The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 61: The Prime Minister

The prime minister asked the mayor of the capital if he could buy the fried dough sticks in their canteens. What 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 hype canteen, but the cooks didn't know. Suddenly, so many takeaways were sent to officials at all levels of the court. In the end, even the Prime Minister came out. Officials will eat?

The cooks can't help but fantasize about...

Of course, the official family will definitely not need to purchase on behalf of others.

Yun Yan looked back at the happy cooks, Bao Zheng's indescribable expression in his mind.

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

It is said that at the beginning, an official of the Privy Council was eating fried dough sticks. One day, he was chatting and eating with Wang Zhi, and the steamed buns brought by Wang Zhi were finished, and the one who was still eating deliciously, Wang Zhi couldn't help it. Look old.

They are all elites in the official circles, do you still not understand the taste? Of course, this person gave Wang Zhi a piece to eat.

It just so happened that the fried dough sticks also fit Wang Qian's taste, so he couldn't help but order someone to buy it, but he didn't buy it, nor did he buy it on his behalf. After listening to the servant's report, he knew the reason. So, cheekily went to Bao Zheng to buy it on his behalf.

This matter is also intoxicating. If Bao Zheng was not loyal and honest, he would have thought that Wang Zhi was betraying the old.

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

Gossip and gossip, this fruit favored by the Prime Minister actually has a nickname, called "Prime Minister Fried Tiao", and it is more and more widely spread, and everyone uses this name-after Bao Zheng also became prime minister in the future , the origin of fried dough sticks is even more legendary, but this is another story, let's not mention it for the time being.

"The Prime Minister's fried dough sticks" also made the Kaifeng Mansion's cafeteria popular in a small area, and other departments began to take the opportunity to run to Kaifeng Mansion, wanting to watch and taste their lunch.

I don't know if I don't go, I'm shocked when I go. The people of Kaifeng Mansion are simply crazy. They just planted vegetables and fruits in the mansion. Looking around, the green, reflecting the red walls and green tiles behind it, and the majestic palace, are very strange.

As soon as I tasted the food in the Kaifeng House cafeteria, I was overjoyed. I didn't expect a cafeteria to produce a taste that many well-known restaurants and foot shops in Tokyo do not have. It's even more surprising than waiting for the popular daigou in the hospital.

Looking at it again, Bao Zheng also mentioned a word for one of the dishes, but it was "rare and confused".

Anyone who comes here to eat and eats duck is confused, they will say something wonderful when they read it.

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A lot of time has been accumulated, and when the fruits and vegetables are harvested one after another, Bao Zheng ordered to pick a basket and send it to the palace for Renzong to taste. Renzong still remembered that Kaifeng Mansion was going to be remodeled. Now that he saw the result, he asked the waiter to **** the vegetables and fruits to the imperial kitchen for tasting at noon.

This partner Chen has some friendship with Bao Zheng, and he knows the current trend, so he laughed and said that the dishes in Kaifeng Mansion's cafeteria are quite famous now, it's better to ask them to add a few more dishes.

How did Renzong know about this? After inquiring carefully, he really ordered dishes such as duck muddleheaded, and ordered the Kaifeng House to serve the dishes.

Chen Banban went to pass the word of mouth and almost fainted with joy to the cook in Kaifeng Mansion. So under the supervision of Yun Yanhui, he used the vegetables grown in the Shangfu to make a meal.

Prime Minister fried dough sticks, duck muddleheaded, pearl shrimp balls, mushroom Taiwan choy sum and rice with eight treasures, these are sure to have.

Among them, Duck Confused is slightly improved.

Because the four words "rare and confused" spread with duck confused, people who come to eat duck confused like to study the word confused. Yun Yanhui also asked the cook to change the yam in the raw material to taro, so that the duck mufu became thicker and more "confused", but the taste did not get worse, everyone was happy.

Several dishes were sent to the palace. When Renzong tasted it, it was unusual. He also heard that the officials of Kaifeng government increased their enthusiasm and the attendance rate increased. However, due to the open source and cost reduction of Kaifeng government, they did not waste money, but made money. So overjoyed, he rewarded Bao Zheng and the cafeteria.

The cook was ecstatic when I heard that even the official family praised the food in the cafeteria.

The officials of the Kaifeng government are also honored, and they eat more diligently (...).

As soon as Yukou opened, it spread out, and under the promotion of people with a heart, the cafeteria dishes became famous in the whole Bianjing.

Different from Taixue Canteen, Kaifeng Fuya Canteen has a wide variety of dishes and has made a name for itself in Bianjing, where there are many delicacies, from Prime Minister Fritters, Eight Treasures Rice, Pearl Shrimp Balls, Duck Mufu to several signs developed by Yunyanhui. The dishes are all famous in Bianjing.

Because the cafeteria of Kaifeng mansion, like the cafeteria of Taixue, is not open to the public, I don't know how many people asked for it and could not get it. Instead, I found officials working in Kaifeng mansion and hoped that they would allocate it from their own share and sell it to Own.

The government does not restrict things like this, and this is the ultimate goal.

The story spread to Daxiangguo Temple, and all the monks in Daxiangguo Temple couldn't help looking at each other.

