The poultry breeding in the Chu Wangfu has been booming over the years.

Although after reaching a certain scale, Li Kuan did not blindly let people continue to expand the scale, but Chu Wangfu is still the largest chicken, duck and goose breeder in Chang'an City, and the largest pig farm is also owned by Chu Wangfu.

Although Lin Sheng no longer has to work personally, he is also very busy every day.

He had to confirm one by one whether the dozens of eunuchs and palace maids under him had managed these livestock according to his own requirements.

"Aya, I've got a new one for this honeycomb coal stove, you should pay attention to leave a little window when you sleep at night, and don't close it completely."

Lin Sheng walked around the livestock breeding area and returned to his small yard.

There are four houses in this small courtyard, and Lin Sheng and Li Lian both live in this courtyard.

As for the one who spoke, it was naturally not Lin Sheng's own son.

He was a former eunuch, where did he come from?

However, this is the same as when I was in Taiji Palace, the big eunuchs with status will recognize some godsons.

Lin Sheng, the son, naturally recognizes it.

Anyway, both of them are lonely, so if they form a pair, they can have more hope in life.

"Got it, go get busy."

Lin Sheng waved his hand and motioned for Lin Tian to leave.

"Master, the old hen in this yard, I look at her cockscomb, it was red a while ago, but now it is a little white, it stands to reason that it has already laid a round of eggs, but I haven't seen the shadow of an egg, or I will help find it again."

Lin Tian knew his master very well.

Knowing that he is thrifty and habitual.

Although there are not many eggs in the Chu Wangfu now, the eggs that should be there are not even shadows, and he is sure that he is uncomfortable.

"Of course I knew it was over, but I had searched the whole yard several times, and I didn't see a single egg, which is really strange. These hens rarely go outside the yard. ”

Lin Sheng looked at a few hens under the eaves next to the honeycomb coal stove for heating a little depressed.

As a servant with status, the small courtyard where Lin Sheng is located actually has a certain kitchen function, and when you don't want to eat uniformly arranged food, you can also open a small stove by yourself.

The small room at the far end of the courtyard is the makeshift kitchen.

"I haven't heard of weasels or anything like that, so these eggs can't be gone. Master, I'll look for it again, and I'll definitely find it. ”

"Forget it, I've looked for it several times, if you really have time, help me clean up the coal ash in the kitchen. It burned for a winter, and a whole lot of it has piled up next to it. ”

Lin Sheng didn't really care about this nest of eggs, he just felt that he didn't figure out what was going on, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

There are usually only a few people in the yard, and everyone knows the roots, and it is impossible for them to do the thing of stealing eggs.

For a servant of Lin Sheng's level, the Chu Wangfu did not restrict him from eating a few eggs a day at all.

"Okay, Master, wait a minute, I'll clean up all this coal ash and use it to fertilize some trees."

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to work.

In late January, although the snow is no longer falling, the temperature is still not high.

However, Lin Tian just picked two cole coal ashes and began to sweat.

"Master, I'll clean up this coal ash for you regularly every month in the future, so it won't accumulate so much."

Lin Tian put the soot into the dustpan while Lin Sheng spoke.

"Wait a minute!"

The sharp-eyed Lin Sheng found that inside the soot that had just been exposed, he actually saw an egg exposed.

"Huh?"

Lin Tian immediately found the egg in front of him, quickly put down the shovel, and pulled it near the egg with his hand for a while.

With this chop, more eggs immediately popped up.

"Master, this ...... How can there be so many eggs here? ”

"I said that I couldn't find the hen's eggs, and that she had been running to the kitchen a while ago, and it turned out that she had laid eggs here. I guess she laid it on this stove, and the eggs were covered with soot after they fell, and they couldn't be found until they were picked up. ”

Lin Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the eggs in front of him.

After confusing myself for a month, I finally figured it out.

"Master, there is one that may have accidentally broken the eggshell by my shovel just now, let me put it in a bowl, and I can cook it and eat it at noon."

Lin Tian said as he picked out an egg with a cracked shell.

"Why does it smell strange?"

