Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 41 I am not a harsh person

"The oil is out! The oil is out! It smells so good!"

A few masons and a few oil-pressing people stood there dancing and shouting loudly.

Wang Xiaohun stood aside and watched quietly.It is not surprising that oil is produced, soybeans in later generations were originally oil crops.However, how much oil is produced, this oil is not fragrant, and it is not very useful. It needs to be verified in practice.

Soybean oil is not tasty.Especially raw soybean oil has a fishy smell, which is very unpleasant.Before pressing, Wang Xiaohun ordered the beans to be cooked, and then pressed again, the fishy smell would not be so heavy.

Seeing that the oil was coming out smoothly, Wang Xiaohun ordered people to take out the pots that had been cast in the past few days.

In this era, there is basically no cooking, and the pot is of course different from the later generations.Wang Xiaohun recast the pot as he remembered.Three large pots and three small frying pans, to make some dishes that are not seen at this time.

Watching the soldiers wash the pot, Wang Zhong said to Wang Xiao, "Xiao Sheren, this kind of pot is not easy. Especially the big pot, it is extremely difficult to cast, and the craftsman has spent a lot of effort. I don't know how to make it here. Isn't the meal extra delicious?"

Wang Xiaohun said: "The same way, how delicious is made in this pot? This kind of pot is just more useful than the previous pot, and it is convenient to use. Today, there is a big pot, and there is tofu grinding there. How much do you need to make? It’s good to have different dishes.”

The soldiers over there cleaned up.Wang Xiaohun said: "If you want an iron pot to work well, you need to boil it carefully before you use it. Take the empty pot to the stove over there and burn it as you like. Burn the whole pot until it changes color, and then prepare it. wipe the flesh."

Several soldiers agreed.Dry the pot and bring it to the stove to burn.

The wok needs to be boiled.Wang Xiaohun had only heard of this matter, and had a little idea about it, but had never seen how to do it.However, Wang Xiaohun knew the general steps.Heat the wok with fire first to oxidize the iron on the surface of the wok.Then rub it all over with the prepared pork with oil, and a chemical reaction occurs.A layer of oxide film is formed on the surface of the iron pot, and it will not rust when used again, and it is not easy to stick to the pot.

The oxides of iron are very complex, and Wang Xiaohun does not know which order of iron oxides the surface is.He just knew that in order for the wok to work well, these steps must be done before using it.

The soldiers had never done these things, and in the midst of a commotion, they opened the iron pot and cleaned it again.

Wang Xiaohun called Fan Xuan, who was cooking for himself, and said to him: "We have tried how to braise pork these days, and you are already cooked. But the pots in the past were not big enough, so it was not fun. Here is a pot, I'll make you a lo-mei. You bought all kinds of pigs and sheep from the morning market this morning, and you've marinated them separately. It's rare to eat meat once in the army, so you have to be careful."

Fan Xuan crossed his hands: "Xiao Sheren can feel at ease, he must do well when he is young."

Seeing his confident look, Wang Xiaohun nodded and said, "Okay. You can cook the lamb bones in another pot. Let's eat some lamb soup to fill our stomachs."

Fan Xuan agreed and ordered a few soldiers to prepare.

Although things are expensive in Kaifeng, there are always cheap things.These days, the army and the butchers in the city are familiar with each other, so Wang Xiaohun took Fan Xuan and a few people to buy some worthless things from them.Such as bones, intestines and livers, belly and lungs, etc., are extremely cheap, and they are bought back to the army.According to the memory of the previous life, they instructed them to make brine, which was used to cook food.

The production of pigs and sheep is a university question, and Chinese people are not familiar with it from the beginning.Even in later generations, most parts of the world still don't eat it.In the current Song Dynasty, there are very few marinated foods, and these things are almost given for nothing.Except for some special parts, such as sheep's heads and feet, which will be made by special people, most of them are actually thrown away.

Seeing that Fan Xuan was busy with the people, Wang Xiaohun looked at the sky and said to Wang Zhong, "Tell Yang Shen that dinner will be served in half an hour."

Wang Zhong went.Wang Xiaohun commanded several soldiers to prepare vegetables.There are many vegetable gardens around Kaifeng Mansion. It is summer and vegetables are not expensive.Wang Xiaohun bought a lot of eggplants, a bunch of cucumbers, and a bunch of loofah, all of which were bought at a low price in the vegetable garden.

Wang Zhong came back and watched his soldiers peel the eggplant there.After watching for a while, he said to Wang Xiaohun, "Xiaosheren, how do you eat these eggplants? If you cook them, I'm afraid they won't taste much."

Wang Xiao hunting said: "The eggplant is thick and meaty, and it is really satisfying. Today we squeezed the oil, and we will let Fan Xuan cook the eggplant later."

Wang Zhong didn't know what it was like to burn eggplants, so he just nodded.Anyway, today's food is something I haven't eaten before, and I don't know where Xiaoshe people learned it from, which makes people feel strange.In particular, it is unheard of to say that oil extraction from soybeans and sesame oil have their own advantages.

After a while, the tofu is well ground there.Several soldiers carried a large bucket, poured the soy juice into the large pot, and set it on fire below.At this time, although there was tofu, it was not popular, and everyone had never seen how to make tofu.After it was boiled, when they saw the bean juice in the pot churning, they all ran over to see it.

Fan Xuan personally took the wooden spoon, put brine in it, and gently stirred it in the bean juice according to the method instructed by Wang Xiaolie.After a while, the bean juice in the pot began to coagulate like cotton wool.When everyone saw it, they were amazed.

