This is not the Datang I am familiar with

What am I doing?

...

Chen Fang was a little messy for a while, damn, do you want to be so aggressive?Could it be that the ancient cooks were so fierce?

Are you sure it's a woman?Are you sure it's a knife?

There, Shangshi Dingyu was proficient in swordsmanship, obviously capable of dismembering the bear. Chen Fang had no doubt that Shangshi Dingyu was proficient in every structure of the bear's body.

Chen Fang was completely stunned, and couldn't believe what he saw just now.

"Master, does our agreement count?"

"What agreement... Oh, count, count!"

Chen Fang was really still in shock at this moment, it seemed that the bear's roar was still in his ears.

Smelling the bloody smell in the air, looking at Shangshi Dingyu's bloody hand, looking at the sharp knife still in Shangshi Dingyu's hand dripping with blood.

At this time, he felt that if he said that he didn't count, this Shangshi would do something that made him extremely regretful.

What if it angered her?

"Send the bear meat to Shang Food Bureau, bear bile and fur to Shang Medicine Bureau and Shang Clothing Bureau."

Someone brought clean water long ago, Shangshi Dingyu washed the sharp knife and the blood on his hand, and returned the knife.

At this moment, Chen Fang still couldn't believe that it was these hands that pinched his feet yesterday, killing a bear is the same as killing a chicken.

On the way back, Chen Fang was still in a daze. If he didn't see it with his own eyes, Chen Fang couldn't believe it.

Even when Shangshi Dingyu officially became a teacher, Chen Fang was still in a daze.

And when Chen Fang was fully awake, the whole apprenticeship ceremony was over, Shangshi Bureau was already busy, it was time to prepare meals for the emperor, this was the job of Shangshi Bureau.

When the meal was being prepared, a young eunuch came to the Shangshi Bureau, and when he saw Chen Fang, he rushed to greet him.

"What orders does the father-in-law have?"

"I don't dare to obey my orders. Lord Chen, my mother asked me to tell my lord that some rapeseeds found near Chang'an have been transported to Yeting Palace one after another."

Chen Fang responded, after eating a meal, it seems that Wu Meiniang has already liked the taste of rapeseed oil cooking, and has started to send people to look for rapeseed.

This thing is not easy to find at this time. After all, rapeseed has not become a large-scale oil crop like later generations.Even in some places, rapeseed fields have become a landscape.

What can be found now are only some of the vegetables that the vegetable growers have not had time to sell.

But after all, the power of the royal family should not be underestimated, and there are some gains in this large-scale search.If rapeseed oil is only for the consumption of emperors, queens and nobles in the palace, there is no need to worry about it being insufficient.

This year Wu Meiniang will definitely order people to plant a large number of cabbage vegetables that can produce rapeseed, and the output of rapeseed oil will increase greatly next year.

Today's meal was delivered to the Ganlu Palace, Chen Fang still followed, the bead curtain of the Ganlu Palace separated two worlds, Chen Fang didn't dare to look more.

To Chen Fang, Wu Meiniang was just a vague figure behind the bead curtain.

It was still Shangshi Dingyu's dish test, Li Zhi couldn't wait for a long time, and Wu Meiniang next to him didn't let the maids and eunuchs serve her, so she opened the chopsticks by herself.

The temptation of delicious food, even the emperor's family couldn't stand it.

Chen Fang looked at Shangshi Dingyu, still a little unbelievable at this moment, she killed a black bear, and killed it cleanly, without messing around.

This woman is more powerful than a man. Could it be that she was born in the green forest before, no, it is strange that this background can enter the palace.

After a certain general, it is not right. In this era, it is unrealistic for women to practice martial arts, even the daughter of a general.Moreover, with such a good background, it is impossible for her to enter the palace and work as a cook.

Chen Fang stopped thinking about it.

With the meal removed, Chen Fang saw Tao Hong, who was serving beside Wu Meiniang and had returned to her original position.

Seeing Chen Fang, the girl smiled slightly at Chen Fang, but because the emperor and queen were all there, she didn't dare to say hello.

After leaving Ganlu Palace, Chen Fang looked at Shangshi Dingyu.

"Dingyu! What did you do before entering the palace?"

After the apprentice ceremony, Chen Fang already called her by her first name instead of her official name.Chen Fang is so direct, he asks when he can't think of it.

"Can not remember!"

Chen Fang felt strange, how could people not remember what they did before.

Dingyu was afraid that Chen Fang would misunderstand, so he pointed to his head.

"People from the imperial medical department said that I lost my memory. I have been in this palace since I can remember. They said that I have been in this palace since I was a child."

"Oh, you've been in this Shangshi Bureau?"

"It wasn't at first, but Shangshi Bureau came later."

