Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 362 Is a Cook who Learns to Cook
Chen Nian made it very clear that if they really wanted to do it, they would have to face the vigorous counterattack of the Family Group.

Everyone can understand that this policy is to fundamentally curb the family group's monopoly on the way to become an official in the DPRK.

Once those poor families are allowed to have equal opportunities like those aristocratic families, it means that the aristocratic families lose their privileges.

At this time, Fu Xin looked serious: "Brother Chen, this method should be feasible. We still have enough time to perfect this plan and deal with their counterattack. Prince Jing and the prime minister are the shadows used to promote this change, so they will tell me if they have plans and ideas, and I can feel their determination for this change."

Chen Nian nodded: "Then you can figure it out, this new imperial examination system is only the first step, and it also needs to be considered in the long run, there is no way to completely calm down in a short time, after all, behind every wealthy and famous family are several people. Hundreds or even thousands of years of business development."

Fu Xin also agrees with Chen Nian's words: "That's natural, this matter cannot be rushed."

Then he continued to chat with Chen Nian, and Chen Nian also talked to him a lot, such as the Tweet Order, such as the land equalization system.

These are all the methods that Chen Nian knows to deal with the family, but he also warned Fu Xin that these kinds of things must be included in the category with certainty, if they come up, they will sacrifice their cards and force the family too hard Well, then the emperor probably has to finish playing.

Although Fu Xin already knew that Chen Nian had always spoken outspokenly, but at this moment when he directly heard the emperor's words, he still couldn't help touching the cold sweat on his forehead.

All the wine that I drank before was poured out of my forehead at this moment, and the wine that was not completely dissolved by the sour plum soup was completely dissolved by the old age. I quickly got up and went to the door and looked around to make sure that no one was listening outside. , and then closed the door again and came back.

"Brother Chen, you can't say that. That's because I heard it. If others listen to this and report it to the higher authorities, even if you have ten heads, it's not enough to cut you off." Fu Xinyu said earnestly.

But Chen Nian waved his hand: "Don't worry, of course I know this, you are the person I trust the most, you know what I mean, I wouldn't say that outside."

Chen Nian is not stupid, he came to the dreamland to learn how to cook, not to play tricks.

But when Chen Nian said that, Fu Xin didn't dare to mention related topics anymore. Although he had already admired the methods Chen Nian said, but now Chen Nian said more and more openly, even though he I understand the meaning of old age, but others may not.

"But having said that, is Brother Chen planning to only make dim sum in the future? It's a pity that your cooking skills are left behind like this."

But Chen Nian shook his head: "No, no, making dim sum is just a category of cooking. For me, the more I know, the better. When I have learned enough about these dim sum, I will naturally go to cooking."

"I don't know if I will have the opportunity to taste Brother Chen's craftsmanship. To be honest, I have eaten a lot of delicious food in the capital, but for some reason, I always feel that Brother Chen's techniques are different from theirs." Fu Xin said with a little regret Said.

"Of course there is a chance." Chen Nian smiled and patted Fu Xin on the shoulder: "Come and sit in our shop when you are free someday, and I will cook for you what you want."

"That's great." Fu Xin looked happy.

As he was talking, he suddenly remembered that Little Peony didn't seem to come back after leaving. He also knew his wife. She probably felt that she touched a sensitive topic, so she deliberately avoided it.

Now that I have finished talking, it is time to call my wife back to talk about the old days.

They chatted a lot that night, Fu Xin arranged a room for Chen Nian, and called the maid to massage Chen Nian's shoulders, neck, forehead, and wash his feet...

Naturally, it is impossible to get drunk when this kind of wine is aged, but it is disrespectful for someone to serve and do these aging, anyway, just treat it as a massage for the blind.

After finishing, the maid left, and Chen Nian also took off his clothes and fell asleep.

Although he was not at his own home, but lying on the bed, the thickness and softness of the quilt was very in line with his own habits. Sure enough, Fu Xin put his heart into it.

This night, Chen Nian slept very sweetly, and he didn't even hear the rooster crowing in the middle of the night. Presumably, Fu Xin specially arranged for someone to keep an eye on the chickens in the house to prevent them from yelling.

