"The county honor, carp baked noodles, the chef is newly learned, it is said to be the Yanjin method."

At this time, the cook brought the last dish, a five-pound Lantian carp, covered with burnt yellow dragon whisker noodles, which was quite appetizing to look at, and it was also poured with red soup, which made people appetize.

Li Chaosheng looked at this plate of carp baked noodles and said: "This is a famous dish in Henan, how did our chefs in Kanto learn it?" ”

Hearing this, Guo Bao said: "County Zun, there was a disaster in Henan this year, and some of the refugees fled to Lantian, this method was brought by them, and after the improvement of our cook, the taste is better, please taste it." ”

Li Chaosheng heard this and looked at the carp baked noodles on the table, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish meat, well, sweet and sour, good.

Li Chaosheng said, then looked at the cook and said, "You did a good job, who are you?" ”

"Hui County, a small Lantian Chang'an person."

Li Chaosheng nodded when he heard this, this sounds awkward, in fact, it is normal in Lantian, according to the right reason, Lantian County and the original Chang'an County are at the same level, and even the political status is not as high as Chang'an County, but now it is different, Chang'an County has been completely included in Lantian.

Now people in the Lantian area of Guanzhong are asked where they are, and they generally like to add Lantian in front, such as Lantian Chang'an people, Lantian Dali people, Lantian Baishui people.

It can be said that almost the entire southern Shaanxi region is now Lantian people, this is the charm of Lantian and the pride of Lantian people, because Lantian has brought them a variety of rich lives, and as long as outsiders mention the word Lantian, others will look up to it, this is the centripetal force of Lantian.

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Oh, the carp in the Chang'an Reservoir is bigger than this carp." ”

Hearing this, the cook smiled and said: "That's the county zun, this carp is fished from the Huayin Reservoir, the Huayin Reservoir has only been repaired for a year, there are no big fish in this reservoir, we have a big carp in the Chang'an Reservoir three or four years ago, and that one can weigh thirty or forty catties." ”

Li Chaosheng nodded, he likes to listen to the people under his rule tell about their real lives, Li Chaosheng doesn't like to be alone, just like Chongzhen in the Forbidden City, the only way to understand the people's suffering is to watch the twists and turns, the way Li Chaosheng does not touch the ground is very resistant.

If you haven't stayed at the bottom, how can you really understand the suffering of the people, this is a big taboo, if you are separated from the people, and if you don't touch the ground, it means that you can give officials room to operate on their own, which is not right.

"Well, everyone in your hometown can eat fish from the reservoir."

The cook said: "Yes, the blessing of the county, every five days we have a fish market in the county, at that time, as long as there are two people in the county who have spare money in their hands, they will buy a fish to try, and it is not expensive, fifteen dollars a pound of fish, this price is not even a piece of sweet potato in other places, but in our Lantian County can buy a big carp jumping around to try it, such days we used to dream before we dared to think, I didn't expect the county to help us realize, these are the credit of the county." ”

Li Chaosheng looked at the cook when he heard this and said, "Hey, why did I hear you speak so officially, didn't Guo Bao teach you how to pat me on the back?" ”

"No, the county respect, I am all from the bottom of my heart, it has nothing to do with Lord Guo, I don't believe that the county respect, you can go to our Chang'an County and ask someone at random, as long as he says that I have a lie, I am a bastard donkey ball."

The cook's face turned red and argued, and Li Chaosheng laughed when he saw this: "Okay, then I have time to ask." ”

Guo Bao looked at the cook at this time and said, "Okay, the county is joking with you." ”

"Oh, scare me."

Li Chaosheng was in a good mood, took another bite of fish, smacked his mouth and said, "Did you add tomatoes to this sweet and sour sauce?" ”

Hearing this, the cook said: "Ah, the county respects your mouth is really powerful, you have tasted this little change, I added some tomato puree." ”

"Tomato puree? Tell me more about it. ”

Li Chaosheng looked at the cook with some curiosity when he heard this, this kid can't make tomato sauce.

Li Chaosheng thought about it and looked at the cook, and the cook said: "It is to change the top of the tomatoes to a cross knife, then scald it with boiling water, peel the skin, then cut it into small dices, pour oil into the pot, fry the diced tomatoes and turn the sand, and then add some sugar, if you like salty, you can also add a little salt, and it's done." ”

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng said curiously: "You take out this tomato puree and I'll take a look." ”

Hearing this, the cook quickly took out two small ceramic jars from the back kitchen, put them in front of Li Chaosheng and said, "County Zun, this jar has no salt, it is pure and sweet." ”

"This jar is salty, sweet and salty."

