Volume 1 First Entering the Tang Dynasty Chapter 28 Stir-Frying Vegetables
"Military advisor, what a literary talent!" Fang Qi heard Lu Chen's words "I'll be on my way right away" and immediately slapped him in the face and gave Lu Chen a thumbs up.
"As if you understand!" Meng Ji rolled his eyes at Fang Qi and scolded him.
"Just because I don't understand, I admire the military advisor for being both civil and military!" Fang Qi said with a shameless look, turning a blind eye to Meng Ji's rolling eyes.
"Old Fang, how did I find that your flattery skills are getting better and better?" Lu Chen also teased Fang Qi in a playful way.
"You have wronged me. You are guilty of disobeying an expert! Military advisor, you are the expert in my heart!" Fang Qi said with a shy face.
"Okay! Stop talking, I'm getting goosebumps!" Lu Chen now also let down his guard against Fang Qi. Judging from his observations during this period, Fang Qi sincerely wanted to make friends with him and had no other ideas.
While the three of them were having fun, Li Xiuning came back riding a jade lion.
He turned over and dismounted, handed the reins of the jade lion to Ye Zhu, and then walked quickly towards Lu Chen. Lu Chen and others hurriedly greeted him.
"Commander, is there anything inappropriate?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning and asked.
"There is no discomfort at all, sir. In fact, everything you did really surprised me!" Li Xiuning looked at the saddle on the jade lion and couldn't help but admire it.
"Since I'm not feeling any discomfort, I can rest assured! The rest of the work here can be left to the craftsmen, so I'll take my leave now!" Lu Chen said and left the military camp accompanied by Fang Qi and others.
Li Xiuning continued to patrol the camp.
Back at Lu Chen's courtyard, Lu Chen directly called Liu Laosan.
"Lao San, help me build an iron pot! Gou, go get me some suet!" After entering the courtyard, Lu Chen told Liu Laosan to get ready to work. The reason why Lu Chen was looking for suet was
Prepare for stir-frying. The cooking methods of this era are still in the era of "steaming", "boiling" and "roasting". The iron pots in wealthy households are mostly used for cooking rice, and there are basically few stir-fries.
As for the warehouse, there are things like peanut oil, rapeseed oil, and soybean oil. But if Lu Chen takes these things out now, firstly, he will not be able to explain the source of these things; secondly, in case he is burned as a monster.
, how to fix it? So Lu Chen prepared to use mutton oil for cooking.
Was there an iron pot in the Tang Dynasty? Yes, and iron pots first appeared in the Han Dynasty, but they were mostly found in the homes of high-ranking officials. Now that Lu Chen was in the military camp, where could he get an iron pot, so Lu Chen could only ask Mr. Liu
3. Make an iron pot.
Will Liu Laosan know how to make iron pots? The answer is yes. After all, before joining the army, he made a living by making iron at home. He also encountered some wealthy people who wanted to make iron pots, so Liu Laosan accepted the order and left the country.
Chen Xiaoyuan went to the blacksmith workshop in the military camp. As for the task of finding suet, he naturally left it to Liu Jing.
At this time, Lu Chen was the only one left in Lu Chen's yard except for the guard standing guard at the door. Lu Chen sat down on the stool in the yard bored, thinking about how to find Liu Heitai. According to his evil
Judging from the supplementary historical knowledge, in one month, it should be the time for Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Jieli Khan to face each other.
In October of the fifth year of Wude, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng attacked Jieli Khan from both sides. Then Li Zihe and Duan Decao cut off Jieli Khan's retreat. At this time, Li Yuan sent Zheng Yuanshou, a big liar, to kill Jieli Khan.
He retreated due to deception.
However, during this period of time, Liu Heitai did not sit still and wait for death. Instead, he would attack Weizhou crazily. However, Weizhou guard Tian Liuan was a ruthless man and continued to withstand Liu Heitai's attack until Li Jiancheng entered Changle. Here Let’s talk about Wei Zheng. It was Wei Zheng’s strategy of “the culprit must be punished, and threats are never asked” that directly killed Liu Heitai.
Lu Chen was gesturing on the ground, and suddenly an idea popped into his head. What if he went to sneak attack Liu Heitai, and at the same time let Li Xiuning divide his troops to raid Changle? Since Li Jiancheng can "deal with the culprits, never ask for threats", Why can't Li Xiuning do it?
If there was no battle against Liu Heita, wouldn't Li Xiuning die? Lu Chen threw down the branch, erased what he had written and drawn on the ground with his foot, and made a decision in his heart.
At this moment, Liu Laosan walked in from outside carrying a black iron pot, followed by Liu Jing holding a clay pot.
"Sir, what you want is ready!" Looking at Lu Chen sitting in the yard, Liu Laosan hurriedly came over with the iron pot, "Sir, do you think it is suitable for use?" Liu Laosan put the iron pot away Go to Lu Chen and let Lu Chen check.
Lu Chen looked at the iron pot. Although it was somewhat different from the iron pots of later generations, it could still be used. As for the kitchen utensils, Lu Chen planned to find time for Liu Laosan to build a set.
"Sir, do you think this mutton oil is suitable for use?" Liu Jing also opened the clay pot, and there was about one-third of the mutton oil inside.
Lu Chen looked at the suet, then stretched his neck and smelled it. After confirming that it was the suet, he nodded and asked Liu Jing to take it to the kitchen.
"Sir, where can I put this iron pot?" Liu Laosan looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"Put it on the kitchen stove!" Lu Chen led Liu Laosan to the kitchen. Liu Laosan was carrying an iron pot. When he came in, he found that the iron pot was much larger than the stove. He had no choice but to expand it.
Lu Chen directed Liu Laosan and Liu Jing to re-expand the stove, and then installed the iron pot on the stove. In fact, this was because the kitchen here was built by the villagers with stones, so it was easy to expand. If he had to switch to a green brick house from a wealthy family, Lu Chen probably wouldn't be able to eat the stir-fried dishes today.
Lu Chen asked Liu Jing to bring a bucket of water over and wash the iron pot, while Liu Laosan lit a fire under the stove and boiled a pot of water. Although the iron pot should have been used, Lu Chen still had to boil it once. rest assured.
Although there was no cooking in this era, there were spatulas, and wealthy households used iron spatulas. People like Lu Chen, the aboriginals of this house, used wooden spatulas. Anyway, a spatula would be enough, otherwise Lu Chen would really go outside. One now.
While waiting for the iron pot to boil water, Lu Chen asked Liu Jing to pick and wash the rice plants (sounds the same as "pine", the predecessor of modern cabbage). Lu Chen planned to make two dishes at noon today, a "lamb stir-fry" Cabbage" and a dish of "mutton stir-fried with green onions".
After scooping out the hot water from the iron pot, Lu Chen started to stir-fry the pot. He first put a little mutton oil in it and let it melt. Then he put the chopped green onions, ginger and garlic into the pot, and with the sound of "stabbing", The aroma of the pot suddenly permeated in the kitchen, and the doors and windows along the kitchen also spread directly.