"Flour, beef, and green leafy vegetables! There are actually three main ingredients in this bread! What's even more exaggerated is that it is garnished with a lot of raisins and seasoned with fine olive oil! Oh my God, this is a tempting five-star delicacy!" The high priest muttered to himself.
The food in this world is rated from one star to five stars.
Food made with a single ingredient is one-star boring.
The combination of the two ingredients makes an ordinary two-star food.
The combination of these three ingredients makes a delicious three-star dish.
The combination of the four ingredients creates a four-star exquisite meal.
The combination of five ingredients makes a five-star tempting meal.
Stobi is a remote mountain town with barren land.
It would be great if we could eat regular noodles every day throughout the year without having to fill our stomachs with tree bark and wild vegetables.
How could ordinary people dare to hope for a rich variety of food?
Even in the royal palace, there are only three kinds of food that can be stably supplied.
Apart from the staple food wheat, there were only vegetables grown in the fields and beef and mutton traded from nomadic tribes.
Apart from this, other types of ingredients are very rare.
This plate of wheat cakes actually uses both rare raisins and high-quality olive oil!
How can this be the common food of ordinary people?
Even the royal chef in the palace can only cook a few meals in a whole year!
Because Stobi does not produce any fruits or vegetable oils that can be used in cooking.
Traveling caravans rarely carry such perishable items.
"Oh no, something happened!"
While savoring the tempting aroma of the cake, the high priest secretly groaned in his heart.
The high priest was confused by the rough appearance of the snack and thought that the wheat cakes were just baked in a unique way and the ingredients themselves were not special.
When escorting the Second Prince out of the city, the High Priest immediately agreed to provide at least 10,000 tons of wheat cakes per year in exchange for Wheat Tully's full support.
Now that I think about it, let alone 10,000 tons, I’m afraid I can’t even gather one ton or even one hundred kilograms!
If the Little Madari tribe finds out they have been cheated.
Not to mention that the alliance will fail, I'm afraid that the two sides will become enemies because of this, and there will be another powerful enemy out of thin air!
"Your Excellency, High Priest, you are too kind! Lillian didn't make this wheat cake very well."
Lillian's voice rang out, and she came over with a red face.
Lillian was very happy to see the high priest tasting the wheat cakes she made and praising them as "tempting".
"Did you make this wheat cake? No wonder it looks so ugly! Where did you get the raisins and olive oil? How many tons can you produce?" After hearing Lillian's words, the high priest asked anxiously.
"How many tons? You have to be kidding. Raisins and olive oil are rare! I was lucky enough to get a little bit of them, and I used it all on this plate of wheat cakes. There's no more, not even a gram left!" Lillian answered honestly.
"It's over! It's over! You've caused a big disaster, you wheat cake!"
Upon hearing this answer, the high priest beat his chest and stamped his feet, wanting to cry but without tears.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Someone interrupted loudly in the excitement.
The two turned around and saw that it was the Prime Minister who walked in.
After the morning meeting ended, the Prime Minister went back and reviewed it carefully. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Xia Zhe was unfathomable and was definitely not a tyrant.
With an open mind, the Prime Minister immediately decided to go to the palace in the afternoon to apologize to Xia Zhe in person.
Who would have thought that the Prime Minister did not find Xia Zhe even after walking all the way to the palace study.
The high priest was just like an ant on hot pan, going around in circles.
Since the Prime Minister asked, the high priest did not hide anything and quickly told him the whole story.
Finally, the high priest emphasized that he had acted impulsively and promised the transaction volume.
Wang actually did not agree with the deal at first, and did not seem happy about it afterwards.
Now that I think about it, the king's invitation to the Second Prince to eat cake was probably just a negotiation strategy.
However, I was too smart for my own good and interrupted to agree to the deal. How stupid!
If a big mistake is made in the end, I am willing to take full responsibility!
"We can talk about responsibilities later. Let's work together to figure out how to solve the problem at hand!" the Prime Minister pondered.
Hearing that the problem was so serious, Lillian, who didn't understand national affairs, also began to worry.
The three of them stood in the study, discussing countermeasures.
However, how can we come up with any good solution in the short term?
After struggling for two or three hours, the three were still at a loss.
"Where is my king? He seems ignorant, but he is actually very thoughtful. We might as well explain the actual situation to him and see if he has any unique insights. If the king insists on punishing the high priest, I will guarantee you. You also guaranteed me in the meeting room this morning!" At the end, the prime minister spoke helplessly.
"Well, this is a serious matter and we should report it to the king as soon as possible. I, an old fool, acted so foolishly in this matter! If the king really wants me to atone with my life, I have nothing to say! The king just went for a walk in the garden. I don't know if he is still there. Let's go look for him first!" The high priest nodded in agreement.
Without further delay, the three of them immediately rushed to the palace garden.
It didn't take long before the three of them saw Xia Zhe squatting on the edge of a muddy ground, looking lost in thought.
What is Xia Zhe thinking?
It turned out that the poisoning plan had failed, and Xia Zhe was depressed and went to the garden to relax.
After walking a few laps, he felt a little better and started to have some bad thoughts again.
I remember reading a lot of historical stories that mentioned that many emperors in ancient times did not do their jobs properly.
Some are keen on eating, drinking and having fun.
Some like to recite poetry and paint.
Some have unique hobbies, such as those who like stones, hunting, and even carpentry.
Without exception, these emperors have left a bad reputation in history.
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