"Fengyu, our Shi Bufan School Shulang from the Xiuwen Pavilion actually brought those sons of various families, and there are even many people from the royal family, he said that he wants to come to our Shangshi Bureau to learn to cook. Oh my God, what was the school scrivener thinking at this time? Actually let them cook in person, how many heads did he have? Someone from the Shang Food Bureau immediately said.

And the Shangshi Bureau is speechless, the Shangshi Bureau belongs to the palace province, is responsible for the palace food affairs, and is responsible for the meals of the big men in the palace, and the officials of the Shangshi Bureau are not eunuchs, but pure masters. But no matter what, it's also a place to cook, but now Shi Bufan actually wants to let those sons and children of the royal family learn to cook, isn't this asking for trouble? Let these noble sons cook by themselves, I'm afraid it doesn't make sense at all! So they are also very troublesome, whether to agree to this extraordinary request or not. If you agree, will these boys and buddies find them bad luck in the future? If they don't agree, then they don't know what to do. After all, Shi Bufan is the teacher of those sons, and his potential influence is not small, and he may have to be hung up.

"Fengyu, the emperor asked someone to come and tell us, let us listen to Shi Xiaoshulang!"

Hearing this, the Fengyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the emperor gave the order, so that he also felt relaxed, at least without too much pressure. Everything, let the boss solve it, why do you cook so much?

More than 100 students came to the Shang Shi Bureau, and then they immediately shocked everyone in the Shang Shi Bureau. These gentlemen have been cooking far away since ancient times, but there are so many sons and royals who have come here, and even the daughters of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have come, which makes them feel a lot of pressure. When the chefs heard that they were going to give a lecture to these nobles on how to cook, they were almost stupefied. As a cook, when did you have the opportunity to give a lecture to a nobleman? Cooking was a lowly profession in ancient times, and even in later generations, although the income was high, it was not looked down upon. But now that they are able to give lectures to nobles, they feel not only not happy, but nervous.

"Okay, let's talk about the process of cooking." Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan asked the cook to speak, and the cook stammered: "In our court, there are generally two main foods. One is all kinds of cakes, including hu cakes, steamed cakes, soup cakes, and so on. Others also have rice, mainly small rice, while others are rarer and have white rice, and even some rarer rice types can also be cooked, but mainly small rice. Generally, from the court to ordinary people's homes, these two foods are the main food. ”

Shi Bufan said to the more than 100 students: "Write it down, write it down!" ”

"Shi Xiao Shulang, we understand! Don't we eat these on weekdays? Wei Shuyu shook his head and said.

Shi Bufan said solemnly again: "I asked you to write it down, and you will write it down for me." Especially in the latter sentence, my Datang currently focuses on all kinds of cakes and small rice. Biscuits are mainly made from flour, and then you have to learn the production process of various foods, understand? If you don't know what the people eat, then how can you be expected to lead one side of the people and become the parents of one side of the people? ”

The so-called Hu cake, in fact, is similar to the baked bread and scone cake in later generations, in short, the flour is made into dough and then used to bake is also Hu cake, which was transmitted from the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, and was more popular in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, but the early Tang Dynasty was just in the development stage. Of course, steamed cakes are steamed noodles similar to steamed buns and steamed buns in later generations. Soup cakes are dumplings, dumplings, and other things made of flour or rice flour, and cooked in water, can be called soup cakes.

As for rice, unlike the rice of later generations, this period was dominated by small rice made from yellow millet. All kinds of cakes and yellow rice were the main foods of all classes in the Tang Dynasty, and almost all the royal officials and nobles and ordinary people used this kind of food as the main food.

The students had to write down these materials, especially the information that the people of the Tang Dynasty would use these for food, and let them write them down on paper and pen. Those students didn't understand what that meant, and they were so particular about having a meal. However, they do not understand, but some people do.

"Your Majesty, Shi Bufan is obviously using this meal to explain to them all kinds of food that the people need. The people live on food, and this is indeed important. Let them know what kind of food the people mainly eat, and then they can really become officials who lead the people on one side, otherwise they don't even understand what the people eat, then I'm afraid why not eat minced meat! Dugu Shanggong said.

Li Yuan also nodded and said: "Emperor Jin Hui's sentence back then why not eat minced meat has become the laughing stock of future generations." However, this is also how sad it is, living in a rich family since childhood, I don't even know what the people eat, and I treat the people as the same life as myself. It's really not good, if you don't even know what the people eat, how can you become a court official, I'm afraid the court will be in trouble at that time. If you tell them what they eat, they may not remember it, and they may not care about it. But this Shi Bufan actually knew how to use this opportunity for them to cook by themselves to let them learn, so that they would learn it unconsciously. ”

Dugu Shanggong nodded and said, "Shixiao Shulang is like this, but they have learned a lot unconsciously. Specifically let them study, maybe they are not serious. But if they learn this in life, and then lead to a lot of other things, then they will learn a lot at the same time. Otherwise, if they are allowed to learn step by step, it may only increase their resentment. It's better to borrow the topic to derive, but they will learn a lot unconsciously. It may not be needed for a while, but it will always be useful one day. ”

Next, the chefs explained to the students the process of cooking, including the firewood that needs to be consumed, the consumption of various grains, etc., and even the cost of making a pot of rice is listed.

"You give me the math of how much it costs to make a pot of rice, and how much it costs if ten people cook. Also, you can try to calculate how much it costs to eat for a person in a state capital of 100,000 people. Even, in the future, you can know how much it costs to feed the people of the state and county. Shi Bufan said.

