Chapter 406: Baby Cabbage in Soup
Huo Quzhi was puzzled, and couldn't help but ask: "Yang Chuan, you just make it clear at one time, and then say two sentences like this, be careful that I hit your and pee!" β
Yang Chuan had no choice but to explain a few words to this fool.
Then, Huo Quzhi suddenly realized, happy like a child, and punched Yang Chuan out seven or eight feet, and directly fell a dog to eat: "Hahaha, Yang Chuan, you are a coward!" β
Yang Chuan slowly got up from the ground, looked at Ma Zazi, who was rotten into a puddle of wood slag, and scolded with a smile: "You are just looking for a chance to punch me, right?" β
Huo Quzhi laughed and walked away.
Yang Chuan's face gradually turned cold, and Huo Guang spread out an eight-foot big xuan, pinched a small wolf pen, and began to circle on it.
This time, he was going to make a soft dish for the Li family in Longxi.
In the face of such a behemoth that has been developed for hundreds of years, Yang Chuan has always felt a sense of powerlessness that has nowhere to go, which makes many of his plans shelved, which is very uncomfortable.
Since the hard ones don't work, let's come with the soft ones.
Cooks, the best is often not those hard dishes, on the contrary, what can really show a chef's skills are those seemingly inconspicuous soft dishes, such as boiled cabbage hearts, cold radish shreds, stewed pork in white water, steamed tofu or something, delicious, easy to make, even some housewives can make it.
But.
These so-called 'soft dishes', if you want to do your best, to achieve excellent color and flavor, it is not easy.
For example, the 'baby cabbage in soup' prepared by Yang Chuan for the Li family in Longxi is a test of a cook's kung fu, patience and understanding.
Baby cabbage in soup is a traditional dish with full color and flavor, and if it is divided by the so-called 'eight major cuisines' in the next two thousand years, it should belong to Cantonese cuisine.
The main ingredient of this dish is baby cabbage, the main cooking process is boiling, and then it is made of thick soup, the finished product is fragrant, fresh and delicious, and the taste is rich, it can be regarded as a famous dish suitable for all ages, clear but not light, elegant but not turbid, and it is also one of Yang Chuan's best dishes in that year.
The cooking method of 'soup baby cabbage' is very simple, it is nothing more than washing the baby cabbage and cutting it from the middle, splitting it into four sections with an oblique knife for later use, cutting the garlic into slices, and cutting the preserved egg into granules.
Then, blanch the baby cabbage and set aside.
Then, add refined oil, garlic slices and preserved eggs to the pot and stir-fry until fragrant, add water and chicken broth, and then put the green and red pepper shreds in the pot and cook for a while.
Wait until the soup at the bottom of the pot has a peculiar aroma, then add baby cabbage, simmer slightly, remove it, and pour the juice on the baby cabbage......
In Yang Chuan's eyes, Longxi County is undoubtedly a rare baby cabbage in the Han Empire, on the surface, it is nothing more than a 'cabbage heart' in the eyes of ordinary people, and there is not much nutritional value, no matter what cooking techniques such as stewing, frying and barbecue, it is always difficult to make new ideas.
However, in the eyes of a qualified cook, in this world, there are no good ingredients or bad ingredients, as long as it is not the kind of rotten and spoiled ingredients, in general, they can find a way to cook them into meals.
Therefore, this baby cabbage, Yang Chuan can cook it directly without blanching.
The difficulty lies in how to boil that pot of thick soup.
After thinking about it again and again, Yang Chuan passed the order and let people start to mint coins quietly: Dahan debt coins.
Because of the existence of Nangong Money, Yang Chuan was able to let go of his hands and feet to mint coins privately, so that this kind of golden, bright, and thousands of times more beautiful than the Han five-baht coin quickly circulated in the Han Empire, and has now become the most recognized 'coin' by the people.
No one knows if there is gold in these coins.
As we all know, as long as there is the endorsement of the imperial court, even a piece of waste paper can be used as a coin to circulate, not to mention this kind of golden-looking coin, with a flick of a finger, can make a long and crisp buzz, which is even more lovely.
"Give all the subordinate officials of Longxi County a salary."
"Just three times more on the basis of the original."
"In addition, the evaluation method of subordinate officials will be slightly changed, and some additional points for virtue, public voice, official recommendation and identity background will be reduced, and some new wasteland reclamation, income per mu income, population growth, city repair, bridge repair and road repair will be set for each item, which they must do, and if they can't do it, let them get out."
"As for those who have overachieved, the Taishou Mansion will list a separate sum of money and food, and reward those who have made particularly outstanding achievements."
