Good Life in Qin Dynasty

Iron cooking utensils finally appeared, big pots, medium pots, small frying pans, all kinds of shovels and spoons, the current cafeteria of the Mohist Academy uses several super big iron pots, which are especially good for cooking!

Stewing dishes is also much faster than using clay pots, and the taste is also good.

In addition, the Mohist Academy has also developed soybean oil.

Soybean oil is a vegetable oil, which is the same as vegetable oil. It is better than meat oil because it does not condense, and the vegetables will not be greasy when eaten cold.

The first stir-fried dish served by Yushanfang was stir-fried water spinach, and the second dish was stir-fried sliced ​​pork with Chu rice.

But maybe they were afraid that the two of them were not used to eating stir-fried vegetables, and then they served another stewed beef with sauce, which was stewed vegetables.

After more than ten years in the Warring States Period, Li Jiyang finally had stir-fried vegetables!

Eating vegetable stir-fried water spinach in your mouth, you almost burst into tears, right?

Li Jiyang's expression made Ying Zheng laugh: "Eat well, don't make trouble."

"It's so delicious!" Li Jiyang gave him food: "You eat too, eat more, stir-fry! I haven't eaten it for many years."

"When you were with your master, did you eat fried vegetables?" Ying Zheng knew little about Li Jiyang's past, let alone some of his living habits.

"Yes!" Li Jiyang swallowed the stir-fried vegetables in his mouth: "Master can't eat too much oil, and can't eat too much sweets. Some of his mentors have high blood pressure and can't eat meat such as beef and mutton." .”

Some have high blood sugar. Although it is not as serious as taking insulin, you should not eat too much sugar.

Some mentors have high blood lipids, but Li Jiyang is really puzzled because they look very thin but have high blood lipids.

Even if they don't have these three highs and four highs, they still have some other problems. After years of exploration and archaeology, many tutors have arthritis and rheumatism.

So when they are outside, they don’t eat very well. Most of the time, they borrow pots and stoves from local farmers to cook by themselves. In addition to the rice, flour and oil, vegetables, meat and even eggs are all on the spot. To obtain materials, buy some locally from fellow villagers.

Sometimes, it doesn't matter if it's delicious or not, as long as it's cooked.

After listening to Ying Zheng, he thought about it for a while, and then he was interrupted by Li Jiyang. It was rare that Li Jiyang picked up a large piece of beef for him: "Eat quickly, this stew is really delicious!"

Qin's army had already assembled on the Qin-Zhao border, and Zhao's envoys arrived in Xianyang City belatedly.

Everyone knew this person, but it was Guo Kai!

Guo Kai walked all the way, that was a quick march!

Because the border war was about to start, he was in a hurry!

It doesn't matter if Zhao Guo is gone, but he hasn't found a home yet!

If Zhao Guo fell, he would be nothing. For Guo Kai, who was used to living a life of rich clothes and fine food, it was unimaginable!

So he came, and soon arrived at Xianyang City, and at the same time he begged to see the Lord of Qin, he also went to see Li Si, he didn't dare to go to Qin Anjun first, he wanted to keep Qin Anjun as the last appeal.

This time, I brought a hundred carts of money and treasures, as well as maps of the three cities.

"I just ask the lord of the Qin Kingdom to temporarily calm the anger of the thunder. The Zhao Kingdom has no intention of offending, but the sky is like this..." Guo Kai knelt on the top of the hall, trembling a little while speaking.

The Qin State destroyed South Korea too simply, and there is no princely country who is not afraid of becoming the second South Korea!

"King Zhao asked you to send these things?" Ying Zheng looked at the gift list in his hand. The bamboo slips were so long that he suddenly felt superior. Nowadays, the paper in Qin State can be used casually, and other countries can only pay high prices. , and Zhao Guo, I don't know why Xiaoyang didn't sell them paper other than toilet paper!

So much so that Zhao Guo is still using bamboo slips.

It feels very backward.

"Yes, the lord of our country is using the treasures of past dynasties in the private treasury. I hope the King of Qin will be satisfied." Guo Kai trembled for a while, and continued to ask: "My country, Zhao, is really sincere!"

