Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

A few hours passed quickly, and everyone had lunch at a nearby restaurant. In the afternoon, the plaster also arrived, and Li Xu immediately arranged for someone to grind the beans.

The big stone mill is very heavy, and it is not easy to use manpower to grind it. Fortunately, people in this period are used to heavy work and have all their strength. Two men take turns pushing one stone mill, and ten of them are used at the same time. A hundred catties of beans have been ground.

Here, the beans are ground into a pulp. Li Xu asked someone to filter the pure soybean milk with gauze, pour it into a large iron pot, and then light the fire to boil the soybean milk. The rich bean fragrance wafted out. Everyone gathered around the pot and watched with wide eyes, but what do you think? , the pot is just thick white soy milk, can this thing be delicious?

Everyone was staring at the big iron pot, only Li Xu took a bag of powdered stuff and poured it into a wooden barrel, added an appropriate amount of water and kept stirring. This bag of paris plaster was found in the Kou Mansion. Solidification, some cooks use this to make snacks, Li Xu knew at the time that tofu, if he doesn't make it, someone else will make it soon, after all, it is not a high-tech product.

After the soy milk was completely boiled, Li Xu asked someone to keep a pot, and pour the rest into the wooden barrel, and put the lid on.Everyone began to stare intently around the barrel again, wanting to know what kind of trick King Shun was up to. Could this boiled soy milk become a delicacy if it was poured out and left alone?Let's be whimsical, let's start by saying that King Shun has a bit of a stone into gold.

Li Xu smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is an old saying that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, you should try soy milk first."

Everyone didn't know what tofu was, and naturally they had never heard of this old saying, but when they heard that there was soy milk to drink, they immediately shifted their positions.

Li Xu asked people to pour the caramel they bought into the pot, stirred them evenly, and filled a bowl of soy milk for each person. The soy milk just out of the pot was fragrant, smooth, and sweet. Everyone still liked it, but This thing is not very hungry, and expensive maltose is added. Sugar is much more expensive than beans. I feel that it is not worthwhile to eat this way.

Li Xu took a bowl of soy milk and sipped soy milk. After drinking, he saw everyone running to look at the wooden barrels again. An idea came to his mind. He called Liu Shu and whispered in his ear, "Go back to Kou's mansion first, and let Ji In the name of this king, sir, send invitations to officials of all sizes in the city, inviting them to have a tofu banquet at Fulai Restaurant at noon tomorrow."

Liu Shu blinked and asked curiously, "Your Highness, what is a tofu banquet?"

"Silly, as the name suggests, isn't it just a banquet made of tofu?"

"But..." Liu Shu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't your tofu still ready to be made?"

Li Xu glared at him, "How can this king not be able to do such a simple thing? Besides, if you can't do it today, you can do it tomorrow morning. Go quickly, and I won't leave you with too much fuss."

Liu Shu touched his head and muttered, "Tofu nao, it doesn't sound very tasty."

Li Xu kicked him and told him to leave with a smile. Although he knew that not everyone would like tofu, it was cheap and delicious, so it must be very popular among the common people.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Li Xu checked the coagulation of the soy milk in each barrel. He was also worried that he had made a wrong mix of gypsum water, but the result was not bad, and the tofu in each barrel had coagulated.

The freshly baked tofu nao is poured with a spoonful of marinade prepared by Li Xu in advance, and the taste is simply wonderful.

"Come on, you're welcome. I like salty marinade and sweet ones with powdered sugar. Serve it up yourself." Li Xu sat on the wooden bench by the door with a bowl in his hand. Eating this long-lost taste, he even missed the childhood sweets. The day has come.

He remembered that when he was a child, he used to stare at a pot of soy milk, and he couldn’t wait to scoop up a bowl of tofu as soon as it solidified. At that time, he didn’t know how to make marinade, so he just poured a spoonful of light soy sauce into it, and he even ate it with relish. .

His mother always scolded him distressedly and angrily: "It's like being reincarnated from a starving ghost."

Later, the days got better, and the family stopped making tofu during the Chinese New Year. When his mother passed away, no one in the family knew how to make this. The tofu nao bought outside always tasted bad. After a long time, he gradually forgot What does homemade tofu taste like?

"My lord, it's getting dark, I'll send you back first." He Zun's words interrupted Li Xu's thoughts, he looked up and saw that it was already dark, and he actually sat at the door for half an hour.

"Have you eaten?" Li Xu asked He Zun.

He Zun stretched out three fingers embarrassingly, "I ate three bowls, one salty and two sweet, and drank two bowls of soy milk."

Li Xu laughed, "How many tofu brains are left, don't eat them all!" Of course, this was a joke, just a dozen of them, no matter how much they ate, they couldn't eat hundreds of catties of tofu.

One catty of beans can make about three catties of tofu, but the tofu in the bucket is still full of water, probably at a ratio of one to five.

Lei Yang touched his chubby belly and came out, "There are still more than a dozen barrels left, my lord is kind, how about asking someone to bring a barrel home for the family to taste?"