Li Chaosheng looked at the two jars of ketchup in front of him, picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, it was nothing sweet, it was this sweet and salty one that made Li Chaosheng's eyes light up, this taste was too similar to the ketchup of the two major fast food KFC and McDonald's in the real world, which ticked out Li Chaosheng's idea of wanting to eat French fries. ”

Li Chaosheng got up at this time and looked at the cook and said, "Do you have potatoes in the kitchen?" ”

The cook said, "Yes." ”

Li Chaosheng said: "Okay, let's go, you have a good mouth today, I'll make you a new dish." ”

Li Chaosheng said and walked towards the kitchen, seeing Li Chaosheng like this, the cook looked at the big man sitting again stupidly, and everyone smiled bitterly when they saw this: "Let's go, don't look at it, give the county a hand." ”

So a group of Lantian bigwigs followed to the kitchen, and after entering the kitchen, Li Chaosheng instructed the cook to skin the potatoes, and then cut them into strips, followed by Li Chaosheng to throw the potato strips into the pot, put some salt, cook them slightly, and absorb the flavor.

Then take out the potato strips that are quite hard, coat them in starch, and throw them into the pan to fry.

Soon a pot of golden french fries was ready, Li Chaosheng was very satisfied with his work, and said to the curious crowd looking at the french fries: "Try it." ”

Everyone took a bite of the fries and nodded in unison: "Not bad." ”

"Well, it's good, I didn't expect potatoes to be able to eat like this, I've seen it for a long time."

"The outside is burnt and crispy, the inside is soft and tender, good, delicious."

Everyone said, but the evaluation was not unpleasant, Li Chaosheng smiled when he saw this, handed them the tomato sauce invented by the chef and said, "Dip it and taste it." ”

Hearing this, Li Chaolong was the first to pick up a piece of fries, dip it in some tomato sauce, and put it in his mouth, and his expression instantly became rich: "Hey, I'll have another one for this taste." ”

Li Chaolong said and picked up a piece of French fries again and ate it again, and everyone looked at Li Chaolong's expression and said curiously: "What's the matter." ”

"It's delicious."

Li Chaolong said sincerely, and then ate it in a big gulp, and when everyone saw Li Chaolong's appearance, they were immediately polite, picked up the fries and dipped them in tomato sauce and tasted them, and they were immediately attracted by this wonderful taste.

"Nice, delicious."

"Hey, don't eat so fast, leave some for me."

"Woo, I don't have enough to eat."

Looking at everyone's eating appearance, Li Chaosheng smiled and said to the cook: "You try French fries." ”

The cook nodded, what is the difficulty, it was easy to fry two more pots, the cook himself tasted one, and was also attracted by the taste, Li Chaosheng said: "The advantage of these fries is that they are still delicious when they are cold." ”

The cook nodded and said, "I didn't expect the county to have research on eating." ”

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "People take food as the sky, and eating is never a small problem." ”

The cook nodded as if he didn't understand.

Li Chaosheng looked at the cook and said, "Does anyone else know how to make this ketchup?" “

The cook said, "No one." ”

"So sure?"

The cook smiled and said: "That's for sure, tomatoes are a rare thing, and now you have enough tomatoes here, but there are no other places, not even tomatoes, where can they go to make tomato sauce?" ”

Li Chaosheng said: "That's right, by the way, how did you come up with this tomato sauce?"

The cook listened to this and said: "Actually, I made this thing by mistake, the half acre of tomatoes planted by our county government were ripe, and I was not in a hurry to eat, I wanted to save it without any way, I salted it and dried it, but it didn't work, and finally this method of making sauce was successful, and my tomato sauce was placed in a cool place, and it would not be bad for three or two months." ”

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Well, this is a good method, by the way, what's your name?" ”

"Healing Spring."

"Oh, Master Kong."

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Lao Kang, are you going to mix in the back kitchen in Lantian in this life?" Do you have any thoughts on going out and seeing the world? ”

Hearing this, Master Kong shook his head and said, "No, it is my blessing to be able to serve the county lord for the rest of my life." ”

Li Chaosheng smiled when he heard this: "If I want you to go out for a walk and help me expand the territory of Lantian, are you willing?" ”

"Ah, County Zun, do you need me to expand the territory of Lantian?"

