The happy life of a prodigal

After a while, he glanced at the two children in his arms. He seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his eyes, looked at Fang Xiu, and said firmly: "My lord, the little one is just an ordinary citizen. Those things about killing people and setting fires, little ones I can’t do it, and I dare not do it.”

Fang Xiu nodded, and said slowly: "I know, I don't need to let you kill and set fire, let alone let you go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire.

All you need is to catch all the... red worms in the field, and then, every two days, I will send a convoy to collect them at a price of ten cents per catty.

The 100 taels of silver will be used as a deposit first, how about it? "

The middle-aged man was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.

Bloodworms...

Ten cents a catty?

He didn't dislike the price being too low.

After all, it's useless for them to come. They can only bury it in the soil, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming.

People are willing to collect it, which has saved them a lot of time, and returning so much money is simply a great thing.

It's just...he couldn't figure it out, what does this gentleman want these red worms for?

Could it be that the red worms can still be eaten?

Of course, he just thought about it that way.

No one in this world eats bugs, let alone bugs whose whole body is covered with a hard shell.

"This......"

The middle-aged man really wanted to agree to his request immediately, but reason made him seem a little hesitant.

After a while, he raised his eyes, looked at Fang Xiu, and said with some uncertainty: "My lord, is what you said counts?"

As if he felt that it was inappropriate to say this, he hastily added: "Of course, it's not that the young ones can't trust adults, it's just that the young ones really don't know what other red worms can be used for children's entertainment."

The role of crayfish...

Of course I ate it!

Fang Xiu heard this question, but did not explain too much.

Because he understood that no amount of explanation would be futile, and he couldn't understand why he did this without having tasted the crayfish himself.

So, I just replied: "You are right, because of the novelty, I want to drag it to the city and give it to some noble children as a pastime."

Chapter 422 Take It All

After hearing this explanation, the middle-aged man felt a lot more at ease.

As ordinary people in Gyeonggi, I still have some awareness of this.

Those elders in the city can do anything. I heard that raising birds and crickets is a common thing.

It's really not a rare thing to get a few red worms to play with.

"Then my lord..."

"Don't call me Sir, my name is Fang Xiu, you can call me Young Master Fang..."

Fang Xiu looked at the middle-aged man and said with a smile.

The middle-aged man nodded and said respectfully: "Master Fang, when do we start?"

Fang Xiu said: "Of course it is now, in the next two days you should first tell the folks in your village the news, two days later, the carriage from the Fang Mansion will show up in this village on time.

Not only the red worms you have, as long as there are any, no limit to the source, no limit to the quantity, our house will accept them all! "

When the middle-aged man heard this, his face showed excitement, and he respectfully bowed down: "Thank you, Young Master Fang, thank you, Young Master Fang!"

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "There's nothing to thank you for. It's just business. By the way, what's your name?"

The middle-aged man was slightly taken aback, and replied, "The young one is called Li Cheng."

"Li Cheng...is a good name, young master, I believe you can do it, come on, work hard!"

Fang Xiu took a step forward, patted Li Cheng on the shoulder, glanced at the two children, and wanted to say something.

But when the two children saw him, they took a step back in fear.

Fang Xiu felt helpless when he saw this, so he gave up, turned around and got on the carriage.

On the way back to town.

After Bai Xiaochun dismounted, he sat on the outer edge of the carriage and asked curiously: "Master, what are you doing with so many crayfish? We can't finish them..."

Because of preconceived reasons, people in Fangfu still prefer to call this thing a crayfish compared to a red worm.

"It's true that we can't finish eating, but the people of the whole capital, so many people, add up, it's not necessarily so."

Fang Xiu lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the crowds outside the window, and said calmly.

When Bai Xiaochun heard this, hesitant expression appeared on his face.

After a while, I still couldn't help but said: "Master, it's not that it's small, it's just that the crayfish is really weird, we can just eat it.

It may be difficult for others to accept it..."

Fang Xiu heard this, glanced at Bai Xiaochun, and said slowly: "You don't need to think about these things, I have my own solutions, young master.

By the way, I asked you to find chili, did you find it? "

When Bai Xiaochun heard him mention 'pepper', he shook his head and said, "Young master, I have traveled all over the capital, but I can't find the pepper you mentioned... .

Little thought, this thing should be gone in our Gyeonggi land, and in the north...there is a high probability that it doesn't exist either.

If you want to find it, you will probably have to go to Jiangnan Liangdao, by the way, young master, isn't Qian Zheng in Gusu City right now?

The younger one will leave a letter another day, and ask him to help find more.

If you still can't find it, the small ones are probably only available in the southwest. "

Fang Xiu nodded when he heard this.

In fact, he himself has no special expectations about whether 'pepper' exists in Chu State.

