Chapter 128: A Fortune Trick
Luoyang.
After arriving in Luoyang, the place where Jiang Xiaobai and his entourage settled was the mansion where he and Huangfu Song once lived.
This mansion is not Huangfu Song's family business, it was arranged by Emperor Liu Hong after he saw Huangfu Song's rebellion against the Yellow Turban and made immortal achievements, and it has not been taken back so far.
I have to say that the iron rice bowl of the imperial court is still fragrant.
This is a real estate in the second ring road of the imperial capital, if it is worth it, it will cost millions of dollars, and it is the kind that has no price.
"Master Jiang, there is a eunuch in the Shicai Palace who came to spread the word, saying that the celebration banquet is scheduled for three days later, and His Majesty named you as the protagonist, and you must not be absent."
Coming to the kitchen in the mansion, Wang Lin looked at Jiang Xiaobai, who was busy in the kitchen, at this time, there were many audiences in the kitchen, Jiang Xiaohua and Zhao Yun were there.
Before coming to Luoyang, when passing through the locust plague in the Sanfu area, Jiang Xiaobai asked everyone to capture many locusts.
Several large packages of locusts weighed one hundred and eighty pounds.
At this time, in the corner of the kitchen, there was a wooden basin filled with salt water, Jiang Xiaobai took out a package and poured all the locusts inside into the basin.
Locusts, also known as grasshoppers, are very active, and after being poured into the salt water, these grasshoppers rushed to jump out of the basin, but Jiang Xiaobai was like a whack-a-mole, and they were slapped into the salt water one by one.
Seeing Jiang Xiaobai as naïve as a child, Wang Lin, Jiang Xiaohua and Zhao Yun were quite speechless, saying that they were good at showing their cooking skills, why did they suddenly start playing.
If grasshoppers can also provide negative energy, Jiang Xiaobai's wave of operations can also obtain 100,000 points of negative energy.
had a lot of fun, and it wasn't until all the locusts were soaked in salt water that Jiang Xiaobai couldn't stop it.
After the locusts suck the salt water, they will spit out the dirt in their bodies, so the salt water at this time is no longer as clear as it was at the beginning, it appears extremely turbid, and an unpleasant stench emanates from it.
Remove all the locusts in the salt water, and then Jiang Xiaobai cleans the locusts several times until they are completely clean, and then drains the water on the locusts.
"Heat the oil!"
With Jiang Xiaobai's exhilarating shout, Zhao Yun, who had long been ready to go, immediately lit a fire and added firewood, Jiang Xiaohua also came to help, and she poured the solidified lard into the hot pot.
After all the lumpy lard melted, Jiang Xiaobai poured all the prepared locusts into the hot oil one by one.
Zi~Zi~Zi~
A crackling sound rang out from the pot, and as the locusts were fried until golden brown, an enticing aroma emanated from the pot and filled the kitchen.
"Wow~ It's so fragrant."
Jiang Xiaohua sniffed the fragrance in the air, she looked impatiently at the locusts in the hot oil in the pot, Zhao Yun and Wang Lin also came to the side of the pot, looking at the fried grasshoppers in the pot, Wang Lin even drooled angrily.
The aroma flew out of the kitchen, and the whole mansion was filled with the smell of fried grasshoppers.
After a while, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who were originally studying in the martial arts training ground, also followed the aroma to the kitchen, and they happened to see Jiang Xiaobai scooping out the fried grasshoppers out of the pot.
"Big brother, this is really the grasshoppers we caught, it's really delicious."
"I didn't expect that our eldest brother is not only good at fighting, but also top in cooking, which is really amazing."
"Master Jiang, why don't we find time to catch more locusts and come back, it's not enough to eat."
Almost as soon as Jiang Xiaobai fished out the fried locusts from the oil pot, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and others rushed to eat them.
"You foodies, leave me some!"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaobai was anxious, Zhang Fei, Wang Lin and others hurried to get a few packages, this time without Jiang Xiaobai's instructions, Wang Lin and the others prepared salt water, and according to Jiang Xiaobai's previous steps, they all dealt with the remaining dozens of catties of locusts.
Then, everyone looked at Jiang Xiaobai with blank eyes.
This group of foodies......
Looking at the group of long-awaited guys in front of him, Jiang Xiaobai couldn't help but roll his eyes, he began to fry the locusts again, because there were too many locusts this time, so the frying time was very long, and the rich fragrance was no longer limited to the inside of the mansion, but flew out of the mansion.
With Jiang Xiaobai's mansion as the center, more than a dozen streets nearby were all filled with the aroma of fried locusts.
This aroma is particularly attractive, and all the people who smell this smell have followed the aroma to find Jiang Xiaobai's mansion.
As far as the eye could see, hundreds of people gathered in front of the mansion, and such a big movement frightened the servants guarding the door, and immediately hurriedly went to report to Jiang Xiaobai.
At this time, it was approaching dusk, and when Jiang Xiaobai and his party walked out of the mansion and saw the crowded people on the street outside, they were also stunned.
"Dare to ask this son, your family...... What are you making to eat? ”
This is really impolite, but there is no way, the taste of fried locusts is simply too fragrant, so delicious, even if these people live in Luoyang and live at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they are all smelling it for the first time.
It is not uncommon for locusts to be eaten.
But no one has ever dealt with locusts in a hurry like Jiang Xiaobai and fried locusts so meticulously, which has never happened before.
After all, lard is a relatively rare thing in this era, fried locusts will consume a lot of lard, where are ordinary people willing to use, only princes and nobles can afford it.
And locusts are lowly and dirty food in the eyes of those princes and nobles, and they will never be eaten.
Looking at the people gathered in front of the door, Jiang Xiaobai instructed Wang Lin to bring out the locusts he had just fried for everyone to eat.
Deep-fried locusts have a crispy texture and a unique aroma that is evocative.
Because there were too many people gathered, there were two or three thousand people, so the dozens of catties of locusts that Jiang Xiaobai had fried were quickly divided.
"Oops, I haven't eaten yet!"
When all the fried locusts were given to the people, Jiang Xiaobai seemed to suddenly think of something, and immediately regretted it, and wanted to cry without tears.
Dare to love him on this day, I really gave everyone a free cook!
However, after this wave of food turmoil in front of the door, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly discovered a clever plan to make a fortune, and that night, he took Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun and others to the Sanfu area on horseback overnight to catch locusts.
The Sanfu area is very close to Luoyang, and it takes two hours to ride a horse.
A busy night.
In the early morning, Jiang Xiaobai and his party returned to Luoyang.
"Master Jiang, we're going to get rich."
Looking at the locusts piled up in the two rooms, weighing nearly a thousand kilograms, Wang Lin's eyes lit up excitedly, and he looked at Jiang Xiaobai with great admiration.
When people saw the locusts that everyone feared, the people were afraid of them like tigers, and they all felt that this was a disaster.
However, in Jiang Xiaobai's hands, these locusts became extremely delicious food, and they were rushed to eat by the people.
It is conceivable that if Jiang Xiaobai sells fried locusts, he will not worry about no sales.
Turn trash into treasure!
There is no need for propaganda at all, the people who tried it yesterday evening are the best propagandists, when Jiang Xiaobai's mansion once again wafted the tempting fragrance of fried locusts, in front of Jiang Xiaobai's mansion, a large number of people gathered again, and there were more and more people.