Chapter 114: The Land of Tigers and Wolves
Infiltrating Changmen Garden as a little chef seems to be very dangerous, almost like going deep into the tiger's den in Longtan; In fact, after careful consideration, Yang Chuan found that this is the safest way.
As a human being in two lives, Yang Chuan understands one thing, that is, in this world, the most secret and most suitable place to hide is not those inaccessible deep mountains and dense forests, famous mountains and rivers, wetlands and swamps.
It's a humble kitchen.
Strictly speaking, it's the back hall of the kitchen.
The eyes of those emperors, generals, and dignitaries have always been staring at high places and distances, and almost no one will pay much attention to the kitchen under their noses.
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Of course, there is another very important reason why Yang Chuan dared to take this risk, that is, he finally figured out one thing in Cao Xiang's mouth: going to be a cook in Changmen Garden will not actually cut off the balls......
Hiding in the back kitchen of the 'Tang Family Shop', Yang Chuan's 'selling out' plan is very smooth.
Sure enough, as Cao Xiang expected, after the palace people in Changmen Garden tasted two small desserts such as peach crisp and osmanthus cake, they didn't say a word, and directly bought dozens of them and brought them back, and even the bargaining process was waived, which was really extravagant.
Early the next morning, those palace people came, and they were about to take down the shop.
After some 'negotiations' of seeking death and life, crying, making trouble and hanging himself, before dark, this 'Tang family shop' was renamed: Changmenyuan pastry shop.
So, as a 'pastry chef', Yang Chuan naturally became a servant under the name of Liu Concubine and was sent to Changmen Garden overnight......
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Everything was similar to Yang Chuan's expectations, and when he entered the Changmen Garden, he was led to the back kitchen by a palace man, found an extremely fat middle-aged woman, and settled down after a few casual words.
The kitchen of the eldest princess's house is huge, covering an area of twenty acres, and several rows of simple bungalows are the shelters of the servants; In addition, the four extremely spacious pine lofts are kitchens, which are extremely clean and tidy, and they can almost catch up with the kitchen on his village.
"This is your dwelling, and from tomorrow onwards, you shall not be lazy without reason, except to sleep at night."
The fat woman led Yang Chuan into a room and admonished her very coldly: "I heard that you are good at making desserts and cakes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is very happy, so you can do it well."
By the way, this Changmen Garden is not a place next to it, it is the private home of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, you can live carefully for us, don't have anything to do in the garden and look around, be careful of losing your life.
Got a note of? β
The old woman was extremely fat, her face was pale, her fat chin was almost screw-shaped, and every time she said a word, she would stretch out three or two white radish-like fingers and pull them in front of Yang Chuan's nose.
This woman is actually a servant, but she should still have some means to climb to the position of 'cook'.
Yang Chuan was very embarrassed in his heart, but his face was respectful, and he bowed and said, "Write it down." β
After the fat woman finished admonishing, she looked Yang Chuan up and down a few times, and scolded with disgust: "Look at you sluts from small families, what do you look like in rags?" Go, go to my room and get a clean set of clothes, and you need to wash it well.
We are cooking for Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, how can you not get dirty, it's like a pig and a dog, you say you're disgusting! β
With that, the woman turned and walked out the door.
Yang Chuan hurriedly followed, and said, "Sister has learned a lesson." β
"Sister? Hahaha, seeing that your kid is black and like a thin monkey, I can't imagine that this little mouth is quite sweet," the fat woman laughed, and reached out to pinch Yang Chuan's face, "Let's go, go with my sister to get a set of clean clothes." β
"Oh, when you grow up, my sister will thread the needle and lead you and marry a daughter-in-law."
"My third sister's second girl has a very strong body, I'm afraid that your kid won't be able to suppress her, in the future, you will serve my sister and me comfortably, and I promise to let you eat fatty meat at once......"
Listening to the woman's thoughts, Yang Chuan's head was big for a while, so he had to laugh a few times......
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The next day, the sky was bright, and there were still a few dim stars shining in the sky, about the appearance of a rooster crowing twice, and Yang Chuan turned over and got up.
Since you sneak in as a servant, you naturally have to follow the rules of the master's house, but you can't lose a big one because of a small one.
After a brief wash, he walked out of the room, looked up at the dark sky, and a gust of autumn wind blew, which made him shiver, and he felt the urge to urinate.
After solving the problem of water and fire in the latrine, he walked towards the kitchen with low eyebrows, but at the door, he was blocked by a lean man: "You are the new chef?" β
Yang Chuan nodded: "Yes." β
"I heard that your kid can make two kinds of pastries, and the eldest princess is very happy?" The man was also dressed as a servant, but he looked extremely unruly, "Who did you learn from?" Which kitchen did you work from? β
Yang Chuan arched his hand and said expressionlessly: "It's just a little bit of a small doorway that I have figured out by myself, and I don't have a teacher." β
The man snorted coldly and looked Yang Chuan up and down: "I heard that you are a little savage, and you were caught and sold to the Tang family in Jiaodong?" Those businessmen are really good at enjoying it, they really damn it...... By the way, is there anything to be honored? β
Yang Chuan took out a small ingot of gold from his arms, handed it over quite reluctantly, and said: "This is my entire net worth, please smile." β
The man took the gold, his face finally became warm, and he said with a smile: "Tsk, it is worthy of being a cheap commodity under the merchant's family, and this method of bribery and bribery is very skillful."
Okay, yes, my surname is Liu, just call me Liu Sanye in the future. β
Yang Chuan gave up his hand, and said in his heart, 'The surname Liu is also a cook', so he followed the man into the kitchen and began to prepare for the pastries.
