The aroma of beef noodle soup wafts through the western kitchen, which is made with beef bones as the base, chicken bones as the auxiliary ingredients, and then added with shrimp powder, mushroom powder, and more than a dozen spices.
The closer you cook it to the end, the more fragrant the taste becomes, making you unable to stop eating it.
There were people in the Baochao Division who occasionally wanted to cause trouble, but they were kept under close watch in the Western Kitchen. Everyone had their own place to eat, and as soon as you finished eating, someone would come to collect your bowl and ask you to leave.
The reason I’m asking is that they’re worried that there won’t be enough bowls and chopsticks, so they clear them away in advance. Now that you’ve finished your meal, you should leave quickly so as not to delay the people behind you from eating.
Once this was said, even if he wanted to stay, he would be instigated by the palace servants from the Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Treasure Department behind him.
"Why are you still lingering?"
"Yes, we want to eat too."
"Please don't delay things."
If all these are combined together, those who need to eat quickly will eat quickly.
It’s not that the cafeteria can’t accommodate so many people. The West Kitchen once accommodated four thousand palace people, not to mention that there are only more than a thousand people coming here now.
The reason they weren't allowed to stay was because we were afraid they might cause trouble.
The more people there are, the more chaotic it will be, so it will be better for everyone if we just leave quickly.
The strict defense here made the treasure banknotes chief manager stand up in anger and said in disbelief: "You useless thing, I asked you to lead the charge, what did you do? You two were the first to start eating? Don't you know what you are doing there?"
"Grandpa Butler, it's really too strict over there. No matter where you go, there are rules. If you step out of line, you'll be discovered and scolded."
"It would be fine if we did this during a chaotic time, but I am from the Treasury Department after all, so I can't really cause trouble. It will definitely implicate our Treasury Department."
But no matter what they said, they would certainly be punished.
The manager of the Baochao Department had already sensed that something was wrong. It was clearly a perfect plan, so how could this happen?
I always feel like something is wrong.
"Go, go get me some food!"
"Also, go ask the guards at Lingtai Gate why they haven't come over for dinner yet? Aren't they all praising the food in the West Kitchen for being delicious? We've given them the extra grace to come over this time, so why haven't they come yet?!"
I went to get the meal because I wanted to try the taste of today's meal in the western kitchen.
If it tastes good, that's fine. But if it's just too shabby, I'll report it to the people in power immediately.
And there are the guards from the Lingtai Division. If they appeared in the west kitchen in a mess, no one would dare to really stop them.
It would be fine if he just scolded the palace servants from the Baochaosi.
But the guards have different identities after all, so let them go quickly!
Although these instructions had been passed down, the chief steward of the Treasury Department was still restless, always feeling that something was not right.
If he fails in this task, I'm afraid his life will not be easy.
This made the chief steward of the Baochao Division break out in a cold sweat. What should he do if he couldn't give an explanation to the powerful nobles?
The Baochao Division was already in a state of panic. Seeing the palace servants who had gone to eat coming back one after another, they were actually discussing the meals in the west kitchen in a low voice.
“The beef bone soup tastes so good.”
"Yeah, it's really delicious."
"The noodles are pretty good, I don't know if I can still eat them."
"That shouldn't be possible. The Western Kitchen said that they prepared such a good meal to welcome us to dine."
"It turned out to be like this, but the only drawback is that it would be better if there were more offal or beef."
"More? What are you thinking, do you know how expensive that thing is?"
Yes, this is beef bone soup.
It is a blessing to be able to taste a bowl.
At Lingtai Gate, not far from the Baochao Department, the head of the imperial guards looked at the eunuch from the Baochao Department who came to deliver the message and said, "Although it is time for dinner, there is no need to rush. Our superiors are on patrol today and we have official business to attend to. Lingtai Gate has already told the West Kitchen that they will leave food for us."
After saying that, he pushed with his big hand, causing the eunuch to stagger, and then strode to another place.
How is this possible!
If we go late, wouldn't that give the western kitchen time to prepare?
This made the eunuch in the Baochaosi very frightened, as he knew best how to carry out this plan.
Now it seems that half of the battle has failed!
The West Kitchen first withstood the influx of palace staff from the Treasury Department. Not only did they make proper arrangements and cook quickly, they were also able to allow them to leave quickly after their meal.
Then there were these rude soldiers who happened to be on patrol and couldn't get there right away.
