Another day, pottery craftsmen came from the outskirts of the city.

The craftsman of pottery is an old man with a dusty face, short and stout, with a dark face and palms, which cannot be washed with water, and he looks like he has been working in a ceramic kiln all year round.

In order to enter the city, the old man who burned pottery deliberately freshened up and changed into a set of clean linen clothes.

He was a little restrained, he didn't dare to enter the house, he stood in the courtyard and saluted Zhao Sichen, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look up at people carefully.

Zhao Sichen asked Steward Zhuo to invite him into the house and sit down, and the two little maids, Chunhua and Qiuyue, served tea and refreshments. The old man who burned the pottery bent down again and again to thank him.

Zhao Sichen took out a pre-drawn drawing, handed it to the old man who burned pottery, and said with a smile: "Old man, I painted a clay pot, can you help me burn the same ceramics?" ”

The old man hurriedly stretched out his hands and took the drawings.

After taking the drawings, the old man did not reply.

He looked left and right at the drawings, swinging the drawings left and right, and saw that he was in a fog, and he didn't know where the head was and where the bottom was, which was quite inexplicable.

In the style above the drawing, there is a long tube, and the top and bottom of the pipe have a big belly like a big gourd.

The pipe turned a few corners, but it continued.

It looks twisted and awkward.

The old man has been doing this business for 40 years, and he has taken over the ancestral pottery kiln with his father since he was eleven or twelve years old, and he boasts that he has not been difficult to find his style.

Today, I am a little unconfident.

Zhao Sichen saw the embarrassed expression of the old man who burned pottery, and said with a smile: "I know that this device is not easy to make.

This is a drawing I drew by myself, and there is definitely no one outside, only one copy.

I heard that you are the best craftsman in Daqing City, so I specially invited you from the suburbs.

If you do it, the salary will be 30% more than the outside. ”

The old man thought for a moment and said: "The old man can't pat his chest and say that he will definitely be able to make it, this device is very novel, I will try to make it first." ”

Zhao Sichen said with a smile: "If you can't do it, there is no other person in the Great Wei Kingdom who can do it." ”

Never before had the nobles said such a compliment to the old man of the pottery, the old man's face was slightly red, and he hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

Zhao Sichen said: "I have a request - please keep this matter confidential.

It took me a lot of effort to draw this drawing.

It's the only design in my house.

Although it is not a valuable thing, I always cherish my own hard work.

If someone else asks you to make a similar drawing, or asks you to give him an identical copy, you can't say yes. ”

The drawings for the old man who burned pottery are simple versions of the distillation flask.

Zhao Sichen wanted to extract essential oils from a distillation flask.

The spices and rouge of this era were made crudely and simply.

Crush the petals with the flowers, add spices, and it's rouge.

Use flower petals and soak the head oil to become a fragrant Dharma protection oil.

However, using flower petals directly as raw materials inevitably brings the bitter taste of petals, although it has the aroma of flowers.

Therefore, Zhao Sichen used a distillation bottle to extract essential oils, and then used essential oils to make floral honeysw and various rouge gouaches, and the fragrance did not know how high-grade and long-lasting.

Zhao Sichen is very confident that his essential oil will definitely be an instant hit.

After essential oils become popular, it is inevitable that some nimble businesses want to counterfeit them.

Without tools, essential oils cannot be purified.

Therefore, before Zhao Sichen made tools, he monopolized the way of tools, and did not worry about other companies to imitate them.

The old man bowed slightly, and said, "Naturally, the patron asks for secrecy, and the old man will definitely keep his mouth shut." But—"

The old man who burned the pottery showed a somewhat smiling face and said: "This look, the bottle belly is big, the bottle tube is small, and it requires a lot of effort to not break.

Let the old man make the device according to this drawing, I'm afraid the salary is not too cheap-"

Although the old man of pottery looks like a farmer who deals with loess all the year round, he is a skilled craftsman who is one of the best craftsmen in Wei State.

Zhao Sichen said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about wages, as long as you do it, you can drive as much as you want." ”

Seeing that Zhao Sichen was happy, the old man also responded happily: "The old man is a fair person, I will not work indiscriminately, so I will naturally quote to the customer at a fair price." ”

Zhao Sichen said with a smile: "I believe you." ”

Aunt Zhuo had already prepared an envelope and handed it to the old man who burned pottery, which not only contained a deposit for making a distillation bottle, but also added an extra carriage fee for him to go back.

Ten days after the two sides made an appointment, the old man took the finished sample to Zhao Sichen to see.

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From the next day, Zhao Sichen began to be busy.

She quit the habit of lounging from morning to night, and locked herself in the kitchen all day long.

According to the food list made by Zhao Sichen every day, Aunt Zhuo sent old chicken, tube bones, pork ribs, pork knuckles, pork belly, chicken feet, ham, pork skin, scallops, etc. into the kitchen like no money.

Zhao Sichen's old chicken, pork ribs, chicken feet, pork knuckles, pig skins, tube bones, and pork belly were put into a large basin after flying into the water.