Lin Sheng's nose was very sensitive, and he immediately noticed that the egg in front of him seemed to be broken.

"I'll see."

Lin Tian said as he picked up the egg in the bowl and gently peeled off the eggshell.

"This ...... What's wrong with this egg? ”

What was shown in front of Lin Tian and Lin Sheng was not a fresh egg yolk and egg white.

But it's not the stench of bad eggs.

It's a form you've never seen before.

"Master, this egg is a bit strange, it stands to reason that this egg should have been laid last month, and it shouldn't have gone bad so quickly."

Lin Tian looked at the egg in front of him strangely, unable to think of a reason.

"It's the first time I've seen an egg like this. However, looking at this appearance, it seems to be unique, the egg whites have all turned brown, and there is a special pattern on the surface. ”

Lin Sheng picked up this special egg that had just removed the shell, and couldn't help but break a piece and prepare to put it in his mouth.

"Wait a minute, Master, I'll try it."

Although Lin Tian felt that the eggs in front of him looked a little disgusting, since his master was going to try it, he had to come forward no matter what.

After all, this strange egg obviously doesn't look like a normal one, and who knows if it will be poisoned if you eat it?

"No, your eggs are strange, but the solidified brown egg white looks like a golden piece of amber, and the clusters of crystal-like silver patterns on this surface seem to have been carved by a skilled craftsman on it. Such a miraculous egg, I don't believe it can be poisonous. ”

Lin Sheng felt that the eggs had been put in the coal ash for a month, and although the coal ash in this place would pour the tea residue from time to time, it would not deteriorate.

Even if it is spoiled, eating a small piece will not cost you your own life.

So I insisted on trying it myself.

Lin Tian couldn't stand him, so he simply picked up a piece himself, held his breath, and put it in his mouth.

Originally, Lin Tian thought that he was going to be uncomfortable for a while.

As a result, he didn't expect this "bad egg" to be put in his mouth just now, but he felt that there was an extra cool feeling.

He couldn't help but take a bite, and now he tasted "spoiled egg whites".

No foul smell and no strange smell.

On the contrary, a fragrance lingered on the tip of his tongue, making Lin Tian couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The smell really made him forget it for a long time.

As a subordinate of the Chu Palace, he can be regarded as having eaten a lot of delicacies, and his mouth has also been raised.

However, the taste of this "bad egg" is different from everything I have eaten before.

Soon, Lin Tian's brain began to give orders to his mouth, directing it to wipe out all the "bad eggs" in his mouth one bite left and right.

At the same time, Lin Sheng's reaction was similar to Lin Tian's.

The master and apprentice glanced at each other, and then reached out to eat the remaining "bad eggs" in the bowl.

"Smack!"

Lin Tian stretched out his tongue and licked it around his lips, a little regretful that he had eaten a little too fast just now.

"Master, why don't we see if the other eggs are like this?"

"It's okay, then let's try another one, if it's all like this, then I'll send the rest to His Royal Highness the King of Chu to see if the prince has eaten this strange egg."

Lin Sheng couldn't understand how this egg could become like this, but the taste was still very delicious.

However, at this time, Lin Tian had already quickly peeled off another egg and handed half of it to Lin Sheng.

Be polite when you should be polite, and not polite when you shouldn't.

Lin Tian picked up half a "bad egg", broke a piece, and carefully put it in his mouth.

This time, instead of swallowing it like a date, he tasted it slowly.

That kind of deliciousness made him unforgettable.

In the past, when I was in Taiji Palace, I was able to eat a boiled egg, which was a delicacy in the world.

But after arriving at the Chu Palace, eggs are no longer uncommon, although boiled eggs are still Lin Sheng's favorite, but more because of the feeling of nostalgia for wanting to eat but not being able to eat it.

But now that I eat this "bad egg", no, Lin Sheng thinks it would be more accurate to describe it as a pickled egg.

The taste of this pickled egg completely subverts his feeling for eggs.

It's delicious, but that's it.

"Lin Tian, why do you say that this egg will become like this when it is put in the coal ash?"

At this moment, Lin Sheng began to think about how to make this pickled egg in the future.

