Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 82

A piece of thin dough is wrapped with two pieces of bacon that is the size of an adult's palm and as thick as a finger. There is also a layer of delicious dried vegetables on top of the bacon, and then brushed with homemade sauce. The enjoyment on the table, this is Lao Jiang's pancakes.

Although it was called Old Jiang's family, in fact, the business was done by a pair of young brothers, who were originally from Hanyuguan and belonged to Jiang's family in Hanyuguan.

Hanyuguan Jiang's family, counting from the current generation up to five generations, have been the imperial cooks in the palace, and the current master is the cousin of the two young brothers, who is of a relatively close blood.The pancake business has just opened for a few days, and Xue Ruitian, who is delicious, has asked someone to inquire about the situation between the two brothers and the Jiang family, and he has never heard of any news that there is any discord between the brothers in their family, and he does not know why the two brothers Ran all the way to Jiaping Guancheng.However, since they didn't call Hanyuguan the Jiang family's name, but hide their identities to make a living by themselves, it means that they don't want to have anything to do with Hanyuguan. He didn't bother to track down the inside story.

"There are still things you're not curious about, how obedient!" Shen Cha looked at the huge pancake in front of him, asked Merlin for a knife, cut the pancake in front of him into three pieces, and kept one for himself. The next two were distributed to Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian. "However, the methods and styles of these two brothers' cooking are completely different from those of the Jiang family. The Jiang family has always paid attention to refinement and elegance. A few years ago, His Majesty liked it very much. In recent years, His Majesty likes to go out, not so much. Waiting to see him. But these two people..." Shen Cha took a bite and tasted it a little bit, "It's very rough, and it smells like our border. I understand why they came out. I guess this style can't be mixed. To the Jiang family's own style."

"What I'm saying is that the most attractive thing about their pancakes is that they have a large portion. Girls with small appetites, scholars, etc., eat such a one, and they don't have to eat for a whole day. Even for a warrior like us, a Half or two can also fill the stomach."

"Yes, the portion is enough to support people sometimes, and I don't want to see pancakes and anything related to pancakes for several days." Jin Jing nodded, "And, the taste is not as good as those in the city. The house sells the best pancakes. Compared with other places, the pancakes from other places taste like chewing wax. Grandpa Guo and Xiaocha don’t hang out very often. Lord Hou and I go out for a walk when we have nothing to do. This way of doing business is also very special. Hou Ye brought us the most basic and best-selling kind of his family. His family also added eggs on this basis, added dried vegetables, or customers bought from You can bring your own ingredients and put them inside, all of these are fine.”

"It's quite novel. No wonder it's been so famous for a short time." Shen Cha finished her share of pancakes and took a bowl of Hu spicy soup prepared by the master chef of the dining room. Is it for extra money? Or, this business can’t be compensated?”

"Of course." Xue Ruitian quickly killed the whole pancake, drank two mouthfuls of soup, and started to eat the portion Shencha gave him, "A pancake like this costs fifteen yuan, no meat , as long as eggs and vegetables, it costs fifteen yuan. If a customer wants to add both meat and eggs, it costs 25 yuan." Xue Ruitian swallowed the pancakes in his mouth, "His store made a very detailed pancake. Everyone can understand how much meat, how many eggs, how many dried vegetables, and the corresponding price.”

"Fifteen Wen? Even if it's 25 Wen, it's not expensive, at least it's real!" Ying Qi ate a piece with Hong Ye and Jin Miaomiao. She wiped her mouth and said, "Don't talk about the prosperous Xijing The place is a border town like ours. It’s a good deal. It’s definitely a conscientious business. The most common thing is that we often run outside, and we know the price best. Fifteen cents is the price of two buns. That kind of buns, The stuffing inside is all vegetables, basically no meat can be seen, but the boss still uses the guise of meat buns.”

"However, this thing..." Jin Jing looked at her younger sister, "An experienced cook should be able to make it after eating it twice, right? Miao Miao, what do you think?"

"It's hard!" Jin Miaomiao shook his head, "This pancake is just a thin dough with various ingredients and side dishes wrapped in it. The sauce is the key."

"The sauce...you can make it yourself, right?"

"It's not easy to have the same taste as his." Jin Miaomiao picked up the soup bowl and took a sip of the soup, "I just tasted it on purpose, his sauce is very rich in taste, there are at least ten kinds There are several kinds of medicinal materials in the above spices, I have tasted five or six kinds, but I am not sure about the most important ones. Many spices and medicinal materials have similar tastes, so it is easier to confuse them."

"I remember..." Shen Cha put down the soup bowl, raised his head slightly, and thought for a while, "There was a case that was related to Lao Jiang's family."

