Chapter 290 Song Qing: Follow Xu Qian'an's path! Leave him with nowhere to go!

"Your Highness Lin'an, don't worry, you can have it too."

Chu Caiwei was still immersed in enjoying the delicious food when she ran back to the kitchen.

Lin'an's face immediately turned red. What do you mean she can eat it too? A princess would never kiss a man in public. It's too inappropriate!

But Bian Bian's attention was diverted again, "Huh? It smells so good!"

As Chu Caiwei brought out two plates of simple home-cooked dishes, one plate of fried pork with winter bamboo shoots, and the other plate of stewed pork ribs with lotus root, Lin'an swallowed his saliva unconsciously.

Princess Lin'an, who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea in the palace, never expected that ordinary dishes would smell so delicious.

Chu Caiwei squatted on the ground, putting slices of meat into her mouth one by one, with greedy light in her eyes.

"Li Changan, you try it too!"

Li Changan took a bite of the lotus root slices that Chu Caiwei brought over and was quite satisfied with the result. Although it was still inferior to the real MSG, it was much more delicious than the dishes of this era.

"Caiwei, I want to eat meat."

After being fed several pieces of lotus root slices in a row, Li Changan couldn't bear it anymore.

This girl Chu Caiwei is good in every way except that she becomes indifferent when it comes to delicious food. She only puts the meat slices into her own mouth and only gives lotus root slices to Li Changan.

"But I'm still growing."

Li Changan was helpless and said, "You are already sixteen or seventeen years old, it is too late to eat papaya every day."

With Chu Caiwei's cute star-level face now, Li Changan felt that it was not impossible.

"Lin'an, come quickly, if you don't eat now, Caiwei will eat it all."

Giving Lin'an a way out, he snorted and ran over, picked up a pair of chopsticks, and picked up a piece of meat in a lightning speed.

Then, the moment he brought it to his own mouth, he changed his mind and passed it to Li Changan's mouth.

Afterwards, Lin An swallowed his saliva and smiled sweetly, "Master Li, is it delicious?"

"It's delicious." Li Changan nodded with satisfaction, "The meat is good, and Lin'an is also good."

She raised her head and glanced at Chu Caiwei. She saw that Chu Caiwei was still putting a piece of lotus root slice into Li Changan's mouth. Her insensitivity was extremely strong.

Afterwards, Lin'an also took a bite of the meat, and suddenly stars twinkled in his peach blossom eyes.

"It smells so good, it's amazing."

It's just MSG. Even if you are a princess, you were not qualified to enjoy it before.

No wonder it is said that farmers in later generations eat better than emperors in ancient times.

Soon, the two dishes that had just come out of the pot were eaten up by Lin'an and Chu Caiwei. Xu Lingyue could only watch while swallowing her saliva.

Afterwards, Song Qing touched his belly and walked out of the kitchen, not knowing how much he had eaten.

He squatted in front of Li Changan with an excited look, "Brother Li, the powder condensed from ordinary food is so magical!"

"Now we have refined three kinds of powder. If we mix them in different proportions, they should have different flavor-enhancing effects!"

Li Changan looked at Song Qing with appreciation, "Brother Song is indeed the strongest alchemist. This idea is feasible. Moreover, if Caiwei wants to promote freshness-enhancing ingredients, it needs to consider different audiences."

"Sea rice noodle soup has the highest cost, followed by kelp powder and mushroom powder. By mixing them in different proportions, they can become MSG at different prices, so that more people can eat it."

Song Qing nodded vigorously, "Okay, okay, I wonder if I can borrow Brother Li's kitchen to use. I will guide you in choosing the right recipe."

"Brother, go back. Refining MSG is no different from cooking. It's not as complicated as your alchemy. I can do it myself."

Chu Caiwei directly rejected Song Qing's guidance, causing Song Qing's passionate expression to collapse instantly.

For Song Qing, who likes to research new things, how could he miss the development of this new product?

"Junior sister...if there's anything you don't understand, I can help you."

Chu Caiwei shook her head. "No need. Li Changan will help me. There are so many servants here."

Song Qing begged, "I can help light the fire and wash the tiles..."

"Aiya, Senior Brother, when did you become so fussy? Go back to Alchemy."

Hearing Chu Caiwei's resolute refusal, Song Qing turned to Li Changan eagerly and said, "Brother Li, look..."

Li Changan guessed that Song Qing had many ideas about alchemy and his thinking was more divergent, and Chu Caiwei was afraid that her senior brother would interfere with her.

"Caiwei, let Brother Song stay, but he won't interfere. If he wants to try something, wait until your ideas are all completed, and then let him do it himself."