"You are very courageous, dare to kill a bear!"

"I was not very courageous before. One year I saw a palace lady training a fierce horse. At that time, I didn't dare to kill a chicken. Thinking that such a fierce horse would be tamed by others, and I tamed it, I was a little unconvinced. I closed my eyes. The head of the chicken was chopped off with one knife."

"The maid is..."

Chen Fang pointed to the top of his head, taming a horse, isn't that what Wu Meiniang did before.Chen Fang remembered that there was a record in the history books that Wu Meiniang held a long whip in one hand and a knife in the other. If the long whip could not tame the fierce horse, she would kill the fierce horse with the knife.

If you can't tame it, kill it!This is in line with Wu Meiniang's personality.

Unexpectedly, under the butterfly effect, the history of Datang changed, and Wu Meiniang's horse training still happened.And it also affected Shangshi Dingyu.

Dingyu nodded, the horse trainer was indeed Wu Meiniang.

It turned out that Dingyu's courage was developed slowly, from killing chickens to daring to kill tigers and bears.

How to practice it, Chen Fang naturally didn't know.

Chen Fang really didn't understand how this woman from Tang Dynasty tamed horses and killed bears.

Well, the women in Datang are all female men, and they are really unparalleled female men.Chen Fang found it strange that there were not many Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying in this era.

For a few days, Chen Fang prepared meals for the emperor in different ways every day, and Li Zhi's complexion also improved day by day.Even in the past few days, I have talked more and coughed less.

Li Zhi has been recovering in the past few days regardless of his complexion and body shape, and occasionally even let Wu Meiniang help him out of the Ganlu Palace to bask in the sun.

Of course, Chen Fang definitely couldn't see it when he was basking in the sun.

During this period, both Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang rewarded Chen Fang with many things. Naturally, the rewards from the emperor's family were mainly in kind.Chen Fang was very depressed and stuffed Ding Yu with two rolls of toilet paper alone.

On weekdays, those little soap gadgets were also sent to the chef of Shangshi Bureau.

He has no class concept, no idea that others are born low and he is born noble.It is even more impossible to become a doctor of imperial medicine by yourself, and to shout at others.

The people who are in the food bureau naturally like Chen Fang at this time.After a few days, a man's unaccustomed behavior came to Shangshi Bureau, and it has completely changed at this time.

Chapter 21 Roasted Whole Lamb in the Palace

Chen Fang was naturally overjoyed, and only hoped that Li Zhi would get well soon and be able to love the queen.In this way, I no longer have to play the role of the third party that makes people nervous.

The Double Ninth Festival is getting closer and closer. In the past few days, the chrysanthemum wine brewed by Ye Ting Palace last year has been sent to the Shangshi Bureau, and the Shangshi Bureau has already started to stock up for the Double Ninth Festival.

In a few days, there were many more handymen and maids visiting Shangshi Bureau. Dozens of healthy women were transferred to Shangshi Bureau to do some work of washing vegetables and cutting meat.

And some cooks were transferred from other kitchens to assist Shangshi Bureau in stocking the Double Ninth Banquet, and even some unimportant dishes had been prepared by other kitchens.

The food materials prepared by the Shangshi Bureau are obviously much more than usual. Many rare animals, fruits and vegetables are piled up in the storage room of the Shangshi Bureau.

And the chrysanthemum wine was piled up in the wine cellar, and I don't know if any jar of wine was loosely sealed. There was a scent of wine in the wine cellar, which made people intoxicated.

On this day, finally September [-]th, the chrysanthemums in the palace were in full bloom, and the garden was filled with the fragrance of chrysanthemums.

The food bureau has been busy since the early morning. The Double Ninth Festival banquet, the emperor entertained the princes, nobles, military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in this palace, and all the princes of the opposite sex with the surname Li who were entrusted by the Tang Dynasty will also attend the banquet, and even some people who are away on weekdays The princes and nobles also returned to Chang'an at this time.

The Double Ninth Banquet was held in the evening, but the Shangshi Bureau has been busy since the early morning.When the cock crowed, the kitchen had already started to ping-pong-pong.

Since it was a banquet, and the meal was different from that of ordinary emperors, Shangshi Dingyu asked Chen Fang, and the two discussed it, and they had already prepared the ingredients that Chen Fang needed.

Early in the morning, a group of maids were transferred from Yeting Palace, and the Shangshi Bureau was seriously short of manpower today.Fortunately, this is the imperial palace, there are not many things in the palace, and there are definitely many court ladies and eunuchs.

What Shangshi Dingyu didn't expect was that Chen Fang had someone set up some fires in the wide area outside the Shangshi Bureau. Of course, he had reported to the harem before doing this.There is no doubt that the palace allows it.

