One of the passers-by

Hearing that Xue Yan wanted to blurt out that he was going to Huotou Camp, without mentioning what Xu You, Jiang Han and others thought, the rest of the soldiers who were in charge of the soldiers, horses, food, and grass of the Youzhou Camp were secretly delighted, as if a big stone had finally fallen from their hearts. ground.

These days, Xue Yan and Xu You were ordered to check the accounts. Although they didn't have much contact with these officials, seeing that Wei Ziqi, Jiang Han and others often used the accounts that Xue Yan had sorted out to check the treasury, all the officials from the King of Yan's faction fell down one after another, and finally forced Yan. The county king had no choice but to take the risk and surrender to the enemy angrily... Although the latter result has little to do with Xue Yan, the officials saw it in their eyes and felt guilty.

As the so-called name of a person, the shadow of a tree, it is enough to only look at others when reading jokes. They don't want to have such a person who is proficient in magic and good at accounting beside them staring at them after they take office.

Fortunately, Xue Yan himself didn't mean to be annoying. Before everyone discussed how to deal with Xue Yan, the "hero", he packed up his burden and left.Although when he left, he clearly stated that he wanted to go to Huotouying to open a small stove. This matter sounds puzzling, but in the eyes of the officials, as long as Xue Yan has a clear mind and does not embarrass them, the rest can be discussed——

It's just a small stove.Xue Yanjin presented the method of double-entry bookkeeping, forced to rebel against the lineage of King Yanjun, and made a huge vacancy for them, at least he made a contribution.Since he is a hero, it is not too much to ask for a finer diet.

How much can he eat alone at such a young age?

So when Xue Yan appeared in the Huotou Camp of Youzhou Daying in short brown clothes, the fire chief on duty and all the soldiers had already been reminded by Shangfeng, and it was already a situation where Mr. Xue Xiaolang didn't contribute much to come to enjoy the blessings and dawdle. I know it well.

And looking at Mr. Xue Xiaolang's thin skin and tender flesh, his small arms and legs, no one dared to imagine the appearance of this little gentleman cooking with fire.

What's more, the rumor that Mr. Xue Xiaolang has a beautiful heart and hides pearls in his belly, and that even auditing accounts can force against the county king is very popular in Youzhou camp.Under the prestige, these soldiers with humble backgrounds and illiterate characters respected Xue Yan even more.

So Xue Yan, who had just withdrawn from the account book matter, found that he was warmly and alienated by the soldiers of Huotouying.No matter what he wanted to do, there were soldiers who immediately stepped forward to stop him. He didn't dare to ask him to light a fire, wash rice and steam rice, let alone kill pigs and sheep. Even after the food was ready, everyone gave way Ask Xue Yan to eat first.This kind of intention is good, but it's a pity that the craftsmanship is too bad. The cooking method is either steamed or boiled, and even the number of times of grilling is so small that it can't be explained clearly. The sauce of the ingredients, as well as the staple food that is hard enough to crack teeth and soft enough to become rotten, the taste is comparable to the dark cuisine of later generations, which made Xue Yan want to vomit after tasting it, and couldn't swallow it.

Every time at this time, Xue Yan misses the rough nutrient solution he ate when he was in the group.At that time, I hated the blandness of the nutrient solution, but now that I think about it, life with nutrient solution is considered happy, and the life of eating pig food is miserable.

Of course, what was even worse was that when Xue Yan wanted to be self-reliant, he found that the Huotou camp needed kitchen utensils but no kitchen utensils, seasonings but no seasonings.It really deserves to be the big Chu who didn't even introduce watermelon thousands of years ago——

Facing such an embarrassing environment, Xue Yan, who came from the big foodie country, said that for a Northeast person, the most fearless thing is stew.Whether it's pickled cabbage with stick bones, or chicken stewed with mushrooms, as long as there is a pot, firewood, and willingness to spend time, in fact, the chef's skill requirements are not high.

Especially now that the wild geese are flying from the north to the south, and the autumn air is crisp and clear, it is the season for harvesting the white cabbage.So Xue Yan asked the soldiers of the Huotou camp to bring a large vat to wash and dry in minutes, and then put the white cabbage that had been drying for several days upside down in the large vat for compaction, and sprinkled some fine white cabbage on each layer. Salt--

There is also a small episode that has to be said here.Since Youzhou is an important town in the world, with rich real estate and its own salt village, it is cheaper for local people to buy salt.However, the imperial court implemented a monopoly on salt and iron, and the white salt still cost forty Wen per bucket.Xue Yan used up half a bucket of white salt to marinate such a vat of Bai Song.In the eyes of all the soldiers, it is really a waste.

Due to Xue Yan's despicable power, although everyone dared not speak out to question, they really felt sorry for Xue Yan's wasteful behavior that was condemned by heaven.The fire chief of the Huotou camp—an old, simple and thick man, was crying endlessly, and hurriedly hid out under the pretext of doing something, thinking that he was out of sight and out of mind.

In view of the thousands of years of generation gap and eating habits between the two parties, Xue Yan didn't bother to explain to everyone.Boil and sterilize the pebbles the size of a helmet that were selected from the Yongding River, and press them on the solid white womb, pour the water out of the jar, and finally put the jar in a cool place and put it tightly closed. Xue Yan just needs to be quiet After waiting for forty days, you will be able to eat sauerkraut with a taste that moves the world.

