The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 213

The crowd became even more agitated, and many people exclaimed:

"It's really Mr. Xu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, who came here in person! My dear, what kind of good thing is this roasted sweet potato? I must buy two catties later and have a look."

Xu Guangqi got off the sedan chair and looked at the door of the potato chips, then at the stove of roasted sweet potatoes, smiled with satisfaction, and said to Huang Han: "Very good, I will bring you a roasted sweet potato and a couple of fried potato chips. "

Huang Han shouted: "When the minister of the Ministry of Rites buys a roasted sweet potato and a couple of fried potato chips, it's a good business!"

Mrs. Li San, Mrs. Gu Zhen, the four soldiers and all the staff shouted in unison: "Good luck!"

After a while, Mrs. Li San weighed a roasted sweet potato, and Mrs. Gu Zhen brought a couple of fried potato chips in a straw paper box. Huang Han handed it to Xu Guangqi and said loudly: "It's a total of nine coins, thank you for your patronage. "

Xu Guangqi had been prepared for a long time. He counted nine Wanli Tongbao gold back money and put them in Huang Han's open palm, and then picked up a piece of fried potato chips and put them in his mouth in public.

The scientist had never eaten this kind of thing, and he never thought that potato chips were so delicious. He stared at Huang Han with wide eyes and exclaimed: "Huang Han, I never thought you could make potatoes so delicious. I admire you so much." ah!"

He then said to the followers around him: "Don't look at it, everyone, come and taste it, the fried potato chips are really wonderful, they taste so good!"

Xu Guangqi's entourage thought that the Patriarch intended to create momentum for Huang Han, and they all came up to make fun of Huang Han. They were about to eat a few slices, and they imitated the Patriarch and shouted in an exaggerated tone: "It tastes great."

Unexpectedly, after they ate a few slices, their imaginary lines changed, "Mom! Why is this thing so delicious?"

"It's delicious, it's delicious. There's no need for such a big publicity for these potato chips. It's estimated that the supply will soon exceed the demand."

"Yeah! I want to buy two taels to take home for my kids to taste."

"That's right, I also hurriedly weighed some taels, I guess I'll have to queue up if it's late."

After Xu Guangqi came to the scene to make the first set of transactions, the onlookers could no longer hold back their curiosity and took out copper coins to try something new. Soon, the cooking speed was far behind the demand for purchases, and they began to line up in front of the booth. There was a long queue.

At the same time, other fried potato chips and roasted sweet potato stalls arranged in the capital are also booming, and the air in the capital is filled with the smell of fried potato chips.

Of course, Huang Han couldn't do business at the stall all day long. After he was busy with a few transactions, he handed over to Mrs. Li San to take care of it.

There is also a general banner of young cadets here to maintain order. The trainee general banner officer An Xiaole is the person in charge of security, and Gu Rushan is also in this general banner.The child is happily helping his mother and sister sell potato chips at this time.

Huang Han was going to ask Chu Chu to go around the inner and outer city with four guards, to see the sales of those stalls, and then to see if adjustments were needed.

Only then did she realize that Chu Chu was gone, and the two personal servants following her were watching nervously to one side.

what's the situation?Huang Han was a little confused.

It turned out that when Chu Chu was helping with the business, a girl dressed as a gentle and quiet maid came to her. Chu Chu thought that she was going to buy potato chips, so she asked the little girl to line up with apologies.

The little girl is Zheng Xiu'e's personal servant girl named Rou'er, she said very politely: "Miss Chuchu, my lady asked you to come and see her."

"Greetings? Who is your lady?"

"My lady's surname is Zheng."

Chu Chu was frightened, and stammered: "Yes, yes..."

"Yes, the girl guessed right."

It turned out that the expectant lady wanted to see her, and Chu Chu was so nervous that she didn't dare not go, and didn't want to disturb Huang Han, so she lowered her head and followed Rou'er to a relatively luxurious carriage parked on the side of the road.

I only heard Jiao Didi's official words from inside the carriage: "Is Chu Chu here? Come in and talk."

Trembling, Chu Chu got into the carriage and immediately knelt down, saying, "Chu Chu greets my sister."

"Well, she looks pretty and behaves well, not bad, get up! Sit next to my sister."

The ladies at the gate of the mansion were full of ladylike aura, Chu Chu obediently sat beside Zheng Xiu'e, lowered her head and let Zheng Xiu'e stare at her.

Zheng Xiu'e blushed suddenly, and said leisurely: "How is he recently? The court has treated him so unfairly, has he ever been filled with resentment?"

Chu Chu said cautiously: "Mr. Lang is very open-minded, he talks and laughs freely every day, and my family didn't see any unhappiness in him."

Zheng Xiu'e seemed relieved, nodded and said: "You have to take good care of him these few days and stay with him a lot. He is working hard all day in Kaiping to resettle refugees to promote planting sweet potatoes and potatoes. It is rare to come to the capital and let him have a good rest." gone."

"I listen to my sister, I wonder if my sister has something to bring him?"

"Well, how about this, you tell him that I have been here today and recognized you as my sister."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Xiu'e took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and pulled it over Chu Chu's arm to put it on for her, exclaiming: "My sister looks so good wearing this bracelet."

Of course Chuchu knew that this was a meeting gift from the old lady, she didn't refuse and said generously, "Thank you, sister."

"You go, remember to serve him well."

Chu Chu got out of the carriage, and watched the carriage gradually go away, but it was still a dream. At this time, Huang Han came over and asked, "What happened just now, who is in the carriage?"

Chu Chu sweetly said: "Sister Xiu'e came to see my family. She has already recognized my family and gave me a jade bracelet."

ah?The story was so bizarre that Huang Han found it unbelievable.The unmarried wife finds out that she has married another woman and accepts it. Women in this era are so cute.Although Huang Han had never met Zheng Xiu'e, he already had a lot of good feelings in his heart.

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Three days later, in the morning court, Xu Guangqi came prepared, and openly invited his colleagues to eat fried potato chips and roasted sweet potatoes in the side hall where officials were waiting for the court.

There are indeed officials who got up late and came to the morning court hungry, and a small roasted sweet potato felt sweet and delicious.

An official doctor who ate a roasted sweet potato said, "Mr. Xu Ge, is this sweet potato, also called sweet potato? It tastes good!"

"Haha, this is the sweet potato, the result of the old man's research over the years. Not only is it delicious, but the yield is five or six times that of wheat."

"Wow, does having sweet potatoes mean that I, Daming, don't have to worry about food anymore?"

"As long as farmers are willing to plant it if it is promoted properly, it is not a dream that there will be no hunger in Ming Dynasty."

A certain adult surnamed Liu said: "Master Butang, do you still have the fried potato chips? I want to bring a few taels home for my wife and children to taste."

Another official said: "Lord Liu, now the streets are full of people talking about roasted sweet potatoes and fried potato chips, and the stalls are also all over the streets. You should send a few servants to line up with tens of pennies, and you should be able to buy them."

(End of this chapter)