Chapter 4 Blackmailing Salt Merchant (IV)

Is this atonement? Absolutely not, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Zhu Yinglong was sure that with the silver from the salt merchants in Lianghuai, the speed of building large ships could be greatly increased. Especially after having so many shipbuilding craftsmen in North Korea, the speed of naval construction will increase exponentially. The century of the ocean of the Ming Dynasty is about to come. He knew very well that the prosperity of a country cannot be separated from business and these merchants. It is definitely not his original intention to confiscate homes and behead him, because he needed a group of people to explore and compete for resources from the world, South Africa's diamonds, gold, Indian spices, he even wanted to launch an Opium War on Europe, and the American continent that had just been developed, Australia, the undeveloped virgin land in the South Pacific, etc., and it is not necessary to occupy them all, as long as it can maintain absolute control and influence.

"Also, the court will formulate a new salt law, and you four are good at knowing it." Zhu Yinglong stood up and said.

"Caomin and others understand!" The four of them lowered their heads, their hearts trembling extremely.

Before he walked to Cheng Chong, he patted his shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Huaixiu is in my palace. I will let her go back in a few days."

This news was shocked than all the news just now. Cheng Chong suddenly felt like he was falling like an ice cave, and he seemed to be lying in the clouds. I don’t know which feeling he could describe now. In short, it was beyond the range of his heart.

The emperor gave a banquet, which was a great joy. These salt merchants in Yangzhou have never been so glorious today. Having a meal with the emperor might bring some energy to the dragon, and keeping business prosperous and wealthy in the future.

Huaiyang cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine are known as the four major Chinese cuisines. Huaiyang cuisine started in the Spring and Autumn Period, flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is known as "the best taste in the southeast and the most beautiful in the world."

Huaiyang cuisine is rigorously selected and designed according to its material; finely made and elegant in style; pursues the original taste, fresh and peaceful. "Drunk crabs do not look at the lamp, wind chickens do not only lights, sword fish do not only Qingming Festival, and sturgeons do not only Dragon Boat Festival." This different guidelines ensure that the ingredients on the plate come from the best state, so that people can feel the wonderful Huaiyang at any time.

Huaiyang cuisine pays great attention to knife skills, with fine knife skills, especially melon carvings. The dishes are exquisite in shape and mellow in taste. When cooking, they make good use of heat and pay attention to fire skills. They are good at stewing, stewing, simmering, steaming, roasting and stir-frying; the ingredients are mostly aquatic products, focusing on freshness, calm taste, fresh and slightly sweet.

Mei Cheng, a master of Western Han Dynasty poems (now from Huaian, Jiangsu). In his representative work, Qifa, there is a passage that encouraged the prince of Chu to taste delicious food, praising the food in his hometown of Jianghuai as "the most beautiful thing in the world": the fertility of young cattle, the vegetables are mixed with bamboo shoots and kale, fat dogs, and the food is mixed with the skin of the mountain, the food of Chu and the rice of Anhu. It is difficult to solve it, and it is dispersed after sip. So it makes Yi Yi torment and mix the teeth. The diaphragm of the bear and the sauce of the medicine, the roasted medicinal herbs, the roasted chickens, the stew of fresh carp, the sausage of autumn yellow, the wine of white dew, and the wine of Lanying, drink to cleanse the mouth. The meal of the mountain ridge, the fetus of leopards. The small rice is like soup and snow. This is also the most beautiful thing in the world...

Zhu Yinglong knows very well about Huaiyang cuisine, because his hometown in his previous life was not far from Yangzhou, and it belongs to the influence of Huaiyang cuisine. He likes to eat it, otherwise he would not become a single man. He has never fallen in love even if he is twenty-five or sixty years old. It is all because of his body shape. Although he has lost his body shape in this life, he still loves to eat it and even loves to go to the kitchen himself. If he hadn't been the emperor, he would have no time to go to the kitchen every day, especially when he watched his woman eat the food he cooked, he was full of praise and intoxicated. When one day he would have someone to come, he would take off this heavy burden, study the food all over the world, and write novels when he was fine, which would definitely be a happy life.

