The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 59: It’s hard to be confused

The bell of the lunch break rang, and officials ran out from the various rooms of the Kaifeng government office, running towards a common destination.

One of the clerks was trampled on his feet, almost accidentally fell, and his shoes fell off. After a short delay, many colleagues have already surpassed him. The clerk could only reluctantly put on his shoes and continued to run.

Where are you going? The answer is the canteen.

Since Shao Yin ordered to improve the food in the cafeteria two decades ago, the cafeteria has been transformed in a short period of time.

Five days ago, the dishes had a new look, and I don't know where the recipes came from, as if they were not made by the same group of cooks. And even the same dish will be much more delicious than before.

The limited-edition dishes such as pearl shrimp balls, rice with eight treasures, and duck muddleheaded are even more popular. You can only get them if you go early. This is one of the reasons why everyone rushes to the cafeteria after work.

These dishes are not only delicious, but also very innovative. Bianjing people love sweets and soups. The duck paste is rich in paint but not mixed, and the taste is strong but not messy. It is between the soup and the vegetable, and it also has the effect of health preservation. It is really wonderful.

You must know that as a native of Bianjing, I have tasted countless foods and fruits. In addition, the Daxiangguo Temple International Food Festival in recent years has brought together the delicacies of the eight wastes and all countries, which has improved everyone's taste.

Under such circumstances, the canteen's new dishes can still stand out, resulting in such a crowded situation, which shows that the canteen has indeed spent a lot of thought.

Even, many officials who were supposed to be on vacation every day came to work in the government office, just to taste the cafeteria dishes that their colleagues praised, which shows its attractiveness.

As for the officials of the second-level administrative agencies, after hearing about it, they also tried every means to come to the government office to report their work, and by the way, they had a working lunch.

The Kaifeng government office, which was originally a little depressed due to its busy schedule, seemed to have become active all of a sudden, especially during the lunchtime run in the cafeteria.

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While everyone was running, two people were also walking unhurriedly towards the cafeteria.

This is Zhao Yunchu looking for someone to find the Kaifeng government office. He was going to come in, but he was startled. After all, the identity of the clan is different from others, not to mention that his father's identity is quite special.

However, they won't be blocked out. The imperial clan of the Song Dynasty are treated very well. From the age of seven, they will be granted official positions, and their promotion is very fast. As for the title, it's gone, the royal family can't be passed down, the eldest son is downgraded to the first rank, if there are no special circumstances, the others are only Yinguan, and the title can be posthumously awarded after death. Rao is like this, and it is much more generous than ordinary people.

With the benevolence of today's officials, in order to show their love for the clan, it is even more so. Zhao Yunchu, like Zhao Yunchu, was conferred the ban on the left at the age of seven, and this year he was also a trainee of the Ruzhou regiment. Although it was only virtual and had no real power, it was enough to receive the money and food.

As a result, Zhao Yunchu had to go to the court meeting. Recently, because of this incident, he is distressed, otherwise he would not have come to Kaifeng Mansion to look for Yun Yan for the first time at this time.

At this time, Zhao Yunchu confided his distress to Yun Yanhui as he walked.

There are three kinds of meetings in the Great Song Dynasty, which are divided into different places. One is the Great Court Meeting in the Daqing Hall, which is held on important days such as New Year's Day. , the remaining one is called Chang Dynasty, which is held in Wende Hall.

The Dangong Palace looks at the court, and all the officials attending are the Privy Council, Sansi, Kaifeng House and other officials, like Bao Zheng, too. In the Chang Dynasty, the official family often does not attend. It is held after the court meeting in the Hanging Palace. After the official family participates in the court meeting in the Hanging Palace, they love to go.

That is to say, the regular court meeting is the one where the officials wait for the opening of the Hanging Gong Hall. If you come to the Wende Hall, you should listen to it, and if you don't come, it will end immediately. Most of the time, they don't come, so the officials just wait, wait, wait, which is a huge waste of time. And this kind of court meeting, officials have to attend the next day.

For such a boring thing, Zhao Yunchu's brothers usually ask for leave all the year round, and no one grabs them anyway.

Zhao Yunchu has only two hobbies in his life, Buddhist scriptures and Brother Yan. He is usually very bored, so he wants to go to the court meeting. But in this way, wouldn't it compare to the laziness of his brothers? As a result, Zhao Yunchu's approach was vigorously criticized.

After listening, Yun Yan comforted: "There are problems with your brothers' three views. It's just that your elder brother is really weak. Zhao Yunliang and Zhao Yundi, one stays up all night every day, and the other knows that he is greedy for male sex. , I'm ashamed to accuse you."

Zhao Yunchu said aggrievedly: "But even my mother said I was stupid..."

Yunyan replied: "..."

I didn't expect the princess to be so honest.

Yun Yan Hui calmed down for a while, "Your mother loves you, this idiot is the same as I call you silly white sweet, it's a nickname! If you want me to say, it's better to go to the court meeting, just get up early and exercise."

The brothers of Zhao Yunchu's family, except for those who have not been raised, there are only four remaining. The eldest is not in good health, the second and third are not righteous, and the fourth will declare that everyone is giving up, Yun Yanhui thinks, Basically, no one will be afraid of their home... This is also a good thing.