Chu Caiwei touched her chin and thought for a while, "Well, Senior Brother Song, you are not allowed to interfere with me!"

Song Qing instantly turned into a lapdog mode, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, Junior Sister."

A few days later, Xu Lingyue went to visit her relatives.

Before dinner, she took a small jar to the kitchen. Before she entered, she heard several cooks gossiping.

"When the master sent the young lady to be a maid, I couldn't understand why she had to serve others with such status. Now I know that the master is worthy of being an official. He really stands high and sees far."

Another cook who was working the fire echoed, "That's right, Lord Li's house is in the inner city, and it has six courtyards! Six courtyards! More than fifteen thousand taels!"

The outer city of the capital is mostly inhabited by lower-class people, while the inner city is only inhabited by dignitaries and people of status. It is the beautiful dream of the people in the outer city.

"My lady didn't quite agree with it before, but now she seems to be showing off more and more young lady."

The cook who was cutting vegetables sighed, "That's right. Lord Li is so famous, so promising at a young age, and so wealthy. I heard that he is worth a million taels of silver. Oh my god, it's incredible!"

The cook who was lighting the fire said excitedly, "Besides, this Lord Li hasn't married yet! Miss is so close to him that she can get the moon first."

"Although he has a mistress in the Imperial Music Bureau, she is not as innocent as the young lady. So the master has a very sharp eye."

"What kind of courtesan is that? Her looks may not be comparable to that of the young lady. The young lady just doesn't take the initiative. If she were me, she would have slept in the same bed with Lord Li a long time ago."

"What do you know? Maybe Miss is sleeping in the same bed with Master Li right now..."

Xu Lingyue was listening to the gossip outside the door and couldn't help but get angry. After all, most of the gossip was not bad.

"Cough cough..."

A clear cough was heard, and the cooks immediately returned to their quiet and busy state.

"Oh, the lady is back."

"The lady is getting more beautiful."

"Miss, how can you come to the kitchen?"

"If you have anything to say, just let the maid pass on the message."

The cooks were either surprised or happy, and talked to Xu Lingyue enthusiastically.

Xu Lingyue took out a small jar and said, "This is the seasoning that Lord Li gave me. I'm here to help you cook."

Although Li Changan did not explain it specifically, Xu Lingyue knew that this was an exclusive recipe and could not be circulated.

Besides, if such delicious food is placed in the kitchen, what if the cooks secretly take it away? So I can only put a little in when cooking, and give the rest to Li Ru for safekeeping. This is the most reassuring way.

The cooks were all extremely curious, but they didn't know what good things Xu Lingyue had brought back, so they could only continue to work.

Xu Lingyue is the master, and the cooks are just servants. Servants cannot control what the master does.

What's more, Xu Lingyue's status in the family, and even her right to speak, has gradually surpassed Xu Pingzhi. When the first dish, Kung Pao Chicken, was about to be served, Xu Lingyue scooped out a spoonful of MSG and put it in.

Afterwards, she picked up a piece of meat and tasted it, nodding with satisfaction. It was indeed the delicious taste she had tasted in the past two days.

Seeing this, the cook also took a bite. Her eyes widened instantly and she almost forgot to cook.

The taste was familiar to her, but the chicken was several times more delicious, something that even cooking broth could not achieve.

"It's so delicious. Is this a dish I made? I actually have such ability..."

Several other cooks also tasted the food and said that the cook who cooked the dish could go to Guiyue Tower to be a chef.

Afterwards, Xu Lingyue would add a little MSG to each dish, such as braised crucian carp, sweet and sour spare ribs, leek and egg... when it was almost time to serve.

The cooks finally realized that it was the MSG that Xu Lingyue brought back that made the food so delicious.

"Miss, this MSG was brought from the palace. I'm afraid only the nobles in the palace can enjoy this flavor!"

Xu Lingyue smiled slightly. No princess in the palace could enjoy such a taste. Princess Lin'an wished she could go to Li Chang'an's house every day.

I heard that Concubine Chen had put him under house arrest, so he couldn't come out.

In the end, Xu Lingyue left a large spoonful for the cooks, asking them to add some when cooking.

"Try this first. It won't be long before MSG is available on the market."

The cooks thanked him repeatedly, but what they were all thinking in their hearts was that even if it was available, they couldn't afford it.

At the dinner table, Xu Pingzhi sniffed, "Today's food smells so good."

Little pudding Xu Lingyin sat on Xu Lingyue's lap, with her chopsticks stretched out and drooling in her mouth.

"Snapped!"

Xu Lingyue pushed down Little Pudding's chopsticks and said, "Mother and brother haven't come yet."

