Five hundred and eighty-six chapters seal wolf Juxu
In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, in the third month of spring, the land south of the Yangtze River was covered with grass and orioles were flying.
At the most beautiful time, little Zhu Di took off his cotton trousers, rode on his beloved pony, and ran out of the city to find Miss Chun.
At this moment, Lao Zhu was suffering from pain in his head and his head was buzzing.
Zhu Biao gave him a jar of salt, weighing ten kilograms.
It is said that he personally got it from the salt pond. It was as white as snow. With his full filial piety, he gave it to his father and mother to taste. If he thought it was good, he also asked his father to give it a royal title so that it could be used throughout the world.
Then Zhu Biao wrote a long paragraph about how the people in Peiping were too miserable. They had no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat. They didn’t even have houses in the winter and could only live in caves... In a word, they all pointed to salt.
Okay, you old man must save the common people!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao's letter and then looked at the jar of salt. Not only was he worried that his son was addicted to being a merchant, he was even angry that his son was not doing his job properly and was losing his ambition by playing with things! Why did he go to get salt? It was simply unreasonable!
He was angry when he suddenly smelled a scent. When he turned around, he saw Queen Ma coming over with a goose and bringing it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Look at how hard you are working, I made a salted goose, you can try it."
Since the couple had argued several times over Zhu Biao's education, Lao Zhu has never eaten the food made by his wife. It was finally delivered. What else can Lao Zhu say? He took a big bite and it tasted really bad.
Said, it tastes really good.
“The girl’s craftsmanship is really good!”
Ma smiled slightly, "The craftsmanship is secondary, the key is that the salt is good! Salted goose, salted goose, the key is to use good salt, don't you think?"
When he mentioned salt, Zhu Yuanzhang's face immediately darkened. He pushed the plate away angrily and said angrily: "Why are you still encouraging Nizi? What is he like now?"
Ma was also angry, "Zhu Chongba, I think you have forgotten your original intention! Isn't it just to dry the salt? When you followed Xu Da and others to farm the land, why don't you still compete? Our son should learn some skills of drying the salt.
, what’s wrong?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a while, then muttered: "We, we work so hard, aren't we just because we don't work hard for them!"
"Yes, parents all over the world think so. If you work harder, your children won't have to suffer... But Chongba, have you ever thought about it, you can sit on that chair without working hard?" Ma.
The queen said softly: "Chongba, it's not that I'm against you. I used to listen to how our son is sensible. Now this is the first time I've heard that our son can do things. This is a good thing. It's better to practice it than to talk about it.
, don’t get carried away thinking about it.”
Ma smiled and said, "I've let them see it and taste it. Not to mention, this salt is as white as snow, has no impurities, and no peculiar smell. It's better than what we eat in the palace. Biao'er learned a lot this time
Mr. Zhang is really good at doing it. It is said that he only needs to dry it in the sun without cooking it, which saves wood and does not require an iron pot... He only needs to build a salt pond on the ground and dry it in the sun. A salt worker can do just that.
Tens of thousands of kilograms of salt can be produced in a day's work... The original kitchen households can no longer use it. If they are willing to farm, they will be given land. If they are willing to stay, they will be turned into salt workers, and their income will be ten times more than before.
I heard that the salt workers shouted long live the emperor, thank you for your benefits!"
Lao Zhu naturally listened to what Empress Ma said. In fact, it was not that he did not understand these principles, but as an old father, he felt a little awkward.
But Lao Zhu was very pleased that his son had mastered one more skill, and it was not just one skill. Thinking of this, Lao Zhu couldn't help but grin.
I caught the salted goose and took two big bites. I only felt that the taste was even more delicious.
"Indeed, you can't taste the bitter taste. This salt is really good! How do you think Mr. Zhang made it? How come he even knows how to make salt from the sun?"
Queen Ma sighed: "This is just reasoning by analogy. You know everything! I also heard that Mr. Zhang collected a lot of iron pots and seemed to be planning to make something great. I don't know what Mr. Zhang can come up with."
Come! Let’s just wait in Yingtian. Even if we get it out, it will take a long time to deliver it. It’s really worrying!”
Hearing that Zhang Ximeng was playing with something again, Zhu Yuanzhang became curious. A salt-drying method can benefit the people. Mr. Zhang will definitely make some big moves next, and I guarantee it will be the same.
For a moment, Lao Zhu was scratching his head and wanted to know urgently.
What is Zhang Ximeng doing?
It was nothing, he just picked up various shelled things on the beach while drying the salt... King Lu took the prince to the sea.
If there was a live broadcast and asked Lao Zhu from Yingtian to click a little red heart, Lao Zhu would probably be so angry that he died.
Playing with things to lose one's ambition is the evil of the king!
How could anyone teach a prince like this!
hateful!
Zhang Ximeng didn't think of anything else. He took out the shellfish, took out the meat, dried it quickly, crushed it, made it into powder, and then added some to the soup!
Yes, it’s indeed a lot fresher!
Now Zhang Ximeng opened the door to a new world.
People often say that sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty are the five tastes, but there is another taste that surpasses the five tastes, and that is umami!
This is a taste that is very difficult to obtain. You can tell from this glyph. People stew fish and sheep together to get the umami flavor.
