Unlike Han Qi and Fu Bi's non-stop busyness, Zhao Xin is very comfortable, in order to pick up Concubine Miao, he arranged all the work in advance, and there are still some small jobs to deal with, so he simply put it aside, the arrival of Concubine Miao is also very rare for him, take advantage of this opportunity to arrange some things for Concubine Miao.

In the afternoon, Zhao Xin went to the kitchen, in this palace, all the equipment is based on the palace, not only all kinds of deacon rooms, but also the imperial kitchen.

Different from the time of the Liaoyang Hotel, although it has been provided as much as possible, but the dishes are mainly more novel materials, but the production method is somewhat simple, it is the city's hotel, and the construction has just been completed, to a certain extent, their chefs have limited strength, and the ingredients are also many of the top.

This palace occupies a huge area, and it is also a specially built palace for the Miao concubine, in addition to some necessary beautiful palaces, landscapes, reasonable layouts, and some functional buildings, which are also everything.

In the middle, the imperial kitchen is one of the most important departments, food, clothing, housing and transportation, food ranks second, and even said, if you don't go out, you don't have to worry about clothes, but the food must be eaten, if it can be eaten well, it will be better.

Dingjun's catering, that is the prestige of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, Dinghai was established for a short time, but among a large number of foreign population, there are many people who come from the south and go to the north, and there are many who can cook.

But what Zhao Xin needs is such a chef, not the top, who doesn't have much confidence in himself, but he can make a request and let the chef who is really proficient in this way make suitable dishes.

In Chinese history, before the Northern Song Dynasty, it has always been based on steaming, and the pot used is also a kettle, which is mainly for stewing.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, because of the emergence of a large number of various oils, the process of frying began to appear, but in the early days, this was absolutely top secret, and some masters who could stir-fry would immediately become the top chefs, and the salary and monthly income were quite high.

What's so difficult about stir-frying, isn't it just to use vegetable oil and use a higher temperature to reduce the processing time of the dish and increase the taste of the dish.

Zhao Xin not only knows how to cook simple home-cooked dishes, but also understands a lot of food in the information age of later generations, not to mention the China on the tip of his tongue, he has watched it many times, and there are some food columns and food movies.

Sometimes, the creation of a dish is more than the basics, but creativity.

For example, Sichuan cuisine among the eight major cuisines has a long history, and even began to circulate in the pre-Qin period, but that Sichuan cuisine is completely different from Sichuan cuisine in the modern sense.

After all, there is not even stir-frying, Sichuan cuisine, at best, it is called Sichuan rice, it is all boiled, and the materials used at most are better, more refined, and even knife work and the like, the requirements are not high.

If you cook it, the knife work is too fine, and it will be boiled into a pot of paste, and the delicacy of the knife work cannot be shown at all.

Zhao Xin in the later life, is a love of food, in addition to work and study, taste the whole capital and all over the food, has always been his favorite, although not very good, mention the key points, so that the really talented, skilled chefs, according to this, this is no problem.

However, Sichuan cuisine is not to think about it, after all, in this era, chili pepper has not yet been introduced to China, this is still lying on the American continent in Mexico, in the future, if the ocean-going fleet of the Dinghai Navy can reach the Americas, potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, these three major crops, are definitely wanted, but chili peppers and other things, too, after all, chili pepper as the first vitamin C content, and spicy condiment, is essential.

Although it is said that there are spicy condiments in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is a pity that Zhao Xin, who is used to eating the dishes of later generations, does not like it, so he simply does not focus on spicy, but passes on the other major cuisines that are more suitable.

Of course, Sichuan cuisine is not nothing, later generations think that Sichuan cuisine is spicy, yes, modern Sichuan cuisine, spicy is the foundation, not spicy is no taste, but among Sichuan cuisine, some non-spicy dishes are also very good, and even some of them are legendary dishes.

For example, boiling water cabbage, such as peony fish fillet, the former, is a representative of the magic of decay in the plain, it seems, a pot of water and a cabbage, but in fact, thousands of delicious in it, is back to basics.