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Hearing this, Master Kong said: "Then I am willing, and I will die for the sake of the county." ”

Li Chaosheng waved his hand and said: "Okay, Lao Kang, I'm optimistic about you, come, I'll give you the secret recipe for fried chicken again, you go back and study it, study it, make it for me to taste." ”

"Okay."

Lao Kang listened to this and agreed, as long as the county respects it, Lao Kang didn't say it, Lao Kang's family was about to starve to death, it was the food sent by the county that saved the lives of their family, and their lives were saved by the county.

……

In the big office of Lantian County, Li Chaosheng sat in his familiar position, looking at Bai Shoumin sitting opposite, Bai Shoumin said: "County Zun, this is the city where our Lantian secret spies are currently deep, as well as the identity of the cover, most of which are grain stores and restaurants, but at present, except for the grain bank in a profitable state, other restaurants are losing money, this is the specific details." ”

"In addition, if the county according to your idea, each city arranges a secret spy agency, our current Lantian financial resources will not be able to support it at all, and the cost of the restaurant alone is an astronomical amount."

Bai Shoumin gave a detailed report to Li Chaosheng on the cost of his secret spy plan, and the secret espionage work has always been one of the important parts of Lantian's work over the years, and Lantian's annual expenditure in this area can account for a quarter of Lantian's financial revenue, which is a big burden on Lantian now.

And if you want to reach the level of Li Chaosheng's supervision of the world, this amount of money is far from enough, and Li Chaosheng found after investigation that the reason why the secret spy department spends so much is inseparable from the expansion model.

The original purpose of this model is to let the restaurant and the grain store bear part of the secret spy activity funds, but in the end, it was found that in addition to the profit accident of the grain store, the restaurant is also in Shaanxi, Shanxi is relatively profitable, and the others are not profitable.

And grain is hard currency in this era, not to mention opening a grain store, you just put it in Lantian, and he can make money by selling it to other merchants, and it can also save freight, so this model is problematic, Li Chaosheng decided to change the model, why do you have to do such a big restaurant business?

Li Chaosheng looked at Bai Shoumin and said: "Well, the cost of this expansion is very exaggerated, it takes one or two thousand taels to get a restaurant, and then the various operating costs add up to a bit exceeded, so then we have to take the refined route, and the restaurant model can no longer be expanded." ”

Hearing this, Bai Shoumin said: "The county restaurant extends in all directions, and it is a good place to inquire about intelligence, if we give up, our intelligence ability will be weakened." ”

Li Chaosheng said: "What you said is right, so we must carry out refined development, and at the same time, do not give up the advantages of convenience brought by restaurants to find out information." ”

"Ah, how do we do that?"

Li Chaosheng smiled at this time: "Before how to operate, you are hungry, first taste the delicious food I prepared for you." ”

"Master Kong."

Li Chaosheng shouted, and soon Master Kong came in with a tray with a total of four things on the tray, fried chicken, French fries, rice wine, and a special brown drink.

"Taste it."

Li Chaosheng motioned to Bai Shoumin to taste it, Bai Shoumin looked at the things on the plate, and first picked up a chicken thigh, only to see that the skin of the chicken thigh was golden, and when he took a bite, Bai Shoumin's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

Delicious! The taste is unique.

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "This chicken leg has been marinated with our Lantian special secret ingredients, the most important of which is chili powder, which is our unique secret recipe, and then fried it." ”

"Try these fries, eaten with tomato sauce, the taste is unique."

Li Chaosheng introduced, Bai Shoumin kept nodding, followed by Li Chaosheng pointed to the rice wine on the side and said: "This rice wine, chilled with fried chicken, perfect match, and this is a fruit soup made with more than a dozen kinds of dried fruits such as black plum, which tastes better when chilled." ”

"It's delicious, it's delicious, eat fried chicken, accompanied by rice wine, in the words of the county, it tastes 'really cool'."

Li Chaosheng heard this, looked at Bai Shoumin and said, "Cool, what do you think we should change the restaurant to sell this?" ”

"This?"

Bai Shoumin looked at the chicken leg in his hand and the refreshing chilled rice wine, nodded and said, "It's okay, but the cost of opening this kind of shop is not less than that of a restaurant." ”

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "You are wrong, opening this kind of shop is definitely more profitable than a restaurant, don't believe it, I'll give you a good economic lesson." ”

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