Chapter 4

In the afternoon, Qin Huaidao received the order in the mansion and rewarded those people in the palace, the housekeepers and soldiers, as well as those maids, all cried, and for the first time in the past two years, there was a happy event in the house!

"Butler, and all of you, don't cry! Steward, we will reward you later, everyone rejoices! Qin Huaidao was also moved when he saw them crying like this,

These people, including those young maids and family members, are very loyal to the house, and they or their fathers are all following their father Qin Shubao's side, which can be said to be both prosperity and loss.

Today, Li Shimin rewarded 2,500 guan money, which can not only make up for the money that burned the Chongxian Pavilion before, but also give an extra 500 guan, which is not a small amount of money, the land outside the city, the best fertile land, one mu is only five or six guan money.

"Young Master Xie, the old slave, the old slave can't help it, the old man has been low-key for so many years, and the house is getting weaker and weaker, and now seeing that the young master can get His Majesty's reward, the old slave is happy! Woo woo woo ~~~" The housekeeper squatted down and cried bitterly as he spoke.

"Young master, you have to take care of it and revive your family business!" The other one in charge was also crying.

"Well, good, good, all up, get up, these years, I have also relied on your busy life inside and out, you can rest assured, the Yiguo Mansion will only get better and better, come, housekeeper, get up, and wait for 20 to come out, reward everyone!" Qin Huaidao picked up the housekeeper and said to those people.

"Thank you, young master!" Those housekeepers and maids all knelt down and kowtowed in thanks.

"Okay, get up, butler, the young master wants to explain something to you!" Qin Huaidao saw that the housekeeper was still wiping his tears there, so he immediately said that he would confess to him.

"Young master, you say, you say!" The housekeeper immediately stood up, wiped away his tears, and said.

"Your Majesty has rewarded 2,500 yuan, what about you, in a few days, you will take 800 yuan respectively to the Eguo Mansion and the Lu Guogong Mansion, and at the same time prepare some gifts and send them together, remember to tell them that it is inconvenient for me to go out now, young master, I can't thank you in person, I am very guilty!" Qin Huaidao explained to the housekeeper.

"Yes, the old slave will do it tomorrow!" The butler nodded and said.

"No, don't use it tomorrow, don't be in such a hurry, it will seem to be a raw point, about three or five days!" Qin Huaidao explained to the housekeeper.

"Eh, the young master has thought far-reachingly, the old slave remembers!" The butler nodded happily and said.

"Okay, everyone is gone, everyone is busy with their own things, and in the future, the house will only get better and better!" Qin Huaidao said to those family members and soldiers.

"Yes, young master!" The people began to disperse,

Qin Huaidao also pulled his younger brother with one hand and his sister with the other hand back to the side room.

"Come, follow my brother, a b, c... ou..."Qin Huaidao sat on the side of the wing room and began to teach his younger brothers and sisters the vowels and finals.

After a while, her sister Qin Jiao looked at Qin Huaidao and asked, "Brother, what's the use of learning this?" It doesn't seem to be our Central Plains word! ”

"Well, it's not the words of the Central Plains, but it can help you know more of the words of the Central Plains, remember first, my brother has to take the test in the past two days!" Qin Huaidao smiled at Qin Jiao and said,

In fact, Qin Jiao and Qin Shandao were not born to the same mother, the two of them were born to concubines, Qin Huaidao's mother died very early, and his father did not remarry, but he gave birth to the two of them with his concubine.

But after her father left, the concubine also died not long after, leaving these two children behind.

Qin Shubao had few brothers, and his family members also died in the war of that year, and when it came to Qin Huaidao's generation, there were only three of them left to siblings, and Qin Huaidao had been good to them since he was a child.

Now that my parents are gone, I naturally have to take care of the two of them.

This time has passed for a month, Qin Huaidao is also at home every day, and occasionally goes to Zhuangzi outside the city to inspect it, and in other places, Qin Huaidao can't go at all, Ding Wei is at home, there are regulations,

Therefore, Qin Huaidao is at home every day, that is, to teach his younger brothers and sisters to read and practice words, and then he practices martial arts in the morning, and returns to the study in the afternoon and begins to sort out those words.

"Young master, it's not more than ten days, it's going to be the New Year, the house needs to prepare some things, and there are also gifts to other mansions! Young master, it's time for you to pick up some gifts! "This morning, Qin Huaidao had just finished bathing after practicing martial arts, and the housekeeper came over and said to Qin Huaidao.

"It's better to follow the rules of previous years, you go and prepare!" Qin Huaidao said to the housekeeper.

"Okay, young master!" The butler nodded and said.

"By the way, the people on the Zhuangzi side, each person, each person will issue 5 copper coins, regardless of men, women and children, this is as a reward from the house, so that they can celebrate the New Year with peace of mind!" Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and said to the housekeeper.

"Young master, here, there are 700 restaurants in our house, with a combined population of more than 5,000 people, and one person needs 25 yuan to send 5 copper coins? Besides, 5 copper coins can buy a load of corn, isn't it a little more? When the housekeeper heard this, he said to Qin Huaidao.

"It's okay, send it down, it's a disaster this year, it's not a good year, send it down, and let them have a good year!" Qin Huaidao said to the housekeeper.

"Yes, the young master is merciful, the dealers below, I don't know how to thank you yet! The last time we were hit by the disaster, there were no dead people in our Zhuangzi, and all the young masters in the Zhuangzi were the reincarnations of the Bodhisattva! The housekeeper also smiled at Qin Huaidao at this moment and said,

Qin Huaidao's status in the hearts of Zhuang Hu is getting higher and higher, and it is also a good thing for the Qin Mansion, who knows when Qin Huaidao needs to go to war at that time? At that time, those young men of the farmers will be Qin Huaidao's personal soldiers.