After all, this thing was also introduced from other places in later generations.

Being able to have a crayfish is already unexpected, so I don’t want to think about any chili......

And, even without chili, there are plenty of condiments that can create the same flavor.

Let’s just talk about the crayfish, the spicy crayfish tastes good, but the garlic crayfish is not bad...

There is no need to hang from a tree.

The carriage moved slowly, and after about an hour, it finally stopped in front of Fangfu's gate.

The four clay figurines just stepped down from the carriage.

Seeing this scene, the doormen of the Fang Mansion almost didn't recognize it, that is, they saw Xiu'er, and then realized that the people in front of them turned out to be the young master and others who had left in the morning, and rushed to greet them.

"Master, master, what's wrong with you..."

Several gates surrounded them together.

Fang Xiu waved his hands, and said casually, "Go and prepare a few more pots of hot water, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

"Alright, young master, let's get ready now..."

It has to be said that the servants of the Fang Mansion are still very quick and neat in their work.

In less than a stick of incense, the back kitchen had already boiled several pots of hot water.

After the four of Fang Xiu washed up.

Xiu'er had already brought a few little maids to wash the crayfish in the basket.

It's just that the crayfish that has only been washed once still looks like there is a lot of mud.

Bai Xiaochun brought a few servants to wash it over and over again, and used the dishwashing tool - loofah...

This makes the crayfish clear and clean.

"The crayfish have been cleaned...how shall we eat?"

Zhao Yan looked at the crayfish crawling around in the basket with teeth and claws stretched out in front of her, but couldn't figure out how to eat such a thing.

Fang Xiu glanced at the crayfish, nodded in satisfaction, and replied: "The crayfish haven't been cleaned up yet, so let's clean it up first."

"It hasn't been cleaned yet?"

Zhao Yan was a little speechless. She reached out and picked up a crayfish's tentacles, looked it up and down, and said, "It's clean enough."

Fang Xiu glanced at her and said lightly, "Will you do it, or should I do it?"

Zhao Yan curled her lips when she heard this, but stopped talking.

Fang Xiu waved his hand, called Bai Xiaochun in front of him, and said, "Look, every crayfish should be treated like this..."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and twisted off the head of the crayfish, then took out the internal organs, removed the shrimp line, and rinsed it again.

"Did you see clearly?"

Fang Xiu demonstrated it again.

Then, looking up at Bai Xiaochun, he asked.

Bai Xiaochun scratched his head, with embarrassment on his face, he whispered: "Young master, you moved too fast, little one, little one didn't remember..."

Fang Xiu shook his head helplessly, slowed down his movements, and demonstrated twice.

Bai Xiaochun saw it for the third time, and only then managed to remember it.

Then, with a few servants, he sat on the stone bench in the backyard and began to process the crayfish.

The processed crayfish are thrown into a copper basin and rinsed with clean water.

On the side, Zhao Yan saw this scene and saw the snow-white meat of the crayfish, and finally had the feeling that she could eat it a little bit.

At this time, the chef of Chunfenglou had already rushed back to Fangfu.

"Master, are you looking for me?"

The head chef of Chunfeng Building is a middle-aged fat man who looks like a big bear.

Fang Xiu was thinking about how to promote crayfish in this world. Hearing his voice, he raised his eyes, glanced at him, and nodded: "You are here..."

Chapter 423 All kinds of flavors

The chef of Chunfeng Building stood in front of Fang Xiu, saluted respectfully, and asked, "Young master, what are your orders?"

Fang Xiu stretched out his hand, pointed at Bai Xiaochun who was still busy, and asked, "Do you know him?"

The chef was slightly taken aback, with a look of embarrassment on his face, he hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "I know, this is Manager Bai..."

"..."

Fang Xiu was a little speechless, and corrected: "I mean the things in the basket."

When the chef of Chunfenglou heard this, he realized that he had misunderstood the meaning of the young master, and the expression on his face became even more embarrassing.

I took two steps forward, wanting to see clearly.

After observing for a while, he shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, young master, you are well-informed, and the younger ones are definitely not as good as..."

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "This thing is called a crayfish..."

"crayfish......"

The chef of Chunfenglou was startled when he heard this, and then he took a closer look at the crayfish, with a look of surprise on his face: "It really looks like a shrimp..."

Fang Xiu asked: "If you were asked to make this into a dish, what would you do?"

The chef of Chunfenglou suddenly reacted when he heard this.

Master, this is to test yourself!

He looked at the crayfish that were still crawling in the basket, his brows were slightly frowned, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

After a while, he replied: "Fried?"

Fang Xiu glanced at him and thought for a while.

It seems that there is indeed a dish of fried crayfish in the previous life, but it is not popular.