The peony fillet is the pinnacle of knife work and fire, in the selection of materials, frying plasticity, there must be a unique control, and the final fish fillet is placed into a beautiful peony, almost the beauty and dishes, have been given to the peak.

Under the excavation of Zhao Xin, especially under the premise that the entire Dinghai Navy is densely populated and has a large population, the catering industry has also become the fastest growing in addition to the primary and secondary industries.

Dinghai's high welfare and high salary, but also make the people of Dinghai very rich, before reluctant to go to the restaurant, now can also go down, more gave birth to these, in the middle of the selection of talented, training, research, made a batch of dishes with Dinghai characteristics.

Even Zhao Xin gave these dishes a name, called Dinghai Quanxi, which can have up to 1,080 dishes, except for a few traditional dishes, all of which are original.

The whole banquet in Dinghai is divided into three large, medium and small, the big one, which is similar to the palace banquet, a large ceremonial banquet, will be full of 1080 dishes at one time, all over the system, delicious dishes are numerous, to meet different needs.

The mid-range ones are about 108 dishes, although the number has decreased, but the number of high-quality dishes is more, and as for the small ones, one is a different combination, randomly selecting 12-24 dishes from various cooking methods for small banquets.

There is another one, which is the essence, among the 1080 dishes, 18 legendary dishes are selected, which is the most essential Dinghai full banquet, but there are very few who can be qualified to eat this.

Today, Zhao Xin is going to prepare a Dinghai full banquet for Concubine Miao, of course, it is small, and even because of the relationship between time and materials, it is not complete, but 4 legendary dishes, it can still be guaranteed, 4 main dishes, 8 side dishes, a total of 12 dishes, three people eat, that is only a lot more.

From where Concubine Miao said goodbye, Zhao Xin was preparing, mainly to determine the materials that could be had, and from a few times, not too long dishes, he chose a few, and even supervised the work for a period of time, almost at dusk, I heard that Concubine Miao had gotten up, so I left.

Before leaving, Zhao Xin instructed the imperial chef to speed up the preparation and serve the dishes before the start of the evening.

When she arrived at Concubine Miao's court, she heard laughter from afar, and after she arrived, Concubine Miao simply ate something and took a nap, until it was close to dusk, and then she woke up.

Although it is said that the fatigue along the way is not something that can be dissipated by a simple nap, but after a simple sleep, the spirit is much better.

At this time, Concubine Miao was half-leaning on the bed, and a palace maid who was in the navy was telling a story to Princess Fukang.

Even after a few hours of napping, Concubine Miao is still not in good spirits, and she is not willing to move more, even if she wakes up, she is half lying on the bed, so it is more comfortable.

The real spirit is Fukang, she is a child, she doesn't have so many thoughts, on the road, she rests when she is tired, and eats when she is hungry, but she is the best spirit.

Princess Fukang also slept for a while, probably more than an hour, after waking up, at first very honestly in bed, or the palace maid found her awake, served her, followed her to play games, played more tired, this storytelling.

These stories, many of them, come from Zhao Xin, and some stories he occasionally tells, plus creative words, let the people below fill in, which is a huge collection of stories.

These have not been spread to the outside world, the Ding Navy has popularized the printing technology, otherwise, it would not be able to support such a huge semester education and re-employment education, but the Northern Song Dynasty boasted of its prosperous civilization, and once used the way of cultural export to the Liao State, and did not consider it at all, and the cultural import of the Ding Navy.

Of course, the Dingjun Navy will not deliberately do this, some things can be exported, but most of the things, there is no need to export, I am not afraid that the Northern Song Dynasty will learn, and I don't want to ask for trouble.

The palace maid told the story of Princess Pea, and Princess Fukang listened very carefully, but after listening to it, she raised a question, how could the princess go to the castle alone at night.

