Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 729
Chapter [-]

Pork is the main meat on the people's dinner table, no matter whether it is mutton or beef, because of the cost, the people really can't afford it.

Many people think that there was no beef to eat in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, this is a wrong perception.It is of course illegal for Datang to slaughter beef wantonly, and he will be taxed and fined heavily, but it is not impossible to want to eat beef.After all, cattle will die of old age, sickness, broken legs, or damaged cattle hooves. Cattle that cannot do heavy work are wasteful to raise, and they can only be killed for meat.

Of course, under the condition that all legal procedures are complete, it is still possible to kill cattle.For example, let Li Zheng and the village elders testify that the cow can be classified as a disabled farm cow and cannot work at all. In this way, it is completely legal to kill the cow for meat.

In the Tang Dynasty, a strong cattle could be sold for [-] or [-] renminbi, but beef cost as much as [-] renminbi a catty. Who knew that even the smallest cow was far more than [-] jin. Cattle are far more expensive than adult cattle.Because of the interests, Datang is almost full of various legal procedures for killing cattle.

But although beef is delicious, it is not something ordinary people can afford.Of course, mutton is also expensive. Although mutton is only one-fifth of beef, it is still the price of several buckets of grain. People who can't even eat will naturally not eat meat.

However, Chen Ying was very clear.Whether a nation is strong or not depends mainly on the source of its food.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese orientals were called the "sick men of East Asia". This was actually because the corrupt Qing government imposed excessive taxes on the people, and the people couldn't even eat enough, let alone their health.Almost all Chinese are emaciated, and fat people are even rarer than giant pandas.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although there have been wars for many years.However, most of the wars were decisively won outside the country, except for the Liuwuzhou Rebellion in Hedong and the Pangqidi Rebellion in Lizhou, which were found inside Datang, but the impact was not very serious.Now the people's food is gradually enriched.It can be full, but it is far from the standard of eating well.

In the words of later generations, the people of Tang Dynasty are still struggling with food and clothing.It is foreseeable that in the near future, the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be short of food, and it is imminent to improve the quality of life.

The Central Plains is not like a grassland. There is not a lot of pasture for raising sheep. It is simply unrealistic to eat a lot of mutton.However, pork is different.Pigs are omnivores, whether it is grass or leftovers, they are all meat and vegetables.

However, in this era, pork still has a very significant disadvantage, that is, the taste is too poor, even if it is cooked with a lot of spices, the taste is still very poor.The reason why Su Dongpo invented Dongpo pork and became popular at the beginning was because the pork was smelly and difficult to eat, but Dongpo pork was different. It put a lot of sauce, and two liang of green onions and two liang of sugar were added to three catties of pork. , You also need to put four taels of Shaoxing wine, one tael of ginger, and three taels of soy sauce.Chen Ying completely followed the Dongpo meat recipe, and the taste of the Dongpo meat was far inferior to that of later generations.

Of course, the main reason for this is the smell of pork, because a lot of seasoning can remove the smell of pork, but seasoning is actually a luxury in this era, and many people can’t even afford salt, so they have to buy it mixed with sand. How could it be possible to put so many condiments to make a meal of meat?

In the Tang Dynasty, there were a lot of people who ate sheep, but not many fish and shrimps. The meat in the mouths of the people was mainly mutton, and there were many sheep. Even in the countryside, pigs were relatively rare.Of course, because pigs are very active, they consume quickly and eat a lot, but they don't grow much meat.

The only difference between pig raising in later generations and this era is that when raising pigs in later generations, pigs will be castrated, commonly known as castration.It is the operation to remove or destroy the pig's ovaries or testicles.Castrated pigs lose their reproductive function and become docile in temperament, which is convenient for management, service, fattening and improving the quality of meat. It can also prevent free mating of inferior pigs, which has played a positive role in improving domestic pig breeds.Domestic pigs have been castrated, which has greatly improved economic benefits.

