Just half a month after Yongle Grain Shop's sweet potato business took off, twenty more roasted sweet potato shops opened in Tokyo City.

It wasn't Yongle Grain Shop, but Minxing Grain Shop, which belonged to the Minxing Trading Company. This Minxing Trading Company was a government-run trading company specializing in grain trading.

As soon as Minxing Grain Shop opened, the Song Dynasty Gazette and the Tokyo Express published extensive reports on it, saying that the price was the same as that of Yongle Grain Shop, but the taste was described as better.

This winter is destined to be a winter of roasted sweet potatoes.

From royalty and nobility to ordinary people, everyone was captivated by roasted sweet potatoes.

Moreover, this small roasted sweet potato marched aggressively into various state capitals.

To this end, the grain merchants of Tokyo racked their brains and finally found a way to grow roasted sweet potatoes, and then everyone went crazy.

Grain merchants began to lease fields in villages under the jurisdiction of various counties in Kaifeng Prefecture, and set up sheds when the weather got cold.

In short, nothing can stop businessmen's fervent desire to make money.

But since the best time has already been missed, we can only wait through this winter and start large-scale planting next year.

Just as roasted sweet potatoes were becoming a daily staple for the people of Tokyo, Yongle Grain Shop launched a new product: fried potato strips!

Fried potato strips were twice as expensive as roasted sweet potatoes, but they were all sold out on the first day.

This portable and filling food quickly won over the hearts of the people of Tokyo.

Yeonbok Palace is a relatively independent palace area, located outside the palace city.

Yanfu Palace was a place for the emperor and empress to enjoy themselves, and it was not very large in scale at first.

After Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji, ascended the throne, he was dissatisfied with the small size of the palace gardens and thus embarked on a large-scale expansion and construction project.

After the expansion of Yanfu Palace, it became elegant and comfortable, and Emperor Huizong spent most of his time in this palace.

Yanfu Palace has numerous palaces, terraces, pavilions, and towers, all with very elegant and poetic names, which were undoubtedly chosen by Emperor Huizong of Song, a man of great artistic cultivation.

The east gate of the palace is called Chenhui, and the west gate is called Lizhe.

The main hall contains Yanfu and Ruizhu.

In late autumn, the autumn wind rises, and leaves fall everywhere, turning the ground golden.

Zhao Huan has been staying here recently.

Zhao Huan was a contradictory person. Sometimes he was as rude as a tyrannical ruler who could berate his ministers in an instant, and other times he was as kind as a good-natured person.

But most of the time, he displays a very domineering side.

Sometimes he showed great enthusiasm for governing the country, while at other times he would skip morning court for a whole month and hide in the deep palace, leaving his ministers wondering what he was doing.

Now, the emperor is hiding in Yanfu Palace and has not attended court for some time.

Every so often, the chief minister would go to Yanfu Palace to see the emperor and report on recent affairs.

But the emperor doesn't seem as enthusiastic about government affairs as before.

Does the emperor believe that the Song Dynasty has already entered a golden age of peace and prosperity?

Does this mean the emperor will henceforth become obsessed with the harem and with himself?

No, that won't work!

If this continues, he might become the next Li Longji!

Judging from this situation, the emperor is now only missing Yang Guifei!

Xu Churen decided to do something. As the Grand Chancellor, he had a responsibility to remind the emperor not to indulge in pleasure and to prioritize the well-being of the people.

On this day, Xu Churen came to Yanfu Palace. He peeked around to see if there were more palace maids and if the emperor was indulging in pleasure.

But as they entered Yanfu Palace, they found themselves surrounded by imperial guards every five steps, yet they didn't see a single ghost.

Upon arriving at the backyard, they saw some palace maids carrying trays, hurrying towards the back.

He just happened to see Shao Chengzhang rushing over: "Hurry, hurry, the Emperor is waiting to use it!"

Xu Churen was immediately puzzled and began to wonder what the emperor wanted to use.

Unfortunately, the palace maids walked away quickly, and Xu Churen didn't see what was on the plate.

A bold idea popped into my head: Could it be that the emperor is obsessed with alchemy?

"Eunuch Shao, where is His Majesty?"

"Lord Xu, His Majesty is cooking in the kitchen."

What?

Xu Churen was slightly taken aback, almost thinking he had misheard.

"Cooking?"

"That's right, His Majesty is cooking in the kitchen."

Xu Churen's face immediately turned pale.

Damn it! You might as well be a pill refiner!

Don't you know the saying "A wise man keeps away from the kitchen"?

What poison is the emperor up to this time?

Xu Churen, carrying the memorial, followed Shao Chengzhang briskly to the back kitchen.

Sure enough, in front of the kitchen, palace maids and eunuchs were lined up, each carrying a jade tray with various kinds of meat, vegetables, scallions, ginger, garlic, etc.

Xu Churen almost fainted when he saw this scene.

So, Your Majesty, you've been hiding in Yanfu Palace for days, actually cooking there!

Shao Chengzhang led Xu Churen inside.

All the imperial chefs were chopping vegetables, neatly cutting up everything the palace maids had brought.

And what about the emperor?

He was pouring oil into a large pot, which was already so hot it was smoking. The oil heated up very quickly after being poured in.

Zhao Huan said, "Ginger, garlic, red chili peppers, sesame oil, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, sauces..."

"Everything is ready, Your Majesty."

The cooks stood respectfully to one side, thinking that the emperor must have gone mad lately.

Otherwise, why would they run into the kitchen?

And what's the point of releasing so much information?

Are we supposed to just throw all these things into the pot and stir-fry them all together?

Who the hell would dare eat that?!

And what exactly is that thing that looks like blood?

Is it edible?

The cooks were already prepared for the emperor to create a bizarre, unappetizing dish that most people would find impossible to swallow.

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