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Chapter 837 Entering the Palace (asking for a monthly ticket)

Although the cousin in the dream space is not the same person in reality, Chen Nian is already used to life in the dream space.

So I still treat the other party as a sister, at most a big sister and a second sister.

Just when they were chatting,
Suddenly, a person wearing a sunflower collared shirt, a black gauze hat and a rhinoceros belt came in.

The other party looked very fair in complexion and looked a little feminine.

But as far as the other party's clothes and temperament are concerned, it can be seen that he is an official.

It's just that Chen Nian didn't have this person in his mind.

Then he glanced at his cousin again, and Lu Ke also shook his head, indicating that she didn't know her.

Even so, they still hurried forward to salute.

"You don't need to be too polite. Our family came here this time to ask you for something. You are old, right?"

"Exactly, I don't know what your lord can do?"

"Oh, you are blessed. Earlier, your dim sum was very good, and His Majesty liked it very much. Then I heard that your food is also very good. After Prince Jing brought it to His Majesty a few times before, His Majesty was very happy. I specially arranged for our family to come over and invite you into the palace."

Hearing this, Chen Nian was shocked!
Enter the palace?

Although he didn't know the other party's identity just now, but listening to the other party's tone and self-proclaimed name, how can he not see that the person in front of him is a eunuch father-in-law?

Right now, the other party is calling him into the palace, isn't he trying to knock me off?
Although this is a recipe in the dream, even after the palace, the common occupational diseases of father-in-law may not appear, but at least he is a man.

Even if it clicks in a dream, it won't work!

"May I ask my lord, why did His Majesty call the grass-roots people into the palace?"

And this father-in-law is really in a good mood today, and he has been in the court for many years, and now he has become a fourth-rank young prison, so he naturally knows that Chen Nian has someone in the court.

Not to mention that Chen Nian's cousin was very close to Hai Mingxian, the son of the Minister of the Household Department, but Chen Nian himself and Fu Xin, the Minister of Honglu Temple, were also close friends. Live with Chen Nian all day long.

According to Fu Xin, Chen Nian is also his half master.

So he is not easy to offend.

"Don't worry, His Majesty didn't ask you to enter the palace to let you be like our family. This time you will enter the palace to be an imperial cook."

Hearing this, Chen Nian was relieved.

It's not good to be a father-in-law.

It's just that he didn't show too much emotion on his face. If he was just a eunuch in the court, it would be absolutely impossible to wear such luxurious clothes. Therefore, in the face of such a person, if he showed contempt or contempt, That would also cause a lot of trouble.

"Thank you, my lord, when shall we leave?"

"Of course we're leaving immediately, but you can go back and pack some change of clothes, but don't blame our family for not reminding you, entering the palace is not like doing whatever you want on Chang'an Avenue, and the items you bring into the palace will have to pass by at any time." Strictly censored, if you accidentally bring some contraband in, let alone our family, even Master Fu can't protect you."

"Grassmen know."

After speaking, Chen Nian turned his head to look at his cousin: "Sister, then I will enter the palace now, I will go back and pack up my things, the shop next door was bought for me at that time, but I don't need it now either, You can look back and sell it or keep it for your own use.”

The incident happened suddenly, and Lu Ke didn't even react, but all the father-in-laws in the palace came, and they couldn't resist.

So I just nodded.

"Sister, if I have a chance to come out at that time, I will come to see you again. If not, I will see if I can write a letter then."

"Well, go ahead, be careful in everything in the palace."

Then Chen Nian returned home, hurriedly packed up his things, and then entered the palace with his father-in-law.

"Eunuch, I don't know your name yet..."

"Our family name is Wang Jin."

"Lord Wang." Chen Nian quickly changed his words.

In fact, he wanted to call the other party father-in-law, but after all, although he has been in this world for a long time, he has never dealt with such a person, so Chen Nian still directly calls the other party an adult, in case the other party doesn't like the word father-in-law address it.

"Okay, okay, actually, you don't have to be so polite, just be casual. Next, our family will tell you some things you should pay attention to after entering the palace, so as not to make some taboos."

In this way, Chen Nian in the carriage along the way listened to Wang Jin explain to himself various precautions after entering the palace.

Even in the place where the palace cooks, there are royal chefs with high grades. It is best to call adults when you see them, unless the other party asks to be called a master or something.

