Inside the Privy Council, in the lobby of the Order.

"Come on, it's done. Xia Fan placed the plate full of snacks on the long table, "Let's try the taste." ”

"Oh!" Qianzhi was the first to raise his hand in response, "Qianzhi, good at tasting!"

Then there are Li and Shanhui.

Fang Xiandao stared at Xia Fan for a while before raising his eyebrows and said, "You are a ...... It's really weird. ”

"How?"

"You're already a five-grade official, how can you cook in person. Shouldn't such things be left to servants, cooks, and maids?"

"It doesn't matter what I want to do, or it's because I sit in this position that I have the energy to do it. Xia Fan said disapprerovingly, "Besides, this thing has rarely been done before, so naturally I have to do it myself." Don't be verbose, you try it first. ”

Fang Xiandao picked up the bowl - Rao is he also had to admire, this was definitely a bowl of food that looked very good. At the bottom are sparkling ice flakes, all of which are very close in size. It is sprinkled with a layer of emerald green powder, which at first glance looks like a small mountain bag. Looking through the "mountainside" part, you can also see the golden sandwich inside.

He scooped a spoonful with a spoon and put it in his mouth, and his tongue suddenly felt sweeter than ever!

The taste level of this thing was far more complex than he had imagined.

Fang Xiandao couldn't help but take another bite.

The top thing should be related to the tea leaves, and he can taste the unique fragrance and slight astringency of green tea. This is followed by the coolness of melting ice chips and the sweetness that fills the mouth.

That golden thing, probably honey?

But the sweetness was clearly beyond the range of honey, almost like a wave hitting his mind.

Even if he didn't want Xia Fan to have any chance to be proud, he still couldn't control the hand that was subconsciously stretched out.

This stuff is definitely a great cool food!

The habit of eating ice is also in Lingzhou, especially on dog days, when it is hot and humid, whether it is adding ice to the water or enjoying ice cubes with goat's milk or fruit, it can quickly relieve the discomfort of hot weather. After all, for the Fang family, ice is not a rare thing, and sometimes they will give free ice to residents around the town as a gift to enhance their fame.

But he had never eaten such a delicate freezing point.

If adding ice is a means to beat the heat, and this thing in his hand has already made the ice itself into a main dish.

Wait...... Fang Xiandao suddenly realized, even he was like this, wouldn't that Qianzhi be-

He looked at the living dead and saw that Chichi was already holding the bowl and licking it.

"Chichi still wants it. ”

The little girl stared straight at the plate on the table.

"Yes, after all, you're a master of shaved ice. Xia Fan smiled and said, "As long as you come to me in the future, there will always be shaved ice to eat." ”

This guy ...... I wouldn't be still fighting the idea of the living dead!

Fang Xiandao coughed twice, "Qianzhi, no matter where you go out, you have to get my permission first, you should understand this, right?"

The other party showed a rare look of hesitation.

Hell, could it be that the young master of the Fang family is not as important as a bowl of dessert in her eyes?

Fang Xiandao was so anxious that he glared at Xia Fan, "If you do this again, I can only leave." ”

Xia Fan helplessly spread his hands?" Okay, okay? The recipe for this stuff isn't complicated, so it doesn't hurt to tell you. Even if you leave Jinxia in the future, you can make your own bowl. ”

Although he did have some ideas, it was mainly to appreciate Li Yiyi's expression, especially when he saw that the fox demon's ears were hanging down with satisfaction, and this shaved ice was not in vain.

"I just want to know, why is its sweetness so special?" Fang Xiandao breathed a sigh of relief, "It looks like honey, but honey can't achieve such an effect at all." ”

"It's actually quite simple. I just added a little salt to the ice. ”

"Salt?" Fang Xiandao was stunned, he really couldn't associate salt with a strong sweetness.