Obviously, if the eggs are placed elsewhere, they will become bad and stinky after a long time, and that kind of foul smell can never have anything to do with deliciousness.

But when I put it in the soot, it became like this.

"Master, I think there seems to be something like tea residue in this place, could it be because there are tea residues and coal ash, and these things are mixed together, so they become like this?"

Lin Tian couldn't figure out how the pickled egg came out, so he had to squat in the place where he had just pulled out the egg and study the things around him.

"Whether it's or not, I'll give it a try in a moment. Put a few eggs in the coal ash, a few eggs in the coal ash and tea residue, and then put a few eggs in the salt bar, try all kinds of methods, you can always find a useful method, right? ”

Lin Sheng thought about it and had an idea in his heart.

In his opinion, the egg production of Chu Wangfu is now getting bigger and bigger, and the price of eggs in the West Market has dropped again and again.

If you could marinate the eggs and sell them, the price would be completely different, right?

"Let's give the remaining pickled eggs to His Royal Highness the King of Chu to taste later, he has the most say in the food, maybe he will give me some suggestions after eating."

Lin Tian thought about it and put forward his own thoughts.

"Well, this is the right reason, let's go first, just in time to catch His Royal Highness the King of Chu to offer this pickled egg before lunch."

……

"Where did this pine flower egg come from?"

At noon, after Li Kuan and Xiaomai walked around the courtyard, they came to the restaurant to eat, but they were unexpectedly surprised to find that there were five or six pine flower eggs on the snow-white porcelain plate.

I haven't eaten this thing in ten years.

In the past, preserved egg and lean porridge was basically what he would eat every week.

Suddenly, when I saw Songhua eggs, I really missed it.

"Songhua eggs? Lord, are you talking about this pickled egg? This was sent by Lin Sheng, who was in charge of the conservatory, just now, and it was said to be very delicious. I tried a bite with Miss Panpan, and it was really delicious, so I peeled a few and served them. ”

Qing'er explained on the side, and at the same time, her heart was reminiscing about the taste just now.

"Songhua eggs? There are some patterns on the surface, but they are a little similar to pine flowers. But I don't think I've ever eaten this pine egg before. ”

Wu Meiniang looked at the crystal clear pine flower egg, and couldn't help but stretch out her chopsticks to clip one.

"Mei Niang, this Songhua egg is not suitable for pregnant women, wait until you give birth to a child."

Listening to Li Kuan's words, Wu Meiniang was a little disappointed.

However, I don't regret thinking that the left and right are just an egg.

"Well, this pine flower egg has a little feeling, but it's still a little bit hot."

Li Kuan just finished saying that Wu Meiniang couldn't eat it, but he took a bite.

Although this Songhua egg was already very delicious in the eyes of Lin Sheng, who had never eaten it, he still felt a gap in Li Kuan's mouth.

"Then how could Lin Sheng come up with the idea of pickling eggs? It looks a little weird with this egg, but I didn't expect it to be pickled too. ”

Cheng Jingwen saw that Li Kuan had already tried, and also sandwiched one into her bowl.

"I don't know, Qing'er, you ask Lin Sheng to come over after eating, and I'll hear how he pickles this egg."

Now that Lin Sheng had already offered the Songhua Egg, Li Kuan felt that it was better to simply carry it forward.

This Songhua egg is best made with duck eggs, and it is obvious that these are eggs now, and the taste is a little worse.

When the time comes, I will exchange a Songhua egg pickling technique in the system and carry it forward, which can be regarded as finding a new way out for a large number of chicken and duck eggs in the Chu Palace.

Even the people who raise ducks don't have to worry about their duck eggs being spoiled after a long time.

"Well, Lord Wang, this Songhua egg is really strange, an ordinary egg, it tastes so delicious, this is the most delicious egg I have ever tasted."

Cheng Jingwen didn't take it seriously at first, especially when Li Kuan said that it was almost hot.

As a result, when a mouthful of pine eggs entered my mouth, I found that it was not the case at all.

It's a completely new style of cuisine.

Where's the heat?

No wonder everyone wants to say that their prince's mouth is the most picky.