The Yang Mansion has been busy enough recently, Yang Huairen is busy testing his cooking skills with Chinese and foreign chefs, and the rest of the family is busy with his wedding. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It was very unfortunate that it was on the same day, which made the Yang Mansion not very happy, but the will of the Empress Dowager was something they did not dare to disobey.

Yang Huairen didn't care about the auspicious time, so he could only postpone his wedding for a few hours, as long as he could marry his daughter-in-law smoothly, he would care about him from time to time.

It was still a moonlit and starry hour, but there was already a carriage from the palace waiting in front of the Yang Mansion, urging him to enter the palace early. Everything was ready, and Yang Huairen only took Yang Lotian an assistant to follow him into the palace.

Mother Yang was already dressed neatly, reached out to help her son straighten the same new clothes she made herself, nodded slightly, and didn't say a word.

In the early morning of autumn, it seems that people feel more cool, Yang Huairen realized his mother's heart, not seeking glory and wealth, but seeking a safe return, and his heart was suddenly warm.

Yang Huairen patted his mother's hand, then turned around and got into the carriage, only to hear a clear whip break the last moment of silence in the darkness before dawn, the carriage started slowly, turned two corners, and went up the wide royal street, another whip, the horse neighed, and then galloped away in the direction of the palace.

Yang Lotian was a little nervous, this was his first time in the palace. Although he was full of confidence in Master's puffer fish in his heart, he still couldn't let go of that worry.

He understands that this cooking competition is different from the last one. Last time, even if he lost, it was a big deal to lose his money and reputation, and with his master's true skills, he would make a comeback sooner or later.

But this time, if you lose, you may lose your life.

Yang Huairen understands this better, for the Empress Dowager Gao, he is just a chess piece, when he uses it, put you in the position where you should stay, and I don't know when I don't need it, you can discard it anytime and anywhere.

You can't imagine that Zhao Hao will have the ability to keep your life, and you can't put your hope on those complicated relationships that you haven't figured out, at the critical moment, the most reliable is yourself.

The rhythmic sound of horses' hooves in his ears made Yang Huairen gradually relax, and he patted the sheep next to him again, and used a smile to relieve his nervousness.

When the east had just squeezed out a trace of dark red light, the tall and solemn Xuande Building appeared in front of him. This time, the carriage went through the main gate, so the palace gate was already full of civil and military ministers who came to the early court, greeting each other in the cool breeze of the early morning.

The carriage that picked up Yang Huairen had to stop and wait at the outermost stage, and only after a while the drums were beaten and the ministers entered the palace, could it be his turn to enter the door, and the cooking competition must be after the early dynasty, maybe it would be noon by then.

Yang Lotian curiously pulled open the curtains on the carriage and looked out, and the officials of the government dressed in different colors of flowers and greens also paused a little when they passed by, and looked at the carriage a few more times.

Yang Huairen moved his legs and rubbed Yang Lotian, "Don't look at it, what's so good-looking, those who are big officials are the same as us, two eyes and one mouth, it will be a while for us to go to the palace, it's better to squint for a while." ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Huairen yawned, leaned on a soft cushion on one side, and finally found a comfortable posture and closed his eyes.

Yang Lotian smiled, and secretly looked at the various officials outside the carriage.

Yang Huairen only squinted for a short while, and was just a little sleepy when he was woken up by Yang Lotian.

"Master, Master, wake up!"

Yang Lotian shook Yang Huairen awake, "Look, what is that carriage doing with such a big piece of ice in front of the palace?" ”

The whole curtain was lifted by Yang Lotte, and in the still dim dawn, a carriage pulled a huge piece of ice and stopped next to their carriage.

Yang Huairen rubbed his sleepy eyes, recognized that this was the carriage of the envoy of the Japanese Kingdom, and then looked at the things pulled on the carriage, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Tuna!?"

Tuna, also known as tuna and tuna, was the most common and excellent ingredient for sashimi in later generations. Fish is rich in myoglobin, which gives tuna a bright red color, and is loved by diners because of its delicious meat.

But tuna is a deep-sea fish, the level of fishing in this era, it is already very difficult to catch a tuna, and what surprises Yang Huairen even more is that although the whole fish is frozen in a whole block of ice, but judging from the appearance, fin and skin color, this is the best in a tuna, bluefin tuna.

The whole fish is more than six feet long, and judging from the body length, this precious bluefin tuna weighs at least three or four hundred catties.

What is this concept? In later generations, there was a bluefin tuna of more than 200 kilograms, which was auctioned for about 10 million yuan.

But this is the Song Dynasty, the fishing technology is still very backward, it is difficult to catch tuna, or a rare bluefin tuna, and from catching this fish, to using ice to refrigerate and preserve, and then such a large piece of ice from the Wa Kingdom to the Great Song Dynasty by sea, and then transported by land to Tokyo City, I don't know how much manpower, material resources and money will be spent.

Yang Huairen said in his heart, I'll go, this little devil is fighting, smashing the pot and selling iron to transport such a rare tuna to the palace, just for a cooking competition?

I guess the emperor of the Wa Kingdom didn't want to eat it, right? It seems that the little devils are desperate for the sake of trade.

In fact, it is a good thing that the two countries have trade, but if they do so many tricks, they have a ghost in their hearts.

tried his best to try his cooking skills with the chefs of the Great Song Dynasty, and even deceived the little emperor to agree to this request, and spent so much money to transport such a precious big fish to the Great Song Dynasty, just to be able to trade?

It must not be so simple behind it, in terms of politics, Yang Huairen is a layman, he doesn't dare to speculate, but from his businessman's point of view, he recognizes a truth, and it also works here.

That is, a businessman, to do a business, the purpose is to make money, or to earn other benefits, he has to invest costs in advance.

The higher the cost of the input, the greater the risk, which means that the profit he can obtain in the future is also considerable.

Yang Huairen thought of the behavior of the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom, and he could think of Juntaro Koinu, the first chef of the Japanese Kingdom, who came to the Great Song Dynasty this time, and it should not be as simple as recognizing his ancestors or testing his cooking skills.

Since he had a close relationship with the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom, this matter involved the internal affairs of the Wa Kingdom. Ostensibly, it is for the two countries to be able to trade freely, and to raise the commercial tax revenue of the two countries.

But the biggest benefit is still the Wa Kingdom, they are willing to invest such a big cost, then it must be to earn more money from the Great Song Dynasty in the future, just so hard, it seems that the emperor of the Wa Kingdom must be poor and crazy.