Chapter XXVI Development of the Fisheries Division
A large bowl of sauerkraut fish was eaten by many imperial chefs, and even the soup residue was drunk, and Sun Xiangfu himself ate a bowl of rice with plum cabbage and meat, which was considered to be a full stomach.
Although Luo Tian wanted to leave Sun Xiangfu to continue to discuss cooking, but the emperor's meal was about to arrive, and an attendant came to inform Luo Khotan that the emperor wanted to invite Sun Wuji, the head of the household department, Xuan Ling, the left servant, and Du Ruhui, the secretary of the military department, to dine together, and he was going to Zhang Luo, so he had to stuff some beef and mutton ingredients in the imperial dining room to Sun Xiangfu, which was counted as Sun Xiangfu's gratitude for teaching the cuisine.
Out of the palace, Sun Xiangfu directly asked the servants to send the ingredients back to the Yiguo Mansion, and he went back to the Yashang to guide the servants to weave fishing nets, he first taught the Qin Mansion Meng Da Niang to make fried eel silk and other dishes, because there are many of these things caught in Happy Village, and the fish in his hands can be more valuable when promoted.
This net is interspersed with penny, the middle can imitate the caliber of the fish cage, make a plurality of barbed mouths that are easy to enter and difficult to exit, and make a long and big fish cage with bamboo strips and fishing nets behind the mouth, it can be said that the size is a big and small kill, after the whole big net blocks a river, only two ends of the boat need to be sent to the boat with a penny to catch under the water, and the fish that flee in panic will all rush into the fish cage, and then it is difficult to escape.
And this method is caught all live fish, will not be killed because of the net, only need to release the small fish that are caught, will not hurt the fish because of the catch, with the ecological environment and wild fish in this period, you can imagine how many fish can be caught when this net is woven.
When Sun Xiangfu took the big guy to weave the net in the Fishery Division, Li Shimin was feasting his three important ministers in the Taiji Palace, Tang Shi was a meal system, especially between the monarchs and ministers, even the case had to be placed a few meters away, but this did not affect the enthusiasm of the meal, because Luo Tian completely followed Sun Xiangfu's production method, made a sauerkraut fish as the main dish of today's lunch, at this time, on the table of the four people who dined, there was a porcelain bowl that was obviously larger, and the red and white fish and sauerkraut in it were fragrant and attractive, The four of them moved their chopsticks, forgot what they were going to discuss before, and ate profusely and sweating.
"A few Aiqing, is my imperial food delicious?"
"It's really a delicacy in the world, and it really took some thought to do things in the imperial dining room." Several of them were old men from the Qin Palace, and they naturally had some understanding of Li Shimin's royal cook, Luo Tian, and the eldest grandson Wuji was the first to praise him.
"Well, come on, spread the word to Khotan."
After a while, Luo Tian was taken to the dining room by the waiter, and after a salute, Li Shimin asked, "Today's fish is from your hand." ”
"Your Majesty, exactly." Seeing Li Shimin's smile on his face, obviously in a very good mood, Luo Tian continued, "This dish was cooked by Sun Jian Cheng of the Fisheries Department when he entered the palace to deliver fish today. ”
Next, Luo Tian briefly explained the whole process of Sun Xiangfu after entering the palace to Li Shimin, especially the sentence, this sauerkraut fish, if it is cooked with more than ten catties of Yellow River carp, the taste is better and he has not forgotten, but after Li Shimin listened, he wanted to eat it quickly.
In the end, Li Shimin rewarded Luo Khotan with two pieces of money, and ordered him to send a palace card to Sun Xiangfu, so that he could enter and leave the imperial dining room within the specified time and exchange cooking skills with the imperial chefs.
After getting the reward and tokens, the matter was not over after Luo Khotan retired, because at this time, there was also a sauerkraut fish on the dining table of the eldest grandson queen, and now the eldest grandson queen is pregnant, although she is a mother several times, but when she is happy, she still has a poor appetite, but this sauerkraut fish, which made the eldest grandson queen have a great appetite, and she actually ate a whole big bowl of all, and ate a bowl of rice more than usual.
"Come on, spread the word to Khotan."
So, when Luo Tian came out in the Lizheng Palace, he felt that his whole person was going to float up, and the stingy eldest grandson queen actually rewarded him with two pieces of money, and let him teach the chef of the Drunken Immortal Building, the industry under the name of the queen, to learn the cooking method of this dish, remember the last time the dishes such as fried eel silk came out, after he learned, he also went to the Drunken Immortal Building to teach, and then for a period of time, it is said that the Drunken Immortal Building is a hundred times, and the queen is overjoyed, and arranged his son to the Drunken Immortal Building to do the housekeeping, and now, I am afraid that there is another blessing.
Lunch was very refreshing, after Li Shimin finished talking about things, he habitually came to visit Queen Sun, the head of the Lizheng Palace, and the two of them discussed the plan to make a fortune on the matter of sauerkraut and fish, this time it can not be spread everywhere like the last stir-fry, so Li Shimin sent the chamberlain to inform all the cooks in the imperial dining room, prohibiting the production of this dish from being spread out of the palace, including Sun Xiangfu is also prohibited, and at the same time, in the name of the queen, Sun Xiangfu was rewarded with five pieces of money, which is regarded as hush money.