When eggs and salt are fried together, the umami flavor will appear, so for the ancients, scrambled eggs were really an excellent delicacy.
If you want to get the umami flavor, you can only get that little bit of umami flavor by boiling it repeatedly with various broths.
Therefore, when a wealthy family cooks, whether it is Yangzhou's Yanshang cuisine or Qufu's Confucius cuisine, it is essential to use chicken, duck, goose, and various bones. They are boiled repeatedly to make a stock, and then the stock is used to enhance the flavor. This is how it is made
The dishes are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
It is almost the same to say that what they eat is dragon liver and phoenix marrow.
Zhang Ximeng has been to Kong's house and knows these things. He also knows that the key to everything is MSG, but I'm sorry, he really doesn't know how to get it.
Moreover, when everyone is working hard to conquer the world, he keeps tossing for some food and drink, which is indeed too much.
Things dragged on, and when Zhang Ximeng arrived in Peiping and started playing with salt, he seemed to have discovered an opportunity.
There was a time when Shandong cuisine was quite famous, and it was the most famous after all major cuisines.
Later, it gradually declined. Zhang Ximeng heard a saying that Shandong cuisine relied on the sea to make broth from some shellfish and obtain umami flavor. Relying on this, Shandong cuisine was ahead of various inland cuisines.
Coupled with the location between the north and the south, personnel exchanges, business exchanges, and the gathering of various famous people have given rise to the prosperity of Shandong cuisine.
But when things like MSG became popular, Shandong cuisine chefs took several hours to come up with the exclusive secret recipe, which could be solved with just a little MSG and chicken essence, and Shandong cuisine went down the road...
Zhang Ximeng doesn’t know whether it’s true or false, so it’s hard to make a conclusion.
But he does know that there is something called oyster sauce.
Use these shellfish and snails, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and make soup... Anyway, no matter how much you do, as long as you get the fresh flavor out, and then make soup and dishes, it will be considered a success.
This work is comparable to drying salt. It took Zhang Ximeng several months, but he finally came up with two things.
One is thick soup and the other is powder.
On this day, Zhang Ximeng was even more happy than the success of drying salt. He called Hu Dahai, Lan Yu, Li Wenzhong, Zhu Wenzheng, and many generals. Liu Bowen and Song Lian also followed.
Everyone gathers together in Changlu. Compared with Shanhaiguan's swig, the scale is much smaller, but obviously the various dishes are more exquisite and delicious.
"Mr. Bowen, you are all experts, try it. How does it taste?"
Liu Bowen was doubtful, and Hu Dahai simply looked panicked. After all, he had already done it once, and who knew what Zhang Ximeng had done again.
But this time things were pretty good, no surprises.
"Xiang Zhang, these dishes are indeed delicious...Xiang Zhang, where did you find the famous chef?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Can't I become a famous chef? Scholar Song knows that I can cook!"
Song Lian nodded, "Indeed, not only can he cook, but he can also make milk tea! Let's make West Lake Longjing!"
Being exposed, the atmosphere became awkward.
Liu Bowen also put down Kuaizi, his expression slightly solemn, "Everyone has the same desire to look good. It's just that at the moment, Peking is full of waste and is waiting for prosperity. Is it too much to make such a big show of it?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly and said, "I know what you mean. Is Your Highness here because you are afraid that I will teach His Highness a bad lesson?"
Song Lian and Liu Bowen stood up quickly and said in panic: "Prime Minister Zhang misunderstood, we didn't mean it!"
Zhang Ximeng asked them to sit down with a smile, and then said: "Don't worry, we are all old friends. It doesn't matter if you just say that I did something wrong. I did this because I wanted to eat something good. But I have to
Unless you say it’s of no use, I’m not convinced.”
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said to Hu Dahai: "Duke Yue, if you want to go deep into the grassland to fight, what do you need to eat?"
Hu Dahai was startled, "What does Prime Minister Zhang mean?"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "I am going to use these two things as seasonings. I will also get some seaweed, dry it and crush it, or steam it and stir-fry it in a big pot. After crushing it, mix it together. It will have both umami and flavor."
Once the salt is added, it can be made into a sauce, spread on flatbread, or put in a pot to make soup."
Zhang Ximeng sighed: "The pain of war is not ordinary! In the past, when soldiers went to war, they carried vinegar cloth with them. Were those things eaten by people? With these two things, we would add lard, butter, and dried fruits.
You can probably prepare a good meal for the soldiers!"
The civil servants followed, mainly several military generals. After hearing this, they tasted the dishes on the table again. Zhu Wenzheng stuffed the powder into his mouth and tasted it. Lan Yu also poured in the concentrated broth.
In the mouth.
Then the two of them were overjoyed!
What a treasure!
Lan Yu immediately said: "Xiang Zhang, with this thing, our food will be much better, and we don't have to worry even if we travel thousands of miles. I, I would like to ask for an order to set out from Xanadu to attack the remnants of the Yuan army!"
Zhu Wenzheng was also anxious, "Why do you go? I should be the leader this time!"
The two of them were arguing when someone suddenly knocked on the table, "What are you doing? Do you take me seriously? Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are both at war! Why don't you just leave me here?" Hu Dahai was also anxious. After all,
The problem of food is solved, and the wolf can live in Xu, right before our eyes!