When we passed by the inn for a break at noon, everyone got off the carriage, all bleary-eyed.
During the whole morning, everyone except Kangxi had a good night's sleep on the carriage.
Brother Ninth got out of the carriage wearing a bell and a hood. Not only was his body brand new, but the calfskin boots under his feet were also brand new.
He also wore lambskin gloves in his hands and stood on the snow, stretching.
Seeing this, the Thirteenth Brother and the Fourteenth Brother gathered around.
Seeing his makeup, the two brothers were surprised.
The thirteenth brother just laughed, and the fourteenth brother said directly: "Why is the ninth brother wearing such a hat? Isn't this what a child wears?"
They don't wear such hats anymore.
Brother Ninth said proudly: "Hey, there is nothing you can do. Who told your Sister-in-law Ninth to worry about me? She dislikes the ordinary mink hat and frozen ears, so she specially asked someone to make this..."
As he spoke, he stamped his feet and said, "The boots are also new. I wear several pairs of them."
The fourteenth elder brother felt awkward and said: "It's warm in the carriage, so you don't need such thick boots, right? You look weird covering your feet..."
Brother Ninth Brother became more and more proud and said: "Yes, so your Sister-in-law Ninth also asked someone to make two pairs of soft-soled cotton slippers. They are worn in the carriage and only when you get off the car..."
The fourteenth elder brother curled his lips, glanced at the thirteenth elder brother, and muttered: "Compared with the ninth elder brother, are we too rough? Mommy's preparation is not careful!"
Brother Thirteen shook his head and said: "The mothers also do their duty. Sister-in-law Ninth is the one who takes care of Brother Ninth carefully."
When the eldest brother saw them standing outside talking and not going into the inn, he urged: "What are you doing outside? Come in quickly. After dinner, you still have to hurry!"
Today in Gyeonggi Province, there are imperial roads and the roads are fast. We have only walked sixty miles now.
After having lunch and feeding the horses, we can walk another thirty miles in the afternoon and stop at the palace.
Brother Jiu said lazily: "I've been bored all morning, isn't this a breath of fresh air..."
The Fourteenth Brother didn't like hearing him show off anymore, so he took the Thirteenth Brother into the inn.
The eldest brother also took a nap in the morning, gave the ninth brother a thumbs up and said: "The carriage has been improved well, and you won't have to suffer any trouble when you go out in the winter."
Brother Jiu proudly said: "We are in a hurry and it is not too thorough. It is warm, but it is still bumpy. I will think about it again when I have more time."
The two brothers talked and entered the inn.
Kangxi happened to come back from changing his clothes, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw Brother Jiu's outfit.
Brother Jiu felt too hot, so he took off his hood and untied his cloak.
The inner part is a Ning silk quilted uniform, the outer part is a cashmere vest, which looks very thin, and there is a cashmere melon skin hat on the head.
The eldest brother touched him and said, "Isn't it cold?"
Brother Jiu proudly said: "It's warm. The material inside is not ordinary cotton, it's mixed with real silk. It's warmer than cotton clothes. The vest also has a cotton lining..."
Kangxi looked at it critically and said, "If you catch a cold, just keep it where you are!"
Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "My son is in good health and won't catch a cold..."
Having said this, he glanced at the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers and said, "It's you two who were sneezing just now, weren't they?"
Brother Thirteen felt a little embarrassed and nodded.
Maybe it was because it was too warm in the carriage, so I sweated a lot, and when I got off the carriage, I felt a little bit cold.
Brother Jiu looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Bring a box of brown sugar ginger tea."
He Yuzhu responded and went out to get it.
The ninth elder brother then ordered Sun Jin to fetch boiling water, and the thirteenth elder brother's eunuch to fetch the tea set.
After a while, He Yuzhu brought the tea box.
It’s not what everyone imagined, it’s just squares of brown sugar.
There was also a bamboo tweezer in the box, so He Yuzhu picked five pieces and put them into washed tea bowls, and poured boiling water over them.
The brown sugar melts quickly, and a strong ginger flavor wafts over.
