Bunnies are so cute, braised in spicy sauce with rice.
As the first animal raised at Xie Yuan's farm, rabbits, with their excellent reproductive capabilities, have provided Xie Yuan with an ample supply of meat.
Rabbits may not be very big, but there are many of them.
And domesticated rabbits taste pretty good.
In those days, chili peppers didn't exist, so Xie Yuan couldn't eat spicy rabbit heads.
However, Xie Yuan thoroughly enjoyed the delicious food, including braised rabbit, dried rabbit, and soy-braised rabbit.
Everyone in the Yue Prince's Mansion praised it highly.
The method of stir-frying began to spread from the Yue King's Mansion and became popular throughout Yuezhou and even Lingnan.
Zhao Mama was furious about this: "These are all Xie family recipes, how could they be leaked so easily?"
In later generations, it is said that the first generation sees through people's eyes, the second generation sees through their eating habits, the third generation sees through their writings, and the fourth generation sees through their writings.
In ancient times, when powerful clans were numerous, a family's recipes were also a symbol of its prestige and cultural heritage.
Every family has its own closely guarded recipes, which even royalty can only envy.
The Xie family also has several highly renowned dishes.
The stir-fried dishes that Xie Yuan made were definitely not on the Xie family's recipes.
Xie Yuan also offered an explanation to Granny Zhao and Xie Zhen: "I saw it in an ancient book."
Although it wasn't a family tradition of the Xie clan, Xie Yuan himself was a member of the Xie family.
Her "innovation" naturally belongs to the Xie family.
However, stir-frying is not like some complicated cooking methods; it is simply a cooking method, just like steaming, boiling, and baking.
No matter how well it's kept secret, it's still easy for someone to crack it.
Despite her anger, Granny Zhao understood that her young mistress had already made a profit by exchanging eight hundred sets of military equipment for cooking.
It is unrealistic to expect to make money by cooking later on, or to keep it as a closely guarded secret of the Xie family.
As for Xie Zhen, the only male heir left in the Xie family, he would not blame his sister.
Although he is young, he is very sensible.
He knew very well that without his elder sister's protection, he would have been tormented to a terrible state by Xie Ze and his wife long ago.
Perhaps it has already "accidentally" died.
Besides, it's not that his older sister really doesn't care about him.
On the contrary, his elder sister treated him very well.
They taught him to read and left him the Xie family genealogy and collection of books.
In addition, there are highly profitable industries such as sugar shops.
Even though it was his sister who created the business, he still received dividends.
Xie Zhen felt only gratitude towards her elder sister, without the slightest resentment.
Xie Zhen especially loved the delicious food her older sister prepared.
Helian Jue also praised it highly.
After the rabbit farm began to grow to a certain scale, Xie Yuan started supplying rabbits to Helian Jue's underground military camp.
Of course, you have to pay!
Xie Yuan kept the accounts very clear—
The estate, including the breeding farm, was unlike the sugar shop; it was entirely Xie Yuan's private property.
All the goods produced on the estate belonged to Xie Yuan.
Xie Yuan was only willing to supply the underground military camp because of Helian Jue's influence.
Otherwise, she could make money by turning the rabbit into jerky or other delicacies.
Helian Jue needed to ensure the secrecy of the military camp while also wanting to buy meat at a relatively favorable price to supplement the soldiers' nutrition, and Xie Yuan was the best candidate.
The two reached an agreement through negotiation.
Besides rabbits, there are also pigs, sheep, and so on.
Thanks to Xie Yuan's breeding farm, Helian Jue's five thousand men were indeed raised to be very strong.
Besides being used as food, rabbits can also be used for experiments.
Xie Yuan took the "natural penicillin" he had extracted to the breeding farm.
The manager of the rabbit farm selected a robust adult rabbit and used a rusty knife to make a cut on its leg.
If a wound bleeds and gets rusty, it will inevitably become infected.
Once the wound had become infected, Xie Yuan applied another layer of mold to it.
This process was somewhat cruel, and even Xie Yuan felt a little reluctant to do it.
Ruyi couldn't help but ask cautiously, "Do we really have to use a rabbit?"
Bunnies are so cute!
It's not that the Holy Mother Ruyi is bad; in fact, she has eaten quite a lot of rabbit meat.
But in Ruyi's view, normal slaughter is in accordance with the laws of nature and is not wrong.
It would be too cruel to deliberately injure the rabbit and then use it to test medicine.
"If we don't use rabbits, are we supposed to use people?"
Xie Yuan knew, of course, that this was inhumane, but compared to humans, she would still choose to use animals for experiments.
Xie Yuan looked at Ruyi and said solemnly, "Human life is the most precious thing."
"Of course, deliberately torturing and killing animals is definitely wrong!"
Huang Shouye, the local doctor in charge of castrating pigs, was very curious when he heard that the princess was going to conduct an experiment, so he came over to watch the excitement.
Upon hearing Xie Yuan's words, he seemed to have thought of something, and his lips twitched a few times.
Xie Yuan was very perceptive and noticed Huang Shouye's subtle movements. He asked, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
Upon hearing Xie Yuan's question, Huang Shouye dared not hesitate any longer and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, it's nothing. It's just that I've heard someone else say the same thing you mentioned."
Xie Yuan raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Who is it?"
"He's a doctor. Unlike me, who only knows a little bit of basic medical skills, he has a real family background in medicine."
Huang Shouye's eyes lit up when this remarkable person was mentioned.
His tone was full of admiration: "I heard that Doctor Feng was once a royal physician, but he was later reported to the authorities for stealing corpses and desecrating the dead."
"The investigating officers indeed found a corpse in a secret room in Physician Feng's house; the evidence was irrefutable!"
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