After coming to the imperial capital of Zhao State, Wang Yan did not have the intention of going to the palace, the purpose of his trip was very clear, entering the library of Oriental College, knowing more about the kitchen, and at the same time, once again perfecting the ability to identify raw materials, absorbing the strengths of Zhao Guo's cooking methods for his own use. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before that, Wang Yan also had some knowledge of Oriental College, which has a long history and is the only academy in Zhao that trains chefs.

Oriental Academy has a deep heritage and a close relationship with the Zhao royal family, and some of its outstanding students, after passing the examination, can have the qualifications to enter the imperial dining room of the palace or stay in the academy to teach.

Moreover, although there are a large number of students in Oriental College, it is still open to the outside world, especially the students' library, as long as they can pass a simple assessment, they can enter it for massive reading, which is very important to Wang Yan.

Oriental Academy is located on the south bank of the imperial moat, not far from the royal garden, because of the flight of the tight Yuan beast in the Yellow City, Wang Yan had to walk with Huba on foot, even so, with the strength of the feet of the two, it only took half a pillar of incense to come to the south bank of the moat.

"Is this the Oriental Academy?" The two stood beside the avenue of the moat, looking at the building in front of them that was full of traces of time, Wang Yan muttered softly, and his face was a little strange.

In the center, the two gates are mottled and full of traces of time, and above it, there is a bronze plaque, which is already somewhat faintly written, and it is difficult to see unless you carefully identify it.

"Let's go, this should be it. Wang Yan said again, and then, and Huba walked over, the management of the academy was very loose, after passing through the mottled gate, into the eye, there was a wide bluestone avenue, planted with green vegetation on both sides, and there was a lawn on it, but the lawn seemed to be unattended, the grass in it was messy, and there were many dead leaves falling above the towering trees on their sides.

"Here... Is that the fun place you are talking about?" Hu Ba turned sideways, his delicate little face was full of questions, and as her voice fell, Wang Yan nodded, but there was a trace of embarrassment on his face that disappeared, this Oriental Academy would be like this, even he was a little unexpected.

"Ahem... Check it out, it's an academy for food creators. Seeing that Huba's gaze was a little strange, Wang Yan coughed dryly, and then, looking at the three or four young people walking in front of him, he went straight to meet him.

These three teenagers were dressed in uniform clothes, and they were younger than Wang Yan, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and they all stopped as Wang Yan stepped forward at this moment.

"Excuse me, how do you get to the academy's assessment center?" Wang Yan asked the three of them with a smile on his face, and as his voice fell, one of the three teenagers pointed in the direction behind him.

"Passing through that square, you can see the library, the assessment center is adjacent to the library, you are here to take the level to enter the library to read, right?" The young man was chubby, with a little immaturity on his face, and said to Wang Yan, and as his voice fell, Wang Yan nodded.

"That's right, the assessment center next door to the library is temporarily set up for chefs who borrow books from outside, but even if you pass the assessment, you only have the right to read when you enter it, and if you want to lend books, you also need to apply for a temporary student card, although it will be more expensive, but only in this way can you take the books out in a short time. Seeing Wang Yan nodding, the little fat man said enthusiastically again.

"Thank you. Wang Yan nodded again, said to the little fat man, and then walked in with Huba in the academy.

Just as the little fat man said, the two of them walked forward dozens of zhang again, and a huge square appeared in sight, which was clearly divided into two parts, one of which should be used for exercise, and the other part was a long tent built of wood.

Wang Yan glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze, and walked towards the building with the word Library written on it in front of him, after entering the Oriental Academy, compared to the dilapidated surface outside, the buildings inside were much better.

There are not too many students in front of the library, Wang Yan and most of the students are not much different in age, and although there are not many people who come here to read books, it is not impossible.

"Assessment Center..."Looking at a small courtyard next to the library, Wang Yan groaned slightly, and pushed open the door with Hu Ba and walked in.

The small courtyard is not big, but it is very clean, there are all kinds of stoves and cooking tables in the courtyard, a total of five places, but there are already four people occupied, and they are preparing for the assessment, and even some are faster, and they are already being cut.

On the left side of the door, there is a five-meter-long stone table, and in the position of the stone table sit three people, an old man and two young, the old man is about sixty years old, with white hair, but his face is full of red light, sitting in the center of the three, showing a drowsy appearance, and the two men on both sides of him are in their thirties, burly and strong, one of the men in a blue stove coat raised his head, looked at Wang Yan and Hu Ba who pushed the door in, with an indifferent expression.

"There is also an assessment table, pay thirty gold coins, you can go up, choose your own raw materials, cook, bring it over for review. The man in the stove robe had a flat and lazy voice, and as his voice fell, Wang Yan flipped his palm, put thirty gold coins on the table, and waved his hand at him after being collected by another man.