"I know!" Xue Ruitian patted the table lightly, "This case was judged by the Marquis! It was not long after Lao Jiang's family opened, and a wealthy gentry from the north of the city came to the door, wanting to buy the secret recipe for their brothers' sauce. I knew this kind of thing would not be sold easily, and the Jiang family brothers naturally did not agree. At that time, not long after Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen passed away, we young people just started to get in touch with the affairs of the army and the city. We are still figuring it out, and some people take advantage of this opportunity to do some small bad things. That's the idea of ​​the rich gentry, while we are all busy defending against foreign enemies and have no time to clean up the affairs of the city, He ordered the family's evil slaves to harass the two brothers in three groups, making them unable to do business or rest. Later, when the rich gentleman saw that the two brothers were determined not to sell him the secret recipe, he sent Someone smashed the shop." Xue Ruitian took a sip of tea, "On the day the shop was smashed, Master Ben happened to pass by and witnessed all this with his own eyes."

"The result?" Jin Miaomiao was studying under Master Huilan at that time, and she had never heard of this matter. She blinked her eyes and expressed her interest.

"It turns out that those who should be arrested should be arrested, those who should be beaten should be beaten, and those who should be appeased should be appeased! The evil slave who harassed people and smashed shops was sent to the mountains to serve hard labor. As for the rich gentry, he originally wanted to beat him up. , fined him money, and asked him to apologize to the Jiang family brothers. Unexpectedly, he didn't think he was at fault at all, and beat the sergeant who was in charge of the negotiation."

"This is killing me!" Jin Miaomiao curled her lips, "What happened next?"

"During the melee, he was hacked to death by his own slave." Xue Ruitian spread his hands, "In the end, it was his eldest son who had not yet reached 12 years old who came out to make the decision. If he should accept the punishment, he should accept the punishment. If he should apologize, he should apologize. Those who lose money will lose money. After the funeral, his family disappeared from Jiapingguan City, and where it is now, I don’t know.”

"I know!" Yingba raised his hand, "Our boss was a little worried when he heard about this, so he asked Shadow to keep an eye on their family. They left the customs and went to Huihe, where they are now doing silk business. , business is pretty good."

"That's still very good!" Xue Ruitian nodded, "However, since then, no one has dared to do this kind of forced buying and selling, hurting people's lives, and smashing people's shops. Now go to their shop, They are very disciplined.”

"Then, wouldn't the Jiang family brothers thank you well?" Jin Miaomiao raised his eyebrows, "For example, send you pancakes every day?"

"Don't be funny, these pancakes are delicious. If you eat them every day, you won't be able to taste anything, right? Once in a while, they are delicious." Xue Ruitian stretched his waist, "By the way, Xiaocha, I just wanted to say it, but I almost forgot about it when I interrupted it. More people should be sent to watch over the execution ground. I went to the military camp before I came, met Qiao Zi and Chen Lang, and told them For a moment, let them send [-] more people each on the original basis. There are too many onlookers, which exceeded our expectations."

"Ying Qi told us that almost the people in the whole city went to watch the fun, really?"

"Really!" Xue Ruitian nodded, "There are more people than temple fairs, and they are all lively!"

"So, you are worried that someone will rob the execution ground?" Shen Cha shook his head disapprovingly, "Those people would not take such a big risk for these abandoned sons, they wish these people could be executed sooner, these people die Now, they're safe."

"I'm not worried about those remnants. If they dare to rob the court, that's fine. We don't need to worry about them if we just wipe them all out."

"Then what are you worried about?" Shen Cha raised her eyebrows, "I'm asked to transfer so many people, what should I do?"

"It should be to maintain order!" Shen Haolin added a cup of strong tea to Shen Cha, "The closer it is to [-]:[-] noon, the atmosphere in the city will become more and more heated. When it really comes to the moment of execution, the people may I can't control myself, if something unexpected happens, it won't be too good." Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha on the shoulder, "Send your little rookies there, and let them see the world, so as not to happen like that on the battlefield last time. Passed out accidentally."

"What brother said is right! How about..." Shen Cha thought about it seriously, "How about we just replace the executioners and let them go? They have been training for more than two months, so they should be able to practice." Practiced, right?"

"That's right, I agree!"

"Hey, pass by, pass by, don't miss it!" Xue Ruitian patted the table, pointed at Shen Haolin, and pointed at Shen Cha, "Everyone, come and watch this pair of unscrupulous brothers and sisters!"

"Where is the black heart?" Shen Cha snorted coldly, "Does Hou Ye want to see the scene of rolling his eyes and fainting just after entering the battlefield again? It's not my shadow's face that's lost, but the entire Shen family army s face!"

"That's right!" Shen Haolin echoed, "Last time, I was laughed at by Liao Jin for half a year. I don't want to lose this face a second time!" Shen Haolin patted the table, "I've made a decision, that's all deal!"

"Okay!" Jin Jing tugged at Xue Ruitian who was still trying to argue, "They sing together, and you can't tell them how many mouths you have, why bother?"

"Who... are you standing on?"

"Hmm..." Jin Jing stroked her chin and thought for a while, "This time I'm on the side of the Duke and the general."

"I...I really..." Xue Ruitian looked at this, then at that, and sighed heavily, "I'm not careful in making friends!"

(End of this chapter)