Section 622 The best ingredients should retain their original flavor
Is dipterocarp tree precious?
That is, the three words dipterocarp are attractive enough.
In Lin'an, dipterocarp tablets are extremely precious spices with high value.
If you only talk about the level of wood, this kind of wood will definitely not rank in the top ten.
At present, Han Jiang's collection and research of wood varieties are not ranked in the top ten.
However, in Cao Ruomu's eyes, this shock was no less than someone hearing that the gentleman had built a temple with golden silk nan.
Cao Ruomu's careful thoughts began to turn.
She wants.
She entered the Han family and didn't have her own courtyard and house, so she asked dipterocarp to build a house.
Although she was a little greedy, Cao Ruomu was not purely stupid, she at least knew that she had to please Han Jiang first, so she took some cooking spices from the spice shop, and picked out a few bottles of essential oils, as well as spices for sachets.
In addition, he instructed his maidservants to prepare some local ingredients.
She's ready to cook herself.
Cao Ruoying saw it in her eyes, but she was indifferent, and she didn't make any preparations.
Qian Xinyao told her that even Ying and Cai couldn't figure out Han Jiang's true preferences, and it could also be observed from the daily lives of those servants and maidservants in the Han Mansion that any deliberate flattery was useless to Han Jiang.
Therefore, Cao Ruoying has not taken any substantive actions, just silently observing.
This time, Cao Ruomu wants to cook herself, and Cao Ruoying believes that she will be disappointed.
In the evening, after confirming that Han Jiang had not yet ordered dinner, that the officials in charge of Jiaozhi and Zhancheng had left, and that Han Jiang was alone in the study, Cao Ruomu prepared three side dishes, four main dishes, and a soup.
Cao Ruoying was just accompanying, and she really wanted to see the results of her guesses.
After the two girls arrived at Han Jiang's temporary study, Han Jiang was writing official documents at the desk, and there was a pot and steamer next to him.
Han Jiang glanced up at the two women, and said: "Wait for me for a while, look at the drip tray over there, you can open the pot when the water is empty, there are six small dishes next to it, three dishes of vinegar, three dishes of soy sauce, and the one in that small bowl is the unique wasabi of Wajima, be careful, that one is very spicy." ”
After finishing speaking, Han Jiang continued to write his official documents.
This is a very important letter, Han Jiang wrote to Liu Xianlun and You Jiugong, according to his teacher's advice, Wancheng should give enough face when facing the imperial court, of course, how much face to give will leave a lot of embarrassment and even trouble in the future.
Han Jiang thought about it for a long time, and thought of a trick based on his own knowledge and profession.
It's very simple to say, that is, the imperial court has stopped banning Wancheng, and all the merchants from Wancheng come to Lin'an, and only pay the market business tax according to the law, and all other taxes and miscellaneous money will not pay a penny. If there is any trouble from the government along the road, the imperial court will double the compensation for the loss of the caravan on this side of Wancheng.
Similarly, in Lin'an City, the court doubled the compensation for all the losses of any oppression by the powerful, the peeping of the homeless, the robbery of the chaotic people, etc.
Next, Han Jiang wrote in detail a detailed list of requirements for the industrial expansion of glass and glass.
Tongbai County, under the control of Wancheng, has the largest trona ore in the world, which provides a sufficient amount of raw materials for the glass industry, and there are rich reserves of coal and quartz ore under the control of Wancheng.
Originally, Han Jiang did not plan to develop this pure luxury industry.
But now, in order to compete with the Great Song Dynasty, Han Jiang started this industry.
In Wancheng, many glaze craftsmen have been summoned here, the gap between glass and glass is actually the difference between metal and mineral impurities and no impurities, plus the difference between not using alkali and using alkali.
Su Dongpo once wrote: Molten lead boils white stone, and it is true to deceive oneself as jade.
This is the glass.
There is a glass workshop in Wancheng, the output is not large, and the main production is all kinds of bottles, jars, test tubes and so on. It is purely for the purpose of using the Daomen Danshu as a utensil for learning, as well as for the spice production and research department.
The bottle of essential oil is actually porcelain.
More than half of the eight million quintals of porcelain were used as containers.
This is another task that Han Jiang had to deal with when he went south, organizing a real ocean trade, using essential oils and spices in porcelain to conquer markets tens of thousands of miles away.
Han Jiang sat there and kept writing.
Cao Ruomu saw that the drip tray was empty, that is, the time was up, and she was very entangled in whether to take down the steamer and call the maidservant, and if she steamed again, it would time out, and it would definitely not be good.
But Han Jiang is still busy, is it appropriate for them to eat first?
Han Jiang didn't even raise his head, but said, "It's not delicious when it's cold, you eat first." ”
Cao Ruomu was still hesitating, Cao Ruoying had already taken the steamer off the pot with her own hands.
She was very glad that she and Qian Xinyao were good friends, and knowing Han Jiang's habits, she didn't need to pretend or anything.
Han Jiang spoke again: "Add a little vinegar and wine when cleaning, it will remove the fishy smell of seafood, and then cook it in the simplest way to preserve the original taste of the food." Taste, specially prepared for you, eat sea crabs with vinegar, and a little rice wine is good, because crabs are cold. ”
As soon as the delicacy explodes on the taste buds, all the reserved ones are thrown aside.
Tearing crabs, Cao Ruomu is still quite fast.
Danxia was crying by a large ball of green paste-like seasoning, Cao Ruoying had heard of it, and she was cautious about wasabi foam.
After a long time, almost a quarter of an hour, Han Jiang finished writing the official document in his hand.
Sealed box, lacquered sealed.
After personally taking it outside the house and arranging for a reliable person to deliver the letter, Han Jiang came back and sat down.
The sea crab with a small plate is already three empty shells at this time, and the crab claws are very hard, no matter how hard they are, they can't be harder than the small copper hammer in Cao Ruomu's hand.
Han Jiang sat down and didn't eat his steamed seafood, but picked up chopsticks and ate what Cao Ruomu cooked.
After only taking one bite, Han Jiang wanted to frown.
How to say it.
The seasoning is too heavy.
When the spices are really worthless, you can't put them like this, your mouth is full of the taste of spices, and you can't taste the flavor of the original ingredients at all.
A good stone class fish has the feeling of eating Huzhou salted fish.
Cao Ruomu's face was flushed, and he didn't know if it was because of a little wine, or because of Han Jiang's embarrassment after eating a bite of fish.
Cao Ruoying took the initiative to say: "The lord and the eldest lady have a good story in Lin'an City, and they only say that they are the phoenix of Lin'an City. Many people also praised the legend of the white snake made by the lord. ”
Han Jiang said while eating the seafood with overweight seasoning: "Feng Qiuhuang, I don't like it, Sima Xiangru, a scumbag, abducted someone else's daughter, and as a result, he was so poor that he couldn't even support his own mother, and he used unsavory means to force his father-in-law to give him money, this kind of love is also called love, the man in the world is dead, and I will not marry his daughter to him." ”
Embarrassed.
Awkwardness with a capital letter.
The Cao sisters didn't know what to say.