Chapter 1194 Preserved Eggs

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

In the past, the Lantern Festival in the entire Shuobei was not very lively, and perhaps Dingbei was slightly more lively.

However, Shuofang, as Yun Zheng's earliest base, has experienced development in recent years and has now become the administrative center of Shuobei. It was particularly lively during the Lantern Festival this year.

I heard that there will be lantern festivals held in several places in the city tonight.

However, it is still very cold in Shuobei at this time, especially at night.

This lantern festival is held indoors.

Among them were the Yuelai Inn in Shuofang and the brothel opened by Hou Shikai.

Yun Zheng will also bring people from his mansion to attend the lantern festival tonight.

However, he definitely couldn't go to the brothel, so he could only go to Yuelai Inn.

Zhang Xu had already told him about it yesterday.

"We're leaving after the Lantern Festival?"

Upon learning that Jia Yao would return to Beihuan after the Lantern Festival, Yun Zheng’s enthusiasm for participating in the Lantern Festival decreased a bit.

"Are you reluctant to let me go?"

Jia Yao leaned in Yun Zheng's arms, looked back and asked, with a faint smile on her face.

"Isn't this nonsense?"

Yun Zheng gently stroked Jia Yao's hair, "I wish you would never return to Beihuan!"

"That won't do." Jia Yao chuckled, "I still have to wait for you on the grassland! Besides, you are going to use troops against the Li Dynasty, so I have to go back to the grassland to make arrangements in advance, right?"

Yun Zheng had already told her that Beihuan would also have to send 10,000 troops to attack the Li Dynasty this time.

She had anticipated this and had no objection.

Beihuan had previously disbanded its standing army, and now it must regroup.

Moreover, she had to make arrangements in advance and prepare food and fodder for the march.

Yun Zheng also promised her that he would supply the food and fodder to Bei Huan, so she was not worried that Yun Zheng would go back on his word.

"Isn't there a Luntai?"

Yun Zheng smiled, "Since you have called Luntai back, you have to give up your power!"

"The military power is still in my hands."

Jia Yao shook her head slightly, "We have to delegate power step by step, right?"

"All right!"

Yun Zheng smiled helplessly, "Then you should go back to Beihuan tomorrow! After the Lantern Festival, I will arrange things in Shuobei and start inspecting the cities in Shuobei. By the time I get to the Yanhuishan camp, it should be almost spring. I will go directly from the Yanhuishan camp to find you then..."

He had actually thought about these things a long time ago.

It is impossible for him to go to Beihuan with only a few dozen riders.

At least bring all the guards.

It would definitely be better to set off when the weather gets warmer.

"Ah."

Jia Yao nodded gently, and leaned against Yun Zheng's chest again, "Anyway, you should get to the grassland quickly!"

"it is good!"

Yun Zheng nodded heavily, "As long as nothing catastrophic happens, I will come to you as soon as possible!"

Just when the two were being affectionate, Ye Zi came over with Zhang Xu and a servant.

Seeing this, Jia Yao hurriedly left Yun Zheng's arms.

"Alright! We are all family, why are you still ashamed?"

Ye Zi teased Jia Yao.

Jia Yao blushed slightly and nodded to Zhang Xu as a greeting.

Zhang Xu looked at Yun Zheng with a smile: "Your Highness, I brought you something good!"

"Are these the things?" Yun Zheng pointed at the tray in the servant's hand.

The tray was covered with cloth, and Yun Zheng couldn't see what was inside.

Zhang Xu nodded and smiled, then raised his hand and pulled the cloth off the tray.

As the tray was pulled open, several green-skinned duck eggs appeared in Yun Zheng's sight.

"Is this the good stuff you mentioned?"

Jia Yao laughed dumbly, "If I hadn't known you two, I would have thought you two were so poor that you had to beg for food!"

Just a few duck eggs, can they be called good things?

“These are no ordinary duck eggs!”

Zhang Xu smiled mysteriously, "This duck egg must be sold for at least five coins... Oh, no, it's one tael of silver!"

"..."

Jia Yao's pretty face twitched slightly, and she cursed Zhang Xu, the profiteer, in her heart.

Under normal circumstances, a duck egg would only sell for a dozen copper coins at most.

