Chapter 52: The feast, it's so capricious!
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And sheep slaughter.
O Viscount!
Li Mu also jumped from an eight-generation poor peasant to an aristocratic class in an instant.
Celebrate for Ichiga!
Li Mu decided to kill cattle and sheep, so that those people in the Naturalized Viscount's Mansion could enjoy with him, which could be regarded as a festive celebration.
It was also a means of entrapping the servants below.
Although they have all sold themselves to Li Mu.
But if people's hearts are separated from their bellies, if they can't keep it, they will betray him because of greater interests, so Li Mu plans to add an emotional shackle to this.
Let these people who are servants in his Naturalized Viscount Mansion not only sell their bodies to his Naturalized Viscount Mansion, but even their hearts are here with him Li Mu.
In addition to feasting, of course, celebrating.
It is best to have an actual reward.
When Li Mu announced that every subordinate in the house, regardless of rank, would go to Mei'er to receive a reward of ten times.
Originally, because Li Mu became a viscount, the people in the mansion smiled happily, and heard that today there was not only a feast to celebrate, but also a reward.
I worked harder.
Even those subordinates who were still a little scared when they saw Li Mu, when they saw Li Mu, they could have the courage to say in their mouths, "Thank you, master!"
Those shy little maids, when they saw Li Mu, they couldn't help it, and shyly glanced at Li Mu, who was looking at the map of the Tang Dynasty.
This also provoked Zhu'er and Ju'er, who were waiting for Li Mu on the side, the two of them were unhappy, and Zhu'er was still a little close, with a quiet temperament.
Ju'er can't do it, the anger is all on her mouth, Li Mu sees that it should be no problem to hang the water.
After the old man finished speaking, he broke his leg below, of course, he was also happy in his heart, after all, this was also for themselves, wasn't it?
Although Li Mu said that he wanted to kill cattle, it was forbidden to slaughter cattle in Datang, and slaughtering cattle at will was to kill their heads.
In particular, cattle in the prime of life cannot be slaughtered, and each cow will be registered by the local government.
As for why this happens, it is entirely because of the lack of labor in Datang and the large amount of arable land.
There is also the lack of other farming efforts in Datang.
In ancient times, horses were not enough for the army, let alone for farming, so only cattle were suitable for farming.
This also led to the fact that due to the continuous war, the population of the Central Plains was greatly missing, but there was a large amount of arable land to be cultivated, which required the help of cattle.
As a nation that has always taken agriculture as the foundation of the country, farming and grain production is the stable foundation of a country, so in ancient times, ploughing cattle were used as an important agricultural production tool.
It was strictly protected by the government.
Especially in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, when there was a lot of labor and a large number of missing years, a ploughing cow was more than the work done by a man in his prime.
However, although it is said that in ancient times, you could not eat cattle casually.
But there are two situations, after reporting to the government, after paying the fine, you can eat the cow.
One is to naturally wait until a ploughing ox can no longer plough the land when it is old, and then it can be slaughtered after the government declares it.
There is also the possibility that the cow dies in an accident, such as falling off a cliff, or something else.
In short, if the accident caused the death of the strong cow, in this case, you can report to the government, and you can eat beef after the copper coins are confiscated.
The second method is the method that ancient nobles were best used by, and it is also the method often used by restaurants on the market.
Of course, this method cannot be used every day, and the government is not stupid.
The cow that Li Mu wants to kill today is the second method used.
This matter was handed over to Li Lan'er, who was in charge of the outer courtyard, to take someone to do it, buy a cow with a lot of meat, and accidentally fell to his death with a place.
Take it to the official, confiscate some copper coins, and it will pass.
The government will not be uninteresting, looking for trouble with him, after all, he has just been promoted to viscount, no matter how much you care, you can't be unreasonable, don't let people eat beef.
Although this beef also has the participation of the next person.
Early in the morning, I told Chef Zhang in the kitchen how to make a whole beef feast, as well as a whole sheep feast, and then roast the whole sheep, and some other meat, or the production of seasonal vegetables.
Li Muke is a complete foodie, although when he went to college, he didn't have extra living expenses, but people would find a way.
