The Rise of the European Emperor

After finishing speaking, Emperor Zhengde seemed to have remembered something, and asked:

"By the way, Ma Guozhu, what is the name of the divine food you mentioned? How does it taste? Don't be so bad that you can't swallow it."

"Your Majesty, the divine food I mentioned is called sweet potato, also known as sweet potato, and it tastes delicious. Moreover, I have also researched a variety of ways to eat it, which is quite delicious."

"Sweet potato? Is it similar to yam?" Emperor Zhengde asked thoughtfully.

Yam is yam. In China, there are very few native potatoes, and yam is the most important potato. The most important later generations, sweet potatoes, cassava and potatoes, are all native to the Americas. Only the common potato such as yam is native to China.

Marin nodded immediately:

"Yes, some are similar to yam, and the taste is similar, but not as creamy as yam."

Recalling the taste of yam, Emperor Zhengde nodded, and then asked:

"Did the Lord Ma bring sweet potatoes? Can you let me see them?"

"That's necessary. There are some sweet potatoes on my boat, but I can send someone to get them from the boat."

"Okay, I'll dispatch a group of cavalry for you, one with two horses, to go to Tianjin Wei to fetch sweet potatoes!"

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Then, it didn't take long for the meeting to break up. After all, there is actually nothing wrong with this court meeting, and it is mainly to receive Marin, a rare foreign king. After the court was over, Marin asked the guards to take his warrant to transport sweet potatoes to the boat.

On the second day, Ma Lin stayed in the Huitong Hall and did not go out. On the third day, the horse team came back from Dagukou, Tianjin Wei, and brought back hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes and hundreds of catties of vermicelli.

These fans were made by Marin when he was in Keelung, because it takes a long time to make fans, and it takes more than 12 hours to settle them, so they cannot be displayed on the spot. Therefore, Marin simply made hundreds of catties of fans in Keelung, and then brought them to the capital. Plus, he's bringing along a fan-made tool set.

In fact, making vermicelli by the native method is similar to the previous steps of making tofu by the native method. Only the final stage is different, the tofu is marinated and then collected in whole pieces and pressed with cloth. As for vermicelli, through a funnel with mesh, a certain concentration of vermicelli paste is poured into the pot, and then boiled into vermicelli...

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In the early morning of the fourth day, Marin entered the palace with sweet potatoes and fans in the middle of the night. Because, today he wants to show fans in court the various ways of eating...

Because it is the Chang Dynasty, the number of people is obviously much less than that of the Shuowang Dynasty on June 15. Moreover, it is not in the Jinluan Hall, but in Fengtianmen instead.

Ma Lin did not go directly to the court this time, but came to the dining room of the imperial dining room outside Jingyun Gate, and instructed the imperial chefs to start processing vermicelli and sweet potatoes. It should be pointed out that there are two large imperial dining rooms in the Forbidden City. One is the outer dining room, which is the one outside Jingyun Gate. The internal dining room is mainly responsible for the emperor's diet, and it is more elegant. But this time Marin's task is to let the big brothers in the DPRK and China taste the delicious food made of sweet potatoes, of course it was made in the dining room. Moreover, this side is also closer to the place where the upper court is located.

Sweet potatoes are very simple, just get an oven and bake them directly. The royal chefs in the palace are all the top culinary experts, and it is easy to bake a sweet potato.

Then there is the way of eating fans, which is more troublesome. What Marin is going to do is stewed pork vermicelli and duck blood vermicelli soup, but before making these two dishes, the hard vermicelli needs to be soaked to soften.

What's more, for this duck blood vermicelli soup, Marin decided to adopt a high-end method, first let the imperial chef cook the old duck soup as the broth.

Since it is high soup, it naturally needs to be steamed for a long time, so that the taste is good enough. When Emperor Zhengde was "listening to the government" at Fengtianmen, Marin led a group of imperial chefs to look at the pot of old duck soup...

It was so easy to wait until the old duck soup was almost cooked, and then Marin began to direct the royal chefs to start officially...

Duck blood vermicelli soup is relatively simple. With high broth, you only need to cook the prepared duck blood, duck intestines, duck liver and other duck offal with vermicelli for a while, then remove it, and then add the high broth when serving the bowl.