To his surprise, in the kitchen of Nagato Garden, all the ingredients for cooking peach cake and osmanthus cake were prepared, and there was even a small jar of caramel after simmering.
As for honey, lard, sesame oil, peanuts, sunflower seeds, osmanthus and other things, they are well prepared.
It seems that the two 'bait' that he threw out won the joy of the old woman Liu, and she actually prepared the things she needed overnight.
Now that the ingredients have been prepared, Yang Chuan's subordinates naturally sped up, divided three times by five, and first put a large ball of wheat flour on the stove to let it ferment first.
Then, he began to methodically prepare osmanthus, sesame oil, lard, honey, caramel, starch and other substances, and a series of smooth operations, the "Liu Sanye" who was standing on the side of the "supervisor" was stunned.
"Chef Ren, it's okay," Liu Laosan said with a smile, "Boy, do a good job, maybe the eldest princess will give you a great fortune when she is happy." β
Yang Chuan said in a regular manner: "It's just a cooking skill, if Liu Sanye wants to learn, I will tell you a few of the tricks." β
Liu Lao Sansan was overjoyed, slapped Yang Chuan's shoulder vigorously, and a stinky big mouth leaned over and whispered in Yang Chuan's ear: "Don't let others know about this matter, I have my own benefits for you, Third Master." β
Yang Chuan nodded heavily: "Hmm! β
But he already sneered in his heart: 'This Liu Laosan has learned the craft, and it is estimated that he will take the master's life when he turns back......
There's an old saying, how do you say it?
Church apprentices, starve masters.
But in fact, after experiencing a lot of things, how can Yang Chuan feel that this sentence is still not clear enough and not thorough enough, according to his experience in two lives, it should be 'teach the apprentice and kill the master'.
This is one of the fine traditions of the Han Empire, which has led to the extinction of many unique crafts.
Especially in the current world, it is ten or a hundred times more than the two thousand years of fucking in the future, if a person wants to live well, he has to make his heart harder, more yin, more ruthless, and colder.
Then, let this Liu Laosan live for an extra year and a half.
After all, he Yang Chuan can't always hide in the Changmen Garden as a cook, and on the other side of his fiefdom, there is a bumper harvest of vegetables and vegetables, and it is time to find a way to make a lot of money.
Let this guy learn how to make peach crisp and osmanthus cake, isn't it equivalent to filling Liu Concubine with honey every day? Coupled with fatty lamb and pork, it is no wonder that the old woman is not uremia.
Then, when Liu Che comes to his senses, I'm afraid that this Liu Sanye will not be able to eat and walk around.
Of course, this is unlikely.
After all, the cook's method of killing people is too secretive, and in the Han Empire, which has no concept of health preservation, it will not leave any traces at all, which is much better than poison......
Thinking about this section clearly, Yang Chuan was in a good mood.
"Liu Sanye, you see, in the production of this peach crisp, it is very important to choose the best ingredients, among which wheat flour, chicken, duck and goose eggs, cream, peanut kernels, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds are very important."
"I heard that Zhang Qian brought a thing called walnut from the Western Regions, and its taste is very dry and crisp; You can also add some jujube paste, which is also possible. β
"Liu Sanye, the taste of peach crisp should be crispy and soft, sweet and delicious, as long as you do these two things."
"As for the cooking of this osmanthus cake, there are actually five words: glutinous, oily, sweet, greasy, and fragrant."
"Lard, sheep's tail oil, honey, topping, you can put as much as you can, as long as you can make the pastry not loose, soft, loose or rotten, you can also add some cream to it."
"This cream is the best in the world, it can relieve the spleen, nourish the heart and lungs, strengthen the muscles and bones, comparable to those healthy golden pills in Huang Lao's thaumaturgy, but there is no harm in the slightest......"
Listening to Yang Chuan's serious nonsense, Liu Sanye's two triangular eyes began to burst into stars, and his breathing became short: "Chef Ren, no, Master Ren, if you teach me such a secret method, Liu will definitely repay him."
By the way, what kind of cream is it and how is it made? β
So, in front of Liu Laosan, Yang Chuan brought over a large bucket of fresh goat milk, stirred it with his hands, and said with a smile: "This cream is the essence of milk and goat's milk.
The milk skin itself is not delicious, but if you add some honey and other substances to it, it is an extremely precious cream cream. β
While cooking pastries, he was teaching "cooking" with "kindness", and soon, an hour passed.
A large plate of peach crisp snacks and a drawer of steamed osmanthus cake are ...... Well, it is very eye-catching to look at, whether it is color, aroma, or taste, Yang Chuan is very satisfied.
Especially when he tasted a small sip separately, he felt the plump and sweet taste of the two dim sums, nodded slightly, and said secretly: "Don't say that you have to eat such fatty and sweet things every day, even if you eat a few pieces every other day, within three or five months, the blood sugar of the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty will definitely soar several times......
"That's it?"
Liu Sanye's face was overjoyed, and he slapped Yang Chuan's slender shoulder again: "I will personally serve it to Her Royal Highness the Princess, tsk, look at this day, her old man should have just gotten up." β
Yang Chuan looked at Liu Laosan's 'platter' by himself, and said with a smile: "Actually, what I am best at is cooking braised pork......
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Yang Chuan was finally enraged and began to take the initiative to hunt the eldest princess of the pavilion, and the cook couldn't help but want to speed up the progress.
However, it was still stable.
The road has to be walked step by step, and this meal has to be eaten one bite at a time......
(End of chapter)