Villager of Daming

Chapter 883: It’s hard to sell beans if you don’t accept the green and yellow

Of course the people in Huaiyuan eat dumplings, they grow wheat, and if they are given rice noodles to eat... they will also eat them, because they have mung bean noodles to eat, so they feel the difference is not much different.

Under normal circumstances, those who can eat noodles can eat vermicelli. There is not much difference in taste. Of course, you need to get used to the sour bamboo shoots of fusilli noodles.

At the same time, Huaiyuan people have no problem eating soy sauce, but of course they also get jealous. You can eat more dumplings if you dip them in vinegar, but not with sugar.

Older people, that is, those over sixty years old, which are relatively few in Ming Dynasty, are given extra garlic-yellow boiled dumplings, which are fresh and less irritating to the stomach.

There is no Bay Mackerel now, otherwise you can use it to make dumplings, or use shrimp rake instead of shrimp buns.

This fish dumpling is a specialty of Shandong and Liaoning. There is Bayuquan in Yingkou, so it is natural to use Bayu to make dumplings. The same is true in Dalian, and it goes without saying in Yantai, Shandong.

Of course, it hasn’t become popular yet, so many places are surprised when they hear about fish dumplings.

Generally speaking, the dumplings stuffed with mackerel are classified as three kinds of meat, mixed with lean pork, not just fish.

"Li Chang, apart from the dumplings, is this a bean feast?"

The youngest, the fifth child, Zhu Xi, was a little confused when he looked at the food that came with the dumplings.

Stir-fried shredded tofu, roasted bean curd, sauteed dried tofu, braised tofu, homemade tofu, cold shredded tofu, stuffed tofu, tofu mixed with spring onions, bean dregs and radish balls, small tofu, salted beans, vegetarian chicken...

In the past, Zhu Xi really didn't know what these were. After having many contacts with Xiaqiu Village, he was familiar with everything and could even make it himself.

When he was curious, he ground the beans and made various foods, but there was still a bean skin missing! It's not yuba, nor dry tofu, nor the oily one.

"Your Highness, last year the local people planted a lot of beans and sorghum. They planted them in intercrops. After the wheat was harvested, we planted the beans. We harvested the beans and used them for food.

This is from yesterday. You can keep what you collected today and cook His Highness’s favorite dishes later.

For example, tofu curd, fried tofu, soy milk, fermented bean curd, and bean paste can also be made. It tastes good if popped in a popcorn boiler. "

The mayor explained that the local people still had a lot of beans and couldn't eat them all, and there was little demand in other places because beans and sorghum were grown in the wheat stubble in this area last year.

There is no shortage of tofu for the people to eat, and even those who don't know how to make tofu have learned how to make it.

In this season, there is no season for cucumbers, cowpeas, lettuce and other vegetables, and there is no harvest time for wheat, so there is no harvest.

Normally, the people are having the most difficult time at this moment, but as a result, the local people are worried about not being able to sell the beans.

Sorghum is grown together with beans, and now in the summer, the beans are fried first, and when they are cooked, they are poured into salt water, and some peppercorns and chopped green onions are added to make the beans in salt water.

The sorghum rice is cooked and washed again and again with well water. This is the sorghum rice that has been washed with water, that is, rice cooked with water.

It goes well with salted beans, and the more you eat it, the more delicious it becomes. Normally you can eat two bowls of steamed dry sorghum rice, but by doing this, you can easily eat four bowls.

It would be even more beautiful if you add a salted duck egg, especially a salted rotten egg or stinky salted egg.

The team collected a lot of beans at one time, including last year's Chen Douzi, and used them for cooking. The main purpose was to show local people how many dishes the beans could make.

Just keep it and cook it, otherwise there will be more, including bean sprouts and tempeh that take longer...

"Then let them make soybean paste and soy sauce, right? The department store just happened to come over, and we can get local materials, and then get salt and utensils."

Zhu Di thought of a way to use soybeans, and he was equally happy. In the days when there was clearly no harvest, the people actually had crops that they couldn't eat up and sell. Zhu Fan, the third child, then thought of a way: "Just squeeze the soybean oil! Then the bean cakes can be eaten by people or used as feed for livestock. The soybean cakes after pressing the oil are very delicious when steamed. The village said that the technology is not enough, and there is still oil in the bean cakes that cannot be squeezed out. .”

For a while, everyone discussed how to use some local crops. The princes learned more knowledge, so they could directly apply it to practical things.

Otherwise, they don’t know how tofu is made, especially the extraction process of dried tofu, yuba and tofu skin.

Now they are so skilled that they can fry the meatballs themselves even from bean dregs, and the cost is very low.

In fact, it is just bean dregs, shredded radish, shredded carrots, minced green onions, minced ginger, pepper noodles, flour, and salt, mixed together, squeezed out into balls and fried.

This cost is the same as the price of selling tofu. The cost of tofu is that one catty of beans yields two catties and two taels of tofu, so you can exchange beans for tofu, and one catty of beans for two catties of tofu. Those two taels are the person's labor contribution.

But there is still bean dregs. One pound of beans can be made using the traditional method to produce two pounds and two ounces of tofu, leaving bean dregs. Isn’t bean dregs money?

The beans in Xiaqiu Village are ground more finely. One pound of beans can make four pounds of tofu, leaving less bean dregs.

So when a pound of tofu sells for one penny, the cost of the bean dregs balls is one penny, and it needs to be sold for one penny.

If you can't achieve this cost, then change your industry, otherwise you will be beaten to death by your peers.

Of course, soybeans are not worth a penny per pound, and their yield is lower than that of rice and wheat, but higher than both.

Therefore, tofu is not cheap either. The price of buying a pound of tofu can be spent on a pound of rice and wheat.

Can one pound of tofu fill you up? How much rice can be cooked from a pound of rice or steamed buns can be made from a pound of wheat? So it proves that tofu is a luxury product.

The four princes and the village chief discussed the application and price of beans, and they were all familiar with them. They tried hard to think of a way to let the local people digest the beans directly, and then sell the finished products, that is, additional processing.

How can the common people know how to make a living? Someone is adding value to the beans they worry about growing and selling them, and they are four princes.

People only think that dumplings are delicious, steamed and cooked fresh. They can eat as much as they want in any quantity, as long as they don't overeat.

"The rest will be packed up for everyone to take away. Those who want to take away will have another meal in the evening! We will continue to leave after dinner tomorrow morning."

The eunuchs came over and shouted, one by one, asking the people not to hold on to death. The imperial doctors had said that if they really hold on to a certain level, they would not be able to survive, and the brain would bleed.

Sure enough, the effect was achieved. When the people heard this, they slowed down and took some leftovers home. No problem, it was good.

"Can we hurry up? The people in my fief must be looking forward to my coming."

Zhu Fan, who had a fiefdom in Taiyuan, felt sad again. When he looked at the local people, he thought of the people there, and his heart felt like a knife.

Historically, he and his second brother Zhu Di were all bastards. Only Zhu Di worked hard to develop the local economy and improve people's livelihood in Peiping.

He and his second brother tried their best to deceive the people of their fiefdom, and the people were in dire straits!

Now he doesn't know what he was like in history. He learned it with Xiaqiu Village. He is very anxious and wants to hurry up. There are so many people waiting for him!

Zhu Wentian smiled beside him and narrowed his eyes, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

　No more today!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)