Those things about the fourth master and his descendant Fujin

What is a divine chef? In Li An's opinion, a divine chef can not only make all kinds of exquisite and expensive dishes, but also make ordinary ingredients into extraordinary flavors, turning decay into magic.

Li An thinks he has both of these skills. In modern times, some friends laughed and called him a master chef, not to mention that he came to the Qing Dynasty 300 years ago. Having been a famous teacher, now he came to Kangxi's imperial dining room, and he thought that he was no less inferior to the chefs in the imperial dining room.

More importantly: he comes from the modern age, when the catering industry was extremely developed. He is well-informed and innovative.During the half month he came to Changchun Garden, he cooked more than a dozen dishes and more than a dozen snacks for Concubine Wen Xi, all of which were unique and delicious.

Concubine Wen Xi is a generous person, and she rewards money when she eats happily. In just half a month, Li An received more than 300 taels of silver.

Li An stared at the dozens of round silver ingots on the wooden table, and there was a flash of light in his dark eyes. Since it is so easy to make a fortune, it would be a shame for his talent not to do anything else.

"Dream of Red Mansions" can be regarded as a precious book about ancient food culture. Although it is a book about women, Li An likes to read it even if he has nothing to do. Every time he reads it, he has different feelings.Of course, as a gourmet lover, Li An was very interested in the delicacies that appeared in it, and even made them himself.

Not only "Dream of Red Mansions", but also the delicacies that appeared in the cartoon "The Little Master of China", Li An has also tried them one by one. He was hungry when he was a child, and he has a strange obsession with food.

The dish that Li An prepared for Concubine Wen Xi at noon was the eggplant rice that appeared in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and the rice served with it was the silky chicken rice that appeared in "The Little Master of China". The real eggplant and silky chicken rice are What kind of flavor Li An has never tasted, but the two dishes made by him have received wide acclaim.

After handing over the food to the little eunuch next to Concubine Wen Xi, Li An changed his clothes and planned to go out for a walk. At this time, Su Peisheng came to pass a message: Yinzhen wants to see him.

Yinzhen endured it for half a month, and finally couldn't take it anymore. He wanted to send Li An to ask about the situation.

Li An followed Su Peisheng to Yinzhen's study, but his eyes were attracted by the potted plants in the study: it turned out to be pepper!Although it hasn't bloomed yet, Li An definitely didn't admit his mistake, it was pepper!

Pepper is very common in modern times, but it was still a rarity in the Qing Dynasty a hundred years ago. Pepper was introduced to China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, but it was introduced to the table during the Kangxi period, and it was still in Guizhou. It really became popular all over the country in modern times.

At this time, pepper, ginger, mustard, dogwood, etc. were used in the kitchen to prepare spicy flavors. After traveling for almost two months, Li An had never seen chili, let alone tasted it with his own mouth. Now he accidentally saw it in Yinzhen's study. How could Li An not be surprised when it came to the peppers that were being used as potted plants.

Staring at the unflowered chili plant, Li An felt that his saliva was about to come out. Condiments such as mustard and dogwood, he always felt that they were not spicy enough and not authentic enough. I didn't taste the chili, and a bird was about to fade out of my mouth.

Li An's strangeness couldn't escape Yinzhen's eyes, he stared at the pepper that was about to be burned by Li An's sight, and asked suspiciously, "Li An?"

Li An came back to his senses, without bothering to hide his gaffe just now, pointing at the chili pepper and asked eagerly, "Fourth Master, what is this?"

"Chili, the fruit is red and very festive." Yinzhen replied calmly.

It turned out to be for viewing, Li An had a toothache, and he wasted money on things.

"Fourth Master, do you still have the fruit it produced in previous years?" Li An's eyes lit up.

"What are you here for?"

"Cooking! The little one used to be from the south of the Yangtze River. I've seen someone use it for cooking. The taste is not so good."

"This can actually cook?" Yin Zhen opened his eyes wide.

"Of course you can. If Fourth Master doesn't believe it, you can give me some chili fruits, and I will definitely cook you amazing delicacies."

Yinzhen looked Li An up and down, this plot was different from his previous life, he had never heard of Li An working on this in his previous life, and he never ate chili himself until his death.

After wondering for a few seconds, Yinzhen put all these things behind him, forget it, it's all over, the important thing is now, there are many things he didn't know in his previous life.

"I don't have it here, but I can find some for you from other places." Yinzhen paused for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Can you really make delicious food? How did you hear that it has eaten people to death."

"It's okay, it was purely an accident or spreading rumors, under normal circumstances it's absolutely fine." Li An raised his head to look at Yinzhen, his eyes were firm, and his eyes were full of sincerity.

"That's fine, you can cook a few dishes for Grandpa to taste at night." Yinzhen said and asked Su Peisheng to collect chili peppers.

After talking about the chili pepper, Yinzhen finally got down to business, "How are you doing recently? Are you still used to it?"

"It would be great to be able to eat and dress warmly, and to study cooking skills every day." Li An replied with the attitude of Wang Qier.

Yinzhen let out an oh, paused for a few seconds, and said, "Although you are staying in Changchun Garden now, you might go back to the restaurant someday. After all, Huang Ama didn't say that you would join the Imperial Dining Room." So you The kid also had some thoughts that he shouldn't have.

Of course Li An could hear the meaning of Yinzhen's words, he nodded and said, "Fourth Master said so."

