[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

Because the little tool person reminded in time, when Mubai removed the fire, there was still a little soup left. With this soup, the ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms and oyster meat in it were not burned dry, but it was recommended by the locals. Putting rice noodles, bean sprouts, etc. to eat is definitely not enough.

Mu Bai thought for a while, and asked someone to serve two bowls of rice, poured the last bit of pitiful soup at the bottom of the pot on the rice, pushed one bowl to the eager little girl, and put the other bowl on himself. before.

"Let's eat," after a pause, Mu Bai said to the little girl in a correct and natural dialect: "Eat——"

Learning a language starts with survival skills, and survival skills start with having a good meal. It doesn’t matter what language you don’t understand, it’s a must-have skill if you are hungry and want to eat.

The little girl blinked her eyes, showed a sweet and expectant smile, and overfulfilled the learning task: "We need to eat!"

Very good, under the temptation of food, the child quickly learned two words and mastered the skills of learning and using them.

The only problem is... Mu Bai glanced at the half-empty dim sum plate, and then looked at the little girl's undulating abdomen, and was a little puzzled, girl, can you really eat so much after eating so much? ?Belly won't explode, will it?

Well, he has to believe in the quality of the system.

Even so, before picking up the rice bowl, Mu Bai still worriedly looked at the tool man several times, and he felt relieved when he watched the tool man swipe his chopsticks to eat without any hesitation, and he followed the entrance of the grilled rice .

As soon as the hot rice and toppings were served, Mu Bai's eyes widened. Although the two elders of the old Zhu family advocated frugality, except for the necessary palace banquets, half of the tables of the first family of Ming Dynasty were filled with three dishes and one soup. But the chef's craftsmanship is outstanding, and the dishes are small and refined. He has also eaten a lot of good things these days.

However, such a simple cooking method like today's has such a strong and delicious taste, but I have never eaten it.

A thin layer of Gorgon juice hangs on the walls of the fat and soft mushrooms. Seasonal mushrooms are the most abundant in nucleotide substances. Together with their rich amino acid substances, they stimulate human taste buds.

However, compared with the most easily obtained source of umami on land, it is slightly better than the gravy on its body. The unique sodium glutamate in seafood stimulates human taste buds, and soy sauce, the source of umami created by humans Colliding with it, the result of the collision and superposition of more than three flavor substances pushes this dish to a new peak.

It is no exaggeration for Mu Bai to say that with this dish, he can eat ten bowls of rice!The little girl nodded vigorously to express her agreement, but is it because of the oyster sauce?

Mu Bai picked up the soup, feeling a bit puzzled. Before that, he had only heard of the reputation of oysters, but after all, there was a poem written by the famous gourmet Dongpo: If you don’t let the Chinese and Korean scholars know, you are afraid of fighting to move south. I thought the taste wouldn’t be that bad, but I didn’t expect it to be so delicious—or are Fujian’s oysters particularly delicious?

The location of Yingtianfu is not too far from the sea. If oysters are salvaged from the East China Sea and shipped quickly, it should not be a big problem, but this kind of food has not become popular in Yingtianfu. The kind of cheap food that doesn't taste good.

Yes, in this era, oysters, a food that is not enough to eat and has diarrhea after eating too much, is indeed not expensive, and since oysters mainly grow on the rocks on the coastline, they are not aggressive in themselves, as long as the tide goes out Since everyone can collect it, the price will naturally not go up when the output is quite considerable.

Moreover, this kind of high-protein food is also very perishable, not to mention the place of production. In terms of today's traffic conditions, it is basically only eaten in the production area.I have good things to share with good friends and family members, but the problem is that oysters are perishable and difficult to transport...

Mu Bai thought for a while, and conveniently stuffed a much shrunken oyster meat into his mouth, but his eyes saw that there was still a little soup base in the pot. He chewed while thinking, thinking maybe he could do an experiment?

But before that...

Mu Bai silently spat out the oyster meat that he stuffed into his mouth just now, looking at the source of this delicious pot in disbelief.