Little Pudding put down his chopsticks with his eyes wide open, and Xu Pingzhi also put down the chopsticks he had just picked up.

In recent times, Xu Lingyue's status in the family has become higher and higher, and her words have become more and more powerful, because the allowance Li Changan gives her has reached twice what he gets as a seventh-rank official!
The economic foundation determines the family status, alas.

After Li Ru and Xu Xinnian arrived, they also found that today's dishes were very unusual. Li Ru first picked up a piece of fish, and then was shocked.

"It's so delicious... Did you change the cook at home?"

Xu Xinnian picked up a piece of diced chicken and muttered, "That's too much."

However, after chewing a few bites, he immediately picked up the chopsticks and started competing with others.

The dishes are still the same, but the umami flavor explodes the taste buds, the impact is too strong.

Not long after, a loud cry echoed throughout the Xu family.

"No more... not even a little bit left..."

"I'm not full yet, woooo!"

Xu Lingyin’s arms were too short, and the food on the table was all gone before she was full.

Xu Xinnian patted his bulging belly, then patted Xu Lingyin's little head.

"Don't cry, don't cry. A gentleman does not seek to be full. You are the only gentleman in the family now."

Xu Lingyin cried so hard that her nose was bubbling. Seeing that everyone in her family had eaten their fill and were still savoring the lingering taste in their mouths, she cried even harder.

Xu Qian'an, who was cooking next door, smelled the delicious aroma and heard the noisy crying, and felt even more irritated.

"Cry, cry, cry, why are you crying!"

"Eating such delicious food, but still crying, you don't know how to appreciate the blessing you have."

In less than half a month, five grades of MSG appeared on the market in Beijing.

These five grades have different prices. In fact, they are just sea intestine rice noodles, kelp noodles, and mushroom noodles matched in different proportions, and the degree of freshness is different.

However, because there are different prices to cater to people from all walks of life, Chu Caiwei's promotion to alchemist should be a foregone conclusion.

In the palace.

The palace maid beside Huaiqing came in with Chu Caiwei and a food box.

"Your Highness, look what delicious food I brought you!"

Huaiqing knew everything that happened in Li Changan's mansion. She looked at Chu Caiwei with a complicated look.

Li Changan is really like a stove, bringing warmth to the women around him.

Write poems for Fuxiang, help Chu Caiwei with alchemy, give advice to yourself, teach Lin'an how to play shuttlecock...

Why do so many people like him? Huaiqing suddenly felt a little annoyed.

But she changed her mind and realized that how could she not like a man who even attracted her?

"Your Highness, these are the five kinds of MSG sold on the market. Here are a few more that were newly researched by Senior Brother Song Qing."

"This is turtle essence, abalone essence, lobster essence, bird's nest essence..."

Huaiqing couldn't help but marvel at the alchemist's imagination, as one seasoning could be used in so many ways.

After adding various seasonings to Huaiqing's lunch, Huaiqing finally understood why Lin'an had been going to Li Chang'an's house so frequently recently.

Because the taste is simply incredible!
"Li Changan, Li Changan, is there anything you can't do..."

In Li Changan's mansion.

"Brother Li! Brother Li! Important discovery!"

Song Qing rushed into Li Changan's study in the front yard holding a small jar.

These days, he has been tinkering with fresh ingredients in the backyard kitchen.

Li Changan put down his pen and looked at Song Qing with some curiosity. This guy had come up with more than a dozen kinds of seasonings, but he had never seen him so excited.

He squeezed juice and roasted almost all the delicious ingredients he could think of to improve MSG.

He killed several turtles, each worth a dozen taels of silver. The amount was enough to redeem several courtesans. It turns out that the romance of science and engineering men is something that ordinary people would not understand.

"Brother Song, what did you find?"

Song Qing sat opposite Li Changan and pointed at the jar in his arms and said, "The most effective ingredient for enhancing freshness is not the precious ingredients like turtle, abalone and bird's nest."

"It's actually a chicken! An ordinary chicken!"

“Cook the chicken and chicken bones to make broth, add a little dried shrimp, boil it, dry it, grind it into powder, and then add MSG to enhance the flavor for the best effect!”

"I never thought that chicken essence is so much stronger than turtle essence."

Li Changan scratched his head and calculated with his fingers. It would take more than two months before Officer Xu would travel through time.

I originally wanted to leave the chicken essence to him, but it was messed up by Song Qing. Song Qing is following Xu Qian'an's path.

However, Li Changan still left a lot of ways for Officer Xu, such as the periodic table, Constable Lu of the government office, other courtesans in the Jiaofang Bureau, and the mare of Xu Lingyue's family...

As for whether he can grasp it, that depends on him.

(End of this chapter)