The two acres of fish pond were dug very smoothly, and the Li family invited a lot of tenants to help, digging shoulders by hand, draining and dredging, building embankments and slope protection, and the fish pond took shape little by little.

This fish pond also attracted many Lanxi people to come to watch, all wanting to see Li Sanlang's whimsy. And Da Biao has officially stepped down from his position as the head of the school, and took Zhang Cong, Liu Garlic and Aunt Cuihua to the street to prepare for the opening of the restaurant.

The restaurant has been rented, and there is a two-story small wooden building with a backyard on the street, which is not very big, but Li Xiao didn't plan to make it too big, and the positioning of the restaurant is not at the level of mass consumption.

The lobby on the first floor is a private room, and the backyard is a kitchen.

Biao Zi wanted to open the house immediately after renting the house, but Li Xiao insisted on decorating first, invited the carpenter master, and specially drew a decoration design drawing, so that they could decorate the interior and exterior according to his drawings, so that not only did it have an additional expense, but also greatly delayed the opening time.

He even thought about it, and when it opened, he had to make it more lively so that he could promote it and attract popularity.

There were four people in the compound, and Biao Zi originally thought that it was enough, and if the business was good, he would recruit people, but Li Xiao still asked to be in place first, and he had to recruit all the people who didn't open the business first.

He asked to recruit six more bookkeepers, running halls, and helping cooks, some of whom were paid monthly salaries, and some were apprentices, with no wages for food and housing, and some gifts and bonuses were given during the New Year's Festival.

Apprenticeship is also a practice in the shop, an apprentice often has to do ten years, before it can be regarded as a formal teacher, basically a three-year period, from apprenticeship to semi-skilled, to be able to operate independently, and finally to be able to get the body, every step is not easy.

In doing so, it can also avoid the random loss of personnel.

There are ten people in a restaurant, Biaozi thinks that there are a lot of people, but Li Xiao thinks that the restaurant is a service industry after all, and the service must be done well, which not only includes making the dishes well, but also giving the guests a good experience in other aspects.

Besides, recruiting a few more people now is also preparing for the opening of branches in the future. In each position, take one or two apprentices, and by next year, these people will be able to come in handy.

Biaozi's current official title is restaurant manager and chef, and as a butcher turned cook, he has some natural advantages.

Li Xiao gave him a menu, with a lot of stir-fried dishes that will be used as the restaurant's signature dishes. In fact, these dishes are not difficult to make, Li Xiao cooks by himself these days, makes a few new dishes every time, and then lets Biaozi learn on the side. After reading it, do it again and let Lao Zhao and Lao Yang give him a taste.

"This soybean oil is not bad, but it is not clear enough, and there are a lot of impurities, so we have to filter it a few more times ourselves. Just choose the oil from this house and buy more back. ”

Li Xiao is very satisfied with the soybean oil bought by Tiezhu, the restaurant is about to open, as a restaurant based on stir-frying, oil is very important, vegetable oil has long been there in this year, historical records record that there was already vegetable oil in the Han Dynasty, and the record of edible vegetable oil can be as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The Qi people of the Northern Wei Dynasty recorded that sesame oil and ego oil had been used for food and cooking at that time, and its book three "Epea Thirty-six" cloud: "Ezi is ...... in late autumn The oil is pressed and the cake can be cooked. The stubble oil is green and lovely, its aroma is beautiful, and the flax oil of the boiled cake is better than the hemp seed fat paste, and the hemp seed fat paste has a fishy smell".

Among the edible vegetable oils at this time, sesame oil is the best, as well as red and blue flower seed oil.

Although sesame oil is good, it is more suitable for frying and cold dressing, and if you stir-fry, it is still too fragrant. Generally speaking, the oil used for stir-frying vegetables is, of course, rapeseed oil, camellia oil, corn oil, peanut oil, and soybean oil as well, but this year, Datang has no corn or peanuts, and even rape.

Camellia and soybeans are available, and there are few that can be squeezed for oil.

Li Xiao specially contacted an oil mill and asked the family to help him squeeze soybean oil, and it took a lot of effort to get the soybean oil that he is slightly satisfied with now.

He also plans to find a way to buy some camellia seeds, and then squeeze some camellia oil to stir-fry, and he even thinks about whether to get some cabbage into the space but cultivate it, to see if he can cultivate the kind of rape suitable for oil squeezing and stir-frying.

"Da Biao, remember one thing, if it is fried vegetables, do not use animal fat, what butter and mutton fat lard must not be used. In some dishes, you can add a little lard appropriately, which can improve the taste and texture of the dish, but you can't use too much, and animal fat is not suitable for stir-frying. ”

"Ginger, garlic, green onions, dogwood, and peppercorns must be prepared."

At noon, Li Xiao made four dishes and one soup, stir-fried beans, scrambled eggs with chopped green onions, stir-fried meat with bracken, stir-fried pea pods and a green vegetable and tofu soup.

It's a simple four dishes and one soup, but it is very good-looking when fried by Li Xiao's hands, with all the color, flavor and flavor, especially the fried pea pods, the tender pods basically maintain their verdant color.

The dish was just fried, and a guest visited.

I heard the loud voice of Haha from afar, and Cheng Yanjin, the big Buddha, actually came to the door in person.

Not only did Cheng Yanjin come, but he was also followed by a group of people, Xue Chuyu and Cheng Boxian also came, but they were only far behind.

Seeing those people walking with Cheng Yanjin and Xue Rengui, Li Xiao felt that these people were not small.