Brother Fourteen looked at it curiously and said: "Brother Ninth, where is Jiang? There is no scumbag..."
Brother Jiu proudly said: "It is filled with ginger juice, and of course there is no dregs. Otherwise, if you take one sip and your mouth is full of shredded ginger, it would be so uncomfortable..."
After saying that, he looked at the hot teacup, hesitated for a moment, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and put it on it, personally brought a cup to the Eight Immortals table in front of Kangxi, and said: "Khan Ama, you also have a cup of tea,
To drive away the cold..."
Kangxi glanced at him angrily and said: "It's so hot in the carriage, what's the point of driving away the cold? It's so hot that you'll get angry!"
He was wearing thick cotton clothes and thick boots. It was so hot in the carriage that he couldn't sit still even if he removed the end cover. Later, he had to open the window cracks and let in some heat to get better.
Brother Jiu smiled and said, "You should have told me earlier. My son also has tea to relieve the fire..."
After saying that, he ordered He Yuzhu: "Bring the Osmanthus Longjing tea..."
Brother Fourteen heard this and asked curiously: "Brother Ninth, what kind of tea did you bring?"
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said: "Not many, there are only four kinds in total. In addition to these two, there are also ginseng, red date tea and jasmine black tea. Your sister-in-law, Jiu, is so annoying. I want to bring two more first. What can I mix?
Milk tea powder and herbal tea with candied fruits, they look like what a little girl would drink, but I didn’t let you bring them..."
As for milk tea, we drink it every day in the palace, but we really don’t have it when we go out.
Brother Fourteen said regretfully: "It would be great if I brought it with me. It's inconvenient to make milk tea when I'm out, so I thought..."
Brother Ninth glanced at Brother Fourteen and said, "What's the problem? If you want to drink it, just ask someone to cook it!"
Brother Fourteen shook his head and said, "No need, there's no milk outside."
At this moment, He Yuzhu came back and brought in a new tea can. This time he used a teapot and brewed a pot of Osmanthus Longjing tea.
The eldest elder brother did not let the ninth elder brother take over, he took the tea cup and went to serve tea at the Eight Immortals table.
Kangxi drank a cup of ginger tea, which was sweet in his mouth. He smelled the refreshing taste of osmanthus and Longjing tea, and motioned to his eldest brother to sit down next to him.
Brother Jiu then told He Yuzhu, "If your Fourteenth Master wants to drink milk tea, go find a can of milk powder."
He Yuzhu trotted and stumbled out again.
Brother Fourteen said in surprise: "Milk powder? Made of milk?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, isn't it because your Sister-in-law is worried about me going out? She is afraid that she won't be able to sleep well on a table outside, so she can sleep soundly with a bowl of milk!"
Kangxi felt blinded by the way he was shaking his head, and couldn't help complaining to his eldest brother: "Dong E's family is fine in other aspects, but he is too used to Lao Jiu, and he is not a child. Do you need to be so careful?"
The elder brother felt sad in his heart.
When Dafujin was here, he was also considerate and considerate. Although he could not be as considerate as Jiufujin, it was not much different.
He smiled and said: "My younger brothers and sisters are virtuous, but Lao Jiu is weaker than the other brothers. With such a considerate person by my side, Khan Ama and my concubine can rest assured..."
Kangxi felt a little sour in his heart, feeling that not only was he relieved, but he was also trying to beat his ninth elder brother.
Otherwise, Brother Jiu's tail raised like this would be too annoying.
When He Yuzhu brought the milk powder can in, he added two spoons to the brewed green tea and mixed it up, and there was a bowl of hot milk tea.
The fourteenth elder brother held it and couldn't put it down and said: "It smells more fragrant than the milk tea in the palace..."
After he took two sips, he was even more satisfied and said: "It tastes really good!"
The milk tea in the palace is made from brick tea or loose black tea, and the tea taste is stronger and slightly bitter.
The tea I am making now is Longjing tea with a light fragrance, which tastes better when paired with milk.
Seeing this, the eldest brother took another clean tea cup, mixed a bowl, held it in front of the emperor with both hands, and said: "Khan Ama, give it a try too..."
