Hanbo

Chapter 25
Seeing that everyone had left, Huo Shan stared at an old man among the three subordinates and said, "Who is the order of the examination room?"

"It's the minister!"

Sure enough, it was him, Huo Shan took out a piece of cloth from his bosom, on which was drawn the picture book of the iron pot and the required size.

"Look, can this be built?"

After receiving the order from the examination room, he just glanced at it and said:
"Back to Xiaojunhou, this is very simple and can be built!"

"Don't you look at the size? Besides, this one is made of iron!"

The examination room Cheng unfolded it and carefully looked at the size and thickness marked on it. Huo Shan drew a total of three, a small pot, a big pot, and a big pot!

"Back to Xiaojunhou, it can indeed be built!"

"how long?"

"Back to Junhou, I just took a look at it. This is cooking utensils. Not only does it need to be made, but it also needs to be degassed. For a small pot, two hours is enough. The big pot and this, well, the big pot probably takes a lot of time. It's evening time!"

Huo Shan breathed a sigh of relief:

"Okay, the small pot is enough, Taiguan Ling, take a look, how much speech is enough for a family banquet tonight?"

Taiguan Ling took it and took a look, a little embarrassed, although this kind of cooking utensils are somewhat similar, but they are exactly the same, I have never seen it before!

I don't know the specific function, and it's not easy to ask. The imperial order is in charge of meals, and there are cooking utensils that I don't know?

No matter what, he couldn't justify it, so he could only measure it by his own standards.

Taiguan Ling raised his head confidently and stretched out a hand:

"Fifty!"

Huo Shan leaned back, his face was startled, fifty?

Are you kidding me, did you use so many pots for a family dinner?

Before Huo Shan could speak, the order of the examination room next to him spoke. He straightened his chest and shouted very proudly:
"Two hours!"

Huo Shan was a little speechless, you all sing together...

It's not doubting, it must be possible. If it couldn't be done, he wouldn't say it, and Zhong Gan, the Prisoner of the Shaofu, was standing beside him.

"Okay, then fifty!"

"By the way, Tai Guan Ling, do you know this pot?"

Taiguan Ling sat on the wax, then rolled his eyes, and said confidently:
"Although I don't know the cooking utensils in the world, I only need to take a look at them to understand what they are used for."

Huo Shan had a look of disbelief, feeling that he was bragging:

"Then tell me, what is this cooking utensil used for?"

I still don't believe it, you can still know the wok?

If you really know each other, then you are a time traveler!
Taiguan Ling took the canvas and studied it carefully, then raised his head and asked tentatively:

"cook?"

"Well, it can be cooked!"

"fry?"

"Uh, yes!"

Huo Shan waved his hand angrily, you don't know him at all:

"Okay, if you don't know him, you don't know him, you slap your face and pretend to be fat..."

Taiguan Ling was a little embarrassed, and the others laughed:
"There are also cooking utensils that you don't know, hahahaha!"

Taiguan Ling blushed and had a thick neck, what a humiliation, as a Taiguan Ling, and cooking utensils he didn't know, if he said it, he would be laughed to death by his colleagues!

Taiguan Ling bowed and saluted:
"Please give me some pointers!"

"Don't worry, just wait, it will be made later, and I will teach you how to use it."

Others started to praise and applaud when they saw this scene:
"Okay, sensitive and eager to learn, a real gentleman!"

Huo Shan took out another picture from his pocket, on which were painted stone mills and other utensils, cooking utensils such as rolling pins and spatulas, and some utensils for squeezing oil. The examination room ordered them to take a look:
"Returning to Shangguan, this kind of half-foot mill, this kind of pattern, requires ten sets, and I can carve it in an hour. Other things are relatively simple, so there is no problem."

"Row!"

Huo Shan turned back to find the command officer and said:

"I want two stones of wheat and two stones of bean (soybean)."

"No, I can pull you over in half an hour!"

"Just pull it over here!"

"promise!"

"Okay, let's get started!"

The three of them left with high will. Huo Shan's first order must be completed with guaranteed quality and quantity. If they can leave a good impression, good days will come in the future!
After the three left, Huo Shan, led by several other people, came down and visited the Shaofu office.

After waiting for about an hour and a half, someone came to report that everything was ready, and they returned to Shaofu's mansion.

When Huo Shan returned to the official residence, he saw three or forty people standing in the yard. They had already set up the mill and the mill, and divided it into two parts. The left side grinds noodles, the right side squeezes oil, and the middle puts a frying pan!
Huo Shan looked at the sun, it was already noon, so he said to the eunuch order:
"Let's get some food first, it's noon."

"promise!"

In fact, everyone was not in the habit of eating lunch, but if Huo Shan wanted to eat, of course everyone would not have any objections.

In this era, it is common to have two meals a day, one meal at nine or ten in the morning, and one meal at six or seven in the evening. If you are hungry before the meal time, drink some tea and eat some snacks.

However, this is the daily life of most people. If possible, there are three meals a day, but it is different from the later generations. Usually there is a supper in the evening, and there is no breakfast.

And it's not just three meals, people can eat whenever they want.

Huo Shan looked at the food brought back by the order of the guide, and there was naturally no problem at all, the grains were full and round.