It can be said that the prosperity of Yangzhou has driven the development of Huaiyang cuisine. The salt merchants live a luxurious life and are even more perfect in their diet. In addition, Yangzhou's rivers and seas flow south and north, the ingredients are all available, with rich culture and prosperous business, which promoted the development of cooking and cooking. Zhu Yuanzhang had a special liking for Huaiyang cuisine, and his drinking and Yangchu specialized in internal food. After Zhu Di, the king of Yan who started in Yangzhou, seized power and ascended the throne, he moved to Beijing. There are many Yangji chefs who went north to go with the palace. This is the official record of the Huaiyang cuisine taking root in Beijing. Emperor Zhengde visited Yangzhou in the south, traveling to the dragon and phoenix, and of course he did not forget Huaiyang cuisine. He was not missing any of them. Their favorite food was the specialty of riverside in Yangzhou, slashing fish, and squid fish, which was called the Three Fresh Yangtze River Fresh. There were these Three Fresh at the lunch banquet today.

Zhu Yinglong has always paid attention to saving, and his dislike of himself is extravagance and waste. If he eats it alone, he can just eat it. In the future, he can change his taste. All three fresh foods are served at once. He eats it alone. If he can't eat it, he will be dumped. Zhu Yinglong felt a little distressed. How much money does this table of food cost? It's enough for many households to live for many months. He is in a state of dissatisfaction. No matter how delicious the food is, it tastes like chewing wax. Some dishes are not even moved.

Of course, Zhu Yinglong did not let his mood affect his emotions. Although he didn't eat much, he cleverly concealed it. None of the salt merchants cared about it.

Half of this corruption in the officialdom begins with food and drink. Food is the first desire of mankind, because it is closely related to survival. People fall into it without realizing it. Eating and drinking begins, and then taking it. Many bribes and bribes are completed at the wine table. After eating and drinking, they should be the gentle trap below. That can make the fertility of the hundred-fen tempered into a force that surrounds the fingers. When you get deeply trapped, you will find that you can no longer extricate yourself. When you see this, everyone around you will be so at ease. This seems to be a hidden rule in the officialdom. Even weak-willed emperors cannot withstand the erosion of such money beauties. Corruption cannot be cured. This is a problem that emperors of all dynasties cannot solve. As long as people have greed and desire, corruption will accompany human history. Zhu Yinglong himself could not imagine that he would have so many associations when he saw such a table of dishes he liked to eat most in his previous life today.

After returning to the palace, he washed up and received a military newspaper from Hong Chengchou. The dozen or so guns just now were attacked by Zheng Zhibao's pirate fleet on the other side of the shore. The navy lost several ships, dozens of casualties, and no other losses. He judged that it was Zheng Zhibao's intentional provocation, which may not be the instruction of Wei Zhongxian.

"Emperor, Cheng Chong and others are punished. Why did the emperor let them go so easily?" Chang Yanlin came to see Zhu Yinglong and said.

Zhu Yinglong smiled. Chang Yanlin, the governor of Jiangsu, was not bad. He heard the news so soon. You should know that when he said those words to Cheng Chong and the other two, there was no one else, Lan Rong asked him to help him out. He said, "What do you want to do, do you go to prison or to raid your family and destroy the clan?"

"I don't mean this, but I'm not so cheap!" Chang Yanlin said hatefully.

"Don't complain, it's hard to say whether they will sleep tonight!" Zhu Yinglong said with a mysterious smile.

"I don't understand?" Chang Yanlin looked confused when he heard it.

"I don't understand, you, although you are older than me, still lack this!" Zhu Yinglong pointed to his head and said.

Chang Yanlin instantly blushed and said, "Does the emperor think that the weak minister is stupid?"

"It's not stupid, it's political wisdom!" Zhu Yinglong said with a chuckling.

"Political wisdom?" Chang Yanlin murmured to himself.

"Will you go and think about it slowly. Have you done everything I have told you?" Zhu Yinglong asked.

Chang Yanlin hurriedly said: "In accordance with the emperor's will, I have distributed the leftover foods that the emperor and the salt merchants to the beggars in the city."
Chapter completed!