Cixi just eats a chicken, why does it cost astronomical sums?

When Cixi was in the palace, she lived in extreme luxury, and even when she fled, she carried a large amount of gold and silver. After Cixi and her entourage arrived in Xi'an,The prefect of Datong wants to use the most characteristic local "phoenix nest" to entertain Cixi, but this ** often relies on his official position as a blessing, so the owner of the store told him that each chicken needs a thousand taels**, this is the saying that there is a sky-high price of chicken.

The dish is mainly fried chicken, eggs are placed around, and tofu vermicelli is added to decorate it, which looks like a phoenix nesting in the snow. If you want to talk about this dish, entertain Cixi, it is very appropriate. It's a pity that Qi Futian, the prefect of Datong, is not a good official, and he has been borrowing his official position for a long time to not give money on credit in the restaurant.

As soon as he heard Qi Futian ask to make this dish for the Empress Dowager Cixi, the hotel owner had his own idea. He told Qi Futian that this dish is usually made of ordinary local chicken, but how can a person as noble as Cixi eat what ordinary people eat? If you want to eat it in Cixi, you must at least use the best Babao royal chickenThis kind of chicken is fed ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, bird's nest and other precious herbs to grow up, rich in nutritional value, one at least a thousand taels.

When Qi Futian heard this, he was distressed, but in order to please the Empress Dowager Cixi, he gritted his teeth and asked the boss to prepare.

Good thingAfter Cixi arrived in Xi'an, after eating this dish, she was in good spirits, and she was full of praise for Qi Futian。This made Qi Futian feel that the money was not spent in vain after all, but what he didn't know was. Cixi and the others ate ordinary chickens.

The reason why he spent so much money was entirely because he had too much credit in the restaurant before, and the boss deliberately made a false ** and used the extra money to pay off the debt.

Actually, this thing,It can also be seen that the social chaos at the end of the Qing Dynasty is a phenomenon。Cixi herself was extravagant, and her subordinates tried their best to curry favor with the ruler in order to get greater power. And businessmen are more for their own interests, unscrupulous means.

There is such a series of vicious circles, and the fall of the Qing Dynasty is also a matter of course.

Cixi is the queen mother in the palace, so her identity is definitely different from ordinary people, and the food she eats must be different from ordinary people's homes, so even a chicken may be sky-high.

Cixi has always lived a luxurious life, and she has no idea that a chicken is actually very cheap, because what she eats is exploited layer by layer, and only expensive can reflect her nobility.

First of all, they have a royal palace and do not know the prices of the people. When many people peel off layer by layer, an egg can be sold for several taels of silver, so it is normal for the Empress Dowager Cixi to eat a chicken and spend a sky-high price.