Ji Yan got out of the car and looked up, good guy, the bungalows about five or six meters high are lined up, stretching for thousands of meters, which is fucking enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, you can imagine how huge the scale of the entire royal family was when this Luoyi royal city was built, and according to what Wang Ding said just now, at present, the entire internal affairs supervisor except for more than 1,000 forbidden troops, there are only less than 800 other people in total. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Chef was the place where the palace staff were fed, and a large number of utensils were transported in and out of the palace every day, and for ease of transportation, the location was in the westernmost part of the entire internal affairs warden, near the palace, and the queen's carriage was parked there.

At the gate of the prison stood a tall stone statue, three feet high, resembling a human form, with a hideous face and a torch in its hand. Wang Ding introduced to Ji Yan: "This is Zhu Rong, the legendary god of fire, and also the god of the stove of my Great Zhou, standing here to keep the stove room safe." ”

Ji Yan looked at it carefully for a while, this is Zhu Rong! I didn't expect it to be this honor. Chef and supervisor, the place where cooking, this place has to be carefully seen, and it must be rectified, this is a major matter related to his future livelihood, how can he be sloppy?

The chef and supervisor Zheng Gao Jin saw the queen's car stopped, hurriedly greeted him, and suddenly saw the Son of Heaven beside the queen, he was very surprised, what kind of zodiac auspicious day is today, and he actually let this Tianhuang nobleman come to me, a place of smoke and fire, the Zhou Dynasty has been established for 800 years, and there has never been a precedent for the Son of Heaven to enter the Chef and Prison! So he knelt down in fear and said, "Wechen meets the king and the queen." "It's almost a five-body prostrate on the ground.

Ji Yan nodded slightly and let him get up. For this kind of kneeling salute, he, a modern person with the idea of "everyone is equal", is very uncomfortable, and has the urge to turn sideways to avoid it, so he finally held back, thinking that he is really a cheap bone, and he can't stand being respected, so he must adapt to it as soon as possible, otherwise he will definitely be said by the queen next to him.

Wang Ding said to the senior eunuch: "Gao Qing, the king wants to understand the chef and the eunuch, and you will guide and wait for inquiries in front of you." ”

The senior eunuch was flattered, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "No." Come with me, O king. Hunched over, he walked to the gate of the prison.

Dozens of chefs in the house suddenly saw the Son of Heaven and the Queen walking in, and they were busy kneeling on both sides. Ji Yan walked slowly with the senior eunuch, and kept sighing in his heart that the scale of this kitchen was huge, which was worthy of the heavenly atmosphere! Looking at the disheveled and ragged chefs kneeling on both sides, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: Such a chef is lucky to be able to make a meal without eating the dead, how dare he hope for deliciousness.

When he came to the stove, Ji Yan didn't care about anything else, he looked at the countertop vigorously, but slowly shook his head in disappointment.

The high eunuch thought that the Son of Heaven was not satisfied with his work, so he couldn't help but be anxious, and knelt down with a plop and said: "Weichen is incompetent, please ask the king to surrender." ”

Ji Yan said angrily: "Who wants to punish you, get up." ”

The high eunuch got up in fear, and heard the Son of Heaven ask, "Where are your condiments?" I didn't see any of them. I didn't understand for a while, and Ne said, "Zuo material? Wechen has never heard of it! ”

Ji Yan had a headache, it seems that the word condiment is not available yet, how to say it? "It's what you put in the dishes to season when you cook."

The high eunuch suddenly said: "My king is talking about food!" This side please. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and moved Ji Yan to a small room next to him.

As soon as he walked into the small room, he smelled the smell of spices, Ji Yan couldn't help frowning, and his heart was overjoyed, good guy, it seems that there are still a lot of types! He inhaled hard, felt it slowly, and found that there was a taste of sauce, a smell of fennel, and a taste of vinegar, which seemed to be mixed with the smell of Sichuan pepper, and some incomprehensible tastes.

The high eunuch walked in quickly, came to a lacquerware jar, pointed to it, and said, "This thing is called a ketch, and it can be used to dip in meat." ”

Mince? What's that? Ji Yan walked over and took a look, and found that it was a thick black juice, similar to soy sauce, smelled it, and the taste was close to soy sauce, it was estimated that it should be the sauce of this era, not bad, there was soy sauce, and he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Gao Jian Zheng pointed to another lacquerware jar and said: "This thing is a fermented egg, which can be dipped in meat and vegetables. ”

Ji Yan walked over and looked at this liquid that was also black but thinner, and smelled it, isn't this Nima vinegar, why is it called "liquor"?

Then there was a black tiny particle stuff in a copper bowl, which the high eunuch was introducing called fish roe, a tribute from the Chu State, which was very small and only used in sacrifices and major festivals. Ji Yan frowned slightly, could it be that this thing turned out to be the legendary caviar? Thinking that Chu is in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where Chinese sturgeons are just produced, although the number of offspring has become very small, but there are still many of them at this time, so this kind of thing is made from its eggs, which is a good thing worth ten thousand gold, and it is a blessing!