"Wait for me in a moment. After greeting Huba, Wang Yan came to the last cooking table, looking at some of the raw materials placed above, his brows furrowed slightly.

Most of the vegetables on the cooking table wilted, and some of the green vegetables with leaves were already a little yellow, which made Wang Yan shake his head helplessly, and then picked up one of the vegetables called yellow cabbage.

This yellow-skinned vegetable is shaped like a potato, and the skin is slightly dry and wrinkled, obviously the water in it has lost a lot, so Wang Yan grabbed it, quickly removed the skin, and put it into the water on the side for soaking.

"I chose yellow-skinned cabbage... Although the temporary assessment center at the time was only to test the level of cooking skills, in case the layman came to the library to read indiscriminately, but after all, this is still an assessment, and he actually chose this kind of yellow-skinned vegetables that are fed to poultry on weekdays?"

"I look at the kid is also a layman, the yellow cabbage is used to feed poultry, who would eat this ordinary people? It seems that Huang Lao is clever, throwing this kind of garbage root into the raw materials for selection, whether the connoisseur knows how to cook, just this hand will make people clear at a glance. ”

The two men sitting above the stone table were bored and swept over the few people cooking the dishes above from time to time, and the man who had collected the gold coins before, when he saw the yellow vegetable that Wang Yan chose, he couldn't help but show a sarcastic smile, and the man in the stove robe looked at each other, but he didn't expose Wang Yan at the beginning, but lowered his head and whispered, smiling.

After staying here for a long time, it is inevitable that it will be a little boring, and Wang Yan's condiment has become a topic of teasing, and the two of them are not repulsed, but they occasionally look at Wang Yan's gaze, but they are like looking at a fool, especially when they see Wang Yan's serious expression, they can't help laughing out loud.

In the face of the two of them, Wang Yan didn't pay much attention to it, and after soaking the yellow cabbage, he began to cut and match it on the uneven pier surface, which was rugged and uneven, and the kitchen knife in his hand was extremely blunt, which also made Wang Yan's movements in his hands slightly slow.

"We'll see what the hell he's up to, let him try it for himself... Hey. The man in the stove robe said, and couldn't help but chuckle, while the other person also snickered and echoed, and even gave a thumbs up to the man in the stove robe: "This kind of immoral thing, I only serve you." ”

The two of them lowered their heads to talk and laugh, sweeping away the previous laziness, this kind of behavior also made several people on the stove look at Wang Yan one after another, and when they saw the latter slowly cutting with yellow vegetables, they all forced a smile and shook their heads to cook the dishes again.

Wang Yan's expression was indifferent, his dark eyes were full of seriousness, and after cutting the yellow cabbage into evenly matchstick-like filaments, he put them into clean water again to soak, and at the same time, he also lit the flame under the morning stage.

The other four people around them were smiling, quickly busy with the dishes in their hands, and after a while, with the sound of flames whistling, a faint fragrance began to permeate the wok.

The water in the woks in front of Wang Yan was slowly heated, and the soaked shredded yellow cabbage had preserved some water, although it still looked a little dry, but it was much better than before.

At the same time, the dishes cooked by the first person have been out of the pot, stir-fried 100 days red, although this 100 days red is very different from the one planted in the backyard of Wang Yan's black shop, but the quality of the raw materials looks good, a little red at the top of the emerald green, after being wrapped in the juice, it exudes a faint fragrance.

"Yes. The man in the stove clothes only tasted it, and then said lightly, at the same time, a wooden sign was thrown by him on the bluestone table, which made the young man show joy and hurriedly picked it up, but he did not leave, but looked in the direction where Wang Yan was, with a smile on his face, and his arms were wrapped around his chest, waiting to watch the play.

After the first youth, the second and third places also passed one after another, as for the fourth young man, after the dish was cooked, he was directly brushed down, and he did not qualify, but among these five people, if it was the four young people who had successfully passed the assessment, or the young man who was brushed down, they all stood still on the side of the courtyard, looking at Wang Yan, the only one left in the venue, and the sarcastic smile in his eyes was quite rich.

This kind of assessment is extremely uncomplicated, as long as the cooked dishes do not deviate much from the knife technique and taste, they will basically be given the opportunity to enter the library pavilion, unless... It's really not about making this piece of material, making a dish that can be seen will be ruthlessly brushed down.

Under the gaze of everyone, the woks in Wang Yan's palms turned again, and then, the dishes in the pot were slowly packed into the cleaned blue and white dishes on the side, and after they were picked up, they were placed on the bluestone table.

"That's what you cooked?"