At this time, the Yumen hearing was almost done. Ordinary officials in the DPRK and China were all dispersed, such as those low-level officials. But Emperor Zhengde and a group of top bosses stayed behind, wanting to try the legendary delicacy. The group of people who remained mainly included a gang of military commanders, nobles, cabinet members, ministers and ministers of the Six Departments.

Of course, they are not all newcomers. Many people stayed here just to watch the excitement, to see if the sweet potato is really delicious, and whether it is worth promoting and planting.

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Because they were going to court in the middle of the night, many ministers just ate some cakes to fill their stomachs beforehand, and didn't eat much.

When the earliest duck blood vermicelli soup was ready, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the morning. Coincidentally, there are not many things to do in the early morning today, and it is over. And the ministers got up at three o'clock in the middle of the night, and it had been several hours now, and they were already hungry.

When Marin directed the eunuchs to arrive near Fengtianmen with bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup, the old duck soup exuded bursts of fragrance, which made some ministers salivate. Emperor Zhengde obviously also smelled the aroma, and wanted to eat it.

However, according to the rules, Emperor Zhengde couldn't just eat things of unknown origin, he had to send someone to test the poison first. Only when the poison test eunuch is fine after eating it for a period of time can he really start eating it.

Seeing this, Marin smiled, asked the eunuch for a small bowl without saying anything. Then, use a small spoon to scoop a little soup from each bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup and put it into your own bowl. Then, drink it in one gulp...

In this way, everyone is sure that there is no problem. After all, Marin has a noble status, and there is no need to take everyone to take poison to die.

Those military generals and nobles couldn't bear it anymore, they already have a lot of appetite. Moreover, after going to court for several hours, I was already hungry. Seeing the fragrant duck blood vermicelli soup, I can't stand it anymore.

Then, the old but still strong British public Zhang Mao took the first bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and then said in surprise:

"Huh, noodles?" But after looking at it, it didn't seem like it. After all, noodles are white, while vermicelli are dark and slightly transparent.

But after taking a sip, the hungry British prince was very impressed with the deliciousness. Then, "sizzling and sizzling" started to eat...

Seeing the old man eating so deliciously, Emperor Zhengde couldn't help it. Then, he asked someone to bring a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and started to eat it...

After taking a few mouthfuls, Emperor Zhengde said in surprise:

"It tastes pretty good!" Then, he ate again...

In fact, duck blood vermicelli soup may not be so delicious. However, this timing is a coincidence. Because Emperor Zhengde and his ministers had just been in court for a few hours, and they hadn't had time to eat breakfast, so it was the time when they were hungry. The duck blood vermicelli soup is a good breakfast, and the old duck soup is also very suitable for warming the stomach in the morning. Therefore, the deliciousness of duck blood vermicelli soup is magnified...

Afterwards, the 30 bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup served together were all sold out. But there are still many bigwigs who didn't get it, and they were very dissatisfied.

But this is not a problem. Soon, the roasted sweet potato and pork stewed vermicelli were almost ready, and they were brought up...

Marin ate first as usual to dispel everyone's scruples. Then, those civil and military ministers who didn't eat duck blood vermicelli soup went to eat roasted sweet potatoes and pork stewed vermicelli... Of course, as the emperor, Emperor Zhengde naturally had to try it...

After eating, all the bosses were very satisfied and thought it was not bad. Of course, it just feels good...

After all, whether it is Emperor Zhengde or other civil and military ministers, as the top boss of the Ming Empire, what food has not been eaten?

Duck blood vermicelli soup, stewed pork vermicelli and roasted sweet potatoes are delicious, but they are not too surprising in front of these big guys who have eaten all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas.

Therefore, the three big dishes carefully prepared by Marin are only good in the eyes of these big guys. They will never go crazy after eating like in the novel, and then get out of hand...

Of course, if the time is switched to the Tang Dynasty, when stir-fried dishes were not yet popular, or the location is switched to Europe, where dark cuisine is prevalent, it is possible to make people go crazy after eating. And in E Daming, where there are many delicacies, these three foods are not bad at best...

However, an evaluation of "not bad" will suffice. After eating the three delicacies prepared by Marin, Ming Ting's big bosses confirmed that sweet potatoes are indeed worth promoting, and they are good food...

And this is exactly what Marin wanted...

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