While Sun Simiao was chatting with Wang San, in Qin Wangzhuang, Li Ke and Li Shimin had finally prepared all the vegetables, cut the meat slices, and the chef over there had fried the butter in the pan. I also took the bottom.
Li Ke did not make the hot pot base too spicy. It can only be said to be a little spicy. After all, Empress Changsun and the others are not very good at eating chili peppers. Li Ke also specially made a butter pot base without chili peppers.
"What material is the bottom of this pot made of? It smells delicious!" Li Shimin relaxed his nose and asked curiously.
Now everyone is gathered around three tables. Under the three tables are three iron stoves. A round wooden table is carefully built around the stoves. This is also an ingenious idea of later generations. Inside this iron stove What was put there was not coal, but specially made smokeless charcoal.
Put the prepared charcoal in the middle, and then light the hot pot directly. After a while, the hot pot will be boiled. Just add the meat and vegetables and you can eat.
"Butter pot." Li Ke said casually.
"Don't you know that the law of the Tang Dynasty prohibits killing cattle casually?" Li Shimin glared at Li Ke.
"I didn't kill it casually. This cow was brought back from Xizhou. Other cows like to bask in the sun after they come back. It doesn't like to bask in the sun. It doesn't like to exercise and always stays in the cow pen. Today it doesn't like to bask in the sun. If it doesn't like to work and contribute tomorrow, I'll kill it as a warning to others." Li Ke said casually.
Li Shimin: "..." You are even more outrageous than Cheng Yaojin.
Changle and others couldn't stop laughing, but no one said anything. Empress Changsun glared at Li Shimin: "Erlang, maybe I made a mistake in getting you food? How much animal power did he bring back to Datang from Xizhou last year? Not only They are plowing oxen, and they have also improved the curved shaft plow so that draft horses, draft horses, and even donkeys can plow the land. What's wrong with him eating some beef?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Look, I didn't say anything. I was just asking." Li Shimin waved his hand casually, and then glanced at Li Ke secretly.
Li Ke pretended not to see it, but calmly waited for the water in the pot to boil.
"Third brother, when can third brother eat it? It smells so good. Si Zi is hungry." Jin Yang said over there, drooling.
"Snack food, hurry up, hurry up, you can eat it when the water boils." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Third brother, this is really great. I have never had hot pot that tastes like this." Baling and the others are also looking forward to it. Each of these princesses has been trained by Li Ke to become snack food. Now The children are all waiting here.
"Hahaha, third brother will prepare delicious food for you in the afternoon!" Li Ke was very proud.
Li Chengqian and the others are also looking forward to it, after all, the hot pot smells good! Especially these lamb and beef ones are great!
Soon, the water in the hot pot boiled, and everyone immediately poured in a lot of beef and mutton. Although Datang already had hot pot, there was naturally a big gap between it and modern hot pot. The spices alone were not on the same level. , so when the rich fragrance spread, even Queen Changsun couldn't help but salivate.
Plates of chopped beef and mutton were put in separately. After entering the pot, they quickly sank to the bottom, and then quickly started to boil again. Li Ke had people prepare the dipping sauce, which he also took out from the kitchen, but instead of preparing sesame paste, he prepared something that Datang could make.
Sesame oil, chopped green onion, coriander, minced garlic, and a little fermented bean curd.
Simply perfect! It's a pity that the leek flower is not ready yet. If it is ready, those who like it can put some in it.
Everyone started to scoop up the meat from the pot, and Li Ke naturally scooped up a chopstick of mutton, put it in his own bowl, and then ate it with dipping sauce.
"Huh" Li Ke exhaled with satisfaction. The smell of mutton matched with the spicy hot pot base. The familiar feeling came back. Li Ke had the urge to cry. It's not easy! After so many years, I have a familiar taste again, and I should be able to eat it often in the future.
Although the people around him have changed, his relationship with these people has been inseparable.
Li Ke finished the meat in the bowl in two mouthfuls, and then simply opened the bottle next to him and poured a little for each of Li Shimin and Li Chengqian. "Brother, if you quit sugar, I won't give you this."
"Queen Mother, Changle, you can all drink it, Si Zi, you can't. This is wine, although it's not strong, but it's not good for children." Li Ke said with a smile.
Li Ke mixed the wine with white sugar. Anyway, he just thought it tasted good. Why did he care so much? These wines were also shipped back from the Western Regions, so there was nothing wrong with the wine.
Si Zi, Gao Yang and the others are not interested in this, they are more interested in eating.
Li Ke picked up the wine glass and motioned for everyone to raise their glasses. Li Shimin didn't care that Li Ke came to start it, and he also raised his glass and everyone drank one. Li Shimin nodded and said with satisfaction: "This wine is good, not like the wine I have drunk before. It’s so bitter, you can send some to the palace when the time comes.”
"No problem." Li Ke said casually.
"Third brother, your place is really nice. Father, can I celebrate the New Year here?" Chengyang finished eating the innermost meat, swallowed it in his stomach, and then asked quickly.
Li Shimin was a little speechless, can it be okay? Food is good, housing is good, and fun is good, but what if you are not happy?
"Let's talk about it then. I'll probably have to go back during the Chinese New Year. If not, you can come if you want to come after the Chinese New Year." Li Shimin thought about it and was not restrained. Many of his daughters are already old enough to get married. , I will definitely get married within a year or two at most.
At that time, it was really not easy to get together like today.
"Wow! Long live my father!" Jinyang was so happy that he even forgot about table manners and started cheering before he could swallow the meat in his mouth.
The little guys from Chengyang and Gao Yang also cheered, and the atmosphere at the table suddenly became lively, and everyone was laughing and happy.
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In the Royal Palace, Liangyi Hall, Li Taizheng looked at the memorial in front of him with a sad face. There was lunch next to it. It wasn't that he didn't want to have lunch, but that he had a clue about this memorial. If he didn't take the opportunity to deal with it, After that, he was afraid that he would forget these clues and features later.
So Li Taizheng is sitting here, eating a few snacks to cushion his stomach, and drinking tea to replenish his stomach. He will finish this memorial first, otherwise the whole morning will not be in vain. This memorial was brought here by Wei Guogong , there were so many comments and comments in it, and he couldn't decide which one to use, so he had to look for information on each one first.
Outside Liangyi Palace, Li Zhi glanced secretly from the door, and then ran away bitterly. He was so miserable. He was left alone in the palace by Aye because of academic problems. He heard that Aye They all went to the third brother's place to have fun. Woohoo, I wanted to go too, but I was left alone.
Today, he finally finished his homework early in the morning, and was alone at lunch. He heard that the fourth brother was dealing with something, and he wanted to run over and have dinner with the fourth brother. It was too boring to eat alone, but he saw it when he came to the door. The scene where the fourth brother was sweating profusely while doing official business.
Especially the memorials piled up in front of the fourth brother made Li Zhi's scalp numb. He could still eat. The fourth brother couldn't even eat at the moment and had snacks while reviewing.
Li Zhi was so frightened that he ran away quickly. It was so scary. Wuwuwuwu, why didn't I go to Third Brother's place? Fortunately, I am better than Fourth Brother!
