Chapter 502: Full Support for Trade with Nanyuan
"I will tell you about this matter in detail later. You came today at the right time. The mansion has prepared a seafood feast. You must enjoy it later." Ye Qianning felt that it would be better to let them have a meal first than to say more.
"Little girl, if you have business matters, go to Great Grandpa instead of Gu Shuo. He's not very smart. Don't look at Great Grandpa's old age, he's good at making money." Old Gu was in no mood to eat.
"Grandpa, I know. Let's eat first." Ye Qianning pulled him to the huge round table and sat down.
"But……"
"Grandpa, she hasn't eaten since morning." Gu Shuo said.
Gu Lao paused and said immediately, "Let's eat first. The housekeeper will go see if the food is ready."
Gu Shuo finally knew how to control the old man.
Zhan Chi took the lead this time and sat down next to Ye Qianning.
Qian Fu and Qian Fan Ji also took their seats.
"A seafood feast, is it made entirely of aquatic products?" Qianfu was a little curious.
"Yes, they are all seafood. I heard that Grandpa Qian likes to eat fish the most and he is very picky. Today, Grandpa must give us a good review."
Qianfu laughed: "Haha, okay."
The food at the General's Mansion is all delicious, and the seafood must be good too.
Soon, the maids and servants brought up the seafood one by one, and the aroma filled the air.
There are nearly sixty dishes of seafood, including various fish, lobsters, abalone, sea cucumbers, various types of conches, and nearly ten kinds of lobsters.
There are many ways to cook it, which makes people dazzled.
There were few maids and servants in the general's mansion, so the housekeeper and guards were all used. It took several trips back and forth to serve all the seafood.
Everyone at the table was stunned, their eyes filled with shock.
"This... is so much." Old Gu exclaimed.
"This is just a small part. Let's make it first and let everyone taste it." Ye Qianning looked at the stunned crowd and urged: "Don't just look at it, try it and see how it tastes."
Qianfu loves seafood and has eaten countless of them in his life, but he had never seen anything like this before. He picked up the chopsticks and didn't know where to start.
Although Gu Shuo and Zhan Chi had heard from the little girl that there were many ways to cook, they were still quite surprised when they saw the table full of various dishes.
Just looking at the taste and colors of such a large table is enough to make one's eyes drop.
It was the first time that Qian Fanji saw so many kinds of seafood delicacies, some of which were never eaten by people in Nanyuan. And could that black one really be eaten?
"Grandpa, please try this rich shrimp." Ye Qianning picked up a whole big shrimp. The shrimps were all bought by his aunt.
Mr. Gu picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, chewing it carefully. The more he chewed, the more surprised his expression became. He swallowed it in one gulp, his face full of surprise and admiration.
"Good, delicious! Look at this, it looks like a small reptile. It turns out that small reptiles can be eaten." Gu Lao said to the others, "Try it. The meat of the small reptiles is even better than that of lobsters."
Little creep?
Ye Qianning's mouth twitched slightly. The nickname of the rich shrimp here is actually called the little reptile...
"Let me try it." Qian Fu also picked up the rich shrimp with his first chopsticks.
Others also tried it.
"It's delicious, the meat is fresh and tender, and the taste is excellent with a lingering aftertaste. It's even more tender than the meat of Fulong." Qian Fu took a bite and praised it repeatedly.
Ye Qianning didn't know what kind of dragon he was talking about. It seemed that the name of lobster, fish, aquatic products and modern aquatic products had many origins.
But it’s not a big deal. The name doesn’t matter. What matters is that it tastes good.
Gu Shuo nodded in appreciation: "Indeed, it's not bad."
"Seeing that you don't know where to start, why don't I introduce it to everyone." Ye Qianning stood up from her chair, pointed at the dish closest to her with her little finger and began: "This is baked cream lobster, garlic Boston lobster, lobster pumpkin soup, humphead wrasse, Huaiwang fish, moss fish, Bawang lobster pot, spicy squid, snow crab, golden crab roe..."
Everyone at the table was stunned. Not only was the seafood well-cooked, but the name was also weird.
Gu Shuo's expression softened as he listened to the tender and pleasant voice. Just looking at the color of the seafood on the table made people feel like they couldn't afford to eat it.
"By the way, for those who like to drink, I suggest you try these kinds of lobsters. They are all soaked in Immortal Wine before cooking, and they taste like wine." Ye Qianning pointed to the three kinds of crayfish in the middle, one of which was chilled.
"Can shrimps be soaked in wine? Let me try it." Zhan Chi is most addicted to this.
"Come on, come on, everyone, start eating." Old Gu couldn't help but start eating.
Qianfu didn't say much. He picked up his chopsticks and tried each dish one by one. He was surprised by every dish he ate. The taste was completely different from what he had tasted before.
I even feel like all the seafood I've eaten for years has been wasted.
Zhan Chi was fond of drunken crabs and iced lobsters, and in a blink of an eye, he had eaten a pile of shells.
Qian Fanji eats in a more elegant manner, and only tries one bite of each dish. Although each dish is delicious, if he eats one more bite, he will not be able to taste all the more than 60 dishes.
There were spices in the dishes that he had never tasted before.
Gu Shuo also tried a dish one by one, and after eating more than ten dishes, he was already conquered. Such taste would definitely be suitable for opening a seafood restaurant. No wonder the little kid was so confident.
There are hundreds of different cooking methods, any one of which can be used as a signature dish.
Before Ye Qianning taught his aunt how to cook seafood, he first tried to make ingredients such as cheese, seafood floss, and seasonings.
The seasoning is a kind of seed that can be used as a spice in the space book. It is ground after it matures and added to seafood to enhance the flavor of the meat.
A meal usually ends in about an incense stick, but today it took everyone more than an hour to finish.
Most of the sixty or so dishes on the table were eaten.
After eating and drinking, the group of people at the table didn't move, but leaned back in their chairs with satisfaction.
"It's delicious, delicious, it's really worthy of being a seafood feast." Mr. Gu leaned back in his chair and savored the taste.
"Black lumps can be made so delicious. What kind of seafood can't be eaten?" It was Qianfu's first time to eat sea urchin. He was not used to it at the first bite, but the more he ate, the more delicious it seemed.
"Xianrenzui and the imperial banquet are nothing compared to these seafood. Once this dish becomes famous, I think it will surpass the best restaurant in the world." Zhan Chi is very much looking forward to the seafood-themed restaurant.
Gu Shuo didn't say anything, but it was easy to see from his expression that he was very appreciative and satisfied.
"No wonder you want to cooperate with Nanyuan." Qian Fanji hit the point.
Ye Qianning smiled: "Minister Qian still understands."
"What do you know?" Mr. Gu was puzzled.
"The seafood from the three kingdoms is not as fresh as that from Nanyuan. There are also many fish, shrimps and crabs that are not available in the other three kingdoms. They taste much better than this when cooked." Ye Qianning said.
Gu Lao's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"Well, if the food we eat today is made with seafood from Nanyuan, the taste will be much better." The deep-sea fish from the South China Sea are the best.
(End of this chapter)
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