Kangxi’s purpose of eating Wowotou was to save money and spend the money on other more useful things. However, when he saw the reported expenses, he became furious. It was actually higher than the previous expenses. More. But after the people below explained to him, he was no longer angry and resumed his usual diet.
Kangxi is a very admirable king. There are too many legendary stories about such a person, and the most important thing is that he has the people in his heart. Kangxi was very frugal because he wanted to spend the money he saved on other more useful things.
One time when Kangxi was chatting with his prime minister, he asked him what he usually ate. The Prime Minister said that he usually only eats two steamed buns, plus some other things, and usually only needs two copper coins for a meal. As mentioned before, Kangxi was very frugal, so he immediately thought that if he ate like this, he could save a lot of money in a day.
Thinking of starting to make it, Kangxi asked his imperial kitchen to feed him steamed buns every day. After eating for a week, he was furious when he saw the cost. It was actually higher than his previous consumption. At this time, he will definitely go to the steward in the imperial kitchen to see if he has enriched himself.
The eunuch in charge said that the two steamed buns he ate were not ordinary steamed buns. First of all, the water used to make the noodles must be the dew on the lotus leaves in the early morning. The next thing is that the noodles must be freshly ground and come from other places. Even the noodles must be carefully selected when grinding. And after they were done, they had to select the two best ones and present them to Kangxi, so the cost was indeed not low.
Kangxi, who knew the truth, was no longer angry, but asked to resume the previous meal. When the people knew about this, they called these Wowotou Golden Towers. This incident also shows that Kangxi was really a good and thrifty king.