Chapter 13: Ancestral Apparitions
A family of five, four dishes full of portions, were eaten a fine light, and the last bit of soup was wiped clean by Wang Liangjing with bread. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Swear to God, Wang Liangjing has never eaten such delicious food, food, clothing, housing and transportation, food ranks second, and food is more satisfying than a warm house.
Wang Liangjing's hands pressed on his bulging belly, and his abdominal muscles that had been practiced in martial arts all year round became flat, and he even pondered that if he ate such a delicious dish every day, it would not be long before he would become a pile of useless fat!
It turns out that food, like beautiful women, is a bad thing that consumes the spirit of a strong man. But some things are like this, I know it's a bad thing, but I can't help but want to try it, no, the food in my stomach has not been digested, and the aroma of dinner wafts in again.
Wang Liangjing turned his head away, but the next second he couldn't help but turn around.
A large pot of pumpkin porridge, a small plate of fried fish, a plate of pickles, a plate of sesame oil mixed with spinach, meat and vegetarian matching, light and refreshing, golden porridge, green spinach, can't help but move your index finger.
Wang Liangjing drank three bowls to his heart's content, burped, and put down the bowl.
"Ning An, don't talk about your cooking skills in Cangzhou, I'm afraid that Yingzhou is rare!"
Bai Shi also smiled: "Listen to my brother and they say, only the chefs in the capital can stir-fry - Ning An, who did you learn from?" ”
"Mother, there's nothing big about stir-frying, the key is oil." When Wang Ningan used to write a passage text, he made a lot of effort, and very early on, the Chinese ancestors used animal fat, mutton fat, butter, and lard to cook food.
However, most people can't eat meat a few times a year, and the big fat meat full of fat is the favorite of ordinary people, and they can't eat enough, so even if there is stir-fried vegetables, it is only circulated among the nobles.
Vegetable oil was only made in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and sesame seeds, which have a very high oil content, became the first choice, and were originally used for lighting or setting fires in wars. Later, it was gradually used in cooking, and in the Song Dynasty, sesame oil has been very common, and the price is relatively low, and stir-fried vegetables have gone from the nobility to the people, and have become a delicacy that ordinary citizens can enjoy.
Of course, the current stir-fry is only popular in Bianjing, and the master who knows how to stir-fry is even more self-cherished, as a housekeeper, reluctant to pass it on, but in a few decades, stir-fry is bound to be popular all over the world, Shen Kuo mentioned in "Mengxi Writings": "Today's northerners like to use sesame oil to fry things, no matter what they are, they are all fried in oil." ”
The Song people did this, but Wang Ningan tried it and shook his head.
Sesame oil is also sesame oil, commonly known as sesame oil, this thing is fried things, of course there is no problem with stir-frying, but the taste of sesame oil is too strong, it will cover up the taste of the food itself, everything is sesame oil flavor, and it will definitely not feel good if you eat too much.
Moreover, sesame oil is not resistant to high temperatures, easy to burn, and will have a bitter taste when used for stir-frying.
With these two major shortcomings, sesame oil is destined to not become the first choice for stir-frying.
Wang Ning'an's fried vegetables are fried with fat meat bought from Uncle Wu's house, and the meat oil boiled out is fried, Wang Ning'an estimated that the first choice for stir-fried vegetables in Bianjing should be animal oil such as mutton fat and lard, and sesame oil is used for the worse, as for the real vegetable oil in later generations, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, and peanut oil, which have not yet become popular.
Peanuts are native to the Americas, and they will not spread all over the world until after the Great Voyage, and they are in the Northern Song Dynasty, so there is no need to think about it for the time being.
Soybeans are native to China, but for a long time, soybean oil has not been favored by people.
According to Uncle Wu, it is not that no one grows soybeans, nor that no one extracts oil, but that the oil yield of soybeans is too low, and only five or six catties of oil can be obtained from one hundred catties of soybeans, which is really pitiful compared to the oil yield of sesame seeds as high as 30 percent, so the people are reluctant to plant soybeans.
However, Wang Ningan disagreed, the oil yield of soybeans is indeed lower, but it cannot stand the high yield per mu of soybeans, and he also knows a method that can increase the oil yield of stupid squeezing to about 15 percent.
After soybean oil extraction, the remaining soybean cake is the best feed, which can feed livestock, is an excellent source of protein, and soybean and wheat are mixed, which can improve soil fertility and increase yield, and has many benefits......
Cangzhou is located in the north, not suitable for planting rape, and Wang Ningan also inquired, rapeseed yield per mu is very low, plus the oil squeezed out has a strange smell, there is no market in the north.
Choose and choose, and the best option is to grow soybeans!
Wang Ningan spent an hour depicting a plan for his father and mother to make a fortune - now Wang Liangjing has 100 acres of land in his hands, all of which are planted with soybeans, and dozens of pigs are raised, and they are fed with soybean cakes, and they are sold to his own restaurant after fattening.
As for the restaurant, using soybean oil to stir-fry, with this stunt, it will not be long before it will be popular in Cangzhou.
