The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty - Chapter 61

The prime minister asked the mayor of the capital if he could buy the fried dough sticks from their canteens. What kind of level is this?

The cook in the Kaifeng canteen is crazy.

Only Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce knew about Yunyan’s plan to return to the canteen. The cooks didn’t know. Suddenly so many takeaways were sold to officials at all levels of the court. In the end, even the prime minister came out. Eat it?

The cooks couldn’t help but fantasize…

Of course, officials will certainly not need to purchase agents, just pass them directly into the dishes.

Yun Yan looked back at the happy chefs, with Bao Zheng’s expressions in his mind.

People have come to ask, and they have inquired about the purchasing fee in advance. Are you embarrassed not to agree?

It is said that an official of the Privy Council was eating fried dough sticks at the beginning. One day, he happened to have a chat with Wang Fu. The steamed buns that Wang Qian brought were finished, and the one who was still eating delicious fried dough sticks, Wang Feng couldn’t help but watch. .

They are all human beings in the officialdom. Would they still not understand the taste? Of course, this person divided a piece for Wang Feng to eat.

It just so happened that this fried dough stick was also in line with Wang Feng’s taste, so he couldn’t help but order someone to buy it, but he didn’t buy it, and he didn’t buy it. After hearing the report from the servant, I knew the reason. Ever since, cheeky went to Bao Zheng Daigou.

This matter also made people drunk. If Bao Zheng hadn’t been for his loyalty, he would have felt that Wang Qian had been selling his old age by relying on the old.

This is the case, Wang Feng’s purchase of fried dough sticks spread like wildfire. After all, the ministers these days are still very concerned about the prime minister’s gossip.

Gossiping and gossiping, this fruit favored by the prime minister has a nickname called “Prime Minister You Tiao”, and it is spreading more and more widely. Everyone uses this name-after Bao Zheng also sealed the picture in the future, the origin of the fried dough stick It’s even more legendary, but this is something to follow, so I won’t mention it for the time being.

“Prime Minister You Tiao” also drove the Kaifeng Mansion canteen to become popular in a small area, and other departments started to take the opportunity to run to Kaifeng Mansion, wanting to watch and taste their lunch at lunch.

I don’t know if I don’t go, I’m surprised when I go. The people in Kaifeng Mansion were crazy. They planted all the flowers and plants in the mansion, planted fruits and vegetables, and looked around, a piece of emerald green, reflecting the red walls and green tiles behind, the towering palace, it was exceptionally weird.

Once I tasted the food in the Kaifeng canteen, I was overjoyed. I didn’t expect a canteen to produce a lot of flavors that many famous restaurants and foot shops in Tokyo do not have. It is even more surprising than the popular purchasing agent in the hospital.

Looking at it again, Bao Zheng also mentioned a word for one of the dishes, which was “rarely confused”.

Anyone who comes here to eat and is confused by the duck will say good things after reading the words.

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After accumulating thick and thin, when the fruits and vegetables began to be harvested, Bao Zheng ordered to pick a basket and send it to the palace to give Renzong a taste. Renzong still remembered that Kaifeng Mansion was going to be reformed. Now that he saw the results, he asked the waiter to send fruits and vegetables to the imperial dining room for a taste at noon.

This Chen Banban had some friendship with Bao Zheng, and he also knew the current fashion, so he laughed and said that the dishes in the cafeteria of Kaifeng Mansion are quite famous now, so it is better to ask them to have a few more dishes.

How did Renzong know about this? After inquiring carefully, he really ordered Duck Confused and other dishes, and ordered Kaifeng Mansion to buy dishes.

Chen Banban went to give an oral message, and almost fainted the cook of Kaifeng Mansion. So under the supervision of Yun Yanhui, he used the vegetables grown in Shangfu to make noodles.

Prime Minister You Tiao, Duck Paste, Pearl Shrimp Balls, Shiitake Mushroom and Taiwan Choy Sum, and Eight Treasure Rice, these are definitely necessary.

Among them, Duck Confused is slightly improved.

Because the word “rarely confused” spreads along with ducks, people who come to eat ducks like to delve into the word confused. Yunyan Huibian also asked the cook to change the yam in the raw material into taro. As a result, the duck paste became thicker and more “slurred”, but the taste did not deteriorate, and everyone was happy.

A few dishes were sent to the palace, and Renzong tasted it. The fruit was extraordinary. I heard that the officials of the Kaifeng Mansion increased their enthusiasm and attendance. However, due to Kaifeng Mansion’s increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, it did not cost money, but made a profit. I was overjoyed. Both Bao Zheng and the cafeteria were rewarded.

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

The officials of Kaifeng Mansion also joined You Rongyan to eat more diligently (…).

As soon as Yukou opened and spread out, under the impetus of the caring people, the canteen dishes became famous throughout Bianjing.

Different from Taixue Canteen, Kaifeng Fuya Canteen has a variety of dishes. It has made a name for itself in Bianjing, where there is an abundance of food. Famous Bianjing.

Just because Kaifengfu canteen is not open to the outside world like Taixue canteen, so I don’t know how many people can’t ask for it. Instead, we find officials who work in Kaifengfu, hoping that they will allocate them from their own quota and sell them to themselves.

For things like this, the government doesn’t restrict it. This was originally the ultimate goal.