The soup is so delicious, why can't this thing be chewed at all.

The next day, the fishermen in the coastal area of ​​Xiamen got the news that the grandson of the emperor bought oysters, big and small, and even the small oysters were very cheap, so everyone rushed to send the ducks!

And in the backyard of Fujian's chief envoy's government office, several cauldrons were gurgling non-stop.

The yamen servants who came to help the workers were more or less unable to understand the current situation. Since the emperor's grandson arrived in Fujian, he stayed on the official ship most of the time, and occasionally went to the ground to inspect the coastal defense station. Or to send a lawsuit against the booksellers who violated the dignity of the royal family.

At that time, despite the calmness of the chief envoy in the hall, in fact, before the court session, the elders of their family almost smoothed the bricks and stones in the backyard, and the stone closest to the front hall still had two footprints Now, that's the proof of their master's hesitation.

Don't look at the emperor's grandson who looks gentle and kind, but Longzi is a Longzi after all, and his demeanor and power are there in every word and action.

As the lowest level in the officialdom, the yamen servants have long been trained to have sharp eyes, and they can tell who has a solid background, who is a fake tiger, and who is a villain with just a few glances.

The emperor's grandson is obviously the first type. His gentleness is just because he has not touched the bottom line and he is easy-going and well-educated. As the gentleman said, Minghua is round and has a solid belly. If you really think that the other party is easy to talk to, you are wrong La!

Now the entire Fujian publishing industry has been pushed back to the beginning, which proves that the entire Fujian publishing industry involves a huge amount, and the branches and vines behind it are not limited to Fujian. The air is greatly reduced, and now those booksellers are chasing after the authors, just want to ask for a few manuscripts to rebuild the reputation of their own bookstore.

They felt that the emperor's grandson's every move had a purpose, but they really couldn't figure out why they were asked to cook pork juice here.

A few yamen servants from poor backgrounds stirred the pot while feeling distressed, "This meat can't be cooked like this, it won't be able to bite if you cook it any longer!"

"Shut up, you have your own ideas. How can you eat so much meat? This is obviously preparing for pickling." A yamen servant next to him said immediately, and then he rolled his eyes and whispered : "Besides, His Highness paid for the oysters we cook now. This kind of small meat could not be sold at a price in the past, but this time I heard that His Highness bought it at a similar price."

"Think about it, if it's cooked once, wouldn't His Highness stop buying it? It's better to spoil a few more pots, and we can get more fish from the fisherman. Let's take advantage of the cold weather to bake here." Warming up by the fire is good for everyone, don’t you think so?”

"We know this too, but it just hurts..." the yamen servant murmured, his eyes wandering in several pots, with a rather hesitant expression: "You said that these are good-quality meat, and it costs a few pennies to take out a bowl. Just like this, the soup is getting less and less, oops, this is not for nothing."

While they were talking, a steward came over and directed everyone to take out the oyster meat that had been dry-stirred into small pieces in the pot, and asked everyone to filter the domestic soup one by one, continue to cook, and wait for the firewood to be replaced with a piece of oyster meat. After the round, sauce and rock sugar were added to it, and when the rock sugar was put into the pot, these yamen servants who were temporarily pulled to be strong men had already stopped asking anything.

As the water vapor in the country evaporates little by little, the aroma becomes more intense, and no matter how stupid people are, they will know that His Highness Taisun's move is not a waste of food, but a better cooking method.

They didn't make a sound at this moment, but carefully took care of the iron pot that had begun to burnt brown, for fear that it would be boiled in a lake.

Fortunately, the weather is still cold at this time, and the iron pot conducts heat and cold very well. When these half-baked people started to tremble because the pot was hanging on the wall, the fire pit was finally extinguished one by one, and the thick brown liquid in the pot was also extinguished. fish out.