Then add water, put it in the steamer, cover the pot, steam for a whole hour, steam until the meat and bones are separated, the meat is all steamed, and then all the meat is taken out and carefully mashed.

Subsequently, Zhao Sichen used a clean cotton linen cloth to hold the minced meat, squeezed it hard, filtered the minced meat, and squeezed out the sauce.

This is repeated until a thick sauce remains.

Zhao Sichen tried it for a few days, but felt that the taste was not delicious enough, and after thinking about it, he added ham to the original recipe.

She first cut the ham into small pieces, boiled it in boiling water with ginger and shallots to remove the smell of the meat, and then put the ingredients on a tray and simmered.

Zhao Sichen monopolized the kitchen for seven days, and during these seven days, everyone stayed away from the kitchen, and even Yunbi couldn't get half a step close to the kitchen.

The people in the Zhao Mansion can only call a restaurant banquet, or simply make do with dry food, and it will be seven days.

On this day, Zhao Sichen finally walked out of the kitchen, handed a cup of sticky black sauce to Yun Bi, and said with a smile: "Sister Yun Bi, please try to use this sauce to make a few dishes tonight." ”

Yun Bi took the sauce and sniffed it.

The umami taste is there, but the smell is not very good.

Yun Bi dipped a little sauce with chopsticks and tried it slightly.

Just this sauce made Yun Bi's eyes light up suddenly.

The sauce was salty, but Yunbi, who was well-informed, tasted extremely delicious in the salty sauce.

It was a sweetness she had never tasted before.

Yunbi seemed to be hit by the delicious taste in the brain, and the taste buds were suddenly activated, and the delicious taste exploded in the mouth.

Taking a deep breath, Yun Bi anxiously asked Zhao Sichen: "This, this, this is too delicious!" What did you make it out of? ”

Zhao Sichen said with a smile: "It's just some home-cooked ingredients, just spend more time refining the taste." ”

"You said it so simply," Yun Bi didn't believe it, "but I have never tried such a taste......"

Zhao Sichen smiled: "I have already written a recipe, and I will copy a copy to you when I go back." ”

Before Zhao Sichen finished speaking, Yun Bi couldn't wait to roll up her sleeves: "Hurry up, let everyone not go out, we will all eat at home tonight, I want to serve new dishes!" ”

Zhao Sichen looked at Yunbi who was eager to try with a smile, and responded with a smile: "Yes, there is Sister Lao Yunbi!" ”

Everyone in the Zhao family hasn't eaten the dishes made by Yun Bi herself for a week.

Others are okay, Guo Anyang has a very bad appetite, and he can't stand the simple meal, so he said several times in front of Zhao Sichen and Yunbi: "Old man, I have a poor appetite recently, I don't want to eat tea, I have lost a lot of pounds, I don't know when I will be able to try Miss Yunbi's craftsmanship again......"

Today, I heard that Zhao Sichen finally gave up the kitchen, Yun Bi began to work on the spatula again, and he sat down at the dining table early and waited.

Looking at the dishes being served, Zhao Sichen introduced with a smile: "Today, everyone will try my newly made sauce, abalone mushrooms, abalone tofu, abalone eggplant, abalone shrimp ......"

As the dishes were served, the fragrant aroma filled the hall.

It's just that without exception, the dishes are drizzled with a black, sticky sauce.

Guo Anyang frowned slightly, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yunbi finally made a few dishes, you want to pour all your sauce on it, I don't know if it's delicious......

"Whether it's delicious or not, you'll know if you try it."

Zhao Sichen was full of confidence, picked up the chopsticks, and personally sandwiched two pieces of tofu for Guo Anyang.

Guo Anyang picked up the bowl with a little reserve-

Three seconds later, Guo Anyang's eyes widened and he slammed his chopsticks on the table.

Syllable!

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Sichen was taken aback.

Guo Anyang: "Such a delicious thing, you actually hide it until now!" ”

The old man's eyes were filled with tears of excitement: "I have eaten delicious food from all over the world, and I have never tried such a delicious sauce!" With simple ingredients, you can make a great meal! ”

Guo Anyang trembled his hands and took chopsticks to Zhao Yufeng to pick up vegetables: "Yufeng, try it, it's too fragrant!" It's so fresh! ”

Guo Anyang was so excited that his hands trembled.

Zhao Sichen said with a smile: "If you like it, I'll make it for you every day in the future!" ”

Zhao Zhufei and Zhao Yufeng tried a few new dishes, and they were also praised again and again.

This extreme umami stimulates the taste buds like never before.

After a while, everyone had already swept away a few dishes.

When Aunt Zhuo took the maid to clean up the table, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Today's masters, it took half of the time in the past to run out of food." ”

Although the meal time was short, everyone ate more than usual.

Zhao Sichen said with a smile: "In the future, we can make abalone duck paws, abalone sauce phoenix feet, and abalone seafood, then it is called a delicious one." ”

Listening to the crowd, the audience was salivating again and again.

Zhao Yufeng swept away his old appearance and shouted happily on the side: "Sister, sister, I want to eat too!" ”