Chapter VII Yongle Donation and Porcelain Appraisal
Han Zhou was puzzled: "Oh, which two dishes?"
Du Ziyuan patted Yuanyuan's stomach and made a thumping sound: "Mapo tofu, and back to the pot meat." ”
"Mapo tofu, the main ingredient is tofu and minced beef, the seasoning is watercress, chili noodles and pepper noodles, soy sauce, etc., it looks simple, and any food stall on the side of the road sells it, but if you want to make it delicious, you can do it with numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, hot, green, tender, crispy, invincible, it is too difficult. Mapo tofu is the basic skill of Sichuan cuisine masters, but it is easy to get started and difficult to master. In many high-end hotels, this dish is personally prepared by a senior chef, and ordinary chefs dare not do it or can't do it. ”
Han Zhou replied: "Yes, when I was in high school, I ate authentic mapo tofu in a decades-old restaurant on Jinhe Road, and it tasted excellent and I will never forget it. ”
Du Ziyuan continued: "There is also back pot meat, the ingredients are also very simple, pork belly, green garlic, green onion, ginger, garlic, dried red pepper, Sichuan pepper, Z County bean paste, sugar, oil. ”
"But if you want to really do it well, you have to rely on two things, the heat, and the ingredients. ”
"The master who has the right temperature of the oil can boil the meat slices into a roll shape one by one, commonly known as 'lamp nest', and only when there is a lamp nest can it be regarded as a qualified back pot meat. ”
Han Zhou asked: "Huo, I can understand, what do ingredients mean? Now that there are so many agricultural products, pork and all kinds of vegetables are produced very much, is there still a shortage of ingredients?"
Du Ziyuan said: "Yes, there is a shortage of ingredients." Authentic back pot meat must be made with a kind of Chinese local pig - Chenghua pig. Chenghua pig is an authentic Tianfu native pig, a kind of black pig, with black hair, short limbs, and fat body. It looks ugly, but the taste is very good, the intramuscular fat rate is as high as 3.5%, and it is a subtle snowflake, which can be called snowflake pork. ”
"Isn't there a Chenghua pig now?" Han Zhou asked.
Du Ziyuan sighed: "Hey, now the pigs are all imported from abroad, with an intramuscular fat rate of 1%, firewood and tasteless, that is, they grow fast and have good economic benefits." ”
"I heard that the current population of Chenghua pigs is less than 100 and is on the verge of extinction. ”
Han Zhou also sighed: "Hey, I didn't expect that we Chinese were not invaded and replanted, but Chinese pigs were replanted." ”
Du Xiaomei added: "There are also Chinese pastoral dogs, big yellow dogs, fine dogs, etc., Qin Prime Minister Li Si said before his death: 'I want to go out to Cai Dongmen to chase the cunning rabbit with Ruofu Yellow Dog, how can I get it!' ”
While talking, he touched the head of the ignorant Du Meimei.
All three adults sighed.
We chatted for a while. Chatting and chatting, Han Zhou and Du Ziyuan's faces were still red, something was wrong.
Han Zhou felt so hot, and so did Du Ziyuan. Both of them reacted a little.
Han Zhou thought to himself: "Could it be that the big black fish that has become a fine is too supplemental?" I feel that the internal fire is a little vigorous." ”
Du Ziyuan's gaze kept glancing at Du Xiaomei.
Du Meimei didn't understand, but Han Zhou understood. He was also a little uncomfortable.
Han Zhou said: "Lao Du, I still have some things, so I'll go first." "Make the eyes color.
Du Ziyuan said: "Okay, I'll go to Jiangcheng in the future and play with you again." ”
Send Han Zhou to the door and close the door. Du Ziyuan's breathing suddenly became heavy. urged Du Meimei to do her homework, then picked up Du Xiaomei and went into the bedroom.
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Han Zhou did not take a plane back to Jiangcheng, but chose the high-speed rail.
To protect four priceless pieces of porcelain.
