Chapter 38 Plough Making and Boiling Oil

Gong Shanzhi saw that there was nothing to do with him, so he said goodbye with great eyes, saying that he would take the study manual back and teach and popularize it with his swordsmen and pencils.

The first time we met, we were all happy. Also, everyone is a mature adult man, working together under Her Royal Highness the Princess, and if you do a good job, everyone will get the credit, not the head axis, who would think of giving the new boss a horse.

The artisan area is not far from the princess's house, and the number of households is not much, only five. Her Royal Highness the Princess's Mansion here is only temporary, her base camp is still in the capital, according to Lady Liu's popularization to Xue Lang, there are nearly 100 craftsmen who belong to Her Royal Highness the Princess. These five families were only temporarily relocated.

"I've seen Master Xue, Wan joined the army."

Five old men with several young men waited at the door of the workshop to greet Xue Lang and Wan Siming.

"Masters are exempt."

Xue Lang didn't like to be polite, and he didn't want to be courteous to these elders, so he walked directly into the workshop and asked, "Can the Quyuan plow be made?" Or is there something you can't understand about the drawings? ”

A white-haired master came out and replied: "Back to Master Xue, Master Xue's drawings can be understood at a glance, but in terms of this size, there are some inaccuracies, and I am tired of Master Xue's guidance." ”

It turned out to be the size.

Xue Lang nodded: "What do you call the master?" ”

"Don't dare, the little old man's surname is Bi."

"It turned out to be Master Bi."

"Don't dare."

Xue Lang said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Master Bi, although I have seen the real thing in this Quyuan plow, I don't know the specific size." That's why I didn't mark the size on the drawing, and in addition, the size I am used to is also different from the one you use, Master Bi. So, I'll give you a rough idea of the life-size I've seen, and then we'll take a look at it, okay? ”

"Whoa."

Xue Lang had seen the restored Quyuan plough in the museum, not the Quyuan plough of the Tang Dynasty, but the improved Quyuan plough in the Ming and Yuan dynasties, which was lighter, more flexible, and more efficient in cultivation.

Xue Lang compared the size according to what he had seen, and said, "Master Bi, let's measure the size I drew first, and make one to try, is it feasible?" ”

"The size of Master Xue's book can be accurate?"

Xue Lang closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "It shouldn't be much different from the real thing I've seen." ”

"Okay, then measure the size of the main book first. Erniu! ”

"Hey!"

The young man called Erniu stepped forward with a ruler, Xue Lang was gesturing, he was measuring, and there was someone next to him to record and remember the size, and the young man called Erniu took a pen and spread out an uncut piece of paper, trying to draw a full picture of the same size.

Xue Lang watched from the side, seeing that the young man was holding a thin hard brush, his hand fell steadily on the paper, stroke by stroke, almost like a printer, everything seemed to have been made in his chest, and there was no trace of error.

Ancient Chinese craftsmen had a ruler in their hearts, and the drawings they produced were not like modern drawings, each of which had a size. There are several ancient architectural drawings, such as panoramas, roofs, bucket arches, and an independent size drawing. In addition to the size of the dimension, the rest is all drawn by experience, and the drawings only record the patterns and styles, there is no size, and the size is in the master's heart.

Xue Lang admired this kung fu, and once again felt that he was a weak chicken, and he would not dare to show his painting skills in the future, which was simply incomparable.

Xue Lang asked, and the masters rushed to work, and it would take two days to make the finished product. Let the masters do it first, and when the finished product is made to notify him, then go to the field to test.

After making an appointment, Xue Lang said goodbye and left. Erniu looked at the back of him leaving, wanted to say something, wanted to say something, was kicked by Master Bi, then lowered his head and fell silent, silently drawing his own picture.

Xue Lang didn't see this scene, today's work has been completed, separated from Wan Siming, before returning home, he transferred to the medical liao-

"Why is Lang Jun free today?"

Licorice was quite surprised when he saw Xue Lang, his eyes glanced behind Xue Lang, and when he saw the emptiness, he was a little disappointed: "Why didn't Lang Jun bring the buns?" ”

Xue Lang said with a smile: "I came out to do business today, I can't bring the buns out of them, now I'm going back after finishing my work, and I'll stop by to have a look." The little licorice hasn't been seen for a few days, but the thing is done? ”

"It's packed."

Xue Lang chatted with licorice for a while, but Changjian reminded him that it was getting late and it was time to go back. Before leaving, I asked for some seasoning from the little licorice.

These seasonings are still used as medicinal herbs, especially pepper, which is now stored as valuable. All the other licorice gave Xue Lang a little, but the pepper didn't dare to give it, it was too valuable.

Xue Lang knows that it is not difficult for a strong man, and he doesn't attach much importance to pepper, so he can eat it or not.

Listening back to Fengyuan with the seasoning that is coming, Wanfu has already returned with the cut pork-

The fatty and lean meat is divided, and the fatty meat is cut into small pieces to facilitate the boiling of oil. The pig's head, pig ears, and pig tail have all been cleaned, and even the water has been washed according to the method taught by Xue Lang.

Xue Lang was quite satisfied: "It's handled well!" Wan Fu, tomorrow I will take the usual money to Ah Zhou, and let him give a point to the people who help. ”

"Whoa."

Wanfu agreed. Xue Lang asked Changjian: "Changjian, did you buy baking soda?" ”

"Back to Lang Jun, I have bought it and put it in the place where Lang Jun commanded."

Xue Lang nodded with satisfaction, everything was ready, just waiting for the lard to be boiled.

Asked Wanfu and Changjian to bring dry firewood, built a simple stove in the courtyard with stones, brought a large pot from the kitchen, scrubbed it, poured the cut fat pieces into the pot, and began to boil the oil-

A smell of meat mixed with oil fills the air. Changjian and Wanfu sniffled from time to time, it was too fragrant. Nowadays, people don't have much oil and water in their stomachs, and the smell is simply tempting and sinful.

Even Lamei and Mozhu in the inner courtyard were attracted to look around a few times. Xiuniang is not like unmarried little ladies like Lamei and Mozhu to avoid taboos, holding a spatula on the side, and turning over the boiled meat in the pot from time to time.

At this time, the pig was not as fat as the modern one, and the fat of the whole pig was actually not much, and it was boiled in a large pot. However, although there is little fat, there is also half a basin when the oil residue in the pot is removed.

"It smells so good!"

Wanfu couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Xue Lang laughed, laughing so much that Wanfu was embarrassed.

After laughing, Xue Lang said to Xiuniang: "Let Xiuniang stay up for most of the day, if you don't dislike this is pork, take a few pieces of oil residue and lean meat back." Lean meat, use the method I taught you to stir-fry, first slice the lean meat or thin strips, fry the pot with ginger and garlic, put it down and stir-fry it on high heat, remember to add green onions and soy sauce before cooking, it is also extremely delicious to eat. ”

Xiuniang thanked her with joy on her face: "Thank you Langjun, where do people like slaves have the qualifications to pay attention to, and they can eat meat." The slave first put the meat away, so that no rats would steal it at night. ”