Made it for the first time today, not a lot.It's just two large pots of bean juice, and they all congealed after a while, put them aside and pressed them.

The eggplant over there was peeled, and Fan Xuan asked the large pot for cooking the soy sauce to be washed and put soy oil in it.

Wang Xiaohun stepped forward and asked Fan Xuan to stick a chopstick into the oil.After waiting until it was slightly bubbling, he said, "Okay, get off the eggplant and fry it!"

Fan Xuan got the order and instructed his assistant to put the sliced ​​eggplant into the pot.I took a big fence in my hand and waited until it was fried and fished out.After a while, I took out two pots and put them aside.

Wang Zhongzhi was stunned.After a while, he said, "It's the first time I've seen fried vegetables like this!"

Wang Xiaohun smiled and said, "With so much oil, how can you still fry? This is frying! In the future, with soybean oil, the oil will be cheaper, but more frying and less frying. Frying is fast and delicious. ."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaohun suddenly remembered that if you have oil, you should fry fritters.It's just that the military doesn't buy much wheat, and it's not easy to grind, so now it's just that.In the future, there will be more wheat, and fritters should be popularized, which is really indispensable for breakfast in my memory.

After the eggplant was fried, the oil in the pot was scooped out, and Fan Xuan poured the eggplant in again.After frying, add the prepared sauce, add some green leafy vegetables, and order out of the pot.A large pot of roasted eggplant is done.

Wang Xiaohun said to Wang Zhong, "Go and tell Yang Shen to stop everyone and come over for dinner."

Not long after, Yang Shen brought people over and sang the promise together.

Wang Xiaohun said: "Today I squeezed out the oil, made tofu, and made a few dishes for everyone to eat. Sit down first."

Everyone sang promises, sat down together, and looked curiously at the big pot of roasted eggplant.

Wang Xiaohun said: "Fan Xuan will make another loofah egg soup, a cucumber, and mixed tofu, everyone wait a minute. I have a few words. These few days, you have come to me, I just learned to read with Yang Shen, but I didn't practice bow and horse martial arts. In fact, it's not just here, the training in the army is not good. I line up every day and shoot a few arrows. It's very loose. It's not that I don't want to train, I don't know how to train. If you don't know what you don't know, you should learn it, don't play around with your imagination. These days, I went to see Captain Wang twice. The captain promised to send some generals to our army in a few days. Teach the knowledge of leading soldiers. After a few days, it will not be like these few days of leisure."

After everyone listened, they realized that Wang Xiaohun was not rambling, but went to seek advice.Cross hands together and say yes.

Wang Xiaohun said: "As I said, we are a rebel army, and we rose up with righteousness. Although Dad went, the team is still there, and we are still here. We can't drive away the Jin people, and we can't restore the rivers and mountains, so we have been there. It's not easy, and there is no room for negligence. To be honest, although there are still many unsatisfactory things in Kaifeng City, it is already an excellent day. It is normal to relax at this time, and there is nothing wrong with it. Just, everyone, please don't I thought it would be like this in the future, and there will be many hard days."

Shao Ling crossed his hands and said: "We can all take care of this matter, Xiao Sheren doesn't need to say more."

Wang Xiaohun nodded.Dao: "I'm not a harsh person. If everyone does well, the front will win, and the people in the back will be happy, I am naturally willing to have fun with everyone, laughing and laughing. People should not be so hard in this world, they should be Live happily. But if you can’t win, you want to be happy? Being alive is an eye-opener!”

Speaking of which, Wang Xiaohun's voice was high.Everyone was taken aback.

Wang Xiaohun continued: "What time is it now? The golden people are rampant, and the people are not living well. Take a look outside Kaifeng City, the bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles! Ten years ago, this Kaifeng City was the number one in the world. Prosperous land, now? What can be done? We are born in such an era, we can only accept this kind of life! There is no way. We can only stand up, pick up guns, stand up, and fight the golden man to the death! If you win, live happily. If you don't win, then die!"

When everyone saw Wang Xiao's hunting eyes like lightning and his voice like a bell, they crossed their hands and sang aloud.

Wang Xiaohun looked at the crowd, but did not speak for a long time.

How should I lead this army?Many times, it is not about what kind of person you are, but about how you need to take care of yourself.

Now the army is sparse, discipline is not strict, morale is not very high, not to mention combat skills.If it were just these few hundred people, relying on Wang Xiaohun's bravery, he might be able to win the battle.But once there are too many people, what will happen like this?Wang Xiaohun knew that this would not work.But Wang Xiaohun really didn't know how to lead the army, so he could only wait.

Serious military discipline is not easy to talk about casually.If he didn't follow Zhao Gou and be a courtier, Wang Xiaohun couldn't be harsh, and he couldn't lead the army with high-handedness.He needs to be an easy-going person who wants to be amiable without violating his principles.

The role model Wang Xiaohun wanted to learn from was Yue Fei.The Yue Family Army has strict military discipline and strong combat effectiveness, which is really good.But on the other hand, when Yue Fei died unjustly, the entire army hardly said a word except for Yue Yun and Zhang Xian who accompanied him.The other, when the uprising failed, went to Jinggang Mountain and opened up a new situation in the Chinese revolution.But he has a sharp temper, can't tolerate the mistakes of his subordinates, and has a bad relationship with most people.When he was betrayed, there was almost no one to help him until he was forced to the Long March.After the Long March, his character was very kind and gentle.

In the current situation, once Wang Xiaohun made a mistake, he would not even have the chance to start over on the Long March.There is actually no choice.

(End of this chapter)