Chapter 758: Flavors of Zhejiang and Zhejiang

When Zhao Xu came to Empress Xiang, Empress Dowager Cao and Empress Dowager Gao were also there. They hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The child will be taken care of by the two empresses."

He came up to the Queen and continued: "I respectfully welcome Your Majesty."

Zhao Xu took off his feather cloak and handed it to her: "What have you been busy with recently?"

Queen Xiang gestured to the pile of account books on the table with her eyes: "Isn't it the end of the year soon? The internal treasury is also taking inventory, and the accounts of each clan's properties also need to be settled, and they have to be checked one by one. I can't cope with the expenses.

So I had no choice but to beg to the empress."

Zhao Xu smiled, and the queen seemed to have some intentions. She was afraid that she would be busy at the end of the year and lose her daily life, so she secretly reminded herself in this way.

Empress Dowager Cao smiled and said: "My brother has worked hard, and so has the bride. In fact, there is also a lot of trouble at the charity fund. You can't ask the old woman for this. Just ask your mother. She can take care of it clearly."

Gao Tao said: "Actually, it's about employing people. As Han Feili said, 'The lower king will do his best, the middle king will use everyone's strength, and the upper king will use everyone's wisdom.'"

"But that system was set up by my little sister. It was moved from Sitong. My sister general, a firm's system can be roughly divided into three categories."

"One type is called property rights, which stipulates the various investors and contributors involved in the operation, which ones are public and which are private, how the profits are divided, and how the losses are divided. The little girl said that it is called the property rights system."

"The second category is called organization, that is, in a firm, what departments and files should there be, what should each do, how should they cooperate with each other, and what are their respective rights and responsibilities."

"The third category is called management, which is practical administration. It means how to unify the hearts of the people in the company, how to change the system, how to add and remove departments, how to recruit and remove talents, etc..."

"After these systems are established, everyone in the company will have their own responsibilities. Everyone knows what they should do, how to do it, what is good and what is bad. If you do well, there will be no reward. If you do not do well, there will be no reward.

What's the punishment? If you really come to my place, you'll just listen to the report every day."

Zhao Xu thoughtfully said: "There are many famous people in the court, and there are too many redundant officials. They have many departments, and their names do not fulfill their responsibilities. Officials, positions, and responsibilities are stacked on top of each other, resulting in a lot of wrangling, buck-passing, and neglect of government..."

Gao Taotao said: "This is a big deal. I'll discuss it with my husband. I'm just talking about the charity fund. Today, I'm mainly here to see the bride's craftsmanship."

He happily bowed to the queen and saluted: "Normally, the rules are very strict. I can't even ask for the two queens. The bride will go down and make arrangements now."

After a while, the banquet was set up and several people sat down.

The royal meals of the Song Dynasty were not extraordinary delicacies from the mountains and seas. The dishes presented to the queen were white kidneys with wine and vinegar, fried quails with three fresh bamboo shoots in oyster sauce, stir-fried eels with golden hook south, fried kingfish, and plum sauce and garlic jaqi.

Fish rolls, crabmeal and tofu.

And a few glasses of sake.

A dish of green vegetables appeared on the table. The stem was a little thick, the texture was extremely crisp, and it was slightly sweet. The fragrant and sweet taste made the two queen mothers full of praise: "What kind of vegetable is this?"

He said to the queen: "This is called kale. It was brought in from Liangzhe Road this year. However, it was not vegetables but seeds. Royal Zhuangzi planted it all season and specially presented it to the two empresses to try."

Gao Taotao tasted it and nodded: "It's good, refreshing but not hard, crisp but not tough, light and delicious."

Zhao Xu said: "I heard from Su Mingrun that this has been cultivated in Guangnan for a long time, and now it has gradually spread to Fujian and Zhejiang."

"He also said that kale is actually a vegetable that is afraid of heat. In the south, it needs to be grown in late autumn or late winter. Maybe it can be grown in the north in all seasons."

Empress Dowager Cao said: "It's good to have another green vegetable in winter, and it tastes very delicious."

Zhao Xu glanced at the Queen: "My Lady, don't let the Queen be deceived. The reason why this dish is delicious is because it contains oyster sauce, a new seasoning from Liangzhe Road."