The plane is fast and the service is good, but it will inevitably be turbulent when encountering air currents. High-speed rail is slower, but more stable. There is a foreign brother who sits on the Beijing-Jiangxi high-speed railway, and stands a coin on the edge of the window, spanning thousands of miles, and the coin does not fall, which shows the stability of the high-speed rail.
Han Zhou purchased a special valuables storage box in advance, which put a lot of soft objects, and bought a first-class ticket.
Return safely to Jiangcheng.
at home.
Han Zhou put the porcelain in the bedroom compartment, the most corner of the safest box, fixed on the ground and unable to move, with a lock.
Han Zhou was not in a hurry to buy a high-end safe. If you don't buy it, no one would think that an ordinary person has such a valuable porcelain, and if you buy it, it will attract the attention of people who are interested. After all, the average person will not buy a safe, especially a high-end safe.
After putting the porcelain away, Han Zhou was still a little drumming in his heart. After all, these four pieces of porcelain are too precious to be sold as soon as possible.
Suddenly a phone call came.
"Hey, hey, is it Han Zhou, I'm Chen Dazhong. ”
Han Zhou answered the phone and chatted for a few minutes.
It turned out that the carbon 14 identification results of the four volumes of the Yongle Canon had already been released. 1570, plus or minus twenty years. It happened to be before and after Jiajing and Longqing, which was in line with the time when the Jiajing copy of the "Yongle Canon" was written, and it was identified as genuine.
Ge Chaoguang, an old expert and professor of the school, was very relieved to hear that Han Zhou was willing to donate to the country, and wanted to see Han Zhou and thank him in person.
"Professor Ge wanted to see me, and he felt very honored and even fearful. I'll come over tomorrow, by the way, and two pieces of porcelain, and I'd like you to take a look at them. ”
Han Zhou replied. And so it was settled.
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Early the next morning, Han Zhou took the box and drove to school. was received by Chen Dazhong to the Institute of Literature and History.
An old man with gray temples was already waiting for him.
Ge Chaoguang, a senior professor of liberal arts (equivalent to an academician in the field of liberal arts), a well-known expert in literature and history, came over to shake hands when he saw Han Zhou, and said with a smile:
"Classmate, the four genuine copies of the Yongle Canon, are you really going to donate them to the country? These four books are very valuable, especially the one containing the atlas of the 'Divine Arm Bow', which has extremely high historical value for the study of the history of the Song, Liao, and Jin dynasties and the history of ancient Chinese wars. ”
Han Zhou shook hands and said, "Old professor, I have already decided to donate to the country." ”
Han Zhou, Ge Chaoguang, and Chen Dazhong talked for a while, and finally agreed that a week later, a donation ceremony would be held, and the books would be donated to the Fudan Museum, but the research work would be carried out by the Institute of Culture and History first.
After talking, Han Zhou asked, "Old professor, I have two pieces of porcelain here, can you help me take a look." ”
Take out a piece of red porcelain, and a piece of celadon after the rain and show it to the old professor.
Ge Zhaoguang looked at it for a while and said: "The red porcelain should be Jun kiln porcelain, and the celadon is like Ru kiln porcelain, but it is a little different, it may be a legend...... Firewood kiln. ”
"What is a firewood kiln?" asked Han Zhou.
Ge Chaoguang replied: "I am not an expert, so it is difficult to make a conclusion. In this way, when you bring the porcelain at the donation ceremony next week, I will call an old friend of many years, a master of the industry, and an antique expert, to help you identify it. ”
Han Zhou said: "Okay, it's decided, thank you old professor." ”
Finally, the three of them went to the old professor's house and had a light lunch.
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A week later, Han Zhou drove to the school to attend the donation ceremony.
The venue was in the smooth building, the president attended, it was very grand, and Han Zhou was also hired as an honorary doctor of the Institute of Literature and History.
After the donation ceremony, Ge Chaoguang and Chen Dazhong took Chen Ze and drove outside the school.