All of these people have a murderous aura on their bodies, and they are obviously generals.

"I smell the fragrance of your house from afar, boy, what kind of good things are you making." Xue Rengui didn't say anything polite to Li Xiao, and shouted directly.

"It's better to come early than to come early, I heard Gorou say that you have an exclusive stir-fry at home, and it's the right time to come today." Cheng Yanjin was dressed in a white robe, with a black head, and his beard was still so stylish.

"Early in the morning, when I heard the magpie in the tree in front of the door, I knew that there would be a distinguished guest."

Li Xiao stepped forward with a smile, "I didn't expect it to be General Cheng Lao and General Xue, it really makes the cold house shine!" ”

Cheng Yanjin looked at the courtyard of Li Xiao's house, "The courtyard is not big, but it is very lively, you really set up a school in the courtyard, you can do it." ”

Li Ji was also dressed in civilian clothes today, he stroked his beard, "Lao Cheng, if there is no surprise today, I will settle accounts with you, and I will run for eighty kilometers, if you can't taste good things, don't blame me for being ruthless with you." ”

"Who is this?" Li Xiao asked.

Cheng Biting Jin waved his hand, "This old man is Li Ji." ”

"Isn't it a British duke?" Li Xiao was a little surprised, Li Ji, this is the prime minister of the dynasty. There are few military generals who can mix with the prime minister, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there is a Li Jing in front, and then Li Ji.

Both of them have been the secretary of the military department, and then they have done things with the middle book, and they have also been the awesome characters of the left servant of the book.

Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, Li Ji was crowned as the Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, and then appointed as the same Zhongshu under the door, to participate in the management of confidential affairs, in the same year, the book worship for the Shangshu left servant shooting, although later he asked to be removed from his position as a servant, but the emperor still ordered him to open the house with the three divisions of the post of the government affairs.

At the beginning of the year, the emperor worshipped him as the official of the three dukes.

When the official comes to his position, he is a real extremely human minister, such a big man, he actually has time to come to his home today.

"It's Li Ji, today I came out with Cheng Lao Pifu to hang out, he said that there is an unusual young man in Lanxi, and he specially brought me to meet him, and said that you have stir-fried vegetables and spirits here, right?"

Li Xiao arched his hand, "The small one is just a grass people, what is the difference, but stir-fry and soju are indeed the only ones here, if the British prince does not dislike it, please enter the house." ”

Entering the house, Xue Rengui introduced another old man to Li Xiao, but that person was General Su Dingfang, who was also the deputy general of Zhengdong.

On a kang sit four great gods.

Sikong, British Gong Li Ji, the left leading general, the inspection school camp Lu Guogong Cheng biting gold, and then the right leading army Zhonglang general Xue Rengui, the right Wuwei Zhonglang general Su Dingfang.

Cheng Yanjin told Li Xiao with some joy that Li Xiao's wine made a great contribution last time and helped him a lot.

With only a glass of wine, Xue Pifu got under the table of the British Mansion, and finally vomited without saying anything, he was still lying in the pile, that disgusting. The funniest thing is that this guy later got drunk and went crazy, and actually stripped naked and ran naked on the British Mansion, chasing the maids on the British Mansion everywhere, shameful. ”

Li Ji's face turned a little dark on the side, this matter was troublesome, originally he wanted to be a peacemaker, but in the end, Cheng Lao Pifu calculated Xue Wanche, and even counted him into it.

Xue Wanche made a big fool of himself, he was drunk, he was drunk, he went crazy, stripped naked, ran around, and finally ran out of the British Mansion and ran to Chang'an Street, and half of the people in Chang'an City knew about it. Xue Wanche made a big fool, hated Cheng Biting Jin, and hated Li Ji, thinking that the two of them teamed up to tease him.

Because of this incident, the emperor finally did not let Xue Wanche be the general of the Pyongyang Provincial March, but named Cheng Yanjin's general, and even the first general of the newly established Yulin Army was also awarded Cheng Yanjin.

Cheng bit a cup of gold and burned the knife, completely knocked down Xue Wanche who was blocking the road, and felt so unhappy, taking Li Ji to Lanxi Li's house today can be regarded as a crime for Li Ji.

By the way, it is also with Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang, the two deputy generals, who have feelings everywhere. Su Dingfang used to be with Li Jing, but now he is with Li Ji, Xue Rengui has a good relationship with Cheng Yanjin, today he invited Li Ji to dinner, and by the way, he also called Su Dingfang, which is considered to strengthen the relationship, and finally won the position of the chief general of the Eastern Expedition, and he has to have a good relationship with his deputy, and if the Eastern Expedition is to win, he must also have their support.

Su Dingfang didn't say much, but Li Xiao felt that this person was a ruthless person, after all, it was written in the history books that this person had destroyed the Three Kingdoms and captured the Three Kings, a ruthless man.

However, Xue Rengui was also ruthless, three arrows set the Tianshan Mountain, and the three arrows suppressed the rebellious Tiele people, and the Tiele people surrendered, but Xue Rengui ordered to slaughter all the 130,000 Tiele people who surrendered in a blink of an eye, which can be called one of the famous people in ancient Chinese history.

As for Li Ji, this person was a landlord like Li Xiao in his early years, but his family had a larger estate, thousands of servants, and thousands of acres of fertile land. But he had a good life, and when he was a teenager, he took the initiative to go to Wagang, killed people and set fires, fought for half his life, and cut off many heads.

Looking at the four killing gods in front of him, Li Xiao felt that his heartbeat was a little faster, and the murderous aura was too strong.