"Young master, just now the Duke of Lu Guo sent a gift for the New Year!" A steward came over and reported to Qin Huaidao.

"Oh, just sent it?" Qin Huaidao said in surprise, but after thinking about it, there were still 11 days before the Chinese New Year, and various mansions began to send gifts everywhere.

"Big brother, I, I want to eat pastries!" At this time, her sister Qin Jiao looked at her eldest brother shyly,

At the end of the year, there are basically no pastries in the Qin Mansion, because there is no woman in charge, no one will make them, that is, during the New Year, among the gifts sent by various mansions, there are pastries.

Therefore, as soon as Qin Jiao heard that a pastry was being delivered, she was greedy.

"Okay, come on, go get the pastries!" When Qin Huaidao heard this, he touched Qin Jiao's head with a smile and said.

"Yes, young master!"

"Thank you, brother!" Qin Jiao also said happily,

Soon, the pastries were delivered, Qin Huaidao saw that they were all made of dry powder, Qin Huaidao also tasted one, and when he ate it in his mouth, he could only eat it in small bites, and he could choke on it when he ate it in a big gulp, or he could only swallow it with water.

"Is it delicious?" Qin Huaidao looked at his younger siblings with a little suspicion, the two of them were very happy now.

"Hmmm! Delicious! The younger brother and sister nodded at the same time.

"Huh? Okay, that brother will also make some pastries for you, in previous years, it was someone else's house that sent us pastries, this time we will also make some at home! Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and spoke.

"Young master, no one in the house knows how to make pastries!" The housekeeper heard it, looked at Qin Huaidao and said,

Pastries, but only rich families can make them, poor people don't know it at all, and here in Qinfu, there is no master mother, those people are all from poor families, and they don't even know what pastries are, let alone make them.

Qin Jiao's mother was a concubine before, and she was also from a poor family, so she couldn't do it, and now those subordinates can't do it.

"It's okay, I will, I'm going to prepare something!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile, and then went to the study.

"Young master, how can you do this?" The housekeeper still didn't believe it, after all, the young master was someone who had never been through the kitchen.

"It's in the book, explore it a few more times, and it will be natural!" Qin Huaidao smiled,

Then he sat in the study and began to draw drawings, Datang still didn't have an iron pot, and Qin Huaidao wanted to make those popcorn, cat ears, rock sugar gourds, small biscuits, etc., which were commonly eaten by the people in later generations.

These, no iron pot and some tools are not good, and if there is an iron pot at the same time, you also need a stove, because now the Tang Dynasty is a frying pan, and the vortex pot of later generations is completely different, so the stove also needs to be redesigned,

After Qin Huaidao finished drawing the drawings, he first went to the blacksmith and asked him to make an iron pot, and at the same time, he also found a carpenter and asked them to make some shelves, and then he found a mason and asked them to make a stove.

After the order was given, Qin Huaidao asked the housekeeper to get dozens of catties of wheat, soak it in water, and put it in a warm room.

On the third day, more and more gifts were sent from the government, and there were many pastries, but those pastries were all the same, all made of dry flour, which was conducive to preservation.

Qin Huaidao had already arrived at the kitchen at this moment, commanding his subordinates to fry the rice, so that the rice could form popcorn, and the rice could not be fried directly in the pot, Qin Huaidao also asked people to find fine gravel with high iron content and pour it into the iron pot, and stir-fry it with the rice.

After all the rice grains were blown up, Qin Huaidao asked his subordinates to sift out the fine gravel with a sieve, and then stored it, and made a lot of it, Qin Huaidao let people boil maltose, boiled a lot, and let people use clay pots to put it up,

Then put about 2 catties of maltose into the pot, then pour in the popcorn, start stirring, and the frame made of the wooden board has been placed, after stirring, shovel out, put it into the wooden frame, cover it with a clean cloth, and then flatten it with a heavy object, after pressing firmly, it will be cut into pieces.

"Here, taste!" Qin Huaidao smiled and took a few pieces and handed them to Qin Jiao and Qin Shandao.

"Well, it's delicious, it's delicious, my brother is delicious!" Qin Jiao just took a bite, and it felt very crispy and sweet, very delicious.

"Come, taste them all!" Qin Huaidao smiled and said to the subordinates and housekeepers who were helping.

"Okay, young master, the old slave also wants to try it, this is the first time in the past ten years that the house has made pastries!" The housekeeper was also a little happy, especially after hearing Qin Jiao and them say that it was delicious, he couldn't help it, and picked up a piece to taste!

"Well, um~~ delicious, better than those pastries!" The butler said happily,

And those people are also eating, and they all say that it is delicious.

ps: I saw that the message said that popcorn needs to be made of corn, which may be different from place to place, but in the south, popcorn is made of rice! Moreover, in the early days, rice was fried in a pot, and iron-containing gravel was added to fry together, and after the popcorn came out, it was sifted clean. In addition, when the author was a child, there was very little brown sugar and white sugar, and he was reluctant to buy it, so he used sprouted millet to boil rice sugar and used it to make rice cakes!

There are also readers who criticize pinyin, saying that the Tang Dynasty dialect is an ancient sound, and pinyin is not only good for spelling Mandarin? Even Cantonese can use pinyin transcription, but can't ancient pronunciation? Now many local dialects, can also use pinyin symbol, pinyin is just a tool, now everyone habitually connects Mandarin and pinyin together, but it does not mean that pinyin can not mark other languages! When you were learning English when you were a child, you didn't use Chinese to mark it, English also has a phonetic transcription, you can't remember it, you know how to read it when you mark it in Chinese, the same reason!