Chapter 18
Zhu Biao felt like the skin on his jaw had been burned off, but he looked at the fiery red soup with some lingering fear. Hot pot existed as early as the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial chef in the palace would make it several times every winter.
But the spiciness of hot pot was something he had never heard of before. It was completely different from the spiciness of pepper and dogwood. It was a completely different spiciness.
Even though it was quite spicy, after I recovered, I still wanted to eat it again.……
“It’s chili, I put chili!”
Zhu Heng put the meat in it very calmly. Zhu Si ate it for the first time that year, and it was not much different from him. He almost peeled off a layer of skin.
“What is chili pepper?”Zhu Yuanzhang also put the meat down, but asked with some doubts.
“Just a new seasoning……”Zhu Heng said casually:”I bought it from a merchant in the Western Regions.”
“If it tastes good, it can be popularized……”Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously thought of this. There are some fresh crops coming from the Western Regions every year.
It’s a pity that most of them can’t survive in the Ming Dynasty. The few that survive are mostly expensive and may not be useful to people’s livelihood. He doesn’t care about it.
Then he picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, dipped it in the dipping sauce like Zhu Heng did, and put it in his mouth.……
“this taste……”
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment. A spicy and delicious taste suddenly filled his mouth. The meat was also so tender that it really melted in his mouth.
It’s actually more delicious than the meat in the palace!
“Yes, yes.”When Zhu Di saw this, he immediately felt a sense of accomplishment for Amway’s success, and said happily:”Let me tell you, the food here at Zhu Heng’s place is particularly delicious.”
“The meat here is better than what we have at home, and it has such a spicy taste, it’s amazing!
However, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and glanced at him:”This is beef. It’s so tender. It must be a calf, right?””
Zhu Di opened his mouth wide and forgot to stuff it with meat. He felt like crying without tears:”This is the one raised by my brother’s family.……”
Zhu Biao also smiled bitterly and couldn’t help but put down his chopsticks.
When his father founded the country, he issued an order that did not prohibit eating beef, but prohibited the slaughter of farm cattle, and besides, these were still calves.
Only cows that have died of old age, illness, or illness can be eaten…
Even his own father sets an example and tries not to eat beef.
Zhu Heng stuffed a mouthful of meat and was speechless:”It won’t happen.”
What happened to this family?
When we were talking about taboo topics just now, everyone was more excited than the other, and now they are so pretentious about eating cows.
He glanced at poor Zhu Si, shook his head and said:”This cow was killed by a fall.”
Zhu Di nodded immediately after hearing this:”Yes, this cow was killed by a fall.””
“Where was what you ate last time? Zhu Yuanzhang said with a straight face.
“Last time… I also fell to death.”
“idiot! Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly:”Why didn’t you say that he died of illness?””
“ah?”
Zhu Di suddenly opened his mouth.
Zhu Yuanzhang said:”We don’t eat beef at home because we want to set an example for the shopkeepers below, so as to prevent them from unscrupulously abusing the clerks.”
“They will naturally be afraid”
“But here, why not eat beef if it’s available? Why do you need to wrong yourself?”
“I see!
Zhu Di was suddenly stunned and patted his thigh:”What father said makes sense!” Learned, learned”
“My father’s skills in controlling people are enough for me to learn for a lifetime.”Zhu Biao also nodded thoughtfully.
“Those who are the same on the outside are either saints or rotten scholars. No matter whether they are saints or rotten scholars, they cannot do such a big business as ours. Zhu
Yuanzhang picked up a piece of beef and tasted it slowly:”Whether you want to eat beef or not is just a trivial matter. What you have to learn is the truth.””
Zhu Heng held a piece of beef between his hands and looked at the serious expressions of these three men with a puzzled look on his face. Goosebumps almost appeared on his skin.
Do you want to be so pretentious? It
‘s just a piece of beef.
What are you talking about about controlling people? ?
And still use my beef to educate my son?……
“How big is your family’s business? Zhu Heng was speechless:”
Just eat, there is no need to seize every opportunity to educate people.””
“It’s just that there are a lot of people at home, so it’s very difficult to manage. Zhu Biao said with some emotion:”Father, this is all for our own good.””
“Yeah?”
Zhu Heng looked at Zhu Si’s devouring food suspiciously, as if he hadn’t had a full meal in eight hundred years.
I believed your ghost.
“Ahem, the main reason is that the hot pot tastes really good.
Zhu Biao couldn’t help but blush when he saw Zhu Di like that.
He put down his chopsticks, looked at the hot pots with some regret and shook his head:”But it’s better to eat less.””
“Why?”Zhu Heng was stunned.
“My eldest brother is like this. Zhu Di said in a leisurely manner while putting meat into his mouth:”If you encounter good things, you don’t eat more and use them more. It’s too torture for yourself.””
“What do you know! Zhu
Yuanzhang hit him on the head with chopsticks and glared at him:”Your eldest brother is called a pure-hearted man!” To nourish the spirit!”
This is also what he is most satisfied with about Zhu Biao. He always thinks about self-discipline and demands himself according to the standards of a saint within and a king outside.
He prefers Zhu Biao not only because he is the eldest son, but also because of his hard work.
Zhu Biao shook his head and was modest. Said:”Father praised”
“What the hell is this?”