These seasonings gave Ji Yan a huge surprise, and then, what made him even more overjoyed was that there were star anise, peppercorns, ginger, cinnamon and other commonly used condiments in later generations, it seems that this era has a deeper understanding and development of "taste", and I can't help but secretly sigh that the Chinese nation is worthy of being a great foodie nation, and many places are still in the primitive era of slash-and-burn farming, and we already have a deep eating culture.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Yan saw a slightly bluish white granular item, the amount was very small, and the senior eunuch said with a little nervousness: "This is 'starch salt', sweet in taste, only the king and queen can eat it, and Weichen will never use it anywhere else." Then he pointed to a large number of yellowish lumpy items next to him and said, "This thing is bitter salt, with a slightly bitter taste, and this salt is for other people." ”

Ji Yanxin said: No wonder there is not much salt in the dishes, it turns out that Lao Tzu's salt eating is controlled, and this Tianzi is too bleak! I also think that for generations, the salt industry has been profitable, and if we want to develop the economy in the future, we must work it.

Then, Ji Yan suddenly remembered the roasted oysters with garlic that he had tasted many times, which was called a crispy and fragrant one, and he couldn't help but relish, and he had always had a unique preference for minced garlic. "Why don't you see garlic?" Asking this question, he immediately regretted it, garlic was only introduced by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, and there was naturally no such thing in this era.

The high eunuch paused for a moment and said, "The king is talking about garlic, right?" The production of this material is not large, and it is rarely used in ordinary times, so there is not much inventory in this prison. After speaking, he walked to the corner of the wall and brought a bamboo basket over, "Please see, the king, that's all." There were a few handfuls of shallot-like things lying in the bamboo basket, Ji Yan saw that this should be wild garlic, and couldn't help but secretly call luck, he was actually blinded by himself, and said: "By the way, this is it." ”

The high eunuch said with an incredible look on his face: "The king is worthy of being the Son of Heaven, he knows everything and knows everything!" Even this little-used meal is known. ”

Ji Yan accepted this sycophant calmly, but there was one question that he was very puzzled about: "Gao Jianzheng, since you have so many condiments...... No, the ingredients, why is the food that Gu ate yesterday basically just boiled, and no food was added at all? ”

The senior eunuch knelt down in fear and said: "Enlighten my king, the imperial doctor specially explained that the king is sick, and it is not appropriate to add any food to the meal, so ......"

I see, I was shot while lying down! I thought that no condiments in the dishes were the norm, and I had been worried, but it turned out to be just a special case, Ji Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, gently covered his chest, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, it didn't seem to be good to think about it, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of the gluttonous insects, and said to the senior eunuch in a consultative tone: "This king is in a good mood today, and I want to cook a few dishes myself." ”

When the high eunuch heard this, his body that had just stood up suddenly became shorter again, and he lay on the ground and said: "How can I do such a subordinate thing with the body of my king's daughter, my king wants to eat something, tell Weichen, and Weichen will arrange for the chefs to make it ready." ”

Wang Ding, who was silently following behind, was also taken aback, could it be that the Son of Heaven actually hurt his head with this collision? How can there be such a ridiculous idea? Said eagerly: "There is a clear precept for etiquette, the gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and my king is not allowed to make a mistake." ”

Ji Yan had a headache, isn't it just to cook two dishes, can you use it so well? But in this era of strict etiquette, the words and deeds of the Son of Heaven have established rules, once the distance is exceeded, there will be unimaginable resistance, it is really not so easy to make two dishes by himself, his heart flashed quickly, how can he find a legal way to cook in person?

Yes, doesn't it say that the monarchy is divinely granted, people in this era have a heartfelt awe of the gods, and countless people in power often use the gods to fool the people, I borrow the power of the gods to make a few dishes that I want to eat, it shouldn't be considered blasphemy!

"That's right, when the king of Japan knocked the bell and fainted, in a daze, an old man passed on the method of cooking with a few lonely hands, saying that he wanted to spread the world and give the world good food. After thinking about it for the past two days, he found that this old man was very similar to the legendary god of agriculture. Since it is the command of the god of agriculture, do you say that Lone should listen to him and spread his cooking methods to the world, or pretend not to know and do nothing? Ji Yan's face was expressionless, looking unfathomable.

When the high eunuch heard these words, he was stunned for a moment, he did not know whether he should persuade the Son of Heaven to follow the etiquette and stay away from the cooking, or whether he should persuade the Son of Heaven to follow the words of the god of agriculture and teach the cooking method himself; Wang Ding also shook his heart, and after a while, he said, "Since it is the decree of the god of agriculture, my king should obey it." ”

With the queen's approval, the senior eunuch obeyed it and said to Ji Yan: "In this case, the king doesn't have to do it himself, please ask my king to show me the method of making, and Weichen will let the chef do it." ”

Ji Yan thought to himself that if he didn't do it, he wouldn't do it, he happened to have a long mouth and short hands, he was a standard foodie, good at eating but not good at doing. What kind of dishes can you make? Yesterday's cold dishes made him still have palpitations, and he missed the hot food very much, so let's make a hot pot, which is convenient and fast and not difficult, the most important thing is that it is steaming from beginning to end, and he made up his mind: that's it.

So he instructed: "Prepare a large tripod and set it up, hold half a tripod of water, and burn a fire below." ”

The high supervisor was instructing several cooks to do so.

Ji Yan recalled the practice of hot pot, and said slowly: "Slaughter two chickens, wash them and chop them into small pieces and throw them into the ding, then wash some ginger, garlic, cinnamon, star anise, Sichuan pepper, crush them and put them in together, and then put some salt down, the amount...... Forget it, I'll put the salt myself, this can't be sloppy. ”

"Then take some pieces of meat such as pigs, cattle, sheep and fish, wash them, cut them into thin slices, take more ready-made vegetables and vegetables, wash them and put them well, and put potatoes, winter melons, white radish, lotus roots, etc.