After some experiments, Chen Ying asked the military medical officer to castrate more than 100 pigs, and the effect was very obvious. After less than half a year, these pigs had grown to more than 100 catties.The lazy, chubby pig looks very cute.

Just before Chen Ying's stewed fat chicken was out of the pot, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes.A group of sturdy cavalry came from afar.

Chen Ying didn't pay any attention to it. There is no longer any cavalry on Xizhou Road. Regardless of any tribe, the numbers of each tribe are branded on the buttocks of the horses. Once these horses appear on the battlefield hostile to Datang, these horses will The tribe will suffer.

Therefore, the Xizhou Dao will strictly manage each tribe, and the horses will not flow out, let alone the cavalry galloping in groups.

Just when Chen Ying was about to start the pot and add shallots.A burst of laughter came from outside: "It's better to come early than coincidentally. It seems that this king came at the right time!"

Chen Ying followed the voice, and saw Li Yuanji's Adam's apple in silver armor drooling towards the cauldron in front of Chen Ying.

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji and smiled, "Why are you here?"

Li Yuanji reached out to serve the pot and said, "Third brother-in-law, I have nothing to do in Liangzhou, so I came to Xizhou Road to see you. This trip, I was exhausted. I went to Gaochang City first, and then Jingjuecheng, and now I ran into Jingjuecheng again, I am exhausted!"

Li Yuanji was also bold. He led more than 3000 elite Qi Palace guards and ran for more than [-] miles on the Xizhou Road. After half a month, he lost a lot of weight.

Seeing Li Yuanji drooling, Chen Ying said, "This is just a chicken!"

"I don't care!" Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Third brother-in-law, you have to feed it to me!"

At this moment, Li Yuanji suddenly found Minaval beside Chen Ying.He looked at Minaval warily and asked, "Third brother-in-law, don't you explain to me who this old woman is?"

"You are the old woman!" Minaval shouted with wide eyes, "Your family are all old women!"

Li Yuanji smiled immediately: "Hey... you are quite a hot woman, I wonder if you will be so energetic in bed!"

Chen Yingdao: "Your Highness King Qi, don't be fooled, she is Minaval, the princess of the Sasanian Empire!"

Li Yuanji proudly said: "A mere Sasanian princess, what's so great about it. I am the King Qi of the Tang Dynasty!"

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji and Minaval who were bickering and said: "You guys go out and argue, don't hinder the chief's cooking!"

Seeing Chen Ying's angry face, Li Yuanji pointed at Minaval.

Chen Yingchong and Zhou Qing said: "Go get two big pigs, let's eat pork today!"

When Li Yuanji heard about eating pork, he said displeasedly: "Third brother-in-law, I want to eat mutton!"

"Okay, kill two more sheep!"

Chen Ying commanded Zhou Qing to kill pigs. The soldiers in the army slaughtered pigs simply and brutally. With one knife, the pig's head was cut off directly, and the pig's blood was taken in a large basin. Then the internal organs were removed, the hair was removed, and chopped into pieces of meat.

Pour two buckets of water into two large military pots with a diameter of three feet, and then throw in the pork cut into palms, and then add pig blood, pork bones, lean meat, pork belly, pig intestines, pork kidneys, and pig head meat, The pig's brains are thrown into the cauldron. This is a well-known dish in later generations. It is a famous dish in Northeast China. It was originally a kind of stew in rural areas when pigs are killed when the New Year is approaching. In a large pot, directly Throw all parts of the pig into the pot.

Li Yuanji watched Chen Ying kill the pig, cut the meat, and throw all the pig parts into the cauldron, so he lost his appetite for this dish.

Chen Ying naturally didn't force it.

Looking at the fire in self-concern, as the steam diffused, the smell of butchered vegetables gradually came out.

Minaval, who had been arguing with Li Yuanji before, looked at Chen Ying and said with a smile, "I don't want to eat chicken anymore, I want to eat pork!"

