In the early summer of the sixth year of Shaosheng, in the inner court of the Song Dynasty, the lotus flowers in the ponds bloomed earlier than in previous years.

The light red and light white lotus has always been a model of the fragrance and the brighter it is.

However, this time, the lotus flowers bloomed outside the Dongtou Lecture Hall in the palace may not be able to be clearly smelled no matter whether they are far or near.

The smell of coffee will completely snatch away the presence.

Three kinds of diets that have greatly improved their presence in the sense of smell in later generations—hot pot, coffee, and instant noodles.

On the first anniversary of this life, Yao Huan, the time traveler, came to the first anniversary of this life. Thanks to the gift of Huang Tingjian, Shao Qing, Su Song, Zhao Xu and other indigenous men, he finally made the taste-making artifact coffee not only appear in the Middle Earth, but also successfully entered the Song Dynasty Palace.

Not long ago, the capital's cargo service was filed, and before the Great Liao delegation left Beijing, they received the first batch of large-scale delivery of coffee beans.

With the assistance of Yao Huan, the chief executive Wang Yu picked out the good beans and baked them. He sealed and wrapped them with tea cakes by now, and gave them to the Liao delegation to take them back to the north.

Then, the best 500-pound raw beans, and six or seven iron barrel rocker-arm baking devices improved by Su Song, followed Yao Huan into the palace.

From this Kaifeng city, what is popular in the palace? Outside the palace, from high-ranking officials to wealthy businessmen from north to south, and then to well-off Fangguo households, they all competed to follow the trend. This trend will soon become popular in Tokyo.

Therefore, the official Zhao Xu meant that Yao Huan was stationed in the palace and brought people to make coffee every day. From the Wai Lu Courtyard and Wende Hall in the outer court to the palace pavilions in various inner courts, whether it was the prime minister's special breakfast and lunch, or the food under the corridors of ordinary ministers, or the drinks of the maids in the harem, this bitter bean soup must appear.

Of course, Yao Huan was happy to accept the order for such a good thing.

I took the gold ingot again!

Kaifeng County is an official land property, and she can earn the two taxes next year and the salary of migrant workers through this trip.

However, the last time she entered the palace to work, the two gold ingots were really thrilling to take.

Although the young emperor should be more angry with her Yao Huan, Concubine Liu has become Concubine Liu and gave birth to the first prince for Zhao Xu, I am afraid that he will be able to walk more and more in the harem.

Yao Huan thought to himself that he should be more careful in his actions, and that he would not rely on the little princess who had saved Empress Meng, so that he would be fearless and not beware of Liu Tianxian.

Fortunately, as soon as Yao Huan took office, he discovered that Hao Sui, who had made a knife at the Imperial Office, had indeed, as written in history books, had been transferred to Liu Guifei's pavilion and was in charge.

The one who is in charge of the imperial kitchen is now Tong Guan!

Tong Guan was in Fenghelou and Yao Huan was relieved of the siege. He had a good impression of this young lady being unpretentious and being good at calming down.

When he saw Yao Huan this time, Tong Guan seemed to be full of familiarity and said with a smile: "Miss Yao, the official family has given you a special order to set up a hill next to the lecture hall, so as not to let Tong, the imperial dining hall be too cramped and teach you how to set up a show. Let's go, I will take you there."

Yao Huan felt a little uncomfortable at first when facing Tong Guan. After all, the person in front of him was one of the "Six Thiefs of Bian Jing" who had a lot to do with the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty thirty years later.

But along the way, Tong Guan said that after he led the Imperial Food Office, he introduced the main dishes from several major restaurants outside to the inner court. Whenever he used chicken dishes, the palace maids of the Imperial Food Office knew not to throw away chicken feet, and used Yao Niangzi's bone-cutting sauce to cook another side dish. He also said that when he was following his adoptive father in the northwest border, he often saw that the border troops did not have enough food and salary. When the food was really out of stock, wild ferns and toads in the ditch would be eaten, so he could not bear the waste of food.

Yao Huan's disgust disappeared a little as his words said.

Alas, it’s not a good idea to change people. Don’t think about his future bad deeds, let’s do the things in front of you first.

The lecture hall is located in the northeast area of ​​the Great Song Palace, very close to the Chongzheng Hall where the Emperor's Hall was examined for the Jinshi, and was set up for the Emperor to listen to the lecture.

Yao Huan roughly knew that the institutionalized system of lectures was precisely defined by the Song Dynasty, which praised "I and the scholars and officials to govern the world together". Every year from spring to Dragon Boat Festival, early autumn to winter solstice, Hanlin lecturers or great scholars who were well-read the classics would teach the teachings of saints, the clan of Neo-Confucianism, and the way to govern the world at the lecture hall located in the inner court.

