen, staying up late is very detrimental to the body. Please take good care of your body. Exercise properly during the day." , can sleep soundly at night."

When Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren heard this, they both suppressed their smiles and nodded.Among them, Wen Tiren also asked Zhong Jinwei: "I didn't expect Zhongxinghou to also explore health preservation."

"The information in my hometown is very developed, not to mention this is common sense, of course I know." Zhong Jinwei explained.

Emperor Chongzhen did not discuss with Zhong Jinwei how to develop the information of future generations. He is most concerned about what was discussed yesterday.

"Master Zhong, Wen Qing, let's continue the discussion." Emperor Chongzhen ordered.

When Wang Chengen heard this, he sat down on the side seat, picked up a brush and prepared to be a temporary book office, responsible for recording the content of their discussions.

"Wait, Your Majesty, I have something I have forgotten several times. Let me talk about it first, so as not to forget it later." Zhong Jinwei hurriedly said first when he heard it.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little curious, looked at Zhong Jinwei and said, "Oh, so Master Zhong will speak first."

Wen Tiren wondered if Hou Zhongxing wanted to talk about the imperial chef?

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhong Jinwei opened his mouth, he really mentioned this matter: "Your Majesty, I would like to borrow a royal chef from Your Majesty to show you how to cook."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little speechless and a little surprised. He didn't expect Master Zhong to mention such a trivial matter at this time.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's stunned expression, Zhong Jinwei knew he had misunderstood, and he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, I don't want the imperial cook to cook food for my ministers, but I want the imperial cook to make military rations, or it can be stored for a long time. For food, it is a good choice to send it to the mainland for disaster relief. If there is a royal chef to guide, it will be better and more popular."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself that this is Master Zhong. How could he waste time discussing national plans for his own appetite at this time.

When Wen Tiren heard this, he also felt that this was the Zhongxinghou he knew, but he was a little curious, so he asked Zhong Jinwei first: "Zhongxinghou, what kind of food are you going to make, can it be preserved for a long time?"

Zhong Jinwei turned to Wen Tiren, nodded and said, "Meat floss, this kind of stuff can be stored for a long time. There is no problem if it is stored for two or three months, and it will not deteriorate."

Emperor Chongzhen felt a little unreliable when he heard this from above, and interjected: "Master Zhong, there is not much pork in Daming. If you want to make meat floss, I'm afraid you won't be able to make much."

As the name suggests, Emperor Chongzhen understood that only pork can make meat floss.

Now the meat raised in Daming supplies daily needs, and only rich people can eat a meal.If it is used to make meat floss, not only is the price expensive, but also the quantity is not much, I am afraid it will not be of practical help to Daming.

"Your Majesty, I also thought about yesterday's incident last night. I'm afraid this food is not easy to solve. Just now I thought that Marquis Zhongxing had a solution, but I didn't expect it to be meat floss. It doesn't help!" Wen Tiren said as soon as he heard it. It is similar to the idea of ​​Emperor Chongzhen.

"Wait, wait, I haven't finished talking about my subject. Both Your Majesty and Lord Wen are wrong. This meat floss is not made of pork." Zhong Jinwei explained quickly after hearing this.

"Oh, Master Zhong, is it made of mutton?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately.

Wang Chengen held a pen, looked at the rice paper in front of him, remained motionless, and when he heard the food, he remembered how he was starved to death by the Marquis of Zhongxing last night. I choked on speaking.

"Your Majesty, as far as the current situation in Ming Dynasty is concerned, the best raw material for making meat floss is fish, and it is fish in the sea. It is inexhaustible and inexhaustible. As long as the fishermen think of ways to catch more fish, they will be able to Add a big food source."

Zhong Jinwei's answer made Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren suddenly realize that they had forgotten about the fish.But if Zhong Jinwei said it was meat floss, if it was fish floss, he would not be wrong.

Wen Tiren nodded and said: "That's right, if the fish can be preserved for a long time, it is indeed a good thing."

"Master Zhong, do you know how to do it?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhong Jinwei to know even about the kitchen. He wondered what else Master Zhong didn't know?

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's slightly surprised expression, Zhong Jinwei felt a little bit of satisfaction in his heart.I thought your emperor called me master, so I have to be a master with some knowledge.

"I generally know how to do it, but I have never done it before. It is difficult to guarantee the taste, so I asked His Majesty for an imperial chef to study it."

It was only then that Zhong Jinwei revealed the real intention of wanting the imperial chef, and made Wen Tiren on the side feel a little embarrassed because he suspected Zhongxinghou's motives at first.

Emperor Chongzhen was very interested, if he could catch all the fish in the ocean and make it into a food that could be preserved for a long time.And according to what Master Zhong said, the taste will be good too, which will be a good supplement to Daming's current grain production reduction caused by natural disasters.

When he was about to ask, Wen Tiren had already asked Zhong Jinwei first: "Master Zhong, how do you make this meat floss?"

It was difficult to preserve and transport fish in ancient times, because they could not survive on land and decomposed extremely fast.Sea fish is even more so.

It’s okay to be in a port or a city by a river. Generally, you can’t eat fish in places that are more than a day’s journey away.That's why there was a saying in ancient times that "you can't have both fish and bear's paws", which equated the difficulty of obtaining fish with bear's paws.

There are smoked fish or dried fish, but they are too unpalatable, and no one has ever thought of mass-producing these things for disaster relief or as military rations.

Such things as fish floss and meat floss were originally invented during the Tongzhi period of Xianfeng, that is to say, they did not exist at this time.

Therefore, although Wen Tiren didn't ask about the kitchen, he was curious about how it was done.