"What is this?" The yamen servants who had worked hard for a long time gathered together to watch the excitement. A yamen servant who took the route of being in charge came in to eat public meals, relying on his relationship, leaned over to inhale the aroma twice, and said in wonder: "Just cook it like this? My dear, we have so many big pots, and we can cook such a small pot, but how can we eat such a little food?"

"Your thoughts, what do you think?" The steward glared at the young man in the family, and reprimanded: "Pull up your clothes quickly, how decent it is in public!"

"Isn't that a bit hot, and it keeps stirring behind?" Tanzi rolled his eyes as he left in a hurry, and immediately grabbed his colleague who was also about to leave: "Idiot, why are you going?"

"Ah?" The person held by him looked at a loss, and they didn't leave after finishing their work, so they stayed and worked overtime?

"Stupid, aren't you curious about the taste of that stuff?" The yamen clerk patted him, then dragged a few of them over and were about to leave. They all expressed their curiosity when they heard the words, but the stuff had already been taken away. , No matter how dripping, it's not our turn to try it.

"Oh, you are stupid. The ingredients are taken away, but isn't the pot still there?" The yamen servant pointed to the still warm pot on the stove: "A lot of that stuff hung on the stove while it was boiling." Those on the wall of the pot can’t be removed, let’s pour some water into it and bring it to a boil, won’t we be able to taste it?”

Makes sense!Everyone showed expressions of admiration. Immediately, those holding firewood held firewood, those fetching water fetched water, and cleverly scraped the walls of the other pots, poured them all into one pot and melted them. As the brown paste melted into the water, the smell of oysters they had been smelling for a day was refilled.

When a few yamen servants came out from the back kitchen with tofu, vegetables and dried noodles, his colleagues were almost drooling staring at the pot.

"Why do I feel that this thing is more fragrant than pure oyster juice?"

"Nonsense, the oyster juice is just one oyster, but there is still sauce and sugar in it!"

"Yes, there is sugar!" Expensive sugar is basically a symbol of deliciousness, and everyone didn't hesitate to put all the small ingredients they brought into the pot, and immediately fished out the domestic juice after it boiled again, and then Shove the noodles into your mouth with unstoppable speed.

The bland noodles have already absorbed the soup in the pot, and the umami taste exploded at the moment of the entrance. This umami taste that shocked Mubai before naturally made a few government officials who couldn't eat anything good on weekdays They were also amazed.

How!what!meeting!so delicious?

So fragrant, so fragrant!This smell is simply uncontrollable, it is even more delicious than what it smells, my God, it was a waste of them drinking oyster juice for so many years, but they never thought of eating it like this.

Everyone glanced at each other, rolled up their sleeves without hesitation, and started to scoop up noodles. A few of them rushed to the back kitchen without thinking about what they had, picked them up and left, and the chef who helped them looked at them This kid wanted to rebel, so he immediately raised his rolling pin and followed him out. After a while, a circle of people surrounded the cauldron in the backyard.

After all, the master chef is a professional. After tasting the taste of the melted sauce, he immediately used the few spare pots to start a fire and stir-fry. He just added some soup ingredients, and the taste of the dishes was simply jumping. go up.

"This can be used as a broth, and it's most suitable for some bland dishes." The master chef tasted the cabbage he fried casually, and said a little intoxicated: "Our craftsmanship can be the top brand in Fulaiju, right?"

Fulaiju is the most famous restaurant in Fujian, and the shortbread that the little girl of the toolmaker ate without looking up was from their family.

In Fujian, there is a saying that those who don’t want to go to Fulaiju to be a chef are not good cooks, which shows its specifications.But the chef didn't get intoxicated for long, but his mood was swept away by the snoring sound like pigs gnawing on him in a moment.

The master glared at them with his beard blowing his beard, but his eyes full of menace in the past were completely ineffective at this moment. None of these young men raised their heads, and one of them who was bold enough to see the master not moving his chopsticks even pointed at them like a dog. His plate sticks out with chopsticks.