"Why...I always think this is done by Yan Ge'er?"

"Strange, didn't Brother Yan go to Tianqing Temple?"

"Yes, if it is in Tianqingguan, how can I get in the canteen?"

"But this time is too coincidental, since Kaifeng House started to grow vegetables, and now the cafeteria is famous, count the time, isn't it the time when Brother Yan went in?"

"It's really suspicious..."

Without any evidence, the monks decided that it must be Yun Yanhui who changed the cafeteria in Kaifeng Mansion.

No way, they have seen how much effort Yan Ge'er can put into food. An international food festival has already been held, not to mention the canteen of the Kaifeng government office?

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The cunning Yun Yanhui found Bao Zheng after he became famous in the cafeteria of Kaifeng Mansion, expressing that he wanted to release the method of making fried dough sticks for free 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 technical secrecy, it's really not easy to have such awareness!

Yun Yan scratched her head back, "You have won the prize, I just want to release the recipes that are the easiest to make, the closest to civilian life, and the easiest to spread among several famous signature dishes to further promote Kaifeng. The reputation of the government canteen.”

Bao Zheng: "..."

It's hard for the common people to eat it, and it's not enough to spread. The prime minister's fried dough sticks, a powerful food with a story, is obviously easy to gain a public base. Spreading the practice will only promote the reputation of the canteen, making the canteens in Kaifeng Mansion ubiquitous.

After the Prime Minister's fritters became famous in Bianjing, they flew into Wanjia, then, the origin of it will also be in Bianjing. Any outsider who comes here, eats this food, and asks about the source, will hear it Where did it come from.

Even, every once in a while, Kaifeng House can release a recipe.

This advertising effect cannot be exchanged for anything, and it is also the reason why Yunyan Hui could sell the formula to other foot shops, but did not do so.

From this point of view, Yun Yanhui has indeed sacrificed his own interests and benefited the crowd. But for Yun Yanhui, the money can never be earned, and the sense of accomplishment is more important.

Yun Yanhui's practice really boosted the reputation of the prime minister's fried dough sticks and Kaifeng canteen dishes to a new level.

The Kaifeng House posted a notice, which was written by Shaoyin Bao Zheng, to the effect that the food in the cafeterias of Kaifeng House has been sought after by the general public. As a place to serve the common people, Kaifeng government is willing to publish the method of making fried dough sticks, one of the most famous dishes, to entertain the people.

In the back, let someone record the detailed production method and precautions of the attached fried dough sticks.

This act caused all the people in Bianjing to clapp their hands to celebrate and praise the generosity of Kaifeng House.

Kaifeng House posted canteen recipes, and the prime minister's fried dough sticks flew into the homes of ordinary people.

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In addition, after Gongsun Ce and Yunyan returned to the Kaifeng government office, one specialized in assisting Bao Zheng in the administration of the prison, and the other was dedicated to reforming the government's logistics economy.

Gongsun Ce only saw the effect of increasing income and reducing expenditure, but Yun Yanhui did not understand the details of Bao Zheng's case, and could only vaguely match the rumors with what he knew of the original work.

For example, before Bao Zheng, entering the Kaifeng Mansion had to pass through the two gates and three gates to pass the complaint to the lobby. If the government officials were not dispatched, it was very likely that the papers would not reach the governor. This is the evil officials. When the government was corrupted, no wonder the people of the time said, "The gate of the yamen opens to the south, and there is no reason to enter without money."

Now that Bao Zheng took office, he ordered the back door of Kaifeng Mansion to be opened so that the people could come in freely and complain. The government office is facing south, and Bao Zheng sits facing the back door to the north, so it is called "sit upside down Nanya".

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 work on errands.

The management area of ​​Kaifeng Prefecture includes the capital and the Gyeonggi area. In the Tang and Song dynasties, there was a saying of Chiji. The county governed by the capital was called Chixian, and the place next to the capital was called Jixian. Kaifeng Prefecture consists of two Chi counties, Kaifeng County and Xiangfu County, and fifteen Ji counties including Chenliu and Yongqiu.

If you are working in Bianjing City, you are quite leisurely, and you can always come back within a day. If you go to the county under your jurisdiction, you may be in trouble. It may take several days to go to the countryside, and the journey will be tiring.

Yunyan returned to see Gongsun Ce and heard that he had left the city to run an errand in Xiangfu County. Since the two were the most familiar with Kaifeng Prefecture, he went to the cafeteria to pack a bunch of non-perishable food for him, "Dry food is unpalatable. The food below is not good either, so bring more to eat.”

Gongsun Ce laughed and laughed, "That's it, it's too much."

"Too much? Not much! What's better than being in the house?" Yun Yanhui just packed all the food into Gongsun Ce's luggage.

Gongsun Ce had to carry a bunch of food to Xiangfu County to run an errand.

A few days later, Yun Yan was discussing with the people in the cafeteria how to cook the newly harvested eggplants, and suddenly someone came to report: "It's incredible, Mr. Gongsun is back with four big stomachs, I’ve eaten all the leftovers at noon, and I’m still screaming hungry! I’m afraid it’s the reincarnation of a starving ghost!”