Chapter 125,
"This is also why I can't leave you. I've always felt that after your father's death, any minister in the court could betray me, but you definitely won't. You have your father's demeanor and inherited his unwavering loyalty."
Pei Yan was praised and immediately knelt on the ground, clasping his fists and saying, "That's all thanks to your teaching, Your Majesty. After my father passed away when I was eleven, Your Majesty took me to the palace to raise me personally. I have received your grace and teachings. You are like a brother to me, and I should respect and be loyal to you."
Emperor Ming could find no fault with these words.
Wang Fuhai said, "You see, Your Majesty was right. This Prince Pei is indeed a pillar of the government. He will surely become a pillar of the court in the future and continue his father's glory!"
After all, everyone knows that Pei Yan's father, Pei Guozhang, was a pillar of the country back then and was praised by the people.
Emperor Ming smiled and told Pei Yan to stand up. "Stand up. I've thought about this matter over and over again, and I think I'll leave it to you. Come forward, and I'll give you something."
He waved his hand and asked Pei Yan to come forward.
Pei Yan also stepped forward to the dragon table of Emperor Ming. Emperor Ming handed him a token. On the token was a crouching black tortoise, which looked majestic and huge, even more majestic than the divine eagle he had seen before!
Emperor Ming said slowly, "Back then, the late emperor also built a Black Armor Army for me. This is the Black Armor Army's token. Now it has been assigned to my Imperial Guard. Go and take this token to summon them. From now on, they will only obey your orders."
Pei Yan immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this is unacceptable!"
Emperor Ming: "Hey~ I just lent it to you for use, I didn't say it was given to you. After you find out the truth of the matter for me, you have to return this person to me," he joked.
He said solemnly again, "Although the Second Prince took the initiative to leave the capital for his fiefdom after verifying the authenticity of the will, I have always been afraid that he would cause trouble over the years, so I took his life first and took back his fiefdom, but now look..."
"Maybe he didn't die back then, but was plotting something in secret. You go to the Jiangnan area and find out for me what he and his subordinates are up to!" Emperor Ming was obviously a little angry when he said this.
After the tokens of the Divine Eagle Army appeared repeatedly in the capital, the government became suspicious, but they still kept their troops on hold. But now...
The other party's repeated provocations are really unbearable.
There is no need to endure it anymore!
This time, we must get to the bottom of it!
Pei Yan took the token and left, and the Dali Temple Minister followed him into the imperial study.
He stood in front of the imperial study, deep in thought. He knew that His Majesty valued him, but... he was only sixteen years old, and giving him such a task was really too much of a compliment, wasn't it?
It was difficult to disobey the emperor's order, so Pei Yan had to do it anyway.
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After looking at the door of the vegetable store for a while, Su Guoer found a vegetable farmer nearby. His surname was Cui, who delivered goods to their restaurant every day. As for the price, it was different every day, so she just let Changqi negotiate with them. Now Su Guoer also regarded Changqi as her own. The monthly salary was the same as Yunniang's, eighty taels every month, so she asked him to take over the purchase of vegetables, rice and flour and other matters.
Of course, in order to motivate them more, Su Guoer also established a reward system. At the end of each month, after the settlement is completed, everyone, including the women who wash the dishes, will receive rewards.
Changqi can receive ten taels of silver as a reward every month, and if you include his wages, that’s ninety taels per month.
The monthly salary their restaurant paid to its workers was more than double that of other restaurants. Su Guoer had specifically inquired about the situation and found out that the owner of Changchunlou, a third-rate restaurant in Bianjing, only received 20 taels of silver a month.
The purchase price was fifteen taels. Compared with them, the price Su Guoer offered was definitely very high.
Of course, Su Guoer is benchmarked against the first-class restaurants in Bianjing.
Although Su Guoer's restaurant has not yet been graded, the specifications of her own restaurant alone are not comparable to those of third-class restaurants, so if you want to do it, you have to do it to the best of your ability. As for the wages... naturally they cannot be neglected.
The cooks in the kitchen were busy. Only a dozen tables of guests had arrived. No one ordered any special dishes, so there was no need for Su Guoer to go over. So she found a stool and sat in front of the counter, holding a book in her hand, which was "Records of Cuisine of the Previous Dynasty" borrowed from somewhere else. There was also a book on the table called "Records of Lost Cuisine".
It contains various delicacies that have been lost in the past. Su Guoer's purpose in reading this book is to see if she can reproduce some of the dishes from it.
In the future, whether you sell it in your own restaurant or take it to the Bian Jing Chef Competition, it will be a good choice.
When I opened the book, I found that it indeed recorded some unknown delicacies, but... the cooking methods were very complicated, and even the recipes included were incomplete. It might not be possible to restore those dishes according to the recipes.
However, this does not affect Su Guoer's restoration of the dish. After all, sometimes you just need to be bold in trying.
But... after reading it for a long time, she was really stunned by what was written in the book. It's not that it is difficult to make, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It will take several days to develop it. She stopped after reading it for a while.
To participate in the Bian Jing Chef God Competition, one only needs to cook three dishes, which means passing three levels. Only after passing these three levels can one get the title of Bian Jing Chef God. It can be said that Su Guoer has no confidence at all in this competition.
It's not that she doesn't have confidence in herself, but... there must be at least a hundred chefs coming to the Chef God Competition. Not to mention the large number of people, just the fact that Su Guoer has not undergone systematic apprenticeship and training is enough to make her lack confidence.
However, she has good knife skills and craftsmanship, and can control the heat and ingredients well. This is why Su Guoer can make delicious dishes, but if she really puts them in the open.
It requires real skills. While Su Guoer was reading a book to find the dish she wanted to prepare for the competition, she took a stuffed plum from the fruit plate beside her and took a bite.
She frowned after taking a bite because of the sour taste and couldn't help spitting out the dried plums.
"It's too sour, how can anyone eat this?" Although Su Guoer didn't understand, there must be a reason why these stuffed plums sold so well in Bian Jing. It meant that some people liked to eat this sour thing.
It's not particularly sour, just a little sweet in the sourness. The frosting on the skin is the only source of that sweetness, but the bitter sour taste of the prune meat is very memorable.
However, this bitter sour taste has a good astringent effect.
If... ...this sour taste could be neutralized and made into a sweet and sour dish, would anyone like it?
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