At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Xiangfu was about to go home, but at this time he received an edict from the waiter and a reward of five money, and he couldn't cry or laugh.
The next day, Sun Xiangfu sent a batch of fish to the palace, and asked Luo Khotan to help him thank him, after hearing that the eldest grandson queen lost her appetite during pregnancy, but loved sauerkraut fish alone, Sun Xiangfu said "Sour and spicy girl, the eldest grandson queen should be a prince."
Then, this sentence was inadvertently spread by Luo Tian, and then, as soon as it spread out of control throughout the palace, the concubines and concubines heard the words, and they even competed to eat sauerkraut fish.
Two days later, Zuixianlou set up a new dish signboard, the palace secret sauerkraut fish, and the taste and efficacy of this dish were passed on, especially the sentence of eating sauerkraut fish and benefiting men, everyone knows it, whether you believe it or not, most of the people of Chang'an believe it anyway.
So, on the same day, the three-story drunken fairy building was almost crowded by the guests, two dollars a high-priced dish, after eating, no one said that it was not worth it, you know, the cost of sauerkraut fish is not as good as fried eel shreds! After all, the price of eel is now 100 yuan a catty, and the price of grass carp is currently less than 20 yuan a catty.
The eldest grandson queen counted the money until her hands cramped, and Sun Xiangfu continued to live his ordinary life, weaving nets, arranging people to fish, and sending fish goods to the imperial dining room, during which he also returned to the happy village twice, unconsciously, more than ten days passed, the weather became colder and colder, and the day of the autumn harvest came.
In the farming society, the autumn harvest period is the highest time for the people's joy index in the country, there is no catastrophe this year, the grain harvest in Guanzhong is quite abundant, more than 1,000 acres of millet land in Xingfu Village, nearly 3,000 stone of grain has been harvested, enough for all the villagers to eat for two years, and there are more than 2,000 acres of soybeans, and now you can peel some green beans, make stir-fried vegetables and eat.
Sun Xiangfu returned to the village for three days when the villagers began to harvest the grain, and in addition to directing everyone to store the grain in the commune's barn, he also taught everyone to make fish feed from autumn grass in large quantities, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of fish in the pond, and if there is no accident, he will keep the fish until the middle of winter.
As for the increasingly large chicken farms and pig farms, Sun Xiangfu has long formulated a set of mixed feed methods, and if it doesn't work, they can directly feed them with grain, because, since the autumn harvest, the price of grain in Chang'an has fallen by almost half, and it is okay to feed livestock and chickens with a little grain.
After harvesting some vegetables in the vegetable field he planted, Sun Xiangfu returned to Chang'an by boat, these late vegetables have actually been out of season, so he needs to build a shed for the vegetables to ensure that they are not frozen to death before they are fully mature, this task is naturally handed over to Sun Dali, Sun Xiangfu is just to provide Sun Dali with silk cloth to build a shed.
The younger brothers and sisters prefer to stay in the happy village, so Sun Xiangfu, who lives alone, is a little bored, the eldest grandson queen has once again increased the amount of fish in the palace, the number of loaches and yellow eels remains the same, more than three catties of big fish, requiring five hundred catties per day, if this is in previous years, the Fisheries Department will definitely not complete the task, but this year is different, because the barrage net was successfully made, the Fisheries Department not only did not feel sad because of the increase in share, but took the initiative to increase the three catties proposed by the queen to five catties, and the daily delivery of five hundred catties also became eight hundred catties, no way, Only the Zuixianlou family is allowed to sell sauerkraut fish, and the fish caught by the Fisheries Department is so much that it can't be sold at all.
"Hoard, give me a lot of hoarding, weaving fishing nets, and making a piece of the cattle head pond barn, and the big fish that are caught can be hoarded as much as you want, and the era of real fish eating has not yet broken out."
Sun Xiangfu overfulfilled the task, but he only received a verbal commendation from the eldest grandson queen, but he didn't care, now, autumn vegetables are still sold on the market, when the weather is getting colder, and the food selectivity of the big guys is getting less and less, it is the time for the fish to attack with all their might.
Of course, Sun Xiangfu has not forgotten the threat of the Seven Sects and Five Hopes, in addition to the honest Shangya, Sun Xiangfu is also collecting Luo Wulin masters as his own guards, and after half a month, he finally recruited a talent, this person's name is Xi Junmai, who was originally a young ranger in Chang'an, Sun Xiangfu, who has watched some costume TV series, knows that this person will become a member of the Tang Dynasty in the future, but at this time, he is still a proper young man, and Sun Xiangfu has properly included him in his pocket.
"You buy it! There is nothing to do in the yashang today, I will take you to inspect the Taiye Pool, go to the kitchen to find Aunt Meng to ask for two fat chickens, wrap them in lotus leaves, and my seasoning box, lunch, let's solve it directly by the Taiye Pool. ”
Xi Junmai is a low-level peasant, yes, even in the historical records, for his origin is not very ominous, if he follows Sun Xiangfu after the happiest thing, that is, every day endless food, with Sun Xiangfu confessed items, he also carried a small jar of Qinfu wine, there is a life of wine and meat, is his ideal state.