"Really?" Ying Zheng played with the gift list, put it away, turned and left.

Jiang Neishi stood up and shouted: "Retire!"

Guo Kai: "...!"

Didn't say anything, just retreated?

After the morning court, Guo Kai couldn't wait to run to Li Si's mansion, waiting for him to return from court.

In the Palace of Political Affairs, Ying Zheng never mentioned the gift list, but instead asked how the army was preparing.

"Please don't worry, the lord, it only takes the lord's order to conquer the country of Zhao!" The people in the army were decisive, and when it comes to war, they can't wait to use their knives directly!

The corners of Li Jiyang's mouth twitched while listening.

"Okay, let's start the war in the middle of the month, and it won't be a problem to procrastinate." Ying Zheng asked again about the newly built palace in the palace.

This time it was Li Jiyang who answered: "I have already decided on a name, and it is called 'East Palace'. This palace has two floors and is divided into three entrances. There are [-] servant rooms in total. There are eight halls, two guest courtyards, and thirty guest rooms."

The East Palace was planned by Li Jiyang himself. The main hall is paved with apricot-yellow glazed tiles. There is a place where small banquets can be held, and there are many mulberry trees in the surrounding area, with countless exotic flowers and plants. A training ground for small armor.

Unlike the Queen Mother and Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Li Jiyang used practical objects for him, not so luxurious, and a little casual in simplicity.

Because Qin Anjun said: "Girls should be pampered, and boys should be poor! In the future, Taidi Wang will take over the great achievements of the Qin State, and he will not know the sufferings of the people in the future because of the rich clothes and fine food he lived in since he was a child."

"Xiao Yang is right." Ying Zheng agreed with this: "Since going out with you, he has learned to bargain, and he also knows how to check the purchase of items in the palace, and found out a lot of big moths! "

Li Jiyang chuckled: "That's Taidi Wang is smart."

"If the king of a country cares about everything, how can... this is also..." Gan Lei disagreed, knowing that people's livelihood is very good, if you have to cultivate the habit of haggling, how can you let the people below live?

"He could do this when he was young, so that he can know the hardships of the people's livelihood. When he grows up and understands the truth, he won't lose the demeanor of a king of a country." Ying Zheng said, "At that time, sir, you still need to teach Wang Taidi. "

"Okay, the old man will teach you carefully when the time comes." Gan Lei stroked his beard and nodded, and decided to teach Wang Taidi Li Si to see that what they were talking about was not about the gift list. Instead, he treated Zhao Yongbing as always, and he got angry !

But he also knew that he shouldn't speak rashly about such things now.

I was ignorant when I was young, and ended up ruining my future. Now I am cautious in my words and deeds, and I can't make mistakes anymore.

However, Li Jiyang talked endlessly about the East Palace: "I plan to build a lawn there, which is a large piece of grass, so that they can run when they ride...it's called a racetrack...; it's too far away from the kitchen, it's just Set up a single kitchen in the East Palace..." "The construction here is so good, in the future, if we have a prince in Qin, we will live in the East Palace!" Ying Zheng finally made a decision: "Only the prince can live in the East Palace."

Everyone nodded in agreement. This article was later written into the palace regulations of Qinhuang Palace.

The Yizheng Palace was disbanded, and Li Jiyang stayed to eat as usual. The imperial chef in the palace is worthy of being an imperial chef. After the iron cooking utensils were brought, after two months of research, they added a new cuisine, stir-fry!

However, Li Jiyang told the master chef: In fact, there are 28 cooking methods, namely: deep-frying, bursting, roasting, frying, slipping, boiling, boiling, rinsing, steaming, stewing, simmering, braising, stewing, grilling, stewing, sautéing, frying, Collapsing, marinating, sauce, mixing, cooking, marinating, freezing, bad, drunk, roasted, smoked.

The eyes of the master chef in the imperial dining room lit up!

Ying Zheng was also surprised by this. Although Xiao Yang loves to eat, this is the first time he heard that Xiao Yang divided a cooking technique into 28 kinds!

Li Jiyang was triumphant. He never missed watching God of Cookery, and he will always remember the scene of carving the Great Wall out of tender tofu.