In the morning, Chen Nian opened his eyes and opened the door, stood at the door and stretched, but just after stretching, a servant came over with hot water and asked Chen Nian to wash his face.

The service is very comfortable.

This can't help but make Chen Nian lament that officials and eunuchs just know how to enjoy it. Fu Xin is only a sixth-rank official, and he is relatively clean and honest, without excessive luxury and lust.

Otherwise, Chen Nian would not even dare to think about how comfortable his life would be if he was replaced by a high-quality court official who had high requirements for life.

After a simple wash, someone came to invite Chen Nian to have breakfast. Of course, this breakfast was eaten by Chen Nian alone.

It's just dawn now, but Fu Xin has already left the house to go to court, and although Chen Nian has a good relationship with Fu Xin and Xiao Mudan, after all, Fu Xin is the number one scholar now, let him go to this place again The hostess was not too good at eating alone.

So after having some breakfast, Chen Nian asked the boy to talk to Little Mudan and then left to go home.

Cousin should still be making dim sum now, Chen Nian has to go back and help out.

On the way, I bought eight more small meat buns. The meat buns are very exquisite, about the size of a half-normal steamed bun, and the inside is made of mutton. Although the price is relatively expensive, the skin is thin and the stuffing It's big, the outer layer of white coat is muscular and soft, it feels soft and warm in the hand, and it feels very good. If you gently bite off the outer layer of bun skin, a round hole the size of a square hole in a copper coin will be exposed. Come, you can see the crystal meat and juice inside again.

The steamed stuffed buns from this steamed stuffed bun shop were only bought once before they were aged, but after eating them once, they felt very good. They didn’t have the smell of mutton at all. It was obvious that the store handled them very well.

I happened to be passing by today and bought some more.

It's just that Chen Nian couldn't stand the temptation when he was walking on the road, he squeezed a bun with his thumb and index finger, threw his head up and into his mouth.

The skin of the steamed stuffed bun burst open immediately, and the skin jelly that had been steamed at high temperature melted inside turned into a rich juice that flowed in the mouth.

There is no smell of mutton, but there is a strong smell of meat, which keeps wandering between the aged teeth and the tip of the tongue. After being imprisoned for a few hours, the juice is suddenly released, and it is still slightly hot.

"Ha ha……"

Chen Ning couldn't help opening his mouth to breathe outwards, and let the cold air enter his mouth at the same time, but even so, his teeth did not rest, and he kept chewing tentatively, but the frequency was more than usual when eating. Much faster.

Just like this, Chen Nian hissed and laughed, and he finished eating this bun in a short time.

After eating one, he felt a bit unsatisfactory, Chen Nian carefully squeezed another bun and threw it into his mouth, and then the scene just now reappeared.

After returning to the shop, Chen Nian handed the remaining six buns to Lu Ke.

"Sister, eat buns."

"You eat first." Lu Ke said with a smile.

"I've already eaten at Fu Xin's house, and I also ate a few buns after I bought them just now. Now my stomach is not full. If I eat again at noon, I won't be able to eat anything."

Hearing this, Lu Ke patted the glutinous rice flour on his hands and didn't wash it. He squeezed a bun and began to eat it in small mouthfuls. He blew on it from time to time, and then Lu Ke continued to eat after the hot air on it was blown away.

Chen Nian naturally knows that it is not good to always eat too hot food, but who let this be in a dream, in the dream, Chen Nian seems to have a natural resistance to these foods.

You can intuitively feel the quality of food with normal sense of taste and smell, but as long as you don’t drink boiled water or take poison directly, you usually eat a slightly hot steamed bun like just now, or eat a little hot bun like before. In the first dream, I ate mapo tofu every night for two consecutive months.

With this kind of talent, it is natural to enjoy yourself in time, otherwise you will get burned sooner or later if you eat like this in reality.

But now that I think about it, many chefs have been working for a long time, and their hands will become deformed, their fingers will become thicker, their pores will become more obvious, their hands will become redder, and their arms will become like unicorn arms. Not affected by these.

That is to say, there are some calluses on the tiger's mouth, but it is definitely not that obvious.

In addition, the open hand still looks white and slender.

Anyway, no matter how you look at it, it definitely doesn't look like a laborer's hand.