This has to be said, it is a conflict between Chinese and Western cultures, yes, the story of the pea princess is very common in Europe, their so-called king, and sometimes, is just the owner of a not very large castle, the territory they control, at most is the size of a county in the Northern Song Dynasty, plus production efficiency, sometimes the king of a small country, also has a relatively hard time.

In this case, it is normal for a princess to appear in another castle on a rainy night.

But for China, as early as the Qin Dynasty, it has unified the whole of China, it is a huge and invincible empire, even earlier, whether it is the Xia Shang, or the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Warring States, every country is relatively large, their emperors are powerful and respectful, as for the princess, it is even more long in the deep palace, and there is no way to see it if the idlers want to see it, let alone go to other countries alone.

Like Concubine Miao and Princess Fukang, there is only one case in the past thousand years that they have gone to other countries, and there are many princesses and relatives, but they are also adult princesses.

The palace maid just read from the script, and Princess Fukang's question immediately stumped him, and he couldn't answer, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he couldn't get off the stage.

"Fukang!" When Concubine Miao saw the problem, she said with a smile: "It's just a story, you shouldn't stick to it, can you feel the peas under the quilt of more than a dozen beds!" ”

Princess Fukang suddenly frowned, and said with some surprise: "This, it should be impossible!" ”

Fairy tales, the reason why they are fairy tales, is because of a certain exaggeration, not to mention more than a dozen quilts, even if it is one or two beds, there is a pea underneath, it is difficult to feel, after all, quilts are elastic and can be stretched, so you can feel it, how sensitive it is.

"That's right, this story is a bit exaggerated, but there is still a truth, and Fukang should appreciate it well!"

"No!" Fukang was slightly blessed, and then said.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Xin entered the palace, and the palace maid who got his orders did not report, until Concubine Miao raised her head by chance, saw Zhao Xin, and immediately said happily: "The emperor is here!" ”

"Mother, it's late, it's time to pass the meal!"

"Passing the meal? I have heard that the food of the Dinghai Navy is the best in the world, what will it do for us today? Concubine Miao said approvingly.

At the beginning, for the sake of efficiency, the Dinghai Navy popularized stir-fried dishes, but the stir-fried dishes were only circulated in the Dinghai Navy and were not known to outsiders, but with Zhao Xin's continuous discovery of special dishes, especially those legendary dishes, and even after the birth of Dinghai Quanxi, Dinghai Haijun also tried to open a hotel outside to promote Dinghai Quanxi, and the name of Dinghai Quanxian spread throughout the Northern Song Dynasty.

Concubine Miao has always paid attention to Zhao Xin's news, Aiwu and Wuxia, and also paid attention to the news of the Ding Navy, in the deep palace, because the reputation of the Ding Navy catering has gradually amplified, and she knows, she even knows that in a certain period of time, Renzong has moved, and asked Ding Haijun for the idea of a few imperial chefs.

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "This is a small banquet for the whole banquet in Dinghai, it can't even be considered small, it's just a few dishes!" ”

"Oh, it's going to be tasted!"

Zhao Xin had already asked just now, the dishes were ready, and they could be served at any time, so he gave a brief order, and then sat next to Concubine Miao.

Soon, the palace maid came up with a huge plate, on which was covered with a beautiful metal cover, it was not clear what was inside, but the huge plate, it seems, should be a big dish.

The three of them sat on a small round table that was not very big, divided into a triangular position, in front of them, there were different tableware, some Miao Fei knew, but more, Miao Fei didn't know, and even had knives and forks, is it difficult, do you still need to use knives to eat?

The dish was placed in the center, and the palace maid gently picked up the cover and explained softly: "Peony fish fillet, please enjoy!" ”

The disc was gently picked up, Concubine Miao took a breath of cold air, and almost screamed out silently, and Princess Fukang was young, so she couldn't hide her mood, and stood up directly and said, "It's so beautiful!" ”

A huge, golden budding peony is displayed in front of the three people, in addition to the color, the image of the peony is vivid, which makes people feel emotional, this is a beautiful craft, not an edible dish.