"I wonder what the crayfish is like? I'm really looking forward to it!"
"Yes! But I guess something that can be cooked by the emperor himself must be extraordinary!"
"Why aren't you here yet? I'm so looking forward to it...!"
The princes waited anxiously, feeling that the delicacies in front of them suddenly no longer smelled good.
The concubines were all looking forward to it.
Ying Zheng also put down his wine glass and started chatting with Lian'er, waiting for the crayfish from Little Zhengtai.
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"Okay, serve them all!"
In the imperial dining room, Ying Feiyu took off his scarf and clapped his two little hands.
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the little eunuchs walked towards Huayang Palace carrying food boxes one by one.
"Have you all learned it?"
Then, Ying Feiyu looked at the imperial chefs and asked.
"Go back to Your Majesty the Crown Prince, you have learned everything!"
All the royal chefs said in unison.
"Okay, practice it later, or else one day my father will remember that he wants to eat crayfish, and if you can't do it, I won't care!"
"yes!"
After a few words of explanation, Ying Feiyu and Fusu left the imperial dining room and headed to Huayang Hall.
After arriving at Huayang Hall, the whole hall was filled with the smell of crayfish.
"Hmm! It smells good!"
Ying Feiyu took a deep breath and showed a satisfied expression.
"Royal brother, this crayfish has been served for a long time, why did you just come back!"
"Yes! If you don't come back, Father won't let us use our chopsticks!"
"Your Majesty, please hurry up and sit down at the table. Our saliva is almost drooling...!"
After seeing Ying Feiyu's figure, all the princes and princesses started complaining as if they were joking.
"Isn't it right? After the servants left, I only told the imperial chef a few words. Why did it take so long?"
Ying Feiyu curled his lips.
He didn't even have time to make a cup of tea, what these guys said was too exaggerated!
"When you have delicious food, but you can't eat it, it's like living like a year!"
Ying Yinman laughed jokingly.
"Okay! Feiyu, hurry up and take your seats, everyone is waiting for you!"
One after another delicious and delicious crayfish was brought up. Not only the princes and princesses were anxious, but even Ying Zheng was impatient.
But since he, the cook, was not at the table, they were too embarrassed to use their chopsticks first!
"okay!"
Ying Feiyu responded and came to his table.
Smell the tempting crayfish and be intoxicated!
It's a pity that we are missing a few bottles of beer!
"Ouch! My teeth!"
Before he could take action, Ying Yinman's voice came again.
Then he was seen covering his mouth in pain.
"Feiyu, what is this? It doesn't taste good at all! It makes my teeth hurt!"
After saying that, he threw the crayfish aside on the chopsticks.
In this era, the water quality is very good and there are no pollutants. The crayfish are very big and their shells are very thick and very hard.
This was the first time Ying Yinman saw this thing. He thought it was just like other foods and could be eaten directly.
Unexpectedly, I almost knocked out my front teeth!
Upon hearing this, everyone else was stunned, looked at the crayfish that was about to be eaten, and then silently put it back on the plate!
"After working on it for a long time, the aroma of this thing is amazing, but the taste is not good, and it is also very hard!"
"Who knows! I just picked it up and before I could taste it, I heard an exclamation!"
"The eldest princess and the prince have a very good relationship. They are definitely not pretending. I guess they really are not that good...!"
Several concubines began to discuss quietly in private.
Faced with everyone's doubts, Ying Feiyu didn't say a word of explanation, and just peeled off the skin of the crayfish, revealing the snow-white tender meat.
Dip it in some soup and it will be so delicious!
"Yeah! That's what it smells like!"
The delicious crayfish enters your mouth, and its fresh and tender texture immediately sweeps through your entire mouth, leaving you with endless aftertaste.
"Oh, I see!"
Seeing this scene, everyone immediately understood.
"I asked why this crayfish is so hard. It turns out that it needs to be shelled!"
After coming to his senses, Ying Yinman followed Xiao Zhengtai's example and got the tender lobster meat.
"Yeah! Delicious!"
He kept chirping his little mouth and nodding his head.
The other princes, princesses and concubines followed suit and threw the peeled lobster meat into their mouths, showing expressions of surprise.
"I'm just telling you! If this crayfish isn't delicious, the prince wouldn't be able to bring it all the way back to our Daqin for development!"
"Yes! We people have never even left Xianyang, let alone a foreign country. How can we understand these things?"
"That's right! We should let Qi'er have more contact with the prince in the future, so that they can learn more...!"
After seeing the deliciousness of crayfish, those concubines who were skeptical immediately changed their minds and looked full of flattery.
After Ying Zheng tasted it, his eyes lit up, "Hmm! This crayfish tastes really good!"
"Of course, no matter how you cook it, it's delicious!"
Ying Feiyu nodded proudly.
Even if this thing is cooked in the backward cooking method of the past, if it is cooked directly in water, it will taste extremely delicious!
"Yeah! This garlic one is more delicious, it has a different flavor!"
"I think the boiled ones are fresher!"
"What! It's still spicy and enjoyable...!"
The princes used chopsticks at first, but found it difficult to peel off the hard shell of crayfish, so they all followed the example of Shota and peeled the shell with both hands.
At this time, everyone's hands were covered with soup and they couldn't stop praising them.
"Your Majesty, why don't you let your slaves peel it off for you?"
When Jing Fu, the personal eunuch, saw Ying Zheng peeling off the hard shells one by one, he helped Ying Zheng wipe away the soup and said.
"No! It's more delicious if I peel it with my own hands!"
Ying Zheng raised his hand to stop him.
"Father is right. Without the shelling process, the crayfish would have lost its soul and would not taste so delicious!"
Ying Feiyu sat in his seat and nodded repeatedly.
At this time, his hands were also covered with various soups, and it had even flowed down his arms and into his sleeves!
But he still enjoyed eating it!
During the entire banquet, almost no one moved their chopsticks for other dishes, and everyone focused all their attention on the crayfish!
"Haha! This meal is really enjoyable. I will eat crayfish every day from now on!"
After the banquet was over, Ying Zheng returned to his palace to rest with satisfaction.
The next day, Ying Feiyu specially published the appearance of crayfish in the newspaper, so that people should not panic after seeing it.
"Does this mean that we also have crayfish in Daqin?"
"Yeah! It should be!"
"That's just right. I didn't get enough of it last time on Wo Island!"
"That's right! I only ate a little!"
"Why don't we go catch crayfish together and have a good time at home?"
"Okay, okay, let's go together...!"
This report didn't matter. The navy who followed Ying Feiyu to Wo Island immediately remembered the deliciousness of crayfish and hurried to the fields and ponds to catch shrimps.
Some people even made direct offers to buy them.
At first, the people were very puzzled as to what the purpose of collecting these strange-looking insects was.
In order to make money, many people went out to catch crayfish.
But after accidentally tasting it, I couldn’t help myself, and no one wanted to sell it anymore!
There aren't many of these things in stock right now, so why not stay here and have a taste?