Wang Ningan also knew that in the Song Dynasty, because cattle were not allowed to be killed at will, the rich people mainly ate mutton, as for pork, it was actually very common, unlike some people think, pork is cheap meat, and the common people don't like it. You don't see that in "Water Margin", there are often scenes of killing pigs and slaughtering sheep, drinking and talking, and pigs, cattle and sheep are one of the three animal sacrifices, and the ancients were not so repulsive.
Of course, because pigs eat swill and grow in muddy water and manure, doctors with a habit of cleanliness do not like pork. But Wang Ningan knew the solution.
As long as you give the pig a knife, from then on, the pig will not think nonsense, honestly raise fat and fat, grow fast, and there is no smell. Moreover, the fat of pigs is much more than that of sheep, and it will definitely be liked by ordinary people.
Restaurants, soybeans, pig farming.
This is the money-making plan designed by Wang Ning'an, one link after another, the oil squeezed from soybeans is supplied to the restaurant, and the remaining soybean cakes are fed to the pigs, and after the pigs are killed, the meat is sold to the restaurant, and the pig's manure can be fertilized.
After listening, Wang Liangjing grinned, laughed, and kept patting Wang Ning'an's shoulders with a pair of big hands, making him grin in pain.
"Good boy, the head is really good, how did you come up with it!"
This is not the first time that Wang Liangjing and his family have raised questions, the former bastard has suddenly become Zhiduoxing, and anyone has to doubt it.
Wang Ningan didn't want to be suspicious of his father and mother, he rolled his eyes and came up with an excellent reason.
"Dad, mother, I really didn't tell you something, that day the second aunt beat the child in the ancestral hall, and when I was about to faint, my eyes suddenly lit up and I saw a white-bearded old man."
"Oh? What does it look like? Wang Liangjing hurriedly asked.
"Wearing black armor on his body, holding a big knife in his hand, the cold light is shining, and there is a bow behind his back, and his facial features are not clear, but I can feel that his smile is very kind, he walked in front of me, nodded on his forehead, and then disappeared, and then there were many more things in my head inexplicably!"
Wang Liangjing listened quietly, and suddenly he trembled violently, as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "The ancestor has manifested his spirit, it is really the ancestor who has a spirit!" ”
The father was crying and laughing, like a child, Bai did not blame her husband for his gaffe, but also hid his face and was sad, what is the reason?
The ancestor of the Wang family was indeed a military general, and once served as the assassin of Zizhou, named Wang Gui, who marched north from Panmei and made many military exploits. Later, together with Yang Ye, he was besieged by Khitan soldiers and horses, the old general killed dozens of people, ran out of arrows, used bows as weapons, killed several people, died in battle, and martyred the country!
Yang Wushu was also captured and killed in that battle. A Jiazi passed, and the Yang family was not full of widows as the commentary said, but a prosperous person, ranking among the generals, although it is not a top wealthy family, but it should not be underestimated. In contrast, the Wang family is not as good as the next generation, Wang Ningan's grandfather once tried to restore the glory of the Wang family, went out to the army, fought with the Western Xia, and died on the battlefield.
From Wang Gui to Wang Ning'an, it is already the fifth generation, the courage of the ancestors has faded, and the blood in his body has cooled, Wang Liangjing gritted his teeth and practiced martial arts, and talked about reviving the family business, but he didn't know what to really do.
The glory of Jiangmen will be completely finished in his generation!
Let the two sons study for the imperial examination, like ordinary people, work hard, and stop fantasizing about things that are not boundary...... Wang Liangjing was almost desperate, who would have thought that the old ancestor would actually manifest!
Since I came back, I found that Wang Ningan is different from the past, he can see through clever deception, know how to make money from other sources, can stir-fry, and can tell stories...... All kinds of magic, in addition to the ancestral ignition, is there any other explanation?
Of course, Wang Liangjing didn't know about crossing, he jumped and jumped happily, crying with joy.
"The great ancestor has appeared, follow me to the ancestral hall to kowtow to his old man, by the way, let's go and tell grandma first, make her happy!" Wang Liangjing danced with his hands.
"Wait!"
Bai grabbed her husband, "You can't tell outsiders!" ”
"Why?" Wang Liangjing was puzzled: "Grandma is not an outsider! ”
"How not!" Bai Shi said fiercely: "The old lady is bent on favoring the second child, if she knows that the ancestor has appeared, Ning An has the ability, and doesn't treat our son as a cash cow?" ”
Wang Liangjing scratched his head, "If Ning An can make money, there's nothing wrong with that." ”
Bai Shi glared at her husband viciously, and said anxiously: "It doesn't matter if you just make some money, in case they don't have a door on their lips and tell Ning An's secret, the yamen is not a vegetarian." You forgot, when we went to Yingzhou to see my father, the government caught a ghost who pretended to be a ghost and paraded through the streets! How old is Ning An, aren't you afraid of outsiders beating him? ”
Wang Liangjing was dumbfounded, "Then what should I do?" ”
"What else can I do, the three of us know what to say today, even Xiang'er and Ze'er can't say it, it's rotten in the stomach, and it's never allowed to mention it!" When a mother always thinks of the safety of her children first, Wang Ning's heart is warm.