Xu Qin was frightened all night and battled wits and courage with Zhu Di and his son. He was really tired. I slept until noon.
But it was a gloomy day, and it seemed like it was going to snow.
In his memory, it rarely snowed in Nanjing, and it also rained in Dongtian. However, the weather in the Ming Dynasty was different from that in later generations.
It had snowed heavily some time ago, quite a bit.
For those working in Beijing, I'm afraid this heavy snow would have become a disaster.
Xu Qin sighed with emotion, and then told the maid that we should eat hot pot. There is nothing more pleasant than eating hot pot with the maid in this weather.
There are records of eating hot pot in the Song Dynasty, and also in the Ming Dynasty. But compared with later generations, it is not so professional.
In other words, the style is different. Maybe people in the Ming Dynasty thought that the food eaten by later generations was not authentic. Anyway, this thing depends on your preference.
Having just solved a big problem and made a lot of money, he decided to lie down completely. When this mood comes, naturally there is no way to stop it.
Just have a bite of the hot pot at noon, and in the afternoon I will find a blacksmith to specially modify the hot pot.
He even fried the bottom of the pot in butter according to his memory, adding dogwood, pepper, fragrant leaves and other things he could find.
I hired a carpenter and used a small plane to shave the mutton and beef into thin slices, and prepared various dipping sauces myself.
In the evening, a hot brass hot pot was served. The four beautiful maids and Yun He felt that the young master was wasting food when they saw the meat and vegetables being rinsed with boiling water and eaten.
Why do you need a cook to eat like this?
However, after taking a bite, I was immediately conquered by the taste. I sucked on my bright red lips and ate it. Soon I was so hot that I couldn't put on my clothes.
Hong Shu first unbuttoned his coat to reveal his close-fitting undergarment. When the others saw that the young master had no objection, they immediately imitated his example and were all sweating profusely.
Xu Qin felt that the taste of the beef eyes and dried seafood was better than that of later generations, but the seasoning was not that interesting. However, this uncontaminated tongue and taste still feel very good.
"What is it? It smells like cattle and sheep." Xu Miaojin came in after hearing the words.
The maids and Yun He were so frightened that they hurriedly got up, but all of them were disheveled.
Fortunately, this is an inner house, and it is Xu Qin's inner courtyard. Xu Miaojin doesn't care as long as it doesn't go too far.
Seeing how happy they were eating, I gave it a try. The result was out of control and could never be stopped.
"Then with such delicious food, why don't you miss your aunt?" Xu Miaojin's cheeks turned red after eating, and she cried out happily with sweat on her forehead.
"I just had a whim today. The utensils have just been made, and the seasonings and pot bottom are barely adequate. I will send them to my aunt when they are perfected another day."
Xu Qin said as he rinsed a chopstick of mutton.
Seeing that the mutton was almost gone, Xu Miaojin took it away with chopsticks. He could only take out one chopstick of vermicelli and eat it.
"Aunt, brother, what are you eating?" Xu Hao got into the house and asked.
Xu Qin promised to find him a teacher, but there was no news after he left. Xu Hao came to see him several times, but he was never there.
Today I finally heard that my brother had finished his work. I hurried over to look for it. Who knew that I met my brother eating something strange?
He was a little afraid of Xu Miaojin and seemed very restrained.
"Arrange a set of dishes and chopsticks for him." Xu Qin said. Soon the maid made arrangements for Xu Hao.
"No need, brother, I came here after eating. I came to see brother just to ask, how is the matter of inviting the wife?" Xu Hao glanced at Xu Miaojin and asked.
Xu Miaojin ignored him at all, and his mother didn't like him either.
"I forgot. I will arrange it for you tomorrow. You can try it first." Xu Qin gave him a chopstick of beef slices.
Xu Hao took a bite carefully and his eyes lit up. Well, this thing has its own flavor.
It's a pity that Xu Hao is a little doormat, and he doesn't dare to enjoy Xu Miaojin's food here. And he also needs to have a very eye-catching waiter to help with the meat.
"What is this?"
Xu Huizu came in and felt hurt when he looked at the table and the family. Didn't they take me with them to eat delicious food?
Originally, I pretended to be a master at the door with my son last night, waiting for my son to come to say hello the next day, and then have an in-depth communication.
Who knew that after waiting all morning, my son slept all morning.
It's very hard to know that my son and Mr. Xia will have to reconcile the accounts until dawn. I'll forgive him if he doesn't come.
After waiting all afternoon, it still came. When I found out that this guy was both a blacksmith and a carpenter, I didn't know what he was tinkering with.
