19. Pork that is difficult to buy

Jingwen went home with a few servants who had just been bought and hired, and when those servants arrived at Jingwen's house, they found that it was not small. The reason why it feels so big is because the space is empty. In such a big, more than 400 square meters house, there are only so many people, and they feel that the number of people is too small and they feel a little empty.

"Okay, this is my home, and you'll live here for the time being. If you wish, you can stay in the guest room. Jingwen said.

"Sir, can we stay in a room? Don't have to stay in a human room? A chef asked.

Jingwen shook his head and said, "No, no, the guest rooms here are empty and empty, so it's better for you to live!" However, I won't let anyone take care of you, and you will have to take care of all the sanitary furnishings in the guest room. I don't have any rules here, and I just bought this house. Moreover, I don't like to be called such a master and slave, you can call me Mr. Jingwen. ”

Liu Qing and the chefs were speechless for a while, it was the first time they had seen this kind of master, and they actually took the initiative to lower their status. This was a very unimaginable thing in ancient times, and it was almost impossible for a master to take the initiative to lower his status. The gap in identity and status that was emphasized in ancient times must not be messed up. But Jingwen didn't come up with so many rules, which made them a little overwhelmed.

"Okay, you chefs only need to cook 20,000 dishes for my customers in the future, and I can give you freedom." Jingwen said.

If Jingwen wants to open an inn, 20,000 dishes is not a lot, so these chefs also agreed. They are still rejoicing, fortunately it was this kind-hearted person who bought them, otherwise it would be miserable if it was someone else, and whether they would be abused at that time is still a question! They are still very grateful to Jingwen.

But Jingwen was secretly thinking: "I spent about 10,000 yuan to buy a few chefs, although I don't know how strong the cooking skills are, but they can be Wang Shichong's chefs, you can know that they still have some level." The reason why they were not bought is probably because those customers are not bold enough. They are all people from the pseudo-emperor Wang Shichong, so I'm afraid ordinary people don't dare to buy it! But I know that Li Shimin doesn't care about such trivial matters, otherwise he won't have to die of busyness! ”

Soon in the evening, a cook said, "Mr. Jingwen, do you want us to cook now?" ”

These chefs now see that the meal is coming, so they offer to cook, which is also their chef's responsibility.

And Jingwen looked at them and said, "No need, I'll go out and buy some things, you guys stay here first!" ”

Jingwen went out, and he was not afraid that they would run away. Because they all have no household registration for the time being, except for Liu Qing, who had an accident, if the other chefs go out, they may not be able to move an inch. Even if they run away, it will be them who will lose at that time, and Jingwen thinks that if they learn cooking skills from themselves, once they regain their free body in the future, then they will definitely be treated well. If they run away at this time, they will still suffer.

Jingwen actually went out to buy vegetables, although he wanted to eat, but he didn't dare to compliment the dishes made by the chefs of this era. Even the dishes made by the chef of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin are pig food in Jingwen's eyes. Jingwen, who enjoys the delicacy of the afterlife, is willing to taste these "pig food"? In this era, even the most primitive cuisines "Southern Cuisine" and "Northern Cuisine" have not been developed, let alone the eight major cuisines, so Jingwen has no hope for the level of chefs. Instead of eating the dishes of the chefs of this era, Jingwen might as well do it himself and have enough food and clothing.

Jingwen took it to the street, intending to buy some pork. But Jingwen never thought that there was no pork in this market, and Jingwen visited all the nearby vegetable stalls, but there was no pork.

"Boss, why is there no pork?" Jingwen asked.

"Pork? Where does anyone eat pork now! The boss said.

"If you don't eat pork, what kind of meat do you eat?" Jingwen asked with some surprise.

The boss said, "We eat mutton, beef, and fish, but we don't eat pork." ”

Jingwen's smile froze on his face, he obviously didn't realize that he didn't eat pork in this era. Jingwen didn't know why he didn't eat pork in the Chinese era, it was too strange. In Jingwen's eyes, pork should be the meat that should be eaten by officials and nobles and ordinary people. But now that no one eats pork, this Jingwen doesn't know what's going on.

Jingwen is a guy who only learns how to cook, but he doesn't learn any food history. How did he know that pork actually started in the Song Dynasty. The first person to advocate eating pork was the famous writer Su Dongpo. As for the large-scale popularization of pork, it was a habit brought by the Jurchen people after the invasion of the Central Plains in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

The northern Jurchen people had the habit of eating pork at that time, and they ruled the Central Plains by bringing the habit of eating pork to the Central Plains. The Southern Song Dynasty in the south was also forced to start eating low-priced pork because mutton was too expensive to ship from the north. Therefore, it was only in the 12th century that pork was eaten on a large scale.

As for now, the Tang Dynasty only belongs to the seventh century, and there are still hundreds of years before the twelfth century!

"How much does that beef cost?" Jingwen asked.

"Always a pound of money!" The boss said.

"You're robbing!" Jingwen said angrily.

The beef that has always been worth a pound of money is more than 400 pounds in the future, and Jingwen is of course angry. More than 400 yuan a pound of beef, is this Tang monk meat or beef, I'm afraid Tang monk meat is not so expensive!

"Hehe, don't buy it if you don't have money, don't affect your business. Now cattle are farm treasures, and if you want to kill cattle, you have to go through the consent of the government, do you say it is not expensive? If you can't afford to eat it, then don't eat it! A poor ghost! The boss scoffed.

The scripture just wanted to go wild, but thinking that it was still important to eat now, so I still hurried to ask; "Where is pork sold?"

"The kind of meat that can't be put on the table, only people in the countryside raise pigs, you go and see it!" The butcher stall owner said.

After hearing this, Jingwen immediately ran to the countryside and finally found a fat pig in a farmer's house. And, let someone help him slaughter it before hiring a car to send it to the city. However, what Jingwen didn't expect was that he was able to get a big fat pig of more than 100 kilograms by only spending the same amount of money. If in the future, the price of slaughter alone is more than 1,000, which is equivalent to a few times cheaper now.

Jingwen couldn't help but feel that he was a little lost, and the cost of hiring someone to kill the pig and asking someone to transport it was more expensive than pork!