Kangxi took a sip and was a little surprised.
The milk flavor is more intense.
His heart moved, and he signaled Brother Jiu to bring the milk powder can forward, looked at it carefully, and said, "How is it made? Is it easy to process?"
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "It's convenient at the Prince's Mansion. There is an oven and a small millstone. You can bake it dry first and then grind it into powder. You need to use new milk that is within two days..."
Having said this, he glanced at Kangxi and said: "It may be inconvenient to be in the nearby place. There is not so much firewood."
When the wife asked someone to do this, the couple discussed it.
If it is easy to process, it may become a business on the grassland like cashmere.
But it's not very realistic.
There are no big trees on the grassland, so all the herdsmen’s daily fuel is cow dung, which is enough for daily use but not enough for other purposes.
Kangxi visited the north many times, and he also knew the life of the herdsmen. After listening to Jiu Age's words, he understood the reason.
The eldest brother said: "The palace can also do it, and the milk will be abundant. When the time comes, Khan Ama can reward people."
It is now the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi. Many of the ministers who entered the officialdom in the early years of Kangxi have aged.
The imperial father has always been nostalgic and considerate of his old ministers. He often sends people to visit him and is often rewarded.
Kangxi nodded and said to Brother Ninth: "Go back and tell the imperial kitchen to record this amount..."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Well, the palace can also prepare more. It will be convenient for Khan Ama to take it with him when he goes on tour."
Brother Fourteen had already finished a cup of milk tea and was making a second cup. After hearing this, he said: "Brother Ninth, this is the milk powder, so what does the milk tea powder you mentioned just now look like?"
Brother Jiu pointed at the brown sugar ginger cubes and said: "First boil it like that, and then grind it into powder. The color is yellower than milk powder. I use black tea. There are salty and sweet ones. The salty ones are added.
Fine salt, sweetened with icing sugar..."
Brother Fourteen looked at the tea cup and felt that the milk tea in front of him was bland.
He wants to drink salty milk tea and he also wants to drink sweet milk tea!
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Capital City, Ninth Prince's Mansion, Shangfang.
The dinner table has been set.
Today's hotpot meal is Shu Shu's radish and beef offal hotpot.
It contained beef, beef tendons, beef heart, tripe, beef intestines, and beef louvers. It had been stewed all morning and was very soft. Later, white radish and fried tofu were added.
Shu Shu's mouth watered when she smelled it.
She personally served a bowl to Mrs. Uncle, mainly with large pieces of white radish, and said: "Ah Mou, try the radish first, it's more delicious than meat..."
Then, she served herself a bowl, which was also mostly filled with radishes.
Mrs. Bo looked at the radish in the bowl and was a little surprised.
Shu Shu is very picky when she is young, and radish is one of the vegetables she doesn't like to eat.
I only ate the cold dish made from green radish skin with two chopsticks. I didn't eat the other white radish and carrot very much because I found radish to be too strong.
Not to mention stewed white radish, even white radish put in meat stuffing, she won't eat it even if she doesn't.
When did tastes change?
At this moment, Shu Shu couldn't wait anymore and urged: "Ah Mou, try it quickly, the radish is almost melting when stewed."
Mrs. Bo nodded, moved her chopsticks, and took a bite of radish.
As Shu Shu said, it melts in your mouth and your mouth is filled with juice.
The beef soup neutralizes the taste of radish, making it refreshing to eat without the fishy smell of radish.
Mrs. Bo smiled. This was not because her taste had changed, but because she was picky.
I guess I never forgot this dish after eating it in the palace.
Who would have thought that white radish cooked like this is so delicious.
Shu Shu ate several pieces of white radish, and then said happily: "I have been thinking about this bite for a long time, and I never thought of it before..."
Mrs. Bo said kindly: "You can eat whatever you want. It's convenient to go out now. If you don't have it in the house, just send someone to buy it outside. Don't be short-tempered!"
Hearing Mrs. Bo say this, Shu Shu was really greedy.
After eating carrots and beef offal, who can not miss Cantonese-style morning tea?
In addition to ingredients such as prawns and crab roe, other ingredients are also common.