Fortunately, the cook, Lao Zhao, went to the private room to eat with General Xu.
But when it came time to serve the meal, the palace servants in the West Kitchen really didn't know whether they should give it to them. If they didn't give it to them, it seemed unreasonable, but if they gave it to them, they didn't eat in the West Kitchen anyway.
The Armory has its own small kitchen, so there is no need to eat in the western dining room.
Moreover, because the chief of the Imperial Food Department was not here, the officials on both sides were still in the Imperial Kitchen and had not come yet, so it was difficult to make a decision.
Finally, everyone looked at Su Wan, and Su Wan waved her hands helplessly.
One more person is okay, but any more is not okay.
Who knew that with one more person, the food would not be the portion for one person.
It is no exaggeration to say that General Xu and his cook Lao Zhao ate enough food for five or six people.
Fortunately, the Western Kitchen now has sufficient funding for food, so that's all that matters.
But as they were eating, the cook Lao Zhao discovered that the tableware used by other people in the west kitchen was different from that of the people in the compartment. It was not that he was slow, but that he was only focusing on the delicious food and did not pay attention to these details.
Moreover, General Xu and his companions did not have to get their own food; it was all delivered by the people from the western kitchen, so they naturally benefited from General Xu's help.
Not only the cook Lao Zhao discovered it.
The palace servants who came to the West Kitchen to eat also discovered something different today.
When the left and right officials hurried over, they saw the palace servants from various departments of the West Outer Palace talking about something, but they were still following the rules and taking their time to receive their meals.
Today is a bit troublesome, I'll take it easy if I can.
The two of them should have come a long time ago, but the Shangshi Department is short-staffed now, and only the Deputy Prime Minister of the North and the Deputy Prime Minister of the West remain in the palace, and they are also dealing with things.
After arriving now, he felt relieved when he saw the palace servants taking new plates according to Su Wan's request.
That’s right, today is the first day of June, and the new plates are already in use.
It is all custom-made with wood, and it is also the most important thing the Chief of the Imperial Food Department ordered before accompanying him to the palace. Anyway, let's try it out to see if it works.
The servants from the various departments of the West Outer Palace first lined up to get the dinner plates. Looking at the square rectangles with many grooves inside, was this plate used for rice?
While others were still confused, Wei Jun and Zhuo Hui, who had used their plates, took the lead.
Everyone saw the two of them carrying plates to the place where food was served, and saw that the four grooves on the plates contained water chestnut cakes, steamed buns, and pickles.
Because it was breakfast, there was an empty groove.
The staple food, rice rolls, is placed in the larger groove on the lower left, and a cup of scented tea is placed in the uneven groove on the right.
This is how it is used!
If we follow the previous method, we will definitely use two bowls to divide the food, but we will have to make two trips to get the food.
The most important thing is that today's water chestnut cake and steamed buns must be put together. Although today they are all dim sum, it doesn't matter if you are careful, but one is salty and the other is sweet. If they are put together, it will inevitably affect the taste.
But not now!
Now it's arranged so that each small recess can hold a piece of food and only requires one trip.
First, line up to get the plate, then line up to get the food, and finally line up to get the chopsticks. Everything is in order.
You can see with your own eyes how much time this can save.
This is certain. If plates were not convenient, why would so many canteens in later generations use them?
The left and right managers came in a hurry to maintain the situation, but they didn't have to worry at all, as the western kitchen was already running smoothly.
But why did there appear to be two more people from the Armory in the compartment?
The strict Right Chief was about to ask about the situation when he was pulled back by the Left Chief, who said, "The fifty people in the old warehouse all ate at the Armory Bureau three times a day."
His right hand moved his lips slightly. That's true. Never mind. Let's just turn a blind eye.
Moreover, the western kitchen now has sufficient ingredients, so it is indeed enough to feed four or five people.
Why four or five people?
Of course it’s because they have a big appetite.
Then I looked at the people who were having a meal in a lively atmosphere, and I felt so happy. It was worth it that everyone had been busy since yesterday and had prepared so many ingredients.
However, seeing everyone eating, the two of them also felt a little hungry. They lined up to get their meals and originally planned to go back to the west kitchen to eat.
But now he sat at the cafeteria table, eating and observing everyone's reactions.
Needless to say, the food was delicious, otherwise the picky chief steward of the Shangbaojian would be speechless and look forward to Su Wan cooking in the small kitchen every day.
At this moment in the cafeteria, ordinary palace servants were also amazed by the novel taste.
Kyoto is located in the north, and people may have never heard of southern cuisine like this. However, food is universal, and as long as it tastes good, people will love it no matter what kind of food it is.
Not to mention that this is siu mai, water chestnut cake and rice roll!
The cook, Lao Zhao, who was still stubborn at first, started eating without finishing. After he was full, he said, "Why didn't you call me earlier if there was such a good thing?"
Although the two men have different identities, they have a friendship from the battlefield and have always had a good relationship, so they don't need to be so polite when speaking to each other.
"We came here secretly. We can't let other people in the Armory know. Otherwise, how can the Western Kitchen support so many people?"
Yes, although the Bingzhang Bureau was not a place for garrisoning troops before, the previous emperor started such a rule. At its peak, there were more than 2,000 people there, and they all ate in the west kitchen. You can see that there are so many stoves in the big kitchen in the west kitchen that have not been put into use.
But now the two thousand have been gradually reduced, and recently there are only two hundred people.
But even if there were two hundred people, it would not be convenient for them all to eat in the western kitchen, because the Armory had already set up a separate small kitchen a few years ago when it was still valued by the saint.
You already have a small kitchen, why do you still eat somewhere else?