Taking advantage of the cooking time, Huo Shan directed the people to soak the wheat in water a bit more, drained the water and let it sit for a while, then swept the yard clean and dried it.

It should have been watered one day in advance. After the water is drained, it is the best state to let it sit for a day, but there is no time now!
In fact, wheat can be ground without soaking in water, that is, because the bran is not soaked in water, it is not soft, so it will be ground, and then mixed into the noodles, resulting in a bad taste, and the noodles will be much darker.

As for drying, it is to dry the excess water, otherwise it will not be grinding noodles, but grinding paste!

Taiguan Ling moved very quickly. He had just finished his work here and his meal was ready.

After everyone finished their meal, it was only half an hour later. Huo Shan ordered them to start frying the soybeans. At this step, Huo Shan was a little uncertain, mainly because he didn't know how to heat it!

There are actually two ancient methods of soybean oil extraction, pressing and leaching. He can make do with this pressing method, but he doesn’t understand the leaching method at all, so he can only bite the bullet.

Huo Shan looked at the big round cauldron that was on fire underneath, feeling a little helpless, the heat of this thing is even more difficult to control, but there is no way, let's go!

"Divide the two shrubs into two parts and stir fry."

Keep an insurance, if this one is fried, there will be another one.

There were two strong men standing beside the tripod. They looked at each other when they heard Huo Shan's order, and an older man stood up:

"I don't know what the little prince is going to do?"

Huo Shan frowned and thought hard, then suddenly remembered Zhima:
"Have you ever fried sesame seeds?"

"Sesame?"

The two looked at each other again, the elder frowned and thought about it, then asked cautiously:
"Could it be that the little Junhou is talking about the flax that Bowanghou brought back from the Western Regions a few years ago?"

Huo Shan was taken aback, Hu Ma?Is this flax what I thought it was or the name of sesame in this era?
"Go get some and let me see!"

Huo Shan immediately ordered decisively, if it was really flax, what kind of soybeans would he need? The oil yield of this stuff is nearly double that of soybeans.

After a while, one of them ran back with a small bag. Huo Shan opened it and saw that it was flat, drop-shaped, brown, and the grains were bigger than sesame seeds.

This is not sesame, this is clearly flax!

"Go get two stones for this!"

The instructor came out with a face of embarrassment:

"Back to Xiaojunhou, there are not many flax plants. After several years of continuous planting, the Shaofu has only about a hundred stones. These two stones..."

Huo Shan was taken aback again:
"Why are there only a hundred stones, why don't you plant more?"

"Back to Xiaojunhou, one is that there are not many kinds of food for this product, and the other is that the yield per mu of this product is too low, the highest in the field is only about two stones, and it is not very tasty, so..."

Huo Shan frowned, pursed his lips, and stared at the commanding officer's order, you eat oil crops as food, of course it's not very tasty.

"Go get two stones."

Huo Shan is going to show him what the real function of flax is, as long as he knows that this thing can extract oil, is it afraid that someone in Shaofu will not plant it?Hurry up and plant it!
For ordinary people, oil is as precious as meat, but for Shaofu, it is even more precious than meat!
Hu Ma was brought back after a while, Huo Shan waved his hand:
"Fry it in two parts, and fry it directly!"

He doesn't know what kind of soybeans are fried, but he knows flax clearly!
The two strong men started frying, and they also fried flax. Now it's just a difference between a large amount and a small amount. To them, it doesn't mean much.

Huo Shan watched them stir fry, turned around and went over there to look at his own wheat. He went to the yard, grabbed a handful and choked a grain to try it out. He thought it was all right.

"Sweep up the wheat and start grinding. First grind it three times on the coarse grinder, then grind it three times on the fine grinder. Remember to sift out the wheat husks."

Two stones of wheat, five coarse grinds, ten people began to grind, and it was finished after a while. Huo Shan looked at it, and it was all turned into pieces. The others also looked at it, but did not say anything, because everyone I don't even know what Huo Shan is going to do, so let's look again!

After three times, the wheat has become coarse and fine, and some flour has been exposed, and it is not time to sieve, so go to fine grinding!
In fact, there is no need to distinguish the thickness, it will be the same if you grind it several times, but Huo Shan thinks it is troublesome, so you take it out in advance, and the coarse grind can also process large-grained crops in the future.

Just after finishing the fine grinder, when everyone was sifting, the big man who fried the flax ran over:

"Little Junhou, it's ready!"

"Okay, let's start squeezing!"

Huo Shan has already taught them the method, and he just needs to watch it.

Everyone first crushed the flax with a stone mill. This stuff is too oily, which is different from soybeans.

Then use grass to wrap flax flakes into round cakes, and then everyone brought over a boat-like tool.

After Huo Shan and the others set it up, they ran over to look at the thing that looked like a tree and boat. Huo Shan took a look at it. It was hollow in the middle, and the inside was relatively slanted. The sides were high and the middle was low.

The whole is mainly divided into two parts, the lower part is longer, and there is a half-foot-wide opening at the top, which is just enough to put the round cake in vertically, and then put it horizontally inside, mainly because it is afraid of flying out when squeezed. The location has an oil outlet.

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