Ren Baqian bowed to the stewards, called a few handymen to carry a cart of ice first, and followed a few guards into the palace.
One of the gates of the palace was connected to the beast garden. After checking the ice and several people, they were let in.
When Ren Baqian came last time, his mind was full of how to save his life, and he didn't have much thought to look around.
When I came this time, I was much more relaxed.
Generally speaking, Dayao's buildings are very rough. Most of the palace buildings are made of stone, and there are some simple carvings, showing Dayao's rough nature, but Ren Baqian is very interesting to see.
After all, there are too many exquisite gardens and earths, and this rough and exotic style makes him feel fresher.
When they arrived in front of a palace, several people waited outside and reminded his guards to go in and report.
Not long after, the guard came out and waved at everyone: "Send the ice in."
Then he said to Ren Baqian: "Follow me."
After leaving the crowd, the guard said to Ren Baqian: "Your Majesty asked you to cook some exotic food. Do it well."
"Thank you!" Ren Baqian cupped his hands. "What's your brother's name?"
"My surname is Shi, just call me Shi Hu." The guard said with a smile.
"Brother Shi Hu and Guanshi Shi belong to the same family?" Ren Baqian asked curiously.
"It came from a stockade."
The two chatted for a while, and Ren Baqian said something: "Apart from His Majesty, who else is there in this palace? I don't see many people along the way."
"There are also some maids and handymen, and we are the guards." Shi Hu said.
Ren Baqian was slightly surprised that there were no eunuchs in this world.
After walking for more than ten minutes, they came to a large courtyard, where dozens of people were busy.
This is the imperial dining room of the imperial palace here, which is responsible for the emperor's diet. If there are other members of the royal family, they will also be responsible here.
Other places are responsible for the food of the guards, handymen, and maids.
The steward of the imperial dining room is a tall and fat man. I don't know if all the cooks are like this, but most of them are like this.
Especially the cooks here have to study all kinds of dishes and try all kinds of things every day, and they have to eat the same thing, so it doesn't seem strange to get fatter.
"Guard Gou, this is the steward of the beast garden. Your Majesty has a poor appetite today, so let him cook some exotic delicacies." Shi Hu introduced to the steward of the imperial dining room.
Upon hearing this, the fat man's face was obviously a little unhappy, and he immediately exploded: "When is it the turn of the animal garden to cook? Who is this for?"
"Guard things, be careful with your words." Shi Hu said in a deep voice.
Only then did Guan Shi realize that his words seemed to be scolding His Majesty, and quickly said: "Unintentional words. Please don't blame this one."
"The weather has been hot for the past two days, and His Majesty's appetite has been poor, so he didn't eat much for lunch today." Shi Hu continued.
"It's my fault!" Steward Gou lowered his head. In any case, if His Majesty didn't eat much, it must be the Imperial Dining Room's fault. As for whether the weather is hot or not, I don't use this as an excuse.
"This steward is from outside and is also proficient in cooking, so His Majesty asked him to cook some exotic delicacies."
"The imperial dining room takes orders." Steward Gou clasped his fists.
Then he said to Ren Baqian: "Come here, just use whatever you use. Let me see what kind of exotic food you make."
It can be seen that although he agreed verbally, the resentment in his heart is not light. After all, the Imperial Dining Room is his territory, and the chefs in the Imperial Dining Room have absolute confidence in their skills.
If a chef from somewhere shows off his cooking skills, he might be willing to watch and learn from it.
But a steward of the beast farm came to cook for the emperor, which made them feel uncomfortable.
Ren Baqian didn't make any excuses when he saw him before, and directly admitted his mistake, which is not bad for him. But the other party doesn't want to see me, and I don't need to have a good relationship with him.
All I have to do is satisfy the Empress.
The imperial dining room is mainly a huge room inside, and there are two smaller rooms beside it.
Ren Baqian entered the largest room and took a look. There were all kinds of vegetables that he had never seen before, and there were a lot of meat beside them.
The first thing Ren Baqian paid attention to was the seasoning.
I tasted them one by one, salt, brown sugar, a kind of sweet and sour fruit core, soy sauce, vinegar, a kind of spicy fruit, a kind of rhizome similar to ginger, and a jar of meat sauce with a strange taste. All seasoned.
It is even more lacking than Ren Baqian thought, much more.
It is estimated that any ordinary person in Huaguo has more condiments than this.
Just like that, the cooks in the imperial dining room looked at Ren Baqian proudly, to see what he could cook.
Ren Baqian prides himself on his mediocre cooking skills, so he definitely can't cook anything good with these things.
As for all relying on the taste of the ingredients themselves, Ren Baqian doesn't even know the ingredients here, so what can he do
"Well, what are you going to do?" Guan Shi looked down at Ren Baqian, relying on his height.
Ren Baqian was a little disappointed: "Just a few things, it's not enough to make fried noodles."
When Guan Shi heard this, he became angry on the spot: "The whole world has these things, and Daxia and Yunguo Chenguo Palace also have these things. My level is not good, so don't use our lack of things to find fault."
Ren Baqian grinned, his craftsmanship is not very good, but if he ordered all these things, he would have more choices.
And Daxia and Yunguo Chenguo Palace also have these things? Ren Baqian really didn't believe it.
How do you, the royal chef of the Great Yao Palace, know what seasonings are available in other countries' palaces
And I heard that there are still countries in the west of Great Xia and the south of Chen State. Maybe these countries can get some seasoning from other places.
Although Ren Baqian didn't speak, the noncommittal expression on his face made Guan Guan very angry.
The people from your animal garden came to the imperial dining room to cook for His Majesty. Do you still think that our things are not complete? It's just so infuriating.
If you are capable, you will take care of this imperial dining room.
Gou Guanshi forcibly suppressed his anger, and said coldly, "What do you want?"
Ren Baqian shook his head slightly, he could naturally see that Manager Gou was unhappy. But your stuff is incomplete, it’s simply too little.
Seeing him collude with things like this made him even angrier: "What do you want? As long as I have some, I can find them for you. If you don't have any, just honestly say that you are not good at cooking, and go back to the beast farm."
"Is there MSG? Is there pepper? Is there aniseed? Is there cumin? Is there sesame paste? Is there pepper? Is there cinnamon..." Ren Baqian counted seven or eight kinds with his fingers, then raised his head and asked: " Do you have any of these? It’s fine if you can take them out.”
Gou Guan was taken aback for a moment, thought for a long time, and asked Ren Baqian: "What are they?"
Ren Baqian roughly described the taste of aniseed peppercorns, and Guan Gou was furious after hearing this: "Are you kidding me? A bunch of nonsense, all of which are unheard of, and there is no such thing in this world. If His Majesty is not waiting for you today, I will beat you out."
"That's why you don't have all the stuff." Ren Baqian still shook his head, with a look on your face that you really don't have enough knowledge, I'm not wrong, and directly blasted Guan Guan.
"Take those things out and see if they are really as you said, otherwise I will never end with you. Even if I sue His Majesty, I will not let you go." Gou Guanshi said in a loud voice, directly smashing the roof All shake off the dust.
The cooks in the other imperial kitchens also scolded
"Where did you come from to talk nonsense there? Don't rely on His Majesty's name to let you come here, just point fingers in the imperial dining room."
"There's nothing like what you said."
"I came to the imperial dining room with nonsense, and I don't look at what the people here do every day."
"The people in the animal garden can still cook?"
The grumpy one even cursed out the Three Character Classic.
These people have never heard of what Ren Baqian said, so they naturally think it is nonsense. Coupled with his indifferent expression, it is really annoying.