"Are you willing to eat it?" Chen Ying couldn't believe it. Although this pig-killing dish is famous and tastes good, it doesn't look very good.

Minaval waited for Chen Ying to prepare the butcher dish, and volunteered to pick up the chopsticks, but seeing the white pork, she began to hesitate again.

It is an indisputable fact that pork is cheap meat.The Sasanian Empire also used mutton and beef as the main source of meat. The Sasanian Empire also did not have many pigs, and most people did not eat pork.

Li Yuanji looked at Minaval hesitantly and laughed loudly: "You are eating!"

Minaval picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of pork, looked at it for a while, but finally did not stuff it into his mouth.

Fearing that the world would not be chaotic, Li Yuanji continued to add fuel to Minaval's fire: "You should eat, be afraid!"

Minaval held the pork between his fingers, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Eat is to eat!"

As she said that, she closed her eyes and stuffed it into her mouth.

But... Gradually, Minaval's complexion became slightly weird.

This meat has no fishy smell?Instead, there is a strong aroma?With a light bite, the fat in the fat meat and the lean meat are soft and flavorful, giving Minerval a strange flavor.

She is the princess of the Sassanian Empire. Even though the Sassanian Empire is now in decline, there will be no shortage of her.However, even after tasting all the delicacies, Minaval felt something different.

In this era, there are almost no large pieces of fat meat. Whether it is cattle, sheep, horses or pigs, the skin is covered with lean meat or bones.

Minerval should be the first person to taste the fat of the later generations.

Perhaps for future generations, fat meat is too greasy and unpalatable.But as everyone knows, for those who have never tasted fatty meat, this mouthful of fat taste is another taste that other meat foods cannot bring.

Minaval began to chew carefully, and her face became more and more weird.It has to be said that the more you chew the meat, the more umami it will feel. Compared with the slightly fishy smell of mutton, and the age of horse meat, the more you chew, the more wonderful it feels.

Seeing Minaval eating vigorously, Li Yuanji also picked up his chopsticks.

However, when Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui arrived, the taste of the feast changed completely.

Eating is like a world war, the chopsticks are staggered, and the plates are empty wherever they go.The one who snatched it most fiercely was Chen Ying, because eating it would be more delicious, so he started brazenly snatching it away from Li Yuanji and Luo Shixin. There is no chance to eat chopsticks.

If the cook hadn't served Minaval with a bowl of pig-killing dishes alone, she would have had to eat the bones with plain rice for this meal.

Chen Ying's appetite was frighteningly good, and he ate all the meat from the butchered vegetables, and even let him mix the soup with rice. The appearance of his food can only be described as appalling.

After getting used to the gentleness of the scholars, Minaval was full of contempt for Chen Ying's reincarnated hungry ghost eating, but at the same time he contemptuously admitted that he was more energetic than those powerless guys Much more.

After eating and drinking, Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji, who was belching one after another, and said, "Okay, don't go to the Three Treasures Palace if you have nothing to do. You have traveled more than 3000 miles, is it just for this meal? What's the matter?" , tell me clearly!"

Li Yuanji pondered for a moment, looked at Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui, opened his mouth, but did not speak.

With his eyes towards Chen Ying, he motioned for the two to leave.

Chen Ying waved his hands and said, "Shigui and Shixin are my life-and-death acquaintances. If you have something to say, it's okay to say it!"

Zhang Shigui and Luo Shixin were moved when they heard the words!
Li Yuanji sighed and said, "If that's the case, then I'll just say it straight!"

Chen Ying said lightly: "You tell me!"

"The second child was assassinated in Taiyuan City!" Li Yuanji looked at Chen Ying in surprise, and said calmly, "You don't seem to be surprised?"

Chen Ying said with a smile: "This is news from four months ago, do you think I still don't know?"

Li Yuanji said: "Do you know that the assassin confessed you?"

"So what?" Chen Ying said disapprovingly: "The real can't be fake, and the fake can't be real!"

(End of this chapter)