Zhu Youlang was overjoyed because the two people came, one was Li Bai, Mei County, Shaanxi Province, and the other was Li Yindu, Fuping, Shaanxi Province.

Li Bai, whose courtesy name was Xuemu, Li Yindu and Zide, were both great scholars in Guanzhong. Later generations called the two and Li Yong together the "Three Lis in Guanzhong".

Zhu Youlang ordered Kuaixuan, Li Bai and Li Yindu to greet him as scholars after entering the door and presented Li Yong's recommendation.

Zhu Youlang didn't even read it, and directly asked the two of them about the new policy. - There is no need to read it at all. People who have left their reputation in history books still use Li Yong's recommendation words?

There is no need to doubt the knowledge of the two, mainly depends on their understanding of the new policy.

After a brief conversation, Zhu Youlang was very satisfied. The two of them had a very thorough understanding of the new policy and were also very insightful about what they had to do next.

Zhu Youlang immediately issued an order, and appointed Li Yindu as the prefect of Chongqing, and Li Bai was waiting for his order.

In the eyes of others, Zhu Youlang's order was a bit hasty, or a bit hasty.

But Gu Yanwu was very confident in the emperor's vision.

In addition to the senior officials from Conglong of Zhaoqing, Wu Bing, Yang Qiaoran, Chen Zizhuang, Zhang Jiayu, Wang Fuzhi, Huang Zongxi, Li Yong, Song Yingxing, and himself, which civil servant was not a simple master of the emperor? Which one is a mediocre person?

...

In less than five days, Li Yindu used facts to prove Zhu Youlang's wisdom of knowing people.

He quickly rectified the official atmosphere in Chongqing, offered the list to calm the people, restore public order, and other the most tedious things, including the resettlement of surrendered troops, were arranged in an orderly manner and without any confusion.

At this point, Yang Ai, Chen Zhenhui, Qin Liangyu and others were all very impressed by the emperor's identification and employment of people.

When Zhu Youlang came to Chongqing, he always felt that he could not come in vain and had to leave something behind.

After thinking about it, I should get the hot pot out. I don’t need to verify it in the future. The ancestor of hot pot is us.

As for whether future generations will say that they are the "foodie emperor", they will never care about it.

"Foodie Emperor" is better than "Emperor escapes with the emperor in person".

So Zhu Youlang asked Gu Yanwu and Chen Zhenhui to take charge of the palace to handle the complaints from Nanjing, and he took Yang Ai and Qin Liangyu to tinker with hot pot.

Zhu Youlang left Nanjing and issued an order to order his eldest son Zhu Cixuan to supervise the country and Wu Bing to take no one of the cabinet ministers, and he stayed in Nanjing to assist Zhu Cixuan.

Zhu Youlang doesn't have to worry about ordinary government affairs. Only when the ministers argue with the outstanding major matters, they will quickly report them to Zhu Youlang for handling them personally.

Zhu Youlang doesn't have to worry about the situation getting out of control because he left Kyoto. Cabinet ministers are all loyal people selected by themselves. Chen Jitai, Ma Jixiang, and Dai Rufeng are all their confidants. Most of the imperial guards are still in Nanjing, and Li Yuanyin personally takes charge of them. They think that there will be no change.

Zhu Cixuan is only three years old and can speak. He can do nothing. All political affairs are still handled by the cabinet. Letting him supervise the country is just to prevent it.

In case, Zhu Youlang was killed and died.

Of course, Zhu Youlang is confident that he will not be so short-lived. Since God has allowed him to travel through time, can he be done if he fails to accomplish the great cause of Zhongsheng?

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In fact, hot pot and the required ingredients are easy to make.

First of all, the pot.

Zhu Youlang drew a picture himself, and changed the craftsmen who repaired weapons in the army to make it with copper skin. There was no complicated craftsmanship, and the craftsmen could solve it completely.

The second is the production of charcoal.

It is also very simple to make charcoal. The method is to burn the wood first, but not all of it is burned thoroughly, then isolate the burning wood from the air, use a certain temperature to carbonize the wood, and finally you can get charcoal.

Many people make charcoal in the folk, especially in the south, which many people do. However, they make charcoal not for hot pot, but for heating.

The most difficult thing is to cut mutton slices.

There was no chipping machine in this era, so I could only rely on a chef with a very powerful knife skill to use a kitchen knife to cut it.

When he was in Guangzhou, Zhu Youlang never took out the idea of ​​hot pot, mainly because the weather in Guangzhou was too hot and there was no sub-zero temperature at all. Even if there were a few days of slightly cold, it was impossible to freeze the mutton.

If it is not frozen, it is difficult to slice.

This problem was solved when I came to Sichuan. It happened that it was the coldest time of the year. Zhu Youlang ordered the chef to roll the mutton into a column shape as thick as an arm, put it outside to freeze. When the frozen porcelain is solid, the chef will cut it into thin slices.

After several experiments, it was basically successful. The chefs were all imperial chefs and they all had two tricks. In Zhu Youlang's opinion, the cut mutton slices were not worse than those cut by later slicers. Moreover, the chef also carefully removed the fat in them and cut them into plum blossom shapes. It was indeed thin and beautiful.

Then there is the soup.

Zhu Youlang wrote four prescriptions, one is Dagu Sanxian Soup, one is Red Soup, one is Clear Soup, and the other is Chicken Soup. These three prescriptions were handed over to the chef, and the chef quickly made them.

Zhu Youlang tasted everything, and although he felt that although he was not as good as later generations, he was already very good.

Then there is the seasoning, which is even simpler. Sesame paste is ready-made, so I ordered people to add some salt and dilute it.

Others, such as leek sauce, grain and garlic, and chili oil, are even more ok. If the chef can't even make this, Zhu Youlang dares to kill him immediately.

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Coincidentally, it started snowing every day, and half a foot thick of snow fell in the patio. In addition, the north wind blew, so the outside was so hard that people couldn't even reach out.

This is the best time to eat hot pot. It’s cold outside, snowflakes are flying, and the room is as warm as spring. If you eat a pot, it’s really beautiful.

Zhu Youlang was enjoying the snow in the yard and playing with the snow. He also made a snowman with Yang Ai. Seeing that Yang Ai's nose was red with red, he hurriedly ordered Li Hong to prepare a hotpot banquet and asked him to invite Qin Liangyu, Jiao Lian, Chen Zhongwu, Li Bai and Li Yindu to all, saying that the emperor would give him a banquet at noon.

After a while, Li Hong arranged the hot pot.

There are still two tables, Zhu Youlang has one table, and the other table is the ministers' table.

There is a hot pot on each table, full of seasonings and various vegetables.

Everyone who invited him arrived, and everyone who came was so cold that he was full of energy. Chen Zhongwu kept sighing before entering the house.

"Your Majesty, what is this? Do you want to boil water?" Chen Zhongwu asked in confusion at the almost boiling copper pot on the table.

"This is called hot pot. Have you never seen it before? Look, I will show you a demonstration."

Zhu Youlang said, picking up a piece of plum blossom-shaped mutton slices and putting them into the pot, stopping, then picking them out, dipping them in seasoning and putting them in your mouth.

"Well, tender, fragrant, soft, pure taste, very good." Zhu Youlang tasted it carefully and was very satisfied.

When everyone saw that the emperor was eating, they were busy following the example and picked up the mutton and started eating.

"Oh, it's so delicious! No, it's not enough to eat too much like this? When can I eat enough? Pour all these plates in!" Chen Zhongwu only took a bite, then shouted that it was delicious, and poured all three plates of meat into the hot pot.
Chapter completed!