These two preparations all failed, which is really infuriating.
When the news reached the chief steward of the Imperial Treasury Department, he immediately turned pale.
But after thinking about it, he still had no idea where so many people came from in the western kitchen. There were eight pots, two people per pot, and with the side dishes, there were only three people in total.
There are twenty-four people in total.
In the end, there were still seven or eight people watching at the door and watching halfway.
So there are only a dozen people left in the kitchen?
Are they busy enough?
The answer is definitely yes. It is hard work for more than a dozen people to knead the dough and cut the vegetables, but it can definitely be done.
Since we are making beef bone noodle soup today, it doesn’t require too complicated steps.
But the delay in the arrival of the guards from Lingtai Gate surprised the Deputy Prime Minister of the West Kitchen.
Could it be that the head of the Imperial Food Department went to mediate, asking them to come back for dinner later to give the Western Kitchen some breathing room?
Su Wan was also curious, but they were relieved that the guards from Lingtai Gate did not come.
It's okay for the palace maids, and even for the guards in the Imperial Household Department.
However, the guards in front of the palace gates cannot be summoned to guard the imperial gates without some wealth and background. They are much more difficult to deal with than the people in the Treasury Department.
Su Wan also felt that it was because of the face of the chief of the Imperial Food Department that she was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
But the officer himself was somewhat puzzled and could only say that it was a coincidence that the boss from Lingtai Gate came.
What she was about to do was just beginning.
At this time, many people from all palaces were heading towards the Baochao Division with only one purpose, which was to collect this month's items.
As everyone knows, Baochaosi makes toilet paper, and it cannot be without this thing.
Originally it was only provided to the royal family and nobles in the palace, but now toilet paper has become somewhat popular, especially the low-grade toilet paper, which is distributed every month in every palace.
The responsibilities of the Baochaosi ranged from research and development to production to delivery to various places in the palace.
That’s why it has such a huge scale of one thousand people.
Many people came to the Baochao Department one after another, and they asked for two or five carts.
What?
Have something but can’t deliver it?
Why?
Of course, it was because almost everyone in the Baochao Division had gone to eat! More than a hundred people came back here and there, and there were not enough people!
The palace maid assigned by the Shangshenjian frowned and said, "What kind of nonsense is this? A Dasi with a thousand people didn't arrange anyone to be on duty? They actually went to eat together. You Baochaosi really have rules."
It would have been fine if they had just assigned a palace maid, but then came the seventh-rank official from the Guanglu Temple, frowning deeply: "Why don't you assign someone to be on duty? How are we going to do this job?"
In addition, a few junior managers also came from the internal transport warehouse.
The eunuch from the Baochaosi could no longer bear it and hurried to find the general manager.
But the steward had already run away, heading straight for the inner palace. When he heard that people from various palaces came to take things but there was no one on the Treasury Department, he already knew what was going on.
The head of the Imperial Food Department retaliated with the same tactic.
In this game, the powerful people were completely defeated.
You know, it has been a long time since this noble man lost so undignifiedly.
The most important thing is that this time they are making a big fuss to squeeze out the Western Kitchen.
We lost just like that?
This plan seems perfect no matter how you look at it.
But the others were just extras. The most important thing was that the western kitchen could prepare meals on its own without any help from other places. This was the most important reason for the noble man’s complete defeat.
If the western kitchen doesn’t cook good food.
If it is not done in time.
If it doesn’t taste good!
They all had their own explanations, but the western kitchen refused to rely on anyone and completed the dinner on its own.
They can handle the sudden increase of more than a thousand people!
Judging from the situation, even if the guards from Lingtai Gate went there, it probably wouldn't make much difference and supplies could still be delivered in time.
The manager of the Baochao Department walked in a hurry. He wanted to tell the nobleman about this matter as soon as possible, and at the same time avoid the people who came to the Baochao Department to ask for things, and then think about the next countermeasures.
As soon as the manager of the Treasury Department ran away, the Western Kitchen also got the news. Not only the palace servants in the Western Kitchen, even the palace servants who were eating at the Treasury Department breathed a sigh of relief.
When gods fight, people like them suffer and they can’t even enjoy their delicious food!
Seeing groups of people from the Baochao Division going out, every one of them would praise the delicious food in the west kitchen.
In less than an hour, all those who needed to be sent away had been sent away, and the palace maids who came again were all familiar faces, including those from the Imperial Household Department, the Imperial Treasure Department, and the old treasury department.
