Chapter 148: Potato Feast

Just when Li Anran began to pretend to be a chef to teach people how to cook potatoes again, and at the same time, the harvest work in the field was also in full swing, no, it should be in full swing, Cheng Zhihei, who received the news, was stupid.

"Two ...... Two hundred stones?! Looking at the subordinates who came to report the news viciously, Cheng asked him, "Are you sure you read or heard it wrong?" Really two hundred stone instead of two?! ”

"I dare to guarantee with my head, and this time the yield of potatoes per mu is two hundred stones instead of two stones." The nursing home, who was also excited by the news he got before, almost didn't take a knife across his neck to show his attitude.

In the face of this life-assured answer, although Cheng Chuhei still found it difficult to fully believe it, he also knew very well that his subordinates would never dare, and at the same time, there was no need to talk nonsense about this kind of thing.

Cheng Chuhei, who knew how important and big this matter was, didn't care about his guard duties at the moment, and directly rushed in the direction of the potato field with the messenger among the two henchmen.

Before he could get close to the field, he was already hit by the potatoes that were piled up in the open space at the edge of the field, which looked like hills. It's just that this stick is a good and wonderful game for Cheng Chuhei!

As soon as he arrived at the scene, Cheng got the specific yield per mu from Wang Youde, whose eyes were still a little red. Looking at the record of more than 20,000 catties, I was shocked and excited, but I still didn't dare to report it like this.

At the moment, he arranged one of his henchmen to camp in the neighborhood all the time, which is called military training. Of course, in fact, it was indeed in the barracks where the soldiers were training to send a letter, and asked them to send a team of men and horses over there.

After the news arrived, the barracks, who thought that something was wrong in the villa, sent people to the ground without saying a word. As a result, the order he received was not to fight with others, but to take off his armor, put down his saber, change into farm tools, and start farm work.

Although the captain of the neighboring soldiers also knew that Lu Dao had to obey orders, he couldn't help but ask about such an arrangement. After learning that the yield of potatoes harvested now could reach 200 stones, this school captain, who was almost starved to death when he was a child, suddenly turned as red as Wang Youde.

Wait for an acre of potato fields to be dug up by this group of soldiers at a very fast speed. And one by one on the scale, after weighing out the specific weight. Cheng Chuhei, who repeatedly confirmed that the yield of 200 stones per mu did not have any water, and before he could give a new order, he was startled by the captain who suddenly howled and cried.

As the saying goes, men don't flick when they have tears, but they don't get to the sad place.

With the captain's cry rang out. It didn't take much effort. It's not just those soldiers who cry a lot. Even the old and young masters who were originally busy in the fields began to wipe their tears again.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos and wars. I don't know how many people in Ludao have no food, either eat or die because they don't have food. The sadness and blood and tears in it, how can it not resonate.

It is precisely because Cheng Chuhei, who knows what his subordinates have suffered, and does not blame anything for the other party's crying without image. He just patted the other person on the shoulder, then turned his head and gave two new orders.

The first order was simple, put the freshly dug potatoes in two baskets, and prepare two of the best horses in the barracks. And the second order is to let the barracks and the nursing home unite and surround the entire Xiaoyao Villa, and try to ensure that no news leaks, at least not before he reports the news this time.

After the second order was executed, Cheng Chusi took a team of men and horses, guarding the two baskets of potatoes placed on the empty horse, and galloped in the direction of Chang'an.

When he received the news of Wang Youde's order for Cheng Zhihei, Li Anran, who was tossing and turning in the inner kitchen to make a potato banquet, although he was a little unhappy, he was not the slightest surprised. The yield per mu is 200 stones, not to mention in Datang, even if it is put in modern time and space, it is enough to cause a great sensation.

This kind of high-yield food, which is enough to influence the power of a country, is not at all comparable to gold and jewelry. In addition, he originally wanted to use high-yield crops to accelerate the change of Datang time and space, so he was unhappy, but Li Anran did not get angry because of Cheng's behavior.

As the saying goes, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and a villain takes revenge from morning to night. Write down the accounts first, and then there will be time and opportunity to find the field.

After sending Wang Youde away, Li Anran, who was interrupted from the potato banquet production process, continued to work in the kitchen.

Potatoes can not only be cooked, but also used as a staple food. For example, after the peeled and diced potatoes are steamed in the pot, they can be mashed into a puree with a tool, and then passed through a strainer by pressing them, and then with the corresponding seasonings, they can be made into mashed potatoes with different flavors.

If mashed potatoes are not a staple food, then noodles and vermicelli made from potatoes and then made with different cooking methods are definitely a staple food that is delicious and nutritious, and filling.

However, compared to these ways of eating, one of the cooking methods that Li Anran impressed the most with potatoes was a dish. A dish that is very famous in both the north and south of the country, potato stew.

The meat here can be beef, pork, chicken, goose, rabbit, as long as you are willing to try, it can fly in the sky, run on the ground, swim in the water, basically go with any meat.

In order to experience what the taste of this kind of potato is that has grown a lot after the influence of time and space travel, and the yield is even more terrifying, and it is also to enrich the recipes of his own restaurant in the future, just for the dish of potato stew, Li Anran stewed six pots with different ingredients.

Later, I also took several potato-related Western dishes that I learned to stay abroad some time ago. Among them, the most popular one for Li Anran is the cheese baked root baked mashed potatoes.

After cooking more than 20 Chinese and Western dishes and staple foods related to potatoes by himself, Li Anran, who was easy at the moment, also made two snacks that were no less famous than potato stew and sour and hot potato shreds.

Cut the potatoes into pieces of the right size with professional kitchen utensils, and then cook them in the pan with butter for a while, then take them out to dry, and then put them in the freezer to freeze them, and then throw them into the oil pan to fry them until golden brown and sprinkle with a little salt, which has become the most common delicious fries in Western fast food restaurants.

If you cut large pieces of potatoes into thin slices, marinate them in water with different flavors, and then put them in the oven to dry and crisp, they become colorful potato chips. And it's also the non-fried kind, which is delicious and healthier.

After Li Anran racked his brains to toss out the potato-related dishes, staple foods and snacks he could make, he finally did not forget the farmers and soldiers who were still in the fields and wanted to harvest.

In line with the principle that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, and this matter is completely in line with the meaning of "happy and popular", let Steward Wang give a hanging of money to each dealer who participated in the harvest work as a reward.

As for those soldiers, they can only be sorry, it's not that Li Anran is reluctant to give up this reward, but he doesn't want to make a mistake like Shen Wansan. People are the troops of the real dragon emperor, and it is easy to cause misunderstandings when they give money indiscriminately.

In addition to rewarding money, Li Anran also asked Zhao Qianshi, who had just memorized those dishes, staple foods and snack cooking methods while learning, to take a group of chefs to cook the potato stew in batches in a half-tried and half-practice way.

It is necessary to ensure that every household can get a big bowl of potato stew, so that these hard-working farmers can taste what it is like to be delicious and nutritious, that is, full of production and high yield.

This time, Li Anran did not treat him differently. In addition to the villagers, whether it is the guards or the soldiers stationed in the barracks not far away, they all have a share. As for the people in the manor, naturally not to mention.

Just when the entire Xiaoyao Villa was immersed in the joy of harvest and deliciousness, Cheng Zhiji had already brought the two baskets of potatoes that were guarded layer by layer to the inner hall of the palace of Chang'an City.

After listening to this urgent report, Li Shimin and the Wenchen and military generals who knew about the matter suddenly changed their faces! (To be continued......)