Li Xu naturally didn't mind doing more publicity, but he made a treat for tomorrow, so he said: "Tomorrow at noon, my king is going to hold a tofu banquet in the restaurant. You can let all the brothers in the family come to support the show. What about the follow-up tofu?" It’s up to you to decide whether to sell it, you find someone to take over this workshop.”

Lei Yang had to admire Li Xu's vision, a tofu banquet, entertaining all the dignitaries in the city, was much more useful than any publicity.but……

"My lord, just this tofu dish can't be called a tofu feast."

Li Xu looked at him amusedly, "Who told you that this is tofu?"

"Ah!" After working on it for a long time, he was full, yet he still hadn't eaten the main course?

"You let them scoop the tofu brains in the barrel into molds and press them overnight, and come back to check the results tomorrow morning." After Li Xu gave this order, he left first. Lei Yang's people took care of him, but nothing happened.

When he returned to the Kou mansion, he saw that Liu Shu was assigning the servants of the Kou family to deliver invitations. He stopped a familiar man and said, "Go and send a message to your general Kou, asking him to come back for the banquet at noon tomorrow. gone."

"Here."

Seeing him coming back, Liu Shu greeted him with a smile, "My lord is back, have you brought tofu for the servant?"

Li Xu hurriedly asked He Zun who was behind him: "Have you brought it?"

He Zun held his treasured sword in both hands, and shook his head coldly, "I didn't bring it."

Liu Shu cried aggrievedly, "Your Majesty is cruel, this slave hasn't had dinner yet, just waiting to eat the tofu you made, but everyone else ate it, but this slave didn't taste a single bite."

Li Xu knew he was wrong, "All right, all right, let He Zun run over and bring you a pot."

He Zun looked up at the sky, because he was not used to the little eunuch, he knew how to make him cry since he was a child, and said, "Go by yourself, it's not far from here."

Li Xu shrugged, expressing that there was nothing he could do, "Xiao Liu can go on his own, and come back when he is full."

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In the early morning of the next day, Li Xu asked Liu Shu to go to Ding Fulai restaurant. The shopkeeper heard that the new King Shun wanted to entertain officials in the restaurant. guests to disturb.

Liu Shu expressed satisfaction with his way of teaching, and said: "Besides, let all your cooks go to the palace, and the prince will teach them how to cook a few dishes."

The shopkeeper asked curiously: "My lord can also cook?" Could it be that he wants to teach the cooks how to cook some delicacies that can only be found in the palace? The guests don't come.

Liu Shu rolled his eyes at him, "My lord knows astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom. He is both civil and military. Is there anything else he doesn't know?"

"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper didn't dare to argue with the little eunuch, saying that the eunuchs are a bunch of people who hate evil and vengeance, and if they offend him, it will only increase the trouble.

"Let them move faster, don't keep the prince waiting." Liu Shu glanced at this restaurant known as the number one restaurant in Fujian, pointing to the dusty tables and said: "Get someone to wipe the tables and chairs again." Clean, buy some beautiful cloth to spread, it is so dirty that it is hard to swallow."

"This..." The shopkeeper rubbed his hands in embarrassment. It's no problem to borrow his restaurant to entertain guests, just treat it as a gift for the new king, but he doesn't really want to pay for the extra expenses.

Liu Shu snorted coldly, "What? It's your honor that the prince is willing to choose your restaurant for banquets. If such a small matter can't be done properly, then we should choose another one. I heard that the drunken fairy house on the next street is also good. "

The shopkeeper immediately raised his hand to assure, "My lord, you are joking. There is no other restaurant in the whole city that is better than my restaurant. The villain will definitely get things done, so you can rest assured."

Liu Shu reluctantly nodded, and then strode out of the restaurant.

There are many foods that can be made with tofu, frying, steaming and cooking. Li Xu listed the menu and made a total of ten tofu-related dishes. Most of them are very homely dishes. There is only one tofu stew, which he added A lot of delicacies from mountains and seas are slowly simmering in earthen pots. As soon as the cover is lifted, the aroma will come out, making your mouth water.

Fulai Restaurant sent a total of three chefs and five apprentices, which shows how much they value it. They all thought that they would be able to broaden their horizons today and learn the skills of an imperial chef.

In the end, Li Xu only cooked a homemade tofu dish for them. The ingredients were very novel and had never been seen before, but the method was simple and took less than a quarter of an hour. It really didn't look like an imperial chef's craftsmanship.

When they picked up a piece of tofu and put it in their mouths, they realized that this simple food was so delicious. They could tell it was made of beans, but they didn't know how dry beans could make such tender food.

For the remaining nine dishes, Li Xu dictated, and the cooks started to cook. After the ten dishes were finished, a rich aroma wafted from the kitchen.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Xu asked someone to carry the tofu to the back kitchen of the restaurant, then threw the menu to the cook, and asked Lai San to supervise them so as not to make any mistakes in the middle.

He entertained guests today, in addition to wanting to make a publicity for tofu, he also wanted to get to know the officials of Fujian Province. The military and political system penetrated into it, otherwise he would never be able to take charge of the military and political affairs of South Vietnam.