Many stories can be told from any palace in the palace.
Su Wan was beside General Xu, listening to him muttering. Anyway, the meaning was, just the two of them should come to eat! No one else from the Arms Bureau can come! You just have to refuse!
As for double standards?
General Xu pretended not to hear anything.
But when Su Wan agreed, she always felt that the gazes around her were burning, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
Cook Lao Zhao is thirty-seven this year. He entered the palace at the age of sixteen, and it has been twenty-one years now. His leg was chopped off by the enemy a few years ago, so he was lame. However, he has been fighting for many years, so it is inevitable that he will not be able to adapt to returning home for a while.
Finally, General Xu said that the army was also short of cooks, so he asked him to stay.
Unexpectedly, he did this for several years and was promoted from the border to the Imperial Palace Armory.
He was a skilled cook when he was a soldier, and although he is not a skilled cook now, he feels that he is as good as anyone.
Today I ate the food made by Su Wan and I felt it was magical.
The food Su Wan cooks is really delicious!
He is not as selfish as General Xu. If he can learn the cooking skills of the Western Kitchen, can he cook for his brothers in the Armory?
When Su Wan heard this, she was almost in tears!
Selfish?
Su Wan looked at General Xu who pretended not to hear anything.
Is this selfish? It's clearly a double act. If I were really a little girl, I would have been fooled!
One of them pretended that the food was so delicious that he and Lao Zhao came here secretly, but he did not allow other people from the Armory Bureau to come here.
Cook Lao Zhao said a few more words, telling the whole story from when he joined the army to when he retired.
Those things really touched Su Wan. Such powerful soldiers, fortunately their current situation is not bad.
But then the topic changed to learning cooking skills from the western kitchen!
Not to mention the little girl, if someone older was confused like this, he would definitely be confused!
After all, I just want to learn how to cook these foods!
Then just say it!
Su Wan raised her eyebrows: "What a pity, this matter is not something that a little maid like me can decide. The person on duty now is the right supervisor of the West Kitchen. You should go ask them."
???
The right hon. How can they convince him?
Knowing that it would be difficult to negotiate, he took a roundabout way to save the situation and found Su Wan!
In fact, it is not impossible for someone to come to the Western Kitchen to learn how to cook if he or she wants to go to other places. There are so many people in the Western Kitchen, and as long as you pay attention, you will always be able to learn how to cook.
But the rest of the people can do it, but the Military Equipment Bureau is an exception.
The Western Kitchen had already been suppressed by Concubine Jiang, and the Armory Bureau proposed to build a separate small kitchen at that time, which dealt a heavy blow to the Western Kitchen.
Because of this incident, Concubine Jiang transferred many people from the west kitchen, and the food ingredients were cut even more severely.
Many people also laughed at them for their terrible cooking, and even the Military Affairs Bureau had to leave.
With all these reasons, it was naturally difficult for General Xu, who was now in charge of the Armoury Bureau, to speak up. In the past, when he went to the small kitchen for meals, whenever he met the left and right chancellors of the western kitchen, he would give way to them.
Although the division of the Armoury Bureau was not done during his tenure, it was nonetheless the Armoury Bureau that brought shame to the Western Kitchen.
After he took office, the Western Kitchen had become what it was before, and it was impossible to make any delicious food. In order to reduce the pressure on the Western Kitchen, he asked the old supervisor and others to go to the Armory Bureau to take care of it, which eased the relationship with the Western Kitchen.
So difficult.
It would be more satisfying to let them fight on the battlefield than to let them think of strategies.
Su Wan listened to Yan Pei's story and finished the egg in her hand: "There is such a past."
"Well, life in the Armory Bureau isn't easy either." Seeing that she was trying hard to swallow the egg but was still choking, Yan Pei poured her a glass of water.
After Su Wan drank the water, he asked again: "Then this is the Deputy Prime Minister of Xi, and will the left and right officials agree?"
"have no idea."
After all, it is the Armoury Bureau that wants to learn how to cook. If the Chief of the Imperial Food Department is here, they can naturally ask him.
Everyone in the Shangshi Department believed in the judgment of the female officials.
But now all the people in charge of the palace have gone to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat, so Deputy Prime Minister of the West and Deputy Prime Minister of the North who stayed behind have to make the decision.
Speaking of which, among the several prime ministers and deputy prime ministers, Deputy Prime Minister Xi naturally needs no mention.
Deputy Nan Cheng was Li Rongrong's aunt and was in charge of the most powerful Nan Kitchen. Su Wan still remembered her.
Furthermore, Deputy Prime Minister Li of Zaliku is the only one whose name begins with a surname, and he leaves a good impression on us.
Only Deputy Prime Minister Bei seems to have no impression at all?
Forget it, let’s put all these aside for now. It doesn’t matter whether Su Wan teaches or not. She admires those who have walked down the battlefield, so if she wants her to watch, they are all cooking anyway, so she might as well teach.
However, Su Wan and Yan Pei complained: "In fact, they taught me, but they actually used the story to deceive me, as if they were deliberately playing a pitiful game."
"Playing the victim?" Yan Pei seemed to understand the word.
Su Wan nodded heavily: "Yes, playing the victim, that kind."
"Pretend to be pitiful in order to gain sympathy from others."
"Pretend that you have a miserable life so that people can't help but take care of you."
"No, it's not necessarily false, but it's definitely exaggerated!"
"I don't want to believe these words! I'm angry!"
Every time Su Wan said something, Xie Pei, who felt like he had an arrow in his knee, was rarely able to respond.
I always feel like something is wrong. What should I do?
I always feel like some danger is about to happen!
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