"Since you are good at cooking and you are free, then you can make my grandfather's dinner. It doesn't need to be too delicate, it should be delicious." Moyan ate every meal like cat food, Yinzhen looked anxiously, with a small face The baby fat is almost gone.

Li An's long eyelashes fluttered, and he replied yes, Yinzhen would definitely have dinner with Sifujin, and he would be very serious.

Let’s talk about Concubine Wen Xi’s side. Kangxi specially went to Chunhui Hall to have lunch with Concubine Wen Xi at noon this day. Li’an’s eggplant and silky chicken rice made his eyes shine. Heartbroken, he immediately praised Li An along the Huatou.Seeing that Concubine Wen Xi was in a good mood, Kangxi became a little interested in Li An, who was snatched by the ten princes, and there was nothing wrong with him, so he specially summoned her to meet her.

The Wang Qi'er that Li An joined was tall and straight, with handsome features. After two months of training, the initial sallow complexion and thinness disappeared. Now he has a rosy complexion, clear eyes, and a touch of bookishness on his body. He is obviously a cook. Looking from a distance, he looks like a good son of a troubled world who is not stained with dust.

It was the first time for Concubine Wen Xi and Kangxi to see Li An, and there was a look of surprise in the eyes of both of them, especially Concubine Wen Xi, who thought she was a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears and a general's belly, who would have thought that He is a beautiful man with a noble temperament, tsk tsk... There is such a wonderful person.

Kangxi was surprised by Li An's good appearance, so he couldn't help asking a few more questions.Li An didn't have the fear and anxiety that ordinary people had when meeting the emperor for the first time. He lowered his head slightly, with a respectful expression on his face. When answering questions, he enunciated clearly and orderly.

Kangxi asked Li An to cook him a dish every day, but he didn't let him join the imperial dining room. He only rewarded him with 20 taels of silver and sent him away.Li An didn't show anything surprising. Kangxi's reaction was normal. He's a good cook. These five words were Kangxi's evaluation of Li An.

When Li An returned to his residence, Su Peisheng brought the chili peppers. Li An immediately put the meeting behind him and devoted himself to the great culinary research. Food is his true love.

On this day, several bright red dishes appeared on Yinzhen Moyan's dining table: boiled fish, mapo tofu, spicy chicken, Maoxuewang.Bearing in mind that Yinzhen's taste is bland, Li An deliberately cooked a few other dishes, half of which were red and half light on the table, forming a stark contrast.

Yinzhen's taste is light, but it's not that he can't eat spicy food, it's just that he doesn't like it. Moyan has eaten with Yinzhen for a lifetime, and the taste of the food is according to Yinzhen's. What kind of taste she really likes is up to her. Can't tell.Now the two of them were staring at the bright red dishes on the table, smelling the tangy aroma, both swallowed involuntarily.

Not to mention the taste, but the appearance and fragrance are all first-class.

When they tasted chili for the first time, both Moyan and Yinzhen were not used to it. It was obviously different from the mustard and cornel they usually eat. The taste of the whole body wraps the tip of the tongue, no, the whole body, the taste that has been suppressed for two lifetimes is hooked by this overbearing and refreshing spicy, what a wonderful word!

It is rare that Mo Yan actually ate two bowls of rice, she used to eat half a bowl, and was often joked by Yinzhen that she ate less than a cat.Yinzhen also ate an extra bowl of rice than before, and it was the first time that his taste buds felt such a strong and delicious taste, and the big hands holding the chopsticks couldn't stop at all.

Hearty and hearty, it was obviously just an ordinary dinner, but Yinzhen and Mo Yan felt this way.

After removing the dishes, Moyan took small sips from the teacup to soothe his emotions, Yinzhen took the wooden stick to eat the fruit, and told Moyan about the chili one by one, and finally wiped his mouth , said, "This is really a good thing. A chef is a chef, and he can always make something different."

This Li An must be won over.

"Don't judge a hero by his background." Mo Yan only said this to Li An.

Yinzhen thought so deeply, and the next day Yinzhen called Li An for questioning, and gave him some chili peppers, asking him to use chili peppers to research more delicacies in the future.

Either the talent is different, Yin Zhen thinks about how to make delicious food, but Li An thinks about how to make money with chili peppers, and it is a rare opportunity to introduce chili peppers from ornamental plants to the dining table.

"What do you mean?" Yinzhen looked at Li An with a questioning expression on his face.

"This chili pepper is used by people in the capital for viewing, and almost none is used for cooking. This is a great business opportunity. I think you should have more varieties, some of which are for sale, and some are for diners. For cooking."

"You're right." Yinzhen seemed to see the wonderful scene of silver flying towards him. Even a person with a mild taste like him couldn't resist the charm of chili, let alone those who love spicy food.

Yinzhen immediately asked Li An to write down a few menus, and sent someone to send them out for the chefs of the diners to study and practice. As for the large-scale planting, it is now May, so it should be too late, but this kind of situation has to send people to the south Acquisition, this time and again, a little too late.

"Fourth Master, forget about this year, you can send people to the south to buy it, and it won't be too late to plant it next year." Li An said again.

"That's the only way." Yinzhen sighed.

"The land where the peppers are planted?" Li Ando asked, now Yinzhen is still a bald elder brother, and he doesn't have any farms under his name. The pepper seeds were purchased, where should they be planted?

Yinzhen frowned, yes, where is this large-scale seed planted?