Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Ye Youlan asked someone to bring pen and ink. She picked up the pen and wrote down some things, and asked Magistrate Zhang to have someone arrange it. Then she would let everyone know what powerful she was.

Magistrate Zhang looked at the list for a long time without doing anything.

What's going on?

"Princess, what are you writing? I don't understand."

Prefect Zhang was a little embarrassed. The Seventh Prince took it, looked at it, then picked up his pen and rewrote it and handed it to Prefect Zhang. Prefect Zhang then smiled and asked someone to make arrangements.

Ye Youlan glared at the Seventh Prince: "How can you understand?"

The Seventh Prince whispered, "There are too many typos, but I can guess."

Ye Youlan held back her laughter. She had written in simplified characters, no wonder Magistrate Zhang looked so puzzled.

Hey, will Magistrate Zhang think that I am an illiterate princess?

After a while, Li Zhi came in and said that the reward would cost 5,749 taels and 3 coins.

Ye Youlan flipped through the pages. Writing these numbers would take up too much space. How much simpler would it be if they could be expressed in Arabic numerals? Should she teach them?

Forget it, let’s just teach it in a unified way in the future!

After having a simple dinner at the prefectural government office in the evening, Dingxiang quietly asked the princess if she wanted to go watch a sheep fight.

It turned out that Dingxiang was still thinking about this matter, and she wanted to follow the princess to vote this time.

Ye Youlan didn't care: "Okay!"

The big courtyard was extremely lively at night, and the scene reminded Ye Youlan of the night market in a small county town in modern society.

The few of them were familiar with the place where the sheep fighting was taking place. They didn't need to look for it specifically, they just had to follow the sound.

The owner of the arena stood in the middle and shouted loudly, this is the last sheep fight of the day, those who want to bet should do so quickly, if you miss it you will have to wait until tomorrow.

Dingxiang asked the princess to look quickly and decide which one to vote for.

Ye Youlan stared at the two little black sheep in the field. They looked almost identical in appearance. The only difference was that one of the sheep's horns was painted red and the other was painted blue.

Ye Youlan thought that if she bought the opposite, the villa would be by the sea. They were saying to vote for red, so she would vote for blue.

"Lilac, bet one thousand taels on blue."

The Seventh Prince observed the two sheep carefully and found no difference. Everyone else chose red. Perhaps red had won before, so he secretly asked Li Zhi to bet one hundred taels on red for him.

The game ended amid the roars of the crowd. Ye Youlan won six thousand taels, and Dingxiang followed suit by betting two taels and also won twelve taels.

The master and servant walked happily ahead, regretting that they should have been bolder and put in 10,000 taels, which would now be 60,000 taels. Alas, they could only blame themselves for being timid.

The two were chatting and could not hear the sound behind them. Turning back, they saw the prince and Li Zhi walking quietly with no expression on their faces.

Ye Youlan was excited: "Your Highness, why are you unhappy? We made a fortune today."

The Seventh Prince tried hard to force a smile: "Happy."

Li Zhi was extremely upset. He had originally wanted to bet ten taels of silver on the blue sheep, but when he saw the Seventh Prince was going to bet on the red sheep, he thought the princess was just lucky, but it was impossible for her to always be right! So before placing his bet, he changed his mind and followed the Seventh Prince in betting on the red sheep.

Now the prince has lost one hundred taels of silver, and I have lost ten taels of silver. I have once again missed the opportunity to gain wealth.

"Princess, do you really rely on intuition?"

"of course."

"Shall we place another bet tomorrow?"

Ye Youlan shook her head: "Good luck cannot be abused, it must be cherished, otherwise it will not work."

While speaking, Ye Youlan paid attention to the expression of the Seventh Prince, guessing that he must have bet on red. She pressed the corners of her mouth, fearing that a smile would appear.

"Laugh if you want! I just lost a hundred taels on a bet, and now I'm a pauper, penniless."

The Seventh Prince was very frank. Ye Youlan generously asked Dingxiang to give the prince one hundred taels, as it would be embarrassing for a man to go out without money.

Three days later, the first dog days of summer arrives and people in Linzhou begin to celebrate the Sheep Festival. Drinking mutton soup and eating mutton are the choices of many people.

Ye Youlan set up a barbecue stall in front of the prefect's door.

Early this morning, the magistrate's kitchen slaughtered a sheep. The servants in the mansion helped to cut the mutton, wash peppers, eggplants, potatoes, and leeks, and some were responsible for stringing the vegetables with red willow branches and arranging them in pots.

Ye Youlan prepared the seasoning and directed everyone to move everything to the door. She was going to start setting up her stall for business.

It took two iron shops to make a very long barbecue grill, and the best fruit charcoal was obtained from a wealthy local family.

Li Zhi carried a large sign and placed it next to the stall with a price list on it: a skewer of lamb for twenty cents, a skewer of vegetables for two cents, and a bowl of fruit tea for five cents.

Some people gathered around, commenting on it. It was so shabby, who would eat it? And yet it was so expensive? In Linzhou, two cents could buy ten potatoes. Potatoes were just a staple food there, not worth much. And you, two slices of potatoes for two cents?

Many people were waiting to watch the fun, but Ye Youlan was not in a hurry at all. She wore a square hat on her head and a veil on her face. She didn't want to be recognized and she also didn't want to be recognized by the smell of oil smoke.

She laid out the lamb in order, about fifty skewers at once, and then some vegetables on the side.

The charcoal fire was burning brightly, the lamb was sizzling, and the tempting aroma began to spread all around.

Ye Youlan turned the lamb skewers one by one, and when they were about 70% to 80% cooked, she took them up and put them in a bowl, sprinkled seasoning on them with a spoon, and then put them on the oven. The aroma of the lamb aroused people's appetite.

Ye Youlan picked one and walked to the Seventh Prince, asking him to taste it. Everyone's eyes were focused on this handsome man. The Seventh Prince was a little shy, turned his head and took a bite. The greasy aroma of the meat stimulated his taste buds.

"It's delicious." The Seventh Prince turned and looked at everyone, "It's really delicious."

Someone is moved.

"Give me one." He took out twenty coins, counted them, and threw them into the jar in front of him after confirming that they were correct.

The Seventh Prince gave him a wink, and Li Zhi gave up his seat and went to help by the oven.

Ye Youlan gave the man one and gently reminded him not to get burned.

The man took a bite and it was delicious. He then held up five fingers and said, "Five more skewers."

Ye Youlan instructed the prefect's chef to flip the lamb skewers, while she sat aside and sprinkled seasonings.

"Don't crowd together. It's too hot next to the stove and unsafe. Line up and pay first before getting the goods." Ye Youlan's voice was loud and kind. Those foodies were very obedient and lined up nicely.

The Seventh Prince realized that the procession was endless and one sheep was not enough, so he ordered two more to be killed.

Magistrate Zhang and other officials could only watch with envy, their mouths watering.

The Seventh Prince smiled and told them, "Tomorrow, anyone who wants to learn how to roast lamb will come here to learn. After they have learned well, they can go around the country and sell roast lamb. Then the lambs that are abundant in Linzhou will have no problem finding a market."

Ye Youlan came over and gave everyone a lamb skewer to satisfy their cravings. There wasn't much left, so she left a lamb kidney for the Seventh Prince.

When the Seventh Prince saw that it was not mutton skewers, he hurriedly asked what it was?

Ye Youlan whispered, "This is lamb kidney. Eating it is good for men."

The Seventh Prince's face flushed. Through the veil, he didn't know how Ye Youlan could say this calmly. Anyway, his heart was in turmoil.