And the usual little maids and eunuchs don’t matter, because Chen Nian was first summoned by His Majesty to the palace, and secondly, he has a good relationship with the Minister of Honglu Temple, so he usually orders him when he sees him, even if It doesn't matter if you scold a few words.

But when you see some big eunuchs and big maids in other palaces, you have to be more respectful.

He is either the person in charge of some institution in the palace, or a close friend of some empress, and it is also not easy to offend.

And usually it is best not to run around, and only move around the work area and residence. If they run around and are regarded as assassins, those guards are not just for nothing.

Even if they were not killed on the spot, they would be taken back for interrogation.

Ordinary prisoners are not the same as those who are suspected of stabbing. Even if you didn't do it on purpose, it will be understood that you want to be stabbed, and you will be rounded with all the instruments of torture once you enter the cell.

Chen Nian immediately expressed his understanding, and he will be obedient when the time comes.

Wang Jin was very satisfied with Chen Nian's honesty.

Sure enough, when entering the palace, there were guards checking the carriage at the entrance, up, down, left, and right, inside and out, and the package that Chen Nian had brought was also completely opened and searched inch by inch. Touched all over by the other party.

In the end, there was no problem before he was let into the palace.

In this way, after Chen Nian entered the palace, he was taken directly to the imperial dining room.

The scale here is very large, and as soon as I walked in, I heard the sound of scolding from inside.

"Can you do it? You don't want your head anymore, if you can't do it, get out!"

"Trash! How did the eyes grow? Is that spoon you can use to taste the soup? Throw it out and make a new one!"

In addition, there are various clanging kitchen utensils and the collision of cutting boards and kitchen knives.

"Master Song, our family has brought you a newcomer, hurry up and take a look."

When he came to the door of the kitchen, Wang Jin didn't go in, but just stood here and spoke to the inside.

The scolder just heard this and hurried out: "Your Majesty has worked hard, may I ask who this is?"

"This one was appointed by His Majesty to be the royal cook in the palace, let him work under your command first."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Wang."

Master Song nodded.

"Okay, I'll put that person here for you. We have other things to do at home, so don't bother me."

"Wang Gonggong, go slowly."

After speaking, Wang Jin left first, while Chen Nian looked at Master Song.

He looked to be in his 50s, and looked decent. Although the other party was very polite to Wang Jin just now, it was normal in the palace.

Not to mention being in the palace, even in some current companies, some people see leaders like this.

The only difference is that these father-in-laws who have achieved grades actually have the right to convict them chefs.

At that time, people will say that you poisoned the food and conspired against you, and you have no way to justify it.

Even if you said that you embezzled property privately, you didn't do it.

Even if you really didn't touch those, they still have ways to put things in your room.

At this time, Master Song recalled Wang Jin just now saying that Chen Nian was appointed by His Majesty and invited to come into the palace. He couldn't be negligent for a while, even though Chen Nian looked very young.

"What's your name?"

"Master Song, my name is Chen Nian, Chen Nian of Chen Nian's old vinegar."

"Hahaha, that's a good name, so what kind of food are you good at?"

"I'm better at cooking dishes from Ludi and Huaiyang. I also know a little bit about dim sum, and I'm also good at cooking some seafood."

Chen Nian picked two dishes that are more popular in this world and said them out. Although there are Sichuan dishes at this time, most of them are not spicy, and Sichuan is still far away from Chang'an, so it has not become popular here, but if you talk about Guangdong If it is Chinese or Hokkien cuisine, it is even more useless.

At this time, Guangdong and Fujian were still exiled places.

However, Shandong cuisine is different from Huaiyang cuisine. Suyang's area is rich and prosperous, and even to a certain extent, it can be as famous as Chang'an, and Shandong cuisine has always been the first choice of court cuisine.

"There are so many?" The other party looked at Chen Nian and directly said that he knew these dishes, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit disbelieving.

Everyone who learns to cook didn't start learning in their teens. They had to learn for [-], [-], [-], and [-] years before they could formally come into contact with cooking.

Chen Nian is only 22 and [-] years old now, how dare you say so much?
"Yes, I have been learning to cook for a long time, and I even worked in Jiangyuelou in Yangzhou in the early years."

"Okay, but the imperial dining room is full for the time being, if you are in charge, I can make a room for you, what do you think?"

Old age is not that big a requirement. Anyway, according to past experience, when you come to a new place to study, you must first establish a good relationship with the master here.