"Is this also the benefit of the recipe?"

"That's not bad."

No wonder I have been in the kitchen for so long, and my appearance has not been affected by the fume.

Thinking of this, Lu Ke over there ate four buns and stopped working: "I'm full, you should eat the rest."

Chen Nian nodded and didn't give in too much, because this is what my cousin eats in the morning.

After I ate all the remaining buns, I started making dim sum with my cousin for sale this morning.

The reputation of Thousand Fruit Cake has been spread. Although the price is a little expensive, it is loved by many people because of its special taste, which is very similar to real fruit.

Usually, as soon as the thousand fruit cakes are released every morning, many people who are nearby will flock to them and start buying them.

It is precisely because of this level of enthusiasm that Chen Nian had to start a marketing model.

Each person can buy a limited number, and first come first served.

There must be countless people watching behind every profitable business, and this thousand fruit cake is no exception. There are many dim sum shops in Chang'an City, and they naturally know that there is a dim sum shop in Fuchunfang in Chang'an County. Out comes a very tasty pastry.

And because of this kind of pastry, many people who come to buy dim sum here will ask if there is any fruit cake.

After knowing that there is no such thing, some regular customers often just buy a little pastry out of sympathy and leave. As for some who don’t come often or come for the first time, they turn around after knowing that there is no thousand fruit cake here. Just leave, not even favor consumption.

So before Lu Wanxing dim sum shop puts out the thousand fruit cakes every day, they will also stay nearby.

Huangtian paid off, and it didn't take long for them to finally grab the Thousand Fruit Cake.

After eating it, they couldn't help but sigh that the pastry tasted very similar to the fruit, and they could tell which fruit was used in it.

After all, the taste of orange is still very obvious.

Therefore, they all began to try to make it one after another, and all of a sudden, fruit cakes such as fruit cakes sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Some of them are not bad. The pastries made taste similar to the thousand fruit cakes from Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop, and the price is a little bit cheaper, so they have managed to get some customers.

But there are still some who are not good enough. They only know how to imitate their shapes but don't know the essence. After random blending, the pastries they make taste strange.

But they will also play some tricks, that is, to make the appearance as good as possible. As for the taste, it will not be discovered until the customer buys it back and tastes it.

So one day in May, Prince Jing Li Zhao came again.

"Brother Chen, do you still have thousand fruit cakes for sale?"

"There are still some that we plan to keep for ourselves to eat, but we are all on our own. If you want, son, I can spare some."

"Hahaha, how embarrassing is that?"

Chen Nian originally thought that he would get himself a plaque written by Emperor Daxia himself as the other party, and he was so polite to him, but who knew that the other party quickly continued to say: "Then I will trouble Brother Chen... ..."

When Chen Nian heard it, yes, then pack it up.

Afterwards, Chen Nian swiftly packed up some thousand fruit cakes that had been put away earlier, but in fact these were left by him on a special trip.

The main thing is to keep it for Li Zhao.

He is now very clear that when Li Zhao comes to buy thousand fruit cakes, he must bring them back to the emperor, so in order to ensure that the other party can buy them every time he comes, Chen Nian will make more every day, and then put them away for storage.

Of course, if Li Zhao hadn't come or sent someone over, he would have taken them out and disposed of them cheaply after You o'clock in the evening.

After getting the snacks, Li Zhao beamed and said, "By the way, Brother Chen, when I came here earlier, I saw that many shops had already started selling your cakes. If this continues, I'm afraid the business of your thousand fruit cakes will not be easy. what."

But Chen Nian shook his head: "Don't worry, this thousand fruit cake is not a particularly difficult thing to make. If they are willing to learn, let them learn it. I just need to keep some old customers here. After all Everyone knows that the thousand fruit cakes came out of us first."

"But in this way, wouldn't you earn less money?"

"Didn't I say it before? The main purpose of doing business is to make friends. It doesn't matter if it's money or not. It's enough to spend enough?" Chen Nian said with a mysterious smile on his face: "But ah , Next, I plan to launch a new kind of pastry, and I have already started to try it. If there are no accidents, it will be sold after a while, and it will be difficult for those in the same industry to learn~"

(End of this chapter)