"Su Mingrun specially wrote in Mi Zheli, saying that this seasoning is excellent for cooking tofu, meat, and vegetables. He asked me to promote it to him more."

Xiang Empress smiled and said: "It's true that the officials will not see my concubine ask for a word of praise from the empress. I will expose it immediately."

Empress Dowager Cao frowned: "In the past, crab powder was imported from Liangzhe Road, but now oyster sauce is imported. The taste is very delicious, but brother, it is not advisable to waste people's energy to feed one person."

Gao Taotao smiled: "My dear, don't forget who came in. Brother, does Su Mingrun have anything to say?"

Zhao Xu said: "It's like this. Su Mingrun went to Liangzhe Road and found that the most plump frost crabs in Taihu Lake in the season were almost worthless around the lake; while the poor households in Changguo County mostly made a living by digging clams on the beach.

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"These two things are simply cheap during the season, and they are even used as feed for chickens and ducks. But in Bianjing, the price is very high."

Queen Mother Cao nodded: "Yes, I remember that lake crabs and dried clams are always the same."

Zhao Xu nodded: "Your Majesty remembers it well, but the question arises again. Since the price difference is so huge, why don't we see merchants transporting large quantities of clams and fat crabs to Bianjing City?"

"The main reason is that the peak season is short and difficult to transport and maintain."

"So he thought of two ways and made crabmeal and oyster sauce. Firstly, it is convenient to use with food, and secondly, the most important thing is that it is convenient for transportation and storage."

"As a result, the poor households in Liangzhe Road will have two more livelihoods, and the people in Bianjing City will have two more delicious condiments."

"This is equivalent to using the resources of Bianjing City to help the poor people in Liangzhe Road. Su Mingrun said that resource redistribution is one of the important functions of business. As long as the context is correct, the impact will be huge."

Empress Dowager Cao was then satisfied: "I'm just saying how did this monkey do such a thing? It turns out that there is such a deep thought in it. It can be regarded as a real experience."

Zhao Xu said: "However, Su Mingrun spent a lot of effort to build an aquatic product ship. Through a mechanical automatic water lifting and filtration, the sea water can always be kept fresh and clean. Suddenly, a ship of Jiaqi sea fish was transported to Bianjing City from Liangzhe Road.

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Xiang Queen said: "This fish roll with plum sauce and garlic is made with Jiaqi fish from Liangzhe Road."

The two queen mothers were shocked: "How to do this? How much does it cost?!"

Zhao Xu gave each of the two empress dowagers a fish roll: "Yes, I wrote to Su Mingrun and told him not to do this again. As a result, he was very aggrieved and presented a drawing, saying that it was an invention.

A piece of machinery only needs to burn coal and add water to meet the needs. The cost is actually not high."

"You also say that eating people has short lips and soft hands. If you eat his fresh Jiaqi fish, don't forget to help him recommend yellow bream, silver hairtail, large and small stone heads, and all kinds of dried seafood."

Empress Dowager Cao chuckled and said, "This monkey can do whatever he says!"

Queen Xiang smiled and said: "I was afraid that the officials would not show their efforts, so I specially attached a copy of "Jade Recipes·Liang Zhejiang". Today's dishes were made by my concubine based on the recipes in that recipe. You two

My dear, can you still do it?"

Gao Taotao also felt angry and funny: "It's indeed good. If this is true, Su Mingrun has worked hard to control it, but... I'm afraid this reputation of gluttony will never be washed away."

Zhao Xu laughed and said: "I really have no choice about this. Da Su went to Mizhou, and Su Mingrun specially sent him a basket of three-tuberculose crabs. Da Su replied with a poem: 'Stone crabs by the stream are as small as money.

I'm so happy to see the red jade plate. The half shell contains yellow. It's better to order wine. I'd like to add a meal to the snow with two claws. The treasures in the sea have been famous for a long time. It's strange that the rain and wind make the seats cold. It makes me laugh at the greedy prefect of Wuxing. He exchanged a poem for two pointed dumplings.

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"Even my own family members say this, so how can I wash him?"
Chapter completed!