"I don't mind. If there is no space, I can cut the porridge and prepare vegetables. Master Song doesn't need to be so polite. Usually, if there is anything you want me to do, just ask me to do it."

Hearing this, Master Song also nodded in satisfaction. Although His Majesty had arranged for this old man to come in, he was humble and didn't look like someone who was entrusted to him.

"Then you come and help me prepare the dishes first. The cooks under my command had dirty hands and feet and were pulled out and chopped up. As a result, I was also fined half a year's salary. I just changed a group of people with mediocre abilities. It's not very easy to use, if you can do it, do this first, if His Majesty has other arrangements, how about you go to the stove?"

"It's all up to the adults to arrange."

Chen Nian arched his hands, and then said.

Then he entered the kitchen.

Then Chen Nian also learned that the other party was called Song Qingzhou, a very poetic name.

Under Song Qingzhou's introduction, Chen Nian also learned that there are also many official positions here, from the first rank to the ninth rank, and there are some idlers who are not in the top rank.

The chief executive of the first rank, the general manager from the first rank to the second rank and the left and right meals from the second rank are not here at the moment, because they are all managers, mainly responsible for the management of large banquets and meat tea, etc. , does not cook.

Further down are the head chefs of Zheng Sanpin and Zong Sanpin and the head chefs. They are not here at the moment, because they are mainly responsible for the production and supervision of dishes on some larger banquets, as well as venue arrangements.

Usually the work of cooking is handed over to the people below.

Song Qingzhou belongs to the main chef of the fourth rank.

Responsible for the usual cooking work, that is, the big boss in the usual kitchen.

It was he who disliked the incompetence of his subordinates and scolded him just now.

There is also a deputy imperial chef under him, mainly to assist him in managing the work of the teahouse.

Then there is the royal chef.

They are mainly responsible for cooking with him, and they have corresponding arrangements every day. If the empresses of the palaces and the emperor have any other special requirements, they will make adjustments in time.

Chen Nian has not yet arranged a grade when he comes in, but he is doing the work of assistant chef from Bapin.

When cooking, Chen Nian also saw what is the palace standard. Everyone must wash their hands clean before working, let alone drop them on the floor when cooking, even if they fall off the edge of the bowl and droop. All ingredients that are outside have to be thrown away.

After all the ingredients are cut out, there are regulations on the length, size, thickness and thickness.

A little worse is to be scolded at the slightest, and beaten at the worst.

It's just that Chen Nian didn't encounter such a problem.

No matter what kind of request Song Qingzhou made, Chen Nian handled it properly for him, and he couldn't find any faults.

Some of the dishes known by the old age, after asking the other party how to use them, put the stones and seasonings in Song Qingzhou's most convenient place for easy access before Song Qingzhou reached out for aging.

After waiting for more than a dozen dishes to go out, Song Qingzhou said that they were going to be delivered to His Majesty.

Hearing the old age, he couldn't help being a little startled. If he eats these dozen dishes alone, he might not be full after just one bite of each dish.

But Chen Nian didn't dare to say anything more, who made him the emperor.

Seemingly seeing the doubt in Chen Nian's eyes, Song Qingzhou said with a smile: "This is still a small time, and sometimes if there are too many dishes, His Majesty alone will send twenty or thirty dishes."

"Your Majesty, it should be so." Chen Nian nodded with a smile.

"Yes, that is His Majesty."

At noon, Chen Nian went out with the other party cooking dozens of dishes, not including the dishes made by other imperial chefs.

Song Qingzhou's hands are very fast, and the control of each dish is quite precise. He has already observed that when Song Qingzhou cooks the same dish for the second time, every ingredient and every seasoning will be a little different. The change, presumably because of the different people eating, Song Qingzhou is making corresponding adjustments.

But during the process, he still scolded the chef and the chef while cooking. After all, Chen Nian was not the only one responsible for processing the ingredients, but other people were also processing the ingredients for Song Qingzhou to use.

As a result, every time he finished scolding other people, he asked Chen Nian to take over the other person's work, so as not to delay the meal of His Majesty and Empress.

Song Qingzhou cooked the dishes here, and there were chefs to arrange the dishes. After the dishes were arranged, they were immediately put in the food boxes, and the eunuchs and maids of the palaces took them away and hurriedly delivered them to the tables of the masters.

(End of this chapter)