But before that, the gluttonous Xue Yan insisted Jiang Han went to the mountain to hunt some wild pheasants and returned, and stewed them with dried mushrooms that had been harvested and dried in the sun.

When it was out of the pot, the smell of firewood stewed chicken almost permeated the entire barracks. Jiang Han, who seized the opportunity, ate a chicken and drank half the pot of soup by himself. under the condition of being full.

Xu You and others who came later had no choice but to eat a few large bowls of rice with Xue Yan's leftover chicken breast and chicken soup.When Wei Ziqi returned from his inspection tour, there were only a few mouthfuls of soup and a few dried mushrooms left in the iron pot full of chicken and mushrooms. Wei Ziqi, who has always been quite picky about his diet, did not dislike such leftovers, so he soaked them in chicken soup for a while. After eating the bowl of rice, everyone watching was dumbfounded again.

Xue Yan saw Wei Ziqi's exquisite appearance that almost raised the appearance of the entire Youzhou camp, and said with distress: "Tomorrow I want to cook firewood stewed fish. If you have time, come here earlier, or I will leave it for you. Come out and have someone take you to your tent."

Wei Ziqi shook his head and said, "I won't be on duty tomorrow."

Does that mean you want to come and eat?

Xue Yan thought for a while, and then asked: "Do you have any taboos? Is there any dish you particularly want to eat?"

Wei Ziqi shook his head again.As the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, Wei Ziqi never tires of food and fine food, and is an extremely picky eater.But when he was marching and fighting, he didn't pick and choose. He would eat whatever was available, eat more if it tasted good, and eat less if it tasted bad.But don't let people start small things.

It's because when he worshiped the Duke of Wei as his teacher and followed Xue Ji to learn martial arts and train soldiers, Xue Ji told him to love soldiers like his sons, to share the same robes with his sons, to eat the same food as his sons, and to give both kindness and power, so that the soldiers can treat the commander as a brother. Father, when you go to battle to kill the enemy, you can use your arms and fingers, and order and prohibit.Wei Ziqi was deeply convinced of this.

Thinking of his master Xue Ji, Wei Ziqi unconsciously glanced at Xue Yan again.I don't know if this young man with the same name and almost the same age is the missing Dalangjun from Duke Wei's family.If so, it would be great, Xue Yan is so smart, he must be able to serve the master and the princess very well.

At that time, the master and the wife will have their parents and children, and they will no longer be depressed and unhappy all day long.

Xue Yan didn't know what Wei Ziqi was thinking, seeing that he was silent except shaking his head, Xue Yan thought that Wei Ziqi was worrying about King Yan's rebellion in Jingzhou and his surrender to the Turks.

I heard that the army sent by the imperial court to suppress the rebellion is coming, but I don't know if Youzhou will fight.

Xue Yan, who lived in a peaceful era, was quite resistant to such things as fighting.But he can't control the court's thinking and the current situation. He can only try his best to protect his own safety. If he can stay in the logistics, he will stay in the logistics. Absolutely not on the battlefield.

Xue Yan, who made up his mind not to go to the battlefield, stayed at Huotou Camp with peace of mind.Because his little dew on the stewed chicken and mushrooms shocked all the soldiers, the soldiers of Huotouying no longer looked at Xue Yan with the pain of "reckless" and "wasting food and being struck by lightning".Even the head of Huotouying secretly looked forward to the delicious taste of sauerkraut after it came out of the vat.

In addition, all the soldiers didn't take it seriously for Xue Yan who was not only literate, but also had such a good appetite that he even cooks for himself.

Although the true meaning of "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen" is not as misunderstood by later generations, but among the nobles of Da Chu's family, few men would go in and out of the kitchen.As the saying goes, a sparrow knows the ambition of a great swan.In the eyes of the common people nowadays, a gentleman should immediately settle the world with Wu Neng, and Wen Neng can set the world with his pen.Regarding the way of cooking, these noble men from aristocratic families can at most perform "cutting carp" in front of everyone, that's all.

Someone like Xue Yan who cooks and cooks by himself is really a miracle.

Xue Yan, who was regarded as a strange flower by everyone, finally got tired of it after eating Northeast stew for several days in a row when the sauerkraut was still not good.It just so happened that he asked the supervisor to prepare the frying spoons and woks and other things.So Xue Yan sharpened his knife and prepared to have a change of taste with a well-known pot-wrapped meat in Northeast China.

For this reason, Xue Yan specially begged Mu Xiu's soldiers who entered the city to bring him a pig - a castrated pig!

As a result, Xue Yan was confused again when preparing the seasoning.

Condiments such as onion, ginger, garlic and vinegar are easy to find, but the most critical seasoning, white sugar, is nowhere to be found.

Xue Yan suddenly remembered that it was recorded in an ancient book called "Guangyang Miscellaneous Notes" in the storage bracelet; before Ming Jiajing, there was no white sugar in the world.The people in Fujian boil it all with brown sugar.

Xue Yan suddenly raised his head and glanced at the dusty ceiling, his eyes were straightened and his face was filled with sadness.

Could it be that he has to invent sugar again in order to eat a pot of meat?