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Chapter 80 Banquet
  The guards were already busy in the kitchen. They hunted a lot of pheasants yesterday and kept half of them to eat tonight. They kept one of the two sheep out and killed all the others.

Shen Jia took out a large porcelain bowl, stacked it with a piece of pork belly and a piece of taro, and placed it in a steamer to steam for an hour.

Twenty pounds of pork belly can make twenty bowls of pork belly, and it needs to be steamed twice to finish.

Use a large pot to cook a pot of five-finger peach chicken soup, and make the rest of the boiled chicken.

When making braised rabbit, if there is no chili pepper, use wasabi instead. The spiciness of ground wasabi is only slightly worse than that of chili pepper.

Griddle mutton, braised pork...

Shen Jia looked at it again and felt that something was missing.

A guard saw her walking back and forth in the kitchen several times without stopping, so he asked curiously: "Miss Shen, what are you looking for?
  Shen Jia frowned slightly, "I always feel that there is something missing, but I can't remember it."

"There is rice, chicken soup, and so much meat. What else can we lack? This is the first time I have seen so much meat in my life? Don't look for it. These dishes are enough for us to eat and drink."

Shen Jia slapped his forehead fiercely and smiled at the guard, "I already know what I'm looking for. Thank you!"

The guard touched the back of his head and said with a naive smile: "You're welcome."

Xiao Yichen came in from the outside and happened to see this scene. A trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he pretended to be nonchalant, "Miss Shen, what are you talking about so happily?"

"There's nothing to talk about! You guys talk slowly, I'll go find some cloth bags first." After Shen Jia finished speaking, he left.

Xiao Yichen glanced at the guard and said disgustedly: "I think your martial arts is still a little bit behind, so I will start training harder tomorrow." After saying that, Shi Shiran left. The guards were left standing there in a mess in the wind.

Shen Jia went to find some big cloth bags and came out. Xiao Yichen stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing with these cloth bags?"

"There are many wild oranges ripe on the mountain. Let's pick two bags of oranges and squeeze them for juice."

"Orange juice? What's it for?"

"Didn't you invite Xu Shaoyu, Liao Chuyao, He Xinyuan and many supporting doctors to dinner? They have to travel and can't drink. We can use orange juice instead. Don't worry, the oranges at this time are sour and sweet, and most people will like them."

"It turns out you can still do this, thank you for thinking about it."

"I didn't think of it. The waiter said that there were so many dishes to eat and drink, and reminded me that I was short of drink, so I thought of orange juice."

Xiao Yichen lowered his eyes slightly and thought to himself that he misunderstood the guard, but he could not take back what he said and could only compensate him in other ways.

The two used Qinggong to go directly to the wild orange grove they had seen. Shen Jia took two bags and a pair of scissors to Xiao Yichen.

"The best thing about Lingnan is that you can eat fresh fruits all year round. If you were in the capital, that would be absolutely impossible. In previous years, fruits such as lychees and longans that were sent as tribute from Lingnan were no longer fresh by the time they arrived in the capital. Like I have never seen anything like sweet peaches and yellow-skinned fruits.”

"But Lingnan is remote and a smoggy land. Not many people want to come to Lingnan. Even officials only come to Lingnan after being demoted. The capital is the place that everyone yearns for."

"That's right. The capital is the center of political power in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Most people are reluctant to part with the prosperity of the capital. Even if they are allowed to be sixth-rank officials in the capital, they are not willing to be fourth-rank officials in Lingnan."

The two cut oranges while chatting, and soon they had four bags full.

The two of them went back with a bag of oranges in each hand and performed Qinggong. From afar, I could smell the fragrance coming from the county government office.

Xu Shaoyu has already brought doctors and support personnel from the prefecture and Fucheng to the Liangxian County Government Office, and support personnel from other counties and towns have also arrived one after another.

Shen Jia took a look and found that there were almost 200 people in total. There were ten people at a table and twenty tables could be opened.

Xiao Yichen originally wanted to buy a new table and bowls and chopsticks, but was persuaded by Shen Jia. She asked the doctors, medical clinics and government officials in Liang County to bring tables, bowls and chopsticks from her home, plus those from the county government. That's about it.

Shen Jia handed the oranges to Shen Hao and asked him to lead someone to peel the oranges and shake them open. She and Xiao Yichen made two simple versions of hand-cranked juicers.

Let the guards take turns squeezing orange juice, while she went to the kitchen to watch others cooking.

The taro pork has been steamed, and several guards brought bowls to bring it over.

Half an hour later, dishes with delicious flavors and flavors were brought to the table, and the orange juice had been squeezed.

Xiao Yichen, Shen Jia, Shen Hao, Xu Shaoyu, Liao Chuyao, He Xinyuan, Bozhou Zhizhou, and the county magistrate sat at the same table, and the others sat at their own leisure.

Xiao Yichen first made an opening speech, praising everyone's noble character of being loyal to the emperor, loving the country and the people, and being responsible... Then he raised the orange juice in his hand to toast everyone.

At this moment, everyone present, except Shen Jia, had tears in their eyes. They were grateful and their loyalty to Xiao Yichen was engraved in their hearts. They even asked their descendants to be absolutely loyal to Xiao Yichen, even Shen Hao was no exception.

Among them were prefects, magistrates, county magistrates, scholars, businessmen, doctors, guards, and government officials, and all of them were extremely excited.

Shen Jia was a little shocked when she saw the excited expressions on their faces that wanted to be wiped out for Xiao Yichen.

But if you think about it, you can understand that this is an imperial society, Xiao Yichen is the emperor's eldest grandson, and he represents the emperor. Their awe for the imperial power is engraved in their bones.

Today they had dinner with the emperor's eldest grandson. The emperor's eldest grandson personally offered them orange juice, and the juice was squeezed from oranges picked by the emperor's eldest grandson himself. How could they not love the emperor's eldest grandson who was so close to the people?

After one meal, Xiao Yichen won a wave of public support, and later spread throughout Lingnan.

After the meal, Xiao Yichen stayed with Xu Shaoyu and discussed with him the people's livelihood issues in Bozhou.

There are many people in Bozhou and there are many hillsides, but there are no mountain springs, so it is not very suitable for building terraces. After discussing with Shen Jia, he felt that Bozhou could grow herbs and sugar cane.

There are people in Bozhou who grow sugar cane, but they don’t grow much. They just plant a few trees on the ground to feed their children as snacks.

Shen Jia gave Xu Shaoyu the recipe for boiling sucrose and suggested that he build a sugar workshop with government funding, hire workers to boil sucrose, purchase sugarcane grown by ordinary people, and then sell the sucrose.

Sugar in this era is extremely expensive, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it. Just say it, and many traders will come to buy it.

As for growing herbal medicines, Shen Jia only wrote down some of the ones that were commonly used and easier to grow and taught him. The specific method of doing it was up to them.

Xu Shaoyu was a practical person. He happily took the recipe and begged Xiao Yichen and the others to stay in Bozhou for two more days and let Shen Jia give instructions on how to boil sugar and grow herbal medicine. Shen Jia readily agreed.

Cao Chengbin is in prison, waiting for the emperor's resignation. The county magistrate has been promoted to county magistrate by Xiao Yichen, and all affairs are handed over to him.

(End of this chapter)