Fang Yi complained directly: "Shi Xiaoshulang, is it so troublesome to eat?" Do you still have to calculate how much it costs for the people of the state capital to eat? Isn't it just counting? Governing the country requires the knowledge of the saints, not this kind of arithmetic way. ”

"Of course, if you don't count these, how can you be a parent official of the people in the future? Even if you go to the household department, you must have wealth to calculate. When you go to the Ministry of Industry, you don't have to settle the accounts. Then go to the military department to pay grain and grass is even more indispensable. So, do you still think it doesn't matter if you don't count? You don't even know the information on people's livelihood, how do you govern the country? Shi Bufan asked.

However, Fang Zhizhi's thorn is obviously not so easy to dismiss, he said: "This kind of calculation is done by others." ”

"Let someone else do it? So if you are asked to build water conservancy, what are you going to do? Shi Bufan asked.

"This kind of thing, I just let the people who will do it." Fang Yu said as a matter of course.

"What are you going to do when the government tries the case? Are you familiar with the statutes? ”

"Then I'll let someone who knows the law help me do it."

"Then the imperial court asked you to be in charge of dealing with Tuntian, so what are you going to do?"

"I'll let the people who know how to do it."

Shi Bufan finally couldn't help it and said, "Then your official also let others do a good job?" asked you to do things, and you turned to others to do it again, so what did the court do with all this money to feed the officials? The people paid so much money to feed the officials, so is this how you eat empty wages? If you don't do anything, you let others do it, so the court might as well let those people be officials, why do you need to be in charge? Do you think that if you are the descendants of high-ranking officials and scholars, you can become officials without knowing anything? Could it be that you are the descendants of scholars and high-ranking officials, so you don't need to study? Let others do everything, then there is no need for the court to feed you, can't you directly feed those who can do things? If you don't do anything with the money of the imperial court, you enjoy the glory and wealth but it is useless at all, so are you valuable? How do I not know, what is your value? ”

Fang Zhi had nothing to say, he didn't do anything with the court, and he returned everything to the professionals. As a result, I was choked by Shi Bufan's words, since this is not enough, can't that professional be an official? Why let them be officials? If you push everything to others, it seems that you are superfluous.

"So, give me a good lesson, even if you can't become an expert, but at least you have to understand a rough idea. You should have heard the saying, Hades is good, but the little ghost is difficult. If you go to be a magistrate, you may also have an understanding that being an official is easy to solve, but those low-level scribes are extremely cunning. If you let them do something, they will dare to deduct it. You give them an egg, and they're all able to get three points out of it. If you don't know all about all these kinds of governance, then you will definitely be blinded by those guys. ”

Shi Bufan asked them to calculate the cost of making a pot of rice and so on, and then they had to write down the cooking process, and finally summarized the process. And it took them a lot of time to learn how to cook. In order to learn this cooking process, it took no less than two hours, and they were speechless.

In the end, Shi Bufan got a summary, and then said: "Okay, more than 100 of you, you have finally figured out the cooking process." From the purchase to the firing, and the final product, this can be regarded as a plan. Don't think that this plan is not important, but it is very important. From the expenses of the court to the people, they must be planned. If you want to do something in the future, when you want to ask your father and mother for money, don't ask him for money so red-mouthed. You first have to make a plan, and then you want the money, and then you want the money to do something. And you think about the process of doing this thing clearly, and then make a pre-calculation, condense it into a plan project, and ask your parents for money again. Your parents will be very happy to see such a complete plan, and the probability of success in asking for money is also higher! ”

But Du Ruhui's second son, Du He, immediately asked: "Shi Xiaoshulang, then I will ask my mother for money to go to Qingdao with others. Lou, is that also to write a plan? ”

"Yes! You write clearly and then go with whom to go green. floor, as well as what kind of effect can be obtained as a result. Who do you go with, and then how many friends and how many connections you develop, and what benefits can you bring to yourself and your family in the end, you write clearly, and then I don't think your mother will refuse, right? Shi Bufan said.

"Hahahaha......" Everyone laughed, obviously for this to ask for money from my parents. Lou also has to write a plan, it feels funny, can this kind of thing be known to my parents?

Dugu Shanggong, who was listening from a distance, took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, this is not simple!" Don't look at it as just a plan, but it can be used by every family from the imperial court to every family. If you have a plan and budget before you spend money, you can save a lot of money! In this way, every comparison of money of the imperial court household can be spent accurately, and there will be no waste. And every time there is a budget, it is extremely helpful for the court to manage money and food, and it can largely prevent officials from enriching their own pockets. Even if the family has a detailed plan before doing things, it can avoid mistakes from it. Only when they all have a plan can they make the family stable. ”

Li Yuan also nodded, and he also felt that this plan for making plans and budgets was indeed very useful, enough to ensure that the family would prosper for hundreds of years! With a sound financial plan, this can save wealth and resist all kinds of unexpected risks, which is enough to ensure the prosperity of a family or even a country for hundreds of years.

In the past, although the imperial court and the major families may have certain plans, they are not detailed, and the production plans are simply very rough. But for the sake of cooking, Shi Bufan actually wrote the cooking process clearly, and how each step should be done, so the control is very fine. Compared with Shi Bufan's plan, the development plan of the imperial court and the major families is simply rough, and it does not look like the development plan of a country and family at all.

"Shi Bufan even cooks to such an extent, so if he is asked to be in charge of a party's government affairs, then I'm afraid no one can calculate him. This is the real good man who governs the country! He actually taught them all these things without reservation, which was extremely generous. This kind of person, staying in the Xiuwen Pavilion, is indeed condescending. Li Yuan also sighed.