"Every month, every quarter, at the end of each year, there is a comprehensive assessment."
"Those whose grades do not meet the standards will be given three chances, and if they really fail to complete the task, they will not only be reduced to serve the people, but they will also be held accountable for their dereliction of duty."
"For the excellent, the reward is great!"
With the right to mint coins in his hand, his waist pole naturally became tough, and he generally calculated the livelihood of Longxi County, and minted five million gold coins first......
When the subordinate officials of Longxi County heard that the number of people in Longxi County had tripled and that it would increase every month and year in the future, almost everyone was crazy with joy, and everyone praised the new Taishou Yang Chuan as a figure and a big man.
Therefore, when they listened to the 'reward and punishment mechanism' formulated by Yang Chuan again, naturally, there was no one who objected, but they just held back their energy, and planned to let go of their hands and feet to do a great job, and they would not be in vain to keep the additional money and food.
Meanwhile.
Yang Chuan's second 'Taishou Order' was releasedββ
Junda order.
This decree was very simple, just a few words, but it caused an uproar in Longxi County.
Why?
Yang Chuan's 'Juntian Order' stipulated that the Taishou Mansion would make statistics on the actual fertile land in the eleven counties of Longxi County, and then redistribute the land according to different situations.
The provisions of the 'Juntian Order' are very clear that those who have titles and official ranks in the imperial court must take the lead in setting an example, and must report the truth to the truth, and then, the actual situation of the root army of the Taishou Mansion will be refunded more and less compensated, or the new land will be used as compensation, or gold coins will be used as compensation.
In short, it is absolutely impossible to let those who have more land suffer, but we must not let some people have no land to cultivate.
This set of decrees in a certain dynasty in later generations was called 'fighting local tyrants' is very clever, Yang Chuan just borrowed it, slightly modified, and directly applied it to Longxi County.
Those fields with less than 300 acres are generally ordinary people, accounting for the vast majority, after hearing this decree, they naturally raised their hands in favor, and they couldn't wait to run to Lintao County to kowtow to the new Taishou Yang Chuan.
On the other hand, those who have a lot of fields are naturally very resistant.
Because, there is no specific compensation figure in this 'Juntian Order', okay, according to the shameless and obscene style of the Han Empire's court and government, no matter which dog family thinks that the new Taishou Yang Chuan is not a thing, this has just been in office for two or three months, and he has begun to 'scrape the ground'?
As a result, some so-called big dogs began to make trouble.
They first made trouble in their own county, crying, making trouble, and hanging themselves, making the officials in the counties miserable, so that they could talk badly, and finally coaxed those people to rush to Lintao, and gathered in front of the newly repaired Taishou Mansion to make a fuss.
"Please say goodbye, and say that the fathers and elders of Longxi County will visit Lord Taishou."
"Please take back your order and spare us for a while."
"Yes, please take back your destiny and don't give up all our acres of land......"
Listening to the commotion outside, there were not a few bad words, which made Yang Chuan sigh with emotion, and smiled and said to Zhang Tang, Sima Qian, and Dongfang Shuo: "The quality of the good family in Longxi County is good, even so, you listen, they made trouble to our Taishou Mansion, and there are not a few bad words." β
Those people looked depressed, and they really didn't know what kind of medicine was being sold in Yang Chuan's gourd.
Everyone knows that the loyalty of the people of the Han Empire to the land is far greater than the loyalty to the emperor, to the imperial court, and to the articles of the sages.
But.
If someone wants to touch the land in their hands, they will definitely fight with you.
"Marquis Changning, your Juntian Order is really a bit inappropriate," Sima Qian persuaded him quite worriedly: "That is, in Longxi County, your Taishou government order is still a matter for others, if it is in Chang'an City or the land of Sanfu, it is the word Juntian, which may cause you a big trouble." β
Yang Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Ben Hou originally wanted to cause trouble." β
"You go out and see, how many people from the old Li family are here?"
After Sima Qian hesitated for a few breaths, he finally walked out quickly.
Yang Chuan lay flat on Ma Zazi as if he had nothing to do, and continued to lecture and teach Liu Man and a few others, which was nothing more than hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxyfluorine, neon, Zhang Tang and Dongfang Shuo were confused, so they were not troubled.
A cup of tea.
Sima Qian came back and bowed his hand: "Marquis Changning, I asked the people who made trouble, and there were not a few really big families among them, and the most fields were only about 1,200 acres. β
Yang Chuan stood up, moved his muscles, walked loosely to an old elm chair in the center, and ordered: "Let them in." β
Sima Qian had no choice but to give up his orders, walked out of the Taishou Mansion quickly, and invited the more than 100 'big dogs' into the Taishou Mansion.
