I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 58 Eight Palms Impeachment
He Shao invited the two of them to the quiet room on the fourth floor, and called Yunniang to play the zither and sing.

"I usually come here too, but I never invite Miss Yunniang. This time, I've got Brother He's favor," Yang Shiliang said with a smile.

Yun Niang wears a light veil on her face, although she can't see her true face, but this temperament alone is already fascinating and crazy, especially the plum blossom dress between her eyebrows is even more beautiful.

Now Yunniang is playing music for guests at Dongpo Residence, almost no one can ask her to play alone.

"You think highly of me, but I can't be Yunniang's master, it depends on her mood," He Shao laughed.

"Three, the old man is not late."

Xie Andao knocked on the door of the quiet room and stood at the door with a cane, looking at He Shao with a smile.

He Shao secretly said to the old fox in his heart, Xie Andao clearly expressed his embarrassment in front of everyone just now, and now he has gone and returned.

"Uncle Xie"

Yang Shiliang and Pei Yong also bowed their hands towards Xie Andao.

"Shouldn't someone come here, how should Brother He set up a regulation?" Pei Yong asked.

"Ming people don't talk dark words. Although I don't know what you are going to do, I know that if 72 companies do it together, there is no need to do it. Smart businessmen never follow suit." Yang Shiliang laughed.

Only when the technology is kept in the hands of a few people can everyone make money, and when it is reduced to the common people, it proves that there is no profit.

"This pork has a strong earthy and fishy smell. The old man has already cooked it a few days ago. Even if you put those spices, it can't cover up this smell."

If this problem is not resolved, pork will only be cheap meat eaten by the untouchables, and it will never be considered elegant.

"A Si brought it up for the shopkeepers to see."

He Shao held two plates in his hand, and there were two kinds of meat in them. One plate of meat was very tight and dark red in color, while the other plate of lean meat was lighter in color and more commendable because it had a finger-thick fat.

For people who seldom eat meat, fatty meat is an irresistible temptation for them.

"This is the pork raised in the latrine. It smells earthy and fishy and is very woody. I raised it in the pigsty with bran and old grain."

Xie Andao picked it up and smelled it, his eyes were a little surprised. Although the meaty and fishy smell of the pigsty still exists, it is obviously much less.

"Besides some differences in feeding among the pigs in the pig shed, the biggest secret is that all young pigs will be castrated, so that the bran eaten by the young pigs will grow into meat, full of fat, even if there is earthy and fishy smell. The taste can be completely masked with spices."

"This is a secret, Brother He told us so?"

"Don't worry, everyone in the city will know sooner or later, not to mention the fact that the barrows existed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, but pork gradually withdrew from the Han people's tables, and the skill of barrows was gradually forgotten by people."

"Then how to cook?" Pei Yong asked.

"The ancestor of my He family was a generation of gods of food. He collected a lot of recipes for cooking pork. I would like to share them with the three of you."

Yushitai’s impeachment memorials were presented to the emperor like a snowflake. Among them, there were many impeached prime ministers Li Hang and Xiang Minzhong, who were important officials of the court, raising pigs in disregard of the court’s prestige, and forcing the people to eat pork for profiteering.

If it were changed to before, Zhao Heng would at least have some doubts, but since he knew that Song Dynasty would buy millions of mutton from Liao and the party every year, he could no longer sit still, and Zhao Heng even thought about being included in Song Dynasty. penal system to prohibit.

In other Han dynasties, there were at least large grasslands in the Hetao area. In the Song Dynasty, all the best grasslands fell into the hands of the Dangxiang Khitans. If they wanted to eat meat, they had to pay these ethnic minorities.

"Dou En, is this the food that He Shao asked you to bring to the palace?"

"The servant is watching He Shao make it himself," Dou En replied hastily.

Zhao Heng opened the food box himself, and a strange smell came over his face. Zhao Heng picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks.

"Does Your Majesty really want to eat pork?" Liu E asked from the side.

"Don't worry, these pigs were not raised in the toilet. I have already sent someone to check. He Shao bought bran from the surrounding counties frantically for feeding."

"I also came from a farm when I was young. Didn't all the chaff be thrown away in the end? Why do I need to spend money to buy it?" Liu E asked.

"He Shao is a bit conscientious. He bought it for a penny a catty. Many farmers in the counties of Gyeonggi sent their bran to Suoerfang. The old grain they bought was also a penny more expensive than other places. At least each household was more expensive than in previous years. Made a lot of extra money."

Zhao Heng was naturally very satisfied with He Shao's approach.

The reason why merchants are criticized by people is because most of them are plundering people's wealth. There are very few merchants like He Shao who can both increase taxes for the country and benefit the people.

"If he can really change the eating habits of the people in Kaifeng City, he can earn back the money. If he can't change it, he will at least lose tens of thousands or even 10,000+ guan," Liu E said.

"It's hard to say, look at the memorial presented by the Yushitai"

"The royal family insists that food is not expensive and smelly, and the royal cook only uses mutton. Is this the ancestor's family law that leads to peace?"

Liu E showed shocked eyes while reading, what kind of mental retardation can write such a memorial.

"Other people's reasons for impeaching Old Li Hang are far-fetched and somewhat plausible. What does this memorial say, the reason why the world can be peaceful is that I eat mutton and not pork?
Taizu, Taizong, and the three dynasties of Zhen worked so hard to cure it, and finally attributed it to eating mutton?It's really rebellious." Zhao Heng was so angry that he wanted to laugh.

"In order to solve the long-standing malpractice, Li Hanxiang Minzhong and these old officials did not hesitate to save face and raise pigs. Even if they failed in the end, they have nothing to do. But I never thought that there would be such rot in the court, so I will find a reason to reprimand Baqian in another day. I don't want to see him again"

One sentence from Zhao Heng decided the fate of the person who wrote this memorial.

"Your Majesty, let the concubine come and taste it first."

Seeing that Zhao Heng was about to pick up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, Liu E said.

"No need, this is a major event that benefits the country and the people. As long as the national treasury can be filled and I can save millions of meat every year, this meat is really raised in the toilet. I also recognize it."

But after eating it, not only was the meat not as hard to swallow as imagined, but it was extremely delicious, leaving a greasy lip on the mouth, and I ate another slice with some unsatisfactory taste.

"Fat but not greasy, and not as earthy as the ones I used to eat"

"Is it really as exaggerated as His Majesty said?"

Liu E also tasted it, and he finally knew why He Shao had the confidence to change the eating habits of hundreds of years.

"Your Majesty, the slave has something to say..."

Trembling, Dou En took out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

"Say?"

"This is written by He Shao"

Dou En knelt directly on the ground, the sweat dripping from his forehead fell on the floor, even his hands were trembling.Skipping the Zhengshitang and leapfrogging to the emperor is a crime he cannot afford, let alone for a merchant!
Zhao Heng looked at the crazy handwriting on this piece of paper, and Liu E copied it again.

"He Shao wanted His Majesty to do him a favor, and then presented He's ancestral cooking recipe"

"Li Hang is willing to be famous, there is nothing I can't help him, not to mention it's not to help him"

Zhao Heng looked at Dou En who was kneeling on the ground in panic.

"Get up, I forgive you for your innocence, if you have anything to do with He Shaoruo in the future, you can directly submit it."

"Thank you Your Majesty"

(End of this chapter)