Of course, he also remembered the classic lines in it clearly.

Among them, there are 28 cooking methods for meals, and what they are.

It's almost backwards!

The royal chefs of the Qin Palace have a new research direction.

On a hot day, Li Jiyang didn't want to eat anything else, so he came here for noodles mixed with mushroom marinade. He didn't eat any meat, but Ying Zheng was different, he still ate meat more often, and he liked to eat meat.

Li Jiyang was afraid that he would gain weight, so he would check every few days to see if Ying Zheng meant to gain weight.

After a delay of seven days, Guo Kai appeared again, but this time he was not in the main hall, but in the Yizheng Hall.

After coming in to see Li Ci and sit down, Ying Zheng's first sentence made Guo Kai kneel down for him again.

"The widow looked at the list and felt that the king of Zhao was interested, so he wanted to send an envoy to the country of Zhao again. By the way, he brought the list to the king of Zhao to have a look. Such a small amount is not enough for the soldiers of my Qin army to send troops once." Ying Zheng played with the gift list in his hand: "Guo Kai, what do you think King Zhao will do to you?"

Guo Kai immediately knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy: "Please forgive me, King Qin!"

"It doesn't matter if the widow spares you or not, as long as the King of Zhao can spare you." Ying Zheng raised his eyelids and looked at Guo Kai: "There are still seven days left, which is the day when the official war begins. When Zhao is captured, the autumn harvest should also be harvested." Is it over?"

Guo Kai's forehead was red and swollen when he kowtowed: "Please forgive me!"

"You are not from the Qin Kingdom, so you don't need to be called the lord of the widow." Ying Zheng still spoke in a leisurely manner.

Li Si looked at Guo Kai like this, his eyes flashed.

"The lord of Qin, spare your life?!" Guo Kai immediately changed his words.

When he came, the gift he brought was very rich, but he opened it halfway and looked at it. So much money and treasures are all gifts for the Lord of Qin!

He was moved!

Got half of it!

The exchanges between countries, the exchanges between the kings and the kings, are very generous. The most important point is that there is never such a thing as checking the gift list between the kings!

Although rituals and music collapsed during the Warring States period, everyone followed the way of a gentleman, such as the saying that "two countries are at war, and they are envoys without killing".

Thinking of this, Guo Kai couldn't help it anymore. At first he just picked out two unremarkable ornaments from King Zhao's Palace collection, then he picked out two more, and then he picked up a big one, and then he couldn't stop the brakes. up!

He took a long time for the short distance, and after taking half of the things, he also arrived in Xianyang City.

He has already found his own people to transport the things he took out back to his home in Zhao State.

He thought well, what he gave was nothing, only the lords of the city would be happy!

He thought that the King of Qin would not care about gifts, but the city, for example, three would not work, at least ten!

He had thought about this kind of thing a long time ago. Before he left, Chao Guozhu Yan asked for two cities to serve as substitutes. If the king of Qin thought it was too few, he could give him five!

The gift list was transcribed by him later, and a long piece of it was missing, it was something he embezzled!

Dare to embezzle what the ruler of his own country gave to the ruler of Qin, he offended two rulers this time, really scared!

"Go down and think about it." Ying Zheng asked someone to drag him down, and sighed as he looked at the gift list: "Guo Zhao, the civil servants are really unfortunate! As for the generals, Li Mu is the only one worthy of admiration."

After hearing this, Li Si's eyes became even brighter!

The next step is to discuss the issue of marching, because midsummer is coming to an end, and it is almost the beginning of autumn, but Li Jiyang also said that the tiger is the most powerful in autumn, so the mung beans are still sent to the army to make soup to drive away the heat.

Afraid of the cold night, autumn clothes and johns were distributed in advance, and an extra thin quilt was added.

And because some poultry had grown up, the dead ones were not easy to transport, so they were sent over while alive, so that the soldiers could eat fresh poultry and eggs.

He also bought a large number of fruits within the Qin State. Although there were some in the space, Li Jiyang felt that the people of Qin should have more income, and the collected wild fruits should also be harvested, and then transported to the army to supplement vitamins for the soldiers.