The line blocking the door was also removed.
No!
Anyway, there is no need to crowd!
A small cheer broke out in the west kitchen.
Done!
We didn't let the people from the Baochao Division succeed! They managed it.
Deputy Prime Minister Xi even hugged Su Wan and kissed her: "You are such a lucky little star."
Su Wan was a little embarrassed and quickly said, "No, it's the result of everyone's joint efforts."
That’s what they said, but everyone understood that without Su Wan’s quick thinking and the broth she prepared, how could the problem be solved so easily?
Su Wan calmed herself down and looked at the four bowls of thick, white beef bone soup that she had specially reserved.
She decided to make the beef ramen that she had promised to the four stewards, and thank them for their help this time, especially the steward of the Shangbaojian guards. If it weren't for him, it wouldn't have been so easy to get through today.
Upon hearing this, Deputy Prime Minister Xi also agreed with Su Wan's words, but seeing that she was neither arrogant nor impatient, he always felt that something was different.
Everyone else was happy because of their great success, but Su Wan was still so calm. She looked smiling, but it seemed like she didn't care that much?
Deputy Prime Minister Xi shook his head. Su Wan was somewhat magical.
The magical Su Wan was meditating in the corner at this time.
Finished.
There are four bowls of soup base, but there are five people, and Yan Pei hasn’t eaten yet!
It should be okay to even it out?
Su Wan put the soup base on low heat and added a little water, otherwise it would have been gone in a short while.
Then put the dough that had been prepared earlier.
The dough for ramen is different from the hand-rolled dough in the cafeteria. This dough is obviously more chewy and has been kneaded repeatedly.
In the corner of the large kitchen, the ordinary-looking dough turned into noodles of even thickness in Su Wan's hands.
The noodles become long, flexible, and of uniform thickness.
But when he was eating ramen, the palace servants next to him were almost dazzled.
Is this noodles?!
Why does it look so fancy?
The pulled noodles are naturally very different from the usual cut noodles, they are actually round! And so thin!
As she was talking, Su Wan had already prepared five servings, divided them into two portions, and placed them in the bowls one by one.
The beef bone soup also contains beef liver and other spices. When it boils over high heat, the rich aroma hits you in the face.
This is the real broth. The broth is evenly poured on the Su Wanla noodles, which look particularly white and tender. This bowl of noodles does not contain any green vegetables, but only uses coriander and garlic sprouts.
The noodles were topped with some chopped beef and offal, which were specially left by Su Wan. The quantity was already very small.
Finally, drizzle the fragrant chili oil that has been prepared in advance. This chili oil is not spicy, but very fragrant.
These few bowls are the real beef ramen.
The broth is rich and aromatic, and the noodles are chewy and delicate. Just by looking at them, you know that they will taste absolutely good.
It’s okay, the four stewards and Yan Pei’s are all here!
The four eunuchs asked the palace maids from the Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Treasure Department to deliver the food, while Yan Pei could just put the food in the food box and take it over, since it was in the small kitchen and very close.
When Su Wan arrived at the small kitchen, Yan Pei was already there. He lit an oil lamp and was reading under it, looking very focused. However, he had already noticed Su Wan as soon as she entered the room, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.
After putting the food box on the table, Yan Pei spoke first, which was rare: "How is the western kitchen?"
"That's fine, we can just get by anyway." Just as Su Wan was about to take out the bowl of noodles, Yan Pei said, "Hot it up, I'll do it."
At Yan Pei's place, Su Wan couldn't help but say more: "The people from the Baochao Division are easy to deal with, and fortunately the guards from the Lingtai Gate didn't come, so it's actually not that difficult to deal with."
Yan Pei nodded slightly after hearing about Lingtaimen: "I also heard that the boss from Lingtaimen is coming to inspect, so we have to postpone the meal."
"That's what I heard. It's a coincidence. Our western kitchen isn't that busy anymore."
The two of them chatted briefly, but Su Wan couldn't stop for too long today. She had to hurry back to the kitchen because the food there wasn't ready yet. There were many people eating, so there must be more things to do.
Before Su Wan even entered the kitchen, she heard a commotion inside.
"This tastes so good, why haven't I come here to eat before?"
"The western kitchen made beef ramen specially for me. What are you eating?"
"What's wrong with eating your bowl of noodles? We are all guards. Look at me, then look at yourself. Eat less."
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