When Tong Guan came to an exquisite pavilion between the Lecture Hall and Chongzheng Hall, he saw the eunuch in the palace, under Tong Guan's command, move bags of raw beans and several baking bean instruments into the yard. Yao Huan remembered the social news he experienced when he was a modern person in his previous life.

In a certain month of a certain year, a foreign coffee chain brand opened a store in the Forbidden City in Beijing. At that time, a male host from CCTV Finance Channel issued a statement to denounce the coffee shops from the Forbidden City, claiming that the brand "has become a symbol in the West. It is really inappropriate to open it in the Forbidden City. This is not globalization, but erosion of Chinese culture."

This male host, who is the top scorer, has a masculine facial features, is an elite representative with both talent and beauty. He often hangs "as one of my good friends, former US President Clinton," and is a true idol character.

When the idol made such a speech, young people from all over the world responded. For a moment, opening an American brand cafe in the Forbidden City was simply raised to the national humiliation of cede land and compensation. The imperialist coffee shop finally evacuated the Forbidden City.

Soon, the male host who raised his arms and shouted was really invited to have coffee in the anti-corruption storm.

How many guardians with thick eyebrows and big eyes turned out to be full of philosophies, but they were full of business and even power and sex transactions.

A few years later, another coffee brand with the "Little Blue Cup" as its eye-catching packaging successfully entered the Forbidden City. This time, it entered very peacefully because of the name of "national enterprise". No matter how big the capital market earthquake caused by the shocking financial fraud, it still opened in the Jianting branch of the Forbidden City, and it still maintains a five-star reputation on Dianping.

When Yao Huan thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, in today's world, there has not been an idol who "the heads of all countries in the world are my good friends". He led a group of students from the Imperial Academy to write a letter and denounced Hu Dou as an imported product. It has become a symbol of the Western Regions, and how can it erode the local culture of the Song Dynasty?

After half an hour of busy work, everything was in place.

Yao Huan began to teach the two small yellow doors sent by Tong Guan, how to use the two small palace maids to bake bean iron buckets.

Although Tong Guan had a military career in the Western Army for more than ten years, he was not a vulgar man and was very particular about food, clothing and consumption. After replacing Hao Sui in charge of the Imperial Food Office, he even kept the different tastes from the Empress Dowager to the Empress Beauty in his heart.

"Miss Yao, Queen Mother Xiang is sweet."

"Okay, it's sent to Longyou Palace, Gaza syrup or honey."

"Empress Meng likes to eat cheese."

"Then Mr. Laotong asked the cheese yard to send two buckets of milk every day at the beginning of the day. I would like to remind the palace people to boil it and send it to Kunning Hall with Hu Douyinzi."

"Concubine Liu is afraid of heat, and when it comes to the sternest, she loves to drink cold drinks."

"I have written down. Those who send it to Yuxiu Pavilion must prepare an ice bucket. Mr. Tong, in fact, this bitter drink is indeed delicious after adding ice cubes."

"Oh? Then Tong turned around and asked his wife for a drink."

Yao Huan thought about it and said with a smile: "There is another way to eat it. You need to use the stone cauliflower from the Imperial Food Institute. Mix the slurry water from the stone cauliflower with this bean drink, pour it into the mold for dim sum in the palace, and it will condense into frozen food after a while. Then pour it with iced butter or fruit slurry, which not only removes the bitter taste, but also cools and smooth in the mouth. It is a snack suitable for midsummer to relieve the heat."

Tong Guan clasped his hands and said, "Good idea will definitely win the favor of the ladies in the palace. Alas, after a while, you can steam and crush it and mix it with the soybean milk juice of stone cauliflower. Isn't it as beautiful and interesting as amber after solidification?"

Yao Huan was inspired by him and suddenly remembered a classic dessert and added: "How come I forgot that since there is no shortage of stone cauliflower and cheese in the palace, we can also use bean drinks, sand syrup, wine, and egg yolks to make pastries that are better than bee sugar cakes and abalone snails. Mr. Tong, let me try it out a few times."

What Yao Huan said is naturally a classic coffee dessert - tiramisu.

Both of them knew about the kitchen and were having aroused chatting, but they heard the eunuchs outside the courtyard singing and saying, "The official family is here."

Tong Guan was stunned.

Today, I have a rest, no court, and no lectures, so most officials will go to accompany Empress Dowager Xiang and Concubine Zhu to talk, or play with the little prince and princess in Concubine Liu's pavilion. Why do you come to the banquet at this time?

Tong Guan, Yao Huan and others hurried to the gate of the courtyard to welcome him, and saw Zhao Xu, who was wearing big sleeves and regular clothes, stepped in with a pale face.
Chapter completed!