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

“Why… I always think that Ge Yan did this thing?”

“Strange, didn’t Yan Geer go to Tianqing Temple?”

“Yes, if you are in Tianqingguan, how can you intervene to get the cafeteria?”

“But this time is too coincidental, since Kaifeng Mansion began to grow vegetables, and now the canteen is famous, count the time, isn’t it the time when Yan Geer went in?”

“It is indeed too suspicious…”

Without any evidence, the monks all determined that Yun Yan must have changed the cafeteria of Kaifeng Mansion.

No way, they have witnessed how much Yan Ge’er can do in eating. An international food festival has been organized, let alone the Kaifeng government canteen?

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The cunning Yun Yanhui, after the Kaifeng Mansion canteen became famous, he found Bao Zheng again, expressing his desire to release the method of making fried dough sticks free of charge in the name of Kaifeng Mansion.

When Bao Zheng heard this, he was overjoyed: “Brother Yan can still think of benefiting the people, that’s great!”

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

Yun Yan scratched his head back, “You passed the award, I just want to release the recipes that are the easiest to make, the most close to common people’s lives, and the easiest to spread among the famous signature dishes, in order to further promote the Kaifeng Mansion Canteen. Fame.”

Bao Zheng: “…”

It’s rare for the common people to eat it, and it doesn’t spread well enough. Prime Minister You Tiao, a powerful food with a story, is obviously easy to gain a popular foundation. The spread of the method will only promote the fame of the cafeteria, making Kaifeng Mansion cafeteria ubiquitous.

The prime minister’s fried dough stick flew into Wanjia after being famous in Bianjing. Then, the origin of it will be full of Bianjing. Any foreigner who comes here, eats this food, 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 why Yun Yan Huiming could sell the formula to other foot shops, but did not do so.

From this perspective, Yun Yanhui indeed sacrificed his own interests and benefited the crowd. But for Yun Yanhui, money can never be made, and a sense of accomplishment is more important.

The practice of Yun Yanhui really pushed the reputation of Prime Minister You Tiao and Kaifeng Mansion Canteen to a new climax.

Kaifeng Mansion posted a notice, written by Shao Yin Bao Zheng, to the effect that the food in the Kaifeng Mansion canteen has been sought after by the masses of people recently, and Kaifeng Mansion has also received everyone’s desire to eat these foods as a service. For the common people, Kaifeng Prefecture is willing to announce the method of making fried dough sticks, one of the most prestigious dishes, in order to enjoy the people.

Later, the detailed production method and precautions of the attached fried dough sticks are left to be recorded.

This behavior caused all the people in Bianjing to clap their hands to celebrate and praise the generosity of Kaifeng Mansion.

Kaifeng Mansion posted the canteen recipes, and the prime minister’s fried dough sticks flew into the homes of ordinary people. This was a good talk for a while, and the reputation of Kaifeng Mansion became more and more invisible.

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Besides, after Gongsun Ce and Yun Yan returned to the Kaifeng government office, one specially assisted Bao Zheng’s political and criminal prison, and the other devoted himself to reforming the government’s logistics economy, and each made a difference.

Gongsun Ce only saw the effect of increasing income and reducing expenditure, Yun Yanhui did not explain the details of Bao Zheng’s decision and administration, and could only vaguely compare the rumors with the original works he knew.

For example, before Bao Zheng, complaints in Kaifeng Mansion had to be passed to the lobby through the gate, two gates and three gates. If the officials were not dealt with, it was very likely that the paper would not reach the government. , No wonder people said “Yamen gate opens south, you should not come in if you have reason or no money.”

Now after Bao Zheng took office, he ordered the back door of Kaifeng Mansion to be opened, allowing the people to come in freely to file a complaint. The government office was sitting in the north facing south, and Bao Zheng was facing the back door to the north, so it was called “sit down to the south.”

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

The administrative area of ​​Kaifeng Prefecture includes the Jingshi and Jinggi areas. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there is a saying that the county governed by the capital is called Chixian, and the place next to the capital is called Jixian. Kaifeng Mansion has two Chi counties, Kaifeng County and Xiangfu County, and 15 Ji counties including Chenliu and Yongqiu.

If you are doing errands in the city of Bianjing, you will be able to return in a day. If you go to the counties under your jurisdiction, maybe it will take several days to get down to the township, and the journey will be tiring.

Yun Yan returned to see Gongsun Ce and heard that he went out of town to go to Xiangfu County to do the job. Because the two of them are the most familiar in Kaifeng Prefecture, he ran to the cafeteria and packed him a pile of food that was easy to carry and not perishable. “The dry food is unpalatable. It’s not good either. I’d better bring more food.”

Gongsun Ce laughed and laughed, “That’s it, this is too much.”

“Are you too much? Not too much! How could it be better to be in a mansion when you are away?” Yun Yan replied and squeezed all the food into Gongsun Ce’s bag.

Gongsun Ce had to go to Xiangfu County to take care of a bunch of food.

After a few days, Yun Yan went back to discuss with the people in the cafeteria how to cook the newly harvested eggplants. He suddenly heard someone report: “It’s amazing, Mr. Gongsun is back. The meal is finished, and I still cry out hungry! I’m afraid that a starving ghost will be reborn!”