The current Chef Zhang seems to have developed in the direction of the first chef of the Tang Dynasty, and under the personal teaching of Li Mu during this time, Chef Zhang seems to be the sweeping monk in the Shaolin Temple.
Holding a spoon in his viscount's mansion, in her small world, there is deep merit and fame.
However, although Chef Zhang has the potential to be the first chef, every time Li Mu calls her over to tell things.
Chef Zhang's eyes seem to be full of faith, as if she is looking at the kitchen god in the world, and she will shine.
What Li Mu didn't know was that every time he told Chef Zhang, Chef Zhang would go back and write it down in a notebook in a way she could understand.
The small book was asked by Chef Zhang for Lan'er, and Li Mu knew that Datang used to wipe his fart, and he used it to shave his fart.
When Li Mu came to Datang again, he brought a hundred people enough toilet paper for a year. By the way, I also brought a lot of blank paper and other books.
Li Mu didn't want to, after the people in the house shaved their buttocks with white shaves, although they washed their hands and served him again, they always felt like they were stinging in their hearts.
After Li Mu forced the subordinates in the house to go to the toilet and wipe their butts with toilet paper, the house was no longer surprised that paper, a thing that can only be written, became a wiping of butts.
So at the beginning, Chef Zhang asked Lan'er for a paper to write down, and when Li Mu told her about her cooking skills, Lan'er generously gave her a notebook.
This book was finally named, the cooking secrets taught by the master, and was named the kitchen mystery book by later generations, and it is said that as long as you can understand this secret, you can become the world's first chef.
Well, that's later, and if you talk about it now, it's a little too far.
No matter what happens in later generations, the quality of food in the Naturalized Viscount Mansion is now rolling up every day under the group of kitchen servants led by Chef Zhang.
This also made the people below sigh that although they were doing the work of the subordinates, what they ate in the Naturalized Viscount's Mansion was a meal that those old men outside couldn't eat.
Thinking about it, their faces were full of pride, thinking that in the Naturalized Viscount Mansion, the current people can also straighten their waists.
Not only are there no such messy rules here, as long as they finish their work, they can do whatever they want next.
Although they sell their bodies to the house, they will also have a salary, which is purely low, because the government is in charge of food and housing, and will also distribute clothes with the change of seasons.
Li Mu saw this kind of thinking of the people in the house.
Sunset dusk
The outer courtyard of the Viscount of Naturalization, on the steps in front of the hall.
Li Mu raised his glass and looked at the people sitting together below, although they were sitting together, they were also divided into men sitting at one table and women sitting at one table.
The hundreds of people also filled the front yard.
Naturally, the tables were moved out of the house and placed on the tables.
During the day today, Chef Zhang's labor in the kitchen is the fruit.
Roast whole lamb, beef in sauce, and a few other dishes, fill the whole table, and put a pot of yellow corn on the side.
Wine is naturally wine and liquor.
Li Mu was drinking liquor, and the four Mei'er people were standing behind him, looking at these people, all their eyes were cast on him.
There was a lot of life in his eyes.
Li Mu knew that these people in front of him would be his team in Datang in the future.
"Today, the lord is knighted as a viscount, happy, everyone should be happy, the reward has been taken, the feast has begun, I won't say anything more, sir, I have dried this glass of wine, you are all ready to eat."
Li Mu looked at the servants standing in front of him and drank the wine in his cup happily.
"He was knighted, thank you for the reward!" Seeing Li Mu finish drinking the wine in the cup, the servants below who were excited also raised their glasses and congratulated loudly.
"Okay, let's eat." After speaking, Li Mu planned to turn around and go into the front yard hall to eat, and he couldn't eat well with these servants here.
In the past, Li Mu dined in the backyard, but since it was a feast today, he placed the dining table in the front yard hall.
It can be regarded as having dinner with everyone, but Li Mu is not alone, and there are four Mei'er people around him to dine with him.
Now the four Mei'er, although they are still the status of maids, have already been recognized by the servants of the house as the four ladies of the house.
It's just that he hasn't been accepted into the house by Li Mu yet.
"The naturalized viscount can be in the house!"
Accompanied by Mei'er and the others, Li Mu, who was just about to turn around, heard an inquiry from behind him.