"Guru Guru~" The soup in the hot pot boiled, and the chopped peppers inside were rolling. It was the best to use dried peppers for hot pot, but now Li Jie doesn't have the patience to dry the peppers, so they all use fresh peppers. In addition, he also smashed the peppers and made them into chili sauce, which is a double spicy flavor.

The thin slices of mutton rolled in the pot for a few times. Then Li Jie smiled and said to Lao Zhu opposite him: "Your Majesty, do you want to taste it first?"

"Can this thing really be eaten?" Lao Zhu twitched his nose a few times, and asked with a puzzled expression on his face. It was the first time he smelled this spicy smell. He felt a little uncomfortable in his instinctive feeling, so he didn't dare to put his mouth down for a while.

"Of course I can eat it, but the chili tastes better. You must be careful when eating it for the first time." Li Jie explained with a smile.

Lao Zhu still trusted Li Jie very much. At this time, he finally picked up the chopsticks, flattened the slice of mutton and smelled it. Although the smell was still very strong, Li Jie didn't seem to be lying, so he finally put the slices of meat in his mouth.

Spicy! Spicy! This is Lao Zhu's first feeling. Although the Zhongyuan seasonings also have the taste of spicy, such as pepper, pepper is completely different from the spicy ones of pepper. Although Li Jie doesn't put too many peppers in the hot pot soup, it is still a huge impact for Lao Zhu, who is eating chili for the first time. He feels that his entire mouth is on fire, and his old face is also red.

After a while, Lao Zhu then let out a long breath and said, "It's so satisfying, I didn't expect that a sip of meat would be like drinking an old wine, and my whole body felt much more comfortable!"

"Your Majesty is so amazing. You can taste the taste of chili for the first time!" Li Jie also looked surprised when he saw Lao Zhu's performance. This time he sincerely praised Lao Zhu. After all, people who eat chili for the first time are often not used to it.

"It's just a chili pepper. Can it be better than the strong wine in the army?" Lao Zhu waved his hands indifferently, and said as he ate a few bites of mutton, but it felt that the more he ate it, it was a little too delicious.

In fact, it is normal for Lao Zhu to like to eat chili peppers. He has always had a strong taste when he was poor, and he likes to drink. In the past, he could be said to have no alcohol. However, now he is old and the imperial doctor has repeatedly told him not to drink alcohol. Now, except that the chili peppers are not intoxicating, but in other aspects, they feel similar to alcohol. After eating, they feel like a ball of fire, which makes people sweat all over their body.

Of course, this is also true that Lao Zhu is getting older and his taste begins to deteriorate. Only by heavy taste can he feel happy in his body, so the taste of the elderly is generally heavier.

However, no matter what the reason, Lao Zhu quickly accepted the taste of chili. Li Jie put the chili sauce on a small plate and ate it with hot pot, which made Lao Zhu sweat all over his body and feel like he was alive.

At this time, Li Jie could finally taste the hot pot he made. He picked up a piece of mutton and dipped it in the chili sauce, then put it in his mouth and tasted it, and his eyes narrowed. Although it had been hundreds of years, the taste of the chili was still the same.

"Father, you didn't even call me when you eat hot pot. I smelled the fragrance outside!" At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came, and then Zhu Biao walked in and patted the snowflakes on his shoulder.

"It's snowing?" Li Jie asked in surprise at this time. The sky was just a little cloudy when he entered the palace. He had been busy making hot pot just now and did not pay attention to the weather outside.

"Yes, snowflakes were falling at the beginning. People from the Imperial Heavenly Prison said that this first snow will fall heavily, and it will probably be a good harvest next year!" Zhu Biao also smiled relaxedly at this time. When he spoke, he also came to the table, picked up chopsticks, picked up a piece of mutton, and stuffed it into his mouth.

However, as soon as the mutton was in his mouth, Zhu Biao's face immediately turned red. Then he turned his head and spit out the mutton and said, "Father, what are you eating? Why are you so spicy?"

"If you can't eat, don't eat it randomly. This is called chili pepper, the American crop just grown by Li Jie!" Old Zhu saw Zhu Biao wasting food and immediately glared at him.

"Chi pepper?" Zhu Biao took a breath and relieved the burning sensation in his mouth. After this burning sensation, he felt a special smell between his mouth and tongue.

"I'll try it again!" Zhu Biao picked up the chopsticks again, picked up a piece of mutton and tasted it carefully. After slowly getting used to the spicy food, he swallowed the mutton in one bite, and then praised Li Jie, "The taste is good. Although it is different from pepper, it is extremely spicy. Eating this thing on snowy days is simply too suitable!"

"Your Highness is right. Eating red oil hot pot on snowy days is simply the best thing in the world!" Li Jie laughed and agreed with him when he heard this. It was really time for this snow to come.

Old Zhu was also interested when he heard this. He immediately asked someone to move the table to a pavilion in the side hall. There were glass windows around it, and you could see the snow outside. The snow was indeed as predicted by the Imperial Heavenly Prison. At this time, the ground had begun to turn white, and a thick layer of snow would accumulate at night.

"The snow in Beijing is indeed falling earlier and louder than that in Nanjing. Such heavy snow will not cause a snow disaster, right?" Lao Zhu took a few bites of mutton, and then looked at the snow outside and showed a look of worry. This was just the first snow in Beijing, which was even heavier than the largest snow in Nanjing, so this made him unable to help but worry.

"Don't worry, Father, the snow in Beijing was even heavier in the past two years, and it did cause some snow disasters. However, the people in the north were more adaptable to heavy snow and had their own set of solutions to deal with it, so the impact was not too great. In the past, there might have been a problem of insufficient fuel. However, more and more coal mining is being made, and the prices are getting cheaper. Most of the people in Beijing have started to use coal to keep warm." Zhu Biao replied with a smile.

When Lao Zhu heard Zhu Biao's answer, he felt relieved. Then he asked about the transfer of officials and the promotion of terraced tax from Jiangnan to all parts of the country. Zhu Biao also answered one by one.

Li Jie next to him sighed when he saw Lao Zhu's appearance. Lao Zhu was really hardworking, and even at this time, he would not forget to care about government affairs.

However, Lao Zhu's energy was obviously not enough, and after eating, people were prone to sleep. Therefore, when Zhu Biao talked about the promotion of terraced tax, Lao Zhu suddenly stopped moving. When he looked carefully, he found that Lao Zhu was already asleep.
Chapter completed!