"Father, do you really know how to cook?" Li Kuan led Li Shimin to the kitchen, and directly ordered everyone to evacuate. Li Shimin, who was wearing a dragon robe, would cook. If this spreads out, it will have an impact, so Li Kuan simply cleared the scene, as he was cooking in the mansion is already a well-known thing.
"Of course!" Li Shimin replied affirmatively. Li Kuan looked suspiciously in disbelief, "I will show you a hand later for you to see."
Li Kuan said suspiciously: "Let's wait and see!"
Since occupying a high position, Li Shimin has not been in the kitchen for decades. He saw that the kitchen in Li Kuan’s mansion was cleaned up. Basically, he has all kinds of vegetables and meat, and even the seasonings are neatly prepared. Not inferior to the kitchen of Shangshi Bureau.
"What is this?" Li Shimin rolled up his sleeves and looked at the black rapeseed oil in a porcelain bowl. It was the first time he saw this. The unique fragrance of rapeseed oil made him know that it was oil, but he didn't know it. What kind of oil is, Li Kuan said contemptuously: "Fortunately, you are the prince of a country, and this oil can't be distinguished. You are still watching it, and I will show it to you."
Li Shimin blushed and said unconvincedly: "Of course I know it is oil, but why is the color so dark?"
"This is a good thing!" Li Kuan explained, "It is not sesame oil, nor vegetable oil, but rapeseed oil. I brought it from Jingzhou. The oil in the first floor of the world is also purchased from Jingzhou. Compared with sesame oil and vegetable oil, it’s unique."
Li Shimin has never heard of rapeseed oil. Even the edible in the palace is mainly vegetable oil and sesame oil. Naturally, he does not know the preciousness of rapeseed oil. Li Kuan also mentioned the name "Piaoxiang Oil Workshop", which is also his own. The industry creates huge profits every year. Piaoxiang Oil Workshop is now regarded as the most famous oil workshop in Jingzhou. It not only produces rapeseed oil, but also produces other edible oils. It is an absolute golden sign.
At that time, cattle were equivalent to animals under state protection, so beef was forbidden. As for pork, the price was high and scarce. Basically, chicken, duck, fish and mutton were the main meat dishes. Li Kuan rolled up his sleeves, put rapeseed oil after the fire, when the oil was cooked, put the prepared fish, added seasonings, the vegetables were fragrant, and Li Shimin couldn't help swallowing. "Why do you use this for cooking?" Li Shimin saw that Li Kuan actually used wine, and Li Kuan replied: "You don't understand, wine is not only a cooking seasoning, but also removes the fishy taste and increases the taste! Waiting will make you Taste the authentic taste of drunkenness, which you can't taste outside."
Originally, Li Shimin wanted to show his skills. Seeing Li Kuan’s decent cooking, frying and steaming, and other skills, one dish will be ready in a while. Li Shimin finally gave up on his own initiative and fought around Li Kuan. Li Kuan cooked the dishes unhurriedly, and the two cooperated very tacitly.
Although rapeseed frying is fine, Li Kuan still uses vegetable oil to match other dishes. In the kitchen, Li Shimin looked like the prince of a country, and he was so busy that he kept his vegetables on the stove to warm them up from time to time.
Since the staple food of the Tang Dynasty was not rice, but cakes, Li Kuan also made sesame seed cakes, which healed quickly after being grilled at a high temperature in the stove. At the same time, Li Kuan had to take into account the appetites of Li Xi and Li Tun, and made a few rice porridge and chicken soup, etc., and the whole hour was over.
Li Shimin looked at Li Kuan's serious look with a smile on his face. He really didn't expect Li Kuan's cooking skills to be so good, and he asked: "Who did you learn cooking from?"
"Self-taught!" Li Kuan replied casually, but Li Shimin was silent when he heard the words, because he knew that he should have learned it in Jingzhou. When Li Kuan first arrived in Jingzhou, there were no people around him, basically taking care of everything by himself. Li Shimin felt that he had missed a lot.
Li Kuan asked Li Shimin to go out first. After Li Shimin left, Li Kuan ordered the servants in the palace to come and send all the dishes to the right side hall. After the dishes were served one after another, it was midday, Li Shimin was sitting on the upper floor, and the Queen of Longsun sat side by side with him.
Li Kuan and Wu Jue were in the smallest positions, and Wang Huai, Zhao Qian, Qian Wu, and Wu Gonggong were also seated separately. Originally, the four of them did not have the right to eat at the same table, but Li Shimin had long said that today was not paying attention to etiquette, so everyone took their seats and began to eat.
Zhao Qian had already ordered people to fetch the fine wines from the collection. Li Shimin and others were all good at it. They drank wine with vegetables in their mouths, and enjoyed the whole family. Empress Changsun was full of praise for Li Kuan’s craftsmanship after tasting it. No one asked about Li Shimin’s cooking, because Wu Jue, Wang Huai and others could see that these dishes were all made by Li Kuan, but Li Shimin. Haven't worked. The fastest full text of 噺⒏⑴祌 んττρs:/м.χ八㈠zщ.còм/
After being full of wine and rice, Li Shimin found that he had eaten more than usual today. Not only did he ate two bowls of rice, but also three bowls of wine, and even drank a lot of chicken soup, as did Empress Changsun. The two of them were living in the palace, and the Food Bureau was mainly responsible for Li Shimin's food, and they had changed their tricks to make different dishes, but the taste was always a little bit worse.
"Your Majesty, how is your craftsmanship?" Wang Huai said with a smile, and Li Shimin nodded in agreement: "It's much better than Shangshiju!"
Empress Changsun smiled and nodded in agreement: "It's not bad!"
"Father, do I have a reward!" Li Kuan raised his nose, naturally wanting more rewards, and finally worked hard for an hour, not to mention the merits and hard work, Li Kuan felt at ease and geared up. Waiting for Li Shimin's reward.
"You have a reward!" Li Shimin nodded and said: "According to the imperial order, Li Yun, the minister of the bureau, will be the provincial test invigilator this year, responsible for all matters related to the provincial test in Chunwei." New 81 Chinese website update the fastest mobile terminal: https: /
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Li Kuan was taken aback. The reward he wanted was not this. Compared with the money spent in vain, money is definitely more important to the examiner. Besides, the provincial test has a relationship with himself, which is not within his scope of authority. Obviously there is nothing to arrange for himself, which makes Li Kuan feel miserable.
"The provincial examination is a major event in the selection of talents. You must do your best to be responsible for this matter." Li Shimin repeatedly urged Li Kuan to handle this major event.
"Father, isn't it the Ministry of Rites that is in charge of the provincial examination?"
Li Kuan was a little reluctant, after all, the provincial examination had nothing to do with him. In addition, the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty was one of the ways to select talents. Those who passed the township examinations were allowed to enter the capital to participate in the provincial examinations, which were held in the Shangshu Provincial Gongyuan, but he was a minister of officials, not a minister of rituals. He remembered that the people in the imperial examination examinations were all in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette, and he had never heard of the Ministry of Officials in charge. Besides, the position of the Gongyuan was in the Ministry of Etiquette.
"Who said it was the Ministry of Rites?" Li Shimin asked in a puzzled rhetoric. Li Kuan was a little confused. He meant that the provincial examinations every three years were all in charge of the officials. In fact, it was the officials during the Zhenguan period. Responsible, the reason why it was later changed to the Ministry of Rites was also because of the changes in the powers of the six departments. (End of this chapter)