Otherwise, it would be taboo to light a fire in this palace.Be careful with fire and candles when the sky is dry and the things are dry. Burning the palace is a serious crime, and one head is definitely not enough to chop off.

For this reason, the palace also specially sent a group of court ladies and eunuchs, just for fear of any accidents.

At this time, several healthy women transferred from Ye Ting Palace were being directed by Chen Fang to process some mutton.

These mutton meats are specially requested by Chen Fang, and they are all fat cake sheep urgently transferred from the north.

Raised on pure natural grassland pastures, sheep that have never taken any drugs or hormones.Of course, this is true of sheep in this era.

At this time, they were all slaughtered and skinned, and were marinated whole by a healthy woman under Chen Fang's command.

The spices used are specially blended by Chen Fang, absolutely no one has blended before this era.

What Chen Fang intends to do is to roast the whole lamb. The Double Ninth Festival is here and the weather is getting colder.

Especially in this era, the temperature in Chongyang is already very low. Chen Fang felt that it might snow and freeze after October. For this reason, he asked Dingyu specifically to confirm that winter really came early and long in this era.

It is very different from the modern era where the greenhouse effect is severe.

Mutton to warm the stomach is naturally an excellent ingredient at this time.

And the chrysanthemum banquet in Chongyang is a rare banquet held several times a year by the royal family. Since it is a royal banquet, it must have enough ostentation.

Roast whole lamb is undoubtedly a good choice.

In fact, there are still many choices, but considering the traffic in this era, seafood is absolutely unnecessary. Chang'an is inland, and those things are shipped from the sea, and they have long been smelly.

Some other things are also difficult to solve because of the transportation problem.

For the things used in the banquet, the principle of priority is the nearest.

It was already noon at this time, Shangshi Dingyu saw that the fire outside the Shangshi Bureau had already been ignited, and the eunuchs and maids guarding around were waiting in full force, as if just a gust of wind could burn this Taiji Palace.

At this time, the mutton had already been marinated, and Chen Fang was cooking whole roasted mutton, and he didn't want to stuff the belly of the mutton with chicken, duck, fish, and apples.

Shangshi Dingyu was a little dumbfounded when a whole marinated fat sheep was put on the grill on the charcoal fire in the hands of the healthy woman.

Especially for such a charcoal fire, there are nearly a hundred such grills at once. The form and scale of this cooking is simply amazing.

Chen Fang felt that he could apply for the Disney World Records.Of course, there is no such thing in this era.

Chen Fang's operation naturally shocked all the cooks, court ladies and eunuchs.

After roasting for a while, the mutton sizzled in the charcoal fire, and the golden fat oozed from the fat meat and fell into the fire, sparking a string of flames.

The smell of meat is pervasive, fluttering gently with the wind in Tai Chi Palace.

Chen Fang directed all the healthy women there, while Shangshi Dingyu watched Chen Fang quietly.

"Master is master. What I saw today, Ding Yu will never forget."

Shangshi Dingyu took a deep breath of the fragrance, and the Shangshi Bureau was surrounded by the smell of meat.

There, a string of light footsteps cut through the fragrance of meat, and greeted Chen Fang from a long distance away.

It is pink.

"Master Chen, this place smells so good!"

"Well, does the empress have any intentions?"

At this time Tao Hong came, it must be Wu Meiniang's intention.

Speaking of these few days, apart from seeing Taohong from afar in Ganlu Palace, I was also separated by a bead curtain.At this time, it was really the first time that I was so close to this girl.

I kind of miss the time when this girl served me, although Dingyu has been serving me these few days, Xiao Dingzi was completely ignored by Chen Fang, but Dingyu is not as comfortable as Taohong after all.

Seeing it at this time, I really miss it, but there are so many people here, so Chen Fang is naturally talking about business.

"Your Majesty just asked me to come over to see how the preparations are going, and she has no intention. Your Majesty the Emperor is at ease with Mr. Chen!"

Tao Hong said, looking at the roasted whole lamb next to her, she couldn't help swallowing.

Looking at Chen Fang's eyes, there was a faint sense of grievance in his eyes, as if he was saying that he hadn't eaten the dishes made by Chen Fang in the past few days, and it was really uncomfortable.

"Then just take a look around! Taozi, take Taohong around. You two used to be a family!"

A smaller cook jogged over, and now everyone in the Shangshi Bureau knew that Chen Fang was in charge here. Although Shangshi was not him, Shangshi was his apprentice.

Chen Fang's words are absolutely effective in this Shangshi Bureau.

Besides, Chen Fang usually had no airs, and he never scolded them, let alone beat others, so the cooks here obeyed Chen Fang's words.

"Your Excellency, you are joking, our surname is not Tao!"