Maybe he was tinkering with the firecracker. Xu Huizu had seen that thing before, so it was naturally a murderous weapon. This son of ours is indeed the son of a general, and he has the legacy of his ancestors.
Xu Huizu thought that his son must be hiding something more powerful. All the things left outside were rags, but the really good things were hidden in the house.
The blacksmith and carpenter must be making better ones.
Little did he know that this was just a misunderstanding. The unlucky son was making hot pot and preparing for Mao Dong.
So he waited patiently, but he didn't expect to see her at night. And I heard that Xu Miaojin and her youngest son Xu Hao both passed away.
Xu Huizu, who couldn't wait any longer to talk to his son, came directly to kill him. Then I found that the whole family had good food, but they didn’t take it with them.
"I'm just going to have hot pot, how come I've got so many things together? Who else in our family isn't here?" Xu Qin asked, it might as well be a family gathering.
Xu Miaojin shook his head, and Xu Huizu shook his head. It seems that these are the only people in the Wei Guogong Mansion.
Xu Hao weakly raised his head.
"My aunt..." Xu Hao said.
As a concubine, he could only call his biological mother aunt, and Xu Qin's mother was his mother.
This is where feudal society does not respect human rights.
Xu Huizu remained calm and looked at his eldest son Xu Qin. Xu Miaojin didn't take it seriously at all.
This can be seen at once, everyone's family status.
"Meisu, go and invite your aunt over. Just tell her that my father invited her." Xu Qin said.
Xu Hao immediately became happy. Xu Huizu also smiled and gave his son a chopstick of vermicelli, keeping the beef for himself.
"Young Master, there's not enough meat." Chi Su came over and whispered.
"There's not enough meat. Ask the carpenter to work harder and plan more." Xu Qin received it without even raising his head.
Xu Huizu felt strange, what would happen if you didn't find a cook or a carpenter when you ran out of meat? When he saw the carpenter cutting the frozen beef and mutton into small slices, he realized that it could be eaten like this.
After a while, Xu Hao's mother came. She was startled and asked, "What is going on?" After sitting down uneasily, he consciously served Xu Huizu.
As a result, Xu Hao was miserable, and he completely became a waiter for the bureau. His mother's status was not much better than that of a maid, but she was her mother after all, and she had to do the waiting work herself.
"Son, this is good. If you add some wolfberry, ginseng, and astragalus as the base of the pot, and add beef and mutton, it will be a great supplement. If there are many women in your room, you can eat more."
Xu Huizu pointed to the copper pot and said.
At first glance, he seems to be an expert in food, and he can make effective suggestions so quickly.
But one sentence made a bunch of maids blush.
"I will make two more someday, and you will eat more. Work hard and join me in helping the old Xu family grow and try to give me some younger brothers next year."
Xu Qin and Xu Huizu said very seriously.
Xu Miaojin burst into laughter and almost spit out the vermicelli from her mouth. How could he have such an unruly son?
"Drink, drink." Xu Huizu raised his glass with a red face.
This son says anything. That’s what I think. You can’t say that either.
After finishing the hot pot meal, Xu Huizu took Xu Qin for a walk in Zhanyuan. This Zhanyuan was a garden given to Xu Da by Zhu Yuanzhang and was very famous in Yingtian Mansion.
It is especially famous for its rockeries, but the scenery is not as good this winter, and it will be amazing in spring and summer.
Xu Qin, who had seen many gardens and mountains in later generations, didn't think anything of it. It just feels big.
"That's what you thought of the fire blunderbuss. Is there anything better?" Xu Huizu asked.
Xu Qin was shocked. After his father was indeed a famous general, he actually knew that there was a better one.
In fact, he misunderstood. Xu Huizu thought that he was hiding something secret and could not hand over the best thing.
Xu Qin thought that Xu Huizu saw the future of musket development.
"How do you know about the fire gun?" Xu Qin suddenly asked.
This fire blunderbuss was always made in the military camp, and no one except Luo Zhong and his men knew about it.
It is estimated that Duke Dingguo and Zhu Di know about it now.
Then while he was stunned, Xu Huizu asked someone to bring over a firecracker. It was very well-forged, and the face and butt were made of rosewood.
In addition to this, there are also gunpowder, horn powder packets, iron sand bullets, and even gunpowder in the horn powder packets.
"I'm not deaf or blind. Tell me, father, how else can this thing be modified? And what kind of tactics should this thing be used with?" Xu Huizu asked enthusiastically.
Xu Qin understood that he was using a blacksmith from the Xu family. How could the old man not know?
He stared at Xu Huizu and said in his heart, I want to tell you, if you don't know how to backhand, just organize a musketeer team for Emperor Jianwen.
That's no joke.