"Well, my dad also supports me...is that support? He means, if you're bored, just go." Zhao Yunchu felt that he was comforted by Brother Yan, seeing how good Brother Yan said, exercise. The body is caring about him.

How could Yun Yanhui know what Zhao Yunchu was thinking, and he couldn't even imagine that Zhao Yunchu, this baby, would really go to every court meeting regardless of rain or shine, and it would become a legend.

Everyone is complaining, what's wrong with this clan? Isn't this series weird?

Yun Yanhui brought Zhao Yunchu to the Silusi cafeteria. Although he is a newcomer and his level is not high, he has been in charge of the cafeteria reform recently, and he has to teach the cook himself, so it can be regarded as him here. Halfway through.

After that, for a period of time, Kaifeng officials who had just contacted Yun Yanhui couldn't figure out which department he belonged to, and how could he be seen in so many places.

When discussing with each other, some thought he was from the cafeteria, some thought he was from Tianqingguan, some thought he was Shaoyin's servant, and thought he was from various departments of the Third Academy...

"Why so many people?" Zhao Yunchu was very surprised, "Are there so many people in all the chefs?"

Zhao Yunchu was not dispatched and had never stayed in the yamen. Naturally, he didn't know the situation of the yamen's public chef. He thought that the officials were all so keen on cafeteria dishes.

Yunyan replied: "Of course not."

This is the most popular period since the opening of the Kaifeng Palace Cafeteria, and it is still breaking records every day. Presumably during the assessment, it will be found that after the reform of the canteen, the attendance rate has increased...

"I changed the food in the cafeteria," Yun Yanhui said very proudly. "Otherwise, why would I invite you to eat here?"

Zhao Yunchu was very supportive: "Brother Yan is amazing!"

Yun Yan Hui didn't look at those who were queuing for food, and brought two meals directly from the back kitchen.

Small dishes include shrimp oil tofu, stir-fried water bamboo, the current signature dishes, pearl shrimp balls, duck muddleheaded, and eight treasures rice in small bowls.

Eight Treasures Rice Zhao Yunchu had eaten at Yunyan's home, but pearl shrimp **** and duck were not confused. He tasted the appetizers first. The shrimp oil tofu was fried until the surface was browned and bubbling. It was sprinkled with chopped green onion and looked green and white.

When I picked it up and smelled it, there was no beany smell, but a fragrant shrimp oil smell.

Take a bite and break the browned skin, and some scalding soup flows out from the inside, which combines the aroma of sauce and shrimp oil. The light tofu itself is delicious and tender because of the soup. It's no wonder that with just this tofu, some people can eat a bowl of Diaohu rice.

As for the pearl shrimp balls, they are of course much larger than real pearls, white to transparent in color, and covered with green cabbage leaves. Use a spoon to scoop the shrimp balls, a spoonful of which contains a shrimp ball and diced ham.

Just eat it like this, it is full of the umami of shrimp. Dipped in some salt and pepper to eat, it is more flavorful.

There is also the most popular duck, which is confused in appearance, but not confused in taste, with clear layers.

The mellow duck soup, simmered duck meat, chopped yam, and diced shiitake mushrooms are mixed together, smooth and delicious. It can be drunk like porridge, but it is more fragrant than porridge. concentrated.

"I like this." Zhao Yunchu ate the duck muddle clean.

Yun Yanhui poured out the remaining half of his bowl to him, "This, we, Mr. Bao, also liked it the most, and gave him four words, called 'rare and confused'."

As soon as Zhao Yunchu heard this, he nodded again and again, "There is a Zen machine."

"What kind of chicken and duck is Zen?" Yun Yanhui was not happy that he was still talking about Zen at the dinner table, and told him to eat quickly. These days, serious monks don't eat vegetarian food, and princes and grandsons love to talk about Zen.

Zhao Yunchu immersed himself in the meal, Yunyan returned to eat slowly, and had time to look around to see the market reaction.

The officials who came to the cafeteria to eat, regardless of their posture, were all as dedicated as Zhao Yunchu. The officials are okay, but the clerks with bad backgrounds have bad manners, they are like pigs eating food, and they want to be swept away. When I finally finished eating, I couldn't wait to lick the bowl clean.

So my packing rate has also dropped rapidly during this period, and basically everyone has eaten up on the spot...

At this time, someone brought a wooden sign, and everyone saw it, and they stretched their necks to watch.

The wooden sign is not surprising, and it cannot be eaten. The key point is that the name of the dish is written on the sign. This is the daily menu released by the canteen. Now there is a new wooden sign, which clearly means that there are new dishes, how can everyone not look forward to it?

When the people in the back kitchen came to pick up the wooden sign, they found themselves being stared at by everyone strangely...

He also looked at everyone stiffly, and finally said blankly: "Uh...tomorrow will be rotating some dishes."

There was a brief silence in the cafeteria, followed by discussions.

"Aren't you going to take a vacation tomorrow..."

"It's endless, let's see what's new."

"Alas, it's been boring to eat at home recently, why can't the cafeteria have one more order..."

"I'm going down to the county tomorrow, my God!"

"Won't the duck be confused? My favorite is the duck, qaq"

"Me too, Bao Shaoyin said it well, it's rare to be confused..."