Xia Fan took out a small crystal bottle from his arms and put it in front of the other party?" Not bad. However, compared to the common coarse salt, this salt is even more rare. ”

"What white salt!" Chichi shouted, "Chichi can't find it in his memory!"

"The memory you have seen and forgotten is still too hard!" Fang Xiandao shook his hand and gave her a flick of his fingers before picking up the crystal bottle and putting it in front of him to look at it carefully. It was a very different thing from his impression of salt, no longer a patch of variegated particles, but evenly proportioned like fine sand, and the color was as white as snow. "How far can salt be refined?"

"The method is not the key, the key is to have a large amount, like this small bottle of refined salt, the substrate needs a large vat of salt. Xia Fan explained, "When the salt is pure enough to a certain extent, it can produce a strong sweet taste with sugar. ”

For example, sea salt ice cream follows this genre.

Sugar and salt are not incompatible rivals, on the contrary, they can reinforce each other, for example, adding a small amount of sugar to a salty-based stir-fry can enhance the freshness, and adding a little salt to the dessert will also make the sweetness more distinct.

However, the premise of this is that the salt is fine enough. Otherwise, the bitterness and astringency of low-purity sea salt and mineral salt are enough to break this delicate balance of sweetness and freshness.

Fang Xiandao smacked his tongue, "Didn't you say that this small bottle of salt is worth dozens of taels of silver?"

"Priceless, to be exact. Because salt itself is not an easy thing to obtain, there is no one who puts the cart before the horse and further refines the precious salt into refined salt. ”

However, the situation is completely different for Jinxia City, which sits on the salt pans, although recrystallization is still troublesome, but at least the cost can be kept to a minimum.

"So you must have a plan to let me try something so valuable. Fang Xiandao immediately raised his vigilance.

"Don't be nervous, I just want to send the Fang family a few bottles of refined salt so that more people can taste it. Xia Fan said bluntly. "Since you have come to Yancheng, it is obviously reasonable to send some local specialties back. ”

Essentially, that's marketing.

Because refined salt is destined to be impossible to popularize in the short term, he simply defined this ancillary product in the category of "luxury" and directly took the high-end route. And those who can afford luxury goods are either giants or wealthy families, and the most effective way to get through this kind of circle is undoubtedly one-to-one accurate delivery.

"Heh, let's talk about it first, Lingzhou is not a rich place. Even if it is the Fang family, its financial resources are far inferior to those of the big families such as Fei and Luo. Fang Xiandao pursed his lips, "If you want to make money from the Fang family, you will probably only get disappointment in the end, not to mention that I didn't warn you in advance." ”

"It's not just money that measures affluence. Specialties may be commonplace in the region, but in other places, the value is incalculable. Xia Fan touched his chin, "Let's say this living dead—"

"Are you still staring at the living dead!" Fang Xiandao hurriedly interrupted, "Other specialties can be considered, but the living dead Old Lady Fang will never agree to you! Do you know how rare a living dead is, even if it is the chief disciple of the Fang family, the living dead are all rotated from generation to generation." Take Qianzhi as an example, before she escorted me, she had served as a partner for many Fang family members. ”

"Eh, how come Chichi doesn't know?" the little girl showed a confused look, "Isn't the young master the first group of people Chichi knew?"

"Because you-" Fang Xiandao suddenly showed a look of unbearability in the middle of speaking, "If you don't remember, forget it." ”

"Could it be that the living dead of the Fang family have never been given to outsiders?" Xia Fan said curiously.

"Also...... It's not that there isn't. Fang Xiandao paused, "If you are of great help to the other family, or provide something that the old lady or the old lady is eager for." ”

"What do you crave?"

"Books that can help with divination, or powerful Kan spells, etc. The former encompasses all things in the world and reveals the unknowable mysteries, while the latter is either a lost secret record or a feather coat experience. Fang Xiandao waved his hand, "But don't think about it, the Fang family has cooperated with the Youzhou Luo family a long time ago, and even they can't provide a few valuable books, let alone you." ”