"I've seen Fujun!"
"I've seen Taishou!"
At a glance, these people's clothes are clean and neat, and their faces are quite ruddy, and they know that their living standards are not bad on weekdays, but if you look carefully at their hands and feet, walking posture and standing posture, Yang Chuan can judge at a glance that these people are all honest people, or inherited the money and grain of the ancestors, or after two or three generations of hard work, they finally became the 'landowners' of the Han Empire.
For these people, Yang Chuan felt admiration in his heart.
So, he stood up, bowed to the hundred and ten people, and said with an apologetic smile: "Fellow villagers, Ben Hou was drunk in the past few days, and he did not carefully consider the issuance of government decrees, resulting in unclear government decrees and unknown figures. β
After speaking, without waiting for those people to react, he waved his hand: "Come, open the table." β
Then, dozens of soldiers brought tables, chairs and benches, put dishes and chopsticks, and pressed those people onto the chairs without saying anything.
Immediately afterwards, more than 20 golden, fragrant, greasy roasted whole sheep were carried out, and there were more than a dozen jars of good wine, which were also sent up like flowing water, filling a big bowl for everyone, clear and bright, exuding a charming aroma of wine, simply!
Mouth-watering too.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Ben Hou is still thinking about another next decree document these days to complete the gaps in it, but you came in advance, Ben Hou is very sorry when he thinks about it, so he sets up this table of banquets, which is considered to be an apology to the fathers and elders."
Yang Chuan picked up a bowl of wine, said something with an apologetic face, and drank it all: "Ben Hou did it first as a respect!" β
"Fathers, open the table!"
The hundred and ten people pinched their chopsticks in a daze, drank wine dizzily, almost everyone felt that the scene in front of them was incredible, and some even pinched the root of their thighs, grinning in pain, causing a burst of laughter.
With the swallowing of the roasted whole sheep and the ten grains, the anger in the hearts of the people has long been gone, and they have thrown off their cheeks one by one, eating and drinking violently, and even forgetting the usual little bit of sven and exquisite.
Yang Chuan sat in the middle, smiling at the people who were eating and drinking, and the smile contained in the corner of his eyes was very warm and peaceful.
Finally, someone reacted.
The big guy ran to this Taishou Mansion in a daze, not to eat meat and drink wine, but to find a new Taishou theory, and not to let his own fields be 'all out'......
"Fu Jun, Xiao Lao'er came this time, there is something unclear, and I ask Lord Fu Jun for guidance." An old man with gray hair stood up and said respectfully.
Yang Chuan nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "What you want to ask, Ben Hou already knows, so let's do it, since everyone is here, we don't have to waste our tongues, Ben Hou will explain some details of Juntian Ling to you."
You can think about it yourself, if you think that Benhou's method is not good, you can bring it up on the spot, and we can discuss it.
Since it is a Juntian Order, it is called the Taishoufu Decree, but it is actually related to every father and villager in Longxi County, so I should discuss it with you......"
Yang Chuan took the 'Juntian Order' redrafted by Huo Guang and began to read it out word by word.
ββ¦β¦ The standard of land is based on 100 acres per person, regardless of men, women and children, all must have arable and plantable land; The fields are divided into six grades, which are upper, upper, middle-upper, middle-lower, lower-lower, and lower, and can be exchanged for each other on a one-to-two basis......"
"One acre of watered land can be exchanged for two acres of high-quality paddy fields, one acre of high-grade paddy fields can be exchanged for two acres of middle-class fields, other grades, ......and so on."
"After the surplus part of the land is divided equally, the government can compensate with a certain amount of money and grain."
"The specific amount of compensation shall be based on the 30-year harvest of each grade of land, and two-tenths shall be allocated in the first year, two-tenths in the second year, and so on, to ensure that all money and grain will be paid within five years."
"If a person who has more acres of land is unwilling to accept the government's compensation, he can also report to the imperial court according to the circumstances and give him a certain title of compensation......"
ββ¦β¦β
'Buzz'.
These more than 100 people who own some land have fried the pot.
According to the people, regardless of men, women, old and young, there must be fields that can be cultivated and planted!
After the government equalizes the surplus land, the government will compensate for the harvest of 20 years in five times......
None of this is nothing.
The key is the last sentence.
If there is a surplus of land, if they do not accept the government's compensation for money and grain, they can also report to the imperial court and use the title as compensation?
Isn't this a proper selling of officials!
(End of chapter)