The master swung his chopsticks like a knife, and opened the daring man at once, his eyes shot sharply, his domineering sideways leaked, since the moment the old man picked up the rice spoon, no one can grab my food in the old man's place!

The master immediately joined the ranks of grabbing vegetables, and relied on his richer experience and tonnage than other yamen servants to occupy an invincible position.

And the one who is truly invincible is Emperor Hongwu who has just sent out the mission in Yingtianfu Palace, and he will soon receive a critical attack from his grandson.

grandfather!We discovered our Daming's new product!This seasoning called "oyster sauce" is simple to make but extremely delicious. The vast coastline of Daming can produce this product in large quantities!Maybe we can eat oysters for farming in the future.

In this world where food is the most important thing for the people and the spice business has supported a great age of exploration, what can be more profitable than selling seasonings?

But the only problem with selling seasonings is the shelf life... um... the grandson stretched out his paws to grandpa, grandpa, it is imminent to develop a method to preserve quality and freshness!

Mubai rubbed his hands in darkness. When there is a better preservation method, it means that the supply demand of the ship will plummet, and the ship can go to the farthest place.

As for how to do it, hey, if there is a problem, go to grandpa, grandpa won't, his courtiers will definitely!

Send people here quickly!The eldest grandson of the emperor stretched out his hand to ask for it.

But he failed to wait for the basketful of talents he was looking forward to, but an urgent letter from his grandfather at home. In the 24th year of Hongwu, in the summer, Empress Ma occasionally suffered from a cold due to overwork. In order to prevent the imperial physician from being implicated by Emperor Hongwu for refusing to receive treatment due to poor treatment, Her Royal Highness was persuaded by Emperor Hongwu because he had not seen his grandson marry a wife.

His Highness Taisun, who rushed all the way to respond to Tianfu, hadn't breathed a sigh of relief before he was dragged by his father to shoot geese and started the wedding procedure.

"I wanted to find a noble daughter for you who my son likes and loves, but now it seems too late." Zhu Biao, who has lost a lot of weight due to his mother's serious illness these days, touched his son's head, feeling helpless and apologetic: " Fortunately, my son brought back a girl he likes this time, her status is a bit low, but as long as you like it."

Zhu Biao's expression was a little heavy: "Your mother is gone, and father can't stab her to meet... You can only explain to the girl. This matter was done in a hurry, and our Zhu family couldn't help her. She is young and weak. Don't let her get pregnant before you take care of her well, as childbirth will hurt her body."

"It would be best if your imperial grandmother recovers because of this happy event. If it's not good...it's not her fault, so she doesn't have to think about it." Zhu Biao took a breath, looked up at the sky, and calmed down Then he forced a smile and said: "It's just that if your imperial grandmother is safe, you have to let her learn to manage palace affairs. There are too many things in the palace, so you can't let your imperial grandmother be tired anymore."

Mu Bai opened his mouth, looked at the two younger brothers behind the tree who were scribbling wildly at him, hesitated for a while before nodding, and agreed to this marriage called Chongxi, "Got it, Dad, I will marry her Said."

"Okay, then tell the Ministry of Rituals the girl's name and birthday now, we can make it in time, but the etiquette that should go must not be missed, otherwise it will be disrespectful to her, and she will inevitably have a difficult life among sisters-in-law in the future." .”

Zhu Biao, who has rich experience as a big brother, immediately shared his experience with his son, especially emphatically reminding the inexperienced son not to stand in line between his wife and his younger brother or younger siblings. When his wife complains, just listen and don’t try Go and reason with your wife, or you will be domestically abused (etc.?).

But Zhu Biao didn't notice that his son's expression was a little dull.

Mu Bai's eyes couldn't help drifting a bit, he touched his nose, feeling a little guilty, oops, he seems... forgot to name the little girl!

The author has something to say: Empress Ma really refused all the treatment of the imperial physicians during her lifetime. In order to prevent Emperor Hongwu from "buying her with her if she can't be cured", by the way, there was still a system of burial in the early Ming Dynasty.