She guessed that Zhang Xu, this duck egg, would brag to others about being a tribute or something like that.

"What's so special about this duck egg?"

Yunzheng asked curiously.

Zhang Xu smiled, took a duck egg, cracked it, and began to peel it.

Yun Zheng and the others looked on curiously.

As more and more parts of Zhang Xu were peeled off, Yun Zheng was suddenly stunned.

"Preserved egg?"

The next moment, Yun Zheng screamed in surprise.

Preserved eggs!

Isn’t this just a preserved egg?

"Preserved egg?"

Zhang Xu was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the name!"

I give you my Lord!

Yun Zheng laughed and cursed in his heart, took the duck egg from Zhang Xu's hand and peeled it open.

The pine flowers in the duck egg are fully revealed.

Yun Zheng sniffed it and asked curiously, "When did you make this thing?"

He, a time traveler, had never thought of this thing, but how could Zhang Xu have come up with it?

“I didn’t make this.”

Zhang Xu shook his head and smiled: "This was made by the people in the cement workshop..."

This was accidentally created by the workers in the cement workshop.

It is said that a cook wanted to hide a few duck eggs for his children to eat. The cook was afraid that they would be discovered, so he wrapped the duck eggs in a layer of yellow mud and hid them in a secluded place.

Later, the person in charge discovered that the cook had hidden the duck eggs, so he ordered the cook to hand over the eggs.

The cook had no choice but to hand over all the duck eggs he had hidden.

There were more than ten duck eggs in total, a few of which had gone bad, but a few had become preserved eggs, which are not only edible but also have a special flavor.

However, not everyone thinks it tastes good, some people think it tastes bad.

But the manager just liked this.

The manager spent a long time trying to figure out what was going on, before he discovered that the soil that wrapped the preserved eggs was mixed with lime.

After that, he got some duck eggs to try. Some of them failed, some tasted bad, some tasted really good, and some even had pine nuts.

When Lao Pang was inspecting the workshop, the manager brought out the best preserved eggs for Lao Pang to eat.

Lao Pang happened to like it, so he made a lot of it at home.

When Lao Pang came to visit Zhang Xu the day before yesterday, he brought some preserved eggs for Zhang Xu and Mingyue to taste.

However, Zhang Xu thought the preserved egg was delicious, but Mingyue thought it was unpalatable.

Zhang Xu felt that this preserved egg was both delicious and beautiful, and that many people would like it.

The key is, it didn’t exist before!

This can be considered a special pit... Oh no, it's a high-end product for rich people!

Zhang Xu has asked Lao Pang to transfer all the people who know the production process of Songhua eggs from the cement workshop, and let them specialize in making Songhua eggs, and keep the production process strictly confidential.

The cook who hid the duck eggs was also beaten with ten lashes, but was also rewarded with twenty taels of silver. He is now recuperating at home, and will be transferred to make preserved eggs after he recovers.

After hearing Zhang Xu's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but marvel in amazement.

Can this also be used to make preserved eggs?

Should he say that there are bad people among the masses, or that there are wise people among the masses?

"Let me try it!"

Yun Zheng said this and took a light bite.

Mm, it tastes pretty good!

"Not bad!"

Yun Zheng praised: "Aren't you going to hold a lantern festival tonight? At that time, give each person who attends the lantern festival a preserved egg. Wouldn't that promote it?"

"This is one of the prizes for our lantern riddle guessing game!"

Zhang Xu chuckled and said tentatively: "Since Your Highness also thinks this tastes good, why don't you eat it in public during the Lantern Festival tonight?"

"no problem!"

Yunzheng nodded and smiled.

Isn’t this just the ancient version of live streaming selling goods?

Why not do it if you can share the fun with the people and help advertise Zhang Xu?

"This thing is black, can it be eaten?"

Jia Yao frowned and looked at the preserved egg in Yun Zheng's hand.

"Would you know if you try it?"

As Yun Zheng spoke, he asked Zhang Xu to give Jia Yao a preserved egg.

However, Jia Yao directly took the half-bitten preserved egg from Yun Zheng and put it into her mouth, taking a small bite.

Jia Yao frowned, chewed it twice, and forced himself to swallow it.

"This tastes... weird."

Jia Yao's brows relaxed slightly.