There will be a palace banquet tomorrow. As an important member of the Qimeng royal family, An Lu naturally does not have the time to stay outside for too long.
Being able to deliver the invitation personally has already given enough face to Wei Yunlan and others.
After he left, the waiter cut the baked pie that was brought to them. The crispy and burnt crust and the filling that was a mixture of milk and meat aromas made people's appetites grow wild just by smelling it.
Among the pies delivered, another one was for the brothers Hanzhe and Sulie.
However, one piece of this pie is as big as a dough basin, almost as big as an iron pan, and half a finger thick. Let alone two pieces, even one piece is enough for Wei Yunlan and others to taste.
"An Lu specifically reminded me that this cake needs to be eaten while it's hot."
Wei Yunlan picked up a piece of pie and said, "Let's try it while it's hot first, and then we can finish the rest."
Upon hearing this, Zou Yun and others also picked up a corner.
I don’t know what was brushed on the top layer of the cake, but it came out golden yellow, which is exactly the color that people in the northwestern countries like most.
The pancake must have just come out of the oven when it was brought to me, and it was still a little hot.
When you take a bite, a crispy "crunch crunch" sound is heard.
The crust is made of flour, somewhat similar to the crispy baked cakes in northern Dayong, but it has many layers. The top layer becomes so crispy that it crumbles away as soon as your lips touch it.
Under the crispy surface is a thin layer of soft dough, which perfectly wraps the dense and delicate filling inside.
The meat stuffing inside the filling was not completely broken up, but had some granular texture of diced meat. When Wei Yunlan took a bite, she could taste four kinds of textures: the crispy skin, the soft dough, the dense sweet potato puree, and the chewy texture of the diced meat.
The collision of four flavors in the mouth is surprising enough even before you savor the flavor carefully.
Because the food was a little hot, Wei Yunlan ate slowly.
Next to him, the anxious Sang Ji had already eaten half of the pie. He had just had a piece of Roujiamo made by Suihe for himself not long ago, so he was not hungry at all. Just by looking at the speed at which he was eating, one could tell how delicious the pie was.
Chen Yan and Wang Lu also took two or three big bites in succession.
He squinted his eyes and savored the rich flavor in his mouth before he said, "This pie tastes really good, it's different from the ones we make!"
The pies in Dayong are mostly made of a layer of dough wrapped with meat filling.
Even the most complicated thousand-layer pie is made by rolling the crust thinly and adding a few more layers of crust and meat filling. It is delicious, but it is not as novel as the pie sent from the Qimeng Palace.
"Why does it taste like milk? Did they add cow's and sheep's milk?" Wang Lu smacked his lips.
Wei Yunlan tasted it carefully. The sweet potato puree in the filling was slightly different from the roasted sweet potatoes he had tasted in the afternoon. It had a stronger milky flavor. After taking another bite, he concluded, "It should contain milk and some diced ham."
"Miss Wei has a really good tongue." Zou Yun gave Wei Yunlan a thumbs up. She ate the cake just as fast as anyone else. After finishing the cake in her hand, she couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that pies could be made this way."
After the whole pancake was divided, Wei Yunlan gave two pieces to Heiyun and Xuerong. When it came to dividing the second pancake, everyone's tasting speed slowed down.
"I didn't feel it when I ate it just now, but this cake is quite solid. I feel full after eating one or two pieces." Zou Yun took the second piece in his hand, bit off a piece of the crust, and looked carefully at the potato paste underneath. "This potato is really a good thing, with a high yield and good taste."
"And it's not picky about the planting environment, and doesn't require much careful care when planting." Suihe whispered.
Zou Yun, Chen Yan, and Wang Lu all widened their eyes at the same time, "Really?"
"It's not that we are completely unselective." Wei Yunlan explained: "The old farmer who grows this told us that if we plant it in sandy loam, which is the most suitable soil for growing potatoes, the maximum yield per mu can reach nearly 30 dan. If we plant it in ordinary or slightly worse soil, the lowest yield may be only 5 or 6 dan."
"Five or six stone...it's not a small amount." Rice and wheat can only harvest this much, and they still need careful care.
"These potatoes are really good stuff!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh again.
Wei Yunlan then took the opportunity to tell him about his plan to go to Kagge next.
According to the original plan, they would set off tomorrow after deciding on the courtyard that Zou Yun had liked. However, now that they have received the invitation from Queen Qi Meng, the plan has to change slightly.
The earliest I can leave the capital is after attending the dinner tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Wei Yunlan recounted what he had heard today about Queen Qimeng's deeds.
"This is truly an extraordinary woman. However, we are just ordinary people, and I'm afraid we won't be favored by the noble. Miss Wei, you should go and see Queen Qimeng tomorrow."
Everyone in the palace has sharp eyes. They are all strictly trained secret guards. Ordinary people may not be able to see it, but there must be people with outstanding skills in the Qimeng Palace who can see their identities.
There is a risk of being mistaken for a spy from another country.
"Miss Wei, you should bring Suihe and Sangji into the palace." Zou Yun said, and then glanced at Heiyun who was lying next to Wei Yunlan, eating the pie slowly bite by bite.
"If possible, bring Heiyun with you. I will be waiting not far from the palace, and I will be able to respond in time if anything happens."
"Okay." Wei Yunlan nodded slightly.
It is not appropriate to bring Heiyun into the palace banquet, but Wei Yunlan and Zou Yun both understand that this "bring" is not the same as that "bring".
As long as Wei Yunlan wanted, there was a way to avoid the eyes and ears of others and keep the black cloud with him at all times.
…
After deciding on the next itinerary, the group worked very quickly.
Early the next morning.
Without using the gold hidden in Zou Yun's wooden sheath, Wei Yunlan took out a gold bracelet, melted it into an ordinary piece of gold, and exchanged it for the house he had taken a fancy to yesterday.
The mansion was originally the residence of a down-and-out noble family in the country of Qimeng. It was only two streets away from the Marquis of Seide's mansion where the brothers Hanzhe and Su Lie lived.
There is a main building and four small buildings in the yard, as well as a fairly spacious backyard.
The previous owner had just moved out not long ago, and the yard was well maintained. Wei Yunlan even found three or four kinds of flowers and plants that she had never seen in Dayong.
Before noon, the group completed all the paperwork, said goodbye to Marquise Ji Xun, and moved into the new house.
Sitting in the reception room of the main building, Wei Yunlan turned over a piece of iron sheet with words engraved on it.
This is early in the morning, and they are doing this at the government office here.
The characters were the common ones used in the northwestern countries. Wei Yunlan could hardly understand them, but it was said to mean "the owner of a house or a mansion."
There are more complicated marks engraved on the back. According to the minor official who handled this for them, this piece of iron is more secure than the previous paper deeds and it is impossible to forge it!
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