Nongmen shrew: Farming with cubs is spoiled by rough men

Chapter 272 The Game Between the Empress and Concubine Xiao

Qin Zhiyi knew that Xiao Muyu had been craving snail noodles for a long time, so he responded, and then took charge of the spoon himself.

Take out the soaked powder, put it in boiling water and cook, and when it is almost cooked, start to put the ingredients one by one.

Xiao Muyu likes spicy food, so she added chili peppers, sour bamboo shoots, fried eggs, dried tofu, pork buns in sauce, blanched two small green vegetables, and put some fried peanuts in it.

Sprinkle a handful of coriander when serving it out, and the hot and fragrant snail noodles are cooked.

Looking at a large bowl of snail noodles, Xiao Muyu couldn't help but secretly marveled: "Okay, sister Zhiyi, no matter how it tastes, but just looking at it makes people full of appetite. In the restaurant over there these days, all kinds of food I have eaten all the delicious ones, but I have never tasted the snail powder, thank you sister Zhiyi, I will not be polite, I will eat first as a respect."

Qin Zhiyi nodded, and Xiao Muyu sat beside her carelessly, then picked up the chopsticks and began to smack the powder.

She had just eaten, so she was not hungry at all, and she had to control her diet in the late pregnancy, so she didn't say anything when she watched Xiao Muyu eat a lot.

Yin'er was afraid that she would panic, so she prepared some cucumbers and cut them into small pieces and put them in front of her.

This girl remembered what she said a long time ago, eat a little cucumber when you are greedy, and you won't get fat when you are hungry.

Xiao Muyu didn't speak for almost the whole time, holding the bowl and eating it all in one go.

"Not bad, not bad, the taste is very good, but the snail powder you made has no smell, and I can understand that the smell is not acceptable to everyone, but it is very good to be able to do this."

After Xiao Muyu praised, Qin Zhiyi smiled lightly and said, "Just as long as you like it."

She doesn't want to promote snail noodles directly like instant noodles, but rice noodles, which are used in many places.

In addition to making rice into flour, she also taught the local people to grind potatoes and sweet potatoes into puree, and then use starch to make vermicelli.

These production processes are very simple, and ordinary people can do it by themselves even without tools.

After the vermicelli is made and then dried, whether it is cooking or cooking, it is a rare delicacy.

When Qin Zhiyi went out again, he could see farmers drying vermicelli in the streets, alleys, in front of the gate or in the yard.

This move was quickly promoted across the country. Sun-dried things are good for preservation, and Suofen is gradually loved by everyone.

The queen came here this time, but she was not in a hurry to go back.

Stayed in the inn for a while, quietly observing Qin Zhiyi's every move.

Soon a court lady came forward to report: "Empress, the proprietress of Chengyi Restaurant has introduced something called vermicelli. Now the people in Yunyang County are making it, and even other places are following suit."

The queen nodded slightly and said, "I've heard of this before. The proprietress of Chengyi Restaurant is proficient in cooking. Is this really delicious?"

The palace maid hurriedly said: "This servant doesn't know, why don't I ask someone to cook a portion and send it to the empress."

The queen nodded, and the maid immediately walked out.

Then she walked to the window step by step and looked at the busiest street in Yunyang County.

"Concubine Xiao, concubine Xiao, did you come to Yunyang County this time to open a restaurant to help the emperor earn money? You found the proprietress of Chengyi Restaurant right after you came, what secret do you two have that no one knows?"

Soon, the maid served a bowl of hot and sour noodles.

Inside, the cook specially asked the cook to make simmered dumplings, put eggs, peanuts, vegetables and the like as decorations, and even put an edible flower carved out of radish on the side of the bowl.

This is considered more elegant, but in the eyes of the queen, there are still some things that cannot be put on the stage.

Seeing this, the nanny beside her hurriedly reprimanded: "These are some unsightly things, how can you eat them with the empress?"

The palace maid was taken aback, and knelt down with a plop: "The empress, please forgive me, servant... the servant just moved it for the empress to take a look at..."

The queen didn't make a sound, but picked up a vermicelli with the chopsticks next to it and looked at it.

I saw that the thing called vermicelli was shiny and soft. Although the bowl was placed in front of him, it did not look very good, but the taste made her want to try it.

Seeing that the queen was about to put the vermicelli into her mouth, the nanny hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, don't..."

But as soon as the words fell, the queen had already put the vermicelli in her mouth and bit it off.

With just a small sip, she has already tasted all kinds of flavors.

"My lady..."

All the people were trembling with fright, the queen is a body of ten thousand gold, if they eat these food, they will be so spicy that they will choke, or feel that it is not delicious, but it is because of the people who serve them.

"It tastes good."

The queen put down her chopsticks and stopped trying again, and then asked again: "Do you know how much money was spent and how much money did Concubine Xiao make when she opened a new restaurant?"

The nanny who was waiting at the side looked at the little maid next to her, and then her eyes fell on the little eunuch.

The little eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said, "As for the empress, the empress has opened a total of [-] restaurants and spent a total of [-] taels of silver, but in the past month, she has made a lot of profit. The net profit is eight thousand taels."

Hearing this, the queen also stood up abruptly: "What? There are so many?"

The little eunuch added in a low voice: "This is still the net profit after fifty-five cents..."

The queen's complexion has become ugly.

A monthly profit of [-] taels, wouldn't it be even worse in a year?

For the first time, the queen felt that her position was precarious.

Even the nanny whispered at this time: "If Concubine Xiao continues like this, I am afraid that the emperor's treasury will also depend on Concubine Xiao in the future. When the time comes, Empress Empress..."

Upon hearing this, the queen overturned the bowl of noodles in front of her.

The hot soup splashed on the maid next to her, and the maid frowned in pain, but she still didn't dare to say a word.

"Even if Concubine Xiao is the richest concubine, so what, no matter how much money she earns, it belongs to His Majesty!"

Seeing that the empress is angry, all the people knelt down in unison: "Empress, calm down."

"Get up."

The queen raised her hand slightly, signaling for everyone to get up, and said with a froze voice behind her ears: "Concubine Xiao Gui enjoys ways to earn money, isn't it just to please the emperor, but it's a pity that no matter how much the emperor dotes on her, she doesn't even have an heir .”

The mother smiled flatteringly again and said, "What the Empress said is very true, as long as His Highness the Crown Prince learns from the Tai Tuo, and you help the Emperor manage the affairs of the harem, so what can a mere concubine Xiao be able to do."

The queen bowed her hands and said: "Is it because I underestimated her before, that's all, since the matter here is already the case, we'd better go back to Beijing earlier and tell the emperor everything about this place."

"Tell the emperor?"

Mammy was puzzled.

"Yes, tell the emperor, don't forget, the identity of the person who is cooperating with Concubine Xiao, how can the emperor stand on the sidelines? I am afraid that everything here has already been known by the emperor."

Momo understood instantly, and everyone kowtowed to her again: "The empress is wise."

(End of this chapter)